Geoffrey Himes top 10 Roots and Blues albums for Paste
1. Charles Lloyd & the Marvels + Lucinda Williams: Vanished Gardens 2. Kevin Gordon: Tilt & Shine3. Bettye LaVette: Things Have Changed 4. Alejandro Escovedo & Don Antonio: The Crossing5. Robbie Fulks & Linda Gail Lewis: Wild! Wild! Wild! 6. Charley Crockett: Lonesome as a Shadow 7. Lonnie Holley: Mith 8. Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmore: Downey to Lubbock 9. Shemekia Copeland: America’s Child 10. Cedric Burnside: Benton County Relic
https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2018/12/the-10-best-roots-blues-albums.html
― curmudgeon, Monday, 17 December 2018 03:09 (five years ago) link
I like the jazz horn player Lloyd with Frisell and Lucinda one, but as with some others here I am not a fan of Himes' 7th choice- Lonnie Holley due to his out there vocals. The Alejandro Escovedo album is just ok, the Lavette one is uneven...Haven't heard the others
― curmudgeon, Monday, 17 December 2018 03:15 (five years ago) link
Transglobal WM Chart Best of 2018!BEST ALBUM OF 2018: Monsieur Doumani2-Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita3-Fatoumata Diawara4-El Naán5-Ammar 8086-Gabacho Maroc7-The Turbans8-SANS9-Vigüela10-Samba Touré
― curmudgeon, Monday, 17 December 2018 03:22 (five years ago) link
Really appreciated that Musicophelia list. The hip hop choices in particular really hit the spot for me.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Monday, 17 December 2018 04:33 (five years ago) link
Has "Lift Yourself" been appearing on any songs lists?
― flamboyant goon tie included, Monday, 17 December 2018 06:51 (five years ago) link
only place i've seen it is the tinymixtapes one
https://www.tinymixtapes.com/features/2018-favorite-50-songs?page=5
― ufo, Monday, 17 December 2018 07:46 (five years ago) link
it's nice to see Mid-Air Thief get a bit of attention at least
― ufo, Monday, 17 December 2018 07:47 (five years ago) link
yeah it's great. RYM top 100 >>>> most of these lists
― imago, Monday, 17 December 2018 08:47 (five years ago) link
rym top 100 also has car seat headrest and kids see ghosts, of all things, in its top 5 iirc so
― ufo, Monday, 17 December 2018 09:36 (five years ago) link
Cheers for the heads up on the Frisell - it's lovely.
― Good cop, Babcock (Chinaski), Monday, 17 December 2018 09:47 (five years ago) link
RYM top 100 >>>> most of these lists
― imago, Monday, December 17, 2018 1:47 AM (four hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
gross
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Monday, 17 December 2018 13:22 (five years ago) link
The presence of Koenji Hyakkei alone is a solid argument in imago's favour.
― Locked in silent monologue, in silent scream (Sund4r), Monday, 17 December 2018 13:35 (five years ago) link
imago outs himself as a secret daughters fan
― errang (rushomancy), Monday, 17 December 2018 13:40 (five years ago) link
the rym chart this year is weirdly polarizing to me - instead of just a lot of metal and like jazz rap that didn't get much attention from anywhere else and i don't really have strong opinions on except that it's not for me, as well as few critical favourites, this year there's a fair amount of "wow this is really cool and hasn't had a lot of attention elsewhere" (like mid-air thief!) but also "why the hell do they like this shit so much"
― ufo, Monday, 17 December 2018 13:51 (five years ago) link
yeah thr YM charts have value as long as you recognize their bizarre biases (which exist everywhere of course)
― resident hack (Simon H.), Monday, 17 December 2018 13:55 (five years ago) link
first & foremost the parrot fantano bias
― lowercase (eric), Monday, 17 December 2018 13:58 (five years ago) link
I don't really find their biases more bizarre than most of these lists', though.
― Locked in silent monologue, in silent scream (Sund4r), Monday, 17 December 2018 14:16 (five years ago) link
Yeah "Lift Yourself" came up on a playlist last night and I was struck by what a successful track it is, still makes me giggle, but with everything Kanye has gotten up to this year I wondered if it was being ranked at all
The three best albums I heard this year were Low and Tierra Whack and especially Rosalia, I rarely feel a feeling of "breathless anticipation" for what somebody is gonna release next but I got that feeling for all three artists
― flamboyant goon tie included, Monday, 17 December 2018 14:19 (five years ago) link
Anyway, I was listening to both and thinking I might have oversold the Anderson-Frisell comparison so I'm glad someone was turned on to the Frisell.xp
― Locked in silent monologue, in silent scream (Sund4r), Monday, 17 December 2018 14:20 (five years ago) link
RYM is a fine list although the collective love of The People for Daughters is still a bit puzzling, but you cant like em all. I initially thought this was the inoffensive indiepop Daughter.
