who's running things this year johnny fever?
― 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
"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, 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
finally a list with "mo bamba" in the top three
― 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
The Agrimonia is the only one I've heard too, and I agree it's really good
― imago, Thursday, 6 December 2018 18:56 (five years ago) link
Simon, you cannot deny that there's a certain amount of drudgeful consensus around a lot of these lists
― imago, Thursday, 6 December 2018 18:57 (five years ago) link
simon, you cannot deny that this thing i complain about all the time exists
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Thursday, 6 December 2018 18:57 (five years ago) link
j/k i'm with you, that stereogum parenthetical was super dumb
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Thursday, 6 December 2018 18:58 (five years ago) link
Some day someone sager than I will compose a proper treatment of How Organisations Decide On The Best Culture (Clue: It's Partially Their Listening Habits)
― imago, Thursday, 6 December 2018 18:58 (five years ago) link
oh i get it we should leave culture up to lj
I said someone sager! I'm too partisan
― imago, Thursday, 6 December 2018 19:00 (five years ago) link
I wonder if they considered vetoing the Mournful Congregation album because a few people outside the Stereogum offices heard it.
― resident hack (Simon H.), Thursday, 6 December 2018 19:00 (five years ago) link
lol
― imago, Thursday, 6 December 2018 19:01 (five years ago) link
has George Clanton showed up on any of these lists yet b/c he seems like a good candidate for one of those low-key breakthrough artists with a suddenly hip sound
― frogbs, Thursday, 6 December 2018 19:07 (five years ago) link
― imago, Thursday, December 6, 2018 12:58 PM (seven minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I agree, I've noticed a lot of people base their favorite music on music they've listened to
― The Poppy Bush AutoZone (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 6 December 2018 19:08 (five years ago) link
Délétère's Gregorian parodies are my jam but the album itself comes with disappointingly bland songwriting. And it's overlong.
― pomenitul, Thursday, 6 December 2018 19:16 (five years ago) link
Nice vinyl factory albums list too.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 6 December 2018 19:51 (five years ago) link
The Ebo Taylor rekkid is fantastic.
― Have the Rams stopped screaming yet, Lloris? (Chinaski), Thursday, 6 December 2018 19:55 (five years ago) link
wow Lonnie Holley's Mith is only on the Paste list so far
― sleeve, Thursday, 6 December 2018 19:56 (five years ago) link
it’s the vinyl factory’s number three I think sleeve
― my name is leee john, for we are many (NickB), Thursday, 6 December 2018 19:59 (five years ago) link
ah thx
― sleeve, Thursday, 6 December 2018 20:02 (five years ago) link
I still need to hear it tbh
― my name is leee john, for we are many (NickB), Thursday, 6 December 2018 20:03 (five years ago) link
I haven't either, it is "in the mail"
― sleeve, Thursday, 6 December 2018 20:04 (five years ago) link
(fuck off GHWB and take your "National Day Of Mourning" with you)
im sensing a disturbing lack of wye oak in these lists
― big crime for a SPECIAL WHATEVER (voodoo chili), Thursday, 6 December 2018 20:40 (five years ago) link
Okayafrica - Best of East Africa 2018https://www.okayafrica.com/east-african-songs-best-2018-listen-stream/
― my name is leee john, for we are many (NickB), Thursday, 6 December 2018 20:43 (five years ago) link
I know it's part of his MO but that Lonnie Holley goes on a bit.
― Have the Rams stopped screaming yet, Lloris? (Chinaski), Thursday, 6 December 2018 20:52 (five years ago) link
really wanted to like that but it's kinda unlistenable to me
― The Poppy Bush AutoZone (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 6 December 2018 20:56 (five years ago) link
damn this is right up my alley lol
― resident hack (Simon H.), Thursday, 6 December 2018 21:19 (five years ago) link
confession: nothing on that stereogum metal list really made me sit up and pay attention, lol
― imago, Thursday, 6 December 2018 21:45 (five years ago) link
their #1 has quite a bit of promise maybe
I do like the Agrimonia record and MC will be on my list for sure
― resident hack (Simon H.), Thursday, 6 December 2018 21:51 (five years ago) link
yeah agrimonia was the one i already knew and liked
― imago, Thursday, 6 December 2018 21:55 (five years ago) link
damn, even NPR relegated amanda shires to the end of the tracks list
― austinb, Thursday, 6 December 2018 22:43 (five years ago) link