ITT: AOTYSF
I haven't been paying attention to music because of school so post your favorite albums of the year so far that I should check out. Pic related and Life Of Pablo are the only two I've listened to honestly
>>63840825
rn my candidates for aoty are Blackstar and Sleep Cycle. I liked PW and TLOP but not enough.
Easily
>>63840889
Who made Sleep Cycle?
Bowie - Black star
The Drones - Feelin kinda free
Freaky Deaky - sleep cycle
Big ups - before a million universes
>>63840946
Based DEAKIN
>>63840922
I really didn't have strong feelings towards anything so far this year until this
instantly fell in love, easily AOTYSF
Death Grips- Bottomless Pit
>>63841006
OP HERE SO PUMPED HONESTLY
>>63841006
fuck off
>>63840922
Definitely EOTYSF and it might be better than any albums. It's long enough for me to count it as an album so I will definitely second this
>>63840964
I'll check it out because I'm seeing a ton of hype for it now
Not really essential listening, but this is great if you're a fan of indie rock.
blackstar
>>63841052
It really lives up to the hype. Solid 9/10. It's a return to old AnCo and all memes aside I agree with the description as Post-Freak Folk. Only filler track is 1:16 so not even a big deal.
>>63841094
Oh yeah I heard this too and solid 9/10
>>63841128
>shadow mine
>filler
take it back
OP Here just listened to the first track and I seriously just shed a tear this is so beautiful
I've basically been looping the new Lightning in a Twilight Hour since it was released. I think Bobby has really grasped drones and ambient stuff better than he has on past Lightning in a Twilight Hour releases. Plus all the pop music is typically great.
>>63841191
It's a good intermission and very necessary to the album, but I definitely will never sit down and say "hmmm.. I think today I will listen to Shadow Mine"
>>63841235
what is this
>>63841235
Deakin fucking killed it, bless that man.
>>63841310
Deakin - Sleep Cycle
https://mega.nz/#F!YM0iQbSa!8FMCA4qAdEigSbeibJ3JAQ
>>63841306
If it's very necessary to the album in your own words, how is it filler?
>>63841057
I heard one song and thought it was interesting so I'll have to check out the rest
>>63840922
Fuck yes!
>>63841235
>>63840922
What's going on in that photo?
>>63841387
Pure beauty
>>63841387
Deakin spent some time in Africa so idk
>>63841354
Imo filler is something that is put into an album to expand it a little and separate the highlights. These songs are ones that very few people will actually say "I'm really in the mood for (x)". Therefore even though it fills these requirements. The fact that it almost splits the EP into 2 acts makes it vital and key to the album's greatness.
Similar to how some people dislike "Houses in Motion" on Remain In Light. It's vital to the album because it gives a clear distinction between the 2 sides of the records but nobody sits down and listens to that one song.
>>63841057
this is great, got the ltd vinyl
my top4
bumperini
1. dream theater - the astonishing
2. anderson paak - malibu
3. venomous concept - kick me silly
4. daughter - not to disappear
5. chtheilist - dernier crepuscule
6. anchoress - romance novelist confessions
7. kendrick lamar - untitled unmastered
8. pinkshinyultrablast - grandfeathered
9. adrian younge - something about april too
10. brothers osbourne - pawn shop
11. dylan leblanc - cautionary tale
12. allen stone - radius
13. sia - this is acting
14. magrudergrind - two
15. david bowie - blackstar
16. half japanese - perfect
17. tortoise - catastrophist
18. megadeth - dystopia
19. sunflower bean - human ceremony
20. agoraphobic nosebleed - arc
21. daz and snoop - cuzznz
22. jesu/sun kil moon - s/t
23. chairlift - moth
24. abbath - s/t
25. diiv - is the is are
26. savages - adore life
27. fleshgod apocalypse - king
28. omnihility - dominion of misery
29. smoke rings - boxes
30. nevermen - s/t
>>63843207
>No Sleep Cycle
DROPPED
>Dream Theater
you appear to have gone and busted my good man
>>63843228
never even heard of it
>>63843317
replying to this >>63843207 meme theater loving fuck
>>63843323
Did you like, only just get online in the past 10 minutes or something?
>>63843317
hey I'm just as shocked as you are
>>63843323
You're funny
>>63841387
>>63841418
What the fuck are you talking about it's just him with aguitar with weird filters
It looks a lot like loveless
>>63843323
Nigguh you don't come here often enough. You some kinda fag with a life?
