Yeah, I've not heard the whole Dry Cleaning album in full yet but their guitarist knows his onions
― imago, Thursday, 10 February 2022 16:13 (two years ago) link
good to see SoK. have we passed a vote threshold or was this a low-enthusiasm choice for many?
― rob, Thursday, 10 February 2022 16:16 (two years ago) link
― imago,
Green even!
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 10 February 2022 16:17 (two years ago) link
Dry Cleaning are right at the top end of the sprechcore spectrum for me (with Yard Act right at the bottom end).
― mike t-diva, Thursday, 10 February 2022 16:22 (two years ago) link
n/a otm
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 10 February 2022 16:22 (two years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/WmmKpIr.jpg25. Erika de Casier - Sensational283 points / 13 votesVideo from the album: “Drama”Erika de Casier - Essentials
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 10 February 2022 16:24 (two years ago) link
This one is sensational.
I think I enjoy this one even more than the first, but both are great. Her songwriting is a bit sharper here.
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Thursday, 10 February 2022 16:27 (two years ago) link
agreed with those upthread that the guitarist for dry cleaning makes them worth hearing, even if i don't have much time for them
― roflrofl fight (voodoo chili), Thursday, 10 February 2022 16:31 (two years ago) link
this whole post punk spoken word scene (what are calling this again?)
Gabber
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Thursday, 10 February 2022 16:35 (two years ago) link
one-tone
― roflrofl fight (voodoo chili), Thursday, 10 February 2022 16:39 (two years ago) link
I keep getting Dry Cleaning and Wet Leg confused. It doesn't help that the Dry Cleaning album also has "Leg" in the title.
― o. nate, Thursday, 10 February 2022 16:40 (two years ago) link
Sprechstimme and sprechgesang are interchangeable afaik. I'm not sure I recognize the distinction made in that Wikipedia quote - the sprechstimme in Pierrot Lunaire has notated pitches with x's on them like the sprechgesang in Wozzeck. It is a technique that aiui involves attempting to hit a note, then letting go of the pitch and sliding to the next in an attempt to follow the intonation patterns found in speech - the effect, at least in the pieces I know, is closer to swoops and sighs and not at all to my ears like rap or slam poetry or Kim Gordon spoken word so these comparisons, which get made even by people with graduate degrees in music, always annoy me, like they are based purely on a literal translation of the terminology itself and not on what the music sounds like.
Example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyfUd7_sBdg
Detailed explanation with demonstrations: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXBVu1s-5E0
― The sensual shock (Sund4r), Thursday, 10 February 2022 16:45 (two years ago) link
too low
― Qamon (||||||||), Thursday, 10 February 2022 16:48 (two years ago) link
yeah had Schoenberg in my top ten, v disappointing
― imago, Thursday, 10 February 2022 16:52 (two years ago) link
My man
― The sensual shock (Sund4r), Thursday, 10 February 2022 16:52 (two years ago) link
This recording came out last year. Didn't hear it: https://www.discogs.com/release/18685474-Schoenberg-Patricia-Kopatchinskaja-Pierrot-Lunaire
― The sensual shock (Sund4r), Thursday, 10 February 2022 16:53 (two years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/U6O8Foi.jpg24. Mr Twin Sister - Al Mundo Azul286 points / 12 votesVideo from the album: “Beezle”Mr Twin Sister
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 10 February 2022 16:57 (two years ago) link
― roflrofl fight (voodoo chili), Thursday, 10 February 2022 16:57 (two years ago) link
today has been a beguiling mix of imagocore with TimFcore lol
― imago, Thursday, 10 February 2022 16:58 (two years ago) link
simultaneously their most accessible and experimental work to date
― roflrofl fight (voodoo chili), Thursday, 10 February 2022 16:58 (two years ago) link
ugh what a good album
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Thursday, 10 February 2022 17:00 (two years ago) link
The Fallout
― Evan, Thursday, 10 February 2022 17:09 (two years ago) link
the 2021 album whose vocals and lyrics reminded me of the Fall in any way at all was by audiobooks, and it wasn't nominated
this Mr Twin Sister preview track is...much livelier than I remember them being? Hypersophistipop?
