Also the best Sudan Archives song cannot not have violin
― Nabozo, Wednesday, 30 November 2022 08:59 (one year ago) link
Yeah, the new Alex G is annoyingly good. Like a post-late-Low version of slacker-indie.
― Frederik B, Wednesday, 30 November 2022 12:15 (one year ago) link
Love love love "ChevyS10" and think it serves as the natural peak when listening to the album - good choice, Time
― Indexed, Wednesday, 30 November 2022 16:14 (one year ago) link
NYT (Pop): https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/30/arts/music/best-albums-renaissance-bad-bunny.html
NYT Jazz: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/30/arts/music/best-jazz-albums.html
― Indexed, Wednesday, 30 November 2022 16:16 (one year ago) link
This is literally the first time I've heard his music described in a way that makes me mildly curious!
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 30 November 2022 16:19 (one year ago) link
Critic Gene Seymour's jazz list is better than the Times jazz list, even though it has a Keith Jarrett album on it.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Wednesday, 30 November 2022 16:27 (one year ago) link
I think Gene Seymour and I like totally different jazz.
― Goose Bigelow, Fowl Gigolo (the table is the table), Wednesday, 30 November 2022 16:47 (one year ago) link
I don't agree with him about much — I'm doing a list of 20 albums for Stereogum, and the Shipp album will be on it and I'm considering the Salvant, Sorey and Turner discs, though I'm less sure about them. The Mary Halvorson album he cites as an honorable mention will definitely be on my list.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Wednesday, 30 November 2022 16:52 (one year ago) link
Excited for your list!
― Goose Bigelow, Fowl Gigolo (the table is the table), Wednesday, 30 November 2022 17:22 (one year ago) link
guess i have to check it out then, what i've heard of his previous stuff was just fine
― ufo, Wednesday, 30 November 2022 21:05 (one year ago) link
yeah that's the first description of Alex G that sounds palatable to me
― charlie brown from outta town (GM), Thursday, 1 December 2022 06:13 (one year ago) link
https://www.gorillavsbear.net/gorilla-vs-bears-albums-of-2022/https://thequietus.com/articles/32400-the-quietus-top-100-albums-of-2022-norman-records
weirdly they have the same #1
― ufo, Thursday, 1 December 2022 11:03 (one year ago) link
someone needs to let the gvb guy know about real lies
― ufo, Thursday, 1 December 2022 11:06 (one year ago) link
ok this alex g album is nice, he's foregrounded all his production eccentricities, at least since the last album of his i heard which was a while ago.
the late-period low comparison holds up only in a few places but i get it. i'd more directly say it's a slacker-indie take on 'hyperpop', reminds me of the fantastic dltzk album from last year. would love to hear what he'd come up with working with bj burton
― ufo, Thursday, 1 December 2022 11:34 (one year ago) link
like it only really delves into something that actually sounds 'hyperpop' occasionally but just the general way it hangs together is fairly reminiscent of what those sort of artists are doing
― ufo, Thursday, 1 December 2022 11:38 (one year ago) link
I listened to the Jockstrap the other day. It isn't remotely AOTY lol
― imago, Thursday, 1 December 2022 11:47 (one year ago) link
And the h word has been uttered so I'd best get around to Alex G at some point
― imago, Thursday, 1 December 2022 11:49 (one year ago) link
Was the Quietus list all Sleaford Mods records and unlistenable art metal again? Last year’s list was abysmal
― Goose Bigelow, Fowl Gigolo (the table is the table), Thursday, 1 December 2022 11:56 (one year ago) link
xp you might be disappointed by the alex g idk but it's at least adjacent to that whole area
i also disliked the jockstrap album but maybe listening to it again would make me hate it
― ufo, Thursday, 1 December 2022 11:59 (one year ago) link
i don't think there was a sleaford mods album this year so you may be in luck
seems like there is a bunch of art metal though, have not tested its listenability yet
― ufo, Thursday, 1 December 2022 12:00 (one year ago) link
Quietus list has disappointed me for a while, so much noodly nothingness, this year no different. Also Fontaines fuckin DC over so many better rock choices, what is it with that band and critics
― imago, Thursday, 1 December 2022 12:12 (one year ago) link
Also, some actually great Quietuscore - like, tailor-made for them - came out in the form of Holy Scum and it isn't even in their 100. But why list the best thing any member of Gnod has ever done when you can just list yet another fuckin Gnod album?
― imago, Thursday, 1 December 2022 12:15 (one year ago) link
And as for Jockstrap, yeah it's some diverting and occasionally effective modern production wedded to some truly lumpen songwriting by a BCNR member, embarrassing how that bunch have taken over
― imago, Thursday, 1 December 2022 12:17 (one year ago) link
I don’t think the Jockstrap will age well at all, it has some great moments tho.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 1 December 2022 13:55 (one year ago) link
i listened to the caroline album that's on all these lists bc the descriptions were interesting and it sounds like christmas music
― na (NA), Thursday, 1 December 2022 13:56 (one year ago) link
I like the GVB list but I rarely coincide with him on albums. His songs list is usually more up my alley. I suspect half of his top 20 tomorrow will be songs I loved this year.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 1 December 2022 13:58 (one year ago) link
xp I mean, that could be a good thing!
― imago, Thursday, 1 December 2022 13:58 (one year ago) link
The lists I most look forward to are Raven Sings The Blues and Aquarium Drunkard.
