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Pitchfork Media: The 50 Best Albums of 2008

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Meliorism

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Drowned in Sound's list is better (mainly because of #2):

1. M83 Saturdays=Youth (Review / Interview)
2. Frightened Rabbit The Midnight Organ Fight (Review / Interview)
3. Cut Copy In Ghost Colours (Review)
4. Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds DIG, LAZARUS, DIG!!! (Review / Interview)
5. Deerhunter Microcastle (Review / Interview)
6. Portishead Third (Review / Interview 1 | 2)
7. Why? Alopecia (Review / Interview)
8. Friendly Fires Friendly Fires (Review / Track-by-Track / Interview)
9. The Kills Midnight Boom (Review / Interview)
10. Bon Iver For Emma, Forever Ago (Review / Interview)
11. Fuck Buttons Street Horrrsing (Review / Interview / Tour Diary)
12. Foals Antidotes (Review / Interview)
13. Gang Gang Dance Saint Dymphna (Review / Interview)
14. Elbow The Seldom Seen Kid (Review / Interview)
15. Crystal Castles Crystal Castles (Review)
16. Shearwater Rook (Review/ Track-by-Track)
17. Sigur Rós Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust (Review)
18. Of Montreal Skeletal Lamping (Review)
19. Los Campesinos! Hold On Now, Youngster (Review) / We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed (Review)
20. These New Puritans Beat Pyramid (Review / Interview)
21. No Age Nouns (Review / Track-by-Track)
22. Santogold Santogold (Review / Interview)
23. Nine Inch Nails The Slip (Review)
24. Okkervil River The Stand Ins (Review / Interview 1 / 2)
25. Late Of The Pier Fantasy Black Channel (Review / Track-by-Track)
26. Hauschka Ferndorf (Review)
27. TV On The Radio Dear Science (Review)
28. MGMT Oracular Spectacular (Review / Interview)
29. Wild Beasts Limbo, Panto (Review / Interview 1 / 2)
30. Atlas Sound Let The Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Feel (Review / Interview)
31. White Williams Smoke (Review)
32. The Stills Oceans Will Rise (Review)
33. Mogwai The Hawk Is Howling (Review / Interview)
34. Vampire Weekend Vampire Weekend (Review)
35. The Futureheads This Is Not The World ( Review / Track-by-Track)
36. Bloc Party Intimacy (Review)
37. The Raveonettes Lust, Lust, Lust (Review)
38. Johnny Foreigner Waited Up 'Til It Was Light (Review / Track-by-Track)
39. El Guincho Alegranza (Review)
40. Metronomy Nights Out (Review)
41. Lykke Li Youth Novels (Review / Interview)
42. Islands Arms Way (Review)
43. British Sea Power Do You Like Rock Music? (Review/ Interview)
44. Fucked Up The Chemistry of Common Life (Review)
45. Fleet Foxes Fleet Foxes (Review / Interview)
46. Blood Red Shoes Box Of Secrets (Review / Track-by-Track)
47. Rolo Tomassi Hysterics (Review/ Interview)
48. Times New Viking Rip It Off (Review / Interview)
49. Diamanda Galas Guilty Guilty Guilty (Review)
50. I Was A Cub Scout I Want You To Know That There Is Always Hope (Review / Interview)
 
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KilgoreTrout

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theBishop said:
The first half is solid, although less charming than the debut. The 2nd half is aimless, but hints at possible new directions for a (hopefully stronger) followup. I get the sense that Spencer Krug's heart is now firmly with Sunset Rubdown. While Krug songs were highlights on Apologies, Dan Boeckner shines this time.
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I agree. I wrote a review for that album... After California Dreamer, all is downhill for that album.

Krugs lyrics just aren't there either. Hopefully he's working on some amazing ones for Sunset Rubdown.
 
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Zilch

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All of these lists that people say are "better" consist primarily of the same albums in different orders. You turds. :lol
 
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theBishop

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LeonTrotskyTrout said:
I agree. I wrote a review for that album... After California Dreamer, all is downhill for that album.

Krugs lyrics just aren't there either. Hopefully he's working on some amazing ones for Sunset Rubdown.
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Definitely. I don't know what happens, but it really goes off the deep-end. As an EP, this would've been a very satisfying check-in for them.

I'm a little worried about Krug in general. The last Sunset Rubdown album was good, but it seems like he's crawling up his own ass a bit with grandiose pretentious rock operas. I'm all for artists branching out, but he seems to be slowly chipping away the things that make him an interesting songwriter.

