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HiResDes · Nov 30, 2013

Complex Shadow said:
hey des can you help out someone who doesn't know where to start with electronic and is too lazy to do any research?

i kinda liked ram...i guess. didnt listen to vamp weekend yet so.... help?

Top Twenty Electronic Albums For Me:

Calibre - Spill/Sample
Axel Bowman - Family Vacation/Sample
Jezzy Lanza - Pull My Hair Back/Sample
Oneohtrix Point Never - R Plus Seven/Sample
Stave - Reform/Sample
Octo Octa - Between Two Selves/Sample
Braids - Flourish // Perish/Sample
Fuck Buttons - Slow Focus/Sample
Lucrecia Dalt - Syzygy/Sample
Desto - Emptier Streets/Sample
The-Drum - Contact/Sample
Jon Hopkins - Immunity/Sample
Lil Jabba - Scales/Sample
Eric Dingus - Subliminal Innocence/Sample
Mount Kimbie - Cold Spring Fault Less Youth/Sample
Holden - The Inheritors/Sample
Segue - Pacifica/Sample
Dobie - We Will Not Harm You/Sample
Bonobo - The North Borders/Sample
Contact Lens - Euro to Dollar/Sample

...Boards of Canada is still growing on me, and yes I think Lil Jabba > DJ Rashad

Servbot24 · Nov 30, 2013

Had a listen to that Dalt the other day, was quite impressed

The Interrobanger · Nov 30, 2013

Servbot24 said:
Last year my list featured Carly Rae Jepsen and Ke$ha in the top 10 so no one should necessarily be listening to me btw.

Beautiful Rewind was fine and all, Four Tet is just the definition of a 6 out of 10 artist. He shoots to be the common denominator of scarf music and I guess he does it but how anyone could really care about that is a bit beyond me.

Pause and Rounds are 2 of the best albums of all time in my opinion. Four Tet hasn't really done much but tread water since Ringer in 2008 but before that the dude was in a league of his own.

GremlinFool · Nov 30, 2013

"Electronica" is not a genre. This ridiculous neologism needs to be retired permanently.

It's also been a pretty wonderful year for electronic music. In particular, there's been a series of stellar synth-based ambient and deep house albums released this year, not to mention the nearly endless supply of catchy electro-pop albums. There was also, of course, the unclassifiable and incomparable Shaking the Habitual from this year.

I'll post a proper list later on, but I just wanted to counteract some of the more inane commentary from the peanut gallery in this thread.

Thursday War · Nov 30, 2013

DominoKid said:
i'll probably change this at some point but this is the list for now.

1 | Kanye West | Yeezus
2 | The Weeknd | Kiss Land
3 | Justice | Access All Arenas
4 | Justin Timberlake | The 20/20 Experience Pt 1
5 | Drake | Nothing Was The Same
6 | Pusha T | My Name Is My Name
7 | Empire of the Sun | Ice on the Dune
8 | Daft Punk | Random Access Memories
9 | PartyNextDoor | PartyNextDoor
10 | Gesaffelstein | Aleph

i like you

The Interrobanger · Nov 30, 2013

Complex Shadow said:
hey des can you help out someone who doesn't know where to start with electronic and is too lazy to do any research?

i kinda liked ram...i guess. didnt listen to vamp weekend yet so.... help?

My list is almost entirely electronic, so there's at least 50 you can check out.

gloomy · Nov 30, 2013

Red Comet · Nov 30, 2013

pizza dog · Nov 30, 2013

1 | Mikal Cronin | MCII
2 | Kanye West | Yeezus

...

All others.

thabiz · Nov 30, 2013

The List

Ros8105 · Nov 30, 2013

Incandenza · Nov 30, 2013

Jackben · Nov 30, 2013

Phoenix was probably my biggest disappointment this year. I just didn't connect with Bankrupt at all and really dislike Entertainment. Love the guys though and still on the lookout to see what they come out with next.

Vanillalite · Nov 30, 2013

Jackben said:
Phoenix was probably my biggest disappointment this year. I just didn't connect with Bankrupt at all and really dislike Entertainment. Love the guys though and still on the lookout to see what they come out with next.

