discovery for the edm era, with some artisnal country thrown in for whatever reason. more songs as good as the actual discovery than you'd think.
i really, really like this album.
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 9 October 2013 19:53 (eleven years ago)
"lay me down" is incredible
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Wednesday, 9 October 2013 19:54 (eleven years ago)
"wake me up" is horrific
― dyl, Wednesday, 9 October 2013 19:56 (eleven years ago)
"lay me down" is ridic good, as is "dear boy"
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 9 October 2013 19:56 (eleven years ago)
the antony cover is really dreadful tho
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 9 October 2013 19:59 (eleven years ago)
yeah what in the world is the point of that
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Wednesday, 9 October 2013 20:02 (eleven years ago)
"Swamp Thing" by The Grid >>>>>>>>>>>>> "Wake Me Up"
― Bitch Fantastic (DJP), Wednesday, 9 October 2013 20:04 (eleven years ago)
i cannot stand wake me up, one of the worst things of the year imo. but i didn't mind levels nor silhouettes, anything as good as those here?
― monotony, Wednesday, 9 October 2013 20:12 (eleven years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2z1AJxnkq_A
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 9 October 2013 20:16 (eleven years ago)
so far I am surprisingly into "Hey Brother"
― Bitch Fantastic (DJP), Wednesday, 9 October 2013 20:21 (eleven years ago)
"hey brother" is good but makes me think of buster bluth every time :-(
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 9 October 2013 20:24 (eleven years ago)
This is fantastic. Have liked his stuff since Bromance but wasn't expecting such a good album.
― Inte Regina Lund eller nån, mitt namn är (ShariVari), Wednesday, 9 October 2013 21:07 (eleven years ago)
i like the vocal version of bromance
― dyl, Wednesday, 9 October 2013 22:17 (eleven years ago)
"Canyons" rules so hard
― Bitch Fantastic (DJP), Thursday, 10 October 2013 17:20 (eleven years ago)
disappointed in this album based on this thread :(
better than random access memories though
― lex pretend, Friday, 11 October 2013 08:53 (eleven years ago)
and it certainly has its moments, like "lay me down"
could do with fewer straining dude vox and more trashy synths
― lex pretend, Friday, 11 October 2013 08:54 (eleven years ago)
like it's just not trashy enough, the music does not wear seriousness well
― lex pretend, Friday, 11 October 2013 08:55 (eleven years ago)
okay the strings on "heart upon my sleeve" may have elicited a 180 for me, woooooooooo
― lex pretend, Friday, 11 October 2013 09:04 (eleven years ago)
*rave hands at my desk at 10am*
― lex pretend, Friday, 11 October 2013 09:05 (eleven years ago)
oh my the wub-wub drop, "heart upon my sleeve" is THE ONE
― lex pretend, Friday, 11 October 2013 09:07 (eleven years ago)
why are all the vocalists uncredited -_-
― lex pretend, Friday, 11 October 2013 09:08 (eleven years ago)
heartily salute this thread first and foremost
not quite head over heels for this in the end but it is pretty impressive i must say
i'm thinking (or thoroughly prefer to be thinking) rudimental for truckers rather than dp
― r|t|c, Friday, 11 October 2013 09:49 (eleven years ago)
then again i haven't heard ram so who knows
― r|t|c, Friday, 11 October 2013 09:51 (eleven years ago)
'heart upon my sleeve' sounds like brainbug 'nightmare'! i love that tune :)
'shame on me' sounds (a bit) like yello 'the race'! i hate that tune :(
― r|t|c, Friday, 11 October 2013 09:58 (eleven years ago)
lmao "rudimental for truckers" might be the GOAT rtc description
― J0rdan S., Friday, 11 October 2013 14:28 (eleven years ago)
haha yes, must check out immediately!!
― spacemindy, Friday, 11 October 2013 16:58 (eleven years ago)
i think i'm allergic to this guy
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Friday, 11 October 2013 17:05 (eleven years ago)
I've only heard the track with the banjo-ish intro, but that was the most repulsive thing I can remember hearing for quite some time. Maybe I don't like fun?
― Mule, Friday, 11 October 2013 17:53 (eleven years ago)
character-building imo
― r|t|c, Friday, 11 October 2013 18:01 (eleven years ago)
wake me up is the worst shit ever, and as such, drives terrible club crowds wild
― Poliopolice, Monday, 16 June 2014 03:08 (ten years ago)
^^^
― global tetrahedron, Monday, 16 June 2014 03:09 (ten years ago)
There was some Avicii song I liked years ago.
