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Post by goodson on Jan 10, 2020 11:23:24 GMT -6
all my drake kings -
we're really going with take care as our selection? because i just re-listened and man has that album aged like trash
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Post by neader on Jan 10, 2020 11:24:48 GMT -6
all my drake kings - we're really going with take care as our selection? because i just re-listened and man has that album aged like trash as I said when I revisted it a few months back, the incel anthem. IYRTITL is going to be mine if I even end up putting Drake on there. Lol it was my #1 in 2015. |
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Post by andrewvb on Jan 10, 2020 11:25:17 GMT -6
im assuming if you're reading this it's too late will be on my list. i listened to take care a year or two ago and it did seem like it was aging bad.
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Post by goodson on Jan 10, 2020 11:25:20 GMT -6
listening to 20/20 experience for the first time in years....
i really think one of the defining experiences of the 2010's for me was spending $1.29 on "suit and tie" on itunes
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Post by goodson on Jan 10, 2020 11:25:51 GMT -6
all my drake kings - we're really going with take care as our selection? because i just re-listened and man has that album aged like trash as I said when I revisted it a few months back, the incel anthem. IYRTITL is going to be mine if I even end up putting Drake on there. Lol it was my #1 in 2015. may i suggest.... more life??? |
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Post by andrewvb on Jan 10, 2020 11:26:54 GMT -6
a real shame that we can't pull from a decades worth of posts for this project.
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Post by Tweet on Jan 10, 2020 11:26:59 GMT -6
listening to 20/20 experience for the first time in years.... i really think one of the defining experiences of the 2010's for me was spending $1.29 on "suit and tie" on itunes I listened yesterday and there's some good tunes but like whenever it came out, it didn't do anything for me |
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Post by goodson on Jan 10, 2020 11:28:32 GMT -6
a real shame that we can't pull from a decades worth of posts for this project. someone needs to figure out how to get into the lollaboard archives and recover all my normie posts |
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Post by goodson on Jan 10, 2020 11:29:08 GMT -6
listening to 20/20 experience for the first time in years.... i really think one of the defining experiences of the 2010's for me was spending $1.29 on "suit and tie" on itunes I listened yesterday and there's some good tunes but like whenever it came out, it didn't do anything for me vol 1 has some bangers but vol 2 completely loses me |
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Post by neader on Jan 10, 2020 11:29:11 GMT -6
I'll go back to it. Teenage Fever is the only song I go back to every once in a while on it.
i think the best drake song of the decade is a better discussion. nice for what or feel no ways?
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Post by goodson on Jan 10, 2020 11:30:06 GMT -6
I'll go back to it. Teenage Fever is the only song I go back to every once in a while on it. i think the best drake song of the decade is a better discussion. nice for what or feel no ways? nice for what is in discussion for song of the decade |
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Post by regionrat6337 on Jan 10, 2020 11:30:22 GMT -6
I'll go back to it. Teenage Fever is the only song I go back to every once in a while on it. i think the best drake song of the decade is a better discussion. nice for what or feel no ways? Nice For What, no contest |
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Post by goodson on Jan 10, 2020 11:31:51 GMT -6
i never have felt cooler in my life than walking into a bar with LoT completely wasted as nice for what played
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Post by thebosma on Jan 10, 2020 11:32:07 GMT -6
Remember the night that Nice For What dropped and Goodson played it in the plug.dj room for every one of his turns until everyone in the room started playing it for their turn?
