conradtao
11.22.12 | Fuck, I knew 23 was going to get messed up. Artist is 情報デスクVIRTUAL, album is 札幌コンテンポラリー. |
Deviant.
11.22.12 | 17 and 18 are both great albums but I'm still mildly underwhelmed by both. Great sounds and ideas that lack proper execution perhaps? R.I.P's influences and semi-concept seem almost inconsequential |
Chrisjon89
11.22.12 | 3 is excellent. Possibly my AOTY |
Chrisjon89
11.22.12 | the Rihanna business model is phenomenal. a single to precede the album, drop the album itself in November/December just in time for listeners to get familiar during the holiday season, milk it for singles right through the following year, rinse and repeat. hope i don't come across as too cynical cos it's actually impressive that it always works. |
foxblood
11.22.12 | hello venus and kyary omg i fucking love you |
Pawpnbawtlez
11.22.12 | no flylo!??
ahhhh nice list tho |
Deviant.
11.22.12 | Flylo was on massive overhype alert around here |
Tyrael
11.22.12 | 20 wat |
theacademy
11.22.12 | obvious feature coming
glad someone else listened to 46 |
Bramladesh
11.22.12 | Glad to see 1 as 1. One of my favourites from 2012 as well. |
AGuyIsWatchingYou
11.22.12 | "The only people who legitimately feel like this album is "angry" are adolescent testosterone-obsessed boys who still think liking Eminem holds social capital."
What a dumb thing to say. |
conradtao
11.22.12 | Was thinking of dissing the new FlyLo in the ahnnu descrip but decided against it ^___^ |
Electric City
11.22.12 | man conrad we do not share taste. or time to devote to new records, apparently; i'd be stunned if i get to 25 this year |
conradtao
11.22.12 | wait i'm listening to good kid, m.A.A.d city right now and this is easily top 20 material |
Calc
11.22.12 | Grimes is the freak girl with the weird videos right? |
Electric City
11.22.12 | see this is what im talking about |
conradtao
11.22.12 | "Grimes is the freak girl with the weird videos right?"
bye |
Calc
11.22.12 | actually no she wasn't, the chick in one of her videos i saw was the freaky one....yeah that was a pretty catchy song i didnt know the whole album would be that good.
oh well i've offended you with my salty language. |
conradtao
11.22.12 | the really wild outfit was worn by brooke candy who i honestly can't stand because she is the epitome of "white girl rapping about hood shit" and it's stupid and awful |
pianotuna
11.22.12 | mykki blanco!!!!!! |
robertsona
11.22.12 | "Grimes' vision roams freely, but it is held together by a commitment to sensuality, and so Visions is an attempt at reaching an ostensibly inherent bodily response via a sort of semiotic approach."
this gave me a great idea: grimes and shabazz palaces collaboration album. make it happen, aesthetic cousins |
MaskAtTheMasquerade
11.22.12 | very nice list conrad! |
scissorlocked
11.22.12 | 18 is great
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redskyformiles
11.22.12 | i only like two of these albums and most i havent heard, but next time im in the mood for pop now i know where to start. |
clercqie
11.22.12 | A bit early to start listing stuff...
Nice picks overall, though. And thanks for letting me know about 37, still really love that record. |
Aids
11.22.12 | obvious your specific picks are hit or miss for me, but fuck Conrad you are a damn genius. really interesting write-ups. |
conradtao
11.23.12 | @clercqie: yeah, I know – I just had to submit a ballot for TMT's year-end coverage so I figured I'd share. |
Xenophanes
11.23.12 | I've heard a couple of these, but the rest I really have never even heard of. And I've heard two Carly Rae Jepsen singles and both were atrocious. Kind of an odd choice but maybe the rest of the record is good. |
conradtao
11.23.12 | have you heard either "Wavvy" or "Riot" |
theacademy
11.23.12 | wheres ur fuckin feature bro |
ibringyoufire
11.23.12 | I'm pretty sure that 45 came out last year, but this is a pretty cool list. |
elephantREVOLUTION
11.23.12 | cool list. will be checking out a lot of these before the year is over |
ilovetree
11.23.12 | little bit early don't you think? |
andcas
11.23.12 | "Y'all are going to be hearing more of Carly Rae, and you better get used to it."
highly doubt it. |
ilovetree
11.23.12 | hellovenus is the shit btw |
MisterTornado
11.23.12 | 14 is fucking hilarious. Accidental Avant-Teen-Mom. And yeah 45 did come out last year. |
demigod93
11.23.12 | needs more Killer Mike |
conradtao
11.23.12 | damn 45 did come out last year. TMT has only been covering it starting this year...in any case... |
MisterTornado
11.23.12 | mhm, they've got the vaporwave down pact. glad to see 7 getting love, one of the most misunderstood albums of the year. |
NastyCrab
11.23.12 | "14 is fucking hilarious. Accidental Avant-Teen-Mom."