I didn’t know Kids See Ghosts was that critically maligned? Apart from the charisma-free Cudi it’s just as good in terms of production as the Pusha and Teyana Taylor records I think.
― Siegbran, Monday, 17 December 2018 14:23 (five years ago) link
I like that Pitchfork has posted a list of rock albums (I assume other genres will follow)? Some unfamiliar names on there which I’ll check out.
― underqualified backing vocalist (morrisp), Monday, 17 December 2018 15:20 (five years ago) link
did the world need another snail mail blurb j/k
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Monday, 17 December 2018 15:32 (five years ago) link
haven't seen hop along appear much on these lists which is a shame
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Monday, December 17, 2018 10:32 AM (four minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
clearly p4k didn't think so, cause they used the same blurb for the best rock albums list as they did for their overall top 50
― bros before HOOS (voodoo chili), Monday, 17 December 2018 15:36 (five years ago) link
https://daily.bandcamp.com/2018/12/17/bandcamp-daily-staffers-on-their-favorite-albums-of-2018/
some good stuff on the Bandcamp editors' solo lists including my lads
― resident hack (Simon H.), Monday, 17 December 2018 15:37 (five years ago) link
― bros before HOOS (voodoo chili), Monday, December 17, 2018 8:36 AM (eight minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
lmao i didn't even notice, delightful
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Monday, 17 December 2018 15:45 (five years ago) link
Dazed - The 20 best K-pop songs of 2018http://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/42620/1/best-k-pop-songs-2018
― my name is leee john, for we are many (NickB), Monday, 17 December 2018 16:33 (five years ago) link
PopMatters - The 20 Best Avant-Garde and Experimental Albums of 2018https://www.popmatters.com/best-experimental-albums-2018-2623308555.html
FACT - The best ambient of 2018 https://www.factmag.com/2018/12/16/best-ambient-2018/
― my name is leee john, for we are many (NickB), Monday, 17 December 2018 16:34 (five years ago) link
Mixmag - The Top 50 Albums of 2018https://mixmag.net/feature/top-albums-2018?curator=MusicREDEF
― my name is leee john, for we are many (NickB), Monday, 17 December 2018 16:37 (five years ago) link
dazed kpop list is pretty decent, quite a few favorites in there
― ufo, Monday, 17 December 2018 16:39 (five years ago) link
Fester's Lucky 13: 2018 Year-End Summaryhttp://fastnbulbous.com/lucky-18/
Spotify | 2018 Breakdown: Genre Lists | Shows, Videos | Movies, Television & Books
1. Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – Hope Downs2. Graveyard – Peace 3. Peluché – Unforgettable 4. Mansion – First Death Of The Lutheran5. Teen Judge – Teen Judge6. Bambara – Shadow On Everything7. Birth Of Joy – Hyper Focus8. Jack Harlon & The Dead Crows – Hymns9. Sir Robin & The Longbowmen – Prozacco10. MaidaVale – Madness Is Too Pure11. The Native Cats – John Sharp Toro12. Messa – Feast For Water13. Maggot Heart – Dusk To Dusk14. Vanishing Kids – Creation 15. Lucifer – Lucifer II 16. Neurotic Fiction – Pulp Music 17. Sleep – The Sciences 18. Bas Jan – Yes I Jan 19. Ancestors – Suspended In Reflections 20. Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats – Wasteland 21. White Denim – Performance 22. All Them Witches – ATW 23. The Exploding Eyes Orchestra – II 24. Body Type – Body Type EP 25. The Ocean Party – The Oddfellows’ Hall 26. Crepes – In Cahoots 27. Khemmis – Desolation 28. Windhand – Eternal Return 29. Santa Librada – Santa Librada 30. Pale Divine – Pale Divine 31. Wytch Hazel – II: Sojourn 32. Witch Mountain – Witch Mountain 33. Castle – Deal Thy Fate 34. Oh Sees – Smote Reverser 35. Amgala Temple – Invisible Airships 36. Dream Wife – Dream Wife 37. Goat Girl – Goat Girl 38. Viagra Boys – Street Worms 39. Melbourne Cans – Heat Of