2015 AOTY Discussion
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Post your AOTY, or AOTY nominations.
Bonus points if you discuss why you liked it so much.
This is a 3x3 of some of my favorites from this past year.
Honorable Mentions:
k u b r i c k - kubrick
The Gate - Swans
Have You In My Wilderness - Julia Holter
GO:OD AM - Mac Miller
The Agent Intellect - Protomartyr
Anachoreet - Anachoreet
新しい日の誕生 - 2 8 1 4
II - METZ
1. neurobiology
I really appreciate the even more minimalist approach to dance music than a lot of footwork already is. the way that oftentimes a single sound is manipulated rhythmically is incredibly interesting. the final track with its almost chorale progression is also beautiful
2. brother
not to brag but I was one of the first people to post about this album here, and I've always had a close attachment to it. the improvisations never seem indulgent or careless mainly because Cohen is so experienced. it also goes all the way from ametric/rhythmic to a carefully developed sort of fantasia
3. baltika
it's like louis andriessen, bela bartok, and steve reich had a collab
4. product
didn't expect to like this at all, but the tracks have a real kick to them. rhythmic vitality is ultimately what makes it interesting: the stilted flow of Bipp for instance
5. xe
not better than New Slaves but a solid album from Zs so what's wrong with it?
6. dark energy
also stood up for this album since its release. like product there's a lot of drive from the stilted drums, and also a lot of atmosphere is gained from the voiceovers
7. the ark work
just ask me if you want to know
8. universal themes
it's like prog folk, I love how the music seems to fit every mood Mark is singing/venting about
9. simple songs
the perfect middle ground between Eureka and Insignificance
>>60839804
I could've sworn that Jim O'Rourke album was a Schoolboy Q album, judging by the cover. What kind of music is it?
I've also never listened to a Zs album. Where should I start, and what should I expect?
>>60839916
>What kind of music is it?
basically "dadrock" except super witty and cynical instead of corporate and soulless
also killer orchestrations
>Where should I start
no defined place
Xe if you want a more streamlined, "generic" release
New Slaves if you want a super experimental release
Arms if you want some fun shit
>and what should I expect?
basically like avant prog jazz rock? uncategorizable
>>60840067
avant-prog jazz rock.
sign me up.
thanks, anon.
>>60839625
the giallos one sounds sick as fuck
what are the two under it called?
To cut it down to 10
Leprous
AOTY, Coal, but improved, fantastic choruses and syncopated guitar riffs
Wilderun
Think of more melodic Opeth with strong folk elements
Arcane
A massive double album with top tier prog metal on one side and atmosphetic soft rock on the other
Mew
Criminally underrated, the hooks and choruses are as strong as ever, just not as immediate
Paradise Lost
This is the album they should have made ages ago, excellent use of harsh and clean vocals
Riverside
Took time to grow on me, but this is a great atmospheric prog release
Steven Wilson
Fuck You I like it
Susanne Sundfor
Best pop album in recent years, great combination of chamber pop and synthpop
Anekdtoen
From all the modern bands trying to copy King Crimson, this one is proably the best
Richard Hawley
It's Richard Hawley, that means great lyrics, not much has changed ftom before
HM:
Jim O'Rourke
Solid as usual, but shit production
Elder
Great stoner doom, even better than Uncle acid this year
Caligula's Horse
With signer of Arcane, great melodic prog, but not as strong
My Dying Bride
Really solid gothic doom
Tempel
Just a huge dose of massive and great riffs
Amorphis
Extremely catchy with great senese of melody, big improvement over last 2 albums
instead of the top list - my favourite underrated albums from this year
>>60840522
>Solid as usual, but shit production
yeah I can't recall why he chose such a small and quiet style
>>60840159
yeah man they are sick. the title track is goat.
Komara is one under it
Cold Hot Plumbs - Damaged Bug is in the bottom left.
>>60840757
saw this in another thread. if you had to reccomend one of these albums, which one would it be?
>>60840522
I haven't checked out the Mew album, is it Frengers good?
>>60840522
I thought C-Horse was stronger than the Arcane album desu.
>>60839625
>tfw my favorite projects this year are eps
>>60841783
Frengers is amazing, honestly the best indie pip album of the last decade
>>60840757
That Graham Lambkin & Michael Pisaro collab is legit.
>>60841783
>which one would it be
depends what genre you're into, but my favourite from these is Syny - Orient. You might not get the Polish lyrics though. if that puts you off, check out Macula Dog - it's 16 minutes long but perfect
This bad boy.
It hasn't gotten enough credit in people's AOTY lists, partly because it was released in January and partly (in my opinion) because Lupe's political views make him a controversial figure.
