((and to clarify, by 'j-pop vocals' i don't mean poppy vocals sung in japanese, i'm referring to the composition of the melody lines as much as their performance/production))
― soyrev, Monday, 26 January 2015 16:54 (nine years ago) link
preferred Ducktails to Real Estate, but I don't mind this at all
― sleeve, Monday, 26 January 2015 16:54 (nine years ago) link
I have to say, nothing makes me more interested in checking out a band than finding out they make music for the contemplation of oily ham
― "Go pet your dog" is the name of my dog (DJP), Monday, 26 January 2015 16:54 (nine years ago) link
re: Mica Levi - why does it always always has to be: psychotic blah blah = pull out yer neighbourhood avant-classical type moves out of the bag. Probably the weakest part of that film.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 26 January 2015 16:55 (nine years ago) link
this noura mint seymali is great, thanks to whoever voted for it!
― why you gotta be so rmde (NickB), Monday, 26 January 2015 16:56 (nine years ago) link
Mauritanian psych-funk sounds fun. As does ambient indie to be fair. Will give them both a go.
― Jeff W, Monday, 26 January 2015 16:57 (nine years ago) link
"fake blues" from some early real estate single is still one of my very favorite 3-4 min of chillout indie ever. have opined elsewhere that it seems to be ripping off mark knopfler's local hero sndtrk (in a good way). experienced diminishing returns with the band tho.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHx8ZhYsigQ
^ album version not quite as good
― A Severus of Snapes (contenderizer), Monday, 26 January 2015 16:57 (nine years ago) link
sorry, meant for that to be a link :(
― A Severus of Snapes (contenderizer), Monday, 26 January 2015 16:58 (nine years ago) link
digging the Real Estate. thanks ILM!
― example (crüt), Monday, 26 January 2015 16:58 (nine years ago) link
i didn't vote this year but i am going to follow thread because these results are more promising than the singles for melove under the skin sdtk, big fave in my houselove noura too -- she makes it sound so easy and this reminds me that i wanted to hear the album
― groundless round (La Lechera), Monday, 26 January 2015 16:58 (nine years ago) link
the last real estate album is one of my fav indie rock records ever but i couldn't get into this one at all
― J0rdan S., Monday, 26 January 2015 16:59 (nine years ago) link
Xyzzz__: why not? Those sounds work well to bring out that atmosphere. At least it's more interesting than minor-key piano arpeggios or something.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Monday, 26 January 2015 17:00 (nine years ago) link
uh, whether or not there were any actual mice involved, this noura mint seymali album is fantastic
― A Severus of Snapes (contenderizer), Monday, 26 January 2015 17:03 (nine years ago) link
Nooo, I missed the moment Babymetal hit, I was praying for this. It feels weird finally having a vote place right inside the top 77 and not outside. This is definitely the best Babymetal song, here performed in front of 60k people.. in England! http://youtu.be/jKs7JnAWI9s
― abcfsk, Monday, 26 January 2015 17:05 (nine years ago) link
Love the Real Estate album, and it was quite high up on my ballot. It's everything I want from an "indie" album right now - clear, chiming, blissful. I think they just keep getting better.
Loving this Noura Mint Seymali album too.
― Modern French Music from Failure to Boulez (askance johnson), Monday, 26 January 2015 17:05 (nine years ago) link
I agree they do Sund4r. I suppose I'd like to hear those sounds in more surprising contexts these days. A bit of an easy option to take. xps
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 26 January 2015 17:06 (nine years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/bQyox4f.jpg
72 CALL SUPER Suzi Ecto [255 points, 11 votes]
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 26 January 2015 17:07 (nine years ago) link
looks like an abstract magen dovid on the cover
― Mordy, Monday, 26 January 2015 17:07 (nine years ago) link
yay call super!
― o.m.g. lol @ hurt butt (wins), Monday, 26 January 2015 17:08 (nine years ago) link
― xyzzzz__, Monday, January 26, 2015 9:06 AM (3 seconds ago)
oh pooh. everything's an easy option. the execution's what counts. impeccably well constructed soundtrack, both as a functional component of the film and as a stand-alone listen. it sound more "surprising" a kristen wiig comedy sure, but i'm not that desperate for novelty thrills.
― A Severus of Snapes (contenderizer), Monday, 26 January 2015 17:09 (nine years ago) link
Huh, really fun start to the albums list. Babymetal!
Will they change the band name to Toddlermetal or Teenmetal as they get older? Or swap out the members?
― octobeard, Monday, 26 January 2015 17:10 (nine years ago) link
no spotify links this year?
― Get Ducked (Cosmic Slop), Monday, 26 January 2015 17:11 (nine years ago) link
There's a whole playlist linked at the top of the thread.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 26 January 2015 17:11 (nine years ago) link
never heard of this Call Super record, very nice on first listen - I assume there's no vocals?
― sleeve, Monday, 26 January 2015 17:12 (nine years ago) link
Or swap out the members?
how it's done iirc
― A Severus of Snapes (contenderizer), Monday, 26 January 2015 17:12 (nine years ago) link
This album cover promises fuzzy artpop...
― tangenttangent, Monday, 26 January 2015 17:13 (nine years ago) link
yeah do these images come with blurbs or no1-2 objective descriptive sentences or phrases?
― groundless round (La Lechera), Monday, 26 January 2015 17:14 (nine years ago) link
Happy that Real Estate placed. They have a special way with melody.
