― mohair (jon kapper), Friday, 19 December 2003 17:23 (twenty-one years ago)
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Friday, 19 December 2003 17:30 (twenty-one years ago)
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thewire/
― DJ Martian (djmartian), Friday, 19 December 2003 17:33 (twenty-one years ago)
Robert Wyatt - CuckoolandDavid Sylvian - BlemishJohn Fahey - +Nurse with wond - salt marie celesteChris Watson - Weather reportRhythm and sound - w/ the artistsDizzee - Boy in da cornerFour tet - roundskeith rowe and john tilbury - Duos for DorisThe bug - pressure
― jed (jed_e_3), Friday, 19 December 2003 17:33 (twenty-one years ago)
why?
― jed (jed_e_3), Friday, 19 December 2003 17:34 (twenty-one years ago)
― NickB (NickB), Friday, 19 December 2003 17:34 (twenty-one years ago)
― Mark (MarkR), Friday, 19 December 2003 17:35 (twenty-one years ago)
Anyway, once again they love them some Robert Wyatt over at the Wire. Wasn't Shleep the top album the year it came out too? Not to say that they aren't both very very good records.
― o. nate (onate), Friday, 19 December 2003 17:36 (twenty-one years ago)
― o. nate (onate), Friday, 19 December 2003 17:37 (twenty-one years ago)
David Sylvian - Blemish (Samadhi Sound) John Fahey - + (Revenant) Nurse With Wound - Salt Marie Celeste (United Dairies) Chris Watson - Weather Report (Touch) Rhythm & Sound - With The Artists (Burial Mix/Indigo) Dizzee Rascal - Boy In Da Corner (XL) Four Tet- Rounds (Domino) Keith Rowe & John Tilbury - Duos For Doris (Erstwhile) The Bug - Pressure (Rephlex) Cat Power - You Are Free (Matador) So - So (Thrill Jockey) Lightning Bolt - Wonderful Rainbow (Load) Angels Of Light - Everything Is Good Here/Please Come Home (Young God) Pandit Pran Nath - Midnight (Just Dreams) Limescale - Limescale (Incus) Diamanda Galas - Defixiones, Will And Testament (Mute) Kraftwerk - Tour De France Soundtracks (EMI) Broadcast - Haha Sound (Warp) Matmos - The Civil War (Matador) Outkast - Speakerboxx/Love Below (Arista) Laibach - WAT (Mute) Colleen - Everyone Alive Wants Answers (Leaf) Kaffe Matthews - cd ebb + flo (Annetteworks) Henry Flynt - New American Ethnic Music Vol 3: Hillbilly Tape Music (Recorded) Jaga Jazzist - The Stix (Ninja Tune) Fennesz - Live In Japan (Headz) Leafcutter John - The Housebound Spirit (Planet Mu) Sunburned Hand Of The Man - The Trickle-Down Theory Of Lord Knows What (Eclipse) Basil Kirchin - Quantum: A Journey Through Sound In Two Parts (Trunk) John Wall - Hylic (Utterpsalm) Diamanda Galas - La Serpenta Canta (Mute) Sightings - Absolutes (Load) Peaches - Fatherfucker (XL) Robert Wyatt - Solar Flares Burn For You (Cuneiform) Shirley Collins - Within Sound (Fledg'ling) Aki Onda - Bon Voyage! (Cassette Memories Vol 2) (Improvised Music From Japan) Miles Davis - The Complete Jack Johnson Sessions (Columbia Legacy) Monade - Socialisme Ou Barbarie: The Bedroom Recordings (Duophonic Super 45s) Pluramon - Dreams Top Rock (Karaoke Kalk) Alasdair Roberts - Farewell Sorrow (Rough Trade) Sketch Show - Tronika (Daisyworld) Jimmy Lyons - The Box Set (Ayler) The Silver Mt Zion Memorial Orchestra & The Tra-La-La Band With Choir - This Is Our Punk-Rock, Thee Rusted Satellites Gather And Sing (Constellation) Michael Schumacher - Room Pieces (XI) Phill Niblock - Touch Food (Touch) Sunn0))) - White 1 (Southern Lord) Yasunao Tone - Yasunao Tone (Asphodel) Bonnie ÔPrince' Billy - Master And Everyone (Domino) Noxagt - Turning It Down Since 2001 (Load)
― jed (jed_e_3), Friday, 19 December 2003 17:37 (twenty-one years ago)
― o. nate (onate), Friday, 19 December 2003 17:38 (twenty-one years ago)
― fiddo centington (dubplatestyle), Friday, 19 December 2003 17:38 (twenty-one years ago)
― jed (jed_e_3), Friday, 19 December 2003 17:38 (twenty-one years ago)
― Mark (MarkR), Friday, 19 December 2003 17:40 (twenty-one years ago)
― o. nate (onate), Friday, 19 December 2003 17:41 (twenty-one years ago)
I've only heard 'dreams top rock' and that was terrific (i think it made melissa's list too). there's abt five things I'd really like to hear from this list. david sylvian isn't one of them.