1. Of Montreal - Aureate Gloom
2. Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly
3. Mark Ronson - Uptown Special
4. Napalm Death - Apex Predator Easy Meat
5. Marina and the Diamonds - Froot
6. Lucy Rose - Work It Out
7. Perdition Temple - The Tempter's Victorious
8. Pinkshinyultrablast - Everything Else Matters
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZO2psc4En4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQHCEXpdn5g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0d2m4oh8psk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJAYI8IiL2g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPR_9vATxfQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdtVV7q-_BE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cv0A-axCV7w
>>60843003
I just found it boring, and the lyricism was just nonsense like a lot of "experimental" or "great" hip hop.
>>60843015
>lucy rose - work it out
MY FUCKING NIGGER
>Summertime '06
Favorite hip hop album of the year. Great vocals, and it's just much more compelling to me than TPAB is. Also, really, really catchy.
>Sprinter
One of the most intense albums I've listened to, with just hauntingly powerful vocals.
>Me
Really good pop album. Water Water blows me away. It's weird to explain, but it just feels so bendy and loose. Fucking great.
>Viet Cong
I'm not a post-punk fan, by any means, but this was really great. So atmospheric and brooding sounding, but really intriguing.
>Get To Heaven
I think it might be my AOTY. It's just so catchy and with great vocals and depth and meaning to match. Also, I love the falsetto.
>Foil Deer
Edged out No Cities To Love, because they just seem really similar rock albums. It just had more staying power to me.
>Ten Love Songs
This is the reason Get To Heaven isn't my clear AOTY. Brilliant idea: just really fucked up shit cleverly disguised as love songs.
>Choose Your Weapon
Most under-appreciated album of the year. Lot of groovy melodies, and genre-defying. Also, Swamp Thing and Borderline with my Atoms is great.
>Sometimes I Sit and Think
It's lost it's newness on me, but it's still got plenty of charm and I critics be damned, I love the deadpan vocal style.
Currents
TBAP
Garden of delete
Magic whip
My favourites
>>60843015
Froot doesn't get enough love.
>>60843314
haha yeah I'd never even heard of her before and just found it by going through that weeks new release list in alphabetical order.
Especially when counting the deluxe edition, this albums been really tough to beat for me.
>>60843728
agreed especially for pop aoty
>>60843003
agreed. IMO the message is just as strong as TPAB while having better replay value
>>60844558
>the epic
name 5 jazz albums from this decade you have listened to
>>60844592
I can't from this decade because I've only delved into older jazz. Why is that a problem desu?
>>60844592
name ONE jazz album from this year thats better.
>>60844632
>I can't from this decade because I've only delved into older jazz
so why would you claim to care about modern jazz?
I didn't put Sunbather on 2013 charts, because I didn't try to claim to care about black metal. I realized I was out of my comfort zone.
>>60844592
>from this decade
and thats seriously about how long they recorded The Epic
disqualified for aoty
>>60844648
That's easy: Vijay Iyer - Break Stuff
>>60844673
anything in particular I should be paying attention for on this first song Starlings?
so far marcus miller is winning track 1 for me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOrfX9H8Jtc
Pic related is my AOTY
>Honourable Mentions
Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit
Joanna Newsom - Divers
Young Fathers - White Men Are Black Men Too
Jamie xx - In Colour
Floating Points - Elaenia
Carly Rae Jepsen - Emotion
I still need to hear a lot of releases from this year but here is my current list.
Any recs would be appreciated.
Or you can call me a pleb if you want.
>>60844785
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jX1IHReC_xg
>>60844829
john carpenter remix came out last month and i was super pissed its vinyl only
first track by Prurient was pretty awesome but thats mostly all I heard
>>60844829
Please listen to better classical music like Julia Wolfe, Michael Gordon, and Harrison Birtwistle.
>>60844866
well I'll just move on to the next song Chorale
>>60844880
Yeah I listened to the Prurient album once. It was ok, definitely not my thing though.
>>60844891
Sorry. I'm pretty much completely new to modern classical. Thanks for the recs. I will certainly check them out.
>>60844922
I didnt particularly like what I heard of his album either but this John Carpenter - Themes Remixed album seemed pretty fun from what I heard.
>>60844673
>That's easy
I would rethink that.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8_au7S0vK4
because I'm just not hearing aoty
>>60844988
>I would rethink that because I personally don't like the album
Good for you.
>>60844962
Oh I see.
You're refering to the Prurient remix of "Purgatory"
I haven't had the chance to hear the remix album yet. I have a lot of shit I need to listen to.