― o. nate, Thursday, 1 December 2022 14:23 (one year ago) link
AD and Bandcamp's various lists were great last year iirc
I'm really liking the June McDoom off the GvB list though
― rob, Thursday, 1 December 2022 14:40 (one year ago) link
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, December 1, 2022 7:55 AM (forty-five minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
otm
― Indexed, Thursday, 1 December 2022 14:41 (one year ago) link
Nice to see the Carmen Villain album on the Quietus list, it's super! And also Darklife by Death's Dynamic Shroud. And of course Real Lies.
Although as the years go by I care less and less about these lists. I used to get FOMO at this point of the year and think I had to catch up on all the great music I missed, only to later realise most of it was shite.
― the article don, Thursday, 1 December 2022 15:20 (one year ago) link
I listen to Alex G infrequently but I would have never thought to use any of those descriptors upthread about him.
― Chris L, Thursday, 1 December 2022 15:26 (one year ago) link
Caramanica NY Times list has Nigerian Asake and Pareles list of additional top albums has Malian Rokia Kone ( w/ Jackknife Lee)
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 1 December 2022 15:46 (one year ago) link
Yeah, I don't get this one at all, even though I do like some of the adjacent stuff that came out this year.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 1 December 2022 18:37 (one year ago) link
caroline is like the only artist on these lists whom i adore!the record is just fantastic"christmas music"??? like - is Palace Music or Songs:Ohia or even like early Mogwai christmas music? it's definitely not an in-vogue style though
― sean gramophone, Thursday, 1 December 2022 18:42 (one year ago) link
Rolling Stone’s 100 best albums of 2022: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-albums-2022-list-1234632387/
― Les hommes de bonbons (cryptosicko), Thursday, 1 December 2022 18:48 (one year ago) link
xpheh I listened to the first song on that and was like "woah this sounds like 1999" so yeah
― rob, Thursday, 1 December 2022 18:51 (one year ago) link
Is Rolling Stone even trying to have a point of view or is the intent of the magazine simply to document for historical record what the popular masses consumed in a given year
― Indexed, Thursday, 1 December 2022 19:11 (one year ago) link
Probably just a copy editing oversight but it made me laugh that the Lizzo blurb is uncredited.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Thursday, 1 December 2022 19:17 (one year ago) link
Midnights at #3 – LOL
― "Mick Wall at Kerrang!" (morrisp), Thursday, 1 December 2022 19:26 (one year ago) link
Glad tQ gave some props to the Širom album, putting it #11— it is a genuinely excellent record, been playing it a lot.
― Goose Bigelow, Fowl Gigolo (the table is the table), Thursday, 1 December 2022 20:38 (one year ago) link
That Rolling Stone list has Tove Lo fairly high, which I haven't seen on many other lists. I love that record and was beginning to wonder if I was the only one.
― Bee OK, Friday, 2 December 2022 01:24 (one year ago) link
― Indexed
I was trying to think of the last time their number one wasn't a big selling number one album. All I could come up with was that U2 album that invaded everyone's iTunes. Before that maybe TV On The Radio in 2008.
― kitchen person, Friday, 2 December 2022 02:54 (one year ago) link
A few good tracks but I was disappointed with the new Tove Lo album xp
― groovypanda, Friday, 2 December 2022 08:31 (one year ago) link
caroline not normally my sorta thing but really enjoyed the albumfav bit is when good morning (red) falls apart
― nxd, Friday, 2 December 2022 11:20 (one year ago) link
― imago
I missed Holy Scum at Torfest to see another act and supposedly they were one of the best things at the festival. I should probably check out the album. Though tbf I'm perfectly happy for them to not list every band's side project in their EoY chart (unless it's mine, lol). Anyway, it's a good list and if all you're seeing on it is art metal then you're massively overlooking a whole lot. I can see a few things that will/might make my own ballot and I'm not even halfway through.
― emil.y, Friday, 2 December 2022 15:38 (one year ago) link
I will say I liked the Quietus list better than last year, tho I just cannot with the noise and metal they prefer— maybe I’m getting old, but most of it truly sounds like shit to me.
― Goose Bigelow, Fowl Gigolo (the table is the table), Friday, 2 December 2022 16:37 (one year ago) link
complex - https://www.complex.com/music/best-albums-2022/
― comedy khadafi (voodoo chili), Friday, 2 December 2022 16:40 (one year ago) link
First Sault appearance?
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 2 December 2022 16:42 (one year ago) link
second Wizkid one, once again at #26
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Friday, 2 December 2022 17:22 (one year ago) link
It's a good year!
― “Cheeky cheeky!” she trills, nearly demolishing a roadside post (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 8 January 2023 02:48 (one year ago) link
Brainwashed readers poll
― anatol_merklich, Thursday, 2 February 2023 15:04 (one year ago) link
Nice.
― curmudgeon, Friday, 3 February 2023 20:19 (one year ago) link
if you like those mostly artsy and art rocky types (some of which I do) . Interesting how Horace Andy, thanks to new records, is top reggae act in that Brainwashed poll
― curmudgeon, Friday, 3 February 2023 20:22 (one year ago) link
really like that list from the stuff I've enjoyedWill deffo deep dive
― nxd, Friday, 3 February 2023 20:23 (one year ago) link
Yeah likewise. The Brainwashed list has a lot of overlap with my own faves, with several previously unheard RIYL titles. This Ak'Chamel album, for instance, is a treat.
― doug watson, Saturday, 4 February 2023 11:24 (one year ago) link