The Night 40. Ought – Room Inside The World 41. ILL – We Are ILL 42. Tropical Fuck Storm – A Laughing Death In Meatspace 43. The Third Sound – All Tomorrow’s Shadows 44. Steeple Remove – Vonal-Axis 45. Parades Against Parades – Driving Me Stoned 46. Sitka Sun – Sitka Sun 47. Wooden Shjips – V 48. Black Salvation – Uncertainty Is Bliss 49. Cave – Allways 50. Druid – The Seven Scrolls 51. Weedpecker – III 52. Kikagaku Moyo – Masana Temples 53. Needlepoint – The Diary Of Robert Reverie 54. Iceage – Beyondless 55. LITHICS – Mating Surfaces 56. Glintshake – Benefit 57. The Breeders – All Nerve 58. Shopping – The Official Body 59. Moab – Trough 60. Alastor – Slave To The Grave 61. The Necromancers – Of Blood And Wine 62. Spiritual Cramp – Television 63. King Buffalo – Longing To Be The Mountain 64. Tony Allen & Jeff Mills – Tomorrow Comes The Harvest 65. Orb – The Space Between 66. Somali Yacht Club – The Sea 67. Greenleaf – Hear The Rivers 68. High Reeper – High Reeper 69. Earthless – Black Heaven 70. JIRM – Surge Ex Monumentis 71. Choral Hearse – Mire Exhumed 72. Mythic Sunship – Upheaval 73. The Wizards – Rise Of The Serpent 74. Les Big Byrd – Iran Iraq IKEA 75. Magmakammer – Mindtripper 76. Amyl And The Sniffers – Big Attraction & Giddy Up 77. Makaya McCraven – Universal Beings 78. Ezra Collective – Juan Pablo: The Philospher EP 79. Maisha – There Is A Place 80. Al Doum & The Faryds – Spirit Rejoin 81. Goatman – Rhythms 82. Trés Oui – Poised To Flourish 83. Massage – Oh Boy 84. Salad Boys – This Is Glue 85. Electric Citizen – Helltown 86. Dunbarrow – Dunbarrow II 87. Nekromant – The Nekromant Lives 88. Crippled Black Phoenix – Great Escape 89. Green Dragon – Green Dragon 90. Dos Santos – Logos 91. Spiders – Killer Machine 92. LIINES – Stop-Start 93. Szun Waves – New Hymn To Freedom 94. Public Practice – Distance Is A Mirror EP 95. Rough Spells – Modern Kicks For The Solitary Witch EP 96. Petite Noir – La Maison Noir: The Gift And The Curse EP 97. Vital Idles – Left Hand 98. Sammal – Suuliekki 99. Black Moth – Anatomical Venus 100. Ty Segall – Freedom’s Goblin
― Fastnbulbous, Monday, 17 December 2018 17:07 (five years ago) link
boring top 2 but an otherwise cool list
― resident hack (Simon H.), Monday, 17 December 2018 17:33 (five years ago) link
To clarify, the RYM top 10 is kind of awful, but there's plenty of good stuff in the 100
I actually quite like the new (old) Car Seat Headrest album though - there's my terrible confession
― imago, Monday, 17 December 2018 17:35 (five years ago) link
the music industry's greatest terrible secret is that that kid is actually really fuckin' good at making killer indie rock songs. don't tell anyone, tho.
― alpine static, Monday, 17 December 2018 17:41 (five years ago) link
xp I like it a lot, too (though haven't really gone back to it much since around the time it came out). Don't know why it's some kind of dirty word around here...
― underqualified backing vocalist (morrisp), Monday, 17 December 2018 17:44 (five years ago) link
I can't think of another current popular songwriter more desperately in need of an editor
― resident hack (Simon H.), Monday, 17 December 2018 17:45 (five years ago) link
i've hated on this board before but it's true that he has a few good songs!
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Monday, 17 December 2018 17:45 (five years ago) link
just like get to the point my dude!
xxpost Matthew Healy
*ducks*
― alpine static, Monday, 17 December 2018 17:46 (five years ago) link
to be clear:
i do think CSH guy could use an editori also think Healy could use an editor, probably just as / almost as muchi like the 1975 way more than CSH
― alpine static, Monday, 17 December 2018 17:48 (five years ago) link
I agree Will Headrest can be long-winded; but I also feel like that can be part of his "charm," or something. (I wouldn't cut anything from Teens of Denial; even from the most drawn-out jams.)
