NotThePars Posted November 21, 2015 Author Share Posted November 21, 2015 Justin Beiber's got Skrillex on production duties doesn't he? Where R U Now? and Sorry are certified bangers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BallochSonsFan Posted November 22, 2015 Share Posted November 22, 2015 Got my subscription issue of Mojo through the post yesterday. End of the year "best of" list included. I've always been very critical of people who reckon that there's no good music being made these days or that a particular year has been bad for music but after reading that top 50, I found so few albums that I've actually enjoyed. I don't get the hype surrounding the Julia Holter album. I actively dislike Joanna Newsom. I'm going to go poacher turned gamekeeper and say that I havent particulary enjoyed many albums this year. So in no particular order: Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit Jason Isbell - Something More Than Free Father John Misty - I Love You Honeybear The Lovely Eggs - This Is Our Nowhere Seth Avett and Jessica Lea Mayfield - Sing The Songs Of Elliott Smith Houndmouth - Little Neon Lights. Was pretty disappointed with the efforts from Sleater Kinney and The Decemberists this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamJags Posted November 22, 2015 Share Posted November 22, 2015 So, what's this Benjamin Clementine record like? I've heard the first track and it reminded me of Antony and the Johnsons. Which is a good thing. Excellent. It continues in the same sort of vibe throughout. Vocally he's like a male Nina Simone, in my opinion. One of my albums of the year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted November 27, 2015 Share Posted November 27, 2015 Excellent. It continues in the same sort of vibe throughout. Vocally he's like a male Nina Simone, in my opinion. One of my albums of the year. It really is a terrific record. I'm going to stick with Antony and the Johnsons as my comparisons. It's a beautiful record. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamJags Posted November 27, 2015 Share Posted November 27, 2015 It really is a terrific record. I'm going to stick with Antony and the Johnsons as my comparisons. It's a beautiful record. Just listened to the I Am A Bird Now for the first time in ages, and I do agree with your comparisons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
50/50 Winner Posted November 27, 2015 Share Posted November 27, 2015 1. Amanecer - Bomba Estéreo 2. Wiggle Room - Drug Cabin 3. Depression Cherry - Beach House 4. L'apéro avant la galette - Le Gouffre 5. Beat the champ - The Mountain Goats 6. Lurid Glow - Reptar 7. What For? - Toro y Moi 8. Solid Gold Cowboys - Unlikely Friends 9. Palenco - Palenco 10. West Kirby County Primary - Bill Ryder-Jones Updated top ten. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Malkmus Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 Lol @ Monastic Living by Parquet Courts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 Albums from this year I'm about to check out: Dawes: All Your Favourite Bands Ezra Furman: Perpetual Motion People Seth Avett and Jessica Lea Mayfield Sing The Songs of Elliott Smith Big fan of Grimm Grimm's Hazy Eyes Maybe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Nooka Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 I don't imagine this list will change much now - Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit.. Ezra Furman - Perpetual Motion People Clutch - Psychic Warfare Jeff The Brotherhood - Wasted On The Dream Frank Turner - Positive Songs For Negative People The Dead Weather - Dodge And Burn Albert Hammond Jr - Momentary Masters IAMDYNAMITE - Wasa Tusa Silversun Pickups - Better Nature Quite a few other albums that could have made it too,(EODM, Surfer Blood, Dead Sara, The Decemberists, Death Cab....) been a good year for my music collection. They're all Yanks(shouldn't forget the Aussie too), just the one British artist there. Edit: Started remembering other albums, I should really keep a list! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seymour Skinner Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 At long last asap is one of my favourites along with Compton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoda Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 I've had Courtney Barnett's album on repeat in the car for the past fortnight. It's still holding up several months on. Nobody cares about the "The Grammys" but if that awful beige c**t James Bay gets the Best New Artist (or whatever it's called) ahead of her, then I'll up sticks and move to Raqqa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Malkmus Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 Going to list my final, ultimate, top 5 albums of 2015 right after this colon: Top 5 albums: 1. Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit and Think...: Can't really explain why I like this so much. Authenticity, humour and solid songwriting is a pretty rare combination in indie rock yet my top three albums all exhibit that to some degree, so probably something to do with that. 2. Colleen Green - I Want To Grow Up: I like that she always sounds high as f**k. 3. Girlpool - Before the World Was Big: Not much meat on the bones in these songs but they're so well executed. They were great live too. 4. Twerps - Range Anxiety: Recommended by someone in this thread, I probably wouldn't have heard it otherwise, so cheers. 