The point of these threads is to encourage people to look for new and interesting music. We do this by listening to and ideally discussing albums we've never heard before. Many of us already listen to new music daily, these people are in it to venture "out of their comfort zone" by listening to albums they otherwise wouldn't have, or just to have a good time.
me too because i don't want _your kind_ anywhere near me
Robert Ramirez
Oh boy, another tourney writeup
>Pop Will Eat Itself - Cure For Sanity
I was expecting a bad album when I saw the “Rap Rock” label on RYM but this ended up being quite interesting. There’s a huge amount of UK dance influence on here, with very Screamadelia-esque production all over this. It’s super upbeat and fun, with a nice cozy atmosphere. The moments where it’s pure instrumentals work quite well. Unfortunately, these guys decided to rap over the beats for a bit - and I don’t really enjoy those parts. They sound a lot like Stereo MCs with this blend and it isn’t a style I’m huge on.
Something about this feels a little off and I’m not sure why I didn’t end up enjoying it. I think it ultimately just ends up feeling scatterbrained. If it’d gone all out dance, I would’ve dug it a lot more. Or the MCs were more consistent in their styles, it would’ve worked. Like, I feel like a weirded out Kool Keith character would’ve been perfect on here. Instead, it hits this awkward middle ground that doesn’t quite work. There were certainly some interesting ideas and great moments on here. The combination of these genres was ambitious - just wasn’t my style.
5/10
Evan Parker
post your steam id
Jeremiah Diaz
Dammit forgot my trip
>Reverend Charlie Jackson - God’s Got It
I still know very little about blues/gospel so it was certainly interesting to dive into this style even more. The whole album has this very raw atmosphere, as Jackson sings in a gravelly, unrefined voice. The recordings themselves are pretty lo-fi as well, as they were recorded on some relatively rudimentary equipment in Mississippi churches (at least from the little I’ve read). His guitar playing is classic blues, with catchy, simplistic little riffs on here just adding so much soul to the recording.
There’s a darker tone on here than I was expecting though, I’m not quite sure why. Even more than your usual bluesy material. Maybe it’s because I’m picturing the South in the ‘70s and as a result getting a weird vibe but this seems to have a bit of darkness under the surface. My only knock on it is I’m not super heavy on religious subject matter - but it works quite well in this raw atmosphere.
7/10
Nat moves on.
Darklands, if you have a rec, shoot it to me whenever you've got the chance
Henry Roberts
finished my december albums! and I have half a month to go!
the water[s] lived up to the praise yall gave it. good lyricism and proportionately good beats. rock solid overall, recommended
Jordan Myers
so... WHAT FIRST???
Jayden Hughes
WE ALL WUZ KINGZ
Jayden Foster
Chance the Rapper - Coloring Book (2016) >pop rap, conscious hip hop
Gotta agree with Rod's take on this album, all of the gospel choir additions are completely pointless and phony-sounding. Certainly doesn't help that the album is so horribly mixed that the choirs are either completely drowned out or the absolute focal point of the music. I recognize and appreciate the amount of passion and feeling that went into this tape, but it's so overdramatic and over-the-top, and the endless amounts of layers on every single track is overwhelming, especially since the production and mixing is really terrible. For as much as I don't like the production, I have to give it up for pretty much all of the vocal performances. Chance is incredibly charismatic, and most of the features are great, even Bieber manages to spit out a memorable, catchy hook. Chance has to tone down his ambitiousness, he's got the potential to make something great but this tape is far too over-the-top and frankly cheesy to ever really be enjoyable.
>Gotta agree with Rod's take on this album, all of the gospel choir additions are completely pointless and phony-sounding triggered, big fella >Certainly doesn't help that the album is so horribly mixed that the choirs are either completely drowned out or the absolute focal point of the music. I do agree, the second half of How Great makes me mad, because I love it, but the choir sampled is too quiet and I have to turn it way up every time to enjoy it properly
Ann Peebles - I Can't Stand the Rain (1974) >southern soul
Not much to say, it's just a really solid soul album. The only track that really takes risks with the arrangements is the title track, making it one of the best damn soul songs ever produced, but Peebles' vocals are consistently great and the instrumentals are always solid, some are just a bit more flaccid than the others. Give it a listen if you're into soul in any way.
3.0
i'd probably like it a bit more if it was mixed properly. not that much more, but i'd probably appreciate the gospel elements a bit more.
Connor Perry
*3.0+
Brandon Turner
What, ya'll got something better to do on a friday night than plug?
Colton Jackson
Sweet, thanks
Eli Peterson
also still doing this lee hazelwood is a great singer, so glad I gave him a shot
i'll have to hear peebles. remind me some time. chance might could have snagged my aoty possibly, barring Minta and Even Oxen
rec me something to watch tonight that's preferably under 4 hours
David Stewart
Aguirre!
Juan Cook
also >get in plug
Christopher Ward
Seconding Aguirre. Either that or City Of God
Hunter Davis
btw does anyone else here have filmstruck? I'm sharing it with a few friends and it works pretty great. It has every criterion movie and then some. Shit's worked great for me so far. Only downside is that it doesn't have too many apps, and basically can only be used to stream from a phone/laptop.
will do
me and a friend were gonna watch that now that I'm back in town sometime this month.
Dominic Collins
Also saying Aguirre. I have FilmStruck and am pretty psyched on it. You said the exact problem I have with it too. That and that it doesn't save your spot in the movie or have a recently viewed section
Christian Ramirez
bumb
Leo Russell
...
Christian James
Good Morning /daily/!
