GAPDY poll

y

4me

I only own one of these, so I voted for it.

I made it all the way through the Phoenix in one listen, so that.

based on a combination of entire listen-throughs, disgusted cameos and bitter supposition, would rank them PAGDY

Gap All Pandas Duh Yeah

gapdy is easier to say, lj

i voted anco

no i mean that's the order in which i'd rank them

That Animal Collective album is the most "emperor's new clothes" album I've heard since The Avalanches.

word

I listen to my favorite songs on Blitz more than anything else, but I'd throw on Wolfgang Amadeus in full before I would the YYYs.

lj, i'm surprised you're not all over dirty projectors. too popular?

anco tom

okay wau

DYAGP

i gave it a listen and it just didn't work for me - seemed to be, ahem, 'wacky' where it could have been sleek and devastating - not enough good ideas - lack of strong melodic or rhythmic or structural sensibilities - that pop single wasn't bad and there were a few good moments but the songs lacked narrative and parts actively annoyed me with their gratuitous look-hither indie kook

gentlemen, prepare your suggest bans

gratuitous look-hither indie kook

GLHIK

if we're ranking

AGPDY

PY.

I'd rather not acknowledge the rest.

Y

(willing to hear P and D, no interest at all in G and A can fuck off about a bazillion times)

YPDGA

DG

haven't heard all of P and Y, not really into A

Y - great album by great band
P - inoffensive noises trundle away in background, i barely notice or care
D - semi-interesting ideas executed really, really irritatingly
G - can't even remember if i've heard them, no interest anyway
A - want to throw knives at them, everything about them is so offensively awful - the qualities they're praised for ("adults pretending to be children" UGHHH) should be reviled in any civilised society

well one of these recorded the song "maps" so them.

also doesn't this need an X? got lots of love for the xx but they've been as ubiquitous at the top of these lists as the others.

phoenix

phoenix

YYYs based on track record, not the specific album in question.

I've never listened to Animal Collective, but I edited a feature on them as a favor to a friend, and it made me want to tear the writer's arm off, set it on fire and use it to torch the homes of the bandmembers and their families.

YADPG

D > Y >>> A > P >> G

D ftw

D. saw them play the Paradise in Boston last fall, and they were incredible. then AGY. i heard P for the first time today, was not very impressed

kept 2 tracks from Y, 1 from D, didn't even make it all the way thru P and deleted it, didn't bother with G, would invoke the geneva convention if someone tried to force me to listen to A

of these, only heard the D and A albums, but both were too wishy-washy to make any kind of impression.

the little I've heard by grizzly bear has been despicable.

have no feelings about or interest in the yeah yeah yeahs.

have never heard anything by phoenix. only heard OF them in these lists.

even though I'm not fond of DP on record, they are somehow totally captivating live. so them.

A>>G>P>D>Y

I was really keen on the Animal Collective album at first, then soured as the year wore on.
I was cold on the Dirty Projectors album at first, then warmed as the year wore on.
I continue to think that Grizzly Bear's album is inferior to its predecessor.
The Yeah Yeah Yeahs album is pretty solid, I guess, but I have trouble getting excited about it.
I think this is probably the most monochromatic album Phoenix has ever made, but there are still some sweet tunes on it.

(In the end, I voted Phoenix, just because that's the one I'd most like to hear right now.)

my equation

P>Y>DP=?>A=G

D - semi-interesting ideas executed really, really irritatingly

lex otm

fwiw this is the proper reaction to animal collective:

I've never listened to Animal Collective, but I edited a feature on them as a favor to a friend, and it made me want to tear the writer's arm off, set it on fire and use it to torch the homes of the bandmembers and their families.

