sorry writers but stores lists usually >>> mag lists
― brimstead, Friday, 22 December 2023 16:38 (nine months ago) link
i could (and prob will) come up with 100 albums from this year that i would enthusiastically recommend. doesn’t mean they’re all 10/10 or whatever, but hey, i love listening to and sharing new music
― kissinger on my list (voodoo chili), Friday, 22 December 2023 16:42 (nine months ago) link
you're such a real one vc
― imago, Friday, 22 December 2023 16:47 (nine months ago) link
imo it is the sacred duty of ilm posters to listen to like, at least 50 new albums every year at a bare minimum
my listening habits were weird this year, i've listened to & enjoyed more new albums than ever but i have less clear favourites than usual so now i'm still trying to narrow down my shortlist of like 60 albums that i quite liked
― ufo, Friday, 22 December 2023 16:57 (nine months ago) link
― brimstead, Friday, 22 December 2023 17:01 (nine months ago) link
Some of us work for a living.
― I would prefer not to. (Chinaski), Friday, 22 December 2023 17:02 (nine months ago) link
…
― brimstead, Friday, 22 December 2023 17:14 (nine months ago) link
It’s ok if you don’t enjoy it anymore but don’t pull the adult card
― brimstead, Friday, 22 December 2023 17:15 (nine months ago) link
Hahaha. Fair. I wasn't meant to be quite so grumpy! Just bemoaning the days when I could actually pay proper close attention and manage a list of 30/40 albums.
― I would prefer not to. (Chinaski), Friday, 22 December 2023 17:18 (nine months ago) link
i'm old enough to admit that i didn't even know that yo la tengo had a new album until i saw some of these lists last week. the only time i ever hear about them now is when they do endless VU covers with other old people in december every year. mazel tov! i did my gen x duty by watching youtubes of my neighbor lou barlow do neil young songs live with other old people in brooklyn. i liked the guy from the roots!
but mostly i don't care what year it is listening-wise. i'll get to it all eventually. i do try to keep up with metal. there is so much of it. i made a YT playlist of Decibel's top 40 this year and i just ended up listening to that Horrendous album over and over.
― scott seward, Friday, 22 December 2023 17:54 (nine months ago) link
honestly don't know what people get out of yo la tengo at this late date. my eyes glaze over when i see stuff like that on a list. i guess its comfort food for people. like the Stones
But isn’t Boomkat programmed beats music also comfort food at this point in time [ ducks head]
― curmudgeon, Friday, 22 December 2023 20:01 (nine months ago) link
There's no way I could come up with a list of 100 albums that I was really excited about that came out in one year, unless maybe I spent all my time listening to new music. To be honest, I usually struggle to come up with 10, unless it's a really strong year, which so far, this one doesn't seem to be. Because I'm lazy, I usually wait until the crush of EOY lists to come out to start looking for new releases. I think as of about a month ago, there were maybe 5 albums from this year I was excited about. As of now, maybe it's up to 10.
― o. nate, Friday, 22 December 2023 20:17 (nine months ago) link
― butt dumb tight my boners got boners (the table is the table), Friday, 22 December 2023 20:36 (nine months ago) link
Probably the only list to feature Sam Smith and Donald Trump.
https://variety.com/lists/worst-songs-2023/mind-your-business-will-i-am-and-britney-spears/
― Dan Worsley, Saturday, 23 December 2023 10:40 (nine months ago) link
“ but mostly i don't care what year it is listening-wise. i'll get to it all eventually.”
This is me with books and movies and TV (and eventually, music)
― Marten Broadcloak, mild-mannered GOP congressman (Raymond Cummings), Saturday, 23 December 2023 11:05 (nine months ago) link
"But isn’t Boomkat programmed beats music also comfort food at this point in time [ ducks head]"
their year-end list is super-eclectic. its all over the place and has plenty of challenging stuff on it. my version of comfort food tends to be metal but if i had to pick a yo la tengo-adjacent album off of their top 100 that i would consider comfort food it would be the arnold dreyblatt album on drag city. it pushes all my old nyc nowave/minimal buttons in a way that they like to be pushed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=st29rgG0i7E
― scott seward, Saturday, 23 December 2023 14:43 (nine months ago) link
Maura Johnson’s Top 10 albums (in Time) were posted above, but I think we missed her Top 10 songs (#1: “bad idea, right?”)
― Larb starter (morrisp), Monday, 25 December 2023 05:44 (nine months ago) link
https://www.time.com/6548823/best-latin-songs-albums-2023/
Another critic in Time lists fave Latin pop, dance, and rock
― curmudgeon, Monday, 25 December 2023 17:38 (nine months ago) link
Norman Records - Best Albums of 2023https://www.normanrecords.com/features/best-albums/best-albums-2023/
― djmartian, Friday, 29 December 2023 14:47 (nine months ago) link
Crack Magazine - Staff Lists 2023https://crackmagazine.net/article/list-article/staff-lists-crack-magazine-2023/
The Crack Magazine team rewind and reflect on the year gone by. Unravelling a tapestry of moments and memories from 2023, we delve into the releases that struck a chord, the memes that made us smile, and everything in between.
