PhoenixDark
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Tronic? Give me a break. Beats are great but he's a pedestrian rapper to put it nicely. And unlike Kanye he doesn't surround himself with great rappers (although Royce and Pharoche Monche have great appearances)
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Cokemachineglow.com Top 50 of 2008: For those who hated the Pitchfork list
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Not enough Frightened Rabbit love on this list.
Drowned in Sound's is still better.
The blog posted by Karma Kramer is definitely interesting. I downloaded the Hauschka CD through the Zune software and I think I like it. But this kinda music is always a mood thing for me. I might listen to a few more tracks and then go back to the Animal Collective album or something.
Man, I love music so much.
Drowned in Sound's is still better.
The blog posted by Karma Kramer is definitely interesting. I downloaded the Hauschka CD through the Zune software and I think I like it. But this kinda music is always a mood thing for me. I might listen to a few more tracks and then go back to the Animal Collective album or something.
Man, I love music so much.
starchild excalibur
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I've found that I tend to prefer the "dubstep" that dubstep purists tend to scoff at (London Zoo, Untrue, etc) and find some of the more critically acclaimed Dubstep musicians (Benga, Skream, etc) boring as fuck.
Call it what you want, but I still think London Zoo was one of the best albums of any genre this year.
Call it what you want, but I still think London Zoo was one of the best albums of any genre this year.
DeathbyVolcano
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Hitman said:
That to me is the most overrated album of the year, to be honest, along with the Carter III. I think the former is good, sure, but no where near top ten quality stuff.
Timber said:
i can see lydia lunch comparison but unlike her, she's very confrontational live which is meant to be some form of therapy to counter her anti-social behavior. she also knows how to sing and play her instrument... but style, defiantly.
also, carla bozulich has been releasing albums under her own name since 2003. she took her new alias from an album she released in 2006 titled evangelista. if you like hello voyager, you might love this.
Patrick Bateman
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BrandNew said:
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Dear Science sucks so much.
PhoenixDark
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zon said:
How is that bullshit? His flow is weak, lyrically he's not great, and on a few occassions it sounds like Royce is ghostwriting his shit. And outside of the "listen to my story/struggle" tracks on the album he has nothing interesting to say at all.
Great producer, but at the end of the day he's another underground cat who can't write a song
PhoenixDark
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zon said:
Dunno if I'm over critical, I just find it odd that the album is receiving such praise. It just seems like many rapper producers aren't great rappers. Especially if they're great producers, they just often sound like they're filling up their beats instead of making interesting songs (Madlib and Dilla come to mind). I like Kanye's first two albums but he's definitely not a great rapper; he compensates with some witty/funny lines.
Lazy vs Crazy
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Mountain Goats finally made a list
Foreign Jackass
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Dear Science sucks, bla bla bla, GAF hype bla blaHitman said:
fuck all of you, this guy is right, Dear Science is one of the best records of the year.
Karma Kramer
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RSTEIN said:
It takes many many listens... I didn't like it much either at first... but now I think its fucking amazing.
Give it another chance.
PhoenixDark said:
I didn't even know it was recieving praise. :lol I usually don't care about reading reviews of music albums. And rapper producers should in general not step up to the mic but Black Milk is one of the few (that I've heard) that is capable of passing as a "real" rapper.
pjberri said:
Bill Dixon, now we're talking.
As for Turning Dragon its an amazing album, at first it was too mechanical but slowly the organic sounds reveal themselves. Clark really knows how to build tracks up to a fever pitch, especially with For Wolves Crew and Ache of the North.
Also I've never heard of these 'Fleet Foxes', I'll listen and be disappointed no doubt.
... oh and that Headphone Commute list was pretty remarkable, from the artists I recognised anyway.
Karma Kramer
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RSTEIN said:I've listened to it a lot
ZephyrFate
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Loving the Fleet Foxes love... they are quite amazing. Cokemachineglow put it best, saying their music was "universal." And that their debut album was a classic rock album.
*relaxes to Blue Ridge Mountains, the best song of 2008*...
*relaxes to Blue Ridge Mountains, the best song of 2008*...
ZephyrFate
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I love when opinions are misconstrued as facts.QVT said:
Listened to this for the first time last week and have been addicted ever since. Quickly bought their previous 3 albums as well. Ladytron is fucking awesome.Dan said:
You're looking at the wrong kind of lists.Hooker said:CTRL + F > Mars Volta > no results
The Bedlam in Goliath is fucking AWESOME!! My album of the year...
DeathbyVolcano
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People actually think Fleet Foxes is bad? Shit no. It's great Americana music, something that hasn't been done well for a while, I think.
Don't know if its best of the year though.
Don't know if its best of the year though.
BrandNew said:
It doesn't sound anything like Americana to me. I'd look at Brown Bird if you wanted an Americana album that came out last year. Bit dark.
I think a lot of people only listen to Mykonos and think hey this band is awesome and then they hear the rest of it and are bitterly, bitterly disappointed. And even Mykonos is nothing Americana.
ZephyrFate
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Are you... serious? Every other song besides Mykonos is bad? What? So, wow, you even hate English House, Blue Ridge Mountains, Quiet Houses?QVT said:
Quite the minority opinion.
Karma Kramer
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BrandNew said:
Fleet Foxes is just dull. Its not bad... its just boring and safe.
The album will not age well in my opinion, the only thing that might save it for some of you is a bit of nostalgia.
Witchfinder General
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I wish Metal sites would put up their top 50 for their year. That way I can systematically go through and pick up what I missed out on this year.
Karma Kramer
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ZephyrFate said:
Considering I have heard the album a number of times and own it on LP... I can't even put the music to those names. The songs all sound way too similar for me to be able to differentiate them.
And thats their problem. No contrast.
ZephyrFate
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*shrugs* I guess our tastes differ. I can tell the difference between each song on the album quite easily...Karma Kramer said:
But w/e, to each his own and all that jazz.
DeathbyVolcano
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I don't know, I think while calling it dull, you might as well just label the entire genre as dull. Fleet Foxes accomplished quite a bit with that album, In my opinion, and that was to create a very full, functional yet powerful new generation Americana album.
And to be honest, I LIKE the fact that some of the songs have similar themes and hooks, it unites the album for me. I would be disappointed by it if it just felt like a mash up of folk songs.
And to be honest, I LIKE the fact that some of the songs have similar themes and hooks, it unites the album for me. I would be disappointed by it if it just felt like a mash up of folk songs.
muttyeah416
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don't be an ass.Haruspex said:
really, why do people make judgement before they even hear an album?
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