Complexity != Creativity, as always.

But I am really impressed with Boenecker. He's had a chip on his shoulder for a while, but with songs like Soldier's Grin and Language City, he deserves his due. Then again, maybe it's presumptuous so assume singer = writer.
 
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theBishop

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ZephyrFate said:
And anyone who doesnt think Kanye's newest album deserves a spot on the top albums of the year doesn't know good music.
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I haven't listened to the whole thing, but as an electro-pop record, what I heard was pretty average. Compared to Neon Golden or Silent Shout, it's very bland. I like Late Registration as much as anyone, but I'm not going to automatically kiss the guy's ass for trying something different.
 
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genjiZERO

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ZephyrFate said:
And anyone who doesnt think Kanye's newest album deserves a spot on the top albums of the year doesn't know good music.
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If you like your hiphop to taste like a peppermint patty.

Glad to see respect going to Portishead. I feel like they've been overlooked as of late for more accessible and commercial music.
 
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Calcaneus

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ZephyrFate said:
And anyone who doesnt think Kanye's newest album deserves a spot on the top albums of the year doesn't know good music.
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Then I'm happy to say that I don't know shit about good music.
 
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ZephyrFate

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genjiZERO said:
If you like your hiphop to taste like a peppermint patty.

Glad to see respect going to Portishead. I feel like they've been overlooked as of late for more accessible and commercial music.
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I'm not a big hip-hop buff myself but the fact that Kanye was willing to blend other genres and make his stuff more accessible is a good thing.

Also, I was being half-serious with my comment. It's a love-it-or-hate-it album at its core.
 
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Karma Kramer

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Dr. Strangelove said:
808s and Heartbreak is not a hip-hop album. It has elements, but overall-- no.
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Thank you, if I wasn't on my phone right now I would have a million things to say to someone who thinks one doesn't know what good music is if you don't think 808 should be in contention for best albums of the year.
 
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StriKeVillain

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Nihilism said:
Drowned in Sound's list is better (mainly because of #2):

1. M83 Saturdays=Youth (Review / Interview)
2. Frightened Rabbit The Midnight Organ Fight (Review / Interview)
3. Cut Copy In Ghost Colours (Review)
4. Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds DIG, LAZARUS, DIG!!! (Review / Interview)
5. Deerhunter Microcastle (Review / Interview)
6. Portishead Third (Review / Interview 1 | 2)
7. Why? Alopecia (Review / Interview)
8. Friendly Fires Friendly Fires (Review / Track-by-Track / Interview)
9. The Kills Midnight Boom (Review / Interview)
10. Bon Iver For Emma, Forever Ago (Review / Interview)
11. Fuck Buttons Street Horrrsing (Review / Interview / Tour Diary)
12. Foals Antidotes (Review / Interview)
13. Gang Gang Dance Saint Dymphna (Review / Interview)
14. Elbow The Seldom Seen Kid (Review / Interview)
15. Crystal Castles Crystal Castles (Review)
16. Shearwater Rook (Review/ Track-by-Track)
17. Sigur Rós Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust (Review)
18. Of Montreal Skeletal Lamping (Review)
19. Los Campesinos! Hold On Now, Youngster (Review) / We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed (Review)
20. These New Puritans Beat Pyramid (Review / Interview)
21. No Age Nouns (Review / Track-by-Track)
22. Santogold Santogold (Review / Interview)
23. Nine Inch Nails The Slip (Review)
24. Okkervil River The Stand Ins (Review / Interview 1 / 2)
25. Late Of The Pier Fantasy Black Channel (Review / Track-by-Track)
26. Hauschka Ferndorf (Review)
27. TV On The Radio Dear Science (Review)
28. MGMT Oracular Spectacular (Review / Interview)
29. Wild Beasts Limbo, Panto (Review / Interview 1 / 2)
30. Atlas Sound Let The Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Feel (Review / Interview)
31. White Williams Smoke (Review)
32. The Stills Oceans Will Rise (Review)
33. Mogwai The Hawk Is Howling (Review / Interview)
34. Vampire Weekend Vampire Weekend (Review)
35. The Futureheads This Is Not The World ( Review / Track-by-Track)
36. Bloc Party Intimacy (Review)
37. The Raveonettes Lust, Lust, Lust (Review)
38. Johnny Foreigner Waited Up 'Til It Was Light (Review / Track-by-Track)
39. El Guincho Alegranza (Review)
40. Metronomy Nights Out (Review)
41. Lykke Li Youth Novels (Review / Interview)
42. Islands Arms Way (Review)
43. British Sea Power Do You Like Rock Music? (Review/ Interview)
44. Fucked Up The Chemistry of Common Life (Review)
45. Fleet Foxes Fleet Foxes (Review / Interview)
46. Blood Red Shoes Box Of Secrets (Review / Track-by-Track)
47. Rolo Tomassi Hysterics (Review/ Interview)
48. Times New Viking Rip It Off (Review / Interview)
49. Diamanda Galas Guilty Guilty Guilty (Review)
50. I Was A Cub Scout I Want You To Know That There Is Always Hope (Review / Interview)
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...And that just discredited the whole list. :lol
 
