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I meant to add another point to that post, because while these terms have been historically used as signifiers of whiteness, they've recently enjoyed another expression in the form of artists such as Mitski, Japanese Breakfast, or Jay Som. The terminology still refers to the same aesthetics of music...

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I don't think Hymie's statement is necessarily an accusation of racism rather than it is an acknowledgement of a strange bias that exists in music labeling as it refers to "indie" or "alternative" acts. In essence, those terms (which are the genres KROQ focuses on) essentially re...

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Figured I'd make this thread: Sharon Van Etten - Remind Me Tomorrow I went to a one-off Sharon Van Etten concert last spring in Los Angeles where she previewed the new album's songs, solo, while only playing a scant few older tracks. The majority of the songs were based on extended drum machine / sy...

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Listening to Adrianne Lenker's solo album as well as her releases in her band, Big Thief, and consistently in awe of her lyricism. I thought it might be good to start a thread for people to spotlight lyrics from songs that they particularly like and maybe explicate why. In one interview, she stated ...

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Fascinating statistics! I consider myself quite a big Modest Mouse fan, but I'm clearly outclassed by Styrofoam Boots - whose taken his username from one of their songs to top it off. Gotta wish him a hearty "WELL!" at that news.

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Oasis I think could make it in, and maybe Biggie. I'd love to see Godspeed make it in but there's no shot there. Weezer I also could see making it - they've been a very popular rock band since 1994, even if some people might not enjoy their newer work as much.

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hahahahahaha can't say I'm shocked by this reaction. This was a big high school song, so it's got a special nostalgia factor attached for me.

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Sharon Van Etten - "Seventeen"

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Is the entire Pet Sounds album going to show up here? I mean, if any album by any artist could, it’s definitely that one, but damn

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Ahh yes, 2010s releases by the Rolling Stones, Roger Waters, Bruce Springsteen, and Paul McCartney - exactly what I think of when i hear "landmark".

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Rdwdbob wrote:Deafheaven - 'Near'

Hard second! One of my favorite tracks of the year.

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And here are the songs: 1. Caroline Rose - Jeannie Becomes a Mom 2. Soccer Mommy - Scorpio Rising 3. Mitski - Two Slow Dancers 4. Lucy Dacus - Night Shift 5. Courtney Barnett - City Looks Pretty 6. Mitski - Nobody 7. Boygenius - Me and My Dog 8. FIDLAR - Are You High? 9. Dream Wife - Love Without Re...

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Songs list coming in probably shortly after. *Had to edit because I accidentally left out Adrianne Lenker's album. 1. Parquet Courts - Wide Awake! 2. Caroline Rose - LONER 3. Haley Heynderickx - I Need to Start a Garden 4. Mitski - Be the Cowboy 5. Deafheaven - Ordinary Corrupt Human Love 6. Julia H...

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I'm going to prepare for the inevitable end of decade poll. I'm so excited for the end of decade lists. 2010 was the first year I really started paying attention to new releases (and I believe the year I first discovered this site?) so all nine of the years that have happened in this decade have be...

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Wanderer resonated with me less than I expected a Cat Power album to, but Woman was an easy standout track. Glad to see someone nominated it.

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Atlanta was the best show of 2018 and by such an incredible margin it's unreal.

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The 2018 releases I'd imagine will fare well in end of decade lists would probably be: Golden Hour, as Future Critic said Double Negative Wide Awake! In a Poem Unlimited Lush El Mal Querer A Brief Inquiry into Modern Relationships Hope Downs Kids See Ghosts Some Rap Songs Historian Ordinary Corrupt ...

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Don't really use Spotify, I use iTunes. There's not really a convenient way to display top songs of the past year, but because I had a laptop flare out last October, I have a list of all my play counts since October 9th 2017, which is gonna primarily show results from the last year, with two months ...

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1. Vince Guaraldi - Christmas Time Is Here 2. Ronettes - Sleigh Ride 3. Traditional - Silent Night 4. Joni Mitchell - River 5. LCD Soundsystem - Christmas Will Break Your Heart 6. Tom Waits - Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis 7. Kanye West - Christmas in Harlem 8. Beach Boys - Little Saint...

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I feel like Sweetener will fall drastically once end of decade rolls around and Ariana Grande is no longer in the news every five minutes. Also adore the fact that Mitski is at number two, but it feels bizarre to me that Be the Cowboy can do so well and Bury Me at Makeout Creek isn't even bubbling u...

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1. Let's Go Away for A While
2. Forever
3. Wouldn't It Be Nice
4. God Only Knows
5. You Still Believe in Me
6. Heroes and Villains
7. Surf's Up
8. Summer's Gone
9. Help Me, Rhonda
10. Barbara Ann

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1. Weezer
2. Fiona Apple
3. Blink-182
4. Sharon Van Etten
5. Vampire Weekend

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I really do wish I could understand trap rap more, but even though there are some artists (such as Travis Scott) where I can clearly recognize the talent involved, the entire genre is filled with stuff – the grating synth hi-hats, the constant ad-libs, the drunken, auto-tuned lead vocals – that mak...

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Glad to see "City Looks Pretty" on the list - easily my favorite song off Tell Me How You Really Feel. Seems publications are latching onto "Nameless, Faceless" (which I totally understand) and "Need a Little Time" (which I understand less) instead.

