very much lmao
― we need outrage! we need dicks!! (the table is the table), Wednesday, 1 December 2021 18:26 (two years ago) link
I'd rather have someone punch me in my colostomy than listen to Sault or Taylor Swift.
If you can't think of great albums that were released this year, that's on YOU, compadres.
I can’t wait for the EOY ILM TRACKS POLL where 10% of the poll will be songs from Red Taylor’s version, also the #1 album of 2021
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 1 December 2021 18:29 (two years ago) link
I would agree that it feels like a down year, especially after last year with the two Sault albums, two Taylor albums, Punisher, Fetch the Bolt Cutters...
― Indexed, Wednesday, December 1, 2021 11:10 AM (eighteen minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
snail mail record from this year is better than punisher imo
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Wednesday, 1 December 2021 18:29 (two years ago) link
Actively hating Sault is a pretty spicy opinion
― licorice in the front, pizza in the rear (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 1 December 2021 18:30 (two years ago) link
let's see just from what i've bought this year
tinashearooj aftabthy catafalquesnail mailmen i trustcarcassvijay ayerdawn richardchvrchesevery time i dieyoung thugrochelle jordandeafheavenhalseylowmanchester orchestrathe world is a beautiful place & etc.turnstilegodspeedpoppydarkthronejane weaverfoxingking womanconvergewolf alicemr twin sisterfiddlehead
all released excellent career-best records this year
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Wednesday, 1 December 2021 18:32 (two years ago) link
I love two Inflo produced albums this year - Cleo Sol and Little Simz. It’s a good recompense for a bit of a down year from Sault.
― aphoristical, Wednesday, 1 December 2021 18:33 (two years ago) link
i desperately need to hear that cleo sol record
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Wednesday, 1 December 2021 18:34 (two years ago) link
The first part only happened last year due to a troll. Red won't be the #1 album. Yes, Taylor generates discussion here, many of us are fans, but (respectfully) I don't see the point in overstating her reception for the sake of complaint.
― quiet coyote (morrisp), Wednesday, 1 December 2021 18:36 (two years ago) link
There is a ton of stuff that came out this year that I love. But if I had to predict, I am skeptical that 2021 will be well represented toward the top of the end of decade lists. Some years just feel like down years.
Very skeptical that Valentine will be as revered as Punisher in a few years' time. (I'm one of the 5 people who like both debuts better anyhow so trying to parse the zeitgeist is dumb, I know).
― Indexed, Wednesday, 1 December 2021 18:40 (two years ago) link
I'll have no trouble with albums or movies this year.
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 1 December 2021 18:43 (two years ago) link
it won't be as revered but phoebe bridgers' popularity is also on a different scale
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Wednesday, 1 December 2021 18:45 (two years ago) link
Things I bought this year that might make a year-end list:
Apartment House, John Cage Number Pieces 4CDAsphyxiate, Altar of DecomposedBiomorphic Engulfment, Incubation in the Parallel DimensionBLK OPS, The Heroic DoseWeedie Braimah, The Hands of TimeThe Bug, FireCadaveric Fumes, Dimensions ObscureCannibal Corpse, Violence UnimaginedIsaiah Collier & The Chosen Few, Cosmic TransitionsJohn Coltrane, A Love Supreme: Live in SeattleFire, DefeatFloating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra, PromisesMuriel Grossmann, UnionIrreversible Entanglements, Open the GatesDamon Locks Black Monument Ensemble, NowMadam Data, The Gospel of the DevourerMadam Data, For Agnes Martin – Six Architectures in Light and WaterMastodon, Hushed & GrimRob Mazurek Exploding Star Orchestra, Dimensional StardustJason Moran, The Sound Will Tell YouReplicant, Malignant RealityScorn, The Only PlaceSlant, 1Sons of Kemet, Black to the FutureSunn O))), Metta, BenevolenceCecil Taylor Ensemble, GöttingenAnna Thorvaldsdottir, EnigmaHerbie Tsoaeli, At This Point in Time: Voices in Volumes
― but also fuck you (unperson), Wednesday, 1 December 2021 18:52 (two years ago) link
just finished that Sunn O))) this morning, it's fantastic. love the "Troubled Air" performance.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 1 December 2021 18:54 (two years ago) link
Cool to see the Wau Wau Collectif album at #50 on the GvB list, a personal favorite that I've had a hard time explaining to anyone else. Senegalese folk-dub-jazz-?? but that makes it sound difficult when it's actually super warm and surprisingly catchy
I'm slightly tempted to call this a down year for albums too, but it really depends on what genres you like, and I have a bunch of jazz to catch up on among other things
― rob, Wednesday, 1 December 2021 19:28 (two years ago) link
AOTY summary is helpful. Consensus so far is Floating Points by some margin.
https://www.albumoftheyear.org/list/summary/2021/
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, November 30, 2021 6:13 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
Little Simz has overtaken it
― Chappies banging dustbin lids together (President Keyes), Wednesday, 1 December 2021 19:31 (two years ago) link
this sounds great!
