goddamn it 'me and michael' is nothing special at all, at this point there simply must be a moratorium on 80s synthpop pastiche
― imago, Tuesday, 13 February 2018 13:40 (six years ago) link
it was the same with that tornado wallace song - competent pastiche + gr8 video = ilxors' minds blown
― imago, Tuesday, 13 February 2018 13:47 (six years ago) link
Yeah not really. I hadn't seen the video til the tracks roll out. Just really loved listening to the song all year
― i know kore-eda (or something), Tuesday, 13 February 2018 14:33 (six years ago) link
yeah that's not pastiche, man, that's a well-woven tribute
― kolakube (Ross), Wednesday, 14 February 2018 04:30 (six years ago) link
^ or something and Ross otm
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 14 February 2018 04:36 (six years ago) link
can we not talk about how awesome parquet courts are
― imago, Sunday, 11 March 2018 13:53 (six years ago) link
Sorry no, board rules.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Sunday, 11 March 2018 14:11 (six years ago) link
seriously though
― imago, Monday, 30 April 2018 18:28 (six years ago) link
feels like damned by faint praise at best
― the late great, Monday, 30 April 2018 18:31 (six years ago) link
what I really like about this album is how the boring lyrics match the boring music
― imago, Sunday, 20 May 2018 16:10 (six years ago) link
Beach House? Haven't heard it yet, just blindly guessing.
― pomenitul, Sunday, 20 May 2018 16:46 (six years ago) link
srsly, with every cocteau twins comparison I think of fotzepolitic or pearly dewdrops' drops or whatever and I seethe
― imago, Sunday, 20 May 2018 17:19 (six years ago) link
Gotta hand it to Beach House: saw them on tour supporting their first album, maybe 30 people in the audience. Thought "no one will like this boring and terrible band, and even if they do, this sound will get old really fast." Here they still are all these years later, exactly as boring and terrible as that first time, having made a great career out of being boring and terrible. Guess they showed me.
― Paul Ponzi, Sunday, 20 May 2018 18:33 (six years ago) link
ilm is particularly full of tepid indie bollocks atm imo. nb this is a safe space
― imago, Sunday, 20 May 2018 18:40 (six years ago) link
ā imago
Didn't you nominate a song from the Paul Draper album in the end of year tracks list a few months ago?
― kitchen person, Sunday, 20 May 2018 18:56 (six years ago) link
sometimes tepid indie bollocks has its day. also i didn't come close to voting for it
― imago, Sunday, 20 May 2018 19:01 (six years ago) link
can we not talk about how not awesome parquet courts are
― calstars, Monday, 21 May 2018 12:51 (six years ago) link
I don't really keep up with tepid indie bollocks these days but I quite like Beach House
― Colonel Poo, Monday, 21 May 2018 12:59 (six years ago) link
this is the first time beach house have made an album that's not just tepid indie bollocks
― ufo, Monday, 21 May 2018 13:10 (six years ago) link
mb i should have posted in here
― ogmor, Monday, 21 May 2018 13:10 (six years ago) link
lol no i thought it was a fun post
― chant down basildon (NickB), Monday, 21 May 2018 13:21 (six years ago) link
This hasn't been the best year for new albums afaic. Yes yes Autechre, blah blah but it's not the only thing I want to hear. New Ought is tepid indie bollocks but I really like it - a mitigating factor.
― Hire Planes (dog latin), Monday, 21 May 2018 13:31 (six years ago) link
omg that mary lattimore post is heroic
i don't even think my own feelings are quite that strong on the matter
― imago, Monday, 21 May 2018 14:03 (six years ago) link
tbf my anhedonia has rendered me numb to all but the most cartoonishly saccharine opinions but that's ok, there's loads of shouting about the importance of taste still available online
― right brain ringworm (Noodle Vague), Monday, 21 May 2018 14:18 (six years ago) link
it all goes in one hole and comes out the other amirite fellas
― ogmor, Monday, 21 May 2018 14:25 (six years ago) link
This hasn't been the best year for new albums afaic. Yes yes Autechre, blah blah but it's not the only thing I want to hear.
I dunno, it's been the best one in a while for me. Between Andrew W.K., Autechre, Datarock, Janelle Monae, They Might be Giants, and that Daphne & Celeste album, I've got 6 solid favorites already. And I haven't heard the Sea and Cake yet. Plus new albums incoming from Orbital, Koenjihyakkei, The Black Dog (two of em in fact), and some inevitable surprises (new Underworld ????)