x-post: it would have been nice if they were listed in alphabetical order.
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Friday, 19 December 2003 17:44 (twenty-one years ago)
― o. nate (onate), Friday, 19 December 2003 17:46 (twenty-one years ago)
that's garbled but i'm tired.
― jed (jed_e_3), Friday, 19 December 2003 17:47 (twenty-one years ago)
― Mark (MarkR), Friday, 19 December 2003 17:47 (twenty-one years ago)
Im really puzzled by why cat power is suddenly getting so much attention - she's been doing the same thing, pretty much, for a while. Not only that but some people are doing that thing much better (*jed bangs on about Nina Nastasia yet again*)
― jed (jed_e_3), Friday, 19 December 2003 17:51 (twenty-one years ago)
― dleone (dleone), Friday, 19 December 2003 17:53 (twenty-one years ago)
― o. nate (onate), Friday, 19 December 2003 17:54 (twenty-one years ago)
― dleone (dleone), Friday, 19 December 2003 17:58 (twenty-one years ago)
xpost
― disco stu (disco stu), Friday, 19 December 2003 17:58 (twenty-one years ago)
jed- er, cat power is really good at what she does. maybe the same thing over and over but its not like it matters. I haven't heard the new record but it seems to be only since 'moonpix' that she has been getting attention.
x-post: er, diamanda has always been 'wire' type artist. dizzee has not got in bcz pitchfork has been giving them props.
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Friday, 19 December 2003 18:00 (twenty-one years ago)
― fiddo centington (dubplatestyle), Friday, 19 December 2003 18:00 (twenty-one years ago)
― disco stu (disco stu), Friday, 19 December 2003 18:00 (twenty-one years ago)
― dleone (dleone), Friday, 19 December 2003 18:01 (twenty-one years ago)
― o. nate (onate), Friday, 19 December 2003 18:02 (twenty-one years ago)
Julio - think that Cat Power is decent at what she does.
― jed (jed_e_3), Friday, 19 December 2003 18:03 (twenty-one years ago)
― Mark (MarkR), Friday, 19 December 2003 18:04 (twenty-one years ago)
true, but does it surprise you that this list doesn't?
― disco stu (disco stu), Friday, 19 December 2003 18:05 (twenty-one years ago)
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Friday, 19 December 2003 18:05 (twenty-one years ago)
i was just wondering why everyone is suddenly paying her attention NOW - i dont mind people doing the same thing over and over. I'm all for it.
