Board 8 > Icon Buddies Vol. 1.1: Purging like a transience game topic.

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10 years on this site and i still don't understand how the purge works. looked this topic up last night and it should have been there, but nope!

anywho. that new beach house record is alright, but it's inspired me to go back to something that's more important: broadcast. i love that band.


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the fighting game topic keeps moving up in the ranks of "successful topics that manage not to purge"

icon buddies/iconsience one more victim trodden in our path

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we were on a good pace with that last one and we didn't have to resort to dirty tactics such as final fantasy inequalities like some unnamed topics around here


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this purged? goddamnit we had 4 pages already!

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if you guys haven't listened to R.A.P. Music by Killer Mike i'd highly recommend it, probably the best hip hop album of the year so far

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not even sure if it'd make my top five, el-p's solo is better for starters

that said it's still really good so whatever

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i liked the killer mike's album more than el-p's album, but my opinion on both isn't really firm as i've heard each only once. that is my pointless contribution towards that!

here's something really cool:

http://zammutosound.tumblr.com/

Nick Zammuto (of The Books) is going to post extensively about the creation of pretty much everything Books related. He wrote a bunch about their last album as well and it was great. They've been one of my favourite bands for the better part of a decade, and I finally got to see them live when they supported their last album. Sucks that they broke up recently, but this is a great way to wrap up their career.

"Big news for ‘The Books’. We are releasing an extensive limited-edition box set of all our releases plus a lot of bonus materials, both visual and auditory towards the end of the summer. I can’t reveal any details until we get the first demo copies in a few weeks, but I am very excited about this. It will be the perfect way to wrap up a project that I lived and breathed for the first 10 years of my career."

Really want whatever that turns out to be, even if it costs a fortune.


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http://soundcloud.com/bigkrit/big-k-r-i-t-yeah-dats-me

not sure how many people heard this new track, i'm expecting live from the underground to be leaking within the week

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Listening to The Information for the first time in literally years.

The singles from this are goddamned great. Whole thing is a bit too long, but still pretty good stuff.

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New Brad Mehldau record is one o the better things put out this year, and EVERYONE should check it

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I'm ignoring anything KRIT until the album is out. It's gonna be great. I'm getting pretty addicted to the Killer Mike LP, though. Think I'd agree with Rusty; most impressive rap album thus far. The production might not be up there with El-P's album or even his last mixtape, but this is my favourite swagger-heavy southern rap record since Teflon Don.

even the socially aware songs hit hard outside of a few moments on Reagan.

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https://twitter.com/#!/BigBoi/status/204750498341990400

i can get behind this

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new walkmen album is out there. not sure how it can top lisbon but I've been hearing some great things about it.


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spoilers: it's great


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acquiring that tomorrow for sure

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That's a long track

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It feels that long at least

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There's only one weak track - Nightingales. It's a really impressive album. Top three Walkmen album easily.

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http://www.grantland.com/blog/hollywood-prospectus/post/_/id/49774/killer-mike-reviews-his-reviews

loose thoughts:

- i've been slacking more or less all year, so recommend me anything transcendental or totally unique that you don't think i've heard. getting on the new actress and shackleton albums now, for instance, there's a good chance i won't like them but they sound like they might just be amazing.

- can't express enough how great ab-soul - control system is. how THIS ) isn't even a top five song on the album is beyond me.

- if anyone wants a little more of killer mike saying patently ridiculous s*** and yet still coming across as a pretty intelligent guy: http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/interviews/id.1896/title.killer-mike-explains-his-comparison-of-barack-obama-to-ronald-reagan-his-brotherly-bond-with-el-p

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those would be my two suggestions, but actress and shackleton aside, the Numero Group comp Personal Space is wonderful. I'll just post the label's blurb because I'm on a train right now:

“If the independently-pressed record made the galaxy of recorded music that much larger, the burgeoning home studio became the black hole from which little escaped. Flowering in the mid-to-late ‘70s, affordable high quality tape recorders, synthesisers, and sample drum machines permitted the aspiring artist to never leave his home, never request the assistance of another human being.

“In the world of American Black music, name artists such as Sly Stone, Timmy Thomas and Shuggie Otis had experimented with rudimentary electronic soul with a modicum of success, but on record what remains is scant. This collection presents the unheard underground of the self-produced, often solo, electronic soul world of the ‘70s and early 80’s, offering a view into an ocean of sound that is in turn peaceful, bizarre, funky and often humbly ahead of its time.”

i want to listen to that ab-soul (and el-p) record more but i keep coming back to r.a.p music. it has its hooks in me.

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haven't listened to the killer mike or el-p albums straight through yet, but I like what I've heard so far!

in other news - i've started listening to drake a little more. take care is pretty good, reminiscent of the weeknd (for good reason!) - and it's interesting that he gets such widespread hate. his music is crafted for a totally different audience than most mainstream hip-hop.