5. Grimes - Art Angels: Very high absolute banger ratio. Various others I like but can't be arsed ranking: Kendrick Lamar, Vince Staples, Purity Ring, Built to Spill, Protomartyr, Justin Bieber, Drake, Sleater Kinney, Mourn (EP), Palehound. Top 5 songs: 1. Courtney Barnett - Pedestrian at Best 2. Purity Ring - Push Pull 3. Mourn - Gertrudis, Get Through This! 4. Kendrick Lamar - King Kunta 5. Grimes - Kill v. Maim Turkeys: Parquet Courts - Monastic Living: Pretentious shite Bloc Party - Singles: Embarrassing shite Speedy Ortiz - Foil Deer: I really tried to like this as I love their first album but outside of the first two tracks it was really boring. Chvrches - Every Open Eye: As above really, just didn't get into it as much as I did the first album. Would have liked to see them progress a bit. Maybe next time. Other stuff: This has been a really good year for the radio and pop music in general imo. The Weeknd, Drake, and Bieber have released some excellent singles based on pretty minimal production which is a welcome change from the overwrought EDM rubbish the preceding few years had produced. Still haven't listened to Father John Misty, Sufjan Stevens or Joanna Newsom albums in full which is pretty criminal given how well they've been received. Will get round to it at some point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotThePars Posted December 10, 2015 Author Share Posted December 10, 2015 Justin Bieber's owned the year with Sorry and Where Are Ü Now tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stm Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 No order whatsoever, Lord Huron - Strange Trails Screaming Females - Rose Mountain CHVRCHES - Every Open Eye Telekinesis - Ad Infinitum Death Cab For Cutie - Kintsugi Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell Faith No More - Sol Invictus Madison Ward and the Mama Bear - Skeleton Crew PWR BTTM - Ugly Cherries Chastity Belt - Time To Go Home Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Nooka Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 No order whatsoever, Lord Huron - Strange Trails Screaming Females - Rose Mountain CHVRCHES - Every Open Eye Telekinesis - Ad Infinitum Death Cab For Cutie - Kintsugi Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell Faith No More - Sol Invictus Madison Ward and the Mama Bear - Skeleton Crew PWR BTTM - Ugly Cherries Chastity Belt - Time To Go Home Did you go to the DCFC gig at the Academy? The lassies from Chastity Belt were stood beside us a few times during Death Cabs set! I always find it surprising how easy it is to spot the support band in the crowd if they make an appearance, they stick out like a sore thumb......somehow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 The recent Charlatans album is just ghastly. Badly produced music for adverts. At least Tim Burgess - who seems like a thoroughly nice chap - isn't singing in a falsetto anymore. Joan Shelley's Over and Even is like accessible Joni Mitchell. You'll either love or hate the sound of that, or not care a bit. Grimes' Art Angles is kind of fun, but I'm guessing the producer is the same person who does Ms Mr. Autotune on everything. I don't remember it being that heavily used on her first records. Girlpool's Before the World Was Big seems quite interesting if entirely unoriginal.Dawes' All Your Favourite Bands is a bit of a return to form, despite the clunker of a title track. I'm still not sure what the point of Seth Avett's Elliott Smith covers album is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Malkmus Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 Grimes' Art Angles is kind of fun, but I'm guessing the producer is the same person who does Ms Mr. Autotune on everything. I don't remember it being that heavily used on her first records. She produces everything herself and as far as I know her vocals have been pitched up an octave on pretty much every song she's ever put out. The production/amount of sounds used is a bit crazy on this record though compared to her previous releases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
50/50 Winner Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 I'm surprised the Bill Ryder-Jones album hasn't featured on anyone's list (apart from mine that is) it's easily one of the best albums of 2015. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Nooka Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 I'm surprised the Bill Ryder-Jones album hasn't featured on anyone's list (apart from mine that is) it's easily one of the best albums of 2015. That's kind of how I feel about Clutch - Psychic Warfare. It's the best hard rock album I've heard in years, it is just an utterly brilliant record! Plus, is there anyone in music with a better beard than Neil Fallon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BallochSonsFan Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 I'm still not sure what the point of Seth Avett's Elliott Smith covers album is. It doesn't really need one. I've read complaints that only a couple of their songs are complete departures from the style of the Elliott Smith originals. I'm not sure that a covers record necessarily needs to re-interpret the songs being covered. The Cat Power covers records do to some extent (although her version of Red Apples by former beau Bill Callahan is exceptionally similar). I think they suit being recorded as stripped back sparse Americana - banjo, mandolin or lone guitar. Jessica Lea Mayfield's vocals certainly suit the tracks selected. All depends on what you want from a covers record - complete reinvention or sympathetic treatment. They've gone down the sympathetic treatment route and I reckon it works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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