belboid
Exasperated, not angry.
Excellent. At least it looks like I chose the right track for the spotify playlist.
Urban 75's Albums of the Year... The Results!
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ska invita
back on the other side
i wont argue... i guess its more a time and a place kind thing
ska invita
back on the other side
ook The Daktaris! didnt know about that...
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
Yeah, I can imagine it would work well around 5am after a club, just as your last pill is wearing off and you've rolled a large spliff
cliche guevara
Well-Known Member
Listened to Swans twice now, can't get into it. I can see some merit in it, but it's just not for me.
Tame Impala is quite good though
Tame Impala is quite good though
ouchmonkey
Singe Gainsbourg
I really like the Actress album.
but even I'm a little confused by the idea it's the best of the year,
clearly not one for everyone, if you've come to it through a list of bestnesses then I can see why it might let you down. but it's very subtle and layered - takes repeat listens
try the Andy Stott one instead people
it's similarly kind of a headphone electronic record but more immediate and dynamic
it's fucking great.
thoughfully, someone has stuck the whole thing on the you tuberry
but even I'm a little confused by the idea it's the best of the year,
clearly not one for everyone, if you've come to it through a list of bestnesses then I can see why it might let you down. but it's very subtle and layered - takes repeat listens
try the Andy Stott one instead people
it's similarly kind of a headphone electronic record but more immediate and dynamic
it's fucking great.
thoughfully, someone has stuck the whole thing on the you tuberry
ouchmonkey
Singe Gainsbourg
maybe it deserves a closer listen.
but I've always liked his stuff, until what I heard of that new record
disappointing
but I've always liked his stuff, until what I heard of that new record
disappointing
thats commitment. 6 hours on an album you didn't care for
Buddy Bradley
Pantheistic solipsist
Thanks for doing this again, belboid. This thread always provides me with stuff to listen to over the next 12 months.
articul8
Dishonest sociopath
I voted for Tame Impala - means no-one else did or my votes weren't counted?
Stewards Inquiry!Anyway:
belboid
Exasperated, not angry.
I voted for Tame Impala - means no-one else did or my votes weren't counted?
I have just gone and triple checked (and I was only prepared to do that cos you voted for Julian Cope!). Just the one vote for Tame Impala
belboid
Exasperated, not angry.
check the T&Cs - PM'd votes only, count I'm afraid.
I could add you to the list of people to PM to remind them to submit a list for next year, if you like
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
Have spent the morning listening to The Seer.
"Goes on a bit" was my first impression. "Kinda like heavy prog" was the next.
"Goes on a bit" was my first impression. "Kinda like heavy prog" was the next.
Ok, lovely, thanks
tbh tame impala was about the only new record i bought last year so i probably couldnt put together much of a list. it seems to have been a bit of crap year for music in general. or maybe im just getting old.
twistedAM
Left Of The Dial
Ok, lovely, thanks
tbh tame impala was about the only new record i bought last year so i probably couldnt put together much of a list. it seems to have been a bit of crap year for music in general. or maybe im just getting old.
It's just that you have to look for it in different places these days; no authoritative magazines, radio shows any more.
I didn't make a list this year maybe because I just listen to what sounds like I'd like and pay no respect to release date any more.
Crispy
The following psytrance is baṉned: All
Exactly mine too, except without the "kinda like"Have spent the morning listening to The Seer.
"Goes on a bit" was my first impression. "Kinda like heavy prog" was the next.
belboid
Exasperated, not angry.
I thought I'd have difficulty making a list of twenty albums I did actually really like from this year. But pretty much as soon as I started, I got straight up to 50 albums I'd heard and kinda liked, there were easily another ten that I know I should like (still not got the Earth or Godspeed! for example).
Still a sucker for owt new. Spotify does help enormously for that.
Still a sucker for owt new. Spotify does help enormously for that.
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
This is my problem really, Spotify just makes it too easy to jump from one thing to another without ever knowing when it was released.
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
The bits where it gets going are OK, but there must be at least an hour and a half of twiddly noise bollocks
belboid
Exasperated, not angry.
it's a free programme that allows you to listen to a vast amount of music. You get ads about every four songs unless you pay a fiver a month. Most things are on there these days, tho it is weaker on odd ATP style alt rock. There were 24 of the 30 on the main list, iirr
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
Imgaine a copy of iTunes that is already full of music. I pay for a premium account so I don't get ads. It's utterly transformed the way I listen to music. I haven't bought a CD for well over 2 years now. I've got the app on my PC, on my phone and on my WDTV live box.
10 quid a month and I must listen to 5 or 6 CD's a day via it. Bargain.
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
Pretty much, yeah. You can create playlists, share them, browse other peoples etc. The quality is good as well - 320kbs if you have a premium account.
Where it's really come into its own for me though is having it via my WDTV Live box. This is linked into my hifi, so I don't need a PC or laptop in the front room to listen to music, you select it all via the TV remote. No more cables trailing from a laptop to the hifi, no more piles of CD's everywhere. It's brilliant. The box was about £80, and a premium account is £10 a month as I said earlier. Comparing it to if I'd gone out and bought the CD's I reckon it paid for itself within less than a week.
