overrated in comparison to how *you* feel about the album, it should be noted.
it's pretty common these days for pop albums which are merely good, solid, decent, etc. to be received by the critical consensus as instant classics. but at least their standards there are higher than they often still are with indie rock lol
― ufo, Wednesday, 29 November 2023 16:37 (ten months ago) link
Guts is currently #50 in the aggregate list (1 top 25; 2 other); not looking like much danger of it being "overrated."
― This field is required (morrisp), Wednesday, 29 November 2023 17:00 (ten months ago) link
who says Guts is "merely good, solid, decent"?
― alpine static, Wednesday, 29 November 2023 19:31 (ten months ago) link
“It” referring to “gyac as Valued Poster,” not to gyac herself.
Spotify Wrapped 2023: team behind much-anticipated music moment share their storyhttps://www.thedrum.com/news/2023/11/29/spotify-wrapped-2023-team-behind-much-anticipated-music-moment-share-their-story🕸Another first for this year is the ‘Sound Town’ feature. “We know that listening habits are shared in really surprising ways across communities around the world,” explains Emily Galloway, head of personalization design at the streaming platform. “To celebrate that, we are bringing you Sound Town, which matches you to a city and is based on your listening and shared artists affinity.” This means that users can go check out a new place that they might not have considered visiting before and meet like-minded people.
― lethbridge-pfunkboy (hardcore dilettante), Thursday, 30 November 2023 02:44 (ten months ago) link
Weird, I also got Burlington
― sawdust lagoon, Thursday, 30 November 2023 03:16 (ten months ago) link
turns out if you listen to more than two milwaukee rap mixtapes your sound town becomes milwaukee
― is he disgruntled adrian? (voodoo chili), Thursday, 30 November 2023 03:58 (ten months ago) link
Canadian music website Exclaim
Exclaim!'s 50 Best Albums of 2023https://exclaim.ca/music/article/exclaim_50_best_albums_of_2023
AOTY Summaryhttps://www.albumoftheyear.org/list/2120-exclaims-50-best-albums-of-2023/
1. Caroline PolachekDesire, I Want to Turn Into You
― djmartian, Thursday, 30 November 2023 15:19 (ten months ago) link
the aggregate is turning out how one would suspect-- Polachek, Sufjan, LDR, boygenius, GUTS, PJ Harvey, Mitski in top 10.
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Thursday, 30 November 2023 15:30 (ten months ago) link
not sure what Lankum is
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Thursday, 30 November 2023 15:31 (ten months ago) link
Huh, I got Burlington too.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 30 November 2023 15:34 (ten months ago) link
Everyone should listen to Lankum. The Loud & Quiet blurb is a good primer:
Although they’ve been around in one form or another for 20 years now, Dublin’s Lankum have been developing their own version of traditional folk music in its current form since their 2017 album, Between The Earth And Sky, when they started to push ancient songs into new places by accentuating the droning elements of the music by adding heavy sounds more synonymous with metal and hardcore. In our end of year cover feature with the group, singer Radie Peat noted how their following album, 2019’s The Livelong Day, perhaps took things too far, making it too bleak for her to listen to. False Lankum has been a recalibration, and the band have rightfully been rewarded for hitting a sweet spot between noise and dread and space and peace. It’s a record that is worlds deep, and if 2023 has had anything going for it, it’s the fact that an album so dense and uncompromising has provided a band like this with their breakout year after two decades of musical exploration. False Lankum looked like being our album of the year as soon as it was released, and it is.
― Indexed, Thursday, 30 November 2023 15:37 (ten months ago) link
Spotify Wrapped 2023: team behind much-anticipated music moment share their storyhttps://www.thedrum.com/news/2023/11/29/spotify-wrapped-2023-team-behind-much-anticipated-music-moment-share-their-story🕸
Another first for this year is the ‘Sound Town’ feature. “We know that listening habits are shared in really surprising ways across communities around the world,” explains Emily Galloway, head of personalization design at the streaming platform. “To celebrate that, we are bringing you Sound Town, which matches you to a city and is based on your listening and shared artists affinity.” This means that users can go check out a new place that they might not have considered visiting before and meet like-minded people.
