I for one have no idea what that is. any relation to left shark
― resident hack (Simon H.), Thursday, 6 December 2018 04:00 (five years ago) link
Oh it's an indie gem with 2,016,756,968 views that's been around for a while but the western world just became acquainted with its relentless power this year.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqZsoesa55w
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 6 December 2018 04:02 (five years ago) link
i feel confident enough that baby shark will place higher than this is america in the ilm tracks poll at least
― ufo, Thursday, 6 December 2018 04:12 (five years ago) link
I will vote for it unironically.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 6 December 2018 04:15 (five years ago) link
if approx 1/5 of the world likes it (I'm assuming repeat views) how good can it be
― resident hack (Simon H.), Thursday, 6 December 2018 04:30 (five years ago) link
I can’t hum one bar of This Is America
― 5th Ward Weeaboo (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 6 December 2018 04:56 (five years ago) link
The “I Ain’t Gonna Play Sun City” of our time
― 5th Ward Weeaboo (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 6 December 2018 05:00 (five years ago) link
ouch!
― sleeve, Thursday, 6 December 2018 05:12 (five years ago) link
“This is America” is all about the music video, and it’s a brilliant one... top 10 of the decade even. But, song of the year? To each its own but I don’t think it’s even the best song on his album.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 6 December 2018 05:31 (five years ago) link
thanks to Tim for mentioning the Roy Kinsey album, that's really excellent
― ufo, Thursday, 6 December 2018 06:47 (five years ago) link
I don't want to be that guy but the Einsturzende Neubauten original version of Baby Shark is best.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3AYFL5GMc0
― Doran, Thursday, 6 December 2018 11:59 (five years ago) link
DAZED - The 20 best albums of 2018 https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/42479/1/best-albums-2018-sophie-robyn-ariana-tierra-whack
20. THE 1975 - A BRIEF INQUIRY INTO ONLINE RELATIONSHIPS19. SERPENTWITHFEET - SOIL18. TROYE SIVAN - BLOOM17. AMNESIA SCANNER - ANOTHER LIFE16. BROCKHAMPTON - IRIDESCENCE15. BLOOD ORANGE - NEGRO SWAN14. NAO - SATURN13. CARDI B - INVASION OF PRIVACY12. THE INTERNET - HIVE MIND11. KALI UCHIS - ISOLATION10. TIRZAH - DEVOTION09. YVES TUMOR - SAFE IN THE HANDS OF LOVE08. CHRISTINE & THE QUEENS - CHRIS07. ROSALÍA - EL MAL QUERER06. ARIANA GRANDE - SWEETENER05. LET’S EAT GRANDMA - I’M ALL EARS04. MITSKI - BE THE COWBOY03. SOPHIE - OIL OF EVERY PEARL’S UN-INSIDES02. ROBYN - HONEY01. TIERRA WHACK - WHACK WORLD
― my name is leee john, for we are many (NickB), Thursday, 6 December 2018 12:46 (five years ago) link
that's a very ilx list i think
― my name is leee john, for we are many (NickB), Thursday, 6 December 2018 12:47 (five years ago) link
wow american pleasure club is not for me
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Wednesday, December 5, 2018 4:37 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I like it but the only song that really stuck with me is the one that kinda sounds like Neil Young
― big crime for a SPECIAL WHATEVER (voodoo chili), Thursday, 6 December 2018 12:55 (five years ago) link
surprised to see tierra whack bag a couple of number ones. fun album but a bit slight and really wished she’d let some of the ideas stretch out a bit. felt like something that crop up in the lower (more interesting) reaches of these lists
― single bed mentality (||||||||), Thursday, 6 December 2018 13:06 (five years ago) link
it's nice that this year's been open enough that something like that can top some of these lists, makes a nice change from recent years where everything was dominated by a handful of Event Albums
― ufo, Thursday, 6 December 2018 13:10 (five years ago) link
I mean there are a few totemic ones that are making almost every list, but yeah this feels like a less consensus-ruled year than most
― resident hack (Simon H.), Thursday, 6 December 2018 13:21 (five years ago) link
that is a very triumphant list. yassss
― imago, Thursday, 6 December 2018 13:30 (five years ago) link
actually i do rly like 4 of the top 5 so no real beef
― imago, Thursday, 6 December 2018 13:31 (five years ago) link
If I had to guess, I think Let's Eat Grandma might end up topping the ILM list.
― resident hack (Simon H.), Thursday, 6 December 2018 13:32 (five years ago) link
no wayyyyy. they might make the top 10. might.
― imago, Thursday, 6 December 2018 13:33 (five years ago) link
for all that i like the album it isn't in my 25, for instance
if i had to guess it'd be Kacey Musgraves but there's a loooot of possibilities
― ufo, Thursday, 6 December 2018 13:37 (five years ago) link
swear we're missing something obvious
― imago, Thursday, 6 December 2018 13:39 (five years ago) link
It's going to be Robyn.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 6 December 2018 13:43 (five years ago) link
http://dis.resized.images.s3.amazonaws.com/540x540/105574.jpeg
― imago, Thursday, 6 December 2018 13:43 (five years ago) link
Robyn would surely be the most underwhelming winner ever? Guess I'd better see what the fuss is about this 'Robyn' character then!!
