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Best albums of 2014 (1 Viewer)
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Oliver Humanzee
Footballguy
It has been a crazy good year for music. A lot of worthwhile releases, but my favorites thus far are:
Helms Alee—Sleepwalking Sailors
Shellac—Dude Incredible
Dead Rider—Chills on Glass
Parquet Courts—Sunbathing Animal
Myriam Gendron—Not So Deep as a Well
Sun Kil Moon—Benji
Sleaford Mods—Divide and Exit
The Gotobeds—Poor People are Revolting
Dama/Libra--Claw
Helms Alee—Sleepwalking Sailors
Shellac—Dude Incredible
Dead Rider—Chills on Glass
Parquet Courts—Sunbathing Animal
Myriam Gendron—Not So Deep as a Well
Sun Kil Moon—Benji
Sleaford Mods—Divide and Exit
The Gotobeds—Poor People are Revolting
Dama/Libra--Claw
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Oliver Humanzee
Footballguy
The album isn't anywhere close to dead. With any luck, the music "industry" will be soon.Don't get your hopes up too high. Usually I have a few albums contending to give 30 points/1 vote so it appears on the bottom of NV's year end poll. I can't think of any obvious choices right now but where there's time, there's hope.literally not one band I recognize... and I thought I was trying to keep up.
gives me lots ofto look forward to
I liked all of these records in parts and I'm glad I listened to them but maybe the industry is right and the album is dead.
The only record on that list that I've heard is Total Control, who I once saw on a bill with Parquet Courts and New Race. It was a pretty incredible show.
Eephus
Footballguy
Hopefully I will die before the album does.The album isn't anywhere close to dead. With any luck, the music "industry" will be soon.Don't get your hopes up too high. Usually I have a few albums contending to give 30 points/1 vote so it appears on the bottom of NV's year end poll. I can't think of any obvious choices right now but where there's time, there's hope.literally not one band I recognize... and I thought I was trying to keep up.
gives me lots of
I liked all of these records in parts and I'm glad I listened to them but maybe the industry is right and the album is dead.
The only record on that list that I've heard is Total Control, who I once saw on a bill with Parquet Courts and New Race. It was a pretty incredible show.
Patrick Bateman
Footballguy
Twin Peaks-Wild Onion
Nigel Tufnel
Footballguy
In my top five probably.
kupcho1
Footballguy
Spotify is good at the music; not so good at the underlying information:
haven't listened to the Orwells album.
Landlady, Upright Behavior is pretty fun, Spoonish stuff. Spotify is telling me thery are similar to White Reaper, Axxa/Abraxas, Beverly... but I don't know them off the top of my head. Oh- and EX Hex....
eta: Disgraceland is from last year according to the Spootify.
http://www.supajam.com/review/show/The-Orwells-Announce-Album-Disgraceland
Listening to Upright Behavior now. Diggin' it...
ETA: Note to NV, when you post the Orwells in the countdown, be sure to use "I’m not that old but I’m getting pretty wise” as the entry lyric. TIA GB
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Good Posting Judge
Footballguy
I can't stand this album, but I do like the stand-alone single "War on Drugs: Suck My ####." So it evens out.
Oliver Humanzee
Footballguy
El Floppo
Footballguy
Happy to see that Sleaford Mods get mentioned... fun mush-mouthed brit lo-fi crossover like a dumbed and stripped down Jamie T. I can't take more than a song or two at a time, so it probably won't make my final album list. But fun anyways.
And good to see Shellac with a new one. Will be checking that out today
And good to see Shellac with a new one. Will be checking that out today
Northern Voice
Footballguy
That Total Control album is one of my favourites this year.The album isn't anywhere close to dead. With any luck, the music "industry" will be soon.Don't get your hopes up too high. Usually I have a few albums contending to give 30 points/1 vote so it appears on the bottom of NV's year end poll. I can't think of any obvious choices right now but where there's time, there's hope.literally not one band I recognize... and I thought I was trying to keep up.gives me lots of
I liked all of these records in parts and I'm glad I listened to them but maybe the industry is right and the album is dead.
The only record on that list that I've heard is Total Control, who I once saw on a bill with Parquet Courts and New Race. It was a pretty incredible show.
eaganwildcats
Footballguy
Take Me to Church is used in the new Lebron commercial. Have thus since listened to the whole album a couple times. Huge fan.