This
>>63843383
>Did you like, only just get online in the past 10 minutes or something?
yes but I don't rank things immediately anyway
>>63843404
no and I'd be surprised if anyone else, if there is anyone else, with dt as their aoty had a life
>>63840825
Black star is it. Nothing can beat it. It takes guts to turn your own death into a piece of performance art and I really think that the symbolism through out the album and it's videos, and the intended planning that went into the release dates, and his keeping it all secret so we could witness it at once was incredible. I think the album and all the aforementioned traits will push the medium forward as a whole
>>63840957
Agreed with the Drones, don't see them getting mentioned here but i feel like they should.
Blackstar and Sleep Cycle are both 9/10 for me, hoping more albums of that quality come out.
>>63843531
but beyonce already did that
beyonce > bowie, i guess!
>>63841603
I agree but on your last point 1) Side two of the record starts with Once In A Lifetime on vinyl at least, which totally changed the way I saw the record and 2) Houses In Motion is my most listened to track on that album. With 8 songs (too long to be an EP) none of the tracks are filler imo, even with your definition of the word.
>>63843531
Technically this is my favorite, but the one that's been getting the most play is Frankie Cosmos' new album. Top tier bandcamp core, definitely top 3 this year so far with Bowie and Kendrick
>>63841472
Unlike other albums by Venetian Snares, this album was composed and live recorded entirely on modular synthesizer equipment.[12]
I'm not really familiar with him. How has this made the album sound especially different?
>>63843779
Whoops, I wish I had RiL vinyl. I think it's still fair to say there is a notable change between the styles on the first half and second half. As for your liking of Houses in Motion, I haven't seen a ton of love for it but there are always exceptions I guess.
As for SC, the problem is it isn't 8 songs long. The last 2 are bonus tracks from a band he recorded while he was in Mali. They're hidden on the physical release and not part of the official tracklist.
Also, Shadow Mine is the only song I consider filler, and even then maybe I'm using the wrong word I guess. The right word is intermission. It is sonically very different from the rest of the album, as well as being much shorter, making it a break from the rest of the EP's atmosphere. It isn't so much that I dislike the song (I would never skip it) but that I would never listen to it outside the context of the rest of the album. Almost every other song on the EP is something I could say "I'm in the mood for ..." whereas I would never sit down just to listen to SM. Obviously this is my interpretation of the album and as shown by our differing views on Houses in Motion, we have different views on music, so I suppose it's entirely possible SM could be your favorite song on the EP and you've had it on repeat for the last 3 hours.
>>63840922
Am I retarded? I can't find this album. It's not on Spotify or Soundcloud or even Youtube. Is it Animal Collective? Also, who exactly is Deakin? I've heard him mentioned a lot around here.
>>63844063
Deakin is a member of AnCo, and a leak of the album got out today. The general consensus is pants-shittingly good.
>>63844121
He also came here and posted a couple things that were actually really nice. He had been talking about how said he was to see people turning on the other members of AnCo after his album came out (long story if your not already familiar with it and I'm sure someone else can explain it better than I can) on another forum dedicated purely to AnCo. Everyone felt really bad and he rewarded us with a visit. Someone who can greentext it would be much appreciated
Pic Related gives a little background
>>63844243
>cassettes
>>63840922
This
Nothing really that good this year but i doubt anything will beat it
>>63841472
kinda out of my element but I really enjoyed it
>>63844243
what the fuck is all this positivity
>>63845189
top 5 hhoty?
I thought Kevin Gates was better but I only listened to each once
>>63845441
aoty list for reference?
My Top 20 Albums of the First Quarter of 2016
20. I by Fuath
19. Before a Million Universes by Big Ups
18. The Ridge by Sarah Neufeld
17. Where Have You Been All My Life? by Villagers
16. Panopticon & Waldgeflüster by Panopticon & Waldgeflüster
15. The Driver by Charles Kelley
14. Paradise by Pop. 1280
13. Jesu/Sun Kil Moon by Jesu/Sun Kil Moon
12. Lead Poison by Elzhi
11. Only the Youngest Grave by Lost Salt Blood Purges
10. The Life of Pablo by Kanye West
9. Feelin Kinda Free by The Drones
8. Southern Family by Various Artists
7. untitled unmastered. by Kendrick Lamar
6. Dystopia by Megadeth
5. Varmints by Anna Meredith
4. Emotional Mugger by Ty Segall
3. Blackstar by David Bowie
2. Ultimate Care II by Matmos
1. Malibu by Anderson .Paak
I made this lot on 3/31, so the only main additions I'd rec are Love Streams by Tim Hecker and Jumalten Aika by Moonsorrow. Also as far as EPs my main recs are
Hyperion by Krallice
4 1/2 by Steven Wilson
Fruit Deluxe by Banana Peels
Ritual Spirit by Massive Attack
Tan by Lafawndah
Interview 2016 by Death Grips
The Terrible Tales Of Scurvy Jones by Mr. Yote
Vroom Vroom by Charlie XCX
>>63845664
fuck yeah dude is it just me or has this been a great fucking year for EPs? Also do you just take their word for it? I'm not counting Steve Wilson as an ep which I really enjoyed btw but I just got it so not ranked yet. Length 37:07
I make a rough cut off at 25 minutes
>>63845713
I take their words for it. I also forgot to recommend
Lucy by Bradley Layne
Great EP
>>63845802
offhand the only other one I'm thinking of but still
https://widoweratx.bandcamp.com/
I admit I'm still riding high on Charli so that could probably be the only ep of the year and I'd still think it was an above average year. Unfortunately though I cant really put it up against proper albums because of the god awful hannah diamond song. If not though it would be holding its own against some mid-tier full lengths right now.