― grove street (party) direction (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 1 December 2021 19:50 (two years ago) link
Luke Stewart- Works for Upright Bass and Amplifier Volumes 1 & 2Irreversible Entanglements- Open the GatesPeter Gregson- PatinaKessler- Ambivalent EPJames Brandon Lewis Quartet- Code of BeingSkylark- Crossing OverPatrick Shiroishi- HidemiRichard Skelton- SutrMatthew Liam Nicholson- Nine MovementsFuubutsushi- Good Sky DayFuubutsushi- NatsukashiiFuubutsushi- YamawarauFuubutsushi- SetsubunJaimie Branch- Fly or Die LIVEJessica Ackerley and Daniel Carter- FriendshipRắn Cạp Đuôi Collective- Ngủ Ngày Ngay Ngày Tận ThếMatt Evans- TouchlessSlikback- MELTLNS & DJ Sotofett- SputtersMsylma & Ismael- The Tenets of ForgettingCrazy Doberman- Everyone is rolling down a hill...Art School Girlfriend- Is It Light Where You AreEimar Reidy & Natalia Beylis- Whose Woods are TheseFacta- BlushScotch Rolex- TewariLow- HEY WHATJames Brandon Lewis- Jesup WagonIglew- Light Armour EPIOSONOUNCANE- IRASkee Mask- PoolChris Schlarb & Chad Taylor- Time No ChangesIlluvia- Iridescence of CloudsIu Takahashi- Late in LifeLuke Stewart/Patrick Shiroishi- split cassMoon Reflecting- Non-GMO Rain DanceRachika Nayar- Our Hands Against the DarkxLWBxDRx- prairie spells, a ribbon woveColin Webster- vs AmpAnne Bourne- waveEnzo Carniel & Filippo Vignato- AriaNatural Information Society & Evan Parker- descension (Out of Our Constrictions)Bored Lord- Lavirga EPPUNKT.VRT.PLASTIK- SomitAhmed- Nights on Saturn (Communication)ZULI- All Caps EPHafez Modirzadeh- FacetsQuin Kirchner- Live at Pro Musica
― we need outrage! we need dicks!! (the table is the table), Wednesday, 1 December 2021 19:50 (two years ago) link
album of the year for me is the absolutely sublime wave, from Anne Bourne. https://annebourne.bandcamp.com/album/wave
― we need outrage! we need dicks!! (the table is the table), Wednesday, 1 December 2021 19:51 (two years ago) link
so I mean maybe it was a bad year for "pop" music, but jazz, drone, ambient, and *weird stuff* were all really great imho.
― we need outrage! we need dicks!! (the table is the table), Wednesday, 1 December 2021 19:52 (two years ago) link
I figured some people were holding off on new releases until touring was back in swing
― Chappies banging dustbin lids together (President Keyes), Wednesday, 1 December 2021 20:06 (two years ago) link
also vinyl manufacturing delays etc.
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Wednesday, 1 December 2021 20:15 (two years ago) link
nice list tables!
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Wednesday, 1 December 2021 20:22 (two years ago) link
Yeah, there are a fair number of things on table's list that are candidates for mine as well, but I got them as promos and didn't have to buy them. Those Luke Stewart solo albums in particular are really cool.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Wednesday, 1 December 2021 20:27 (two years ago) link
gonna make a playlist for work from that list for sure
haven't had much time this year to look for new stuff myself, but i the three albums i kept coming back to were tirzah, nite jewel and suzanne kraft - all quite understated, off-ish, slightly emotionally drained-sounding pop albums, i guess
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Wednesday, 1 December 2021 20:32 (two years ago) link
Anne Bourne the Toronto cellist? Didn't know she released something.
― treat the gelignite tenderly for me (Sund4r), Wednesday, 1 December 2021 20:40 (two years ago) link
Cool to see the Wau Wau Collectif album at #50 on the GvB list, a personal favorite that I've had a hard time explaining to anyone else. Senegalese folk-dub-jazz-?? but that makes it sound difficult when it's actually super warm and surprisingly catchythis sounds great!
Don't know if you mean the description sounds great or the album itself. Listening to it now and it does indeed sound great!
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, 1 December 2021 20:49 (two years ago) link
Anne Bourne the Toronto cellist? Didn't know she released something.― treat the gelignite tenderly for me (Sund4r), Wednesday, December 1, 2021 12:40 PM (fifteen minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
― treat the gelignite tenderly for me (Sund4r), Wednesday, December 1, 2021 12:40 PM (fifteen minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
Simply the most sublime drone/deep listening experience I've had in years, I sometimes just leave it playing on a loop for hours at a time. Gorgeous stuff.
