i'm glad caution ended up so high, i really regretted not having it on my ballot
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Wednesday, 12 December 2018 22:12 (five years ago) link
That Malkmus album... oy. Of the albums I seriously engaged with this year (admittedly, not a huge number), that's gotta be at/near the bottom.
― underqualified backing vocalist (morrisp), Wednesday, 12 December 2018 22:14 (five years ago) link
mariah album was something i thought was pretty nice & then didn't stop listening to for like 3 straight weeks
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 12 December 2018 22:32 (five years ago) link
right?????
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Wednesday, 12 December 2018 22:33 (five years ago) link
same
― Your sweetie-pie-coo-coo I love ya (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 12 December 2018 22:34 (five years ago) link
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, December 12, 2018 4:32 PM (eight minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
It sneaks up on you.
― Groove(box) Denied (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 12 December 2018 22:42 (five years ago) link
wrote about robyn/sophie/janelle, super happy to do so
― aloha darkness my old friend (katherine), Wednesday, 12 December 2018 22:43 (five years ago) link
[Re: Mariah, actually bought a copy at Target a few days ago, it's taken up residence in the car CD player. (I wish I'd voted for it.)]
Determined to finally listen to that Robyn album sometime before the end of the year
― Groove(box) Denied (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 12 December 2018 22:44 (five years ago) link
Learned to like the Carey album on a road trip Thanksgiving weekend.
― Your sweetie-pie-coo-coo I love ya (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 12 December 2018 22:46 (five years ago) link
― aloha darkness my old friend (katherine)
loved your Robyn blurb
― Your sweetie-pie-coo-coo I love ya (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 12 December 2018 22:47 (five years ago) link
Something I’ve been wondering about before and was reminded of again while going over that Aquarium Drunkard list: Why is that these music loving people only bother with African pop music when it’s a) very old or b) made in the diaspora? I mean, you know you’re gonna lap that stuff up when the curated comps come out in 2050, so why not just engage with it now and enjoy it while it’s hot?!
― breastcrawl, Wednesday, 12 December 2018 23:00 (five years ago) link
xp — thanks!
the sophie album was the one I was most surprised by, particularly the middle which is a huge departure from her old stuff
― aloha darkness my old friend (katherine), Wednesday, 12 December 2018 23:01 (five years ago) link
breastcrawl i’m nodding but also kind of guilty of that myself
― my name is leee john, for we are many (NickB), Wednesday, 12 December 2018 23:07 (five years ago) link
(also sorry for blowing my quota of kate bush references, in my defense robyn directly cited a specific album as an influence, and if “is it cold in the water” doesn’t earn the comparison nothing does)
― aloha darkness my old friend (katherine), Wednesday, 12 December 2018 23:08 (five years ago) link
I mean, you know you’re gonna lap that stuff up when the curated comps come out in 2050, so why not just engage with it now and enjoy it while it’s hot?!
this is otm and not only for african music.
― fact checking cuz, Wednesday, 12 December 2018 23:09 (five years ago) link
Has Nicki Minaj turned up on any lists yet?
― Groove(box) Denied (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 12 December 2018 23:10 (five years ago) link
Whoa, I hadn't heard of this "Ohmme" duo... this is great
― underqualified backing vocalist (morrisp), Wednesday, 12 December 2018 23:15 (five years ago) link
Jordan - great "Caution" write-up.
― Groove(box) Denied (Raymond Cummings), Thursday, 13 December 2018 02:39 (five years ago) link
Carl Wilson
― Timothée Charalambides (cryptosicko), Thursday, 13 December 2018 02:55 (five years ago) link
still gotta hear tropical fuck storm
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Thursday, 13 December 2018 02:58 (five years ago) link
eh
― Tim F, Thursday, 13 December 2018 03:24 (five years ago) link
From Junkee list, The Ocean Party - The Oddfellows' Hall. The indie pop flows strong out of Melbourne. Eight albums under their belt and they just now get some attention when a key member passed just over a month ago.