>>63845878
Here's the EP I just mentioned
https://bradleylayne.bandcamp.com/releases
I'm trying to help it get more exposure since it's free and it seems as though this producer is relatively unknown and lowkey. It has interesting blends in Electronic, Noise, Drone, Funk, and Sample Based R&B.
>>63843207
>7. kendrick lamar - untitled unmastered
>>63845664
>7. untitled unmastered. by Kendrick Lamar
what is this meme
>>63846012
Give It To Me is a sample?
bump for new music
>>63845211
>kevin Gates
cringe
>>63843317
Bodybuilder is the best
>>63847660
compared to Imperial? anything specific?
untitled unmastered., tlop, blackstar, and weezer
>>63847690
whats bodybuilder?
>>63847709
The best song off Pilotredsun - achievement
>>63847718
A collection of tunes dated september 2012 to september 2014
I'd probably have to disqualify this anyways
kinda interesting though
>>63847660
this things actually kicking my ass all over again right now
>>63840922
THIS
Also:
Kiran Leonard - Grapefruit
She's Beautiful - OK
Matmos - Ultimate Care II
All of those three, along with Sleep Cycle, are the best this year for me.
Don't care what anyone says, still a really good album.
Aside from Blackstar, The Great Cold is the only other album to have blown me away
bracing for impact senpai
likely will end up being aoty
1. Blackstar
2. untitled unmastered
3. Malibu
4. Weezer (White Album)
5. Emily's D+Evolution
>>63840825
>>63849093
>5. Emily's D+Evolution
I'm looking forward to warming up to it. The drastic change after the opener is just such a deal killer for me right now unfortunately. I appreciate she returns to that style by the end but its almost too little too late by that point. I've still only heard it twice so far though and I did like it more the 2nd time once my expectations were adjusted.
Pic related.
>>63849140
ha, I'm the opposite. I prefer just about everything between the opener/closer. but it does take a while to properly warm to.
>>63849217
huh thats really surprsing
>>63849181
He basically told everyone in the club to go fuck themselves except me. Dude's got good instincts.
5. Let Love Show The Way by Simo
4. Eraser Stargazer by Guerilla Toss
3. Tv Life by Magic Magic
2. Blackstar by David Bowie
1. Heron Oblivion by Heron Oblivion
>>63849565
>1. Heron Oblivion by Heron Oblivion
any particular highlights? I just heard it the other day and it seemed solid but nothing really jumped out at me.
>>63840913
This, but it doesn't come close to Virgins.
So far it's.
1.) Black Star - David Bowie
2.) Sleep Cycle - Deakin
3.) Ultimate Care II - Matmos
4.) Paradise - Pop. 1280
5.) Ritual Spirit - Massive Attack
6.) Before a Million Universes - Big Ups
7.) Weezer (White Album) - Weezer
8.) Vroom Vroom - Sophie/Charlie XCX
9.) untitled umastered - Kendrick Lamar
10.) Painting With - Animal Collective
Why are the EPs this year too fucking good?
>>63845189
honestly this. such a fucking sweet album by my nigga denzel
>>63849582
Every time it went off into sprawling psyedelic madness pretty much. It sounded very large and powerful for me. Every track gave me exactly what I wanted next, loved it
>>63840922
Is Deakin the greatest musician out of the gang?
new blackstar music video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZscv36UUHo
How's Andrew Bird's new album?
And does anyone have a dl link for it?
>>63849920
It's hard to say who the "best musician" is. Panda had formal training and made Person Pitch, Avey made STGSTV, Deak made Sleep Cycle. Geologist is probably the least "musical".
>>63850043
You can listen to it directly from NPR.
