ILM's Top 77 Albums of 2014

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Re: Sturgill Simpson

I hate the implication that I should somehow be ashamed for liking a crossover/token country album, sorry I don't have the time to do a deep dive into the genre of every kind of music that catches my attention

(But of course, I felt the same way country listeners did in 2012 as an R&B listener, when Channel Orange and Kaleidoscope Dream were the token R&B albums so who am I to whine)

Anyway, there's so many things about Sturgill Simpson's album that should turn me off - the aforementioned title, the "authenticity"-laden marketing, the drugs-as-salvation-but-really-love themes - but it's all executed so well to me that it's all moot

Tay-Tay Brooklynpants (Murgatroid), Monday, 26 January 2015 18:29 (nine years ago) link

ninos du brasil just released a 12" on DFA last week fwiw

LIKE If you are against racism (omar little), Monday, 26 January 2015 18:30 (nine years ago) link

from what i heard it wasn't as compelling as the album but maybe check it out if you're a fan

LIKE If you are against racism (omar little), Monday, 26 January 2015 18:30 (nine years ago) link

xp Tuomas:

Good call. A similar project from this year (which I doubt will make the cut) was Clap! Clap! - Tayi Bebba, which is light, African, sampled, and footwork rather than the dark, Brazilian, live, and house of the Ninos du Brasil.

excreting zeitgeist (Sanpaku), Monday, 26 January 2015 18:30 (nine years ago) link

Ought record is sweet, really happy to see it here & look forward to spending much more time with it. Up there with Total Control in the year's best post-punk.

ear sirrom (imago), Monday, 26 January 2015 18:32 (nine years ago) link

http://i.imgur.com/wKm9XqL.jpg

68 WARPAINT Warpaint [262 points, 9 votes, 1 first place vote]

Johnny Fever, Monday, 26 January 2015 18:32 (nine years ago) link

when this came out it felt like it was going to be finishing much higher in the poll

LIKE If you are against racism (omar little), Monday, 26 January 2015 18:32 (nine years ago) link

hadn't heard this, but this is super cool - hearing a little karate in this too maybe?

― the portentous pepper (govern yourself accordingly), Monday, January 26, 2015 1:24 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i haven't formed an opinion on ought yet but karate was a great band

call all destroyer, Monday, 26 January 2015 18:33 (nine years ago) link

ought album is gr8! not hearing so much direct television or radiohead influence, but yeah, maybe as the more traditional pop/rock element being squozen out through thinking fellers & this heat type art weirdo filters. pere ubu! or a more long-term interesting version of tyvek. not so fond of "habit" cuz i like the herk & jerkier punk stuff best.

― A Severus of Snapes (contenderizer), Monday, January 26, 2015 1:21 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

hmm this sounds nothing like tyvek or pere ubu and exactly like television + radiohead (+ talking heads) i think u need to update your rock vector space basis

great album tho. tim's vocals make it imo. it's like, with this post punk stuff there's the whole mythology of ian curtis *actually* having an epileptic fit or a seizure or whatever on stage, omg so punk right? but, like, the truth is no one actually wants to hear someone spazz out. it's uncomfortable and bad. but the flip of that is no one wants to hear someone sing sound like they're holding anything back or shy. and i think the vox on this album are really the perfect point between these two extremes

flopson, Monday, 26 January 2015 18:33 (nine years ago) link

my #1, wooo

call all destroyer, Monday, 26 January 2015 18:33 (nine years ago) link

the Warpaint album owns super hard

IMO it's best digested as a whole but "Love Is To Die", "Biggy" and "Drive" all are immaculate songs in isolation

"Go pet your dog" is the name of my dog (DJP), Monday, 26 January 2015 18:34 (nine years ago) link

Remembered who this ought album really reminds me of: horny genius!

why you gotta be so rmde (NickB), Monday, 26 January 2015 18:34 (nine years ago) link

