"the best songs she's ever written" is not going to be super compelling to those of us who think almost all of her songs are dogshit
― totally unnecessary bewbz of exploitation (DJP), Tuesday, 10 December 2019 19:55 (four years ago) link
I mean, sure?
― Simon H., Tuesday, 10 December 2019 19:58 (four years ago) link
The Atlantic put out an unranked list:
FKA Twigs, MagdaleneBurna Boy, African GiantMegan Thee Stallion, FeverTorche, AdmissionMaxo Kream, Brandon BanksBillie Eilish, When We All Fall Asleep Where Do We Go?Lana Del Rey, Norman Fucking RockwellChris Farren, Born HotAri Lennox, Shea Butter BabyBarker, UtilitySleaford Mods, Eton AliveSummer Walker, Over ItCarly Rae Jepsen, DedicatedDaBaby, Kirk100 Gecs, 1000 GecsVampire Weekend, Father of the BrideThe Highwomen, The HighwomenBad Bunny, 100XPre
― shared unit of analysis (unperson), Tuesday, 10 December 2019 20:34 (four years ago) link
Carly Rae Jepsen, Dedicated
haven't seen this too much--getting the Haim follow-up treatment?
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Tuesday, 10 December 2019 20:42 (four years ago) link
Chris Farren, Born Hot
wacky to see the fake problems guy in this crowd
― american bradass (BradNelson), Tuesday, 10 December 2019 20:43 (four years ago) link
i like the LDR album a lot but it feels very strange the way she's suddenly gone from critically underrated to critically overrated. not just this record but born to die doing very well in end of decade lists despite still being pretty mediocre. NFR is certainly her best work but not really close to an AOTY contender for me.
― ufo, Tuesday, 10 December 2019 22:29 (four years ago) link
everyone wants a hero
― maura, Tuesday, 10 December 2019 22:42 (four years ago) link
I'm certainly appreciating that Ari Lennox more now than I did over the summer.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 10 December 2019 22:44 (four years ago) link
i hope to see more publications putting out unranked lists
― dyl, Wednesday, 11 December 2019 04:08 (four years ago) link
me too ^
also, i think an unranked list + one or two or three "this is the very best of the bunch" / ranked section is perfectly reasonable.
i often feel like my top 2, 3 or 4 are obvious and everything after that is splitting hairs.
― alpine static, Wednesday, 11 December 2019 07:14 (four years ago) link
it does feel like an unranked list sort of year
― Simon H., Wednesday, 11 December 2019 10:44 (four years ago) link
https://remezcla.com/lists/music/50-best-songs-by-latinos-in-2019/
A little of everything but mainly reggaeton
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 11 December 2019 13:10 (four years ago) link
https://afropop.org/articles/afropop-runs-down-2019
Stocking Stuffer list in alphabetical order with Burna Boy, Mdou Moctar and more
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 11 December 2019 13:12 (four years ago) link
Textura again doesn't have much overlap with anything else:
01. Christopher Tignor: A Light Below (Western Vinyl)02. William Brittelle: Spiritual America (New Amsterdam Records / Nonesuch)03. Stein Urheim: Simple Pieces & Paper Cut-Outs (Hubro)04. Hevreh Ensemble: A Path of Light (Ansonica Records)05. Kamancello: Kamancello II: Voyage (Kamancello)06. Toby Hay: New Music for the 12 String Guitar (The state51 Conspiracy)07. Leo Svirsky: River Without Banks (Unseen Worlds)08. Hedvig Mollestad Trio: Smells Funny (Rune Grammofon)09. Isnaj Dui: Sight Seeing (Fbox Records)10. Frode Haltli: Border Woods (Hubro)11. Sontag Shogun: It Billows Up (Youngbloods)12. Michael Robinson: Tunis Phantom (Azure Miles Records)13. Zachary Paul: Meditation on Discord (Touch)14. Akira Kosemura: Diary 2016-19 (Schole Records)15. Paniyolo & Akio Watanabe: Passage of Sky (Schole Records)16. J. Pavone String Ensemble: Brick and Mortar (Birdwatcher Records)17. Lumen Drones: Umbra (Hubro)18. Deadbeat & Camara: Trinity Thirty (Constellation)19. David Ian Roberts: Traveling Bright (Cambrian Records)20. Comit: Remote Viewing (ASIP)
Classical, jazz and ambient lists are separated.