Had never (before or after the wrapped reveal) considered visiting Burlington.― lethbridge-pfunkboy (hardcore dilettante), Wednesday, November 29, 2023 9:44 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
spotify told me i need to go to vilnius, lithuania
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Thursday, 30 November 2023 15:52 (ten months ago) link
lankum album is v good, as is the loud and quiet listed john francis flynn album on a similar vein
― nxd, Thursday, 30 November 2023 15:55 (ten months ago) link
rolling stone: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-albums-2023-1234879538
― is he disgruntled adrian? (voodoo chili), Thursday, 30 November 2023 16:05 (ten months ago) link
I either had forgotten so many of these albums or never knew about them
― The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Thursday, 30 November 2023 16:10 (ten months ago) link
Welcome new Spotify Burlingtonians! To avoid other boygenius fans, simply walk the streets of your new paradise, where the most popular bands are still AC/DC and RATT— Dan Chiasson (@dchiasso) November 30, 2023
― jaymc, Thursday, 30 November 2023 16:23 (ten months ago) link
xxpost the year was so good we put a 2022 record at #1
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Thursday, 30 November 2023 16:27 (ten months ago) link
gorilla vs bear: https://www.gorillavsbear.net/gorilla-vs-bears-albums-of-2023/
― is he disgruntled adrian? (voodoo chili), Thursday, 30 November 2023 16:40 (ten months ago) link
Well "Guts" has jumped up considerably in the aggregrate today
It's cool that the RS list has Blondshell at #11... hope she shows up on more lists.
― This field is required (morrisp), Thursday, 30 November 2023 16:46 (ten months ago) link
New Blue Sun at #6
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Thursday, 30 November 2023 16:53 (ten months ago) link
Popmatters - THE 10 BEST AMBIENT ALBUMS OF 2023https://www.popmatters.com/best-ambient-albums-of-2023
― djmartian, Thursday, 30 November 2023 17:02 (ten months ago) link
GvB consistently giving the best eoy lists
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 30 November 2023 17:06 (ten months ago) link
I know we all have our preferences, but RS putting Ocean Blvd way down at #21 (right beneath the Janelle Monáe album, of all things) is irritating.
― This field is required (morrisp), Thursday, 30 November 2023 17:26 (ten months ago) link
oh my god are you okay
― imago, Thursday, 30 November 2023 17:39 (ten months ago) link
what is Ocean Blvd
― alpine static, Thursday, 30 November 2023 20:21 (ten months ago) link
a place above a tunnel, apparently
― is he disgruntled adrian? (voodoo chili), Thursday, 30 November 2023 20:33 (ten months ago) link
If the UK critical consensus is forming around Lankum, then for once I’m delighted. It’s an outstanding album, sonically gorgeous, and easily the most original take I’ve heard on traditional music I’ve heard in years.Researching all year for the podcast has played havoc with my Unwrapped; I got a video message from Calvin Harris thanking me for my support! (Also, apparently I need to visit Newcastle. At least it’s not far away.)
― mike t-diva, Thursday, 30 November 2023 20:43 (ten months ago) link
― alpine static, Thursday, November 30, 2023 3:21 PM (forty-six minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
An Eric Clapton album I think
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Thursday, 30 November 2023 21:09 (ten months ago) link
My top artist was Ryuichi Sakamoto. Spotify asked if I wanted to send him a message.
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Thursday, 30 November 2023 21:11 (ten months ago) link
i'm sure they have an AI Ryuichi ready to receive it
― omar little, Thursday, 30 November 2023 21:23 (ten months ago) link
I only use Spotify if absolutely necessary for work, so my top artists are mostly shit I hate but have to write about. I got a personal message from right wing country dumbass Creed Fisher.
― alpine static, Thursday, 30 November 2023 21:46 (ten months ago) link
I listen on Tidal, and only open Spotify when I need to paste a streaming link into an article.
― Tahuti Watches L&O:SVU Reruns Without His Ape (unperson), Thursday, 30 November 2023 21:52 (ten months ago) link
Music fucking sucks now
― The SoyBoy West Coast (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 30 November 2023 22:03 (ten months ago) link
Agreed. You should leave this messageboard and join us at music sucks now dot com
― alpine static, Thursday, 30 November 2023 22:08 (ten months ago) link
the only thing i hate more than music is people putting music in a list
― budo jeru, Thursday, 30 November 2023 22:31 (ten months ago) link
irish folk as played by swans
― ufo, Thursday, 30 November 2023 23:23 (ten months ago) link
I got Berkeley instead of Burlington, even though boygenius was in my top 5. Maybe having De La Soul as #1 did that?
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Thursday, 30 November 2023 23:25 (ten months ago) link
(the De La thank-you video is v charming fwiw)
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Thursday, 30 November 2023 23:26 (ten months ago) link
Sounds like you all need to set your GPS units to Ocean Blvd, stat...
