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- Sun Apr 21, 2019 6:38 pm
- Forum: REGULARLY UPDATED LISTS
- Topic: Rating changes (Allmusic, Scaruffi, etc.)
- Replies: 343
- Views: 704277
Re: Rating changes (Allmusic, Scaruffi, etc.) - Update 2017
Yeah, 'I Am...' is the most poorly reviewed release out of her records. So I'm not surprised it hasn't made AM's list. These changes seem more in-line with Acclaimed Music's collated critical consensus . Based on those, AllMusic possibly could have improved their changes by also upgrading '4' to fou...
- Sat Apr 20, 2019 2:33 pm
- Forum: REGULARLY UPDATED LISTS
- Topic: Rating changes (Allmusic, Scaruffi, etc.)
- Replies: 343
- Views: 704277
- Wed Apr 03, 2019 9:02 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Albums of 2019
- Replies: 271
- Views: 413085
Re: Albums of 2019
I'm sure many here have already heard it but just in case; anyone that loves lushly-orchestrated folk-pop may want to check out the new Weyes Blood album, Titanic Rising. It's already fully availble to stream on NPR this week.
- Wed Apr 03, 2019 9:34 am
- Forum: REGULARLY UPDATED LISTS
- Topic: Rating changes (Allmusic, Scaruffi, etc.)
- Replies: 343
- Views: 704277
- Mon Mar 18, 2019 10:37 am
- Forum: Soundtracks
- Topic: Pitchfork - The 50 Best Movie Scores of All Time (2019)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 18593
Re: Pitchfork - The 50 Best Movie Scores of All Time (2019)
Composers like John Williams are probably too passé for Pitchfork and while The Chariots of Fire title theme is arguably Vangelis' most ubiquitous piece, the rest of the record doesn't quite match its gravitas. The Blade Runner soundtrack would likely be favoutite soundtrack and electronic record if...
- Mon Mar 18, 2019 10:09 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: AMF EOY Best Albums of 2018 -- RESULTS THREAD
- Replies: 76
- Views: 78712
Re: AMF EOY Best Albums of 2018 -- RESULTS THREAD
Do need to revisit these (especially with all the 'Album of the Decade' lists incoming within the next year) but as they stand..: 1) 2015 | Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly 2) 2011 | PJ Harvey - Let England Shake 3) 2007 | LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver 4) 2009 | Animal Collective - Merriweat...
- Mon Mar 04, 2019 4:24 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: R.I.P. Keith Flint
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7881
Re: R.I.P. Keith Flint
The goofiness of Big Beat was my jam as a teenager and out of all those popular 90s acts and The Prodigy were the act most often on rotation. Though the genre may seem antiquated now, Music for the Gilted Generation will always be top of the list whenever I choose to return to it. Cheers for the mus...
- Mon Feb 25, 2019 11:29 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: R.I.P. Mark Hollis
- Replies: 6
- Views: 10603
Re: R.I.P. Mark Hollis
Devastating news. His left behind an amazingly consistent set of records. Within the next day or two, I'll set a side some time to listen to his beautiful solo album again. Thank you for all the wonderful music Mark.
- Fri Feb 01, 2019 11:49 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: AMF - Favorite Albums/Songs of 2018: LIST THREAD
- Replies: 137
- Views: 159510
Re: AMF - Favorite Albums/Songs of 2018: LIST THREAD
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- Thu Jan 17, 2019 11:22 am
- Forum: EOY 2018
- Topic: EOY 2018 Albums Spreadsheet Updates
- Replies: 118
- Views: 297392
Re: EOY 2018 Albums Spreadsheet Updates
... The current USA #1 album is Golden Hour , surprisingly enough (finishing at #1 in the Uproxx aggregate poll didn't hurt). Strikingly, Joy as an Act of Resistance is #1 for the other two categories - if it had done just a little bit better with U.S. critics (truthfully, I have absolutely no idea...