Speaking of the year's best post-punk...I didn't vote for Warpaint as I thought it was an album of highlights (pretty much the songs DJP lists! DRIVE omg), but I think it's still a very good record with some cracking ideas and performances!

ear sirrom (imago), Monday, 26 January 2015 18:35 (nine years ago) link

hmm this sounds nothing like tyvek or pere ubu and exactly like television + radiohead (+ talking heads) i think u need to update your rock vector space basis

― flopson, Monday, 26 January 2015 18:33 (28 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I can totally hear Pere Ubu in there!

tangenttangent, Monday, 26 January 2015 18:35 (nine years ago) link

I was initially lukewarm about the Warpaint album, but ended up listening to it a lot this year, it's great driving-at-night music

Dan S, Monday, 26 January 2015 18:37 (nine years ago) link

Warpaint expands on all of their strengths: dreamy flow, dubby undertow, and proggy but non-masturbatory excursions, but the album as a whole became wearying after repeated listens. I still return to highlights ("Love is to Die", "Disco//Very").

excreting zeitgeist (Sanpaku), Monday, 26 January 2015 18:37 (nine years ago) link

xps- yeah ok the least yelpy stuff though. tyvek is a major reach tho. whatstheirname, ummm parquet courts that one sounds like tyvek

flopson, Monday, 26 January 2015 18:37 (nine years ago) link

Didn't vote for this, but definitely memorable from this year. El-p remix of Keep It Healthy is well worth checking out too.

tangenttangent, Monday, 26 January 2015 18:38 (nine years ago) link

One thing about the Warpaint album that puzzled me was picking "Disco/Very" as the single. I mean, it's catchy and pleasant but it seems like "Love Is To Die" is such a no-brainer introduction into what the album is all about and "Disco/Very" would work better/have more impact as a follow-on to it.

xp with Sanpaku, ha

"Go pet your dog" is the name of my dog (DJP), Monday, 26 January 2015 18:39 (nine years ago) link

Strongly recommend Drive for passing samplers btw

ear sirrom (imago), Monday, 26 January 2015 18:40 (nine years ago) link

warpaint record came out early in the year but i never stopped listening to it at any point really. was in my top 5 iirc

ciderpress, Monday, 26 January 2015 18:43 (nine years ago) link

It's a short album, I recommend just listening to it. The highlights work outside of context but within context they work with the albums sequence and achieve super-saiyen status.

"Go pet your dog" is the name of my dog (DJP), Monday, 26 January 2015 18:43 (nine years ago) link

Yeah it does work as a whole too

ear sirrom (imago), Monday, 26 January 2015 18:44 (nine years ago) link

i think u need to update your rock vector space basis

― flopson, Monday, January 26, 2015 10:33 AM (8 minutes ago)

mebby so? but i hear what i hear. admit it's been a long (long) time since i last heard any early radiohead.

A Severus of Snapes (contenderizer), Monday, 26 January 2015 18:44 (nine years ago) link

i listened to "gimme chocolate" and omg babymetal are quite something. i think i might actually like the instrumentation more than the vox. not sure i want to delve into a whole album, which might make me tire of them a bit quickly, but i'll be happy with this treasure of a single for a bit

lex pretend, Monday, 26 January 2015 18:46 (nine years ago) link

spent a couple months with the warpaint album in heavy rotation, so much so that i eventually became a bit tired of it. haven't been tempted back, though i still dig certain tracks, esp "biggie" and "disco/very"

A Severus of Snapes (contenderizer), Monday, 26 January 2015 18:48 (nine years ago) link

like the instrumentation more than the vox

May be an issue with Warpaint. These women (particularly the rhythm section) are super skilled, but perhaps too much character has been ironed out of the vocals.

non-masturbatory prog excursion (Sanpaku), Monday, 26 January 2015 18:49 (nine years ago) link

Babymetal basically ended up as #26 on my ballot ;_;

"Go pet your dog" is the name of my dog (DJP), Monday, 26 January 2015 18:51 (nine years ago) link

should i be surprised that the metal fans itt seem to be pro-babymetal?