― we need outrage! we need dicks!! (the table is the table), Wednesday, 1 December 2021 20:56 (two years ago) link
xp i meant the description, planning to check out the album when i have a free moment
― grove street (party) direction (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 1 December 2021 21:20 (two years ago) link
All of today's lists very on-brand
― Indexed, Wednesday, December 1, 2021 bookmarkflaglink
As I made my way through the Paste list I actually thought there was a higher degree of aggro albums than I'd expect from them.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Wednesday, 1 December 2021 21:34 (two years ago) link
https://www.complex.com/music/best-albums-of-2021/
― Chappies banging dustbin lids together (President Keyes), Wednesday, 1 December 2021 21:39 (two years ago) link
Yeah, curious to read that Complex list but I noped the fuck out when no less than five different ads immediately popped up.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 1 December 2021 21:40 (two years ago) link
same
― we need outrage! we need dicks!! (the table is the table), Wednesday, 1 December 2021 21:46 (two years ago) link
there's rap on it
― Chappies banging dustbin lids together (President Keyes), Wednesday, 1 December 2021 21:58 (two years ago) link
also Adele at #3
― rob, Wednesday, 1 December 2021 22:00 (two years ago) link
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, December 1, 2021 4:40 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink
Same except not curious to read
― licorice in the front, pizza in the rear (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 1 December 2021 23:15 (two years ago) link
lol
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 1 December 2021 23:16 (two years ago) link
Thanks for the heads up on Wau Wau Collectif. This is super trippy, Loving it so far.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 2 December 2021 00:17 (two years ago) link
appreciate your list of "career best" albums, Brad, and agree on most, but do you really think the GYBE album is their best??
i like it, but...
― alpine static, Thursday, 2 December 2021 01:41 (two years ago) link
UPROXX BEST SONGS
https://uproxx.com/music/best-songs-2021-list/
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 2 December 2021 02:24 (two years ago) link
I like that it’s unranked. Also cool they chose “Michelangelo” as the Cassandra Jenkins track (that’s the one on my Faves playlist).
― quiet coyote (morrisp), Thursday, 2 December 2021 02:33 (two years ago) link
The Godspeed is very good, it’s not a top ten of the year but will likely be in my top 25.
― Legalize Suburban Benches (Raymond Cummings), Thursday, 2 December 2021 02:46 (two years ago) link
this feels like a pretty standard year in terms of overall quality
there's only a fairly small number of lists so far, seemingly a lot of those from the uk so there's quite a bias towards acts the uk press loves much more than the us in the minor consensus so far, like little simz
but idk really who's going to end up near the top of the consensus this year except floating points? this year feels relatively light on big critical consensus event albums but that's not the same as it being a weak year
the last year i remember being notably weak was probably 2014?
― ufo, Thursday, 2 December 2021 03:01 (two years ago) link
weather station and tyler will surely be up there too, but idk the weather station album was underwhelming after how good the singles were
― ufo, Thursday, 2 December 2021 03:02 (two years ago) link
Japanese Breakfast will be way up there
strong year, standard year, weak year, however you want to characterize it ... i think when you look across the consensus top 10 or 20 or whatever, you will see a year where many big/great artists are holding on to albums until touring is more certain. i mean, most years we are looking at Beyonce and Fiona Apple and Kendrick Lamar and Kacey Musgraves and Radiohead and on and on, and this year it's Floating Points and Japanese Breakfast and Little Simz? that's a full level or two down from the profile of artists that you usually see dominate these things.
i'm not saying that's a bad thing, btw
― alpine static, Thursday, 2 December 2021 03:16 (two years ago) link
there weren't the same number of big event albums as usual to get to the top of these lists, and those that did come out often flopped, relatively (lorde, kacey, etc)
but it was still a very solid year, i found just as much to love as usual
― ufo, Thursday, 2 December 2021 03:30 (two years ago) link
Plenty of big profile artists released albums this year but they got a bit of a lukewarm response, top of my mind:
Drake, Kanye West, Lorde, Billie Eilish, Kacey Musgraves, Adele … I guess Coldplay, Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber too but noone is expecting them to do a decent album at this point
The one I think was the best received “event” albums were Taylor’s Red but that’s a remake and Olivia Rodrigo but she’s a newcomer.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 2 December 2021 03:53 (two years ago) link
Did people not like Billie Eilish? I think that album is terrific.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Thursday, 2 December 2021 03:56 (two years ago) link
Lil Nas X, Silk Sonic also were sort of “event albums”, considering “old town road” was massive and Silk Sonic has Bruno Mars in there. I saw a lot of hype for both albums before they were released.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 2 December 2021 03:58 (two years ago) link
Xpost: In my view several critics and fans loved the Billie Eilish album but the singles were a hard sell for the general populace to pay attention to it.
I think Lorde and Adele suffered similar fates, they’re not bad albums but at their level of profile and given what they did on their past albums I guess people expect a hit single.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 2 December 2021 04:03 (two years ago) link