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Post by andrewvb on Jan 10, 2020 11:33:25 GMT -6
I'll go back to it. Teenage Fever is the only song I go back to every once in a while on it. i think the best drake song of the decade is a better discussion. nice for what or feel no ways? nice for what, draft day, know yourself, pop style (original version) |
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Post by goodson on Jan 10, 2020 11:36:23 GMT -6
got so many chains they call me chaining tatum
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Post by andrewvb on Jan 10, 2020 11:39:47 GMT -6
my thesis topic: "turn my birthday into a lifestyle" and 2010s pop culture
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Post by goodson on Jan 10, 2020 11:42:41 GMT -6
my thesis topic: "turn my birthday into a lifestyle" and 2010s pop culture *turns to next slide on powerpoint* "Take you to the garage and do some karate" |
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Post by goodson on Jan 10, 2020 11:56:17 GMT -6
oh man remember "bad and boujee"  ?? i feel 3000 years old |
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Post by monasterymonochrome on Jan 10, 2020 12:12:41 GMT -6
Warning: essay incomingI sorta ducked out of the 1990s album writeups, partly because of school obligations and partly because of laziness. So this is my first attempt to force myself to create more #content for this season’s list project. I’m still in the process of whittling my list to a svelte 100 records (I started with 292 on my nominations list, so this may take a while…) - but I wanted to highlight some personally important and largely overlooked albums along the way. In lieu of album cover photos, check out the Spotify playlist up top while you read! Of this first batch, I doubt any will survive to my final 100. That said, I think they all have merit and encapsulate a moment in the Chicago music scene that I was briefly obsessed with in my first years of undergrad. Around 2015-2016, a 19-year old Monastery was starting off as a DJ at my college station, WHPK, and, having just moved to a new city and wanting to impress the older “cooler” DJs, I started looking for local music that I could play on my show. Btw, this show was from 4:00-6:00am so there was about a negative percent chance anyone was actually listening, but whatever, it seemed (and was) worth it. I happened upon and purchased all of these LPs at one point or another over my first year at the station, and they soundtracked a lot of those eaarrllyy morning DJ sessions as well as my first year or two in Chicago. First up is Cretin Stompers’s Looking Forward To Being Attacked. As will become evident, I was going through a big garage-rock phase at the time. That meant reading Evan Minsker’s archived “Shake Appeal” columns on Pitchfork, which is where I found this bad boy. Cretin Stompers were from Memphis and NY, featured a member of Wavves, and somehow got William Eggleston (Big Star) to contribute album artwork for this record. And their sound remains totally idiosyncratic, characterized by dramatically pitched-up vocals that essentially bring dream-pop attributes to scuzzy, garage rock tracks. It’s noisy but not shoegaze to my ears, and it’s still a kickass record several years later. I’d say it has the best chance of these to land on my final list. Also, I bought the record from the dude at the HoZac booth at Pitchfork fest 2016. Nice guy! Next is Flesh Panthers’ Willows Weep - which came out in 2016 on Maximum Pelt. None of these next records are treading much new ground, but that’s okay - they still mostly rip. This one is for fans of the Stones’ Exile on Main Street and Sticky Fingers era. I was obsessed with the middle section of this one at the time - and even convinced our station manager to use our Reckless funds to buy a copy. I may then have kept the copy on the turntable of my dorm for about 3 months while I “reviewed” for the station, but whatever. After that comes The Rubs’s Are Trash - which came out on Tall Pat back in like 2015? Tall Pat put out a ton of kickass records around this time, including singles by Bleach Party and Clearance, but this record was my favorite. It’s basically copying the Ramones’ formula - cribbing 1950s/60s Brill Building melodies, speeding them up, and perverting them with murky guitar lines, but they pull it off gloriously on several numbers here. Pretty sure I bought this LP and the Bleach Party EP at Pat’s Pitchfork booth that same year. Good times. Also! I want to shout-out the Dumpster Tapes compilations which got me into a ton of these bands in the first place. Those were essential listening for young Monastery. Finally, we have Spike and the Sweet Spots’ first and only release from Randy Records in 2015. Randy Records used to send all of their releases to WHPK’s offices (and still might idk), and I played pretty much all of them on-air. They were mining the lighter sides of 60s psychedelia, venturing almost into surf or sunshine pop territory, but this Spike record sits more in the corner of gently electric singer-songwriting. I still maintain that the second half of this LP is a damn-near perfect side of pop writing that still holds up. Randy Rex also put out early music by Cut Worms (who ended up signing to Jagjaguwar) and Uh Bones (whose record Honey Coma is stellar 60s-psych worship). Funny thing is, I never saw any of these bands perform live, even tho most of them were Chicago-based. The fact of the matter was that I was only 19/20-years old at the time, and they usually played the Bottle and other 21+ venues. And since I wasn’t clued in to the DIY scene enough to go to house shows, they only existed to me as groups that put out some cool records then sort of faded away. Then by the time I turned 21, my musical attention had shifted and I never went out of my way to go to their shows, if they were still happening. C’est la vie. Anyways, this turned out to be much more long-winded then I anticipated. Not all of these write-ups will border on 1,000 words….probably. But I hope anyone who made it this far enjoyed it! And be sure to check out that playlist at the top of the text 
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Post by teekoh on Jan 10, 2020 12:59:51 GMT -6
Very good choices. Been meaning to start a HiFi topic similar to that, and now is as good a time as any!