― Siegbran, Wednesday, 11 December 2019 13:15 (four years ago) link
FACT best tracks of 2019https://www.factmag.com/2019/12/10/the-best-tracks-of-2019/
100 gecs - Money Machine8ULENTINA - Deep SummerAïsha Devi - I'm Not Always Where My Body IsAnz - No HarmCall Super + Parris - Chiselers RushClaude Fontaine - Cry For AnotherDe Grandi - Paris Nord-EstDJ Lag & Okzharp - Steam OneDJ Plead - RubyEllll - PepsiFalse Witness - Red Curtain DaybreakFelix Lee [Feat. Yayoyanoh] - FocusedFKA Twigs - sad dayFrank Ocean - In My RoomGuapdad 4000- FlossinIndia Jordan - WarperJai Paul - Do You Love Her NowJoy Orbison [Feat. Infinite & Mansur Brown] - BurnKelsey Lu - Due WestKaren Gwyer - Faces on AnklesKehlani - Too DeepKim Gordon - Air BnBLady Lykez [Feat. Lioness] - Muhammad Ali (remix)Leonce - Penetration TestingLil Nas X [Feat. Billy Ray Cyrus] - Old Town Road (remix)Medulasa - ForeverMurlo - End Of The Road (Sinjin Hawke & Zora Jones’ Flashback)Nkisi - Destruction Of PowerNoname- Song 32Normani - Motivationose - is it love?Peder Mannerfelt - Sissel & Bass (Cera Khin Mind Destruction remix)Pop Smoke - Welcome To The PartyPowder - New TribePrecolumbian & Estoc - CCT1Precolumbian & Estoc - CCT2Quest?onmarc - MonolithRhyw - Biggest BullyRiobamba - MuerteRui Mo - The HeatScarlxrd - GXING THE DISTANCEShygirl - BBSpecial Request - Vortex 150Taso & Siete Catorce - 2 for $20Thoom - Wound as Pockettobi lou - I Was Sad Last Night I'm OK NowTom Blip & Swordman Kitala - Kitala BeatTzusing & Hodge - ElectrolytesYoung Thug [Feat. Lil Uzi Vert] - What's the MoveYoung Baby Tate - CAMPVon Bikrav - Casse des Murs
― Wee Bloabby (NickB), Wednesday, 11 December 2019 14:58 (four years ago) link
man it's just wild sometimes to think about how much music there is. that Textura list is marked "General" and yet I have never heard of a single one of those artists.
― Evans on Hammond (evol j), Wednesday, 11 December 2019 15:15 (four years ago) link
Another good jazz list, from VinylMePlease:
http://magazine.vinylmeplease.com/magazine/best-jazz-albums-2019/
I've heard all but two of these albums, and the Jamael Dean one sounds particularly interesting.
― shared unit of analysis (unperson), Wednesday, 11 December 2019 15:19 (four years ago) link
I listened to some of the Dean the other day, definitely worth checking out. Maybe a touch too much exactly what you'd expect from "jazz album on Stones Throw" but well executed
― rob, Wednesday, 11 December 2019 15:27 (four years ago) link
It's a Canadian 'new music' site with ime a distinct aesthetic that is a little tricky to describe; contemporary classical and jazz releases that share qualities with ambient music but are more chopsy than post-rock? Kamancello are from here. I had stopped following. I should check this one out.xps re Textura
― No language just sound (Sund4r), Wednesday, 11 December 2019 15:32 (four years ago) link
I like a lot of the Textura jazz picks, but yeah, those albums all have more in common than not, and "share qualities with ambient music but are more chopsy than post-rock" covers it pretty well. I would also describe it as the kind of jazz where everyone on the bandstand, including the drummer, needs a music stand.