I really like it a lot, but it's not his best work. IMO, it's probably his best since Nobel Beast. It doesn't quite live up to Eggs/Armchair/Beast, but it's definitely better than anything he's put out in the past few years.
Stylistically, it's interesting. His lyrical content is much more straight forward than anything he's ever done. He's still got the quirky wordplay, but when you listen to songs you can actually figure out what the fuck he's talking about for a change. The concepts are fairly straight forward.
Musically, it trends towards a little more straight forward song writing, with catchy hooks, verses, and choruses. There's little flashes of his former self, but it's clear that he was going for a different thing here. I'm not going to fault him for trying something different, because he does a pretty good job at it.
AOTYSF for me. Honestly, nothing's really excited me like this album.
The new Andrew Bird is good, but not AOTY material. Same for White Denim's Stiff.
>>63850249
Fuck! I forgot about pic related. Sound of Ceres is second, but Damien Jurado is first so far.
Idk about AOTY because it just dropped but I'm really enjoying Gallant's new album.
His voice is really something special.
>>63849980
>lyric video
No thanks senpai
>>63843656
And beyonce's ass is better than Bowie's. Damn anon, you're right. BEYONCE 2016 MAKE MU GREAT AGAIN
These are all my 8.5/10 (highest score so far) from this year
>>63841057
This, so many great songs. Also their Monastic Living was my fav EP from 2015
>>63843529
drone
>>63840957
Seconding that Drones album, it is very good, like a 8.7/10. Probably AOTY for me so far but I have not listened to Sleep Cycle at all yet.
Blackstar is also very good.
>>63850296
that pretentious essay on the bandcamp page turned me off of even listening to it. that and you can only play the three singles? this guy has no idea how to market music digitally in 2016
>>63840954
Nice
>>63840922
This
>>63841603
I do, that song is great
>>63851963
>hat pretentious essay on the bandcamp page turned me off of even listening to it
Never even saw that. I'll agree that it's incredibly cringe worthy. Who knows who wrote it. Sounds like some label BS to me.
>>63851963
>that and you can only play the three singles? this guy has no idea how to market music digitally in 2016
For fuck's sake. You can stream it on any of the major streaming service. You can buy it for fucking nothing. Or you can just pirate it. Since when is Bandcamp the last stop for music?
>>63852816
>metal
lol
>>63853091
it's just a silly choice to make. why wouldn't you just make it playable on bandcamp?
>>63843207
>1. dream theater - the astonishing
nice meme
>>63840913
Definitely this. Just recently got the gapless version and it's one of the most interesting pieces of work Hecker's ever released. I, like a lot of people, almost dismissed it after the first few listens, but after some persistence, it's obvious that there's an almost overwhelming amount of complexity to each track, each being stunningly composed and filled with some of the richest textures I've ever heard. Stick with this record. Seriously. It's something special.
2016
(8.5)David Bowie- Blackstar
(8.2)Oranssi Pazuzu- Värähtelijä
(8.1)Weezer- White Album
(8)Denzel Curry- Imperial
(8)Anderson Paak- Malibu
(7.9)Iggy Pop & Josh Homme- Post Pop Depression
(7.9)Chthe'ilist- Le Dernier Crépuscule
(7.8)Aluk Todolo- Voix
(7.8)Lucinda Williams- The Ghosts of Highway 20
(7.8)HXLT- HXLT
(7.6)Obscura- Akróasis
(7.6)2 Chainz & Lil Wayne- Collegrove
(7.4)Primal Scream- Chaosmosis
(7.3)Kanye West- The Life Of Pablo
(7.3)The Cult- Hidden City
(7.3)Roly Porter- Third Law
(7.2)Kendrick Lamar- Untitled. Unmastered.
(7)Pinkshinyultrablast- Grandfeathered
(7)Rome Fortune- Jerome Raheem Fortune
(6.8)Forndum- Daudra Dura
(6.7)Wild Nothing- Life Of Pause
(6.6)Venetian Snares- Traditional Synthesizer Music
(6.5)Jesu/Sun Kil Moon- s/t
(6.5)Future- EVOL
(6.4)Bas- Too High To Riot
(6.3)Charli Hilton- Palana
(6.3)Duel- Fears Of The Dead
(6.2)Domo Genesis- Genesis
(6.1)Santigold- 99 cents
(6.1)Porches- Pool
(5.9)Ceschi/Pat The Bunny- Ceschi/Pat The Bunny
(5.7)VAPERROR- Acid Arcadia
(5.7)Dope Smoker- Marijuana
(5.5)Deströyer 666- Wildfire
(5.4)Ty Segall- Emotional Mugger
(5.3)Damu the Fudgemunk- Full Time
(5.3)Fuath- I
(5.2)Chairlift- Moth
(5.1)Boosie Badazz- In My Feelings(Goin Thru It)
(5)Sia- This Is Acting
(4.6)Animal Collective- Painting With
(4.6)Arik Manley- The Reason For Living Was To Get Ready To Stay Dead a Long Time.