Me and gf going to a wine tasting today. Big office party in the evening. Fun times.
Probably gonna release an album now.
Matthew Mitchell
Mahjong (1996)
Austin Thompson
Can't really say I've read any, really.
Robert Roberts
90hagr15 I think. I suppose you'll find me if you search for "hampus grönvall".
>nfw gf had to go up at 05:00 for work today, on a saturday
Xavier Ross
...
Cooper Stewart
Looking for an album.
The album art is very photo collage style like pic related, but it's a small child walking in the street of a ruined city. There are two distinct color schemes for the opposing sides of the street.
pls help
William Morgan
I have already heard on the corner, care to rec another?
Matthew Carter
I wonder if there's a feature or list/chart/whatever where I can see every bolded album on rym?
Angel Turner
also sick as a dog today, music for this feel?
Christopher Walker
Diamanda Galas - Plague Mass
Isaiah Cruz
Magnolia Electric Co. - s/t
Eli Nelson
nevermind already heard it I'll just go find something not on your rym one sec
Angel Morris
Paolo Conte - Aguaplano
Kayden Hernandez
hol up, I think I made a bit of a mistake on the image, Vinter is supposed to rec because he got the higher score... sorry for stringing you along, if he doesn't rec ITT I'll pass it over to you
Xavier King
:^) All this effort :'^)
I mean, my album was still better anyways so Vinter can go get chortled right up the bum imo senpai.
:'^) no pain.
Adrian Bailey
he's gone missing, hasn't been present for about 5 threads now... Safe bet is that he quit
Sebastian Wright
WHY DIDN'T YOU INCLUDE MASONNA GAAH
Zachary Kelly
MO TE
Julian Kelly
>Chance has to tone down his ambitiousness, he's got the potential to make something great but this tape is far too over-the-top and frankly cheesy to ever really be enjoyable
this sells it for me, oddly enough
Kayden Gomez
2016 catchup starts now; imma listen to Floss first because my friends really want me to. what's good, what's shit, what's comfy, what should i absolutely hear next?
Gabriel Clark
>tfw 4 of my top 5s are on this chart
Marlboro Man and Crippling Lack are 10/10s on the comfy feel scale desu.
Liam Mitchell
yea i tried to put everything on there (except for the guy who gave me like 10 trap rap albums)
Luke Ortiz
Broughton, Marlboro Man, Acid Arcadia, Flanch, Black Ben Carson, and Cuckstar are all good. It's also a fair bet that Bachman and Fleeting are good.
Mason Bennett
idk what to expect from any of these except Bachman (he's the Archers of Loaf dude right?) so i'm hype. i wanna go in blind
Jaxon Garcia
no that's a different bachman. Acid Arcadia is a lot better than you think it'll be.
what primitivism i've heard has been hit and miss so i hope this is gonna be good
Charles Roberts
>all this garbo hip hop >almost no electronic you're shooting yourself in the foot
Ryan Allen
(jk some of it is p good)
Jack Green
((except 21 savage, fuck that shit. not even as good as 21 pilots))
Jonathan White
Floss first (bangs hard so far desu), will do this next ehh, I asked for people's AOTYs and this is all I got. I'll add some electro shit if you've got any suggestions (not like i ever finish my charts anyway)
Isaiah Rogers
au hasard balthazar zigeunerweisen blowup la dolce vita fanny och alexander histoire(s) du cinéma la maman et la putain mouchette Ordet pierrot le fou possession le samourai smulltronstallet vivre sa vie andrei rublev man with movie camera sayat nova human condition trilogy kagemusha kwaidan coup d'état tokyo story autumn afternoon funeral parade of roses are must watch
for electronic music this year listen to ULTRA by zomby, serpent music by yves tumor, bala comp vol.1 by v/a, kern vol 3 by objekt and savage ep by endgame the rap stuff in your chart is good except skepta
Jonathan Smith
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
>Probably gonna release an album now. WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Isaac Watson
le samourai and funeral parade is great
Joseph Hill
it's just gonna be another guitar improv session is it?
Filming a song in the park today. I'm putting some finishing touches on an album I've been working on for a long while.
Bentley Robinson
but skepta makes amerifat bs now lol
Asher Rivera
whoops
Lucas Long
he's making what amerifat bs should be
Bentley Fisher
whoops is right
Jaxson Edwards
listening to that arca clone right now, very arca but very good, more melodic than he is
Camden Evans
>Major Lazer >Grimes why are you listening to these and do you need a hug
very respectable Agent Orange scores btw
Alexander Long
because I deserve pain and yes, I do
Blake Smith
mr. roboto is the _______ song of all time
Charles Cooper
listening to Machine Gun right now this is fascinating
music for that one guy from highschool who only listens to real music like Queen and Kiss and wore a stupid hat and never shave and he says it's the best
Jackson Harris
that was for u
Kevin Watson
where my trip go
Oliver Brooks
>oddly enough well, being over the top ambitious is a guarantee to not be boring, at the very least
Connor Lewis
means alot famicom
Gavin Sullivan
The Savage Young Taterbug is better than your favorite lo-fi musician
Agent Orange is better than I expected them to be
That Aquarium album has a fantastic A side. It's too bad the B side traded impeccable folk ditties to slower, more drawn out, and less effective ballads.
I forgot what that crossed out single sounded like
Mason Torres
>The Savage Young Taterbug is better than your favorite lo-fi musician tru
Grayson Richardson
>Agent Orange is better than I expected them to be but not as good as the Sodom album of the same name