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Mutagenic

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I cannot for the life of me understand how people continue to downplay others' musical tastes. Music is one of the most subjective topics, and here we have users calling out others for not sharing the exact same tastes as them.

PowderedToast said:
OK here's my end of year list, guys.

1. Grouper - Dragging A Dead Deer Up A Hill

That's the only record I've heard all year that I've enjoyed enough to remember. I don't pay much attention to new releases, one because it's difficult, and two because there's so much music that I still haven't heard that I don't have time for new stuff. It's also nice to discover relatively new releases by myself, oblivious of the hype attached to them. I dislike Pitchfork because it's bad writing. They basically encompass everything I dislike about the music journalism; the awful trends, hype trains, endless hyperboles etc.
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Great album and Liz is a fantastic person. Some of her new stuff she's collaborated with friends on sounds just as good.
 
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Truant

Member
Mutagenic said:
I cannot for the life of me understand how people continue to downplay others' musical tastes. Music is one of the most subjective topics, and here we have users calling out others for not sharing the exact same tastes as them.


Great album and Liz is a fantastic person. Some of her new stuff she's collaborated with friends on sounds just as good.
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Yet none of the flaming has to do with actual music taste.
 
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kitchenmotors

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Shaneus said:
Oh, I'm deadly fucking serious. Cut Copy's brand of music is imo incredibly generic and flat, and doesn't do much to differentiate itself from the other new-wave artists that are around at the moment (Juggernauts etc.).

The Presets however, are doing something that's different and incomparable to anyone else before them... CC, on the other hand, I could roll off about 5 or 6 acts from the last 25 years that they were clearly inspired by and didn't do much to improve on.

There's a reason why The Presets scooped the ARIA awards this year!
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:lol You sound like the douche bag who was in front of me at the Cut Copy/Presets show. He was pissed The Presets were opening and when Cut Copy came on and everyone started dancing, he just stood there, grumpy and left with his friends. I don't understand the whole Cut Copy vs. The Presets thing, because I've seen it before where Presets fans hate on CC. Whatever, they each do their own thing and are great at it.
 
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Star Power

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Only ones I care for:

45. Lykke Li - Youth Novels
28. Flying Lotus - Los Angeles
22. Santogold - Santogold
21. Kanye West - 808s and Heartbreak
13. Erykah Badu - New Amerykah Part One (4th World War) MY #1
9. Hercules and Love Affair - Hercules and Love Affair
6. TV on the Radio - Dear Science
2. Portishead - Third
 
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Karma Kramer

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Mutagenic said:
I cannot for the life of me understand how people continue to downplay others' musical tastes. Music is one of the most subjective topics, and here we have users calling out others for not sharing the exact same tastes as them.
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This is what I hate most.

I hate when people hide behind the argument that music is subjective. Yes everyone enjoys different types of music... but just like with any other medium (films, books, video games) it can be critiqued... and critiqued accurately.

What is most enjoyed doesn't mean its the best. Popularity comes down to marketing, money, and image. Music isn't about any of those things.

I don't criticize people for the music they listen to. I judge them sure, but I usually keep those thoughts to myself. There really is no point in trying to "convert" someone else into appreciating your own musical tastes, because the music you listen to should be something you own. Something that you have discovered for yourself.

So I don't like getting into these discussions on taste levels etc. But that doesn't mean my outlook towards mainstream music is indifferent or uncaring, because thats completely the opposite.

In this age of digital download we are seeing the steady and slow decline of albums, because people no longer have to buy a cd, record, tape etc... Instead they can pick and choose their favorite tracks and just leave it at that... Artists looking for mainstream success can no longer concern themselves with creating great albums, but instead focus more on creating great singles.

