Well exactly, I’d agree with all of that. Interesting to note that not having things in your favourite list of the year doesn’t mean you aren’t necessarily trying them (like with you and metal). I tried that Saba album several times and I’m afraid it didn’t do much for me. Sorry.
Anyway we have reached consensus I think: yay music, variety is the spice of life, there’s a lot to love in hip hop beyond kendrick.
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There’s still stuff out there for you. Try the album this is from:
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Will give it a whirl, cheers!
Talib Kweli forever!
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Train Of Thought 4 lyf
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INDIE WHITE KIDS ONLY LISTENING TO INDIE WHITE KID MUSIC WHICH INCLUDES THE COUPLE OF HIP-HOP ACTS MARKETED AT THEM SHOCKER!
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Seriously chuffed Fucked Up, Drug Church and Self Defense all did so well, also this:
yaaaaaas 
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I think that explanation is a pretty correct analysis of how the results end up like they do - most Dissers probably like a variety of genres (at least in my experience) but what vaguely falls under the indie umbrella is more of a common denominator than the others. I’ve got wide ranging tastes (electronica, jazz, ambient, folk, gospel and reggae amongst others) but shoegaze/indie-rock/post-rock (file under indie) is my main love and I still had my top 5 featuring 3 “indie” LPs. Even if it was most Dissers 2nd or 3rd love and people only filed 1 or 2 “indie” LPs in their top 5 I still think we’d see quite a similar list.
I have probably confused matters more - I guess this is a long winded way of saying I get what you mean and I think you’ve done a good job at interpreting the results!
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Ooo, i had no idea edan had done anything recently. Will check this out.
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OK?
How many of those 50 albums would people consider to be broadly ‘indie’? 40? 45?
fwiw I only like a couple of albums in the list but I still think it’s a pretty great list, which seems to cover a huge spectrum of music even if a lot of it broadly fits under the ‘indie’ heading. Despite spending too much time on DiS there’s still a fair few artists I don’t know at all and maybe those make it a more or less interesting list, I don’t know.
Even with the monthly album votes I’m generally surprised by the results - which probably just reflects where my interests lie and therefore the posts I have taken most interest in.
Anyway big thanks to @Prob500 for all the amazing work.
I used Spotify to make a playlist featuring the most popular song from each of the above albums. If it’s of use to anyone it’s here:
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Because they dont actively seek that type of music unless its a obvious, unignorable, cultural event. I mean there is only so much music you can listen to
That’s a good trait imho but I think it means that you underestimate how happy people are to listen to very small variations on the same theme over and over. Lots of people really don’t try out that many especially “different” things, or if they do it’s only a cursory listen and not enough to fall in love with it. I used to prefer listening to third rate 90s indie knockoffs rather than the best folk or hip hop, just was comfortable and enjoyable and gave me the exact emotional kick that I was looking for.
Can be hard to fully appreciate that if you have a different mindset of course, but I think it might explain some of your apparent discontent from these sort of DiS lists.
Also very glad to see Young Fathers so high
I think in my case it comes from having my musical tastes shaped to a large degree by John Peel when I was a teenager - the very opposite of having your listening suggested by an algorithm.
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I think this is was a lot more true 20 years back than today when music was more tribal. There are good and bad factors about the way music is listened to these days but one major plus is that people are lot more willing to listen to multiple genres. I would say particularly on DiS that maybe <10% will listen to just one genre…this is pure conjecture based on my experiences on the forum
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Yeah, I’d say you’re about right on the <10% thing. My music tastes are fairly dull and conservative (i.e. mostly straightforward indie rock) but I give other genres a listen to when recommended on here and from friends.
20 years ago and prior to that you’d have to take a financial risk if you wanted to listen to a new band. The most you’d have is a free song on a free tape from The NME etc. Obviously not the case anymore.
Typing this has made me slightly angry again that Sons Of Kemet didn’t win The Mercury Prize and Wolf Alice did. Sorry, just a train of thought that went off when typing.
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Conservative or not…you have good taste in my book!
Very good point about the constraints around listening back in the day (streaming has not been great for artists but a major factor of musical experimentation amongst listeners).
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