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That’s a great video, but that was last year.
JUST missed the cut. But yeah, that’s a great video. Other close calls: BigBang’s “Bad Boy,” Blood Orange’s “I’m Sorry We Lied,” Feist’s “Cicadas And Gulls, Die Antwoord’s “I Fink U Freeky” (yes, really), B.A.P.’s “Power,” Orbital’s “New France,” Youth Lagoon’s “July,” Dum Dum Girls’ “Coming Down.”
I moved, I’m in Virginia now. Did like 2.5 years in Chicago though.
Holy shit, that’s an awesome story! That plane tickets line was so tossed-off, but I’m glad it sparked something!
Yes.
Man, if you think I’m dismissive of that stuff NOW, you should’ve talked to me 10 years ago. Also, “Raise Up” is the motherfucking jam, but if we’re really going to go in deep on Petey Pablo, please investigate “Get On Dis Motorcycle”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrtNOfx8Fl4
No! Damn. That sounds awesome. Will watch immediately.
I actually did one of those in college. Got an A on it, too.
We have a policy that we don’t give Album Of The Week to albums that already got Premature Evaluations, mostly because we don’t think anyone wants to read us enthusing about the same album twice. But personally, I like Beach House just fine and I’d still pick Killer Kill from the Ville over it 20 times out of 10.
It’s not snark. I’m a music critic, and I think he’s a pretty bad rapper.
Can’t wait for the ZD biopic Bones Star’s Sister.
Well played.
After 20 minutes of reflection, I feel sort of bad that my tone in this post is more “WHUT?” than “YAY,” especially considering how much I like this person. But then again, “WHUT” is, I think, a perfectly understandable instant reaction.
Also Jayne County. But Gabel has actually been famous and stuff.
Or Jennifer Lopez to judge! It’s weird. That show is THIS CLOSE to admitting that the vocal calisthenics it prioritizes don’t actually matter in the rest of the world.
That’s my lingering affection for Live Through This and Celebrity Skin at work. Courtney was so awesome once upon a time, which really makes everything she does now sting all the harder.
I don’t love the album unreservedly. I do think it’s a very good album. Good critics don’t just drool all over every album they like; they try their best to offer complete and fleshed-out opinions.
As someone who worked there for a while, I can tell you that 8.2 is right in that borderland area where things can go BNM or not. I can guarantee you there was probably a half-hour conversation at a meeting over whether this one warranted BNM or not. But I agree; it should’ve gotten it.
Noted and corrected. Thanks.
Kinda stoked to see Bomb the Bass and S’Express on the list. I lived in England for a year between 88 and 89, and those two tracks combined to totally destroy my 9-year-old brain, in a good way.
I mean, I like women. I also like fun, exciting pop music videos. And your whole comments-section K-pop crusade is not the best look.
There were three single videos. That’s why it’s #4.
Grayson is BURLY though. It would be lumberjack vs. tree and actually probably pretty competitive.
It’s always weird when people get pissy with me for insufficiently praising an album that I really like. The album’s loose, casual sensibility is probably its greatest strength, and you clearly know nothing about the northerner’s adjustment to southeast life.
That took some work. So did not putting “Fantastic Baby” at #1.