Board 8 > It's Everything Time: The Music of 2011 in Review. By Giggs.

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It's big enough that being a genre leader is still fairly notable.

As opposed to, like, I dunno... witch house.

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I guess I'll have to check this Rome album out. Now that it's over, I'd like to hear your thoughts on Laura Marling's album since it made your list last time but not this time.

Also...
Vincent vs. Menji

10. The Necks - Mindset
9. Ulver - Wars of the Roses
8. Earth - Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light I
7. Jamie Woon - Mirrorwriting
6. Mogwai - Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will
5. Tenhi - Saivo
4. CunninLynguists - Oneirology
3. James Blake - James Blake
2. The Weeknd - House of Balloons
1. Rome - Die Æsthetik der Herrschaftsfreiheit

10. Laura Marling - A Creature I Don't Know
9. Dessa - Castor, The Twin
8. Alexandre Desplat - The Tree of Life
7. James Blake - James Blake
6. CunninLynguists - Oneirology
5. Matana Roberts - Coin Coin Chapter One: Gens de couleur libres
4. Rome - Die Æsthetik der Herrschaftsfreiheit
3. The Weeknd - House of Balloons
2. The Weeknd - Thursday
1. Danny Brown - XXX

- Album in correct place: 5 pts
- Within three places: 3 pts
- In top ten, but outwith three places: 1 pt
- Haven't heard it: 0 pts.
- Have heard it, not in top ten: -1 pt

10. Cunninlynguists - Oneirology - Vincent: 1 Menji: 1
9. Tenhi - Saivo - Vincent: 1 Menji: 0
8. James Blake - James Blake - Vincent: 1 Menji: 3
7. Syven - Aikaintaite - Vincent: 0 Menji: 0
6. The Weeknd - House of Balloons / Thursday / Echoes of Silence - Vincent: 1 Menji: 4 (+3 for House of Balloons, +1 for Thursday?)
5. Tangled Thoughts of Leaving - Deaden the Fields - Vincent: 0 Menji: 0
4. Matana Roberts - Coin Coin, Chapter One: Gens des Couleur Libres - Vincent: 0 Menji: 3
3. Danny Brown - XXX - Vincent: 0 Menji: 3
2. A Winged Victory for the Sullen - A Winged Victory for the Sullen - Vincent: 0 Menji: 0
1. Rome - Die Æsthetik der Herrschaftsfreiheit - Vincent: 5 Menji: 3

Incorrect picks:
Vincent: -5
Menji: -3

Vincent Total: 4
Menji Total: 14

WHATS UP VINCENT

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There are slight ambiguities in the scoring system that I didn't notice before, but yeah, Menji won comfortably however you interpret it. Which I quite enjoy.

Name your albums, good sir!

The new Laura Marling album... it really didn't do much for me at all. Even though it progressed her sound just as much as I Speak Because I Can, it felt almost like a transition record to me for some reason. Some of the songs I enjoyed seemed like re-writes of previous material; the only songs I enjoy from A Creature I Don't Know that really feel of the album to me are Salinas and Sophia.

I really hoped she could kick on from ISBIC - about half of that record was stunning - but instead she incorporated a lot of influences I didn't care for (americana, folk rock) and generally took her sound in the wrong direction. It's not a bad record, nor does it derail her development. But I can't imagine it's one I'll listen to often.

6/10 kinda stuff, sadly.

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Also, you stole half my coda Menji you bastard!

Anyway, here's the remaining half: a special treat for you guys. Just to show much much I love you and stuff.

Special bonus: The top FIFTY albums of the year!

