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Post by Tweet on Nov 4, 2019 22:15:57 GMT -6
Look at all the honkeys
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Post by neader on Nov 5, 2019 10:13:35 GMT -6
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Post by Timbo on Nov 5, 2019 10:45:48 GMT -6
It started out promising with some stuff that's been largely ignored (hey some love for Speedy Ortiz). But then it becomes the standard list.
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Post by krentist on Nov 5, 2019 13:23:14 GMT -6
Maybe just me but I'm a little perplexed that all these publications seem to view Nights as the consensus pick from Blonde. My personal favorite is still Self Control but I think White Ferrari, Nikes, and Ivy all would be reasonable picks for a list like this.
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Post by thebosma on Nov 5, 2019 13:24:42 GMT -6
Self Control is my favorite but the beat switch in Nights is phenomenal and super memorable I think.
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Post by krentist on Nov 5, 2019 13:27:26 GMT -6
Just want to add that even though The Outsiders has the most compelling narrative of any EC album I am not sure it's his best this decade. But I think of all the big tent artists this decade he deserves to be discussed as someone who's really put together one of the best bodies of work on an album by album basis.
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Post by rango420 on Nov 5, 2019 23:24:58 GMT -6
That Blake mills album mentioned on the last page is v special can’t quote on mobile tho
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Post by thebosma on Nov 6, 2019 9:26:16 GMT -6
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Post by Tweet on Nov 6, 2019 9:38:46 GMT -6
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Post by Tweet on Nov 6, 2019 20:53:33 GMT -6
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Post by Timbo on Nov 6, 2019 21:14:03 GMT -6
Reading these lists is so exhausting for some reason. There's really no surprises at all. Kinda makes me not even want to bother making one anymore.
Edit: and if there are surprises, they're more like "wtf?" instead of "nice." Like House of Sugar in Vice's list.
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Post by monasterymonochrome on Nov 6, 2019 21:37:39 GMT -6
Reading these lists is so exhausting for some reason. There's really no surprises at all. Kinda makes me not even want to bother making one anymore. Edit: and if there are surprises, they're more like "wtf?" instead of "nice." Like House of Sugar in Vice's list. Completely agree. I'll prolly still make one because I can't help myself, but this whole "season" has been boring and, yea, exhausting. Maybe it's because there's very little in the way of discovery via these lists? Reading old P4K 70s or 80s lists was exciting back in the day because they were putting me on to artists I had never heard of before - and wasn't around to experience. But we've all lived through the ad nauseum press cycles of all these records - and especially the content cycles surrounding the big ticket albums populating most of these lists. We're not getting anything from a dozen sites telling us again that Frank Oceans rules. We already knew that. That's def why I've been most drawn to the Aquarium Drunkard list. Is it a "better" list than any of the others? Who knows, probably not. But there's tons of oddball stuff on there that's still new and exciting to me. This Vice list is pretty solid in that regard, but that has more to say with its competition than its own merits. /rant |
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Post by krentist on Nov 6, 2019 21:38:34 GMT -6
The vice list did a better job reminding me of albums that were good than many other lists have.
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Post by andrewvb on Nov 6, 2019 22:44:39 GMT -6
Reading these lists is so exhausting for some reason. There's really no surprises at all. Kinda makes me not even want to bother making one anymore. Edit: and if there are surprises, they're more like "wtf?" instead of "nice." Like House of Sugar in Vice's list. Completely agree. I'll prolly still make one because I can't help myself, but this whole "season" has been boring and, yea, exhausting. Maybe it's because there's very little in the way of discovery via these lists? Reading old P4K 70s or 80s lists was exciting back in the day because they were putting me on to artists I had never heard of before - and wasn't around to experience. But we've all lived through the ad nauseum press cycles of all these records - and especially the content cycles surrounding the big ticket albums populating most of these lists. We're not getting anything from a dozen sites telling us again that Frank Oceans rules. We already knew that. That's def why I've been most drawn to the Aquarium Drunkard list. Is it a "better" list than any of the others? Who knows, probably not. But there's tons of oddball stuff on there that's still new and exciting to me. This Vice list is pretty solid in that regard, but that has more to say with its competition than its own merits. /rant its boring because none of these blogs had identities in the 2010s. they all just cover the same stuff and regurgitate the same press releases. |
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Post by andrewvb on Nov 6, 2019 22:45:25 GMT -6
the gorilla vs bear list was cool bc they actually have an identity still
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Post by Timbo on Nov 7, 2019 5:49:00 GMT -6
I haven't seen the Quietus list yet but those are usually good too.
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Post by nanatod on Nov 7, 2019 7:06:34 GMT -6
- Michael Hurley - Blue Hills
he played Cubby Bear, across from Wrigley, once as an opening act for someone I can't remember, back when Cubby Bear was programmed by the women who went on to buy and run Lounge Ax. I knew about the Have Moicy album from Robert Cristgau giving it an A+, Jeffery Frederick was dead, and Peter Stampfel hadn't yet played Lounge Ax, so this was my first occasion to see a third of the contributors from the album. I can not completely remember, but I think he did a couple of the tunes from the album, but not all of the ones he was responsible for. |
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Post by regionrat6337 on Nov 11, 2019 11:37:03 GMT -6
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Post by Tweet on Nov 11, 2019 11:43:30 GMT -6
We don't click on CoS links here
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Post by chvrchbarrel on Nov 11, 2019 11:47:47 GMT -6
Finally some proper respect given to "Rolling in the Deep"
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Post by andrewvb on Nov 20, 2019 7:34:28 GMT -6
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Post by Tweet on Nov 20, 2019 8:08:05 GMT -6
Did I read no frank ocean on that A.V. club list
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Post by sthubbins on Nov 20, 2019 8:14:09 GMT -6
Blonde's at 20
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Post by Timbo on Nov 20, 2019 8:14:36 GMT -6
Blond is #20
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Post by Tweet on Nov 20, 2019 8:17:13 GMT -6
Well there ya go
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Post by Tweet on Dec 2, 2019 10:07:36 GMT -6
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Post by Timbo on Dec 2, 2019 10:12:28 GMT -6
I've listened to 29 of those! I think that's a new record for me.
First ones to put These New Puritans on their list.
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Post by Tweet on Dec 2, 2019 10:21:47 GMT -6
I think that is just 2019 actually but I am not moving it. Fuck you it's my thread.
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Post by Timbo on Dec 2, 2019 10:23:11 GMT -6
Didnt even notice
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Post by monasterymonochrome on Dec 2, 2019 12:12:54 GMT -6
I've listened to 29 of those! I think that's a new record for me. First ones to put These New Puritans on their list. 21 for me, which I believe is also a personal record But I'm mainly replying here to note how seen I feel by this paragraph in the introduction: "But ranking albums is even worse in some respects and I’ve always suspected that people who have a pathological need to rank things are remarkably afraid of dying. The overwhelming and slightly demented need to impose order onto a world that is essentially chaotic and constantly shifting. 'I will make sense of it all and define my place in it before I go!' " |
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