>>60844988
>>60845017
At least Vijays trio has an original sound and talented soloists unlike Kamasis shit tier ensemble.
>>60845017
and the same exact thing doesnt go for criticism of the Epic?
and I didnt even imply I didnt like it
I just call bullshit that this is a serious contender for aoty
>>60845042
>has an original sound
please point it out because this album is actually kinda lazy to me so far
and lots of original shit is still just shit
>>60845017
Pleb
here's a few of mine. Wiki is dropping Lil Me on Monday so he'll likely sneak in here too. Top left is my number one. Best album of the year tbqh idk why /mu/ is sleeping on it so hard.
>>60844803
Wooo. Young Fathers.
>>60840522
That Wilderun album sounds amazing. Will definitely listen.
>>60845852
Young Fathers are so good, shocked they came out of Scotland, as a scotsman.
>>60845590
this is the whitest kid list i have ever seen
>>60845590
I never really liked the Barnett album all that much.Don't understand all the hype around it
>>60846110
>white
>has rap
>>60848147
yeah but rap for whites
PBVSGR
All this rap.
There's still a lot of albums I need to listen to, so this may change before the end of the year is up, but here's what I got so far.
>>60848901
Fuck yeah, nice list.
I'm gonna go ahead and download every album I can that was posted in this thread.
Thanks for the rec's, guys ;).
This. The new Bosse-De-Nage is a close second though.
pic related and holly herndon platform,Mgla - Exercises in futility
>>60849541
9/10
Tica Douglas Joey
8/10
Rone Creatures
7/10
H. Hawkline In the Pink of Condition
Mahan Esfahani Time Present and Time Past
Waxahatchee Ivy Tripp
6/10
James Blackshaw Summoning Suns
Sherwood & Pinch Late Night Endless
5/10
David Fray Schubert: Fantasie
4/10
Daniel Barenboim / Anna Netrebko / Staatskapelle Berlin Richard Strauss: Vier letzte Lieder; Ein Heldenleben
The Knights The Ground Beneath Our Feet
>>60849552
>pic related
Agreed
>>60839625
+TPAB
+Viet Cong
I'd probably go with TPAB as AOTY. My most enjoyed album might be Vince Staples - Summertime '06 though
>>60839625
>>60841783
It is NOT Frengers-good... It is not terrible, but it gets kind of silly, at least for me.
6/10
I forgot to mention this one, but it at least deserves a mention in this thread.
>>60849837
Summertime '06 was a great album, too. Staples is slowly becoming one of my favorites.
>>60849552
I can't tell if you've been meme'ing these past 2-3 days, or if you really like it. What do you like so much about it? Should I wait for a non-transcoded version?
>>60850101
what genre is this?
>>60850121
pretty good list desu. I was disappointed in the Ducktails album though.
>>60850151
aww
Haven't listened to that much from this year, but this is my favorite right now
>>60850121
The album that is second in the second row. How do I access it? Do you have a link, or do you know how the buttons I'd need to press to make that symbol?
>>60846364
What's the album on the bottom left?
>>60848623
top left?
>>60851610
I'd like to know this as well.
help anyone?
>>60848901
how is this BEAK>>
>>60851861
idk but I'm very interested in hearing it. It isn't on What, yet.
>>60851737
my nigga
>>60850860
bump
>>60851737
Cool cover idea, kinda lazy execution
>>60853334
thx for the bump. I am really curious what it is.
My current list
>>60839625
What's the album with the red alien thing on the cover?
Xinlisupreme pretty much made a completely new type of noise pop album
It's not really shoegazy because you can't hear the guitars, and it's not pure harsh noise because there are always those sweet melodic lines beneath all the feedback
It's like bubblegum noise and it's wonderful
No one talks about any of my favorite albums from this year oh well
>>60854870
Komara!
>>60854430
What is Age of Transparency like? I see it posted constantly.
>>60855000
that toe. album was great. I'll have to check out some of these.
The new Battles is incredibly dull aside from The Yabba, and the studio version sounds like ass compared to the live session they did that's on Youtube. Without guest vocalists (Yamantaka on Sundome is the best thing they've ever done IMO) or Tyondai the songs go absolutely nowhere.
>>60855146
Definitely check out Envy and Tricot if you liked toe
Toundra and Marriages are also sort of similar
>>60855146
thanks!
>>60839625
whats the bottom left one?
>>60850293
This
>>60844654
You're a fucking idiot
>>60855243
Thanks!
>>60857578
wew lad chill out senpai
>>60850379
It's a ◻
The album's on bandcamp somewhere but it's on a label thing that has My Little Pony stuff on it for some reason??? Even though it's a 100% non-horse related album??? Idfk
It's good though