Gotta agree. Just didn't connect with the album either.

Where as RAM didn't live up to the hype I still sorta liked. Bankrupt hardly got any listens period post release week.

turnbuckle · Dec 1, 2013

Would love to have a spotify playlist of these albums. I don't know where I'd rank what I've listened to this year, but these threads always expose me to old or new artists and albums from artists I like that didn't know released new material.

Linius · Dec 1, 2013

~Devil Trigger~ · Dec 1, 2013

1- Joey Ba$$ - Summer Knights ... Because king

2- Chance the Rapper - Acid Rap; ...Because pusha man

3- Stone Sour House Of Gold And Bones Part 2 ; Because...

4- Janelle Monae - The Electric Lady ...Because its an experience

5- Ellie Goulding - Halcyon Days ....Because control

6- Killah Priest - The Psychic World Of Walter Reed ....Because dat Park ....Or dat power

7- CHVRCHES - Bones of what you Believe .....Because Gun

8- El-P & Killa Mike - Run The Jewels Because dat Chain

9- Daft Punk - Random Access Memories ......Because, Touch

10- The Foreign Exchange - Love In Flying Colors; .....Because its Home

11- Juicy J - Stay Trippy ....Because Strippers

12- Black Milk - No Poison No Paradise, ....Because its Sunday

13-Mac Miller - Watching Movies With the Sound Off , .....Because who da fuck is Mac Miller

14- Goodie Mob - Age Against The Machine ....Because, drrty

15- Cut Copy - Free Your Mind .....Because I'll HOUSE you!!

Fjordson · Dec 1, 2013

thabiz said:
The List

Nice list. No Poison No Paradise will definitely be on my list, and possibly Ka and FaltyDL as well.

Futureman · Dec 1, 2013

any suggestions on good rock records from this year? Last year I liked Screaming Females, Cloud Nothings, Titus Andronicus, Joyce Manor.

already listened to Mikal Cronin and love the Thee Oh Sees.

Snuggles · Dec 1, 2013

Futureman said:
any suggestions on good rock records from this year? Last year I liked Screaming Females, Cloud Nothings, Titus Andronicus, Joyce Manor.

already listened to Mikal Cronin and love the Thee Oh Sees.

Check out Kurt Vile and True Widow for sure. I really liked King Krule's record too, haven't seen much of it in here.

HiResDes · Dec 2, 2013

I second the Kurt Vile and True Widow recs and would also recommend:

Foxygen - We Are The 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace
Buke & Gase - General Dome
King Khan & The Shrines - Idle No More
Pop. 1280 - Imps of Perversion
Sunbather - Deafheaven
Girls Names - A Second Skin
Iceage - You're Nothing
Speedy Ortiz - Major Arcana
John Grant - Pale Green Ghosts
Youth Lagoon - Wondrous Bughouse
Doldrums - Lesser Evil
Ty Segall - Sleeper

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lamaroo · Dec 2, 2013

Futureman said:
any suggestions on good rock records from this year? Last year I liked Screaming Females, Cloud Nothings, Titus Andronicus, Joyce Manor.

already listened to Mikal Cronin and love the Thee Oh Sees.

Dinosaur Bones - Shaky Dream

The Julie Ruin - Run Fast

Final Boss · Dec 2, 2013

1. Vampire Weekend - Modern City
2. Drake - Nothing Was the Same
3. Daft Punk - RAM
4. Pusha T - My Name is My Name
5. Kanye West - Yeezus
6. Weeknd - Kissland
7. Janelle Monae - Electric Lady

Galang · Dec 2, 2013

Futureman · Dec 2, 2013

Good post above Pickles.

I like the original "I Am the Lion King" better as it's more rocking.

and I take much offense to your VW comments! First record is so fun, don't overthink it...

Servbot24 · Dec 2, 2013

Galang said:
01 | M.I.A. | Matangi

yusssssss

Partition · Dec 2, 2013

sk3 · Dec 3, 2013

ARTPOP said:
03 | Charli XCX | True Romance

Nice. From the bits I listened to it is good, unfortunately haven't spent enough time with it to give a solid opinion though.

