ILM's Top 77 Albums of 2014

many xps
grouper is enjoyable for me on account of the lack of traditional song structure/aimlessness
i don't find it that interesting to listen to in the car or pay much attention to or whatever but when i need to chill, sure i'll listen to grouper

I'm trying to remember the name of an IDM artist I used to like who was somewhere in the same ballpark as Manitoba and active circa 2002-2006, and had a track with the word 'fishermen' in it. i know that's very vague, but it was a really good record, very melodic and playful. any ideas?

But I'm listening to Sun right now! Actually it works primarily on a dancefloor or a festival, strange that he didn't produce the track with that context so explicitly in mind.

I think I had heard various DJs play Sun a half dozen times or so before I realized it was a track from Manitoba man.

http://i.imgur.com/2GwU7Gs.jpg

14 MR TWIN SISTER Mr Twin Sister [620 points, 18 votes, 1 first place vote]

wait, who?

Whoop Whoop. Did not expect.

This was the most unexpected directional shift I've known a band to undergo in as long as I can remember. Also, it was a good idea because this is a fucking great record.

someone tell me about this album

intriguing.

They used to just be called Twin Sister and made some nu-gaze/dreampop stuff, but they changed their name due to conflict and began making smooth balearic Sade-like grooves.

Mr Twin Sister

I had a feeling this would place. Gorgeous album.

xpost this is a good album - bits of it are like a dreampop Sade and there's one track that reminds me of prime Underworld

"easy glistening" sounds about right on first blush

I love how the album changes mood in the second half. It's almost like a different band.

I haven't checked this out, looks like I'm missing out on something.

I think this should appeal to my balearic crew, to my sade crew, to my dixon crew, all crews welcome in fact.

― Tim F, Friday, October 3, 2014 4:20 PM (3 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

'Out Of The Dark' sounds immense on good phones, another better-than-actual-Hercules&LA type track

mr twin sister >>>>>>>>

Had this one high on my ballot, but started doubting that it would place. Glad it did though.

got this very late in the year and wound up voting for it, great record

Amusing fact: the original Twin Sister who claimed the name is the self-proclaimed "greatest Star Wars funk band”, performing in full costume at fancons.

love this record so much!!

missed this completely but seems like a thing I'd enjoy. going to check it out!

"Out of the Dark" still demands an extended mix. 3:20 isn't enough.

Relistening to this album, I gotta say TOO LOW (I don't think it was even on my ballot, though, so fuck me).

it's deliberate riot provocation imo xp

oh hey i don't know this but it looks promising

had never heard this til now, am immediately taken with it

nashwan otm about it being a great headphones record (so far)

http://i.imgur.com/Yh3zHBg.jpg

13 RUN THE JEWELS Run the Jewels 2 [673 points, 27 votes, 1 first place vote]

Thought this was ok but I liked the first album a lot more. Surprised this one got so much more attention.

!!!!

take that, Pitchfork and P&J.

happy this placed above rich gang

(my #11, reckon it's much better than the first one & generally just completely blistering & fucked, both of them are awesome. the SEGUES)

surprised this isn't top 5, thought ILM liked it a lot more

It's better than Rich Gang and not as good as My Krazy Life so justice prevails.

the vocals are dragging Mr Twin Sister down for me but the quality of the production is undeniable

RTJ2 works better as a whole piece than the first one, but first record def is more pure fun shit-talking rap

Yes, the simplicity and airiness of Ruins makes it a serene, reflective listening experience--far more accessible than her previous albums, which I think explains its high placement in a few lists. But I found it striking that so many critics seemed enamored with the concept of a microwave beeping.

To these ears Dead Deer is still far and away her best work, with Cover the Windows and Walls not far behind.

I have been avoiding Mr Twin Sister all year because for some reason I got them muddled up with Twin Shadow

RTJ2 works better as a whole piece than the first one, but first record def is more pure fun shit-talking rap

― indie fuxxor albums i have secretly spotified (slothroprhymes), Thursday, 29 January 2015 17:14 (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah my priorities exposed here

wait there's a microwave beeping on the Grouper record? I need to give it another try

I was all enthusiastic about listening to mr twin sister despite their name bc of that tim f description but it fell very short. Pleasant enough whatevia I guess, in one ear and out the other, young galaxy without the songs?

Whoa at rtj2 placing so low!!!

xxp nothin wrong with that!

it sounds exactly like my microwave too so its fucked me up so many times

Couldn't listen to this. didn't like the first one much either. don't want to do an imago here too much but something about the brutalist production seemed to make the very explicitly misogynist lyrics on that first one felt 10 times stronger.
This record is just unrelenting bash-you-over-the-head EDM-hop that didn't agree with my ears at all.

Run the Jewels is the Killer Mike/El-P collab, right? I thought "R.A.P. Music" was okay, but Mike's one-trick flow gets tiring after while, and El-P is still 10 times worse than him as a rapper, so I had no interest for this project.

rtj2 was okay, people seem to have soured on el-p as a producer but i still like him for the most part. idk about his rapping though, that's always been mildly embarrassing