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Very stoked about Mitski's number one finish, as well as Earl Sweatshirt's. I was worried that album would get left off of a lot of EOY lists because of its late release, but it's looking as though that isn't really the case. Also very impressed by Snail Mail's consistent high placements - I imagine...

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Weezer - Only in Dreams

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Interesting to see which tracks are the ones that critics' lists latch onto from the "big albums" of the year. I often feel that a song's success on this list, if it's not a noted single like say, "This Is America", is too how much it stands out from the other tracks on an album....

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This poll made me realize that somehow I'd never actually listened to the song "How Soon Is Now?" before. Mid-listen right now. It's good! Didn't think I'd be making a new discovery from the top 50, but hey, here we are.

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These lists really made me relisten to On Dark Horses by Emma Ruth Rundle and it really "hit" for the first time. I didn't love her last release, Marked for Death, too much, but her Some Heavy Ocean I enjoyed quite a bit - not sure who, but I know someone here nominated it for a forum game.

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Fiona Apple - Daredevil
Adele - Someone Like You

Also, the classic Weezer recipe of bridge into guitar solo into final chorus works amazingly in my book, particularly in stuff like Say It Ain't So or Buddy Holly or Endless Bummer.

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This Is America is really gonna sweep the singles lists. Damn.

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Haley Heynderickx - I Need to Start a Garden

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One of my favorite lists I've seen so far. I'm getting a feeling that there are a good number of albums that didn't make the top 100 of MCCH that will fare quite well for EOY, in particular the Soccer Mommy album. But I'll also throw in Camp Cope, Arctic Monkeys, Caroline Rose, Haley Heyndrickx, Sun...

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Well first off a smattering of my top songs from 2018, because I don't think I included any in my list. Micachu - Just in Case Van Morrison - Summertime in England The Books - Take Time Taylor Swift - All Too Well Taylor Swift - Mean Sum 41 - In Too Deep We the Kings - Check Yes Juliet Parquet Court...

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Definitely in agreement on the first four tracks being an absolutely stellar run. "High Life" is the only track that really grates on me with repetition - I can usually get down with overlong repetitive music that others might tire of. Also, for some reason, whenever I downloaded this albu...

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When you say "good enough" to crack your list, do you mean in your personal reckoning? Or do you mean based on critical acclaim? If you're talking about critical acclaim, I think the sometimes lower placements for newer releases can at least somewhat be explained by recency bias. Also, the...

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Just saw Mitski in Dallas and it was amazing, I feel like any reservations I had about her new album evaporated after hearing it live! Also her dance moves were hilarious and incredibly endearing, I highly recommend seeing her if you can Seeing her tomorrow night in Atlanta! I had the pleasure of s...

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That Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever album won me over well more than I first anticipated it to. Good show. And hoping that Courtney Barnett does well in the coming weeks!

Unrelated, but their visual interface is very annoying. Why wouldn't they list the number adjacent to the album cover?

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Boygenius - "Ketchum, ID"

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1. Caroline Rose - "Jeannie Becomes a Mom" 2. Soccer Mommy - "Scorpio Rising" 3. Mitski - "Two Slow Dancers" 4. Parquet Courts - "Violence" 5. Courtney Barnett - "City Looks Pretty" 6. Mitski - "Nobody" 7. Dream Wife - "Love Without Re...

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These are both great albums, but I'll cast my vote for Fordlandia.

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Is it just me or is anyone else noticing there are a lot of indie rock albums this year that are great 45 minute albums that last 90 minutes? Which albums in particular do you mean? I can’t think of one off the top of my head, other than the new Sun Kil Moon that dropped recently. And of the very l...

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Both Aviary by Julia Holter and the self-titled EP by Boygenius (a new supergroup composed of Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers, and Lucy Dacus) dropped on Friday and will both by claiming high spots in my list. Holter's work had been making a slight turn towards accessibility over her past few releases...

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One thing I've noticed about music criticism (and most journalism, really) since the Trump administration began is an increasing need to make politics much more front and center than in past years. I feel like if Kanye West continues to maintain his current course into 2019/2020, we might see MBDTF ...

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The last list I'll make until the EOY, just a top 20 for now. 1. Parquet Courts - Wide Awake! 2. Caroline Rose - LONER 3. Mitski - Be the Cowboy 4. Dream Wife - Dream Wife 5. Deafheaven - Ordinary Corrupt Human Love 6. Soccer Mommy - Clean 7. Kids See Ghosts - Kids See Ghosts 8. Courtney Barnett - T...

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Julia Holter - "Words I Heard"

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Mitski - Be The Cowboy (I expect this one to rise by EOY) If your experience with the album is anything like mine, it'll only seem inconsistent at first. I think with how short the majority of tracks on Be The Cowboy are, it takes more listens than usual for them to "click". And Jirin, I ...

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Wow! I was way off on my guess for highest song with only three votes. And what a masterpiece for it to go to. For the uninitiated:

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The two versions (US and UK) of Is This It by The Strokes have one track changed. The song "NYC Cops", present in the UK version, was replaced with "When It Started" for the US release because the band felt that a song with lyrics "New York City cops, they ain't too smart&qu...

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The very tops of EOY lists seem to me to always center on albums released by familiar artists. If that holds out this year, I'd imagine that Janelle Monae claims the top spot for sure. After that, I'd expect to see Beach House, Spiritualized, Courtney Barnett, and Pusha T. (I'll be blown away though...

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