61. tame impala - is this another animal collective spin off? its not the worst thing of the day but it is also nearly impossible to imagine people getting excited about it
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Friday, 25 January 2013 00:56 (eleven years ago) link
no wait, this is wretched and endless
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Friday, 25 January 2013 00:57 (eleven years ago) link
so out of the first days rollout i like exactly one song, which is that guru track
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Friday, 25 January 2013 01:00 (eleven years ago) link
I like this rollout better jjjusten. I don't want to slap you and tell you to get a hold of yourself. You should make this a thing.
― how's life, Friday, 25 January 2013 01:02 (eleven years ago) link
I dunno he's been pretty much OTM so far
― besides Sunny Real Estate (dog latin), Friday, 25 January 2013 01:38 (eleven years ago) link
I like the Dawn Richard tracks but otherwise yeah, jjj otm
― Bel-Air the Fresh Prince, sitting in a chair (DJP), Friday, 25 January 2013 04:19 (eleven years ago) link
I def don't dislike the dawn Richard tracks, I just like them less than I expected/remembered
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Friday, 25 January 2013 04:20 (eleven years ago) link
that's what i was saying!
― how's life, Friday, 25 January 2013 10:14 (eleven years ago) link
For god's sake will ye not shit on yr own doorstep, ilm?
― standard disclaimer applies (darraghmac), Friday, 25 January 2013 10:19 (eleven years ago) link
but if we don't, who will?
― a la recherche du tempbans perdu (NickB), Friday, 25 January 2013 10:27 (eleven years ago) link
I am really anticipating jjj's reaction to Cher Lloyd; I have no idea which way it will go
― Bel-Air the Fresh Prince, sitting in a chair (DJP), Friday, 25 January 2013 15:34 (eleven years ago) link
haha i know that song so i can predict that my response would be
-how is it possible that ILM stops just short of suggesting that jessie j should be stabbed to death in a back alley somewhere and then vote this to spot 54 on its end of year list
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Friday, 25 January 2013 16:18 (eleven years ago) link
hahahahaha yesssss
― Bel-Air the Fresh Prince, sitting in a chair (DJP), Friday, 25 January 2013 16:22 (eleven years ago) link
its good to finally know the artist name because i honestly spent half the year wondering who had convinced jessie j that a half-assed nicki minaj impression on the chorus was a good move.
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Friday, 25 January 2013 16:23 (eleven years ago) link
60. keith fullerton whitman - holy crap i love this. a lot.59. haim forever - so this is basically dumbed down bored out tune yards meh hot garbage. booooooring. it brings out sort of a special place of hatred from me. irrational yes but god i really really hate this.
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 18:45 (eleven years ago) link
How does Haim remind you of tuneyards??
― Ima R.A.E.D. (DJP), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 18:47 (eleven years ago) link
the same way foster the people reminds me of mgmt, it just seems like the blippy vocal punctuation and the quirky boppy almost subsaharan rhythm and guitar lines have some shared lineage, but done so much less compellingly.
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 18:48 (eleven years ago) link
i mean point of ref there would be "the bizness" to "forever" i guess - the quirky luaka bop vibe without anything behind it. idk.
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 18:50 (eleven years ago) link
58. angel haze - pretty much had me from the word go, love the track, love the little captured inhalations in the way she is recorded, same sorta O_O reaction i had when i first "212", but with more lasing power i think and less minajisms. chorus is fucking awesome, yeah this is killer top to bottom. thx ilx!
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 18:54 (eleven years ago) link
hey before i get to 57, is this a remix of jaga jazzist, or am i on the wrong youtube or ?
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 18:56 (eleven years ago) link
57. Mungolain Jetset - sounds like somebody spent a lot of time listening to SAW. not a bad thing necc, and its getting more interesting as it goes, i was worried i was going to spend 6 minutes in the intro loop there for a while. completely pleasant, but not what i am looking for.
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 18:58 (eleven years ago) link
56. jessie ware running - ok first things first i have to stop trying to figure out what this bloopy synth intro reminds me of because that is driving me crazy. dont like this. this woman cant sing for shit, and sounds like she is using sade (who is good) to pass off a totally mediocre vocal. never mind, its not just mediocre, she is awful. cant wait to shut this off and skip to the next track OH NO
55. jessie ware wildest moments - background music might be better on this one, but she hasnt started singing yet so. i hate this less but oh man what the fuck she has srsly one of the most annoying vocal characters and its just so dull.
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 19:31 (eleven years ago) link
hmm, I have successfully avoided both Fester the Peehole and MGMT to the point where I think I only halfway get the link you're making; I'd have leaned way more in the direction of "The Bangles cover Pink" for Haim comparisons
also I have no idea what Jaga Jazzist is or which Angel Haze Youtube you were looking at
― Ima R.A.E.D. (DJP), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 19:40 (eleven years ago) link
54. cher lloyd - weve covered this already
53. hot chip - cant find a non-live youtube of this and its hot chip so i dont care to try very hard
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 19:45 (eleven years ago) link
you're gonna get to saint etienne and braek my heart w/yr revulsion
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 19:46 (eleven years ago) link
I was very pleasantly surprised by Saint Etienne! (not enough to, you know, actually listen to the album, but I liked it more than the general "oh this is nice" reaction I've had to most of their material)
― Ima R.A.E.D. (DJP), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 19:48 (eleven years ago) link
i was thinking a st et/pet shop boys split EP where they each cover two songs by the other band would be the most amazing thing in the world.