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Giggsalot posted...

i've been slacking more or less all year, so recommend me anything transcendental or totally unique that you don't think i've heard.

cloud nothings - attack on memory
grimes - visions

not sure if these would be up your alley - especially the second one - but they're up mine!

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yeah, take care is far too long and montonous but it's a remarkable record given its cultural context (plus marvin's room was pretty much the best song of 2011)

dude is a totally welcome force in mainstream rap

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Still haven't listened the new Walkmen


blame my Van and The Band addiction, I've heard like 10 2012 albums all year, if that

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ha, my "slacking" still takes me over 30

you're well rubbish at music obsession, vince

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Hey, I'm pretty good at it! It's just that that music obsession has turned into a Van Morrison obsession for now


seriously look at my last month/last 3 months/last 6 months chart

http://www.last.fm/user/ImmortalAthon

>_>

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plus marvin's room was pretty much the best song of 2011

HYFR is my favorite song on that album.

also i never made a real list but I'm pretty sure I voted monopoly as best of 2011 on pitchfork.

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i didn't make a real list either, but some contenders, off the top of my head:

big k.r.i.t. - the vent
drake - marvin's room
petrychor - beneath highway and street
danny brown - 30
rome - seeds of liberation
kendrick lamar - keisha's song
clams casino - numb
la dispute - king park

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Automation beats Seeds of Liberation, yo

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every year i think i've been slacking on new music and then i look into it further and see i've bought like 10 things on vinyl and listened to another 35 digitally


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damnit vince i would have shut you down if you'd gone with any of the 34 other songs on that album but i really can't argue with automation

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for all you vinylheads out there (icon) - what makes it better than mp3s? I can listen to anything I want in good quality more conveniently through my computer.

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it's not about convenience. i think everything about vinyl is superior to mp3s (and cds but who buys those anymore) except ease of use; there's having a tangible record of your purchase, which is pretty important if you're a bit of a collector; there's higher sound quality; there's the satisfaction of supporting a favourite artist; and it's pretty awesome to come home after work to find a package containing whatever you just ordered. i think the actual listening experience is better when you put a record on a turntable, too. it's like watching a movie in a theatre as opposed to your computer, or a real book as opposed to something on your ipad. there's less distractions and you're more in tune with the music. listening on headphones is bed is fine but it's just not the same.

of course, if these things don't matter to you, there's nothing wrong with mp3s. i listen to my ipod often. i'd just rather put kindred on my record player than my ipod.


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npr streaming live from the underground on monday

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So yeah the new Walkmen is pretty swell.

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ps icon what was the name of that artist I really liked in that song rating topic I made a week or so ago



i'm also grabbing that alexander tucker rec that you gave a while ago

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right

thanks!

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james blackshaw

Litany of Echoes is probably his best


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Listened to that Alexander Tucker record. Really nice stuff, loved the second track.


Listening to Litany of Echoes now and loving it.

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So, what's up with Waffles?

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I've no idea. Considering the message I think it's switching servers or domain, but I don't know when they'll be back up

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https://twitter.com/BigBoi/status/206479546944458752
https://twitter.com/BigBoi/status/206480948903157761

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awesome

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More than any album not from Actress of Burial this year, I keep coming back to this Recondite album. It's nothing terribly complicated, just a stripped-down acid house record that plays with silence and the strange loop, but it's really quite beautiful. It's something I can put on at any time during the day and enjoy it. It's so damn soothing. I recommended one of the songs (Tie In) in Vince's topic last week, and it's something I think anyone here would enjoy if they're looking for something relaxing.

On the other hand, I've listened to the latest Jam City record a few times this weekend and I'm not sure what to make of it. I didn't care for the promo single last month. I think "The Courts" works better on record than as a single, but it's just not that appealing to me. Still, other than a weak start, I think I might like this record. I dunno. It's similar to both the latest Kode9 and Africa Hitech records, but not as chaotic as either.

I've been hearing a lot of hype for this Bass Clef album, and I liked his Boiler Room set from last month, but I keep tuning the album off after a few songs. I should get through it though, at least once.

i swear i listen to more than just bass music now see look new florrie


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http://thequietus.com/articles/08913-swans-the-seer-new-album-details

i don't know if you guys love swans as much as in my opinion you should be legally required to, but OH MY GOD THIS IS GOING TO BE THE BEST THING EVER

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new Japandroids is out

how did I not hear about this before today?

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I love the Swans! I saw them live a few years ago. This isn't the live album, is it?

Also the new Japandroids is p mediocre. I'll go into more detail when I'm not on a phone.

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1. Ab Soul and all of Black Hippy are killing right now. Illuminate is my rap song of the year

2. Giggs have you listened to The Alabama Shakes yet?

3. Best song from Take Care is Lord Knows. That song is going into my rap pantheon. How 2 men can sound so lonely and so pompous at the same time is beyond me.

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