I've been impressed by the consistently interesting tastes of Andy RSTB French for a few years. I didn't realize Ultimate Painting broke up, but glad I could find files of UP! - http://www.ravensingstheblues.com/rstb-best-of-2018-reissues-etc/
I lose track of the good country-folk Americana stuff so it's great to be reminded to listen to the likes of Scott Hirsch especially. Howlin Rain, One Eleven Heavy, Doug Paisley and Anna St. Louis are good too. Crepes is really lovely synthy psych pop/dream pop from, yep, Melbourne. I was REALLY impressed by the power and humor of the self-described "electronic pub rock" of minimal wave/post-punk duo The Native Cats from Tasmania. It's their first album since Peter Escott transitioned to Chloe Alison. Also check out her 35 minute bit mixing comedy and experimental sound at an art exhibition last year.
― Fastnbulbous, Thursday, 13 December 2018 05:08 (five years ago) link
http://thequietus.com/articles/25761-reissues-compilations-mixes-best-of-2018
https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/the-best-electronic-music-of-2018/
― ArchCarrier, Thursday, 13 December 2018 08:40 (five years ago) link
is it just me that can't read the texts in the Spin list?
― Nourry, Thursday, 13 December 2018 10:05 (five years ago) link
I can't either. Tried several browsers on different computers, with and without adblock.
― pomenitul, Thursday, 13 December 2018 10:09 (five years ago) link
The "Uneven Paths – Deviant Pop From Europe 1980-1991" compilation on that Aquarium Drunkard list is really great.
― stranded, Thursday, 13 December 2018 10:13 (five years ago) link
Sure is. This has been a terrible year for keeping up with new records for me because there is so much amazing archival stuff coming out. Feel kind of bad for favouring the old, and that loops back to breastcrawls point upthread, but basically I wish I had more time and money to keep up with both
― my name is leee john, for we are many (NickB), Thursday, 13 December 2018 10:25 (five years ago) link
xp yeah, that was #4 on the Picadilly Records list
― groovypanda, Thursday, 13 December 2018 10:51 (five years ago) link
Tropical Fuck Storm is so good
― No Smockin' (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 13 December 2018 13:13 (five years ago) link
Finally got around to Aquarium Drunkard:
Sitka Sun – S/T - Perfect for my Afrobeat Kosmische Jazz Electro playlist I posted upthread.Parades Against Parades – Driving Me Stoned - Never expected to see this in another list! This kind of garage/psych noir is my crack, has been in heavy rotation all year.One Eleven Heavy – Everything’s Better - Just started listening to this from RSTB list.
I'm just going to have to dive in and listen to the rest of the albums (about 10% of the list) I hadn't heard yet.
― Fastnbulbous, Thursday, 13 December 2018 13:24 (five years ago) link
NME’s Albums Of The Year 2018 https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/best-greatest-albums-of-the-year-2018-2419656
― my name is leee john, for we are many (NickB), Thursday, 13 December 2018 13:49 (five years ago) link
Oh my god that top three.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 13 December 2018 14:11 (five years ago) link
the blurb for #1 is a heck of a thing
― Number None, Thursday, 13 December 2018 14:13 (five years ago) link
tbh I don't know if TFS are gonna be up yr alley brad
― resident hack (Simon H.), Thursday, 13 December 2018 14:15 (five years ago) link
the likes of ‘Canary Yellow’ and ‘Honeycomb’ are all the evidence you’d ever need to prove metal’s worth in the critical arena
We're still doing this?
― jmm, Thursday, 13 December 2018 14:15 (five years ago) link
glad Prass finally made a list at... *squints* #99
she did make #24 on the american songwriter list, hopefully she'll do better here
― ufo, Thursday, 13 December 2018 14:33 (five years ago) link
oh nice
― resident hack (Simon H.), Thursday, 13 December 2018 14:45 (five years ago) link
The Fader's track list is up: https://www.thefader.com/2018/12/12/best-songs-2018-apple-music-spotify-playlist
― rob, Thursday, 13 December 2018 15:19 (five years ago) link
― pomenitul, Thursday, 13 December 2018 10:09 (five hours ago) Permalink
have you tried viewing the source
I'm completely serious, there are many sites (not spin's) where viewing the source is genuinely the easiest and best way to read
― aloha darkness my old friend (katherine), Thursday, 13 December 2018 15:22 (five years ago) link
(unless someone forgot to turn off smart quotes like me, then it's hell, sorry about that!)