― Cronk's Not Cronk (Eric H.), Monday, 16 June 2014 03:17 (ten years ago)
Finally, somebody taking on the hard targets
― Rotating prince game (I am using your worlds), Monday, 16 June 2014 13:04 (ten years ago)
is that the country-EDM song?
― now I'm the grandfather (dog latin), Monday, 16 June 2014 13:58 (ten years ago)
yes, it's fucking unavoidable.
― Poliopolice, Monday, 16 June 2014 20:32 (ten years ago)
i sort of appreciate it as a genre experiment, but god, it's just a nauseating song
― Poliopolice, Monday, 16 June 2014 20:33 (ten years ago)
"Wake Me Up" is rapidly approaching the undiscovered territories of my hate for music, as possibly the only song I would rather not hear instead of McCartney's "Wonderful Christmastime." The lyrics are the worst kind of faux-reflective pablum about "life," practically dialed in to make people between 17 and 22 feel like stuff is important, man; the melody, or whatever you call it, is not only trite, it resolves itself every 2 bars and then just starts over EXACTLY THE SAME EVERY TIME. Nobody could even be bothered to suggest moving the cutoff filter or any other weak EDM cliche, just that classic "free ringtone" sound. Never mind the fact that the guitar and choice of vocal style strike me as simultaneously clueless and shameless cultural appropriation, because on one level Avicii is just a simpleton who had no idea what he was doing, and on the other level, the most cynical of pop pushers knew exactly what he's doing and hailed it as brilliant.
There's really no chord progression at all, the beat is weak, there's no tension at any point in the arrangement, and it's ALWAYS PLAYING IN EVERY STORE.
The only solution is to move all the land-dwelling animals and seed stores to a temporary shelter on the moon, release the zombie pathogens, give our shambling corpses a couple of months to die (a second time) from dehydration, and then bring back the rest of the biomass via some kind of robot rocket ark system. We have the technology.
― Sith Dog (El Tomboto), Monday, 15 February 2016 18:46 (nine years ago)
If I have to run over to CVS for dishwasher pods and they're just playing something from No Jacket Required it's such a relief, it really is
― Sith Dog (El Tomboto), Monday, 15 February 2016 18:48 (nine years ago)
i love 'wake me up'
― flopson, Monday, 15 February 2016 18:52 (nine years ago)
To each his own. But people like you are why we all deserve to be cannibalized by undead versions of our loved ones.
― Sith Dog (El Tomboto), Monday, 15 February 2016 19:06 (nine years ago)
Found dead today in Oman. He was 28.
― grawlix (unperson), Friday, 20 April 2018 17:28 (seven years ago)
usque ad aras
― imago, Friday, 20 April 2018 17:35 (seven years ago)
Shit!
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Friday, 20 April 2018 18:16 (seven years ago)
damn, that's sad
beginning of this thread must be ilm at its absolute poptimist peak
― niels, Friday, 20 April 2018 18:25 (seven years ago)
jesus
― aloha darkness my old friend (katherine), Friday, 20 April 2018 18:30 (seven years ago)
wonder how mike posner feels about this
― aloha darkness my old friend (katherine), Friday, 20 April 2018 18:31 (seven years ago)
i had totally forgotten about this thread & but i was really into this album for a time. running it back now and the songs highlighted here still hold up & sound even better now that EDM has shed a lot of its maximalism
― J0rdan S., Friday, 20 April 2018 18:41 (seven years ago)
"Levels" is an all-time feel-good track. I'll always be flooded with joyful memories of nights out when I hear it; really captures blockbuster 2010s EDM at its brightest
― Evan R, Friday, 20 April 2018 18:44 (seven years ago)
RIP
He was always underrated (and even shit on) by a certain subset of dance music fans which was disappointing since his output was so reliably good.
― Allen (etaeoe), Friday, 20 April 2018 19:05 (seven years ago)
And Levels is a HOF worthy anthem.
― Allen (etaeoe), Friday, 20 April 2018 19:06 (seven years ago)
It is! And hope it wouldn't take his death for anyone to acknowledge it. I feel like we need a thread where we can share mainstream EDM that we sincerely enjoy
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 20 April 2018 21:08 (seven years ago)
― after party for the apocalypse (Ross), Friday, 20 April 2018 21:14 (seven years ago)
I don't expect anyone to enjoy it, but he had a hand in writing and producing this Madonna jam, one of her last good jams:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Yx-E-xG4kU
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 20 April 2018 21:15 (seven years ago)
You can see how genuine my love was for @avicii. Here's how we met and our relationship developed. #RIPAvicii my little brohttps://t.co/JWENohPxQv— Nile Rodgers (@nilerodgers) April 20, 2018
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 20 April 2018 21:19 (seven years ago)
i remember walking to a party with some friends one night and passing a frat house that was blasting "seek bromance". bless him for making a diva house tune that was palatable to the frat bro contingent.