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 19:51 (eleven years ago) link
we can discus further upon jjj's reaction to their entry.
52. grimes - seems to start up with sort of a "enya got into the liquor cabinet again" woozy tunelessness, but we'll give it some time. probably should avert my eyes from the video because its next level annoying, and that shouldnt really count against it. ok intro is over, and musically it seems like it could go somewhere ok maybe, and yay the vocals dont seem to suck, until oh my god they sure do. the gauzy 4ad tm vocal side was ok, but the bleaty shit going on here is a huge misstep. theres something there i can get behind, but an unfortunate tendency to go cutesy at all the wrong spots. i am still half into it though? but the half i dont like is reaaaaaaaally irritating.
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 20:04 (eleven years ago) link
^^^ Grimes in a nutshell
― Ima R.A.E.D. (DJP), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 20:05 (eleven years ago) link
"enya got into the liquor cabinet again"
lmfao
― crüt, Wednesday, 30 January 2013 20:07 (eleven years ago) link
51. burial - jesus man 11.5 minutes? appealing darkness and off kilter shit going on right away, massive tricky attack something, finally something with an actual active beat, digging the destructo garble nastiness, meh shut up vocals no need for you (mitigated slightly as we go, but i request an instrumental version if at all possible) liking the manipulated vocals that are rolling out now better, god the fact that this is so refreshingly abrasive has to say something abt everything up until now (and ha its not even really that abrasive in my world of old people but you know). another bright spot, why is there not more music like this in the countdown idgi.
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 20:11 (eleven years ago) link
despite the length, listened to all of burial fyi. that makes 4 things so far? guru, keith fullerton etc, angel haze, and now burial.
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 20:13 (eleven years ago) link
burial might just maybe slightly overstay its welcome, but not if i was in a diff environment ie not listening to youtubes at work
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 20:15 (eleven years ago) link
that track is the first time something by Burial actually clicked for me, which as you say does say a lot about the stuff that had placed up to that point
― Ima R.A.E.D. (DJP), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 20:16 (eleven years ago) link
4ad has been pretty busy huh.
50. twin shadow - spoken word intro what the fuck is this the silver mt. zion? do they quit this ever? come the fuck on. oh wait i take it all back, i would rather listen to dumb spoken word than mumbly joe here. you ever have a song that just makes you instantly disinterested, yeah this is that.
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 21:04 (eleven years ago) link
49. santigold - haha i know this song already and i didnt realize who it was. good shit, and again, refreshingly busy without being stupid. dont dig it as much as her earlier stuff but still, its solid.
48. purity ring - i already knew this one also, but this is doing right exactly what so much of the other smoothy 4adish stuff on the list does totally wrong - you can make things that are audibly pretty and pleasing without sucking all the life out of them. fantastic.
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 23:25 (eleven years ago) link
Correct me if I am wrong but I think I played both of those for you last time I was MN?
― Ima R.A.E.D. (DJP), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 23:28 (eleven years ago) link
47. haim dont save me - ugh what does anyone ever see in this band, this is so completely average and inert and at the same time grating and poorly made. is this the 2013 version of fawning over those crappy early taylor swift records? incomprehensible
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 23:29 (eleven years ago) link
Also I am about to see Purity Ring with cad ^_^
― Ima R.A.E.D. (DJP), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 23:29 (eleven years ago) link
Re: Haim, I cut harmonizing siblings a lot of slack
I don't know if I'd buy Haim albums but I wouldn't change the station if they came on the radio
― Ima R.A.E.D. (DJP), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 23:30 (eleven years ago) link
i know you played me the purity ring, and probably the santigold although i think i had stumbled across it already. that purity ring track is my school of seven bells aha moment of this year
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 23:38 (eleven years ago) link
if haim came on my radio i would slap at the tuner buttons like a scuba diver trying to escape a moray eel
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 23:39 (eleven years ago) link
haim is probably not actually the worst thing on the list because jessie ware and starships, but it for some reason the only thing thats making me like actively angry
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 23:42 (eleven years ago) link
really wishing this thread had stayed a secret
― ❏❐❑❒ (gr8080), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 23:44 (eleven years ago) link
46. bruno mars - its like a really boring regatta de blanc era police cover band decided to start writing their own songs
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 23:44 (eleven years ago) link
Ha that is otm
Bruno will probably never top "Grenade"
― Ima R.A.E.D. (DJP), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 23:53 (eleven years ago) link
hey gr8080 "hide this board on site new answers" your dreams they can come true
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 23:55 (eleven years ago) link
i like this thread. it brings back memories of watching MTv with my grandparents in the 90s
― Garth Brooks In ... The Life of (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 23:58 (eleven years ago) link
I disagree with a lot of what jjjusten's said, but I'm just like "ok pappa joe" and I want to hear more