#228

So the results are in! How exciting - the ones in bold are through to THE NEXT ROUND…
Group #1
competitor #1: Torres
competitor #2: Fleet foxes
Group #2
competitor #1: Alvvays
competitor #2: Brockhampton (2)
Group #3
competitor #1: Kelly Lee Owens
competitor #2: Mogwai
Group #4
competitor #1: This is the kit
competitor #2: Jesca Hoop
Group #5
competitor #1: Gas
competitor #2: Phoebe Bridger
Group #6
competitor #1: The Bug vs Earth
competitor #2: Jason Lowenstein
Group #7
competitor #1: Dalek
competitor #2: The XX
Group #8
competitor #1: William Basinski
competitor #2: Blanck Mass
Group #9
competitor #1: The New Year
competitor #2: Forest Swords
Group #10
competitor #1: Exquirla
competitor #2: Noveller
Group #11
competitor #1: Colin Stetson
competitor #2: Alison Crutchfield
Group #12
competitor #1: Magnetic Fields
competitor #2: Grandaddy
Group #13
competitor #1: Wolf Alice*
competitor #2: Marika Hackman
Group #14
competitor #1: Chelsea Wolfe
competitor #2: Mountain Goats
Group #15
competitor #1: Father John Misty
competitor #2: Open Mike Eagle
Group #16
competitor #1: Sannhet
competitor #2: The National
Group #17
competitor #1: Hammock
competitor #2: Protomartyr
Group #18
competitor #1: Myrrkur
competitor #2: Winged Victory for the Sullen
Group #19
competitor #1: Brockhampton (1)
competitor #2: Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith
Group #20
competitor #1: Lorde
competitor #2: Converge
Group #21
competitor #1: Four Tet
competitor #2: Ben Frost
Group #22
competitor #1: Ex Eye
competitor #2: Richard Dawson
Group #23
competitor #1: King Gizzard (banana)
competitor #2: Run The Jewels
Group #24
competitor #1: Broken Social Scene
competitor #2: Wolves in the Throne Room
Group #25
competitor #1: Kurt Vile/Courtney Barnett
competitor #2: Bell Witch
Group #26
competitor #1: Waxahatchee
competitor #2: Mount Eerie **
Group #27
competitor #1: St Vincent
competitor #2: Julien Baker
Group #28
competitor #1: Godspeed
competitor #2: Iron and Wine
Group #29
competitor #1: Slowdive
competitor #2: King Gizzard (murder)
Group #30
competitor #1: Zola Jesus
competitor #2: Thurston Moore
Group #31
competitor #1: Sun Kil Moon
competitor #2: Do Make Say Think ***
Group #32
competitor #1: Liars
competitor #2: Julie Byrne

  • sorry @sean
    **I’ve decided after a long inner tussle to include Mt Eerie, it feels weird to rate against other Lps, but even weirder to ignore it
    ***sorry @Bamnan

Some of these were really mismatched and super easy, some were really tough to choose a winner (Julien Baker vs St Vincent was tough)

On to round 2! Round of 32… :slight_smile:

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#229

The lack of people mentioning Thundercat’s Drunk is astounding.

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#230

cmon Dalek

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#231

Round 2: competitors:

Torres
v
Alvvays

Kelly Lee Owens
v
This is the Kit

Phoebe Bridgers
v
The Bug vs Earth

Dalek
v
Blanck Mass

Forest Swords
v
Exquirla

Colin Stetson
v
Grandaddy

Marika Hackman
v
Chelsea Wolfe

Father John Misty
v
The National

Protomartyr
v
Myrkur

Brockhampton(1)
v
Converge

Four tet
v
Richard Dawson

Run The Jewels
v
Wolves in the Throne Room

Bell Witch
v
Mount Eerie

Julien Baker
v
Iron and Wine

Slowdive
v
Thurston Moore

Do Make Say Think
v
Julie Byrne

@shrewbie Dalek have a very tough draw with a strong Blanck Mass LP in the second round. Going to to be tough to call that one.

Very few push overs in the second round (although I go in with an open mind, or try to, I think Myrkur is going to struggle against the Protomartyr juggernaught, that could be an exception)

Interesting contest between Thurston Moore and Slowdive in the fight of bands/people I’ve been listening to for more than twenty years!

Yes I know it’s Friday night and that I need to get a life quickly.

#232

Fun idea! :slight_smile:

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#233

What’s going on? Sorry, thread too long to find where this starts.