― dyl, Saturday, 21 April 2018 01:51 (seven years ago)
this is 150% this generations kurt cobain imo
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 21 April 2018 02:26 (seven years ago)
More like when the guy from Sublime died.
― Yerac, Saturday, 21 April 2018 02:35 (seven years ago)
Damn, that's sad. 'You Make Me' is all-time:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wb5VOQexMBU
― ArchCarrier, Saturday, 21 April 2018 05:10 (seven years ago)
I thought Lil Peep was this generations Kurt Cobain.
― MarkoP, Saturday, 21 April 2018 05:51 (seven years ago)
My position on WMU still stands. But RIP
― El Tomboto, Saturday, 21 April 2018 06:17 (seven years ago)
Yerac kinda OTM
― El Tomboto, Saturday, 21 April 2018 06:18 (seven years ago)
Ugh both the Nirvana and Sublime comparison are gross and have no connection to him
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Saturday, 21 April 2018 08:06 (seven years ago)
please don’t
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Saturday, 21 April 2018 08:30 (seven years ago)
^
― lowercase (eric), Saturday, 21 April 2018 11:46 (seven years ago)
That video with Nile is sweet
― the article don, Saturday, 21 April 2018 23:30 (seven years ago)
rest in peace. i have a v fond memory of crazydancing to 'wake me up' and 'hey brother' with a friend at a wedding a few years ago
― flopson, Sunday, 22 April 2018 00:43 (seven years ago)
I like this Emily Yoshida piece.
http://www.vulture.com/2018/04/avicii-and-edms-promise-of-post-recessional-excess.html
― El Tomboto, Sunday, 22 April 2018 01:09 (seven years ago)
Moka is otm
― after party for the apocalypse (Ross), Sunday, 22 April 2018 02:19 (seven years ago)
that last graf is a bit... naive about current pop trends
― maura, Sunday, 22 April 2018 02:19 (seven years ago)
very sad https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/avicii-died-from-apparent-suicide-w519578
― niels, Sunday, 29 April 2018 12:13 (seven years ago)
Bergling spoke repeatedly about his struggles with mental health, specifically his anxiety and alcoholism, to those around him, the press, and his fans. He was candid about how his alcoholism stemmed from his anxiety about performing. The only way he was able to go on stage in front of thousands of people, night after night, was by drinking—which, coupled with a punishing touring schedule, rapidly devolved into a serious alcohol problem.As Avicii is in the middle of the Australian leg of a world tour, he discharges himself from hospital, against medical advice. The cameras follow a whey-coloured Bergling as he drifts in and out of consciousness in the back of an SUV. Besides him, a ghoulish aide schedules a radio interview. Watching it back now, I feel as disturbed as I do watching Jim’ll Fix It reruns, Saville’s hand creeping up some child’s skirt: how could anyone not have understood this was wrong? Why did no one intervene to help?After his health scares, he’s adamant that the touring needs to stop. Problem is, no-one’s listening. In one scene, a gaunt-faced Bergling slumps in his chair while his entourage discuss ploughing ahead with his planned shows. “I feel like at this point, it will be easier to go ahead with the shows then cancel them,” a lackey volunteers. “Not for me,” Bergling interjects. In another incident Bergling finally loses his shit, after finding out his booking agent hasn’t cancelled a festival appearance despite being asked to do so more than a month ago. At every stage, Bergling’s entourage tries to dissuade him from cancelling shows.
As Avicii is in the middle of the Australian leg of a world tour, he discharges himself from hospital, against medical advice. The cameras follow a whey-coloured Bergling as he drifts in and out of consciousness in the back of an SUV. Besides him, a ghoulish aide schedules a radio interview. Watching it back now, I feel as disturbed as I do watching Jim’ll Fix It reruns, Saville’s hand creeping up some child’s skirt: how could anyone not have understood this was wrong? Why did no one intervene to help?
After his health scares, he’s adamant that the touring needs to stop. Problem is, no-one’s listening. In one scene, a gaunt-faced Bergling slumps in his chair while his entourage discuss ploughing ahead with his planned shows. “I feel like at this point, it will be easier to go ahead with the shows then cancel them,” a lackey volunteers. “Not for me,” Bergling interjects. In another incident Bergling finally loses his shit, after finding out his booking agent hasn’t cancelled a festival appearance despite being asked to do so more than a month ago. At every stage, Bergling’s entourage tries to dissuade him from cancelling shows.
http://mixmag.net/feature/the-music-industry-should-be-held-accountable-for-aviciis-death-heres-why
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 1 May 2018 21:09 (seven years ago)