― imago, Thursday, 10 February 2022 17:13 (two years ago) link
Listened to that twice. Very keen to hear the rest
― imago, Thursday, 10 February 2022 17:16 (two years ago) link
Same, love the production
― change display name (Jordan), Thursday, 10 February 2022 17:19 (two years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/6pyfevU.jpg23. Men I Trust - Untourable Album290 points / 10 votesVideo from the album: “Tree Among Shrubs”thraed of smooth jazz dream pop opus ONCLE JAZZ by montreal band MEN I TRUST
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 10 February 2022 17:19 (two years ago) link
amazing album, I was really blown away by their skill and talent after watching the Tiny Desk Concert for this
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Thursday, 10 February 2022 17:21 (two years ago) link
still one of favorite bass tones in indie pop.
Particularly in love with Serenade of Water and 5am Waltz. They have a late 90's downtempo/chillout/Boards of Canada thing going on which I wasn't expecting from them.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 10 February 2022 17:26 (two years ago) link
Love Men I Trust <3
I was thinking the other day how much I'd love to play drums in a band like that.
― change display name (Jordan), Thursday, 10 February 2022 17:29 (two years ago) link
damn lol i had these back to back on my ballot but in reverse order (#5 & #6)
― roflrofl fight (voodoo chili), Thursday, 10 February 2022 17:33 (two years ago) link
I didn't even know this was out there until the noms list, but I love it so much more than Oncle Jazz.
― enochroot, Thursday, 10 February 2022 17:42 (two years ago) link
Btw, they're touring the untourable album this summer.
― enochroot, Thursday, 10 February 2022 17:45 (two years ago) link
Weird that Men I Trust and Men Without Hats are both from Montreal, I wonder whether they ever play joint shows as Men I Trust Without Hats
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Thursday, 10 February 2022 17:45 (two years ago) link
Nice run today. I much preferred the latest Mr Twin Sister album to Salt which I never got into. I don't think I ever forgave them for leaving off Power Of Two and Echo Arms. This one comes close to the brilliance of their 2014 album.
Can't remember if I voted for Erika De Casier now. Beautiful album and a big step up from her debut.
Had a feeling Men I Trust would make it. Easily their best album yet and I ended up really loving Oncle Jazz. Great band.
― kitchen person, Thursday, 10 February 2022 17:48 (two years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/5iZBos4.jpg22. Dean Blunt - Black Metal 2292 points / 9 votes / 2 #1 votesSong from the album: “Vigil”Dean Blunt
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 10 February 2022 17:48 (two years ago) link
my number one. this particular flavor of deadpan ennui spoke to me this year, who could say why
― roflrofl fight (voodoo chili), Thursday, 10 February 2022 17:59 (two years ago) link
A somewhat related album:
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 10 February 2022 18:08 (two years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/VNGiI4H.jpg21. Tirzah - Colourgrade301 points / 10 votes / 1 #1 voteVideo from the album: “Hive Mind”Tirzah
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 10 February 2022 18:09 (two years ago) link
I'm not even sure if this is good or not, but I love how weird she got with it
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Thursday, 10 February 2022 18:10 (two years ago) link
today's run feels like the real ilm-core (for better or worse)
― rob, Thursday, 10 February 2022 18:13 (two years ago) link
i love ilm-core
― winters (josh), Thursday, 10 February 2022 18:15 (two years ago) link
I'm assuming Kacey Musgraves is shut out at this point? I enjoyed that one and had it in the lower reaches of my ballot, but I'm not sure it will make it into the top 20 - something of an upset after she placed #2 in 2018.
― aphoristical, Thursday, 10 February 2022 18:17 (two years ago) link
Huh I had just assumed ILM doesn't like Men I Trust
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 10 February 2022 18:20 (two years ago) link
you ruled out ILM liking sophistipop?
― imago, Thursday, 10 February 2022 18:21 (two years ago) link
didn't the previous album also place?
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Thursday, 10 February 2022 18:22 (two years ago) link
it's because their thread is on ILE
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Thursday, 10 February 2022 18:23 (two years ago) link
"I like them so therefore ILM won't" was the extent of my calculus, lj
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 10 February 2022 18:24 (two years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/Jb7e1xC.jpg20. Koreless - Agor305 points / 12 votesVideo from the album: “White Picket Fence”Rolling Re-Re-Reconstructed Club Music 2021
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 10 February 2022 18:33 (two years ago) link
The Mr Twin Sister album is probably fine track-by-track, but what interested me about Beezle is repeated, with extremely limited variation, across every single track here, and the cumulative effect is...well, y'know. If you're into that sort of thing...
Gotta say, after the start I had visions of today being a little less relentless than it's turned out to be. Maybe this Koreless is something idk
― imago, Thursday, 10 February 2022 18:41 (two years ago) link