El Floppo
Footballguy
Oh- I guess I do know that a little- Expensive Dog is one of my favorite tracks of the year.Northern Voice said:That Total Control album is one of my favourites this year.The album isn't anywhere close to dead. With any luck, the music "industry" will be soon.Don't get your hopes up too high. Usually I have a few albums contending to give 30 points/1 vote so it appears on the bottom of NV's year end poll. I can't think of any obvious choices right now but where there's time, there's hope.literally not one band I recognize... and I thought I was trying to keep up.gives me lots of
I liked all of these records in parts and I'm glad I listened to them but maybe the industry is right and the album is dead.
The only record on that list that I've heard is Total Control, who I once saw on a bill with Parquet Courts and New Race. It was a pretty incredible show.
Going in on the rest...
E-Z Glider
Footballguy
Oliver Humanzee
Footballguy
I don't think that the Mods are any dumber than Mark E. Smith. I love that the "DJ's" schtick is to press play on laptop, then stand around vaping and vibing on his own music while the other guy works himself into a Notty lather innit. Can't get enough of these guys.El Floppo said:
Fiddles
Footballguy
Checking the ones I havent heard out and seeing the gotobeds are from pittsburgh and 2 members were in kim phuc
thinking that was the rob henry band you played me ahrn?
D_House
Footballguy
Heard a track off source tags and codes on my local college radio station. still a great album.
El Floppo
Footballguy
Because of this brief back and forth, I've gone back in and listened to that album again... #######
I must've just been in the wrong head-space when I first heard them- threw a couple of tunes on my main spotify list and walked away. I didn't think it was varied enough at the time, and maybe it isn't- but today, it doesn't matter.
Oliver Humanzee
Footballguy
Oh, no. Not varied at. Each song is like one-bar loops of 16th notes with accents on the one every single time. PAP pap pap pap PAP pap pap pap. Like a guy shouting over a sledgehammer. Nothing subtle or varied about it. It is total agitprop and 100% "punk", whatever that means. Can't fault anybody for "not being in the right headspace" for this kind of music--it isn't easy to listen to.El Floppo said:Because of this brief back and forth, I've gone back in and listened to that album again... #######
I must've just been in the wrong head-space when I first heard them- threw a couple of tunes on my main spotify list and walked away. I didn't think it was varied enough at the time, and maybe it isn't- but today, it doesn't matter.
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Nigel Tufnel
Footballguy
Zilla, can you look at my other account over there? I tried to change my email address and things went poorly. :(
Celph Titled
Footballguy
God Help The Girl OST in near-permanent rotation in the minivan. I gotta fight to listen to anything else.
Nigel Tufnel
Footballguy
That worked. Thanks brother.
JerseyToughGuys
Tough Guy
So the one sided "feud" finally got some legs:I listened to that whole thing fsr.
Throughout the entire sordid one-sided beef that was Mark Kozelek’s tongue-in-cheek campaign against the War On Drugs — the one that culminated with “War On Drugs: Suck My ####” and made our own Koz superfan Michael Nelson very sad — War On Drugs frontman Adam Granduciel remained silent. Not anymore. Speaking to the Swedish music blog Songs For Whoever, Granduciel called the Sun Kil Moon frontman many things including an “idiot,” a “#####,” a “#####,” an “#######,” a “####### child,” and a “####### #####” for good measure. He also says Kozelek issued his public challenge to the War On Drugs — when Kozelek asked them to let him come on stage in San Francisco and perform “War On Drugs: Suck My ####” with the War On Drugs as his backing band — after he had already offered in private and then reneged. If so, that’s extremely ####ty. As much as I wish Granduciel would have remained quiet on this until people stopped asking him about it, it’s kind of cathartic to hear him unload. Here goes:
Speaking of rivalry. Mark Kozelek. What happened there…?
− Never heard of him.
