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THIS WEEK'S EDITOR-IN-CHIEF'S CHOICE
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| Dec 2nd | |
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My eyes glazed over my ghost left my body and I was still somehow only 3/5ths of the way through this article
Return to Wookie Mountain
"This assumption is also based on the fact that the YMCA was apparently being used as some sort of gay hangout and since one of the writers was gay and some of the Village People are gay, the song must be a message to gay people. To that I say once again, get your minds out of the gutter."
Gays and gay related things automatically equals gutter.Dude's a piece of shit.
You can’t assume it’s a gay song just because it’s about a gay cruising spot and I wrote it with a gay guy for a gay band who made gay albums!!!
God, it’s just going to be four years of this lol
This is probably the chalkiest my list has been in years. Plenty of very good this year, but not a ton of great for me. Haven't had enough time with Kendrick or FJM to include them on this list, so I didn't. Merry Listmas, y'all!
1. MJ Lenderman-Manning Fireworks
2. Vampire Weekend-Only God Was Above Us
3. Mk.gee-Two Star & the Dream Police
4. Fontaines DC-Romance
5. Charli XCX-Brat
6. This Is Lorelei-Box For Buddy, Box For Star
7. Astrid Sonne-Great Doubt
8. Deerlady-Greatest Hits
9. Tyla-Tyla
10. Foxing-Foxing
11. Christopher Owens-I Wanna Run Barefoot Through Your Hair
12. Heems & Lapgan-LAFANDAR
13. Jessica Pratt-Here In the Pitch
14. Beth Gibbons-Lives Outgrown
15. Magdalena Bay-Imaginal Disk
16. Nia Archives-Silence Is Loud
17. Burial-Dreamfear/Boy From Above
18. The Cure-Songs Of A Lost World
19. Jamie Xx-In Waves
20. Peter Cat Recording Co-Beta
Am I the only one reading it like Morrissey doesn't know how Wikipedia works?
All-timer year. Could've done a Top 75 and still been making painful cuts. (Also this is already out of date cos I made it last week.)(Also also: there's at least a 4 month blindspot in releases cos I fell behind and never managed to fully catch-up outside of the big albums I wasn't skipping for a second; SORRY, IT WAS AN INTIMIDATINGLY GOOD YEAR!)
Jamie xx - In Waves
Charli XCX - BRAT
Magdalena Bay - Imaginal Disk
SPRINTS - Letter to Self
St. Vincent - All Born Screaming
Adrianne Lenker - Bright Future
Yard Act - Where's My Utopia?
Friko - Where we've been, Where we go from here
Vampire Weekend - Only God Was Above Us
Heems & Lapgan - LAFANDAR
Mannequin Pussy - I Got Heaven
Remi Wolf - Big Ideas
WILLOW - empathogen
The Last Dinner Party - Prelude to Ecstasy
Vince Staples - Dark Times
Billie Eilish - HIT ME HARD AND SOFT
Lip Critic - Hex Dealer
Brittany Howard - What Now
Gouge Away - Deep Sage
Jessica Pratt - Here In The Pitch
Kendrick Lamar - GNX
Ducks Ltd. - Harm's Way
The Staves - All Now
Rosali - Bite Down
Justice - Hyperdrama
Hurray for the Riff Raff - The Past is Still Alive
Confidence Man - 3AM (LA LA LA)
Sleater-Kinney - Little Rope
Bonny Light Horseman - Keep Me On Your Mind/See You Free
KNEECAP - Fine Art
Various - I Saw The TV Glow (Original Soundtrack)
Knocked Loose - You Won't Go Before You're Supposed To
Chelsea Wolfe - She Reaches Out To She Reaches Out To She
Tyler, The Creator - CHROMAKOPIA
The Messthetics & James Brandon Lewis - S/T
Doechii - Alligator Bites Never Heal
Waxahatchee - Tigers Blood
The Cure - Songs of a Lost World
Bashy - Being Poor is Expensive
A. G. Cook - Britpop
EDIT: Wow, only 12 crossing over onto the staff list. And here I thought my tastes were officially Stereogum-core.
Also, phenomenal BRAT write-up @Abby Jones!
(The following hyperbole is an homage to the end of the year lists by cokemachineglow [the site that showed me Women and Cindy Lee])
As the end of year album of the year comment section always proves: music taste is subjective. I think that’s true to a point. Sure, you like what you like and let nobody make you feel any different and all that. But there’s a reason we elite music listeners compare notes here at the end of the year: to see if we can find some objective picks.
It doesn’t always happen and I’m not sure it will happen this year. Nevertheless, there has been one thought floating around my head all year that will surely upset someone.
Diamond Jubilee is objectively the best album of the year. For the first time in a long time, I strongly feel that NOT agreeing with this is just plain wrong. I know. Get mad. You’re wrong. Diamond Jubilee is not only the best of the year, it is the best of the century. I’m saying this from the future in the year 2100. It’s already on my gravestone: Here Lies Raptor Jesus. Diamond Jubilee AOTC.
It is everything I’d ever need from an album. Two hours of infinitely listenable songs that vary in style but walk the fine line of keeping balance throughout its aforementioned TWO HOUR runtime. It’s an absolute marvel. It’s a miracle. Nobody expected THIS from Cindy Lee. Nobody has made a double album this good. I relistened to Mellon Collie & The Infinite Sadness. I relistened to the White Album. Diamond Jubilee reigns supreme. If it isn’t scientific fact to you now, I will be accepting future flowers on said gravestone in the year 2100 when you do realize.
All this death talk should explain my number two. Fun year for music, even if the rest of it was all besides the (diamond-tipped) point.
Cindy Lee – Diamond Jubilee
MGMT – Loss of Life
Charli XCX – brat
Magdalena Bay – Imaginal Disk
Vampire Weekend – Only God Was Above Us
Blood Incantation – Absolute Elsewhere
Infant Island – Obsidian Wreath
The Cure – Songs of A Lost World
godspeed you! black emperor – “NO TITLE AS OF 13 FEBRUARY 2024 28,340 DEAD”
MJ Lenderman – Manning Fireworks
Mount Eerie – Night Palace
Kendrick Lamar – GNX
Bladee – Cold Visions
Jamie xx – In Waves
DIIV – Frog In Boiling Water
Beth Gibbons – Lives Outgrown
Father John Misty – Mahashmashana
Chat Pile – Cool World
Nilüfer Yanya – My Method Actor
Julia Holter – Something In The Room She Moves
Whole lotta words just to say “fuck you, got mine”
“PS: no homo”