Ugh at Grimes and Taylor Swift on that TIME Top 10 but otherwise a very solid list. Tiwa Savage and Fiona Apple, Chloe x Halle and Makaya McCraven make me particularly happy.
Top 10 songs list also online, good choices but not many surprises... makes me wish they had a top 50:
https://time.com/5914984/best-songs-2020/
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Saturday, 28 November 2020 03:15 (three years ago) link
Grimes totally deserving, IMO. Excellent album
― yes m!ch!gan - the feeling's forever (morrisp), Saturday, 28 November 2020 03:28 (three years ago) link
the grimes album was quite mediocre but the taylor album was her very best
― ufo, Saturday, 28 November 2020 03:46 (three years ago) link
Amanda Petrusich's favorite album of 2020 ... is from 2018:
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/2020-in-review/the-best-music-of-2020
― alpine static, Saturday, 28 November 2020 03:51 (three years ago) link
ok in what world does the time track list not have many surprises. i don't think many other lists are going to have any south african house tracks
― ufo, Saturday, 28 November 2020 03:53 (three years ago) link
xp the Etran de L'Aïr album is dope and placed pretty high on my 2018 list iirc
― billstevejim, Saturday, 28 November 2020 04:22 (three years ago) link
Yeah, that Time tracks list is ridiculously eclectic (even by ILM standards). These past few linked write-ups keepmentioning “the pandemic” too much, though (IMO). How about we forget about it for a few minutes while we enjoy music? I get that covid provided a certain context for these writers, but I can’t relate to that.
― yes m!ch!gan - the feeling's forever (morrisp), Saturday, 28 November 2020 04:36 (three years ago) link
Maybe I’m an anomaly, but I don’t reflect on any the music I loved this year and think, “Ah yes – this was perfectly suited for these times of isolation,” blah blah.
― yes m!ch!gan - the feeling's forever (morrisp), Saturday, 28 November 2020 04:39 (three years ago) link
HAIM seemed that way to me tbh
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 28 November 2020 04:45 (three years ago) link
The Charli XCX album is the one true quarantine album.
― Mr. Cacciatore (Moodles), Saturday, 28 November 2020 05:28 (three years ago) link
yeah that one too
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 28 November 2020 05:32 (three years ago) link
Allow me to rectify: not that many surprises - for me - as I had heard every song in that top 10. I actually love how eclectic it is for a top 10 hence I’d love if we got a top 50 following that same spirit.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Saturday, 28 November 2020 05:52 (three years ago) link
Anyhow... another one:
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Saturday, 28 November 2020 05:59 (three years ago) link
Oops shared above already sorry
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Saturday, 28 November 2020 06:03 (three years ago) link
Just voted in the Pitchfork Readers’ Poll, where I can be assured to see few of my picks show up in the final accounting (if last year’s performance is any indication of future results).
― meditate in my direction (morrisp), Saturday, 28 November 2020 17:57 (three years ago) link
I soured on the Imperial Triumphant after repeated listens
Yeah same here
UNCUT's AOTY has anticipated the ILM poll winner for the past 2 years! This will not continue:/
Ha! I loved R&RW way more than I expected but no way is it coming anywhere near my ballot
Yeah, that Time tracks list is ridiculously eclectic (even by ILM standards)
Ehh I feel like this list only works tbrr if you need TIME magazine to clue you in on "Yo Perreo Sola" or "#WAP" in 2020. Is "Uwrongo" a p cool Afrobeats track? Because Yo Perreo Sola basically sucks
― more haim than good (Drugs A. Money), Saturday, 28 November 2020 22:58 (three years ago) link
Reggaeton is getting super dreamy lately but you'd never guess from what's crossing over into the Anglosphere
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRl7siIfcPc
― more haim than good (Drugs A. Money), Saturday, 28 November 2020 23:00 (three years ago) link
Obviously not “WAP,” but most of the others.
― meditate in my direction (morrisp), Saturday, 28 November 2020 23:07 (three years ago) link
I'm giving it the twice over; it def covers a lot of bases, its true
― more haim than good (Drugs A. Money), Saturday, 28 November 2020 23:11 (three years ago) link
"uwrongo" is cool and not really afrobeats as that generally means west african stuff. south african house like "uwrongo" is a totally different scene that hasn't had anywhere near the same level of attention from the western music press (so, basically none) so it's very cool to see it show up there
― ufo, Saturday, 28 November 2020 23:17 (three years ago) link
Yeah I was giving it a couple listens, its great!
― more haim than good (Drugs A. Money), Saturday, 28 November 2020 23:39 (three years ago) link
uwrongo is great and it got extensive love on the afro thread, didn't it?
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 29 November 2020 01:20 (three years ago) link
nope, sun-el. #onethread
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 29 November 2020 01:21 (three years ago) link
rolling stone's top 2 is probably bob dylan and taylor swift
― billstevejim, Sunday, 29 November 2020 22:02 (three years ago) link
sitting in a tree
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Monday, 30 November 2020 00:12 (three years ago) link
quietus list is out, once again ruined by not having me as a contributing voter
― imago, Monday, 30 November 2020 11:23 (three years ago) link
oh this year's quietus list is a bunch of stuff i've mostly never heard of instead of a bunch of stuff i'm totally baffled that they like. it's always one of the two so i'm glad this year's is the more interesting one
― ufo, Monday, 30 November 2020 11:28 (three years ago) link
for me it is a mixture of those two things but with an emphasis on the latter
― imago, Monday, 30 November 2020 11:41 (three years ago) link
well not baffled - it's clear by now they love a dirge
My favorite list! I'm so excited to spend some time with it today.