1. Rome - Die Aesthetik der Herrschaftsfreiheit
2. A Winged Victory for the Sullen - A Winged Victory for the Sullen
3. Danny Brown - XXX
4. Tangled Thoughts of Leaving - Deaden the Fields
5. Matana Roberts - Coin Coin Chapter One: Gens des Couleurs Libres
6. The Weeknd - The Trilogy [House of Balloons/Thursday/Echoes of Silence]
7. Syven - Aikaintaite
8. Tenhi - Saivo
9. James Blake - James Blake
10. Cunninlynguists - Oneirology
11. A$AP Rocky - LiveLoveA$AP
12. Kendrick Lamar - Section.80
13. PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
14. Petrychor - Effigies and Epitaphs
15. Action Bronson & Statik Selektah - Well Done
16. Esoteric - Paragon of Dissonance
17. Nicolas Jaar - Space is Only Noise
18. Deaf Center - Owl Splinters
19. This Will Destroy You - Tunnel Blanket
20. Big K.R.I.T. - Return of 4eva
21. Gang Gang Dance - Eye Contact
22. Tim Hecker - Ravedeath, 1972
23. Kate Bush - 50 Words for Snow
24. Snowman - Absence
25. Tom Waits - Bad As Me
26. Lil B - I'm Gay
27. Elzhi - Elmatic
28. Peaking Lights - 936
29. Ulver - Wars of the Roses
30. Washed Out - Within and Without
31. Vakill - Armor of God
32. Woods of Desolation - Torn Beyond Reason
33. Freddie Gibbs - A Cold Day in Hell
34. Earth - Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light I
35. Primordial - Redemption at the Puritan's Hand
36. 40 Watt Sun - The Inside Room
37. The Caretaker - An Empty Bliss Beyond This World
38. Main Attrakionz - 808s and Dark Grapes
39. Clams Casino - Instrumentals
40. Dessa - Castor, the Twin
41. Radiohead - The King of Limbs
42. Nils Petter Molvaer - Baboon Moon
43. Random Axe - Random Axe
44. The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble - From the Stairwell
45. Farewell Poetry - Hoping for the Invisible to Ignite
46. Drake - Take Care
47. Jamie Woon - Mirrorwriting
48. Mr Muthaf***in' eXquire - Lost in Translation
49. The Necks - Mindset
50. Deadbeat - Drawn and Quartered

If anyone wants specialized recommendations, or to know my thoughts on anything outside the top 25 then let me know and I'll write something brief up.

Thanks for reading!

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I do wish she wouldn't have gone that direction too but I guess I'm less bothered by it since I still loved it.

Let's see, for albums... trying to find something you probably haven't heard:

1. Kate Bush - Never For Ever
I don't remember what you thought of 'Babooshka' when I picked it for SotW but this is the album it's from and I think it's easily her best but it never seems to get mentioned among the others. Completely different from 50 Words for Snow and what I was hoping that would be more like.

2. Noah and the Whale - Peaceful, the World Lays Me Down
I used to be really into these guys but their latest kinda threw me off. This is where I originally heard of Marling when she was doing a lot of the back-up vocals. You may have heard this though.

3. The The - Soul Mining


And that's it. Vince can throw one in if he pleases.

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Actually I don't like those recs, I would just like you to listen to Kate Bush - Never for Ever.

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i'll get on that then!

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there are still some people who haven't caught up yet

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i'm sure of it!

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in any case, i won't be archiving this til the weekend

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Listening to Tangled Thoughts of Leaving.

This is good. It's quite jazzy and I like that.

My only problem is that my first 4 Post Rock albums were: Spirit of Eden/Skinny Fists/Agaetis Byrjun/Those Who Tell The Truth

and now everything in the genre has to try SO HARD to impress me.

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Where do you archive your lists, Giggs?

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Tangled Thoughts was good, super proggy though. Sounded like Red era King Crimson at points, which is good. Guess it's time to tackle the triple album.

Giggs, what are your thoughts on Blood Lust?

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Listened to A Winged Victory for the Sullen the other day, quite liked it!

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- Can't argue with the first three, Realo, but Deaden the Fields is on a whole other level to EitS! In any case, I wouldn't say it especially sounds like any of those four, so there's still a niche there, right?

- Blood Lust was alright, Seg, but for whatever reason it seemed more blindly derivative to me than, say, Electric Wizard. Probably circular logic though, because Death's Door is so good that I don't care how original it is. Sadly, the rest doesn't do as much for me. And you're familiar with Rome, right? I can never remember who I've successfully forced them onto. If not, I totally wouldn't start with the triple album. It's not inaccessible as such, but kinda daunting by nature.

- In any case, both you guys should totally listen to XXX. I'm almost certain Seg would love it, and I could see Realo either exploding in hyperbole or despising it. Which is win/win from where I'm standing.

- I think one or two of my past lists are on the wiki, but I'm not sure. I always mean to archive these myself, but never get round to it and they purge forever. I always have the lists themselves saved for reference, though, if not the write-ups; anything in particular you wanted to see?

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Not really!

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I really loved Flowers From Exile, Nos Chants Perdus was almost too straightforward for its own good but there's several great songs, L'assasin and La Vertige Du Vide in particular are way better than they should be. I just like the instrumental pallet he uses

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The trilogy draws just as much (if not more) from his first three albums as his last two, so if you enjoy the more martial and post-punk elements it uses then check those out for sure. A Cross of Wheat in particular has more industrial influence than anything he's done since Nera.

Of course, you should probably check them out anyway. Masse Mensch Material is his only single album that rivals Flowers from Exile in my opinion, and my favourite song of his (Querkraft) is from Confessions d'un Voleur D'Ames.

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that really is the place to be, you know

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