^This holy cow hahah the new champion of outsider music |
Aids
11.23.12 | i just noticed 45 was here. damn it conrad.
but how is 31? isn't that the solo project of the former Menomena member? |
Cygnatti
11.23.12 | "Twee hasn't sounded this good in years."
fuck no |
Aids
11.23.12 | cygnatti i knew you were trouble when you walked in |
Aids
11.23.12 | seriously this website is going to puke when i post my songs of the year list |
Spare
11.23.12 | aids did you chek out my 2012 list its so much better than this one |
Gyromania
11.23.12 | bieber didn't make the cut!
great list. can't really get into the money store or exo, but i love most of the rest. |
GiaNXGX
11.23.12 | terrible. |
Cygnatti
11.23.12 | well aids, shame on me now |
Aids
11.23.12 | spare i did not, but now i shall
DOES GET DISOWNED GET A MENTION????????????????????? |
Trebor17
11.23.12 | You put Kyary so I love you
I don't dig Fashion Monster though |
FromDaHood
11.23.12 | Well I have heard none of these. Time to start listening. |
andcas
11.23.12 | number one is definitely one of my albums of the year. |
Deviant.
11.24.12 | "glad to see 7 getting love, one of the most misunderstood albums of the year. "
If by misunderstood, you mean they ripped off their sound from about a hundred groups from the mid 90s, then sure |
DaveyBoy
11.24.12 | Conrad, didn't you give the Dirty Projectors album a 4.5? Surely, all these aren't a 4.5 & above!?!?!? |
MisterTornado
11.24.12 | "If by misunderstood, you mean they ripped off their sound from about a hundred groups from the mid 90s, then sure"
Nah. I see it as a hyper-real, crystal-clear caricature of that sound, which in lies the charm. Plus -> http://thecreatorsproject.com/blog/explore-the-sublime-visual-world-of-tabor-robaks-video-game-for-gatekeepers-iexoi |
Gyromania
11.24.12 | i'd have to agree with deviant regarding 7. different strokes. |
Yotimi
11.24.12 | wtf 14 |
FelixCulpa
11.24.12 | You should listen to Alina Devecerski - Maraton to fill your need for some swedish pop. |
Deviant.
11.24.12 | "Nah. I see it as a hyper-real, crystal-clear caricature of that sound, which in lies the charm."
If it had been released like 15 years ago, then maybe. Now, it's just a poor rip-off of the mid to late 90s breaks fascination |
chambered49
11.24.12 | cool list |
someguest
11.24.12 | I just listened to/watched Grimes for the first time. Weird stuff. |
andcas
11.24.12 | she's awesome. |
conradtao
11.24.12 | @davey: my ratings are meaningless lbr |
conradtao
11.24.12 | also regarding 7 I don't see it as a caricature necessarily -- like why does it have to be ironic to be good? I just really love how Exo sounds, and how over-the-top it is |
ILJ
11.24.12 | i hate grimes. but props for having The Money Store on the list, even if it is right behind Carly Rae. |
DaveyBoy
11.24.12 | Tisk tisk Conrad. |
chaseee
11.24.12 | I hope your a girl cause this list is girl as fuck |
Hyperion1001
11.24.12 | its how u get staff basically yeah |
Aids
11.24.12 | yeah it's either that or be a great writer
conrad answer my damn question about 31 |
robertsona
11.24.12 | what is 14, conrad? In Your Own Words |
conradtao
11.24.12 | i'm queer and i will take your testosterone-fueled ass out
14 is an album by a star of MTV's Teen mom, and in its seeming inability to mimic the Auto-Tune-loving, rudimentary dance-beat sound of current chart pop, it becomes an improbably exciting/unsettling mix of skittering, off-kilter beats that come and go without warning and what sounds like a vocoder programmed at random. it's one of the most compelling things i've heard this year and sometimes i find it unlistenable, but other times i'm addicted to it. "On My Own": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJuu_4SR8-Y
@Aids: 31 is by Micachu, who is definitely not a former Menomena member. it's very good though |
Yotimi
11.25.12 | it's unlistenable, I'll agree with that part |
theacademy
11.25.12 | congrats on the feature |
conradtao
11.25.12 | prouder of the moaropeth feature |
MisterTornado
11.25.12 | "also regarding 7 I don't see it as a caricature necessarily -- like why does it have to be ironic to be good? I just really love how Exo sounds, and how over-the-top it is"
It doesn't, though I feel in some ways it is. It also sounds alot like the Extreme-G soundtrack for N64, and what a soundtrack that is. |
Recspecs
11.25.12 | "The frat-ization of trap is distressing, but the beats still go hard."
Uhhh |
Aids
11.25.12 | Goooooooooooooooooooooo |
lancebramsay
11.26.12 | But 2012 isn't over yet!?!!! |
IpodMastery
11.26.12 | No metals? |
WhiteNoise
11.26.12 | Some of these choices are a bit "what the fuck..." |
Anthracks
01.03.13 | Paralytic Stalks grew off of you, I take it? |
