ITT Times RYM was wrong
>>65366242
99% of the time
This is why we should be able to report genres.
>>65366275
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>>65366324
I see nothing wrong with that
>Danse Manatee score
>>65366275
nah
>>65366366
>spanish
>artist from Spain
like dude why are you so obviously viraling like this
>>65366242
pretty much never
>>65366324
Pop rap shouldnt be there.
>>65366366
????
anything to do with dance or electronic musoc
>>65366324
You can report genres. You do know that right?
>>65366486
Thanks for reminding me
>>65366497
Not when they have a majority voting for them unfortunately
is there even a good album in the rym top 10 for 2016?
RYM is usually wrong.
>>65366275
Should be lower
>>65366737
At least 5
>>65366275
lmao
>>65366486
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>>65366737
Autechre.
That's it.
>>65366789
Name them.
>>65366430
Ok. So what kind of music spanish CAN post? Let me know bruh
>>65366879
>>65366562
it especially pisses me off when it comes to mixes. the raters don't even try to place it into any sort of context or functionality - they just get shit ratings by virtue of being a mix, no matter well executed they are.
>>65366906
IMO:
Bowie
Radiohead
Kendrick
Death Grips
Deakin
were all good or better. I haven't heard any of the others, so can't comment.
>>65366737
>there's a literal neckbeard Alestorm-tier "viking metal" band in the top 10 of a serious music community's 2016 list
RYM needs to ban anyone with a 5/5-rated metal album tbqh
>>65366960
>Radiohead
>Kendrick
>Death Grips
>Deakin
spot the newfag
>>65366941
I'm not saying you can't post music but when you post an unremarkable bandcamp release everywhere and it happens to be in the native language of the artist it draws suspicions, plus the fact that it happens to be everywhere where it's convenient.
>>65366562
It seems to work fine for me.
I will never wrap my head around this. makes hissing fauna look bitch made.
like seriously what's the deal are RYMers literally guitar/REAL music plebs?
>>65367173
like seriously what's the deal are RYMers literally riff-based/REAL music plebs?
>>65367376
Eh if someone doesn't like TI I can't begrudge them
Now if they start saying it's a piece of shit and barely music and similar shite, then there's a problem
The fact Galaxie 500's albums all have slightly different genre tags, despite them all sounding practically the same
>>65366275
they right
>>65367173
>>65367376
>>65366324
they wrong
>>65367376
>>65367411
So if I were to either buy a download or a 2LP of TI what would you recommend btw?
Is the vinyl actually worth it
>>65367694
I don't understand what's wrong with this one.
>>65367173
i don't have a problem with tim hecker in an end of year chart. virgins is pretty good
>>65366242
RYM should just be called
"everything is slightly more or less 3.5"
>>65367835
1. Tim Hecker is mediocre as fuck
2. Jon Hopkins should be higher no matter what
remember back when it was a normalfag meme to hate on justin bieber?
>>65366365
damn that screenshot's a few years old
>>65367173
It's a combination of often not knowing shit about dance-related/oriented music and new music being underrated.
My own personal theory is to take an RYM score and raise it by .20 to get an accurate reflection of the album and how it would be viewed if it were made in the past.
>>65366275
they're completely right
>>65367735
the album is at least a 3.55
everyone's too whiny about it not being the exact same thing as their first album to notice how actually fucking brilliant it is
>>65366365
fixed it for ya
>>65367036
poseurs taking their music taste "seriously" are rym's main problem though
>>65367942
tim hecker is literally one of the best ambient/drone composers out there. hopkins makes urban outfitters-core memetronica
>>65368188
>tim hecker is literally one of the best ambient/drone composers out there.
He has no sense of melody. All Hecker does is overlay texture on top of texture in haphazard form. There's no talent to what he does and it appeals to the shallow listener, the person who listens to music in the background and does not care about the compositions on the record.
>>65368225
>he has no sense of melody
>it appeals to the shallow listener
lmao. you do know these are mutually exclusive right?
drone isn't exactly a melodic genre. he thrives in sound design and manages to make emotional tracks out of pure texture/harmony
>>65368225
>the person who listens to music in the background and does not care about the compositions on the record.
This is sort of a null criticism because ambient music can and often is used specifically as a form of background music. Therefore his ability or lack of (in your opinion) to create well-made compositions is kind of besides the point, as I think Tim Hecker is more interested in creating detailed and sprawling textures as opposed to tight, well-written compositions.
As for it taking no talent, I've listened to ambient music and there's definitely noticeable differences between the skilled artists and the poor ones.