Music is a very important part of my life... and as long as I have access to buy records and go to concerts of the bands/artists I enjoy listening to, then I am happy. But I see those days slowly melting away.

Kayne West's album may have some significance in the sense that it is very personal. But in my opinion, its really all about marketing, money, and image (ego).

And I am sorry but for someone to say, I don't know what good music is, because I don't think 808 is very good... well all I have to say is that you are simply ignorant. I essentially spend hours of my day shifting through blogs, sites, etc... looking for music. I've dedicated a lot of my life to music. And yeah if I made a playlist of my favorite tracks or gave you some of my favorite albums, you probably wouldn't like a lot of it... but in my opinion thats probably because you don't understand it. You don't have the same history as me, and you don't have the palette to grasp why its good.

Just like with any medium, there are critics. And although critics don't get everything right, their experience with the subject matter makes their opinion greater in my opinion.

People like to eat McDonalds all the time... but if the worlds most amazing chef came up to and told you that McDonald's food is the worst food ever... would you think he is wrong? I don't think I would... I wouldn't believe him in a second... but because I understand how good he is at what he does... I would at least be open with the concept that he has a chance of being right.

Music is all about opening yourself to new things. And yes we all are different so no one person has the answer... but there is a shade of grey that is typically correct, and Pitchfork is in that shade of grey most of the time.

And I am thankful for them for that. But I fully realize that in the end, the best music is the music that I myself search out and own.

wow this was a fucking long ass post... sorry about that... I didn't check grammar or anything so pardon if somethings make absolutely no sense. I probably am coming off as pretentious dickwad... but whatever... its what I believe.
 
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ZephyrFate

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I rescind my earlier statement and apologize for that harsh judgment.

I realize people may not like 808s, and I respect that. I enjoy it, and I'm looking forward to him going back to his regular style with Good Ass Job.

I, too, love Pitchfork. I actually got into Erykah Badu just now because I saw their Top 50 list.

Sorry again. :(
 
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reilo

learning some important life lessons from magical Negroes
Alright, so these are the albums off that list I gave a shot listening to:

Fleet Foxes - Sun Giant
TV on the Radio - Dear Science
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Dig, Lazarus, Dig
M83 - Saturday's Youth

Of those four albums, the only two that stood out were Dear Science and Saturday's Youth.

In fact, I think M83's album is brilliant.

Fleet Foxes, on the other hand, bored me to all mighty hell. It felt like I was listening to the same song over, and over, and over again. There was little to no diversity nor musical progression and the style of the music wasn't that interesting to begin with.

I wanted to like Dig, Lazarus, Dig, but I just couldn't overcome the talk-singing vocals, and the second half of the album didn't hold my attention.

From the small selection I listened to, how Fleet Foxes made number one I have no idea. It's just a downright forgettable album.
 
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StriKeVillain

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reilo said:
Alright, so these are the albums off that list I gave a shot listening to:

Fleet Foxes - Sun Giant
TV on the Radio - Dear Science
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Dig, Lazarus, Dig
M83 - Saturday's Youth

Of those four albums, the only two that stood out were Dear Science and Saturday's Youth.

In fact, I think M83's album is brilliant.

Fleet Foxes, on the other hand, bored me to all mighty hell. It felt like I was listening to the same song over, and over, and over again. There was little to no diversity nor musical progression and the style of the music wasn't that interesting to begin with.

I wanted to like Dig, Lazarus, Dig, but I just couldn't overcome the talk-singing vocals, and the second half of the album didn't hold my attention.

From the small selection I listened to, how Fleet Foxes made number one I have no idea. It's just a downright forgettable album.
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You have heard Cut Copy's In Ghost Colours though right? If not, go and have a listen please.
 
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reilo

learning some important life lessons from magical Negroes
striKeVillain! said:
You have heard Cut Copy's In Ghost Colours though right? If not, go and have a listen please.
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I'll give it a try.
 
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reilo

learning some important life lessons from magical Negroes
striKeVillain! said:
You have heard Cut Copy's In Ghost Colours though right? If not, go and have a listen please.
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Oh wow. I'm really liking this. Almost done with the album and it's just fun as shit to listen to.
 