― underqualified backing vocalist (morrisp), Monday, 17 December 2018 18:00 (five years ago) link
Like he's the drunk guy on yr couch, still hanging when the rest of the guests have gone home, whose ranting is too much fun for you to kick him out & go to bed
― underqualified backing vocalist (morrisp), Monday, 17 December 2018 18:01 (five years ago) link
pretty solid description as i think it perfectly explains why i don't like him
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Monday, 17 December 2018 18:17 (five years ago) link
98% success ain't bad ;). Those interested in specific genres might find the breakdowns more interesting. For example:
Avant, Experimental, Modern Classical, Ambient & Drone
1. The Messthetics – The Messthetics 2. Secret Chiefs 3 – Malkhut 3. Daughters – You Won’t Get What You Want 4. Anna von Hausswolff – Dead Magic 5. Toundra – Vortex 6. Black Dresses – WASTEISOLATION 7. The Skull Defekts – The Skull Defekts 8. Oneida – Romance 9. Nils Frahm – All Melody 10. Årabrot – Who Do You Love 11. Gnod – Chapel Perilous 12. The Garden – Mirror Might Steal Your Charm 13. Author & Punisher – Beastland
Art Pop
1. Peluché – Unforgettable 2. Vital Idles – Left Hand 3. Eiko Ishibashi – The Dreams My Bones Dream 4. Julia Holter – Aviary 5. Arc Iris – Icon Of Ego 6. Halo Maud – Je Suis Une Île 7. Mr Twin Sister – Salt 8. Jenny Hval – The Long Sleep EP 9. U.S. Girls – In A Poem Unlimited 10. SOPHIE – OIL OF EVERY PEARL’S UN-INSIDES 11. The Black Queen – Infinite Games 12. Yves Tumor – Safe In The Hands Of Love 13. Gazelle Twin – Pastoral
― Fastnbulbous, Monday, 17 December 2018 18:48 (five years ago) link
multiple x-posts, but I got bored at work and didn't want to scroll through the entire Mixmag album list, so I scraped it.
1: Tirzah - Devotion2: Skee Mask - Compro3: DJ Koze - Knock Knock4: Helena Hauff - Qualm5: Jon Hopkins - Singularity6: Objekt - Cocoon Crush7: Daniel Avery - Song For Alpha8: Sophie - Oil of Every Pearl's Un-Insides9: Ross From Friends - Family Portrait10: Marie Davidson - Working Class Woman11: Martyn - Voids12: Bruce - Sonder Somatic13: Amnesia Scanner - Another Life14: Nines - Crop Circle15: Maribou State - Kingdoms in Colour16: Children of Zeus - Travel Light17: Robyn - Honey18: Lotic - Power19: Leon Vynehall - Nothing Is Still20: George Fitzgerald - All that must be21: Marquis Hawkes - The Marquis of Hawkes22: Oneohtrix Point Never - Age Of23: Young Fathers - Cocoa Sugar24: Nu Guinea - Nuova Napoli25: Yves Tumor - Safe in The Hands of Love26: Spence Parker - Dance Music27: Rüfüs Du Sol - Solace28: Âme - Dream House29: Kids See Ghosts - Kids See Ghosts30: Oliver Coates - Shelley's on Zenn-LA31: Mr Fingers - Cerebral Hemisphere32: Pariah - Here From Where We Are33: Max Cooper - One Hundred Billion Sparks34: Mr G - A Part of Me Volume 235: Nils Frahm - All Melody36: Break - Another Way37: The Blaze - Dancehall38: Soulwax - Essential39: Detroit Swindle - High Life40: HVL - Ostati41: Orbital - Monsters Exist42: Jensen Interceptor - Mother43: Taiki Nulight - Murky Manor44: The Digital Blonde - Neon45: Blocks & Escher - Something Blue46: Roman Flügel - Themes47: DJ Taye - Still Trippin'48: Parquet Courts - Wide Awake49: Against All Logic - 2012-201750: Byran Chapman - 7 Shadows and Iron Lungs
― fffv, Monday, 17 December 2018 19:29 (five years ago) link
Passion of the Weiss 50 Best Rap Songs
https://www.passionweiss.com/2018/12/16/best-rap-songs-2018/
― No Smockin' (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 17 December 2018 20:14 (five years ago) link
nice to see Orbital finally make an appearance
― frogbs, Monday, 17 December 2018 20:15 (five years ago) link
Nice to see that Soulwax album appear but that Mixmag list top 10 is very obvious
― boxedjoy, Monday, 17 December 2018 20:34 (five years ago) link
I don’t like The 1975 and CSH at all and still don’t understand what it is that people like about them so much.
There are many artists outside my interests which I do understand why people might like them but these two in particular make me feel like I’m deaf because I just don’t hear what’s so special about their music.
That said I don’t hate them, I just don’t get it.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Monday, 17 December 2018 21:45 (five years ago) link