― neither good nor bad, just a kid like you (unperson), Wednesday, January 20, 2010 12:53 PM Bookmark

i hate the dirty projectors for all time for blatantly soliciting critical BJ by way of phony black flag swagga jacking.

fuck dirty projectors.

i hate albums where i feel like they wrote press release before they even recorded a note

phoenix

D - semi-interesting ideas executed really, really irritatingly

lex otm

― freezoni appleby 2010 (Curt1s Stephens), Wednesday, 20 January 2010 21:42 (35 minutes ago) Bookmark

haha i love it when the lex and i agree, it's like planets aligning

yyys - good album
phoenix - good album
dp - good album
anco/gribear - nah mate

i hate the dirty projectors for all time for blatantly soliciting critical BJ by way of phony black flag swagga jacking.

fuck dirty projectors.

― Na'vi Girls (Need Love Too) (M@tt He1ges0n), Wednesday, January 20, 2010 5:06 PM (41 minutes ago)

aw it was kinda cool tho

nah im with M@tt on this one

the only one of these i came close to hearing is ANCO when grady spent a good hour on chat one day desperately trying to get me to download the rick-roll leak. i listened to it like 2 weeks later and was like "lol" and then deleted the folder.

I never heard Animal Collective but liek, I totally hate them already.

I HATE EVERYTHING THAT PEOPLE LIKE ME LIKE

I'M SO ANGRY THAT PEOPLE LOVE AN ALBUM I ONLY REALLY LIKE THAT I'M GOING TO START THOUSANDS OF THREDS ABOUT THEM

grizz - veck -never heard but they r boring
anco - merri pavvi - anco r a gr8 band but this is only ok
phoenix - wolf - girlfriend is an alltime classic, but this is their worst, best thing here by a mile still
dirty pro - bitte - stillness is the move>useful chamber>>>>>everything else
yyy - blitz - never heard. i like a couple songs by them ok

xp: TELL EM WHY YOU MAD!

dp's are on some next level shit, and i feel like even though their music is press-release friendly, their style feels natural (and not especially contrived) to me.

dp are way less than the sum of what are pretty mindblowing parts

I thought phoenix - wolf was Wolfmother's Phoenix BTW

oh the album is called cosmic egg never mind

AY AY AY

i probably would have been perfectly happy listening to all of these albums if i hadn't started reading ilm this year.

grizzly bear is way above all the others for me

A>>P>G for me.

I continue to think that Grizzly Bear's album is inferior to its predecessor. - OTM. I liked it OK, but it erred a bit too much on the side of button-down for my tastes & I miss the rustic, huge reverb thing they had going on w/ Yellow House

D & Y are on my list. Per the former, I wasn't huge on the Black Flag thing, tho I hear BO (heh) is quite different? Same goes for the YYYs pretty much: loved Fever but didn't really get into the last one. I probably would have checked this one out earlier if I'd known it was such a cause celebre, but I didn't realize that until all the end-o-year lists started appearing.

who really cares about the black flag thing, anyways? yeah it's a dorky factoid that makes you sound interesting when you tell someone about it at a party, but is that really a bad thing? i mean, hate the album cause it's not yer bag of tea, but i'm all for that sort of novelty concept-album if they all turn as good as that one.

ADPG haven't heard Y

weird, maybe it's because it came out so damn long ago but i dont seem to notice any discourse around Veckatimest anymore, or even ppl objecting to it placing on all these lists.

well it did come out after mpp... idk, it kind of makes sense to me. when compared to anco's super dense electro mess, dirty projectors' awkward math pop, karen o, and phoenix dude's french accent, it's a pretty pleasant and unintrusive album.

as in, even if you're not into that sort of thing you wouldn't mind having it play in the background once in a blue moon.

APYG

i quite like the first three. grizzly bear is kinda boring, and i find dirty projectors really intolerable.

re: Grizzly Bear, I think it's great in the background, but also rewards close listening. It seems it's been pretty much dismissed by ILX. I'm not sure I understand that...is it because of perceptions of the bandmembers as generic hipsters/poseurs? It's definitely a somber album, which probably turns some people off. I can also understand people thinking it's too subdued and straight-laced, but I like that it's able to convey extreme emotion with such restraint. I also don't get Xhuxk's comment about it being "hookless, gutless, grooveless, shapeless..." (on single jukebox). The melodies and arrangements are pretty great imo.