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Vicious

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reilo said:
Fleet Foxes, on the other hand, bored me to all mighty hell. It felt like I was listening to the same song over, and over, and over again. There was little to no diversity nor musical progression and the style of the music wasn't that interesting to begin with.
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I listened to the Fleet Foxes album earlier this year, thought it was boring, and didn't think about it again for months. Then around September I was bored one day and listened to it again, and loved just about every song. It's now my favorite of the year.

Screwy.
 
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Flynn

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reilo said:
Fleet Foxes, on the other hand, bored me to all mighty hell. It felt like I was listening to the same song over, and over, and over again. There was little to no diversity nor musical progression and the style of the music wasn't that interesting to begin with.
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These kinds of records tend to find a consensus because of their inoffensive nature. I understand why people like them, because they're frequently beautiful, smartly written and what not, but along with The National, New Pornographers, Vampire Weekend and any number of critics faves -- they kind of bore me to tears.

The good news is that many lists, Pitchfork included, tend to fill out the rest of their space with stuff that's more experimental or just plain noisy.
 
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Karma Kramer

Banned
Flynn said:
These kinds of records tend to find a consensus because of their inoffensive nature. I understand why people like them, because they're frequently beautiful, smartly written and what not, but along with The National, New Pornographers, Vampire Weekend and any number of critics faves -- they kind of bore me to tears.

The good news is that many lists, Pitchfork included, tend to fill out the rest of their space with stuff that's more experimental or just plain noisy.
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Completely agree.

Probably why most pop music has little appeal with me. I can see why people enjoy it... but its just so dull most of the time.
 
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vatstep

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Flynn said:
These kinds of records tend to find a consensus because of their inoffensive nature. I understand why people like them, because they're frequently beautiful, smartly written and what not, but along with The National, New Pornographers, Vampire Weekend and any number of critics faves -- they kind of bore me to tears.
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This is exactly how I feel. There was a short period of time years ago that I loved stuff like this, but I just really can't stand it anymore. I can see why some people like it, but it's just not for me.
 
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reilo

learning some important life lessons from magical Negroes
I honestly expected GAF to call me a simpleton and go all elitist on my ass, but good to see that I'm not alone in my sentiment.
 
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StriKeVillain

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sazabirules said:
What's wrong with Bloc Party?
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Nothing wrong with Bloc Party the band. Silent Alarm is one the best albums of the past 10 years and I am also a fan of Weekend. Intimacy was just a waste of their talent and a gross disgrace to their previous two albums. I felt so sad listening to Intimacy and seeing the magic from their first two albums completely non-existent.
 
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Flynn

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vatstep said:
This is exactly how I feel. There was a short period of time years ago that I loved stuff like this, but I just really can't stand it anymore. I can see why some people like it, but it's just not for me.
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Thing is sometimes this attitude gets the best of me. I'll dismiss something as boring after one listen and miss some subtleties or deep tracks, then come to appreciate them later on. I think that was my experience with MGMT. Still, I'm not crazy about them, but there's enough going on that I don't skip them when they pop up on my iPod.

The thing that bums me out about this stuff is that lots of public radio stations with contemporary music, like KCRW and The Current, are creating a kind of format around this stuff. I call it "Indie Easy Listening."
 
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pakkit

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Flynn said:
The thing that bums me out about this stuff is that lots of public radio stations with contemporary music, like KCRW and The Current, are creating a kind of format around this stuff. I call it "Indie Easy Listening."
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They're stealing it from college radio stations. I'm almost done with my personal list.

I really don't get the new Kanye. Most of the beats are pretty well done, but people who are calling his MCing weak and then hailing this album? These lyrics have a lot of his worst lines. To each their own.
 
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Flynn

Member
pakkit said:
They're stealing it from college radio stations. I'm almost done with my personal list.

I really don't get the new Kanye. Most of the beats are pretty well done, but people who are calling his MCing weak and then hailing this album? These lyrics have a lot of his worst lines. To each their own.
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Well, in the case of KCRW they ARE a college radio station -- one that hasn't allowed a student behind the mixing board in decades.
 
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pakkit

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My List:

RIYD - Recommended if you dig

1. The Tallest Man On Earth - Shallow Graves
RIYD: Great folk, Old Bob Dylan
2. Why? - Alopecia
3. Grampall Jookabox - Ropechain
RIYD: Buck 65, Mutations-era-Beck, Nick Cave, and Ween all having sex.
4. Brazilian Girls - New York City
5. Mason Proper - Olly Oxen Free
RIYD: Band of Horses if they were poppier.
6. Frightened Rabbit - The Midnight Organ Fight
7. The Raveonettes - Lust Lust Lust
8. Lykke Li - Youth Novels
9. Yoome - The Boredom of Me
RIYD: Poetry over barebones electronica beats. What a Saul Williams album should be.
10. Mystery Jets - 21
RIYD: Great brit-pop.