― frogbs, Monday, 21 May 2018 14:32 (six years ago) link
you might like that The Armed album, give it a whirl
― imago, Monday, 21 May 2018 14:36 (six years ago) link
it's been a great year for albums
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Monday, 21 May 2018 14:37 (six years ago) link
maybe i just don't care much about albums right now. I like the Rae Sremmurd and Sun El Musician albums well enough but they're not consistent.
― Hire Planes (dog latin), Monday, 21 May 2018 14:44 (six years ago) link
it is a great year for albums every year
but also, a terrible one, hence this thread :)
― imago, Monday, 21 May 2018 14:58 (six years ago) link
do people actually enjoy Skee Mask? that new album is like a really bad trip-hop throwback, I was astonished by how much of a slog it was to get through given how much praise it's been getting
― boxedjoy, Sunday, 24 June 2018 21:20 (six years ago) link
I like it! Some of the songs are kinda goes-in-one-ear-and-out-the-other but others (like the last two tracks and 50 Euro) are really stunning. It doesn't really remind me of trip hop? If anything the rhythms on it are more jungle/d&b
― josh az (2011nostalgia), Sunday, 24 June 2018 23:46 (six years ago) link
It's like jungle/dnb but without any sense of thrill or edge, I thought it was just really polite and tasteful and cold. It's not the jungle of hardcore raving, it's just really plodding breakbeats and pads playing emo chords and I dont get the "future of electronic music from a creative genius" narrative certain publications are running with on it
― boxedjoy, Monday, 25 June 2018 05:41 (six years ago) link
"Breakbeats and pads playing emo chords" is probably why people like it but it just seems so timid to me in its execution
My interest was peaked so I'm taking a listen. So far it's really good, if not super original. Definitely draws a lot from the LTJ Bukem school of jazzy dnb, but with modern production standards. The beats are the main attraction, with the chords providing a nice serene base for the rhythms to explore. Really high quality with lots of subtlety that you don't often get with dnb. Not really made to light the dance floor on fire, but it's very nice on headphones.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Monday, 25 June 2018 06:13 (six years ago) link
Might be one too many slow tracks though...
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Monday, 25 June 2018 06:24 (six years ago) link
albums are inconsistent but he's good
― brimstead, Monday, 25 June 2018 22:11 (six years ago) link
It's like jungle/dnb but without any sense of thrill or edge, I thought it was just really polite and tasteful and cold. It's not the jungle of hardcore raving, it's just really plodding breakbeats and pads playing emo chords and I dont get the "future of electronic music from a creative genius" narrative certain publications are running with on itā boxedjoy, Monday, June 25, 2018 6:41 AM (two days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
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This is my problem with like 90% of post-2000 drum'n'bass tbf.
― My name is the Pope and in the 90s I smoked a lot of dope (dog latin), Wednesday, 27 June 2018 14:21 (six years ago) link
I'm listening to the first track now and I quite like it so far. Nice sound design. Maybe it's a matter of hype = false expectations with these things
― My name is the Pope and in the 90s I smoked a lot of dope (dog latin), Wednesday, 27 June 2018 14:28 (six years ago) link
Felt pretty much the same way on my first listen (and never really liked his last record which had similar levels of praise.)
After a couple more listens it clicked for me, though ... love it now!
― Steve Reich In The Afternoon (Against The 80s), Wednesday, 27 June 2018 14:55 (six years ago) link
I don't like it, don't understand the hype. I mean, it's fine, but not what I'm looking for and nothing special imo.
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 27 June 2018 17:16 (six years ago) link
I'm listening to the new Martyn album and it is stunning, likewise the new Beta Librae album also makes a lot of similar moves, but neither of them are getting anything like the acclaim this is
― boxedjoy, Wednesday, 27 June 2018 19:33 (six years ago) link
ski mask with nardwuar made me think he's a chill dude.
― stoker (Ross), Wednesday, 27 June 2018 19:37 (six years ago) link
i really like this, don't care what anyone thinks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bo9KXM60l4U
― brimstead, Wednesday, 27 June 2018 19:54 (six years ago) link
i'm more into andrea & stenny when it comes to Ilian Tape stuff
different dude (unless that's the joke in which case the joke is on me)
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 27 June 2018 20:25 (six years ago) link
ilx has such a shit taste in indie. not sorry
― imago, Tuesday, 10 July 2018 16:23 (six years ago) link
ok fine let's give Rolling Search Engine Optimisation Fever another go
― imago, Tuesday, 10 July 2018 16:31 (six years ago) link
this opening track is 10000 minutes of the same boring riff
― imago, Tuesday, 10 July 2018 16:36 (six years ago) link
I don't really get it either, but I'm trying to assume something like "it's not you, it's me"...
― iām still stanning (morrisp), Tuesday, 10 July 2018 17:31 (six years ago) link