― jed (jed_e_3), Friday, 19 December 2003 18:06 (twenty-one years ago)
― disco stu (disco stu), Friday, 19 December 2003 18:08 (twenty-one years ago)
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Friday, 19 December 2003 18:09 (twenty-one years ago)
― Colin Meeder (Mert), Friday, 19 December 2003 18:15 (twenty-one years ago)
i cant believer i wasted 3 minutes of my life typing that top ten!haha i typed out the whole Top 50 (artists only) the other day just in case! it's good they put the charts on their site too tho' - i hate The Wire typefaces, the simpler presentation on the site makes for much easier reading
― zebedee (zebedee), Friday, 19 December 2003 18:20 (twenty-one years ago)
― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Friday, 19 December 2003 20:22 (twenty-one years ago)
― philip sherburne (philip sherburne), Friday, 19 December 2003 20:23 (twenty-one years ago)
― screwface (philip sherburne), Friday, 19 December 2003 20:24 (twenty-one years ago)
― jed (jed_e_3), Friday, 19 December 2003 21:07 (twenty-one years ago)
haha -- fiddo, you funny man!
I like this list, it seems reasonably broad and representative for that, uh, kind of thing that the Wire do. Lots of stuff I'd still love to check out. Can't believe they didn't include that Alterations reissue on any of the lists tho - that thing rips! Maybe a conflict of interest thing w/ Toop? I dunno.
― Broheems (diamond), Friday, 19 December 2003 21:24 (twenty-one years ago)
― geeta (geeta), Friday, 19 December 2003 22:44 (twenty-one years ago)
― o. nate (onate), Friday, 19 December 2003 22:53 (twenty-one years ago)
Sorry Jed, putting aside issues of quality, I don't think Cat Power is doing anything remotely similar to Nina Nastasia, or vice versa. Cat Power = folkie/indie waif-wailing outsiderdom (eg in the same bag as Smog, Will Oldham, Michael Hurley etc): NN = PJ Harvey, Nick Cave, blah blah
― Andrew L (Andrew L), Friday, 19 December 2003 23:39 (twenty-one years ago)
― Phil Freeman (Phil Freeman), Saturday, 20 December 2003 00:53 (twenty-one years ago)
― scott seward (scott seward), Saturday, 20 December 2003 01:01 (twenty-one years ago)
― ken taylrr, Saturday, 20 December 2003 01:10 (twenty-one years ago)
― ken taylrr, Saturday, 20 December 2003 01:11 (twenty-one years ago)
They would have had to create a new genre category: Metal
― DJ Martian (djmartian), Saturday, 20 December 2003 01:11 (twenty-one years ago)
― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Saturday, 20 December 2003 01:13 (twenty-one years ago)
'm wondering even more 'bout why Andy Hamilton didn't vote this time)
― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Saturday, 20 December 2003 01:14 (twenty-one years ago)
― jed (jed_e_3), Saturday, 20 December 2003 01:43 (twenty-one years ago)
― prima fassy (bob), Saturday, 20 December 2003 02:04 (twenty-one years ago)
― jed (jed_e_3), Saturday, 20 December 2003 02:37 (twenty-one years ago)
it's official, i have turned from being a wire reader into being a wire reader!
― stirmonster, Saturday, 20 December 2003 02:43 (twenty-one years ago)
― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Saturday, 20 December 2003 02:45 (twenty-one years ago)
― stirmonster, Saturday, 20 December 2003 02:57 (twenty-one years ago)
― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Saturday, 20 December 2003 02:59 (twenty-one years ago)
― David Allen, Saturday, 20 December 2003 03:43 (twenty-one years ago)
yeah, it is, it came out a while back (may?). there've been a couple since, i think. salt marie celeste is good, though not as good as the write up in the wire suggested; it's basically an hour of ship creaking/storm noises. good to work to.
― toby (tsg20), Saturday, 20 December 2003 09:11 (twenty-one years ago)
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Saturday, 20 December 2003 10:07 (twenty-one years ago)
also: has there really been no review or written piece on dizzee rascal? I ask bcz I haven't bought 2-3 issues this year so i assumed that it was covered in one of those.
if there isn't then this list is really fucked.