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Post by chvrchbarrel on Jan 10, 2020 13:10:08 GMT -6
The Rubs are so fucking good thank you for reminding me of that stellar record
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Post by andrewvb on Jan 10, 2020 13:48:18 GMT -6
would be fun to do a best chicago albums of the decade list
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Post by Tweet on Jan 10, 2020 13:50:52 GMT -6
Light Upon the Lake
Other albums, I guess
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Post by regionrat6337 on Jan 10, 2020 23:11:49 GMT -6
Tuscan Leather is an absolutely amazing track and will be very high on my list
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Post by Timbo on Jan 12, 2020 14:46:17 GMT -6
Not trying to be a jerk. Is there a reason some of you aren't numbering your lists? Numbering makes it easier to tabulate.
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Post by Tweet on Jan 12, 2020 14:56:58 GMT -6
Not trying to be a jerk. Is there a reason some of you aren't numbering your lists? Numbering makes it easier to tabulate. I’m copy/pasting from a google doc. I’ll number it closer to the due date |
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Post by chvrchbarrel on Jan 16, 2020 9:33:29 GMT -6
Here are a few things I've listened to this week to sort out list entries. I implore you to share with the class as well.  Warpaint - Warpaint (2012)Reminded me of seeing them open for Nick Cave when I was in college, which reminded me of Nick Cave, which is always a good thing.  Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Push the Sky Away (2013)I honestly forgot about the reference to Miley Cyrus in Higgs Boson Blues. Jubilee Street is one of the most unique experiences I have had with an individual song in the past decade. I remember seeing him at Coachella and watching him walk, and thinking he was very possibly the devil.  Childish Gambino - Camp (2011)Hm. Maybe the most egregious case of "the memories are better than the music" so far for me. I still need to relisten to Because the Internet.  Justice - Audio Video Disco (2011)Conversely, I think I actually enjoyed this more than I expected to. Still a very fun listen even if its not their ultimate best. |
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Post by neader on Jan 18, 2020 10:23:59 GMT -6
Finished this morning after a few cups of coffee and don't feel terrible about it. I think I only have 3 albums from 2014 so yeah definitely need to listen to the albums y'all recommended.
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Post by chvrchbarrel on Jan 21, 2020 9:56:44 GMT -6
 Since this came out, I've spent a considerable amount of time listening to Ambient 1 & 2, Discreet Music, and to a lesser extent Another Green World. What I love so much about those albums is how thematically complete they feel - the whole ends up being greater than the sum of its part. Small Craft on a Milk Sea, in comparison, is jarring. You can tell that many different ideas were brought to the table here and almost none of them are expounded upon enough to create what traditionally feels like a Brian Eno album. I expected to place this somewhere between 75-100 on my list but I'm not sure I'll place it at all. I don't think I even knew who Jon Hopkins was when I was first listening to this, but his name in the credits made me excited to revisit it. I was ultimately let down. This has been: trying to breathe life into the discussion thread, with your host, cb |
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