In three groups.
First, my favorite: Skull Defekts, Peer Amid (Thrill Jockey)
Next:
Psychic Paramount, II (Important)
Mogwai, Hardcore Will Never Die But You Will (Sub Pop)
David Kilgour, Left by Soft (Merge)
Dirtbombs, Party Store (In the Red)
And then…
Sidi Toure, Sahel Folk (Thrill Jockey)
Arbouretum, The Gathering(Thrill Jockey)
Vetiver, The Errant Charm (Sub Pop)
Howe Gelb and a Band of Gypsies, Alegrias (Fire)
Obits, Moody, Standard & Poor (Sub Pop)
How about you guys (and girls)?
Showing posts with label mid-year. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mid-year. Show all posts
Monday, June 6, 2011
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Also, some reaction to my mid-year
Yeah, so I was reading ILX again, and people are really hating my list and my year-end wrap-up, which is fine, whatever. You can read about it here, though you'll have to page down to about December 14 if you don't want to read the whole thread.
I don't post on ILX, but I do have a couple of responses.
First, the main reason I spent all the time talking about the consensus was that it seemed pretty awful and that it's always awful, every year, and that I never care a rat's ass about the top ten records that end up on it. I didn't actually vote for the Animal Collective last year or include it on my list. Enough people completely missed the point of that, that I think probably I must have written it badly.
Second, I have heard Kanye now, though I hadn't when I wrote the list. I like parts of it and dislike others. I'm not sure it would have made my top 20. In any case, I've always felt weird about putting rap records on my list, because I only listen to a few of them, and even if I like them, I'm not sure I have the context to judge them. There are plenty of people listening to these records. I don't think they need me.
Also, in terms of the number of records I've listened to, I review probably 4 records a week all year long, which is 200, plus some interviews, maybe another 10-20, and then listen to one or two songs on a bunch more. It's true that some people listen to more records, but a lot of people listen to less, too.
And finally, I don't think I'm very standard indie. If I were I'd have Arcade Fire and the National and Vampire Weekend and all kinds of crap on my list, and I don't.
So anyway, that's that.
I don't post on ILX, but I do have a couple of responses.
First, the main reason I spent all the time talking about the consensus was that it seemed pretty awful and that it's always awful, every year, and that I never care a rat's ass about the top ten records that end up on it. I didn't actually vote for the Animal Collective last year or include it on my list. Enough people completely missed the point of that, that I think probably I must have written it badly.
Second, I have heard Kanye now, though I hadn't when I wrote the list. I like parts of it and dislike others. I'm not sure it would have made my top 20. In any case, I've always felt weird about putting rap records on my list, because I only listen to a few of them, and even if I like them, I'm not sure I have the context to judge them. There are plenty of people listening to these records. I don't think they need me.
Also, in terms of the number of records I've listened to, I review probably 4 records a week all year long, which is 200, plus some interviews, maybe another 10-20, and then listen to one or two songs on a bunch more. It's true that some people listen to more records, but a lot of people listen to less, too.
And finally, I don't think I'm very standard indie. If I were I'd have Arcade Fire and the National and Vampire Weekend and all kinds of crap on my list, and I don't.
So anyway, that's that.
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