― djmartian, Friday, 29 December 2023 14:59 (nine months ago) link
long time music blogger, Dan Paton presents:
2023 In Music: New Music Top 100https://inleaguewithpaton.blogspot.com/2023/12/2023-in-music-new-music-top-100.html?m=1
Dan is active on twitter/x, particularly each Friday with his threads on new releases
Dan Patonhttps://twitter.com/DanPatonMusic
― djmartian, Friday, 29 December 2023 15:27 (nine months ago) link
Passion of the Weiss - Best Albums of 2023
https://www.passionweiss.com/2023/12/28/pow-best-albums-2023/https://www.albumoftheyear.org/list/2242-passion-of-the-weisss-best-albums-of-2023/
― djmartian, Friday, 29 December 2023 15:33 (nine months ago) link
Under the Radar’s Top 100 Albums of 2023https://www.undertheradarmag.com/news/under_the_radars_top_100_albums_of_2023
https://www.albumoftheyear.org/list/2232-under-the-radars-top-100-albums-of-2023/
― djmartian, Friday, 29 December 2023 15:40 (nine months ago) link
Barack Obama’s Top Songs of 2023: Beyoncé, Big Thief, Mitski, and Morehttps://pitchfork.com/news/barack-obamas-top-songs-of-2023-beyonce-big-thief-mitski-and-more/Karol G & Shakira: “TQG”Zach Bryan: “I Remember Everything” [ft. Kacey Musgraves]Dave & Central Cee: “Sprinter”6lack: “Since I Have a Lover”Megan Thee Stallion: “Cobra”Blondshell - “Joiner”Alé Araya: “Midnight Gospel” [ft. Joseph Chilliams]Beyoncé: “America Has a Problem” [ft. Kendrick Lamar]Tyla: “Water”Allison Russell: “The Returner”Davido: “Unavailable” [ft. Musa Keys]Mitski - “My Love Mine All Mine”Burna Boy: “Sittin’ on Top of the World” [ft. 21 Savage]Big Thief - “Vampire Empire”Indigo De Souza - Younger & Dumber”Stormzy: “Toxic Trait” [ft. Fredo]John Summit & Hayla: “Where You Are”Yng Lvcas & Peso Pluma - “La Bebe (Remix)”Victoria Monét - “On My Mama”Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - “Cast Iron Skillet”Brent Faiyaz - “WY@”Asake & Olamide - “Amapiano”Teddy Swims - “Lose Control”Rita Wilson & Keith Urban - “Crazy Love”Gabe Lee - “Drink The River”Lenny Kravitz: “Road to Freedom (From the Netflix Film ‘Rustin’)”Jon Batiste - “It Never Went Away”Tems - “Me & U”
― djmartian, Friday, 29 December 2023 17:13 (nine months ago) link
post-punk.com - Best of 2023https://post-punk.com/post-punk-com-the-best-of-2023/post- punk, darkwave / synth pop etcvarious individual listsplus a Collective Spotify playlist:https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6llUjwhzmk026ZnodSpYtv?si=mjd8_1ApSv2IARtTSCKbpg&pi=e-GzVND1SWQUqZ
― djmartian, Friday, 29 December 2023 17:23 (nine months ago) link
Obama shoulda put “Vampire Empire (Colbert version),” just to troll the band
― In my Ram’s Horn era (morrisp), Friday, 29 December 2023 23:55 (nine months ago) link
Rolling Stone - The 40 Best Afropop Songs of 2023https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/the-40-best-afropop-songs-of-2023-1234929225/wurld-shake-1234933054/Spotify playlist link:https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3DNU9WHzRl4SgABfAhyBC5?si=Pu7_Jj3fTm-VRNw64XoENQ&pi=e-WHDV2wsTTTKx
― djmartian, Saturday, 30 December 2023 00:07 (eight months ago) link
do publicists pitch the Obama list? they must, right?
― alpine static, Saturday, 30 December 2023 06:24 (eight months ago) link
― In my Ram’s Horn era (morrisp)
Or “Dang (Colbert version)”
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Saturday, 30 December 2023 06:53 (eight months ago) link
I know AOTY exists now but I have always looked forward to and considered Rob Mitchum's aggregation to be the better of the two because he only includes multi-voter lists. I am also just fond of the data table view.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1mlSJ5DU0RKccuNBfAgsiw-_xUApis7zC3ZjJofXyZB4/edit#gid=1927558368
― Indexed, Tuesday, 2 January 2024 16:31 (eight months ago) link
It is remarkable that not one of the 44 lists ranked Javelin #1. I doubt that's ever happened before to an overall #1.
Also always enjoy perusing his "Sleepers" tab, which basically has albums that were very highly ranked on only a small number of lists. Has two of my favorites in the top ten: ML Buch & Durand Jones. Not familiar with a lot of the others.
― Indexed, Tuesday, 2 January 2024 16:34 (eight months ago) link
Wilco recommends:
https://twitter.com/Wilco/status/1742251939931254830
― Chris L, Tuesday, 2 January 2024 18:50 (eight months ago) link
Hmmm, they just deleted it. Not my fault.
― Chris L, Tuesday, 2 January 2024 18:51 (eight months ago) link
now that the year is actually over, it's time to vote in the ILM EOY poll: ILM's 2023 End of Year Tracks & Albums Poll / VOTING THREAD
― TWELVE Michelob stars?!? (seandalai), Tuesday, 2 January 2024 19:38 (eight months ago) link
The Francis Davis Jazz Critics poll also has breakout categories including a Latin Jazz one
https://hullworks.net/jazzpoll/23/?fbclid=IwAR2WelVCzdqenojITWPqaDagJuEFt15y7ZhEJYOp9Bgxj2AMu7ZBJLNb0DY
https://hullworks.net/jazzpoll/23/totals-latin.php
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 4 January 2024 06:30 (eight months ago) link
forgot to add this terrible list that I add every year and it annoys us all.
https://tomvictorwords.medium.com/what-your-favourite-album-of-2023-says-about-you-6481acac9054
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 5 January 2024 04:09 (eight months ago) link
these are so low effort and I don't even get most of the references so why do they still piss me off
― Left, Friday, 5 January 2024 04:41 (eight months ago) link
I know. It just seems like a collection of really lame local jokes.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 5 January 2024 04:50 (eight 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 (eight 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 (eight 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 (eight 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 (eight 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