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LCD Soundsystem - How Do You Sleep? vs. Post Malone ft. 21 Savage - Rockstar Amen Dunes - Miki Dora vs. U.S. Girls - Rosebud Parquet Courts - Almost Had to Start a Fight/In and Out of Patience vs. King Princess - 1950 Let's Eat Grandma - Falling Into Me vs. Sunflower Bean - Twentytwo Kamasi Washing...

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The year is almost over. This is probably as close to a definitive SOTY list as I'm gonna get to before the lists start rolling in: 1. Weyes Blood- Andromeda 2. Sharon Van Etten- Seventeen 3. Four Tet- Only Human 4. Weyes Blood- Movies 5. Lil Nas X (featuring Billy Ray Cyrus)- Old Town Road (Remix) ...

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There are almost no albums left to be released this year that I'm interested in (the only one on my "to listen" list is the new Coldplay album, and a Coldplay album in 2019 probably isn't gonna be top 10 AOTY material, let's be real here). So here's everything I've heard so far: Great: 1. Weyes Bloo...

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On the subject of pop music being overestimated or not recently, I want to say one thing. Leave the discussion of an album being good or bad based only on it's content and awswer this: which albums realesead this decade had the bigger impact in culture and molded the progression of music as the yea...

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This is something I posted elsewhere on the internet that seems relevant here: I don't mind poptimism. In fact, poptimism can be a great thing. There's nothing inherently inferior about pop when compared to rock, or to jazz, or to hip-hop, or to any other sort of music. But it's when poptimism goes ...

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Six Kanye songs and the lowest is ranked #53. That’s dominance.

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Sorry Harold! I've since transcribed the Aquarium Drunkard list I posted.

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Deerhunter :: Halcyon Digest Purple Mountains :: Purple Mountains Gil Scott-Heron :: I’m New Here Yo La Tengo :: There’s a Riot Going On Neil Young :: Le Noise Gilberto Gil :: Gilberto’s Samba Kendrick Lamar :: To Pimp a Butterfly Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith :: EARS Les Filles de Illighadad :: Eghass Mala...

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5 chips on all questions. 1) Number of Kanye West albums in the top 100* Over/under: 3 * This includes five solo releases, Watch the Throne and Kids See Ghosts Over 2) Artist with the top placing album* Adelle (3-1 odds), Taylor Swift (4-1), Lana Del Rey (4-1) * If none of them place, bet is a push ...

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Oh! Oh! Oh! O’Reillyyyyyyyyyyy! Auto Parts! BWAOH!!!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pT_p4IQ8dD8

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Any idea if this is eligible?

https://aquariumdrunkard.com/2019/10/30 ... e-2010-19/

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Beach House - Space Song vs. Disclosure ft. Lorde - Magnets Majical Clouds - Downtown vs. Roots Manuva - Facety 2:11 Grimes - California vs. Erykah Badu - Hello The 1975 - The Sound vs. Car Seat Headrest - Vincent YG - FDT vs. Parquet Courts - Human Performance Maxwell - Lake By the Ocean vs. Beyon...

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Some scattered thoughts: It's okay. Probably his weakest release so far. Weaker than Ye, but pretty close to Ye in terms of quality. The first three songs are the most promising, but after that the quality dips a bit. Official Kanye power rankings (counting collaborations): Excellent Tier: 1. My Bea...

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Counterpoint: with the exception of the top 6 albums being from just 3 artists (which is funny for all the wrong reasons), these lists are perfectly reasonable and much better than Pitchfork’s own lists. For those who may complain that the lists are too predictable, what did you expect? It’s an ave...

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Counterpoint: with the exception of the top 6 albums being from just 3 artists (which is funny for all the wrong reasons), these lists are perfectly reasonable and much better than Pitchfork’s own lists. For those who may complain that the lists are too predictable, what did you expect? It’s an aver...

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Ought - Today More Than Any Other Day vs. Royksopp and Robyn - Monument Sharon Van Etten - Every Time the Sun Comes Up vs. First Aid Kit - Stay Gold Meghan Trainor - All About That Bass vs. SBTRKT ft. Ezra Koenig - NEW DORP. NEW YORK Andy Stott - Faith in Strangers vs. Preoccupations - Continental S...

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Can I just ask - what's the point of the Rock n Roll HOF ? Whether we like it or not, a useful reminder for people following Pitchfork's school of music criticism that the majority of the population listening to rock music nowadays actually listens to classic rock. I don't think that's true here in...