To all ya'll saying Halcyon Days, you know thats a re-release and does not qualify right?

overcast · Dec 3, 2013

Weeknd's album is among my most disappointing releases of the year.

SuperHans · Dec 3, 2013

01 | Villagers | Awayland

gabbo · Dec 3, 2013

botty · Dec 3, 2013

1 30 Seconds To Mars - Love Lust Faith + Dreams

2 HAIM - Days Are Gone

3 Phoenix - Bankrupt!

4 Drake - Nothing Was The Same

5 AlunaGeorge - Body Music

Divius · Dec 3, 2013

Pickles the Firecat said:
9 | Iamamiwhoami | Bounty

However pretentious the shit around her music might be, you can’t change two things: those synths. Those bass lines. Mmmmm.

U-2, Y

What.

What,

WHAT

Kin was one of my favorites from last year, I did not even know there was a new album coming out let stand that is is out already. Jeez.

edit: I really like the albums on your list Pickles, at least the ones I know. Will check out the others.

snesfanboy · Dec 3, 2013

incidentally, i've only bought 10 CD's this year, so here goes

1. Arcade Fire | Reflektor
2. David Bowie | The Next Day
3. The National | Trouble Will Find Me
4. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds | Push The Sky Away
5. Vampire Weekend | Modern Vampires Of The City
6. Editors | The Weight Of Your Love
7. Lloyd Cole | Standards
8. Steven Wilson | The Raven That Refused To Sing
9. Eels | Wonderful, Glorious
10. British Sea Power | Machineries Of Joy

nr 1 is fixed, 2 and 3 could be switched around

JPodz · Dec 3, 2013

pizza dog said:
1 | Mikal Cronin | MCII
2 | Kanye West | Yeezus

...

All others.

Yeah buddy!

Skid 4 Dead · Dec 3, 2013

Since i don't believe it's on one persons list in this thread i'm going to go ahead and say
Oddfellows by Tomahawk.

parasight · Dec 3, 2013

Pickles the Firecat · Dec 4, 2013

Divius said:
What.

What,

WHAT

Kin was one of my favorites from last year, I did not even know there was a new album coming out let stand that is is out already. Jeez.

edit: I really like the albums on your list Pickles, at least the ones I know. Will check out the others.

Ah, what Bounty counts as is kinda weird. Most of the tracks on it have been around for like three or four years, they're singles that were always meant to end up as Bounty the album but were just recently put together. There's a good chance you've heard most of the record already. I've been wearing Y out for like three years already. Just finally got a physical release. It's easy to have missed.

Kin was no joke, Play is an AMAZING ass track. God tier, would take on a desert island level amazing. Best thing she's ever done. I don't even know how a person wakes up in the morning and goes to work on shit knowing they have to live up to a track like Play.

SecretMoblin · Dec 4, 2013

If you enjoyed iamamiwhoami's bounty, it's absolutely worth checking out her concert/performance reimagining of it, To Whom It May Concern. It has a bunch of different mixes of the songs.

Gustav · Dec 4, 2013

I'm still in the process of finding "new" records. This thread helps me a lot.

Jackben · Dec 4, 2013

28 Posts Later said:
02 | Radical Face | The Family Tree: The Branches

Wow these lyrics are brilliant. The sound also reminds me of something I can't quite put my finger on but it feels very nostalgic and heartfelt. Thanks for posting this I never would have found them otherwise.

Muck Da Duck · Dec 6, 2013

Grakl · Dec 6, 2013

Is Run the Jewels' artist name Killer Mike & El-P or Run the Jewels? Does it matter?

Snuggles · Dec 6, 2013

They go by Run the Jewels.

Grakl · Dec 6, 2013

Snuggles said:
They go by Run the Jewels.

Figured, just saw people use either so I wasn't sure. Thanks!

HiResDes · Dec 6, 2013

Hosting a 2013 Plug.Dj event again, be there or be square.

(Trying to recap all the best shit released this year, only 2013 plays will be allowed, but all genres welcome!)

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