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Saturday, 20 December 2003 11:49 (twenty-one years ago)
― prima fassy (bob), Saturday, 20 December 2003 12:23 (twenty-one years ago)
― prima fassy (bob), Saturday, 20 December 2003 12:27 (twenty-one years ago)
― prima fassy (bob), Saturday, 20 December 2003 12:29 (twenty-one years ago)
― gaz (gaz), Saturday, 20 December 2003 12:29 (twenty-one years ago)
― gaz (gaz), Saturday, 20 December 2003 12:36 (twenty-one years ago)
always? ALWAYS?:O
― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Saturday, 20 December 2003 13:51 (twenty-one years ago)
― jed (jed_e_3), Saturday, 20 December 2003 16:49 (twenty-one years ago)
Nope. R. Wyatt really is that good. He's the only Old Timer on my list this year, and I can hear his influence loud and clear in the work of some people in their 20s (eg Nathan Michel) who I think are doing the most interesting work now.
― Momus (Momus), Saturday, 20 December 2003 17:39 (twenty-one years ago)
also i keep meaning to buy the robert wyatt because i'm sure it's great but it's like 24 euros here! and of course wyatt is that good, he's the best for god's sakes.
i think the pitchfork list was more interesting than this one, or more sympathetic (perhaps because we know the whole epic "pitchfork struggles gamely to branch out" story behind that one). this basically seems more like "50 albums that got significant coverage in our magazine this year." which is not t he worst rationale behind such a list but still not terribly interest-perking.
― amateur!st (amateurist), Saturday, 20 December 2003 18:50 (twenty-one years ago)
― amateur!st (amateurist), Saturday, 20 December 2003 18:54 (twenty-one years ago)
I have two albums on this list.
― hstencil, Saturday, 20 December 2003 19:04 (twenty-one years ago)
the token sonic youth record?
― disco stu (disco stu), Saturday, 20 December 2003 19:32 (twenty-one years ago)
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Saturday, 20 December 2003 19:57 (twenty-one years ago)
― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Saturday, 20 December 2003 20:04 (twenty-one years ago)
His list.
― o. nate (onate), Saturday, 20 December 2003 21:27 (twenty-one years ago)
― o. nate (onate), Saturday, 20 December 2003 21:28 (twenty-one years ago)
― amateur!st (amateurist), Saturday, 20 December 2003 21:46 (twenty-one years ago)
― o. nate (onate), Saturday, 20 December 2003 21:47 (twenty-one years ago)
― Broheems (diamond), Saturday, 20 December 2003 22:00 (twenty-one years ago)
― amateur!st (amateurist), Saturday, 20 December 2003 22:15 (twenty-one years ago)
― jed (jed_e_3), Sunday, 21 December 2003 04:23 (twenty-one years ago)
― Rockist Scientist (rockistscientist), Sunday, 21 December 2003 04:43 (twenty-one years ago)
― amateur!st (amateurist), Sunday, 21 December 2003 13:17 (twenty-one years ago)
― philip sherburne (philip sherburne), Sunday, 21 December 2003 19:29 (twenty-one years ago)
― geeta (geeta), Sunday, 21 December 2003 19:34 (twenty-one years ago)
― cozen (Cozen), Sunday, 21 December 2003 19:35 (twenty-one years ago)
― jed (jed_e_3), Sunday, 21 December 2003 19:49 (twenty-one years ago)
― fiddo centington (dubplatestyle), Sunday, 21 December 2003 22:24 (twenty-one years ago)
― cozen (Cozen), Sunday, 21 December 2003 22:26 (twenty-one years ago)
― Broheems (diamond), Sunday, 21 December 2003 22:28 (twenty-one years ago)
― philip sherburne (philip sherburne), Monday, 22 December 2003 01:34 (twenty-one years ago)
― Baaderist (Fabfunk), Monday, 22 December 2003 10:15 (twenty-one years ago)
― prima fassy (bob), Tuesday, 23 December 2003 04:54 (twenty-one years ago)
― Jay Vee (Manon_70), Wednesday, 24 December 2003 15:23 (twenty-one years ago)
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Wednesday, 24 December 2003 16:28 (twenty-one years ago)
Meow.
He don't move me. And I like to be moved. So what?
― Jay Vee (Manon_70), Wednesday, 24 December 2003 19:35 (twenty-one years ago)