braindancer
not for long
Yes! I loved that PCA... diminishing returns since then I've found but Sleep Games is the BOMB! I must not have heard it till later or would definitely have featured high in my list....
Album of the Year 2012 revisited
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hitmouse
so defeated, thinks it's funny
Never listened to Tyvek, but I vaguely think of them as having something to do with Protomartyr, whose first album came out in 2012. I think everything they've done since then has been better, but it's still a good album, even if it is a bit lacking in passion:
How He Lived After He Died, by Protomartyr
from the album No Passion All Technique
protomartyr.bandcamp.com
hitmouse
so defeated, thinks it's funny
Looking at the albums that got into the urban charts last time round, there's the Money Store, then a few like Swans and Scott Walker that I remember friends being into at the time, and a huge load of stuff I'd never heard of... and then Bloom, which is a Beach House record and therefore great, as 2012 albums go Bloom is to dreampop what Darker Days Ahead is to epic Portland crust and Europe is to stripy jumper janglepop:
The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
Underrated album, which I voted for in 2012. The Invisible- 'Rispah
hitmouse
so defeated, thinks it's funny
Having a go at listening to Red (being sure to listen to the original not Taylor's Version for maximum 2012 effect), I can't say I love it on first listen but maybe it improves with repeated listens, or indeed with listening to Taylor's Version? Although I suppose Taylor Swift will probably be able to survive the disappointment if I end up not including Red on my 2012 AOTY list.
The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
Had many a good day in the summer listening to Dreadzone's Second Light
The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
Land Observations - Roman Way IV- XI
This bloke used to be in a band called Appliance, I remember buying their first album. Anyway his Land Observation album is like Durutti Column meets krautrock .
This bloke used to be in a band called Appliance, I remember buying their first album. Anyway his Land Observation album is like Durutti Column meets krautrock .
It’s not that we’re philistines, lad.
Your knowledge is next level. Such a broad understanding of music.
Tbh I’m in awe.
Spandex
A crazy bulbous punchbag of sound
I absolutely caned Trevor Jackson's Metal Dance comp throughout 2012. Obviously can't vote for it, but it's an excellent collection of well known, totally obscure and different mixes of 80s pre-house alt-dancefloor bangers.
The digital version seems to have a slightly different tracklist to the vinyl and CD (I've got both, because it's that good) - no Yello or Nona Hendryx, which are two of the best tracks. Probably licencing issues or something.
redsquirrel
This Machine Kills Progressives
Follow up was pretty good, sadly he's released nothing for ages.
And Swans should still be number one.
hitmouse
so defeated, thinks it's funny
Ah, thanks. Hopefully it's obvious that the philistines thing was meant in jest, I'm not actually offended that no-one voted for Tragedy or Tullycraft last time round. (Maybe a tiny bit offended that no-one voted for the Mountain Goats, but I'll live.)
Anyway, a bit more lobbying before everyone turns their lists in:
It might be controversial to say that Love at the Bottom of the Sea is a better Magnetic Fields album than 69 Love Songs, but 69 is too long, has a bunch of filler, and doesn't have Andrew in Drag:
The Only Place by Best Coast is pretty decent:
The second Sleigh Bells album isn't as good as the first one, but definitely has its moments:
I was going to say the second Veronica Falls album is also still good but not as good as the first, but then it turns out it didn't come out till 2013 so you can't vote for it. But you can vote for Attack on Memory by the Cloud Nothings:
The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
Death and Vanilla's debut album is worth a listen if you are fond of Broadcast/Sterolab influenced bands
The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
Melody's Echo Chamber - Melody's Echo Chamber
a record of enchanting, psychedelic-tinged pop with just the right amount of thematic darkness.
a record of enchanting, psychedelic-tinged pop with just the right amount of thematic darkness.
hitmouse
so defeated, thinks it's funny
Sent off my list, not bothered to include any new stuff I wasn't already familiar with although I think El-P and Nicki Minaj would probably deserve a place if I'd listened to them more. A lot of great music came out that year. Although Lana's output for that year is a bit complicated to think about votewise, she released Born To Die, the Paradise EP, and Born To Die: The Paradise Edition, which is arguably a compilation album/reissue, but it's a compilation of stuff that had only come out that year. And I think the Paradise Edition is the definitive one that deserves to be voted for, the original version of Born To Die didn't include the lyric "Drugs, suck it up like vanilla iceys/Don't treat me rough, treat me really niceys".
The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
Mines in . Almost forgot Alpha's -Eleventh Trip a slightly off beat triphop/ nebulous electronica and jazzy pop album which whilst not my favourite Alpha outing is nevertheless a good late night listen
I've got four in and need more. If you want, send me a little commentary on anything you feel might make it and I'll quote you, otherwise it'll just be me saying wtf's this? Prior to April I only knew The Seer.
zahir
braindancer
stavros
rutabowa
flypanam
marshall
ska invita
krtek a houby
redsquirrel
chilango
nogojones
RedRedRose
Joe Chi Min
zahir
braindancer
stavros
rutabowa
flypanam
marshall
ska invita
krtek a houby
redsquirrel
chilango
nogojones
RedRedRose
Joe Chi Min
ska invita
back on the other side
i dont know why but i basically lost interest in new albums at some point in the early 2000s, same as films tbh, basically only 7s and 12s after this time...most years i also dont take part in the new best album threads
im not sure theres going to be much interest to redo years already done in general, but for me doubly so as its years i dont listen to albums from
krtek a houby
Merry Xmas!
Were you in your early twenties back then?
ska invita
back on the other side
from about 30 onwards....but its not necessarily about age, i still listen to huge amounts of new music, more than most people i get the impression, just not albums. the new music i love now is not suited to album formats. the odd one comes along here and there that i genuinely like start to finish, but mostly its a couple of tracks and filler to my ears.
i dont use spotify for example, i have no need for it, other than old album of the year threads. youtube, radio, mixcloud, beatport even, all day long though...
i dont know if theres a connection but for me film seems a shadow of what it was too, and i very rarely read a novel, though thats more because i dont feel like i have the time. then again i'll happily watch a two hour video essay on youtube. i dont konw if theres an overarching theory that explains all these trends. the vast majority of modern music bores me though, feels very tired. a good new tune that makes me dance will never feel old hat though, even if its not that innovative
i'll listen to old abums though, from before i was born even. 20th century music suited it better
krtek a houby
Merry Xmas!
Thanks for the detailed reply. Am just trying to understand why so many of my generation switch off at a certain age. Not that you are totally switched off.
Every comment or discussion online (outside the urban) seems to be folks hating on everything outside their formative years. If anything, getting older has opened (what's left of) my mind and have still an appetite for the new and old.
Times change but music often feels both cyclical and innovative, still. It was DJs like Peel whose enthusiasm for new stuff along with the old that kept my interest in music. Am still a few years behind but there's a lot of good stuff out there, even if some of us oldies are a bit cynical or jaded
braindancer
not for long
I'm a little too obsessed with new music I think - I'm constantly checking out what's come out each week to the extent that I barely listen to anything twice. There's tons of amazing albums being made all the time - I just need to remember to go back to them!