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one I oppose with every fiber of my being (Dave Matthews Band) Lol, could you elaborate, Moonbeam? I just see them as pretty bland with a couple of catchy songs. The biggest reason I have not to like them is that they seem to appeal most to my friends who don't really care or know anything about mu...

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My picks:

Depeche Mode
Kraftwerk
Nine Inch Nails
The Notorious B.I.G.
T. Rex

Also: no Oasis? It’s their first year of eligibility! Come on HOF!

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Paramore - Still Into You vs. Kacey Musgraves - Follow Your Arrow Sigur Ros - Brennisteinn vs. Laura Marling - Master Hunter The National - Don't Swallow the Cap vs. Daft Punk - Giorgio by Moroder Daft Punk feat. Julian Casablancas - Instant Crush vs. Queens of the Stone Age - Smooth Sailing M.I.A. ...

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So i contacted the author of the list, and he had this to say: it was compiled by me with the blesssing of the team. Not my personal selection but more a selection that represents the past ten years on NBHAP and some of the tracks we played a lot. Thank you for your interest, the other parts will a...

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No write ups this week. No ratings. Songs bolded are my picks to advance. Julia Holter - Marienbad vs. Hot Chip - Flutes Odd Future - Oldie vs. Death Grips - Hacker Hot Chip - Motion Sickness vs. Charli XCX - You're the One Bloc Party - Octopus vs. Melody's Echo Chamber - I Follow You Lana Del Rey -...

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Moonbeam wrote: ↑
Tue Oct 08, 2019 3:33 pm
Surprised they are so low on Janelle.

Janelle ticks all the boxes for Pitchfork acclaim but somehow they’re kinda lukewarm on her. Only one of her albums is in this list and zero of her songs were on their songs list. It’s weird.

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Sunwoo1213 wrote: ↑
Tue Oct 08, 2019 2:22 pm

charliepanayi wrote: ↑
Tue Oct 08, 2019 1:54 pm

Sunwoo1213 wrote: ↑
Tue Oct 08, 2019 1:49 pm
No Swans?

What the...
I think we know why Swans aren't in it...
Can you tell me why? Not trying to offend you.. I'm just really curious

Michael Gira had a rape allegation come out against him a couple years ago.

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...what? This has to be satire. Even Pitchfork, with their rock bottom standards for music writing, wouldn’t publish something like this in all sincerity. Right? ...right?? Does Pitchfork just do "woke" mini-essays now? Pitchfork has been less of a site for music and more of a site for lifestyle br...

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“Sorry” is a strange creature. By grafting a fashionably clipped pop melody over a retro, Shabba Ranks-inspired Caribbean fusion beat, producers Skrillex and BloodPop created one of the best tropical house hits of the decade. The ethereal hook, crafted from Justin Bieber’s pitched and manipulated v...

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The new Danny Brown is fantastic as expected. Not a bad song on that album, and I really like it. As someone who has never been a fan of Angel Olsen or Nick Cave, i suppose i’m not too surprised that i dislike their latest releases. They both suffer from what i’ll refer to as the “Norman Fucking Ro...

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Bob Seger’s songs on his Spotify playlist are out of order with his songs’ AM rank.

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Rob wrote: ↑
Fri Oct 04, 2019 3:09 pm

Yes, though it was not aimed at you personally. I just thought the focus on event albums and the dislike of the Big Thief album made it seem like we had a bad year, which I don't think is true. No offense meant.

No worries, I can tell now that you didn’t mean to be offensive. No offense taken

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Does anyone else feel particularly blessed by the album releases this week? I haven't been paying attention to upcoming releases much but I can't remember the last time a week felt this loaded. Didn't even know about Nick Cave. I've been feeling like this for months now and are far, far, far behind...

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Anyone wanna guess who’ll top the polls? I’m assuming MBDTF is gonna top the albums list, considering that Kanye has always been an idol to Pitchfork’s readership. Late in answering but I'd expect your favourite, TPAB, to clean up. As well as being a good abum, it's number 2 on AM behind MBDTF, see...

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Big Thief is top, in my opinion, because we have run into another weak year for albums. We don't have the event-album we had even back in 2017 with DAMN!. Almost seems like those are a thing of the past with the focus in streaming on individual song plays. Has music gone full circle back to the 50s...