― aloha darkness my old friend (katherine), Thursday, 13 December 2018 15:23 (five years ago) link
I'm sure this has been covered upthread someplace, but does it seem as if there is less overlap than ever on these lists this year? I mean, even compared to 2017? Obv genre lists have always been sorta balkanized by necessity, but there doesn't even seem to be any consensus among those individual lists. Time was you could mention something like oh, I dunno, Grimes in a record store and everyone would have at least known what you were talking about; this is the first year I've looked at many of these lists and thought "who the hell is that?" Then again, maybe this is what aging out feels like, at last. Or maybe, as NickB suggests upthread, there's just too much to keep up with.
(fwiw, the only 2018 album I've listened to this year more than three times was NTS Sessions 1-4)
― Paul Ponzi, Thursday, 13 December 2018 15:28 (five years ago) link
the only 2018 album I've listened to this year more than three times was NTS Sessions 1-4
― underqualified backing vocalist (morrisp), Thursday, 13 December 2018 15:35 (five years ago) link
Thanks, katherine, that does work as a last resort.
― pomenitul, Thursday, 13 December 2018 15:36 (five years ago) link
I'm sure this has been covered upthread someplace, but does it seem as if there is less overlap than ever on these lists this year?
I don't have any actual non-anecdotal data on this, but maybe this has more to do with media staff/overlapping vs. non-overlapping freelance stables/voting pools?
― aloha darkness my old friend (katherine), Thursday, 13 December 2018 15:50 (five years ago) link
wth is this
3. Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper, "Shallow"
― ||||||||, Thursday, 13 December 2018 16:06 (five years ago) link
we here at NME have whittles down 2018’s best releases into a list of 100 essential records
Man, even the opening blurb wasn't checked for typos.
― Position Position, Thursday, 13 December 2018 16:40 (five years ago) link
Shallow is a jam get out
― We were never Breeting Borting (President Keyes), Thursday, 13 December 2018 17:04 (five years ago) link
Rolling Stone - 50 Best Albums of 2018 https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/50-best-albums-2018-764071/
50. Cupcakke - Ephorize49. Esperanza Spalding - 12 Little Spells48. The Carters - Everything is Love47. Father John Misty - God's Favourite Customer46. Sleep - The Sciences45. Robyn - Honey44. Jeff Tweedy - Warm43. Lil Wayne - Tha Carter V42. Ashley McBryde - Girl Going Nowhere41. Amanda Shires - To the Sunset40. Parquet Courts - Wide Awake!39. Nine Inch Nails - Bad Witch38. Eric Crunch - Desperate Man37. Tierra Whack - Whack World36. Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks - Sparkle Hard35. Elvis Costello - Look Now34. Courtney Barnett - Tell Me How You Really Feel33. Neko Case - Hell-On32. David Byrne - American Utopia31. Rosalia - El Mar Querer30. Free Cake for Every Creature - The Bluest Eye29. Superchunk - What a Time to Be Alive28. Florence and the Machine - High as Hope27. Noname - Room 2526. Snail Mail - Lush25. Rae Sremmurd - SR3MM24. Kali Uchis - Isolation23. U.S. Girls - In a Poem Unlimited22. John Prine - The Tree of Forgiveness21. Beach House - 720. The Beths - Future Me Hates Me19. Hop Along - Bark Your Head Off Dog18. Vince Staples - FM!17. Lucy Dacus - Historian16. Soccer Mommy - Clean15. J Balvin - Vibras14. Mitski - Be the Cowboy13. Janelle Monae - Dirty Computer12. Brandi Carlile - By The Way, I Forgive You11. Paul McCartney - Egypt Station10. Drake - Scorpion9. Kurt Vile - Bottle It In8. Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper - A Star is Born7. Pusha T - Daytona6. Travis Scott - Astroworld5. Ariana Grande - Sweetener4. Pistol Annies - Interstate Gospel3. Camila Cabello - Camila2. Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour1. Cardi B - Invasion of Privacy
― my name is leee john, for we are many (NickB), Thursday, 13 December 2018 17:17 (five years ago) link
Eric Crunch
ha
― jmm, Thursday, 13 December 2018 17:24 (five years ago) link