lex pretend, Monday, 26 January 2015 18:51 (nine years ago) link

i'm watching their live dance routines for "gimme chocolate" now <3333

lex pretend, Monday, 26 January 2015 18:51 (nine years ago) link

http://i.imgur.com/bSBV9mm.jpg

67 FUTURE Honest [262 points, 10 votes, 1 first place vote]

Johnny Fever, Monday, 26 January 2015 18:51 (nine years ago) link

i'm surprised because i'm a fan of NEITHER metal nor j-pop yet it turns out what i needed in each was...the other

lex pretend, Monday, 26 January 2015 18:52 (nine years ago) link

If shitty rock must place at least it is outside the top ten. But eww at anyone voting for indIe.
Where is saer?

strychnine, Monday, 26 January 2015 18:52 (nine years ago) link

I think there's another "metal" album you may like this year lex

o.m.g. lol @ hurt butt (wins), Monday, 26 January 2015 18:53 (nine years ago) link

i'm surprised because i'm a fan of NEITHER metal nor j-pop yet it turns out what i needed in each was...the other

they are the Reese's Peanut Butter Cup of music

"Go pet your dog" is the name of my dog (DJP), Monday, 26 January 2015 18:53 (nine years ago) link

wow talk about a big budget highly anticipated album that sounded less awesome than his cameos and guest appearances on other records

guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 26 January 2015 18:53 (nine years ago) link

"Honest" from way back in 2013 is easily my favorite song on Honest and "I Be U" was the only thing that even came close. one of the big sophomore slump disappointments in recent major label rap history imo.

diddybops 67 (120.2)(source field mix) (some dude), Monday, 26 January 2015 18:54 (nine years ago) link

Future has IMO always been terrible

"Go pet your dog" is the name of my dog (DJP), Monday, 26 January 2015 18:54 (nine years ago) link

dunno whether i should be surprised future scraped in or slightly pity the fall of a former ilx favourite

the album wasn't that bad at all, "special" and "i be u" are pretty great, but it really had a grab-bag, unsure feel about it

lex pretend, Monday, 26 January 2015 18:54 (nine years ago) link

yeah the future album was super disappointing. the title track owns though, which reminds me that totally got snubbed in the tracks poll, goons blew that one

k3vin k., Monday, 26 January 2015 18:55 (nine years ago) link

i love 'turn on the lights' but i haven't really liked any other future songs at all

ciderpress, Monday, 26 January 2015 18:56 (nine years ago) link

These women (particularly the rhythm section) are super skilled, but perhaps too much character has been ironed out of the vocals

^this. I'm relistening to the Warpaint album now and I wanna go all JK Simmons on their voices

Jeff W, Monday, 26 January 2015 18:56 (nine years ago) link

xp that's insane

flopson, Monday, 26 January 2015 18:56 (nine years ago) link

I think there's another "metal" album you may like this year lex

― o.m.g. lol @ hurt butt (wins),

what would that be? It can't be menace ruine.

Get Ducked (Cosmic Slop), Monday, 26 January 2015 18:57 (nine years ago) link

there are a lot of great tracks on Honest (plus a couple terrible ones admittedly). feel like you guys are kind of overinvested in the narrative on this one

rob, Monday, 26 January 2015 18:57 (nine years ago) link

I really dug this album *skrug*

, Monday, 26 January 2015 18:58 (nine years ago) link

I think the flat-affect singing on the Warpaint album is the unifying thread across the songs that weave them into a stronger whole.

"Go pet your dog" is the name of my dog (DJP), Monday, 26 January 2015 18:58 (nine years ago) link

^yes I like the vocals they add to the hypnotic feeling of the music

Dan S, Monday, 26 January 2015 18:59 (nine years ago) link

I think that was used to better effect on the previous albums though.

how's life, Monday, 26 January 2015 18:59 (nine years ago) link

scott0 xps

o.m.g. lol @ hurt butt (wins), Monday, 26 January 2015 19:00 (nine years ago) link


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