RYM gets it wrong anytime an artist releases a slightly weak album after releasing a great album. Most should be in the low to mid 3.0s, but end up in the mid to high 2.0s
>>65366324
lol
>>65368312
>>65368396
If Ambient compositions aren't supposed to have good melodies you need to talk to Eno, Aphex, and Mark Pritchard.
>>65367036
Moonsorrow is great you fucking nu-male hipster faggot
>>65368523
>you need to talk to the three ambient artists I've ever listened to
>>65368552
I've listened to plenty of Ambient, but those three in particular have incredibly memorable melodies in their music. So I actually like them, whereas the rest of the genre is just bland as fuck.
>>65367376
lol only Scaruffi drones like that trash
>>65368575
How is it trash?
>>65368573
if you're citing mark pritchard as some sort of immediate touchstone on the level of Aphex and Eno, you likely haven't listened to much of the genre at all and just picked him up cause his new album is FOTW. I'd be shocked if you'd been seriously listening to music for more than six months to a year tops
>all these butthurt bleeptards ITT
If majority of your music wasn't so shit it wouldn't be rated so low
>>65368523
Why are you so hung up on melodies? Anyway, how many Hecker albums have you listened to? He has his fair share of memorable melodies
>>65368626
>you likely haven't listened to much of the genre at all and just picked him up cause his new album is FOTW.
He's just a recent album I listened to and liked, of course he's not literally on par.
>I'd be shocked if you'd been seriously listening to music for more than six months to a year tops
Says the Tim Hecker lover hahahahahahahaha
>>65368637
Literally listened to all of them
It's background music that takes no artistry to create
>>65368631
haha :ok_hand:
>>65367101
>It's popular so it's bad
>>65368716
I've literally listened to hundreds of ambient/drone releases, Tim Hecker is pretty far from mediocre. Listen to more music, kiddo.
>>65368803
So you've listened to a lot of talentless hacks.
I'm sorry but I don't see the value in just pure texture unless you're Gyorgy Ligeti or John Luther Adams.
>>65368626
>if you're citing mark pritchard as some sort of immediate touchstone on the level of Aphex and Eno
global communication is ace though, even if his newest album isn't his best work.
>>65368830
>I don't see the value in just pure texture
that's because you're an embryo lmao
>>65368526
>Moonsorrow is great
>>65367101
Are any of those releases bad? Even if you didn't think they were mindblowing, they were all pretty good.
>>65368716
>waaaah where are le memorable melodies??? I can't whistle to this!
RYM still provides the most accurate music ratings on the internet
>>65368852
embryos are a lot more interested in texture based music, since it requires nothing to enjoy it
>>65368903
>strawmen
>>65368857
If you weren't a nu-male poser hipster you would understand why people like them
>>65368523
I never said they were not EVER supposed to have good melodies, I was trying to communicate that ambient music can be just that: ambient, droning, focused on textures rather than melodies to create a specific mood or feeling (hence the term AMBIENCE) without being hand-waved away as "poor compositions, only shallow listeners would appreciate Tim Hecker!" It's just fundamentally missing the point, because there are more approaches to music (ESPECIALLY ambient music) than melodies and traditional songwriting ideas.
Also I think this has a very nice, languid melody. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VBU4vqk8jA
>>65367036
>>65368857
>it's embro complains about high metal album ratings episode
lol
>>65368906
To be honest, this is true. At the very least it's better than most as it uses averages. With that said, when it gets stuff wrong it gets it spectacularly wrong.
>>65368943
"nu male poser hipsters" listen to folk metal shit like Moonsorrow.
>>65368940
>>65368915
>strawmen
it's not a strawman when I'm basically quoting you.
>embryos are a lot more interested in texture based music
LOOOOOOL this has to be bait
>>65369050
yeah you're just b8ing me
>>65369001
>I'm sorry but I don't see the value in just pure texture unless you're Gyorgy Ligeti or John Luther Adams.
Okay, but that's not because Tim Hecker is a talentless hack, it's because YOU don't see the value in pure textures unless it's by those two artists specifically as you just admitted.
>>65369096
>it's because YOU don't see the value in pure textures unless it's by those two artists specifically as you just admitted.
You don't know those composers or what I'm talking about, do you?
>>65366275
I'm happy this version is just a bonus track
>>65366328
it is literally electro swing, why are you so mad?
>>65369242
I have no idea who those composers are but that doesn't matter cuz you're talking shit and they have no relevance to Tim Hecker. Probably just b8 though so I'll stop now.
>>65370323
>and they have no relevance to Tim Hecker.
OK newfag, one day you'll understand.
>>65367954
nah he's still terrible it's just nobody really cares anymore