#234

i think he means for Wolf Alice going out in the first round, the discourse formatting messed up the * sign

#235

Yeah exactly this. I was apologising to you @sean for Wool Phallus going out in the first round.

You’ll probably cope I guess.

#236

I meant I don’t understand what’s going on in this thread. Is it your personal list or some kind of reader poll or?!

#237

Scagden is doing his own sort of tournament for his favourite releases of 2017. The rest of us have just been listing our favourite LPs of 2017. Think this thread has been going for months now.

#238

One of the compilations of the year for me - beautiful 50’s Chilean folk.

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#239

Round 2: results!

Torres
v
Alvvays

Torres’ last album, ‘Sprinter’ would have blown Alvvays away, but I just couldn’t get on with this new one nearly as much.

Kelly Lee Owens
v
This is the Kit

A victory for the Dis favourite but this was a close one: despite being very different genres, these were two of my favourite records in terms of production this year.

Phoebe Bridgers
v
The Bug vs Earth

No contest. What an LP.

Dalek
v
Blanck Mass

REALLY close one this. Dalek just edged it.

Forest Swords
v
Exquirla

absolutley love ‘Compassion’ but the Exquirla record is even better. So good I started a thread on it in the Spring. My nomination for ‘criminally neglected LP of 2017’.

Colin Stetson
v
Grandaddy

Two solid LPs from bands/people who I’ve enjoyed lots of other records from. Could have gone either way.

Marika Hackman
v
Chelsea Wolfe

Chelsea Wolfe has really snuck up on me and is just starting to get under my skin.

Father John Misty
v
The National

This surprised me as I was very down on ‘Pure Comedy’ when I oriignally heard it. ‘Honeybear’ was my LP of the year in 2015 and I couldn’t initially get over how inferior this new one is. Still, despite not being as good as ‘Honeybear’, it’s still got some really good songs on.

Protomartyr
v
Myrkur

That Myrkur album is better than a lot of people give her credit for. Not as good as Protomartyr mind.

Brockhampton(1)
v
Converge

bloody love Converge.

Four tet
v
Richard Dawson

Richard Dawson is entry 2 in the ‘underappreciated LP of the year’ category.

Run The Jewels
v
Wolves in the Throne Room

Sorry Wolves.

Bell Witch
v
Mount Eerie

A very tough one, but forcing myself to re-listen to ‘A Crow Looked at Me’ forced me to appreciate how much better it is musically than I first realised. Bell Witch is also really harrowing as it deals with death albeit in a more abstract way.

Julien Baker
v
Iron and Wine

No contest

Slowdive
v
Thurston Moore

Thurston Moore without Kim Gordon is Sonic Youthy but without any unpredicability or bite.

Do Make Say Think
v
Julie Byrne

Julie Byrne has really grown on me: initially dismissed it.

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#240

Round 3 (getting serious now!)

Alvvays
v
Kelly Lee Owens

Phoebe Bridgers
v
Dalek

Exquirla
v
Colin Stetson

Chelsea Wolfe
v
Father John Misty

Protomartyr
v
Converge

Richard Dawson
v
Run The Jewels

Mt Eerie
v
Julien Baker

Slowdive
v
Julie Byrne

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#241

I really liked The Best Day but the new one never really grabbed me. Cease Fire was a decent tune but not sure why it’s not on the album

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#242

Arca - Arca
Björk - Utopia
Converge - The Dusk In Us
Dawn Ray’d - The Unlawful Assembly
Dean Hurley - Anthology Resource Vol. 1
Dirty Projectors - Dirty Projectors
Fever Ray - Plunge
Glassjaw - Material Control
Kendrick Lamar - DAMN.
Liars - TFCF
OXBOW - The Thin Black Duke
Prurient - Rainbow Mirror
Row of Ashes - Let the Long Night Fade
Toby Driver - Madonnawhore
Wolves In The Throne Room - Thrice Woven

AOTY is either Kendrick or Dirty Projectors tbh

#243

Finally someone has mentioned Toby Driver

#244

would like to hear this mashup

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#245

Yeah, The Best Day was much better. I liked two of the songs on the new one (tracks 2 and 3 if I’m remembering correctly), but other than that it’s just kind of there musically and sunk by the lyrics.

#246

yeah even Cease Fire i like only in spite of the lyrics

#247

I think many, like myself, thought it was a huge disappointment. Some good songs but a lot of fluff and filler I thought and deffo his weakest album to date,