- Sun Jan 13, 2019 11:19 pm
- Forum: EOY 2018
- Topic: EOY Albums: Sources
- Replies: 30
- Views: 66773
Re: EOY Albums: Sources
Oops. Let's just sweep those reposted threads under the rug...
- Sun Jan 13, 2019 7:44 pm
- Forum: EOY 2018
- Topic: EOY 2018 - Rumore (Italy)
- Replies: 0
- Views: 17535
EOY 2018 - Rumore (Italy)
Rumore Top 50 of 2018 Rumore #323 | Dicembre 2018 1. Low - Double Negative 2. Daniel Blumberg - Minus 3. Idles - Joy as an Act of Resistance 4. Nu Guinea - Nuova Napoli 5. Tirzah - Devotion 6. Riccardo Sinigallia - Ciao Cuore 7. Yves Tumor - Safe in the Hands of Love 8. Shame - Song of Praise 9. Sle...
- Sun Jan 13, 2019 7:39 pm
- Forum: Duplicate topics
- Topic: EOY 2018 - Blow Up (Italy)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 18392
EOY 2018 - Blow Up (Italy)
Top Albums 2018 - Blow up Magazine #247 [dicembre 2018] 1. Low - Double Negative 2. Ryley Walker - Deafman Glance 3. Ry Cooder - The Prodigal Son 4. Spiritualized - And Nothing Hurt 5. Marianne Faithfull - Negative Capability 6. Anna Von Hausswolff - Dead Magic 7. Autechre - NTS Sessions 1-4 8. Anna...
- Sun Jan 13, 2019 7:29 pm
- Forum: EOY 2018
- Topic: EOY 2018 - Sentire Ascoltare (Italy)
- Replies: 0
- Views: 17546
EOY 2018 - Sentire Ascoltare (Italy)
Sentire Ascoltare - The Top 50 Essential Albums of 2018 Sons of Kemet – Your Queen Is A Reptile Julia Holter – Aviary Nine Inch Nails – Bad Witch Demdike Stare – Passion Richard Youngs – Belief CupcakKe – Ephorize Vessel – Queen of Golden Dogs Sophie – OIL OF EVERY PEARL’s UN-INSIDES Neneh Cherry –...
- Sun Jan 13, 2019 7:17 pm
- Forum: EOY 2018
- Topic: EOY 2018 - Dagsavisen (Norway)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 18607
EOY 2018 - Dagsavisen (Norway)
Dagsavisen Top 40 Albums of 2018 1. Kacey Musgraves: Golden Hour 2. Christine And The Queens: Chris 3. Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever: Hope Downs 4. Shame: Songs Of Praise 5. Robyn: Honey 6. Emilie Nicolas: Tranquile Emile 7. Elvis Costello & The Imposters: Look Now 8. Father John Misty: God’s...
- Sun Jan 13, 2019 7:09 pm
- Forum: EOY 2018
- Topic: EOY Albums: Sources
- Replies: 30
- Views: 66773
Re: EOY Albums: Sources
Have been doing a bit of a search through all the magazines/websites outside of the US. Haven't found any articles yet for Monkeybuzz, Porcys, Rockerilla, Screenagers or Songwriting. A Voir A Lire have only published a top ten best rap albums ( here ) I have located lists for Blow Up Magazine (Top 1...
- Thu Jan 10, 2019 2:31 pm
- Forum: EOY 2018
- Topic: EOY 2018 - Irish Times
- Replies: 0
- Views: 15613
EOY 2018 - Irish Times
Irish Times: The best rock and pop music of 2018: A furious revolution 1 Dirty Computer – Janelle Monáe 2 Sweetener – Ariana Grande 3 Golden Hour – Kacey Musgraves 4 Heaven & Earth – Kamasi Washington 5 Bloom – Troye Sivan Note: They also published a top five tracks of 2018 on the same page: 1 T...
