Rip Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 (edited) 49 minutes ago, Derek™ said: It that edges out Foxing, I’m willing to give it an honest, undivided listen at work today. It was definitely a close call. And I doubt most, if anyone, would think it’s better than the Foxing album. But there’s just something about it for me. It’s so funky, dark, sexy, all those good things. His voice is on a whole other level too in my opinion. Regardless, I’m excited to hear what you think. Edited December 26, 2018 by FiggyPud Derek™ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 55 minutes ago, Derek™ said: It that edges out Foxing, I’m willing to give it an honest, undivided listen at work today. Completely unbiased to both Foxing/Allan and I just listened to both for the first time. Foxing was good but Allan was more my bag Rip 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek™ Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 7 minutes ago, FiggyPud said: It was definitely a close call. And I doubt most, if anyone, would think it’s better than the Foxing album. But there’s just something about it for me. It’s so funky, dark, sexy, all those good things. His voice is on a whole other level too in my opinion. Regardless, I’m excited to hear what you think. Sounds killer. If it treats me right I’ll gladly check out Hotel Allan while I’m at it. 1 minute ago, Tommy said: Completely unbiased to both Foxing/Allan and I just listened to both for the first time. Foxing was good but Allan was more my bag This sounds great to me, too. Foxing [probably] isn’t my AOTY, for reference, but it’s apparently the 2018 album I’ve played most – all those twists and turns give it a ton of replayability for me. First Foxing album that’s really done anything for me, long term. Stoked to check out Allan. Sounds like it may be a breath of fresh air compared to what I’ve been listening to. Rip 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rip Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 31 minutes ago, Derek™ said: Sounds killer. If it treats me right I’ll gladly check out Hotel Allan while I’m at it. Stoked to check out Allan. Sounds like it may be a breath of fresh air compared to what I’ve been listening to. Really hope you end up enjoying it. He’s one of those artists where I listen to and it just blows my mind that he isn’t bigger than what he is. I hear almost no one talk about him or even know who he is. Hell, I made a preorder topic for “Harry Hard-On” a month or 2 ago and not a single person commented on it. But yeah. If you dig his newest album, I’d check out “Hotel Allan” next, followed by “Roadhouse 01.” But each album is great in its own way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek™ Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 Allan Rayman is pretty fucking cool. At least Harry Hard-On is, specifically. First 2 tracks out of the gates were A+, and one or two immediately grabbed me on first listen as well. That’s not to say the remainder disappointed – just feels like there is room for the album to grow and rise to the same plateau established by the instant bangers. And that always lends itself to a respectable amount of replayability, in my books – much preferred over being smitten on the first couple of go-arounds before realizing how shallow it is. Will gladly revisit it soon. Did the vinyl not ship yet? Asking because it’s not even listed on Discogs at the moment. Doesn’t get much more low-key than that. Rip 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rip Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 48 minutes ago, Derek™ said: Allan Rayman is pretty fucking cool. At least Harry Hard-On is, specifically. First 2 tracks out of the gates were A+, and one or two immediately grabbed me on first listen as well. That’s not to say the remainder disappointed – just feels like there is room for the album to grow and rise to the same plateau established by the instant bangers. And that always lends itself to a respectable amount of replayability, in my books – much preferred over being smitten on the first couple of go-arounds before realizing how shallow it is. Will gladly revisit it soon. Did the vinyl not ship yet? Asking because it’s not even listed on Discogs at the moment. Doesn’t get much more low-key than that. Makes me so happy to hear. Glad you enjoyed it man! And no on the vinyl. When preorders were first going up places (like Bullmoose and amazon), they had the release date as November 23rd or something like that. But then his official web store put up preorders and said they wouldn’t ship until January. NOW Amazon has the release date as February 15th. So yeah... hopefully sometime in the next couple months. ”Roadhouse 01” is currently in stock and on vinyl at most places though. And his first album was never pressed unfortunately. Derek™ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawhizz Posted December 27, 2018 Author Share Posted December 27, 2018 (edited) Annual award for the “Album that would have been on my list if I’d started listening to it earlier” goes to: Mothertongue - Where the Moonlight Snows Edited December 27, 2018 by dawhizz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shitty Rambo Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 Don't wanna blast this thread with a list of stuff, but my two favorite albums this year were definetly Slothrust - The Pact and Graduating Life - Grad Life. Solid 10/10 releases. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeeMoreGlass Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 Favorite Albums of 2018 (this was a hard fucking list to make cause I listened to all of these a ton!) 1. Save Face - Merci 2. The Wonder Years - Sister Cities 3. Foxing - Nearer My God 4, Jeff Rosenstock - Post 5. American Pleasure Club - A Whole Fucking Lifetime Of This 6. Pianos Become The Teeth - Wait For Love 7. Brian Fallon - Sleepwalkers 8. Mewithoutyou - [Untitled] (The EP too...) 9, Drug Church - Cheer 10. Daniel Caesar - Freudian Other Albums I Loved A Star Is Born Soundtrack Prince - Piano And A Microphone Spanish Love Songs - Schmaltz Barely March - Marely Barch Hot Mulligan - Pilot Donovan Wolfington - Waves Camp Cope - How To Socialize And Make Friends Moose Blood - I Don't Think I Can Do This Anymore Runaway Brother - New Pocket Tiny Moving Parts - Swell Favorite EPs Boygenius - Boygenius EP Wicca Phase Springs Eternal - Corinthiax Other Records I listened to a shit ton this year Manchester Orchestra - Black Mile To The Surface Julien Baker - Turn Out The Lights Jeff Rosenstock - Worry. Phoebe Bridgers - Stranger In The Alps Frightened Rabbit - The Midnight Organ Fight Rip 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omik11303 Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 (edited) I'll add my list to the mix... 1. Rolo Tomassi - Time Will Die and Love Will Bury It 2. Spurv - Myra 3. Elle - She 4. Tangled Thoughts of Leaving - No Tether 5. Trna - Earthcult 6. Bearings - Blue in the Dark 7. Joy - No Light Below 8. A Film in Color - They March in Endless Circles 9. Autumn Creatures - Funeral Garden 10. Cassus - Separation Anxiety 11. State Champs - Living Proof 12. Aesthesys - Achromata 13. Holy Fawn - Death Spells 14. Locomotora - Vuodet, Vuoret 15. Red Apollo - The Laurels of Serenity Edited December 30, 2018 by omik11303 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrewest Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 My Top 30... 30: Terra Pines – S/T 29: Slow Crush – Aurora 28: Long Distance Calling – Boundless 27: Nothing – Dance on the Blacktop 26: Blush Response – Hearts Grow Dull 25: Holy Motors – Slow Sundown 24: Florence and the Machine – High as Hope 23: Holy Fawn – Death Spells 22: Molly Burch – First Flower 21: Thrice – Palms 20: Ovlov – Tru 19: Coastlands – The Further Still 18: Spurv – Myra 17: Tides of Man – Every Nothing 16: Hannah Wicklund & The Steppin Stones – S/T 15: Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats – Tearing at the Seams 14: Denzel Curry – TA1300 13: Haerts – New Compassion 12: Muse – Simulation Theory 11: Feed Me to the Waves – Before this Wilderness Consumes Us 10: Wess Meets West – A Light Within the Fracture 09: Lume – Wrung 08: Mild Orange – Foreplay 07: Dave Matthews Band – Come Tomorrow 06: Manon Meurt – MMXVIII 05: møl - JORD 04: Heads. - Collider 03: Murder By Death - The Other Shore 02: Brandi Carlile - By the Way, I Forgive You 01: Shakey Graves - Can’t Wake Up RowBearToe 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shamrocks Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 (edited) A very top-heavy year for me Top 25 Lucy Dacus - Historian Mitski - Be The Cowboy Snail Mail - Lush Typhoon - Offerings Night Flowers - Wild Notion Holy Fawn - Death Spells The Beths - Future Me Hates Me Beach House - 7 Hop Along - Bark Your Head Off, Dog Spiritualized - And Nothing Hurt Hank Wood And The Hammerheads - Hank Wood And The Hammerheads Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour Foxing - Nearer My God Emma Ruth Rundle - On Dark Horses Iceage - Beyondless Neko Case - Hell-On Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - Hope Downs Ezra Furman - Transangelic Exodus Air Formation - Near Miss Courtney Barnett - Tell Me How You Really Fell Let’s Eat Grandma - I’m All Ears Nothing - Dance On The Blacktop The Vaccines - Combat Sports T. Hardy Morris - Dude, The Obscure Dott - Heart Swell Honorable Mention Anna Burch - Quit The Curse Ashley McBryde - Girl Going Nowhere Candace - New Ruins Car Seat Headrest - Twin Fantasy Caroline Rose- Loner Courtney Marie Andrews - May Your Kindness Remain Echo Ladies - Pink Noise First Aid Kit - Ruins God Is An Astronaut - Epitaph H.C. McEntire - Lionheart Idles - Joy As An Act Of Resistance Illuminati Hotties - Kiss Yr Frenemies Jonathan Wilson - Rare Birds Kamasi Washington - Heaven And Earth Low - Double Negative Manon Meurt - MMXVIII Mastersystem - Dance Music Mount Eerie - Now Only Nap Eyes - I’m Bad Now Okkervil River - In The Rainbow Rain Pusha T - Daytona S. Carey - Hundred Acres Slow Crush - Aurora Soccer Mommy - Clean Y Niwl - 5 Edited January 3, 2019 by shamrocks mrewest and RowBearToe 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 Had to go back in and edit my list. Just found Low - Double Negative. Holy shit 2notepockets 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2notepockets Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 Question for people who have top 30+'s Do you really love the bottom 10-15 in your list? or are they just, meh I listened to this a few times wasn't bad...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rip Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 55 minutes ago, 2notepockets said: Question for people who have top 30+'s Do you really love the bottom 10-15 in your list? or are they just, meh I listened to this a few times wasn't bad...? Had plenty of albums like that this year. But that’s why they didn’t make the list. I listen to a lot of things in a years time. Have about an album’s worth of a drive to/from work everyday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGhostOfRandySavage Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 1 hour ago, 2notepockets said: Question for people who have top 30+'s Do you really love the bottom 10-15 in your list? or are they just, meh I listened to this a few times wasn't bad...? I always wonder this too. I'd love to see everyone narrow it down to a top 10, otherwise it's not hard to just list a bunch of albums Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrewest Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 2 hours ago, 2notepockets said: Question for people who have top 30+'s Do you really love the bottom 10-15 in your list? or are they just, meh I listened to this a few times wasn't bad...? Mine was a top 37 because that’s how many I legit enjoyed (more than half of each album) & gave multiple listens to. I probably listened to 50 total but the others had 1-2 songs max I liked. 