― quan voice (voodoo chili), Monday, 26 January 2015 17:15 (nine years ago) link
i prefer the mystery & intrigue
― ciderpress, Monday, 26 January 2015 17:15 (nine years ago) link
Blurbs haven't been part of the eoy polls for several years, but a quick search turned up a few mentions of Call Super in techno/bobbins threads.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 26 January 2015 17:15 (nine years ago) link
oh pooh. everything's an easy option. the execution's what counts. impeccably well constructed soundtrack, both as a functional component of the film and as a stand-alone listen. it sound more "surprising" a kristen wiig comedy sure, but i'm not that desperate for novelty thrills.― A Severus of Snapes (contenderizer), Monday, 26 January 2015 Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― A Severus of Snapes (contenderizer), Monday, 26 January 2015 Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Don't be an idiot - of course not everything is an easy option and no I am looking for this stuff to be used in a comedy or anything. Its their problem to sort out. I just know what they've come up with just isn't really going to do.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 26 January 2015 17:16 (nine years ago) link
xpI prefer not knowing what the hell kind of music it is immediately when I've never heard of something (as is true of Call Super). Part of the fun!
― Jeff W, Monday, 26 January 2015 17:16 (nine years ago) link
not feeling the real estate. think their sound worked better for me when it was fuzzing in through chillwave-contemporaneous vhs nostalgia, buried vocals, tape hiss, etc.
― A Severus of Snapes (contenderizer), Monday, 26 January 2015 17:18 (nine years ago) link
I suppose I'd like to hear those sounds in more surprising contexts these days. A bit of an easy option to take. xps
― xyzzzz__, Monday, January 26, 2015 9:06 AM (11 minutes ago)
"i don't like this and want to seem important saying it"
― A Severus of Snapes (contenderizer), Monday, 26 January 2015 17:19 (nine years ago) link
Suzi Ecto was definitely one of the more interesting electronic albums this year, and very accessible
― Dan S, Monday, 26 January 2015 17:19 (nine years ago) link
Crystalline clearwater ambience embroiled in benign laser warfare.
This is oooookay.
― tangenttangent, Monday, 26 January 2015 17:20 (nine years ago) link
call super is kind of techno with a fuggy cloud-forest vibe and maybe a bit more focus on sonic detail than beats
― why you gotta be so rmde (NickB), Monday, 26 January 2015 17:20 (nine years ago) link
The Call Super album is fantastic and I have Lex to thank for recommending it on more than one occasion.it seems to take on different properties depending on where and who I listen to it with. Sometimes it's a really lush ambient album with dub inflections, other times it's something a lot more tense/intense than that.
― quinoa: how's it spelt? (dog latin), Monday, 26 January 2015 17:20 (nine years ago) link
this sounds like something i would like a lot, whoops
― ciderpress, Monday, 26 January 2015 17:21 (nine years ago) link
I somehow missed that Call Super album entirely, will give it a spin tonight.
― Matt DC, Monday, 26 January 2015 17:21 (nine years ago) link
I feel I am gaining a good bit of internet notoriety in this msg board by damming it, yes..xps to contend idiot.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 26 January 2015 17:21 (nine years ago) link
ok nm then! i'll guess
― groundless round (La Lechera), Monday, 26 January 2015 17:23 (nine years ago) link
contend idiot.
lol, you've sure got a way with words
― A Severus of Snapes (contenderizer), Monday, 26 January 2015 17:24 (nine years ago) link
la lechera, i think the idea is that fans of whatever record will chip in and explain/enthuse xp
― why you gotta be so rmde (NickB), Monday, 26 January 2015 17:24 (nine years ago) link
lol I couldn't remember how the rest of it went, couldn't be arsed to press back. The only thing you are right about.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 26 January 2015 17:25 (nine years ago) link
I am gaining a good bit of internet notoriety in this msg board by damming itFirst mice, now beavers itt!
We heart u really Julio, u know that.
― Jeff W, Monday, 26 January 2015 17:26 (nine years ago) link
― A Severus of Snapes (contenderizer), Monday, January 26, 2015 12:19 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i don't even totally understand this convo but wow this came off dickish!
― diddybops 67 (120.2)(source field mix) (some dude), Monday, 26 January 2015 17:27 (nine years ago) link
Cool list so far. I haven't heard any of most of these, but they all look interesting.
Very pleased BM made it.
― jmm, Monday, 26 January 2015 17:27 (nine years ago) link
do like the call super album quite a bit, though it's well outside my usual wheelhouse. can't comment on dog latin's observation that it takes "on different properties depending on where and who" cuz it's new to me, but "dovetail" gets a lot of mileage out of the tension between that metallic snare and the pillowy synth clouds it drills against. loving "sulu sekou"'s clarinet, too.
― A Severus of Snapes (contenderizer), Monday, 26 January 2015 17:31 (nine years ago) link
mica levi - surprised in a good way to see this; one of the best films i saw last year, and one of the best uses of its score within that. the strings in the pool scenes...not just sinister but stately. the film's slow pace suited it, but the score went a long way to holding interest which might have otherwise flagged. i have not been tempted to hear the soundtrack by itself.
nora mint seymali - never heard, would be interested to hear, any track recommendations?
real estate - never heard and god willing will keep it that way
call super - woo, second of my votes. love the mood and the way different details dapple over the beats. very organic-sounding - not as hermetically sealed as voices from the lake but a similar vibe. also, wonderfully generous melodically. not an album for identifying tracks in isolation and the quality is very consistent but "dovetail" and "hoax eye" are both very pretty indeed
call super also did good work under the ondo fudd alias last year too
― lex pretend, Monday, 26 January 2015 17:31 (nine years ago) link