― healthy cocaine off perfect butts (the table is the table), Monday, 30 November 2020 11:59 (three years ago) link
https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/best-albums/best-albums-of-2020/
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Monday, 30 November 2020 14:39 (three years ago) link
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Monday, 30 November 2020 14:40 (three years ago) link
That’s strange. Link doesn’t seem to work, but on the homepage it does...
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Monday, 30 November 2020 14:41 (three years ago) link
The backslash on the end isn't part of the url code in your post and should be
― groovypanda, Monday, 30 November 2020 14:55 (three years ago) link
Also think that's the first list I've seen with both Sault albums in. Seemed to be one or the other so far elsewhere
― groovypanda, Monday, 30 November 2020 14:58 (three years ago) link
I've got over 20 on that Quietus list, which is a new record for me I think. Had no idea Young Knives had an album out this year!
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 30 November 2020 14:59 (three years ago) link
Lots of great records by mates on that Quietus list but I've got to admit I was secretly hoping we'd sneak in the lower levels ;_;
― emil.y, Monday, 30 November 2020 15:20 (three years ago) link
your album would be one of the better things on there, absolutely
― imago, Monday, 30 November 2020 15:22 (three years ago) link
Some good stuff in the Quietus list, as usual, yet very few real favourites of mine, as usual, except for the Autechre, Sarah Davachi, Oranssi Pazuzu and Alison Cotton (rightly ahead of this year’s Richard Skelton LP imo).I did that oh-so-shallow flash sampling thing where I listen to a few seconds of each entry I’m unfamiliar with and the Pa Salieu sounds like it’s worth investigating further, as do the Antonina Nowacka, Mary Lattimore and Squarepusher, of all things (never been a huge fan). Top 6 mostly just drew a ‘life’s too short’ reaction from me tho.
― pomenitul, Monday, 30 November 2020 16:04 (three years ago) link
It did remind me to order that new Pharaoh Overlord record though.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 30 November 2020 16:04 (three years ago) link
God, listening to a minute of that made me want to die.
― healthy cocaine off perfect butts (the table is the table), Monday, 30 November 2020 16:06 (three years ago) link
I haven't had a chance to look at it yet, anticipating some disappointment as well as some shared faves.
― healthy cocaine off perfect butts (the table is the table), Monday, 30 November 2020 16:07 (three years ago) link
Haha, I haven't listened to any of it yet, prefer to go into my Circle and offshoot bands blind. Every single album Jussi has ever released has at least one amazing moment, even when you have to sit through some misfires to get there.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 30 November 2020 16:10 (three years ago) link
Emily what’s the album you released this year, I haven’t heard it!
Pretty much only know three bands from that Quietus list.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Monday, 30 November 2020 16:33 (three years ago) link
Damn, I was sure all of ilx had had enough of my shameless self-promotion, but it is at least asked for this time. Moka: https://slumoflegs.bandcamp.com/album/slum-of-legs
We got a nice write-up from the Quietus when it came out and I know JD has liked our stuff so I did have my fingers crossed a little for us. Ah well. I've got to say it does look like my EoY list might be more Quietus-y than usual, there's usually a reasonable overlap but I've clocked a bunch of things that are in my 'definite' column for ilx ballotry.
― emil.y, Monday, 30 November 2020 17:01 (three years ago) link
i'm glad the quietus made space for that glorious duval timothy album
― la table sur la table (voodoo chili), Monday, 30 November 2020 17:17 (three years ago) link
I knew about 15 or so, and had meant to get to another 20 or so.
Glad that Nazar, Duma, Allison Cotton, Memnon Sa, and our own beloved DD made it on, along with some others. Also was happy to see some old friends (Special Interest) get a shout out— their bassist and I used to have a joke about how whenever he'd move out of a punk house in Oakland, I was inevitably the one to move in next, which was kind of true for a few years, before he moved down to New Orleans.
My gripe with the Quietus lists is very personal and small, and that is that for whatever reason, I find the style of rapping associated with a lot of grime and drill music to be irritating in the extreme— I love the beats, and love rap and hip-hop from the US and non-English speaking countries, but something about the accent and plosives or intonation or something just makes me want to press the skip button. That basically winnowed the list down to 90, and throw in the unlistenable experimental grindcore crap that I got over in 10th grade, and I'm at about 80 records that could hold interest.
Some notable records to which they gave good reviews are missing, imho:Rian Treanor- File Under UK MetaplasmUstad Saami- Pakistan is for the PeacefulNicholas Bougaïeff- The Upward SpiralAmbrose Akinmusire- On the Tender Spot...Nihiloxica- KaloliKlara Lewis- IngridLunch Money Life- Immersion Chamberfra fra- Funeral Songs
To be honest, kind of disappointed that so little jazz was mentioned— I know that the genre has its own robust journalism culture, but I'm just a lot more interested in jazz than some of the other stuff to which they gave space.
Most excited by seeking out the Dead Meat, Antonina Nowacka, and the Katie Gately.
― healthy cocaine off perfect butts (the table is the table), Monday, 30 November 2020 17:29 (three years ago) link
yeah that Ustad Saami was so great, better than the first one for sure
― imago, Monday, 30 November 2020 17:30 (three years ago) link
you should definitely still check out that pa salieu album which made their top ten and is likely to make my personal one
― la table sur la table (voodoo chili), Monday, 30 November 2020 17:37 (three years ago) link
Oh I didn’t know Ustad Saami had a new one out this year. Nice.
― pomenitul, Monday, 30 November 2020 17:37 (three years ago) link