- Thu Jan 10, 2019 2:21 pm
- Forum: EOY 2018
- Topic: EoY 2018 - Digital Fix (UK)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 14549
EoY 2018 - Digital Fix (UK)
Music @ The Digital Fix choose our nine favourite albums of 2018 As they state on the page, Digital Fix have decided not to do a traditional list this year. Instead, each writer picked their three favourite albums of the year to form the list. Not sure if that means it's still elligible. These are ...
- Thu Jan 10, 2019 2:16 pm
- Forum: EOY 2018
- Topic: EOY Albums: Sources
- Replies: 30
- Views: 66773
Re: EOY Albums: Sources
According to this site, State Magazine (Ireland) closed down in March last year, so we are unlikely to see anymore lists from them.
- Tue Dec 18, 2018 8:40 pm
- Forum: EOY 2018
- Topic: EOY 2018 - Popmatters (US)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 9222
Re: EOY 2018 - Popmatters (US)
60. St. Vincent - "Fast Slow Disco" 59. Silk City and Dua Lipa - "Electricity" 58. Denzel Curry – “Black Balloons” 57. Ash - “Confessions in the Pool” 56. Young Thug - "High (feat. Elton John)" 55. Charli XCX - "Focus" 54. Tami Nelson - "Stay Outta My Bus...
- Tue Dec 18, 2018 8:20 pm
- Forum: EOY 2018
- Topic: EOY 2018 - The Quietus (UK)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 15737
Re: EOY 2018 - The Quietus (UK)
50. Denzel Himself - 'Melty ft. KEYAH/BLU' 49. Virginia Wing - 'The Second Shift' 48. ILL - 'Stuck On A Loop' 47. Grouper - 'Parking Lot' 46. Janelle Monae - 'I Like That' 45. Baxter Dury, Etienne De Crécy & Delilah Holliday - 'White Coats' 44. Chromatics - 'Black Walls' 43. Bruce - 'What' 42. J...
- Tue Dec 11, 2018 3:05 pm
- Forum: EOY 2018
- Topic: EOY 2018 - Resident Advisor (UK)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 7692
EOY 2018 - Resident Advisor (UK)
Resident Advisor - 2018's Best Albums Autechre - NTS Sessions 1-4 Julia Holter - Aviary Fatima - And Yet It's All Love Leon Vynehall - Nothing Is Still Lucrecia Dalt - Anticlines Various - 15 Years Of The Bunker Varg - Nordic Flora Series Pt. 5: Crush Sarah Davachi - Gave In Rest Various - Don't Me...
- Wed Dec 05, 2018 3:09 pm
- Forum: EOY 2018
- Topic: EOY 2018 - Treble (US)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 14727
Re: EOY 2018 - Treble (US)
TREBLE (US) The 100 Songs of 2018 100. Serpentwithfeet – “Bless ur heart” 99. Car Seat Headrest – “Bodys” 98. Daughters – “The Reason They Hate Me” 97. Kendrick Lamar & SZA – “All the Stars” 96. Laurel Halo – “Raw Silk Uncut Wood” 95. Hot Snakes – “Six Wave Hold-Down” 94. Voivod – “Obsolete Bei...
- Wed Dec 05, 2018 10:27 am
- Forum: EOY 2018
- Topic: EOY 2018 - Mondosonoro (Spain)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 9230
Re: EOY 2018 - Mondosonoro (Spain)
You can relax Dave. The duo jokingly named themselves after the meme . No harm intended. ;) I'm surprised that Tropical Fuck Storm have even made it onto a list from outside of their home country. They have a decent following online but their wider media coverage has been close to zero. Here's hopin...
- Wed Dec 05, 2018 10:01 am
- Forum: EOY 2018
- Topic: EOY 2018 Albums Spreadsheet Updates
- Replies: 118
- Views: 297392
Re: EOY 2018 Albums Spreadsheet Updates
Unsurpringly, his recent political statements seem to have been the last straw with the media. If it's irreparable, I wonder how badly it will affect his 2010s releases in the AOTD polls. Fans of albums like MDTF could end up frustrated by the fallout.