― This field is required (morrisp), Thursday, 30 November 2023 23:40 (ten months ago) link
not sure what Lankum is― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes)
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes)
https://daily.bandcamp.com/best-folk/the-best-folk-music-on-bandcamp-march-2023https://daily.bandcamp.com/scene-report/new-dark-folk-uk-ireland-scene-reporthttps://daily.bandcamp.com/resonance/lankum-between-the-earth-and-sky-essay
― alpine static, Friday, 1 December 2023 02:17 (ten months ago) link
Nourished by Time a deserving #1 on the gorilla vs. bear list.
― Chris L, Friday, 1 December 2023 04:38 (ten months ago) link
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/30/arts/music/best-albums-2023.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
3 NY Times writers top albums
Pareles - has Karol G on his list
Caramanica has Asake
Zoladz has Water From Your Eyes
― curmudgeon, Friday, 1 December 2023 08:28 (ten months ago) link
Really happy with ML Buch at #2 at gorilla vs bear. Great album.
― Frederik B, Friday, 1 December 2023 09:18 (ten months ago) link
gorilla vs bear is always one of the best lists because their taste aligns decently with mine but they always still have a ton of stuff i haven't heard to dig through
― ufo, Friday, 1 December 2023 09:23 (ten months ago) link
One of the jazzheads, UK leading Jazz music magazine: JazzwiseJazzwise Albums of the Year 2023https://www.jazzwise.com/features/article/jazzwise-albums-of-the-year-2023Top 20 and further 80 Albums listed that were voted by the critics.
― djmartian, Friday, 1 December 2023 13:10 (ten months ago) link
That Popmatters ambient list posted up thread by DJ Martian is nice
― Iain Macdonald, Friday, 1 December 2023 14:11 (ten months ago) link
gvb list has that wonderful being dead album, and might just share a number 1 with my eventual list
― is he disgruntled adrian? (voodoo chili), Friday, 1 December 2023 14:19 (ten months ago) link
xpost to whoever said this was a "light" year- yep, my spotify wrapped was about 90% catalogue things and stuff from last year i was late on. there was definitely some new music this year that i'm very enthusiastic about. just... man, this year was kinda bunk, wasn't it?
(and a retort to the "favorites"-sufjan stevens has always been insufferable. time for some good old fashioned racism: the same music by a not white person would be rightfully ignored.lana del rey is intentional self-parody and, while i live and die by a cynical mind, i can't have that shit spewed back at mr in my pop music. it's just too far. she cain't sang no matter, anydamnway.jessie ware + beyonce are the perfect type of milquetoast garbage for these and the exact kind of music i hate.)
sza dominating is, i guess, not going to happen. the curse of the late season album release.
― "another slice of death, please." (Austin), Friday, 1 December 2023 14:29 (ten months ago) link
Austin, we finally agree on something music-wise— Sufjan sucks and always has
― butt dumb tight my boners got boners (the table is the table), Friday, 1 December 2023 14:31 (ten months ago) link
the same music by a not white person would be rightfully ignored.
kinda boggled at how wrong this is
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Friday, 1 December 2023 15:03 (ten months ago) link
i respect that they're now at the point where most of those are just totally inscrutable
― ufo, Friday, 5 January 2024 04:59 (nine months ago) link
"boygenius is for fake indie girls who like kelly clarkson" is the most comprehensible one and I still don't really get it - which part is the punchline?
still I clicked and read the whole thing despite knowing how shit it would be so they win
― Left, Friday, 5 January 2024 05:12 (nine months ago) link
Feel like it's trying to be too clever, or maybe it hits much more for gen z readers and I'm just not exactly hip enough to fully get most of it.
― Evan, Friday, 5 January 2024 15:31 (nine months ago) link
https://accidentalevolution.wordpress.com/2024/01/05/150-best-albums-of-2023/
Chuck Eddy 150 fave albums of 2023 plus a long essay . His list has a fair amount of jazz and his self described most ever albums from African based artists. Eddy is into artists from the Nyege Nyege label much more than popular afropop/ afrobeats btw
― curmudgeon, Friday, 5 January 2024 18:52 (nine months ago) link
Noz's list of his fave rap went up a day or two ago, for the goons/high BPM people (and lurkers)
https://noz.agency/rap23.html
― butt dumb tight my boners got boners (the table is the table), Saturday, 6 January 2024 01:34 (eight months ago) link
The Finest Kiss
https://finestkiss.wordpress.com/2024/01/02/2023-albums/
― Fastnbulbous, Sunday, 7 January 2024 05:03 (eight months ago) link