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 |
Sleaper
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 |
robin
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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Athom
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. |
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 |
treeqt.
11.23.12 | little bit early don't you think? |
treeqt.
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. |
demigod!
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
11.24.12 | 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
11.24.12 | "Twee hasn't sounded this good in years."
fuck no |
Aids
11.24.12 | cygnatti i knew you were trouble when you walked in |
Aids
11.24.12 | seriously this website is going to puke when i post my songs of the year list |
Spare
11.24.12 | aids did you chek out my 2012 list its so much better than this one |
Gyromania
11.24.12 | 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
11.24.12 | terrible. |
Cygnatti
11.24.12 | well aids, shame on me now |
Aids
11.24.12 | spare i did not, but now i shall
DOES GET DISOWNED GET A MENTION????????????????????? |
Trebor.
11.24.12 | You put Kyary so I love you
I don't dig Fashion Monster though |
FromDaHood
11.24.12 | Well I have heard none of these. Time to start listening. |
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. |
conradtao
11.25.12 | @davey: my ratings are meaningless lbr |
conradtao
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 |
ILJ
11.25.12 | i hate grimes. but props for having The Money Store on the list, even if it is right behind Carly Rae. |
DaveyBoy
11.25.12 | Tisk tisk Conrad. |
chaseee
11.25.12 | I hope your a girl cause this list is girl as fuck |
Hyperion1001
11.25.12 | its how u get staff basically yeah |
Aids
11.25.12 | yeah it's either that or be a great writer
conrad answer my damn question about 31 |
robertsona
11.25.12 | what is 14, conrad? In Your Own Words |
conradtao
11.25.12 | 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
11.26.12 | "The frat-ization of trap is distressing, but the beats still go hard."
Uhhh |
Aids
11.26.12 | Goooooooooooooooooooooo |
lancebramsay
11.26.12 | But 2012 isn't over yet!?!!! |
Gnocchi
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? |
