Guest Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 holy shit so much ignorance in this thread it's amazing. guys, there's more to life than punk music. in fact, most music is better. I don't listen to "punk" or 90% of the stuff that attracts most people on here and I find that list to be mostly ugg wearing hipster girl trash. Fucking Grimes? Christ almightyseancore 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluedeni Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 Yeah I would not call that list hipster garbage. Hipsters listen to bands that only put out 50 cdr's and once you miss it you have to wait till the next cdr. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 And I said hipster because, well, NME's demographic leans towards apple store employee types. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 Yeah I would not call that list hipster garbage. Hipsters listen to bands that only put out 50 cdr's and once you miss it you have to wait till the next cdr. I find there to be douches like that then the kind of hipster you see at urban outfitters and the like. Portland hipstas would eat this list up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbobrando Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 I will say that this list tends to side with a lot of albums that were considered "Best New Music" by Pitchfork, but some of these albums are great (Purity Ring, Beach House, etc). People also giving their opinions on what they think are great albums helps me discover new bands, such as Wild Nothing. An album that should be on this list is Twin Shadow's new album imo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zick Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 I really liked 3 out of the 9 I've listened to from their list. Most of it is just incredibly bland and forgetful. And this is coming from someone that enjoys that style of music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 I will say that this list tends to side with a lot of albums that were considered "Best New Music" by Pitchfork, but some of these albums are great (Purity Ring, Beach House, etc). People also giving their opinions on what they think are great albums helps me discover new bands, such as Wild Nothing. An album that should be on this list is Twin Shadow's new album imo twin shadow - run my heart is one of the best tracks of the year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 i just dont care and have zero interest in any of those bands based solely on the picture they selected to portray them. almightyseancore 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cymbalism15 Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 I really hate Tame Impala. Grimes has some good songs, but the album being #2? Nah. I never like NME's lists much, anyway. Why do you hate Tame Impala? If you aren't into them fine but hate is a strong word and I thought they put out a solid album. The list isn't the best but everyone is being a bit harsh, just a different style of music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paralyticstalks Posted December 1, 2012 Author Share Posted December 1, 2012 Calling something 'hipster garbage' doesn't give you some sort of wisdom or like you've been around long enough so that your taste in music is superior to anyone else's. The point is if you even so much as gave some of these albums a chance (although yes, some of them actually do suck), you'd probably find that you can at least appreciate them. Lose your stigmas. Some people on these boards are dicks just to be dicks and it blows my mind. cwhitmuzik 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
almightyseancore Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 punk rock takes up maybe 20% of what i regularly listen to and this is still an awful list. it's more than likely one persons opinion, and that person probably wears scarves in the summertime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paralyticstalks Posted December 1, 2012 Author Share Posted December 1, 2012 thejesseb, icecream and bluedeni 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 Merchandise should have been higher, but i am glad to see them on there. That said, I would take most of these bands/artists over the standard VC hype junk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwhitmuzik Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 I don't listen to "punk" or 90% of the stuff that attracts most people on here and I find that list to be mostly ugg wearing hipster girl trash. Fucking Grimes? Christ Grimes is overrated by her fanboys but is overall really solid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icecream Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 fuck all of you for NOT liking this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icecream Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 Grimes is overrated by her fanboys but is overall really solid. grimes is tight yes but what if grimes was just frank grimes on dmt after his midlife crisis thinking he himself grimes can be grimes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aych Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 Sort of a wonky list. A lot of good albums got shafted, with "hipster garbage" taking the lead (I'm guessing it's mostly for NME's target market). Honestly surprised to see Grimes ranked so high and Purity Ring ranked so low. Visions was good, but it wasn't that good. Also kind of surprised that Twin Shadow didn't make the cut. I will say that I'm glad to see Tame Impala at #1. That album is incredible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PC Music Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 Why do you hate Tame Impala? If you aren't into them fine but hate is a strong word and I thought they put out a solid album. The list isn't the best but everyone is being a bit harsh, just a different style of music. Maybe. I probably should have said I hate the music they make. I don't like psych and their whole neo-psych thing isn't any more appealing to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colt3ninja Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 so much concern for LABELLING in this thread. i'd say 10 of those albums on the list are great. who fucking cares if "hipsters" listen to them. don't go to their shows and you won't have to be associated with them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 Calling something 'hipster garbage' doesn't give you some sort of wisdom or like you've been around long enough so that your taste in music is superior to anyone else's. The point is if you even so much as gave some of these albums a chance (although yes, some of them actually do suck), you'd probably find that you can at least appreciate them. Lose your stigmas. Some people on these boards are dicks just to be dicks and it blows my mind. you created a thread asking how people thought about someone elses top 50 list, just so you know, you opened the door to criticism of the list. i checked the link because I had no idea what could be on the list, and to my surprise,I knew zero of those artists. glad you packed up your chair and left ya big hispster garbage baby. monsterrod 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monsterrod Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 "big hipster garbage baby" Ha, ha, ha, ha ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astrangerwithcandy Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Now, now it's the internet. Everybody be nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
selfreliable Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 The reason everyone is calling it hipster garbage because it only is using hipster garbage for the top 50 albums. There is a serious lack of anything else on this list. It has nothing to do with it not being "punk enough" as it has to do with them only hyping the same shit. You honestly mean to tell me that Dylan's new album isnt in the top 50 this year? What about Norah Jones', Justin Townes Earle, Ryan Bingham, etc etc. This list was made specifically for the hipsters and not a true representative of this past year in music. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 The reason everyone is calling it hipster garbage because it only is using hipster garbage for the top 50 albums. There is a serious lack of anything else on this list. It has nothing to do with it not being "punk enough" as it has to do with them only hyping the same shit. You honestly mean to tell me that Dylan's new album isnt in the top 50 this year? What about Norah Jones', Justin Townes Earle, Ryan Bingham, etc etc. This list was made specifically for the hipsters and not a true representative of this past year in music. BOOM. IN YOUR FACE HIPSTER GARBAGE BABY. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troymess Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 I think quite a few would enjoy the METZ record that NME has listed. Most of that list isn't my cup of tea, but there's a small handful (Beach House, the XX, Django Django) that I enjoyed this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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