― imago, Thursday, 6 December 2018 13:44 (five years ago) link
2014 was the last time there was this little consensus in all the publication lists and it was War on Drugs/St Vincent/Run the Jewels/FKA Twigs that did best in the aggregate lists
this year it's Janelle Monae/Low/Mitski topping the aggregates so far and at the very least Low doing so well is pretty cool
― ufo, Thursday, 6 December 2018 13:46 (five years ago) link
oh yeah, Low. Low was the obvious thing
― imago, Thursday, 6 December 2018 13:47 (five years ago) link
Semi-plausible winner that would make me genuinely proud of ILM = Sun el-Musician.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 6 December 2018 13:47 (five years ago) link
― imago, Thursday, December 6, 2018 6:33 AM (thirty minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yes, as previously established your taste has a 1:1 relationship with the rest of ilm
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Thursday, 6 December 2018 14:04 (five years ago) link
xp that would be a pleasant shock at #1. It has been galling not to see it on a single list so far, Burna Boy too
― rob, Thursday, 6 December 2018 14:11 (five years ago) link
i wouldn't be that surprised if sun-el popped up in the spin list but these lists very rarely engage with non-western scenes unless an act makes a strong push for recognition etc
― ufo, Thursday, 6 December 2018 14:50 (five years ago) link
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/06/arts/music/best-albums.html
here's the New York Times' lists - Jon Caramanica's is probably the absolute weirdest out of anything posted in this thread but then it's a personal list and not some sort of consensus
― ufo, Thursday, 6 December 2018 15:20 (five years ago) link
Does Ben Ratliff not write for them anymore? He used to do a list, too
― underqualified backing vocalist (morrisp), Thursday, 6 December 2018 15:25 (five years ago) link
want some burna boy y'say?
Complex UK’s Best Songs Of 2018https://www.complex.com/music/2018/12/complex-uk-best-songs-of-2018
30. Corella — "Trappin"29. Mura Masa f/ Octavian — "Move Me"28. Suspect f/ Jesse James Solomon & Skepta — "One Way"27. Yizzy — "S.O.S"26. One Acen f/ WSTRN — "Vice Versa"25. Burna Boy — "Ye"24. P Money & Little Dee — "Coldest Flows"23. Ray BLK — "Run Run"22. WSTRN f/ Skrapz — "Round Here"21. Flohio — "Bands"20. Children Of Zeus — "Slow Down"19. Blade Brown — "12 Summers"18. Kojo Funds f/ Bugzy Malone — "Who Am I"17. Mahalia — "Surprise Me"16. Skepta & Wizkid — "Energy (Stay Far Away)"15. D-Block Europe — "The Shard"14. MoStack — "What I Wanna"13. Ella Mai — "Boo'd Up"12. Headie One & Kenny Allstar — "Tracksuit Love"11. Chip — "Darth Vader"10. Novelist — "Stop Killing The Mandem" 9. Nines — "I See You Shining" 8. Mist f/ Jessie Ware — "Wish Me Well"7. Sheck Wes — "Mo Bamba"6. Slowthai — "Ladies"5. Loski — "Cool Kid"4. Kojey Radical f/ Mahalia — "Water"3. Unknown T — "Homerton B"2. A$AP Rocky & Skepta — "Praise The Lord (Da Shine)"1. Ambush f/ Chip & Skepta — "Jumpy (Remix)"
― my name is leee john, for we are many (NickB), Thursday, 6 December 2018 15:31 (five years ago) link
Great to see DJ Healer place quite high on the Noisey lis. He's prob missing out bcz of the relative obscurity of it. But man, what an album.
― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 6 December 2018 15:34 (five years ago) link
lists sleeping on Hailu Mergia
― niels, Thursday, 6 December 2018 15:34 (five years ago) link
was on the wire one iirc
― my name is leee john, for we are many (NickB), Thursday, 6 December 2018 15:35 (five years ago) link
but yes, lovely album
aah cool, glad to hear it was on Wire
though I think their list is... a bit... kinda like, it's supposed to be v challenging stuff
and that album is joy
― niels, Thursday, 6 December 2018 15:38 (five years ago) link
― 5th Ward Weeaboo (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 6 December 2018 15:42 (five years ago) link
the ebo taylor album kicked the arse of most other records too
― my name is leee john, for we are many (NickB), Thursday, 6 December 2018 15:45 (five years ago) link
Noisey - The 100 Best Songs of 2018https://noisey.vice.com/en_ca/article/qvqwym/noisey-100-best-songs-of-2018
― my name is leee john, for we are many (NickB), Thursday, 6 December 2018 16:17 (five years ago) link
ugh weezer
― my name is leee john, for we are many (NickB), Thursday, 6 December 2018 16:19 (five years ago) link
lmao
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Thursday, 6 December 2018 16:20 (five years ago) link
lmao @ #1, pretty strong list otherwise
― resident hack (Simon H.), Thursday, 6 December 2018 16:20 (five years ago) link
finally a list with "mo bamba" in the top three
there was a new ebo taylor?!?
― j., Thursday, 6 December 2018 16:21 (five years ago) link
yeah it's right here:https://open.spotify.com/album/3V5LUMXlslvmEwmTel01KP
― my name is leee john, for we are many (NickB), Thursday, 6 December 2018 16:22 (five years ago) link