― shared unit of analysis (unperson), Wednesday, 11 December 2019 15:45 (four years ago) link
Their ambient is all "everything is going to be ok" ambient, not so much "everything is fucked and we're all going to die" ambient. I have time for both tbh.
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 11 December 2019 15:47 (four years ago) link
― Evans on Hammond (evol j)
i was going to say the same on first glance except i namechecked the stein urheim upthread!
that's kind of my goal in terms of music. to react to 90% of everything a given person will mention with blank stares and then they hit on that one thing that they're going to assume nobody else has heard of and i've heard it.
i listened to their #1 pick, the tignor, and i liked it. i hadn't heard of his tuning fork thing before - if it was ever a schtick, i don't think it is now. probably it makes him more marketable but we all need to get people's attention somehow.
i try to be attuned to terroir when it comes to music - my approach implicitly demands it - and it's a new york thing but i'm ok with that. i could easily spend all my time listening to music only from new york, it's a world unto itself with all sorts of interesting things happening, so i try to limit myself. having heard two records on the textura list and liked both of them, i'm consciously not going to listen to anything more because at some point i have to live my fucking life.
― Agnes Motörhead (rushomancy), Wednesday, 11 December 2019 16:16 (four years ago) link
Frode Haltli's Border Woods is norsk avant-folk for the accordion-minded – always a delight.
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 11 December 2019 16:20 (four years ago) link
Glad to see Kelsey Lu on the FACT list, surprised that isn't getting more EOY love.
― by the light of the burning Citroën, Wednesday, 11 December 2019 16:31 (four years ago) link
Evol j otm
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 11 December 2019 16:44 (four years ago) link
Electronic Sound
1. Anna Meredith - Fibs2. Paranoid London - PL3. William Doyle - Your Wilderness Revisited4. Luke Vibert - Valvable5. Fader - In Shadow 6. Blanck Mass - Animated Violence Mild7. Chemical Brothers - No Geography 8. Amon Tobin - Fear in a Handful of Dust9. Richard Fearless - Dummy10. Jane Weaver - Loops in the Secret Society
Seperate lists for reissues, comps and soundtracks.
Respectively the number 1 for each was
Michael Rother -SoloVarious - Use Hearing ProtectionHaiku Salut - The General
― Dan Worsley, Wednesday, 11 December 2019 17:08 (four years ago) link
That Anna Meredith album was a bit too much for me tbh, but I was wondering if Imago had heard it cos it seemed v much like his sort of thing
― Wee Bloabby (NickB), Wednesday, 11 December 2019 17:29 (four years ago) link
Ubiquitous French magazine Les Inrocks:
100. Roméo Elvis - Chocolat99. Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Colorado98. Swans - Leaving Meaning.97. Lysistrata - Breath In/Out96. Fabio Viscogliosi - Rococo95. MNNQNS - Body Negative94. Kokoko! - Fongola93. Unloved - Heartbreak92. Alex Beaupain - Pas plus le jour que la nuit91. Jefre Cantu-Ledesma - Tracing Back the Radiance90. Rubin Steiner - Say Hello to the Dawn of Paradox89. GoldLink - Diaspora88. Foals - Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost (Part 1)87. Pritchard & Lo - Rendez-vous Streets86. Sampa The Great - The Return85. Danny Brown - uknowhatimsayin¿84. The Psychotic Monks - Private Meaning First83. Big Thief - Two Hands82. Chris Cohen - Chris Cohen81. Velvet Negroni - NEON BROWN80. DJ Shadow - Our Pathetic Age79. Le Villejuif Underground - When Will the Flies in Deauville Drop?78. Thom Yorke - ANIMA77. Keren Ann - Bleue76. Cigarettes After Sex - Cry75. DIIV - Deceiver74. Whitney - Forever Turned Around73. Corridor - Junior72. Mike Patton & Jean-Claude Vannier - Corpse Flower71. Sean O'Hagan - Radum Calls, Radum Calls70. Nérija - Blume69. Hot Chip - A Bath Full of Ecstasy68. H-BURNS - Midlife67. Steve Lacy - Apollo XXI66. The Murder Capital - When I Have Fears65. Big Thief - U.F.O.F.64. Vampire Weekend - Father of the Bride63. Angel Olsen - All Mirrors62. Bill Callahan - Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest61. Muzi - Zeno60. Tindersticks - No Treasure But Hope59. Adam Green - Engine of Paradise58. Kobo - Période d'essai57. The Brian Jonestown Massacre - The Brian Jonestown Massacre56. Malik Djoudi - Tempéraments55. The Black Keys - "Let's Rock"54. The Raconteurs - Help Us Stranger53. Jessica Pratt - Quiet Signs52. L'Épée - Diabolique51. Zed Yun Pavarotti - French Cash50. Drugdealer - Raw Honey49. Clairo - Immunity48. Hamza - Paradise47. Mac DeMarco - Here Comes the Cowboy46. Peter Doherty - Peter Doherty & The Puta Madres45. Kindness - Something Like a War44. O – Olivier Marguerit - À TERRE !43. HTRK - Venus in Leo42. (Sandy) Alex G - House of Sugar41. Billie Eilish - WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?40. Aldous Harding - Designer39. Lambchop - This (is what I wanted to tell you)38. Blood Orange - Angel's Pulse37. Cate Le Bon - Reward36. Mattiel - Satis Factory35. Biche - La nuit des Perséides34. Ty Segall - First Taste33. black midi - schlagenheim32. Chromatics - Closer To Grey31. Girl Band - The Talkies30. SebastiAn - Thirst29. Metronomy - Metronomy Forever28. Solange - When I Get Home27. Allah-Las - LAHS26. slowthai - Nothing Great About Britain25. Deerhunter - Why Hasn't Everything Already Disappeared?24. Kim Gordon - No Home Record23. PNL - Deux frères22. Loyle Carner - Not Waving, But Drowning21. Kompromat - Traum und Existenz20. Kanye West - JESUS IS KING19. Holly Herndon - PROTO18. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Ghosteen17. Ezra Furman - Twelve Nudes16. Iggy Pop - Free15. Cassius - Dreems14. Battles - Juice B Crypts13. Bon Iver - i,i12. FKA twigs - MAGDALENE11. Purple Mountains - Purple Mountains10. Hubert Lenoir - Darlène9. Alex Cameron - Miami Memory8. Lana Del Rey - Norman Fucking Rockwell!7. Denzel Curry - ZUU6. Philippe Katerine - Confessions5. Fontaines D.C. - Dogrel4. James Blake - Assume Form3. Fat White Family - Serfs Up!2. Weyes Blood - Titanic Rising1. Tyler, the Creator - IGOR
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 11 December 2019 22:23 (four years ago) link
61. Muzi - ZenoHappy to see this. Just one example of the incredible amount of great and varied music coming out of South Africa.
― breastcrawl, Wednesday, 11 December 2019 23:17 (four years ago) link
posted to bobbins but reposting here:Resident Advisor Singles list features ten separate playlistshttps://www.residentadvisor.net/features/3542
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 11 December 2019 23:45 (four years ago) link
Dazed Digital (Albums): https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/47070/1/the-20-best-albums-of-2019
20. FELIX LEE, INNA DAZE19. LAFAWNDAH, ANCESTOR BOY18. JERKCURB, AIR CON EDEN17. THESE NEW PURITANS, INSIDE THE ROSE16. BURNA BOY, AFRICAN GIANT15. OFB, FRONTSTREET14. DORIAN ELECTRA, FLAMBOYANT13. KELSEY LU, BLOOD12. THE RHYTHM METHOD, HOW WOULD YOU KNOW I WAS LONELY11. NILÜFER YANYA, MISS UNIVERSE10. JPEGMAFIA, ALL MY HEROES ARE CORNBALLS09. SOLANGE, WHEN I GET HOME08. RICO NASTY & KENNY BEATS, ANGER MANAGEMENT07. BILLIE EILISH, WHEN WE FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?06. FKA TWIGS, MAGDALENE05. TYLER, THE CREATOR, IGOR04. WEYES BLOOD, TITANIC RISING03. SLOWTHAI, NOTHING GREAT ABOUT BRITAIN02. LANA DEL REY, NORMAN FUCKING ROCKWELL!01. CAROLINE POLACHEK, PANG