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Of Monsters and Men - Little Talks vs. Wilco - Art of Almost "Little Talks" is the embodiment of "hey!" "ho!" "yeah!" indie circa 2012, and that's not a compliment. It's like generic brand Arcade Fire. The chorus is sorta catchy though. 4/10. "Art of Almost" is probably Wilco's 20th best song, but ...

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Nine Types of Light was a bit of a letdown, but listening to "Will Do" makes me want to give the album another chance. I'd encourage you to give it another listen. Nine Types of Light may not be Dear Science, but it's pretty underrated. In addition to this song, Second Song, Caffeinated Consciousne...

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TV on the Radio - Will Do vs. Fleet Foxes - Grown Ocean Nine Types of Light was a bit of a letdown, but listening to "Will Do" makes me want to give the album another chance. TV on the Radio at their most tender. 8/10. "Grown Ocean" is a solid cut from a great band, but they've done the same thing ...

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My lists... Top 10 Albums: 1. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy- Kanye West 2. Channel Orange- Frank Ocean 3. Good Kid, M.A.A.D City- Kendrick Lamar 4. Modern Vampires of the City- Vampire Weekend 5. Random Access Memories- Daft Punk 6. Blackstar- David Bowie 7. To Pimp a Butterfly- Kendrick Lamar 8...

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The upcoming month is looking great for new music. One last burst of greatness before the decade ends? Here's what I'm looking forward to through the end of October... Kanye West- Jesus Is King- September 27th Sturgill Simpson- Sound & Fury- September 27th Angel Olsen- All Mirrors- October 4th Danny...

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I don't know if it's the song you're thinking of, but I've always thought that the bubbly synth riff in Telepopmusik's "Breathe" sounds a bit like the bubbly synth riff at the beginning of "Lights". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDz2Xk-LRN0 The riff starts around the 30 second mark and continues ...

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Beach House - Walk in the Park vs. Beach House - Silver Soul Both 9/10 songs in my book, and among the best songs on Teen Dream . It was super hard to choose, but I'll take "Walk in the Park" by a hair. Tame Impala - Solitude is Bliss vs. MGMT - Congratulations Both 7/10 songs. Both bands have much...

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Also, I always get vaguely weirded out by the first few seconds of Lights because I'm sure I've heard another song that sounds like it except for, like, the entire song. If anyone knows what it could be plz let me know. I don't know if it's the song you're thinking of, but I've always thought that ...

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Is GvB even eligible for inclusion on AM? I seem to recall them being non-eligible, but I'm not sure. Decent list overall, but I agree that the lack of Kanye is egregious. Interesting that they included GKMC but no TPAB (I actually like GKMC more, but it seems like TPAB is the consensus pick for bes...

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It plays at sporting events quite regularly. I might hear it more than Lonely Boy in public. I hear Howlin' for You has done the same job to replace the similar Rock and Roll Part 2, which seemed to fall out of favour even in the rarely-changing world of sports arenas a few years ago. A singer faci...

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Just curious, has anyone here not heard "Gold on the Ceiling" before this poll? To me it seems like one of the biggest "indie" rock songs of the decade. I've only heard it through the album and when I was going through all of the songs in the Acclaimed Music top 10,000; never really got the sense o...

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Big Thief is top, in my opinion, because we have run into another weak year for albums. We don't have the event-album we had even back in 2017 with DAMN!. Almost seems like those are a thing of the past with the focus in streaming on individual song plays. Has music gone full circle back to the 50s...

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Someone use their vote to nominate Robyn’s “Call Your Girlfriend” as the last 2010 song because I used my daily vote and that song is amazing.

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Alvvays- In Undertow (2017)

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This song is bubbling under on AM: 250. John Parr – St. Elmo’s Fire (Man in Motion) Year: 1985 Album: St. Elmo’s Fire Biggest Fan: ordinaryperson (#494) Don’t forget you can always vote for earlier songs or change your vote! 6/10 for the cheese factor alone. The Brian Eno song of the same name is a...

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I used to listen to Just What I Needed over and over again in high school...And this was in the 2000s! It is kind of curious, as I only heard about The Cars when I came to this forum and guessed they were a bit like Pavement, Spoon or Gang of Four: acts with a following among music nerds, but with ...

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I don’t understand the rules while but I guess I’ll try I nominate Post Malone - Rockstar (2017) 1. You can only nominate 1 song per day. 2. You can only nominate songs that were released from 2010 to 2018. 3. You can only nominate 1 song per year (e.g. only 1 song from 2012, only 1 song from 2013,...

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Maxwell- Lake By the Ocean (2016) - bubbling

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