ILM's Top 77 Albums of 2014

I loved that Protomartyr album too Nick, it got a vote from me, GvsB is a good point of comparison, I also thought of Jonathan Fire-eater for my sins.

the songwriting on the ought album is very very good. I've never heard thinking fellers, so maybe it helps. But I love the lyrics on Habit, for example describes the state of addiction/addictive personality disorder perfectly.

"Redeemer" and "Stone Island" by Dean Blunt were my favourite records of that year, go get on them.

yeah, both of these are better/more accessible than Black Metal. Although he's always going to an acquired taste

'Habit' was the song that made me feel sad that LTM will never be able to release a Slovenly box set while Greg Ginn still walks this earth

but yeah, that was a decent track

i've never heard of any of these bands, Nick. Maybe if I had, I'd not be so enamoured by Ought. Certainly felt frustrated by the Parquet Courts' 'Sunbathing Animal' for sounding too uncannily close to umpteen other things.

To mention Total Control again - they were the slightly derivative postpunk band I really took to during the nominations process. Worth checking out (opening track is lovely but an anomaly)

Parquet Courts are a disgrace

I need a list of very good lesser-known postpunk bands to check out.
http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/business/levi-roots-launches-post-punk-post-punk-sauce-2015012294685

I was the #1 vote for Future. Had more tracks I straight out loved on it than any other album I listened to last year. Think the only other album I bothered ranking was 2NE1.

Also voted for Ought. Happily most of the countdown so far is stuff I'm completely unfamiliar with. Been enjoying the Noura Mint Seymali a lot this morning.

― pandemic, Tuesday, January 27, 2015 5:38 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark

My dude

Xelab 100% otm upthread. Worthless dogshit is correct.

My name is dog latin.

What is latin for indie rock is worthless dogshit then?

I bet you dont know dog no latin

nux vomica nequam est

What's latin for 'lame kissass troll'?

60-41 today, starting now...

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60 TUNE-YARDS Nikki Nack [278 points, 11 votes]

whats the latin word for afterglow of critical irrational exuberance

Tune-Yards finally make an album that I love front-to-back, and that's when everyone starts to cool on them a bit.

ha found it quite tricky to jones for a second listen to this one :(

worst album title of rollout sewn up, maybe worst album too

maybe, one day, i will get through more than 2.5 of the songs on here.

i like the name nikki nack, and the cover to an extent. very ze records/italo disco

does the title actually refer to anything or is it insufferable quirky infantilism pt 939203354354

love your indie infantilism thing, lex.

All of a sudden I have a hankering for a cherry Fruit Roll-Up

I usually love twee infantile indie maximalism and I can't stand Tune-Yards.

Violently loathed Water Fountain, but maybe this harbours discreet depths I'm yet to discover. Trying now.

Only heard one song (dunno from what album) and never felt encouraged to explore any further, even after she won the P&J in whatever year.

we have no time for anything childlike ::roars with applause when nicki minaj becomes a human barbie doll::

that's a pretty low placing right?

mmmm... not really?

Would a Ting Tings comparison be unfair?

Some infantilism is uncanny & inspired. Some is unconscionable & insipid

it's a low placing when her last album was #10 in our 2011 poll. but it's also not unexpected given that on Pazz & Jop she dropped from a #1 in 2011 to #29 in 2014. it doesn't even seem like there was a backlash or bad reviews, people just moved on and lost interest?

it's a low placing when her last album was #10 in our 2011 poll. but it's also not unexpected given that on Pazz & Jop she dropped from a #1 in 2011 to #29 in 2014. it doesn't even seem like there was a backlash or bad reviews, people just moved on and lost interest?

― some dude, Tuesday, January 27, 2015 8:21 AM (1 second ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

quite possibly. it's rough when you believe in an artist and this happens, but it's usually inevitable.

never got into Tune-Yards but her stuff is definitely distinctive, not yr typical indie whatsit at all iirc

how much of TY's high placing in 2011 was down to 'shock of the new'? i don't feel as though this new album is much of a leap, is it?

I was listening to this while showering this morning – some of her best choruses ever. I top tenned it.

Becky G would approve.

I liked "Real Thing" and "Water Fountain" off the album but not much else tbh

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59 KELIS Food [281 points, 13 votes]

criminally underrated

great cover/title. not heard this though.

now this album I couldn't get into at all besides "Jerk Ribs" and, I think, "Rumble." Dave Sitek arranges the horns rather awkwardly.

criminally underrated

guess no-one was all that hungry?

this falls into my 'like every track on the album' category
voted for it i think

xpost yeah same as Alfred, I like the afrobeat touches though, maybe its due a relisten

Agree with Alfred, love 'Jerk Ribs' but found the production really cloying over a whole album.

I should love Kelis but to my ears her producers don't often find the most sympathetic settings for her chalky voice. I do ride for this album conceptually though.

wonderful album, kelis is a rare one who can do retro revivalism (on the heels of a guettabosh motherhood album) and still sound completely distinct. if it faded a bit i'll ascribe that to winter, it's really a blazing weather album, but it's domestic as well, sort of like being in your kitchen looking out at the city. it probably sounds like a lot of classic 70s soul records i've never heard

aside from "jerk ribs" (obviously), "runnin" and "friday fish fry" were favourites - former for the gorgeousness, latter for the funk