Jeez, jord, I never knew how much you HATE dead people.
Totally agree. Wouldn’t even get into my top 25 Bowie albums. And I was really sad when he died, as well.
this definitely calls for a list…
A thumbs up to Nina Keen for having The Julie Ruin - Hit Reset in her top 3. I re-listened to it loads recently as I was going to their gig. Brilliant pick that’s gone mostly unnoticed by many.
Big fan of the new format/approach, @sean
Get sick of lists of the TOP 500 BEST ALBUMS this year, etc. Also really appreciate brief citations that actually give you an idea of style/genre/sound-a-like, so you can get an idea of whether it’s your kind of thing. Immediately followed up on two of the suggestion: Martha and Angel Olsen. I’ve seen the latter mentioned a couple of times on the forums, but without some indication that it might be something I’d like (other than DiS user X likes it so therefore it is obviously brilliant), I’ve had no reason check it out.
Thank you.
I wasn’t sure if people liked the format as it hasn’t had any reactions but for me I can’t stand those epic lists with 70 albums I’ve never heard of 20 I’m not that into and 10 that I like not as high as they should be. You end up feeling a bit lost with the 70 you don’t know as to whether there’s any gold in them piles of names…
Yeah, definite case of list fatigue this year. Also, four of my favourites (with a strange animal theme running throughout) - Bat For Lashes, Animal Collective, Flamingods, and GoGo Penguin - haven’t really featured on any publication’s list.
I’ve long since suspected that I’m out of touch, and I’ve no problem at all with not being in any way, shape, or form cool. But it’s weirdly disheartening to see the same albums, again and again and again, but in slightly different orders, wherever you go.
Even The Quietus list left me feeling exhausted this year. I couldn’t tell you why, but it almost feels like they went to great lengths to make it different for the sake of being different.