11. Rafter - Sweaty Magic EP
RIYD: Of Montreal, Midnight Vultures-era-Beck
12. Gang Gang Dance - Saint Dymphna
13. Jim Noir - Jim Noir
14. Common Market - Tobacco Road
RIYD:
15. Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours
16. Parenthetical Girls - Entanglements
RIYD: Final Fantasy, Devotchka and Andrew Bird having sex.
17. Jamie Lidell - Jim
18. Gregory & The Hawk - Moenie and Kitchi
RIYD: Old Rilo Kiley.
19. Childish Gambino - Sick Boi
RIYD: Lil Wayne over Cool Kid's beats.
20. Telepathique - Last Time On Earth
RIYD: CSS, Os Mutantes, singer from Brazilian Girls, and LCD Soundsystem having sex.

21. The Knux - Remind Me In 3 Days...
RIYD: The Coup rapping over guitar-inspired electronica music.
22. The Dodos - Visiter
23. Johann Johannson - Fordlandia
RIYD: The greatest movie never made.
24. Dengue Fever - Venus On Earth
RIYD: Cambodian rock.
25. Plump DJs - Headthrash
RIYD: A good Basement Jaxx CD with some euro-flavor.
26. Portishead - Third
RIYD: I'll just take this opportunity to urge you to listen to Elsiane's "Hybrid."
27. Gregor Samsa - Rest
RIYD: Chicken Noodle Soup for the Soul.
28. French Kicks - Swimming
RIYD: Fleet Foxes' vocals over indie pop.
29. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
30. The Rosebuds - Lifelike
RIYD: Stars minus production values and plus a lot more live instruments.

31. Wale - The Mixtape About Nothing
RIYD: Go-Go. 100 Miles and Running, his last great mixtape.
32. Love Is All - A Hundred Things Keep Me Up At Night
33. TV on the Radio - Dear Science
34. Koufax - Strugglers
RIYD: The best album art ever. Great indie pop.
35. Walter Meego - Voyager
RIYD: Smashing Pumpkins' vocalist if he was electronica (and obsessively loved Daft Punk)
36. Hercules and Love Affair - Hercules And Love Affair
37. Santogold - Santogold
38. Black Mountain - In The Future
39. Ladyhawke - Ladyhawke
RIYD: The best thing to come out of NZ since Flight of the Conchords.
40. Cadence Weapon - Afterparty Babies

41. Alphabeat - This Is Alphabeat
RIYD: Radio pop that unmercifully gets stuck in your head.
42. Kleerup - Kleerup
RIYD: Apparat
43. The Walkmen - You & Me
44. Samamidon - All Is Well
RIYD: Americana Folk.
45. Gnarls Barkley - The Odd Couple
46. Benji Hughes - A Love Extreme
RIYD: All Becks.
47. Metaform - Standing on the Shoulders of Giants
48. The Horror The Horror - Wired Boy Child
RIYD: Indie rock bands with repeating names.
49. Sebastien Tellier - Sexuality
RIYD: Serge Gainsbourg
50. Jay-Z & Marvin Gaye - Brooklyn Soul
RIYD: The Grey Album
 
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theBishop

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Mutagenic said:
I cannot for the life of me understand how people continue to downplay others' musical tastes. Music is one of the most subjective topics, and here we have users calling out others for not sharing the exact same tastes as them.

Great album and Liz is a fantastic person. Some of her new stuff she's collaborated with friends on sounds just as good.
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I'm not sure it is purely subjective. I know that sounds elitist or whatever, but I think there's something to it when you see everyone gravitate toward the same songs on a record. Why did "I'll Believe In Anything" hit a nerve and "Dinner Bells" did not? Why did everyone love "Atlas" but not so much "Bad Trails".

I'm not saying people are wrong for not appreciating something, but I don't think art is purely subjective either. I think some things are objectively bad.
 
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reilo

learning some important life lessons from magical Negroes
theBishop said:
Why did everyone love "Atlas" but not so much "Bad Trails".
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Battles sucks. Don't go lumping me into that "everyone" category >:|
 
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