I didn't love "Yellow House" as much when I first heard it...it felt shapeless and lacking in hooks (with the exception of "Knife". I'm appreciating it more now in retrospect. It's just a different experience, more atmospheric and less structured. It also didn't suffer as much from being overhyped.

who really cares about the black flag thing, anyways? - I wasn't bothered by the concept, just sorta lukewarm on the music.

i don't think anything about grizzly bear is bad, really, and i definitely like some songs (i definitely preferred yellow house). i just don't think the thought "hey i should put on grizzly bear" has ever crossed my mind. listening to them felt like homework.

on the other hand, the fact that i really enjoyed yellow house and haven't listened to veckatimest more than two or three times is probably just reflective of a shift in the sort of music that interests me over the past few years.

kaykay^

I really like Dirty Projectors. I think they're fun and cool.

phoenix

― max, Wednesday, January 20, 2010 12:40 PM (10 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

phoenix

― call all destroyer, Wednesday, January 20, 2010 12:52 PM (10 hours ago) Bookmark

phoenix

― plaxico (I know, right?), Wednesday, January 20, 2010 2:11 PM (9 hours ago) Bookmark

phoenix

A>Y>P*>D>G

* tho their previous record killed this one

phoenix - i just listened to this one more than any of the others. it's really solid and good for just about any occasion.
yyys - also solid, good pop record, "zero" is a transcendent single imo
grizzbear - i really like this record and think that ppl completely missed the point of it. if it was a record from the 60s everyone would venerate it, but because it's from now it gets hated for being "too indie"
dps - this record is ok but rise above was much much better; i think they actually need some kind of framework like the black flag thing because otherwise they have too many ideas and it just kind of falls apart.
anco - i gave this a ton of chances but i never liked these guys and probably never will

dp - amazing album, took a long time to get into, it was worth the work. feel like a i 'know' this album now. listened to 50+ times.
phoenix - empty music. drummer is ace though. really want to like it cuz the vibes are so nice but it just leaves me cold. listened to about 20 times.
yyys - never really paid it much attention, singles were good. have heard most of it 3 or 4 times.
anco - bought sung tongs lp and gave it away. after spotify run through this isn't any better. the bits that are meant to be momentous or meaningful don't do anything for me.
grizzly bear - a friend of a friend was recording with this guy apparently. that's as much as i know about him. so no comment.

i heard grizzly bear is a chill bro

Kinda furry imo.

* tho their previous record killed this one

definitely agree, even if i'm voting for WAP

Best to worst ranking:

1. YYYs – Best album by consistently great band.

2. AnCo – Solid album by consistently interesting (if not always great) band. Possibly their third or fourth best album, though.

3. Phoenix – Singles are pleasantly inoffensive. Don’t get the “top 5 of 2009” hype. Haven’t heard the album.

4. Dirty Projectors – lex is right. Interesting ideas, poor execution.

5. Grizzlies – Anything I’ve heard from Veckatimest makes me want to shoot myself in the face.

Voted YYYs.

YYY, P >>>> major drop off >>> AnCo >>> falls of a cliff >>> DPs, GB

the critical narrative around DPs praising them for their engagement with r&b is possibly the most infuriating of the year, given that 90% of the time it comes from critics or commentators who have a 10% engagement - if that - with r&b themselves

i blame you lot for making it 'cool' to reference rnb in reviews, blurbs etc. aside from the cheesy breakdown in stillness is the move i don't hear any rnb on this album. the melismatic vocal stuff doesn't sound anything like an rnb singer to me.

what is this about poor execution? the playing is flawless throughout. totally inspiring in places, the guitar solo on no intention, the drum rolls on temecula sunrise, the close harmonies the girls hit, the clunky, syncopated rhythms, use of hocket to break melodies up. this album was a total breath of fresh air after not really feeling any songy guitar indie whatever music for a while. also like how they never sound like they're trying too hard, or like they're trying to manipulate you into feeling something <- pretty sure this is why i don't get on with the phoenix + anco albums.

YYY - It's Blitz!. Although it waves in the middle, helluva finish. One of my favorite records of the year, by a band I found insufferable in 2003.

Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca. Interesting bits that don't cohere.

Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Blah Blah. I listen to the seven-minute track on my work computer a lot. The rest is a mash of Radiohead, Hot Chip vocals, and "Kids Incorporated" perk-pop.

The rest.

kinda think "don't cohere" is a big part of the point

Even if it is, so what?

The DPs album reminds me of the first TVOTR record in the sense that I admire the ambition and intellect and I know something interesting is going on but - aside from Stillness and Two Doves - it's not something I ever want to listen to. They're a band I've mentally bookmarked in the hope that their next record will pull it all together in a more satisfying way.

that's how i feel about their earlier output, for me this is the album that put it together in a wholly pleasurable way

Well, the other possibility is that this in fact their Dear Science/Merriweather Post Pavilion and I just don't like what they're gunning for, but I'm an optimist.

WHYYYYYYYYYYYYIIIIIEEEEE...

grizz - veck - heard the first album, bored me senseless
anco - merri pavvi - took a while to sink in, now i love it, its like D.I. meets the beach boys (yeah i know BB is a lazy comparison sue me)
phoenix - wolf - dissapointed with this esp. after the previous album which was my most played of that year, has its moments but i havent bothered with it since i first listened to it
dirty pro - bitte - hated the black flag cover album, but what ive heard from this sounds lovely
yyy - blitz - still havent given this a proper listen, 'hysteric' and 'zero' are among their best though

best albums by each band IMO

grizz - ????
anco - hollindagain
phoenix - its never been like that
dirty pro - getty address
yyy - ????

phoenix - wolf - dissapointed with this esp. after the previous album which was my most played of that year, has its moments but i havent bothered with it since i first listened to it

^^this but i just can't figure out why i really don't care that much abt this any more than i can figure why i loved the previous one. it is a mystery

Dear Science,

I'd love to tailgate with you at Merriweather Post Pavilion before your trip to Veckatimest. It's blitz time!

Sincerely,

Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix

lol waiting for someone, anyone other than me to stick up for grizz bear

http://media.collegepublisher.com/media/paper932/stills/416f0a6c4b9b1-75-1.jpg

it's a completely weird position to be in because all the stuff you guys are saying about vecky is the exact stuff i did say about yellow house

what is this about poor execution? the playing is flawless throughout. totally inspiring in places, the guitar solo on no intention, the drum rolls on temecula sunrise, the close harmonies the girls hit, the clunky, syncopated rhythms, use of hocket to break melodies up. this album was a total breath of fresh air after not really feeling any songy guitar indie whatever music for a while. also like how they never sound like they're trying too hard, or like they're trying to manipulate you into feeling something <- pretty sure this is why i don't get on with the phoenix + anco albums.

― Crackle Box, Friday, January 22, 2010 7:14 AM (3 hours ago)

by "poor execution" i'm almost certain they mean they just don't like their style/hate dave's voice. they're pretty objectively fantastic musicians

yeah, this is a retarded thing to say

how do u ppl live w/yourselves is what i want 2 know

<3

the phoenix album tries to do a bit of baba o'reilly-ish symphonic rock but its the breakfast club shuffle of lisztomania that works best.

what is this about poor execution? the playing is flawless throughout. totally inspiring in places, the guitar solo on no intention, the drum rolls on temecula sunrise, the close harmonies the girls hit, the clunky, syncopated rhythms, use of hocket to break melodies up. this album was a total breath of fresh air after not really feeling any songy guitar indie whatever music for a while. also like how they never sound like they're trying too hard, or like they're trying to manipulate you into feeling something <- pretty sure this is why i don't get on with the phoenix + anco albums.

