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
"god is a woman" over "no tears" or "breathin"? ok
― lowercase (eric), Thursday, 6 December 2018 16:24 (five years ago) link
noisey list seems good (no this is america is nice) but yeah lmao at the #1
― ufo, Thursday, 6 December 2018 16:24 (five years ago) link
speaking of narratives over sonics
― resident hack (Simon H.), Thursday, 6 December 2018 16:25 (five years ago) link
xxxp ty nick
― j., Thursday, 6 December 2018 16:27 (five years ago) link
― lowercase (eric), Thursday, December 6, 2018 9:24 AM (four minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
"god is a woman" is such a bad song
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Thursday, 6 December 2018 16:28 (five years ago) link
"No Tears Left to Cry" is a victim of being released earlier in the year and/or Ariana leaning into gigantic meme status later in the year, but it's the best single by a mile
― aloha darkness my old friend (katherine), Thursday, 6 December 2018 16:57 (five years ago) link
Since I'm on the outside now, who will say when ilm eoy nominations open?
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 6 December 2018 16:58 (five years ago) link
noisey list has some interesting stuff but also stuff that's just... noisy
glad to see "hands" place
― niels, Thursday, 6 December 2018 17:02 (five years ago) link
Stereogum - Best Metal Albums of 2018https://www.stereogum.com/2024835/the-10-best-metal-albums-of-2018/franchises/2018-in-review/
― my name is leee john, for we are many (NickB), Thursday, 6 December 2018 17:03 (five years ago) link
who's running things this year johnny fever?
kudos to stereogum for putting together a metal top ten that i haven't heard any of
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Thursday, 6 December 2018 17:07 (five years ago) link
There are too many mediocre Skepta collabs in that Complex list but otherwise it's the best list so far, banger after banger in there.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 6 December 2018 17:08 (five years ago) link
― my name is leee john, for we are many (NickB), Thursday, December 6, 2018 12:03 PM
afaik seandalai, gr80, and moka
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 6 December 2018 17:10 (five years ago) link
The Agrimonia is the only album on the Stereogum metal list I've heard, and it rules.
This quote is amazing:
This list will disappoint you. (Also, year-end lists are dumb, dumber than our usual lists, which is saying something, but I digress.) Picture Jake Bannon screaming “YOU FAIL ME” at someone vomiting on his shoes — that’s us, failing you in real time. Unless the things you love happen to perfectly align with the schizophrenic nonsense we slapped together and labeled “BEST OF 2018,” your thirst for listicular validation shall go unquenched. There will be no Thou. No Yob, Panopticon, Horrendous, Slugdge, At The Gates, Dödsrit, Deafheaven, High On Fire, Sleep, none of it. Not even Deicide. (Stan is furious.) For better or worse, we made a collective decision to eschew grand narratives and editorial coherence, and instead give you our unvarnished favorites — the things we loved most (or hated least).
― grawlix (unperson), Thursday, 6 December 2018 17:14 (five years ago) link
― aloha darkness my old friend (katherine), Thursday, December 6, 2018 11:57 AM (twenty-two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
co-sign. "thank u, next" is fun to write/read/think about i guess, but it's a pretty dull song imo.
― evol j, Thursday, 6 December 2018 17:21 (five years ago) link
kudos to stereogum for putting together a metal top ten that i haven't heard any of― jolene club remix (BradNelson)
― jolene club remix (BradNelson)
― Siegbran, Thursday, 6 December 2018 17:36 (five years ago) link
The Immortal is better than it has any right to be.
― pomenitul, Thursday, 6 December 2018 17:45 (five years ago) link
mo bamba owns so much
― single bed mentality (||||||||), Thursday, 6 December 2018 17:48 (five years ago) link
Vinyl Factory - Our 50 favourite albums of 2018https://thevinylfactory.com/features/best-albums-2018/
― my name is leee john, for we are many (NickB), Thursday, 6 December 2018 17:50 (five years ago) link
― pomenitul, Thursday, December 6, 2018 10:45 AM (six minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
sorry, forgot i heard the immortal, which rips
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Thursday, 6 December 2018 17:52 (five years ago) link
Stereogum metal list is always one of my favourite lists, excited to scope it out
― imago, Thursday, 6 December 2018 18:00 (five years ago) link
ctrl+f "gucci flip flops" not found
― cozen, Thursday, 6 December 2018 18:00 (five years ago) link
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Thursday, December 6, 2018 11:20 AM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
cant tell if sarcasm
― big crime for a SPECIAL WHATEVER (voodoo chili), Thursday, 6 December 2018 18:13 (five years ago) link
No Tears also came out the week the sun finally came out in the UK and it didn't go back in for another five months. Thank U Next is great but No Tears felt so epochal.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 6 December 2018 18:14 (five years ago) link
You know, *adjusts pince-nez* Baby Shark was actually released in early 2017
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 6 December 2018 18:22 (five years ago) link
― big crime for a SPECIAL WHATEVER (voodoo chili), Thursday, December 6, 2018 11:13 AM (seventeen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
it’s not! was there another one?
“mo bamba” rules a lot
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Thursday, 6 December 2018 18:32 (five years ago) link
agreed that it rules a lot. maybe people are leaving it off cause it's technically from last year?
it should be high on every list.
― big crime for a SPECIAL WHATEVER (voodoo chili), Thursday, 6 December 2018 18:34 (five years ago) link
is there another thread for posting your own 100 ?
― single bed mentality (||||||||), Thursday, 6 December 2018 18:42 (five years ago) link
we usually wait for the ballot thread after the EOY poll results, right?
― big crime for a SPECIAL WHATEVER (voodoo chili), Thursday, 6 December 2018 18:46 (five years ago) link
xp no, there's only a 500 thread, and everyone is barred from posting until they find 400 more things to list
― j., Thursday, 6 December 2018 18:46 (five years ago) link
not sure what the point of that Stereogum quote is tbh
― resident hack (Simon H.), Thursday, 6 December 2018 18:53 (five years ago) link
we decided to make a radical, heretofore unprecedented stand and vote for the records we liked the most!!
― resident hack (Simon H.), Thursday, 6 December 2018 18:54 (five years ago) link