2notepockets 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2notepockets Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 1 hour ago, FiggyPud said: Had plenty of albums like that this year. But that’s why they didn’t make the list. I listen to a lot of things in a years time. Have about an album’s worth of a drive to/from work everyday. Yeah I'm the same I listen to music all the time but to be able to fully explore 30+ albums from the same 12 month period is nigh on impossible for me... I do listen to a lot of extreme metal that has hour plus albums and songs lengths to match which I'm sure is sometimes harder to digest than other genres... Not trying to have a go at anyone just posing the question Rip 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2notepockets Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 11 minutes ago, mrewest said: Mine was a top 37 because that’s how many I legit enjoyed (more than half of each album) & gave multiple listens to. I probably listened to 50 total but the others had 1-2 songs max I liked. Ok, I guess everyone has their own kinda 'criteria' so your bottom few are like 60% good ranging up to wall to wall bangers at the top of the list? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek™ Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 28 minutes ago, 2notepockets said: 30+ albums from the same 12 month I keep a notepad on my phone and just checked it for 2018; there were 52 albums I had on my radar. Counting surprises, end of year lists, and recommendations that’s an easy 70-75 records for the year. Just weighing in. I also have a 30 minute commute each way and the luxury of listening to music at work, so finding time to try out new stuff or listen to releases the moment they’re released is pretty easy. Could have something to do with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2notepockets Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 That's the other thing I don't really keep track of what I've listened too either. The list takes dedication... I posted my favourite albums in the extreme metal thread but in the interests of contributing something meaningful to this thread my favourite album released last year was Yob - Our Raw Heart The new Sleep was also great. As were Slugdge and Conjurer for new bands to my consciousness. A really late contender was Acathexis (released 12/26) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek™ Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 54 minutes ago, 2notepockets said: That's the other thing I don't really keep track of what I've listened too either. The list takes dedication... I posted my favourite albums in the extreme metal thread but in the interests of contributing something meaningful to this thread my favourite album released last year was Yob - Our Raw Heart The new Sleep was also great. As were Slugdge and Conjurer for new bands to my consciousness. A really late contender was Acathexis (released 12/26) Start early, my dude. I created a fresh page towards the end of last year, solely to document stuff that’s confirmed to drop in 2019, and I’m sitting at 37 currently. I use the grey tick boxes and swap them to shiny black boxes once they leak or get released. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Hundred Fifty-Two Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 11 hours ago, 2notepockets said: Question for people who have top 30+'s Do you really love the bottom 10-15 in your list? or are they just, meh I listened to this a few times wasn't bad...? This. There are only a handful of albums each year that I listen to over and over. The rest are good, but I wouldn’t put them on the same level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrewest Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 12 hours ago, 2notepockets said: Ok, I guess everyone has their own kinda 'criteria' so your bottom few are like 60% good ranging up to wall to wall bangers at the top of the list? Yeah that’s pretty accurate. I’d say my top 20 I can easily listen to start to finish. And as Derek pointed out, I do the same thing where I keep a running list on my phone as I listen to a new album. I keep them slotted in the order of best to worst & move stuff around when my opinions change. I listen to a good 4+ hours of music each day at my job so I’m able to check out new stuff all the time. It’s definitely a lot of work but I have fun with it. Especially at the end of the year when I solidify my list & type up my thoughts on each album and post to my IG page. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oblivions Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 I haven't found a way to keep a list that satisfies my obsessive nature while also remaining fun and enjoyable for me as a whole person. Eventually, it becomes a task and reminds me of when I ran a blog and podcast, etc, and music became less fun. There is also something zen about accepting that I'll miss some stuff I liked in Jan/Feb but that it's OK and I don't have to remember everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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