No? Okay. Then I think that’s my last…
− I mean, to be fair to that idiot, what he said in that song… I didn’t really have a problem with any of it until I heard the song. First of all, he never met us, and yet said all these things. He’s such a
#####. I asked somebody if I could get his e-mail, because I wasn’t trying to start this stupid Twitter thing, I was just bummed. I went to a mutual friend who explained that he wouldn’t give out his e-mail address. So I just got an e-mail through this friend that said “Mark wants to come to the Fillmore, he will write a song called ’War On Drugs Suck My
####,’ you back him up on it and he gets to play ’Beer Commercial Guitar,’ then you back him up on one of his songs, ’Dogs,’ from his new album. And then he plays ’Beer Commercial Guitar’ on one of your songs.”
− We were on tour and I thought “this is actually a pretty cool idea, I don’t have anything against this guy, this is cool.” So I was really excited and was gonna write him back in a couple of days, ’cause I was busy at the time. Then two days later I get an e-mail back from him, saying “the offer has expired, maybe when I get home from tour I’ll go to Starbucks and buy your record.” I was like “you’re such a
#######
#####, dude.” He was such an
#######, I didn’t even say anything. Then he goes to the internet and he “challenges” us to this thing, but I was like “you
#######
#####, you already said ’No’!” He’s such a
#######child. And then the song is just idiotic, he’s just a
#######idiot. I don’t have time for idiots. I’m just pissed that he tried to make it come out like he was challenging us. I had already essentially agreed to it, and then the Starbucks comment… what the ####, dude. Get over your
#######self.
Well, I guess that settles that. Here’s hoping that’s the last volley in this particular exchange. Lest we forget, the War On Drugs’ Lost In The Dream and Sun Kil Moon’s Benji were both really good. Read our War On Drugs cover story here.
http://www.stereogum.com/1714863/adam-granduciel-mark-kozelek-is-such-a-#####/franchises/wheres-the-beef/
JerseyToughGuys
Tough Guy
a spotify playlist with the (near) consensus Top 10 would be super neato funtimes (FWIW)
Ilov80s
Footballguy
Good luck getting a consensus top 10.
Mark K sounds like a total doosh. He certainly has written more than a few great songs, I've tried to get into whole albums by him, but honestly, they are pretty bland, which is actually indicative of a pretentious pri$k. Lost in the Dream kills anything he has ever done, so I guess he might be a little mad.JerseyToughGuys said:So the one sided "feud" finally got some legs:I listened to that whole thing fsr.
Throughout the entire sordid one-sided beef that was Mark Kozelek’s tongue-in-cheek campaign against the War On Drugs — the one that culminated with “War On Drugs: Suck My ####” and made our own Koz superfan Michael Nelson very sad — War On Drugs frontman Adam Granduciel remained silent. Not anymore. Speaking to the Swedish music blog Songs For Whoever, Granduciel called the Sun Kil Moon frontman many things including an “idiot,” a “#####,” a “#####,” an “#######,” a “####### child,” and a “####### #####” for good measure. He also says Kozelek issued his public challenge to the War On Drugs — when Kozelek asked them to let him come on stage in San Francisco and perform “War On Drugs: Suck My ####” with the War On Drugs as his backing band — after he had already offered in private and then reneged. If so, that’s extremely ####ty. As much as I wish Granduciel would have remained quiet on this until people stopped asking him about it, it’s kind of cathartic to hear him unload. Here goes:
Speaking of rivalry. Mark Kozelek. What happened there…?
− Never heard of him.
No? Okay. Then I think that’s my last…
− I mean, to be fair to that idiot, what he said in that song… I didn’t really have a problem with any of it until I heard the song. First of all, he never met us, and yet said all these things. He’s such a #####. I asked somebody if I could get his e-mail, because I wasn’t trying to start this stupid Twitter thing, I was just bummed. I went to a mutual friend who explained that he wouldn’t give out his e-mail address. So I just got an e-mail through this friend that said “Mark wants to come to the Fillmore, he will write a song called ’War On Drugs Suck My ####,’ you back him up on it and he gets to play ’Beer Commercial Guitar,’ then you back him up on one of his songs, ’Dogs,’ from his new album. And then he plays ’Beer Commercial Guitar’ on one of your songs.”