(4.5)Panic At The Disco- Death Of A Bachelor
(4.3)Man Bites Dog- Entertaining The World
(4.3)Daughter- Not To Disappear
(3.7)Violent Femmes- We Can Do Anything
(3.7)Boris With Merzbow- Gensho
(3.6)The Range- Potential
(3.6)Eleanor Friedberger- New View
(3.5)Megadeth- Dystopia
(3.3)Wiz Khalifa- Khalifa
(2.7)Bloc Party- Hymns
(2.5)DIIV- Is The Is Are
(1.5)Kevin Gates- Islah
>>63853109
>Belittling what others like bc you don't like it
>>63840922
Already?
>>63854889
But he's right, tho. Metal is objectively the lowest form of popular music.
>>63854962
>objectively
Kill yourself
>>63854962
All music is subjective. There's no way of saying that some genre objectively better than another. You're just a pretentious prick that thinks your opinions are worth a shit
>>63853109
>>63854962
please murder yourself
Deakin - Sleep Cycle (9.2)
Kanye West - The Life of Pablo (9.0)
Kendrick Lamar - untitled unmastered (8.8)
>>63849134
Didn't know Moonsorrow had a new LP.
>>63845664
>>63849093
>>63843207
seriously, what in the fuck are people seeing in Malibu that I'm not? First listen I thought it was absolutely horrible and my second to fifth listens only confirmed it
>>63855032
>>63855065
>>63855164
Oh, for fuck's sake /mu/ is gullible today. Why the fuck do you even feel the need to respond to that?
>>63855176
Damn 9.2... Should I actually check that out? Is the hype real?
>>63855327
>listened once
>horrible
>decided to listen 4 more times
Keep listening, senpai. I think once you hit listen no. 17 or 18 it'll click to you.
>>63840913
link?
So is Sleep Cycle /mu/'s #hot #new #meme?
#viraling
>>63855421
b8 post, do not reply.
>>63855327
#opinions
Some music isn't for people but it's fun pop rap similar to Chance that is also popular with 20 something white peeps
>>63855555
Nice digits my friend
Our brain's AOTY, if not necessarily our heart's.
The 1975's 'I like it when you sleep, for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of it'.
It's the one I'd have to pick in my 3-way tie of that, TLOP, and Blackstar.
>>63845468
yes, this shit is great
>>63840825
>kanGAY
Memewie is decent
>people list things p4k told them to like in slightly different orders: the thread
>>63855555
52
52
52
52
52
52
>>63840922
This tbqh, it's what PW should have sounded like, probably one of my all time favorite Animal Collective related releases.
>>63850296
seconded, he's also coming to my town in may so i'm exited to hear him live
this and blackstar
1. David Bowie - Blackstar
2. Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression
3. Kendrick Lamar - Untitled Unmastered
4. Cage The Elephant - Tell Me I'm Pretty
5. Kanye West - The Life Of Pablo
6. Magic Wands - Jupiter
7. Weezer - Weezer
8. Lake Street Dive - Side Pony
9. Weezer - Weezer
10. Tedeschi Trucks Band - Let Me Get By
>>63855327
girls like it
>>63854739
Where is the new Magic Wands?
Immune - Breathless
>>63854739
The fact that you rated Collegrove above TLOP and Kendrick is insane, and it completely invalidates the rest of your list.
>>63855555
Damn nice digits
this one to be honest family
>>63843317
Fine album ya got right there. That guy's videos are genius.
>>63840825
Now this is what I call shitposting
all your albums are memes
>>63840922
CAN'T BEAT THE DEAK
>>63841094
>>63840922
deez nuts
>>63843529
This album is fantastic. Can't wait to bump it during summer.
>>63856258
>weezer twice
Nothing's topped Blackstar so far, Love Streams in distant second
Gonna listen to Deak and the new Jessy Lanza today so we'll see
>>63840954
Really damn good, but not aoty. Feel bad for Iggy though. Most of his friends and musicians from his era are dead or dying. You could really feel that emotion on PPD in some tracks. Hope he holds it together OK and makes more music.
>>63858735
hahahahahahahaha
R&B album of the decade tbqh
>>63859613
>tryhard anon is tryhard