― Crackle Box, Friday, January 22, 2010 6:14 AM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

that's how i feel about their earlier output, for me this is the album that put it together in a wholly pleasurable way

― samosa gibreel, Friday, January 22, 2010 8:16 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

otfm

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lol waiting for someone, anyone other than me to stick up for grizz bear

― call all destroyer, Friday, January 22, 2010 10:09 AM (50 minutes ago) Bookmark

i love grizzly bear!

didn't like veck as much as yellow house tho

but Anco and GrizzBear were the only two GAPDY albums to make my Top 100 of 2009 (#19 and #84, respectively)

i didn't know they would be your kinda thing whiney--but i'm glad!

i don't really understand how the xx didn't get stuck in this acronym, but DAPYG for me

the phoenix album tries to do a bit of baba o'reilly-ish symphonic rock but its the breakfast club shuffle of lisztomania that works best.

― Michael B, Friday, January 22, 2010 9:46 AM (22 minutes ago) Bookmark

i literally laughed at "breakfast club shuffle"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xc5Sm4iRtxs

the xx are really aesthetically different from the others, if you don't get that idk what to tell u

they're all pretty aesthetically different from each other

dave's voice

this is the #1 reason why bitte orca sux

it's love it or hate it i guess, it's one of my favorite voices in indie

it's not in the acronym because when everyones top 5 was all GAPDYGAPDYGAPDYGAPDYGAPDYGAPDYGAPDYGAPDYGAPDYGAPDYGAPDY the xx were like down in the 8s and 9s, as pazz would attest

fuckin Neko had to go an ruin my perfect joke

i'm gonna lol if the ilx results are the same as pazz

would bet ANYTHING that anco win

gapdy have not received the jagger vote, sunn o))) have, go figure

B2W:
1.Phoenix - Twitchy, polished imitations of urgency that managed to become my second favorite record of the year. May one day investigate if its pleasures (and/or lyrics) signify anything at all beyond the standard ennui-anthem mode of "Girlfriend".
2.YYY - Sags in the middle, but the bookends make up for any muddle. The fact that Karen O.'s voice used to irritate, but breaks my heart on "Soft Shock" and maybe elsewhere warrants further consideration.
3.Dirty Projectors - Interesting ideas, interesting craft, but lacks...I don't know - insight, genius, exuberant stupidity, charisma, vulgarity, humor, purpose...
4.Animal Collective - Pretty. Interesting even. Just not that interesting, and not even that pretty.
5.Grizzly Bear - There are three kinds of albums: those I like, and I care about because pleasure will make a man do that; those I don't like, but I care about because someone's taste and intelligence convinces me maybe I should; and those I don't like and don't care about. Guess which one this is?

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

Dirty > Phoenix > AnCo > YYYs > Grizzly

YYYs = Anco > Phoenix > Dirty > all other music ever made > Grizzly.

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

Ah just when I thought ILM had given up on one of the decade's best bands.

dog latin

Seriously, they're getting way too much flack these days. I'm bored of hearing about how much people hate them.

AnCo? they get flack coz they're shit.

except My Girls. that's pretty great.

Poor GrizBear.

The results are Bush v. Gore.

The grizzbear h8 is bordering on stupid. They've got some great songs.

yeah i cant say i get the ilx grizz hate

they are boring as fuck but as long as animals keep on collecting we need to not let ourselves get distracted and fight the real enemy imo

tbh Grizzly Bear is as crazy as early Zappa when compared to shit like Iron & Wine or Jose Gonzalez

yeah but they're the only ones on the pedestal

grizz is the first indie band in a while that is really loved that i literally do not like at all -- just such bloodless music. i've never found anything they write catchy.

Bloodless music? I'm not even sure what you mean by that....

it's as if statues were playing music, and not in a good way like the xx -- it strikes me 'expansive' music that's completely hollow -- i understand why the aesthetic appeals to people but i don't understand how people sit through the songs

I guess we feel exactly the opposite because your statues statement is how I feel about the XX. The dullest, most insincere music I've ever heard. Whereas I get a lot of emotion out of Grizzly Bear---particularly songs like Reprise and Foreground. Guess I just have different taste that you and most of ILX, although I did enjoy the Fever Ray album I don't think she merits 3 of the top 50 tracks....

well about the last word i would use for the xx would be 'insecure', but i understand how people could feel the opposite way of me in terms of the statue thing -- i enjoyed fever ray too and don't think she merits three of the fifty tracks

I didn't say insecure. I think they have fairly large egos actually. I just said insincere. Seems like a total put on. (talking about the xx)

oh my bad. ok.