― monotony, Thursday, 12 December 2019 01:46 (four years ago) link
the Kali Malone album The Sacrifical Code that is on the Wire list is somber but is beautiful I think
― Dan S, Thursday, 12 December 2019 01:50 (four years ago) link
Rolling Stone's 10 best metal albums of 2019:
10. Korn, ‘The Nothing’9. Opeth, ‘In Cauda Venenum’8. Rammstein, ‘Rammstein’7. Tomb Mold, ‘Planetary Clairvoyance’6. King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, ‘Infest the Rats’ Nest’5. Darkthrone, ‘Old Star’4. Alcest, ‘Spiritual Instinct’3. Gaahls Wyrd, ‘Gastir — Ghosts Invited’2. Moon Tooth, ‘Crux’1. Slipknot, ‘We Are Not Your Kind’
― pomenitul, Thursday, 12 December 2019 14:20 (four years ago) link
hell yeah
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 12 December 2019 14:23 (four years ago) link
MOON TOOTH!! but also what on earth is #3
― Simon H., Thursday, 12 December 2019 14:23 (four years ago) link
It's pretty good! I'll listen to anything that Gaahl's involved in.
― pomenitul, Thursday, 12 December 2019 14:24 (four years ago) link
thats actually a good list of commercial metal, not sure the King Gizzard should be in there though
― Hmmmmm (jamiesummerz), Thursday, 12 December 2019 14:24 (four years ago) link
The King Gizzard album is pretty good! They aren't a metal band, but it is definitely a metal album.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Thursday, 12 December 2019 14:26 (four years ago) link
it's not top 10 material but it's good fun
― Simon H., Thursday, 12 December 2019 14:27 (four years ago) link
The King Gizzard is TOTALLY a metal album. And one of the year's best metal albums too.
― A. Begrand, Thursday, 12 December 2019 16:25 (four years ago) link
Surprised jpegmafia not on more lists. Cornballs record is great.
― Hinklepicker, Thursday, 12 December 2019 20:06 (four years ago) link
Have heard & liked Anna Meredith!
― imago, Thursday, 12 December 2019 20:13 (four years ago) link
The Quietus's top 20 metal albums of 2019:
https://thequietus.com/articles/27593-dawn-rayd-blood-incantation-inter-arma-best-metal-2019
― pomenitul, Friday, 13 December 2019 11:49 (four years ago) link
NPR
https://www.npr.org/2019/12/11/778225628/the-25-best-albums-of-2019
https://www.npr.org/2019/12/11/778226410/the-25-best-songs-of-2019
― curmudgeon, Friday, 13 December 2019 13:48 (four years ago) link
a few more of npr's lists
https://www.npr.org/2019/12/11/778228577/10-rap-albums-that-raised-the-bar-s-in-2019
https://www.npr.org/2019/12/11/778227075/a-survey-of-the-year-in-latin-music-whatever-that-means
― curmudgeon, Friday, 13 December 2019 13:52 (four years ago) link
There's way better material on The Highwomen album than the title track.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 13 December 2019 13:55 (four years ago) link
https://www.npr.org/2019/12/11/778228299/9-rap-albums-as-dark-and-dystopian-as-2019
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Friday, 13 December 2019 14:10 (four years ago) link
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes)
only way to get an article published on billy woods is to pretend it's a list
and then they fuck around with the headline
― Agnes Motörhead (rushomancy), Friday, 13 December 2019 14:24 (four years ago) link
Before looking I'm going to guess that Lana's taken NPR as well
― imago, Friday, 13 December 2019 16:11 (four years ago) link
Ooh, lower than Weyes Blood! A pleasant surprise, except that they've put abysmal Weyes Blood knock-off and general irritant Aldous Harding even higher
― imago, Friday, 13 December 2019 16:13 (four years ago) link