− We were on tour and I thought “this is actually a pretty cool idea, I don’t have anything against this guy, this is cool.” So I was really excited and was gonna write him back in a couple of days, ’cause I was busy at the time. Then two days later I get an e-mail back from him, saying “the offer has expired, maybe when I get home from tour I’ll go to Starbucks and buy your record.” I was like “you’re such a ####### #####, dude.” He was such an #######, I didn’t even say anything. Then he goes to the internet and he “challenges” us to this thing, but I was like “you ####### #####, you already said ’No’!” He’s such a ####### child. And then the song is just idiotic, he’s just a ####### idiot. I don’t have time for idiots. I’m just pissed that he tried to make it come out like he was challenging us. I had already essentially agreed to it, and then the Starbucks comment… what the ####, dude. Get over your ####### self.
Well, I guess that settles that. Here’s hoping that’s the last volley in this particular exchange. Lest we forget, the War On Drugs’ Lost In The Dream and Sun Kil Moon’s Benji were both really good. Read our War On Drugs cover story here.
http://www.stereogum.com/1714863/adam-granduciel-mark-kozelek-is-such-a-#####/franchises/wheres-the-beef/
Good Posting Judge
Footballguy
Red House Painters were pretty great.
Eephus
Footballguy
I like Kozelek but I think he releases too much marginal material these days. There were five years between Ghosts and April with only a covers album in between. Last year, he put out a solo album, a couple of live albums and collaborations with Jimmy Lafave and Desertshore. This February, he released Benji under the SKM name and another couple of solo live albums. Plus there always are the oddities like "War on Drugs: Suck My ####" and a Christmas album
coming out on Nov 10th.Every album of his I've ever heard has at least a few songs that make the listen worthwhile but there's a lot of stuff that doesn't stand out to me. He could stand to be a little more selective IMO and plug the guitars back in every once in a while.
rockaction
Footballguy
I think--and you guys are much better at judging modern music than I--that Sun Kil Moon is boring. His "War on Drugs" song was funny, only because the new War on Drugs album? Well, it sucks ####. It does. It sucks ####. I watched them play in Boston. That was the most boring ####### overblown Ray Ban-wearing #### set I'd ever seen. Boring. ####### boring. Sex is boring.
Ignore this if you're serious about lyrics. Because Sun Kil Moon, or whatever the heck Benji's name is (yeah, I know his name now), and War on Drugs deserve each other. In a way you can't believe. It's ####### boring.
Boring. And serious.
Love and peace to those that enjoy it.
-RA
Ignore this if you're serious about lyrics. Because Sun Kil Moon, or whatever the heck Benji's name is (yeah, I know his name now), and War on Drugs deserve each other. In a way you can't believe. It's ####### boring.
Boring. And serious.
Love and peace to those that enjoy it.
-RA
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Nigel Tufnel
Footballguy
Nude Beach - 77 rocks your lame ###.
mphtrilogy
Footballguy
just got the new ben howard, it's a bit depressing, but still has its moments.. will require many many listens i think to get its groove for me...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ki5HBBEtfak
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ki5HBBEtfak
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kupcho1
Footballguy
Oliver Humanzee
Footballguy
Been really loving Triumph, Reign by These Estates. Much leaner and harder rocking than their first record. Reminds me of the post-punkier aspects of Silkworms, but still clearly their own thing.
Also, Memphis oddballs The Family Ghost will be releasing a new record any minute now. Unlike every other band in Memphis they don't have anything to do with white-guy tone-attorney blues or Gonerfest garage. They owe a lot more to Swans, Eno, New Order, Suicide . . . they are really, really weird and their new songs are totally great.
Also, Memphis oddballs The Family Ghost will be releasing a new record any minute now. Unlike every other band in Memphis they don't have anything to do with white-guy tone-attorney blues or Gonerfest garage. They owe a lot more to Swans, Eno, New Order, Suicide . . . they are really, really weird and their new songs are totally great.
Tick
Footballguy
Good Posting Judge
Footballguy
Father John Misty on Letterman tonight. Just dropping by I guess.
Ilov80s
Footballguy
Great album, will make my top 10 for sure.
Patrick Bateman
Footballguy
Baptists-Bloodmines
Patrick Bateman
Footballguy
The Budos Band-Burnt Offering
Nigel Tufnel
Footballguy
Same.
Amused to Death
Footballguy
Amused to Death
Footballguy
Spotifying (is that a word?) Gary Clark Jr Live. Pretty solid release.
Buddy Ball 2K3
Footballguy
El Floppo
Footballguy
El Floppo
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get out your Dungeons and Dragons dice.
or at least, that's what I did when I heard this.
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