My top song was "forever" by Charli XCX (who was also my most played artist). I was in the top 0.1% for her, which is also not very surprising for me.
My top genre was something called "voidgaze", which is a word I've never seen before but also makes a lot of sense.
1. Charli XCX - how i'm feeling now
2. Sivyj Yar - Grief
3. Yves Tumor - Heaven to a Tortured Mind
4. Grimes - Miss Anthropocene
5. Cult of Fire - Nirvana
6. Deep Sea Diver - Impossible Weight
7. Ellis - born again
8. Oranssi Pazuzu - Mestarin Kynsi
9. Spectral Lore / Mare Cognitum - Wanderers: Astrology of the Nine
10. Sadness - Atna
11. Rina Sawayama - SAWAYAMA
12. JFDR - New Dreams
13. The Weeknd - After Hours
14. Moses Sumney - græ
15. Unreqvited - Empathica
16. Violet Cold - Noir Kid
17. Waxahatchee - Saint Cloud
18. Vuur & Zijde / Impavida
19. Ela Minus - acts of rebellion
20. After Dark 3
how i'm feeling now is the main album that I constantly came back to this year, and the only one I could listen to two or three times in a row on any given night. So that was an easy top pick for me. That album just made a lot of sense this year. Probably my new favorite Charli album.
"TOY" was remixed perfectly for this After Dark comp. So that might be my favorite, but Farah's "Boyz R Bad" and JOON's "Worse Things Than Feeling Lonely" also stood out to me. That last one in particular has such a great beat.
Wait, have I just been a dansolo sock puppet account this whole time? If so, you put a lot of work into me. You gave me a real life body and everything!
I love Never Let Me Go. I can't imagine how it would feel to read that as a high school student, I think your students are in for a treat!
Good luck, I hope things get better for you all. Ishiguro is my favorite novelist. Remains of the Day, Unconsoled, When We were Orphans, those are all incredible.
One of Emperor's members stabbed a gay guy to death (37 times) and then kicked him in the head repeatedly. We will never hear that man's side of the story. So... Taylor Swift wins this round, you sick fucking pieces of shit.
OK, yeah, this is a great intro!
I feel like no band names could be be completely denotative, because readers/listeners are going to automatically employ their own connotations, right?
Also, I would agree (I think) that the quality of the name isn't as important as the quality of the music (or the quality of our knowledge of the music that the name stands for). For example, I won't listen to Burzum because I know who he is, even though that name itself would otherwise mean nothing to me. I know that he's influenced a lot if artists I like, but I consider his music to be something to be avoided. Although I guess that is based neither on word recognition nor music recognition, but rather on personality recognition. I don't know.
"Seance" would be a pretty good name for a funeral doom band.
"Instead, they powered on with Buttocks" has got to be one of the best parts of this month's entry. Another choice intro, Ian!
There is actually no way to delete an account now. Bdkbidboebosbodndondobdodndondpdnpdnfonfpdnodnodnodnodhodbozhodhodhd9hd9hdobdicdibron3pndpnxoxbkdbidvisbodnfpndpndpdnoshodboxbodvievei H 8bxodhoxnldnoebodh9dhdohd9
I think you just have to email Scott (from whatever email account is linked to your 'Gum account). I've done it before, and I'll probably do it again. It's kind of pointless though, because it's considerably easier to sign up for an account than it is to delete one. You might as well just take a long break. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ But if you really want to delete your account, it's definitely doable.
Great write-up, Tom! (Although I'm sad that "epiphany" didn't get a mention, in either the article or the comments. Am I the only one who loves that song? I think it's a very atypical and notable song for Taylor, and it surprised me in a good way.)
That NINA song would be at home on the Drive soundtrack. Good stuff.
I didn't notice you say anything that bad in the Kanye thread. I wouldn't worry about it. I have absolutely melted down in a Stereogum thread before, and people are still nice to me. I think folks here tend to move on pretty quickly. :)
I almost spaced that the new George Clanton + Nick Hexum album is out now! I'd forgotten just how great "Crash Pad" and "King for a Day" are. Happy weekend.
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