I've seen them live and wasn't impressed. Lots of similar note plucking. Zero energy. Not that GB have much to offer in that department on stage, however I will say their musicianship , particularly the drummer and Daniel Rossen, left me completely impressed. Maybe I need to see the XX again, but when I saw them they seemed a bit smug, bored and droll

if it makes you guys feel better i dislike both

That makes me feel like you are really cool.

my taste has never been a pose, but ok

into you either way. Like how you aren't into both bands. Makes me want to get to know you more

Oh schmindie troll, don't you think we've encountered your kind long before now?

am I schmindie? :D THANX!!!

Mr. Fever, who's the collective "we", the embittered washed up music critics that haunt this site day in and day out? Or is this just a case of the "royal we", in which case you are fully forgiven sir

Handy tip: try not being a dick to everybody else on the site and then maybe they won't be dicks to you.

Yours, on behalf of all the embittered washed up music critics

I didn't star the "I hate them both" comment above. Having a convo with someone else and someone chimed in with a useful "guess what? I think they both suck" comment....

Well don't rise to it, and don't lash out at the entire site. If you start quarrelling with everyone who makes a comment you don't like, this isn't going to be much fun.

It never really was THAT much fun to begin with....While I appreciate the advice, someone needs to call a spade a spade, otherwise we just go around in solipsistic circles circle jerking and commending one another's obscure/simultaneously majorly mainstream music tastes, no?

INDIE=BAD

GAGA/PAISLEY/MAINSTREAM=GOOD

DRONE/METAL/RANDOMNOISE=GOOD

INDIE=I hate that guy I see every morning at the coffee shop, he pisses me off.

Fine. Blow a gasket defending Grizzly Bear if you like. Fight the good fight for poor misunderstood indie bands everywhere.

they are boring as fuck but as long as animals keep on collecting we need to not let ourselves get distracted and fight the real enemy imo

― The Reverend, Tuesday, February 2, 2010 7:55 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Not blowing anything.

Someone tomorrow will have something even more dismissive to say to "take me down a notch"---ultimately though, how is anything I said any more/less bitchy than 99 percent of the shit posted on this board?

am I villainized for being a bitch? liking grizzly bear? not being a music critic? defending indie? being contrary? or just being "bloodless"....someone tomorrow will surely tell me why I suck and I'm looking forward to it.

people are saying that grizzly bear and animal collective suck, not you

Was talking to bro who called me a "dick", which is sort of the same as "sucking"---do you have a last.fm lex? I'd love to see it

i think that was after you said someone was trying to look cool? which wasn't v nice

http://www.last.fm/user/lexpretend

Here's mine http://www.last.fm/user/Luccaz94

oi...kids these days.

GrizzBear mostly a snoozefest, but 'Two Weeks' is unfuckwithable. Same goes for AnCo's 'My Girls', but the rest of their catalogue is larger and far more annoying, so yes they need to be destroyed first.

one thing i like abt anco is the sprawl of what they've produced and all the ideas picked up toyed with and tossed back on the pile.

just like THE-DREAM

yeah i like things

i just think its a shame that the best parts of their career are being overshadowed by the post strawberry jam stuff

You know, I kind of respect AnCo for doing new things, which I would never accuse the Grizz of, they just happen to do new things that make my blood boil.

this is on 'most read threads' today

Maybe it got linked somewhere? I'm pretty sure that's happened before.