- Tue Dec 04, 2018 9:26 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Best Moderately Acclaimed Album Of 2018: Nominations!
- Replies: 53
- Views: 55752
Re: Best Moderately Acclaimed Album Of 2018: Nominations!
From my understanding, it was released only as a movie in 2016 and wasn't actually released as an album until this year. Regardless, there are plenty of other choices I'm mulling over putting forward.
- Tue Dec 04, 2018 5:04 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Best Moderately Acclaimed Album Of 2018: Nominations!
- Replies: 53
- Views: 55752
Re: Best Moderately Acclaimed Album Of 2018: Nominations!
Quick question: does the full release of Frank Ocean's 'Endless' in April (as opposed to the visual-only release back in 2016) make it eligible for nomination?
- Tue Dec 04, 2018 4:31 pm
- Forum: EOY 2018
- Topic: EOY 2018 - Treble (US)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 14727
Re: EOY 2018 - Treble (US)
TREBLE (US) The 10 Best Hip-Hop Albums of 2018
10. JPEGMAFIA - Veteran
9. Joey Purp - QUARTERTHING
8. Smino - Noir
7. Vince Staples - FM!
6. Cardi B - Invasion of Privacy
5. Brockhampton - iridescence
4. Mac Miller - Swimming
3. Noname - Room 25
2. Pusha T - Daytona
1. Saba - Care For Me
10. JPEGMAFIA - Veteran
9. Joey Purp - QUARTERTHING
8. Smino - Noir
7. Vince Staples - FM!
6. Cardi B - Invasion of Privacy
5. Brockhampton - iridescence
4. Mac Miller - Swimming
3. Noname - Room 25
2. Pusha T - Daytona
1. Saba - Care For Me
- Mon Dec 03, 2018 11:00 am
- Forum: EOY 2018
- Topic: EOY 2018 - Treble (US)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 14727
Re: EOY 2018 - Treble (US)
TREBLE (US) - Top 10 Electronic Albums of 2018 10. Kelly Moran - Ultraviolet 9. Gas - Rausch 8. Meat Beat Manifesto - Impossible Star 7. Low - Double Negative 6. Lotic - Haunted 5. Neneh Cherry - Broken Politics 4. Aphex Twin - Collapse 3. Robyn - Honey 2. Against All Logic - 2012-2017 1. Yves Tumo...
- Tue Nov 27, 2018 8:43 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: How "Strange Fruit" Killed Billie Holiday
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6770
Re: How "Strange Fruit" Killed Billie Holiday
Poor Billie. Decades ahead of her time. Thanks for the article, Hymie.
- Tue Nov 27, 2018 7:11 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Albums of 2018
- Replies: 228
- Views: 289064
Re: Albums of 2018
Excellent news. Looking forward to it notbrianeno.
- Tue Nov 27, 2018 7:08 pm
- Forum: EOY 2018
- Topic: EOY 2018 - The Skinny (UK)
- Replies: 30
- Views: 39697
Re: EOY 2018 - The Skinny (UK)
With any luck, they'll be thoughful enough to post a date alongside and/or give the full title.
- Sat Nov 24, 2018 12:55 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Albums of 2018
- Replies: 228
- Views: 289064
Re: Albums of 2018
Just to check, is anyone going to be running a 2018 Best Albums/Songs poll for the forum in January? For once, I seem to be on top on the year's releases and may even have a list ready by the new year. Only have the new albums by Anderson Paak, Rosalía, Daughters and Julia Holter to catch up on. Hop...
- Wed Nov 21, 2018 4:44 pm
- Forum: REGULARLY UPDATED LISTS
- Topic: Rating changes (Allmusic, Scaruffi, etc.)
- Replies: 343
- Views: 704277
Re: Rating changes (Allmusic, Scaruffi, etc.) - Update 2017
Up until last weekend, Los Ángeles had actually been downgraded to 3.5 stars but someone at AMG must have thought that was too harsh. Giving it such a low grade looked silly next to all the praise Mariano Prunes had given it in the review. I didn't realise that the album had made it onto the AM data...