pretty proud that this word got out a little

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vrk9m9nRxlY

amazing use of the youtube annotations feature

~~~mind blown~~~

told ya!

2009 called, it wants its festival lineup back pic.twitter.com/zBWCniamzY

— Eric Renner Brown (@ericrennerbrown) February 5, 2019

wow

🎶🎶 three out of five ain’t bad

Good lord, that really is an impressive piece of work. Ra Ra Riot???

She Wants Revenge is still a thing?

If it wasn't for that (Manners 10th Anniversary) thing, I'd have assumed that was a genuine 2009 fest line-up.

The Faint!

one has to go pic.twitter.com/GV0ylHQPR1

— Osita Nwanevu (@OsitaNwanevu) September 3, 2020

bitte orca more like bye-bye orca

There's hardly anyone kicking out AC in the - I'm guessing mostly American - replies. Phoenix is all time, DP is p good still, never cared for Grizzly Bear.

To me the Dirty Projectors & Grizzly Bear albums are unimpeachable classics. AC is eh and hasn't aged well, never got into Phoenix.

Also DP & GB released their best albums within the last 3 years, still going strong.

phoenix sucks

YYYs are the only one of these acts I was ever a fan of (and mostly the 1st album).

the early singles are the shit. Can you hear it calling?

(Phoenix)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWFPZpbKHf4

Merriweather Post Pavilion, Veckatimest, and Bitte Orca are all time greats. If you don't like them then you don't like them. But if you haven't heard them, give them a try. Good for a long road trip.

I will wait for the superbowl halftime show in a few years

I dunno why I just read half this thread, it was hypnotic, like finding some ancient cuneiform tablet from a civilization I've never heard of

2008 albums poll is p good for that (tho maybe less uncannily unfamiljar)

GAPDY's Greatest Hits:

1. Phoenix: 1901 (233,103,471 plays on Spotify)
2. Phoenix: Lisztomania (221,197,960)
3. Grizzly Bear: Two Weeks (188,354,857)
4. Yeah Yeah Yeahs: Heads Will Roll (163,890,937)
5. Phoenix: Lasso (47,094,987)
6. Animal Collective: My Girls (43,832,825)
7. Grizzly Bear: Ready, Able (27,650,183)
8. Yeah Yeah Yeahs: Zero (24,967,278)
9. Phoenix: Fences (21,754,426)
10. Phoenix: Rome (21,381,951)

Dirty Projectors get nowhere near; the most streamed track on Bitte Orca is Stillness Is The Move (7,892,685)

And yet they're the best band out of all of them :)

If this had been the GAPDYX poll then "Intro" would be on top at 464 million

Dirty > Phoenix > AnCo > YYYs > Grizzly

― mike t-diva, Monday, February 1, 2010 11:36 PM (twelve years ago)

I've listened to them all again. Now it's:

YYYs >> Grizzly > Dirty >> AnCo > Phoenix

YYYs is the only one that still gives pleasure. Grizzly starts promisingly, doesn't keep it up, but remains listenable. The vocals on the remaining three annoy me a lot, for broadly similar reasons. AnCo and especially Phoenix were a struggle to get through. (NB I bought four of them on CD at the time, and was sent another as a promo (gratefully received) so there must have been a time when I liked all of them.)

"Heads Will Roll" and "Zero" are by far the best thing to come out of 2009 GAPDY, though as a whole album I do think that Bitte Orca has held up the best.

The albums I listen to with the most regularity from this era are Person Pitch and Tomboy

new songs by both "y" and "p" out this week

the phoenix song is horrible, jesus

I like the YYYs song

Can someone please make a video essay on whatever the hell was going on here pic.twitter.com/LxBSJSPfCO

— jack fernandez news and updates (@jackanfer) May 23, 2023

https://uproxx.com/indie/blog-rock-best-albums-all-time-list/

“Can someone please make a video essay on whatever the hell was going on here”

The Twitter user @jackanfer, who is presumably under the age of 30, posed this question atop a list of seven critically acclaimed albums from 2009. The first five – Dirty Projectors’ Bitte Orca, Animal Collective’s Merriweather Post Pavilion, Phoenix’s Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix, Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ It’s Blitz!, and Grizzly Bear’s Veckatimest – were such common fixtures in year-end top-tens that they inspired an acronym of “GADPY” as a deeply online shorthand for indie rock hegemony. This post soon became the main character on Twitter for the next few days because people chose not to take the original question as rhetorical.

Ian Cohen should have given ILX a shout out or even just Whiney.

I now see mookieproof did post this already, I found out by the article that posted today, sorry.

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51xnSwWmLZL.jpg