- Wed Nov 21, 2018 10:01 am
- Forum: REGULARLY UPDATED LISTS
- Topic: Rating changes (Allmusic, Scaruffi, etc.)
- Replies: 343
- Views: 704277
Re: Rating changes (Allmusic, Scaruffi, etc.) - Update 2017
Rosalía - Los ángeles has been downgraded to 4.0 stars by AllMusic.
- Thu Oct 25, 2018 2:17 pm
- Forum: REGULARLY UPDATED LISTS
- Topic: Rating changes (Allmusic, Scaruffi, etc.)
- Replies: 343
- Views: 704277
Re: Rating changes (Allmusic, Scaruffi, etc.) - Update 2017
It's a label debut that has sold well and outside of the RYM-core followers it's generally well-regarded ( see metacritic ). That it became AMG's choice pick isn't too surprising. It's just disappointing that they felt the need to downgrade S2. AMG possibly did it just to differentiate their ratings...
- Sun Oct 21, 2018 10:19 am
- Forum: REGULARLY UPDATED LISTS
- Topic: Rating changes (Allmusic, Scaruffi, etc.)
- Replies: 343
- Views: 704277
Re: Rating changes (Allmusic, Scaruffi, etc.) - Update 2017
Cloud Nothings - Attack on Memory has been upgraded to 4.0 stars by AllMusic.
- Sat Oct 13, 2018 7:03 am
- Forum: REGULARLY UPDATED LISTS
- Topic: Rating changes (Allmusic, Scaruffi, etc.)
- Replies: 343
- Views: 704277
Re: Rating changes (Allmusic, Scaruffi, etc.) - Update 2017
Thanks for highlighting that. I'm only starting to explore Sizzla's music so maybe this is incorrect but from what I understand he didn't start recording music until 1995. Black Woman & Child isn't a re-release of his early material, so the change is a bizarre one for AllMusic to make. I'll forw...
- Fri Oct 12, 2018 7:52 am
- Forum: REGULARLY UPDATED LISTS
- Topic: Rating changes (Allmusic, Scaruffi, etc.)
- Replies: 343
- Views: 704277
Re: Rating changes (Allmusic, Scaruffi, etc.) - Update 2017
Sizzla's Black Woman & Child has been downgraded to 4 stars by Allmusic Strange. Browsed through Sizzla's AllMusic profile this week and it seems like they've now removed the review and the rating to Black Woman & Child . They've replaced it with a blank entry, using a 2009 release date ...
- Sun Oct 07, 2018 5:03 pm
- Forum: REGULARLY UPDATED LISTS
- Topic: Rating changes (Allmusic, Scaruffi, etc.)
- Replies: 343
- Views: 704277
Re: Rating changes (Allmusic, Scaruffi, etc.) - Update 2017
Another questionable change - Photek - Modus Operandi has been downgraded to 3.5 stars by AllMusic.
- Fri Oct 05, 2018 4:19 pm
- Forum: REGULARLY UPDATED LISTS
- Topic: Rating changes (Allmusic, Scaruffi, etc.)
- Replies: 343
- Views: 704277
Re: Rating changes (Allmusic, Scaruffi, etc.) - Update 2017
Brockhampton - Saturation II has been downgraded to 3.5 stars by AllMusic. Tut-tut, bad AllMusic.
- Wed Oct 03, 2018 8:31 pm
- Forum: Other year spans
- Topic: The Quietus (UK) - The Top 100 Albums Of The Quietus' Existence
- Replies: 1
- Views: 8441
The Quietus (UK) - The Top 100 Albums Of The Quietus' Existence
The Top 100 Albums Of The Quietus' Existence [As Picked By tQ's Writers] 1: Sunn O))) - Monoliths & Dimensions 2: Richard Dawson - Nothing Important 3: David Bowie - Blackstar 4: The Bug - London Zoo 5: PJ Harvey - Let England Shake 6: These New Puritans - Field Of Reeds 7: Wild Beasts - Two Da...
- Fri Aug 24, 2018 2:22 pm
- Forum: REGULARLY UPDATED LISTS
- Topic: Rating changes (Allmusic, Scaruffi, etc.)
- Replies: 343
- Views: 704277
Re: Rating changes (Allmusic, Scaruffi, etc.) - Update 2017
Bob Marley & the Wailers - Kaya has been upgraded to 4.0 stars by AllMusic.
- Fri Aug 17, 2018 1:48 pm
- Forum: REGULARLY UPDATED LISTS
- Topic: Rating changes (Allmusic, Scaruffi, etc.)
- Replies: 343
- Views: 704277
Re: Rating changes (Allmusic, Scaruffi, etc.) - Update 2017
Thee Oh Sees - Mutilator Defeated at Last has been upgraded to 4.5 stars by AllMusic.
- Sat Aug 04, 2018 1:50 pm
- Forum: REGULARLY UPDATED LISTS
- Topic: Rating changes (Allmusic, Scaruffi, etc.)
- Replies: 343
- Views: 704277
Re: Rating changes (Allmusic, Scaruffi, etc.) - Update 2017
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Nonagon Infinity has been upgraded to 4.5 stars by AllMusic.
- Wed Aug 01, 2018 8:35 pm
- Forum: Female artists
- Topic: NPR - The 200 Greatest Songs by 21st Century Women+ (2018)
- Replies: 22
- Views: 20241
Re: NPR - The 200 Greatest Songs by 21st Century Women+ (2018)
I'm not too familiar with Sharon's earlier work. Was 'You Better Think Twice' her only release under her name before 2000? On the other hand, Kelis hit the ground running from the start. NPR possibly made an exception for 'Caught Out There...' and her debut album as they were released a few months b...
- Wed Aug 01, 2018 4:01 pm
- Forum: Female artists
- Topic: NPR - The 200 Greatest Songs by 21st Century Women+ (2018)
- Replies: 22
- Views: 20241
Re: NPR - The 200 Greatest Songs by 21st Century Women+ (2018)
Yeah, I've been going through the list and there are some acts there that had been releasing music before 2000. Against Me! and Feist have some pre-2000 releases but they didn't garner the attention that their post-00s releases would. Shakira was well-known in Latin America before the 00s, though he...
- Wed Aug 01, 2018 3:27 pm
- Forum: Female artists
- Topic: NPR - The 200 Greatest Songs by 21st Century Women+ (2018)
- Replies: 22
- Views: 20241
Re: NPR - The 200 Greatest Songs by 21st Century Women+ (2018)
Much like Sleater-Kinney, Aaliyah and Missy had made their mark before the turn of the century so they were likely ineligible. Some people may point to Beyoncé as having been around since the 90s with Destiny's Child but she really didn't make a name for herself as a solo artist until the early 00s.
- Wed Aug 01, 2018 9:14 am
- Forum: Female artists
- Topic: NPR - The 200 Greatest Songs by 21st Century Women+ (2018)
- Replies: 22
- Views: 20241
Re: NPR - The 200 Greatest Songs by 21st Century Women+ (2018)
As much as I love the band, NPR are likely counting Sleater-Kinney as a 90s group. Quality list. The one real sticking point I had with it is a lack of Julia Holter, who I consider one of the most exciting artists working in the modern day, male or female. Julia has been my favourite female solo art...
- Fri Jul 20, 2018 4:12 pm
- Forum: REGULARLY UPDATED LISTS
- Topic: Rating changes (Allmusic, Scaruffi, etc.)
- Replies: 343
- Views: 704277
Re: Rating changes (Allmusic, Scaruffi, etc.) - Update 2017
Geez, I hope they don't keep changing their mind on Roger the Engineer or Sunbather like they did with Use Your Illusion II. Out of all the metal albums that they recently upgraded, Sunbather wasn't the most questionable choice of the bunch either.