Best new/most anticipated albums: 2018 - Page 22

Dr. Eugene Felikson · 12.06.2018, 09:33 AM

lol i didn't block anyone. i knew "fite time" was a joke. as were a lot of the things i said. i've always been a bit of an ass on these boards, just look at my user notes.

it's fine lol, i spend more time on my black metal & shoegaze discord channels these days anyhow.

!@#$%! · 12.06.2018, 09:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Dr. Eugene Felikson

and reeealllly can't stand the elitist attitude in any art discussion whatsoever.

the elitist attitude is central to the art world unfortunately. art is usually made by outsiders who after being marginalized by society have no better idea than to create exclusionary circles off their own marginalization.

then come the students, and the aspirational middle classes, and the rich patrons, to signal their aesthetic virtue to the rest of the herd by participation in these circles, and kurt eats lead pellets.

the anthropological question for me is—do the elitists enjoy art for whatever they find in the art itself? or is it more for the ego gratification of thinking they are one of the special few with access to the secret society of esoteric knowledge? i think probably both, but there are also a lot of people for which it’s mostly the second—the precious precious posers.

either way, humans are insufferable apes. can’t way till they’re all extinct.

Dr. Eugene Felikson · 12.06.2018, 10:39 AM

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Originally Posted by !@#$%!

the elitist attitude is central to the art world unfortunately. art is usually made by outsiders who after being marginalized by society have no better idea than to create exclusionary circles off their own marginalization.

then come the students, and the aspirational middle classes, and the rich patrons, to signal their aesthetic virtue to the rest of the herd by participation in these circles, and kurt eats lead pellets.

the anthropological question for me is—do the elitists enjoy art for whatever they find in the art itself? or is it more for the ego gratification of thinking they are one of the special few with access to the secret society of esoteric knowledge? i think probably both, but there are also a lot of people for which it’s mostly the second—the precious precious posers.

either way, humans are insufferable apes. can’t way till they’re all extinct.

That's actually a lovely assessment. It sorta blows my mind just how superficial nearly everything about society is.

Like you could say, "Yes, this painting is absurdly photo-realistic." That painter would truly be validated by the perfection of their craft, and objectively a better artist than most, but where is the emotion in a realist landscape, yknow?

On the other hand, someone like Captain Beefheart farts into a tin can and everyone gathers around to sniff it, inflating their ego by getting high off his butt fumes. Is it because they're able to appreciate something which others are not? Does the same feeling apply to guilty pleasures? Are all art fans just failed intellectuals, or are they onto something more? What matters most, objectivity or subjectivity? Fact or emotion? Black/white or shades of grey? Emotion or logic? Yin or yang?

Does any artist truly not do it for the money? Aren't all advertisers failed artists, and all artists wishing to make it big?

I just don't get it lol. Consider me a philistine also, I guess.

!@#$%! · 12.06.2018, 11:09 AM

consider me a palestinian.

i was just coming to edit the original post. i said “it’s probably both” but i think it’s more of the second than anything.

the human hunger for status is as voracious and ruthless as any other appetite after all.

so that basic human need is gonna take precedence over the more “refined” impulses 9 out of 10 times.

the #1 impulse is always “what hot shit i am, look at me looking at this”. lol. join the elite, shun the rest, look for the next level.

and then, if true refinement is achieved—what is refinement, but more of the same? art is pornography, ha ha ha. we’re just machines.

anyway, speaking of refinement and status, did you watch fox and his friends yet? posted you a note in the movie thread cuz my inbox is packed to the gills 50/50.

Dr. Eugene Felikson · 12.06.2018, 11:35 AM

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Originally Posted by !@#$%!

anyway, speaking of refinement and status, did you watch fox and his friends yet? posted you a note in the movie thread cuz my inbox is packed to the gills 50/50.

There's only 2 seeders on the torrent client I use.

Waiting for one of 'em to sign back on so I can get shit rolling again.

(clear your inbox llol)

The Soup Nazi · 12.06.2018, 05:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Severian

Fite-time was a joke.

I know, man, I know. And I also know you dug the Captain America gif.

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Originally Posted by Severian

Cuz fuck Ryan Adams, amirite?

Right you are.

Severian · 12.06.2018, 10:25 PM

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Originally Posted by The Soup Nazi

I know, man, I know. And I also know you dug the Captain America gif.

Fuckin’ bet your ass. Iron Man can suck it. Cap’s the HEART AND SOLE of those movies. Eat a dick Tony Stark, ya occasional debilitating drunk!

!@#$%! · 12.10.2018, 02:12 PM

o man

was looking forward to this when i spotted it

tried it twice

really could not like it

maybe some people here will

there are little things here and i that are pleasing but mostly i got bored

The Soup Nazi · 12.11.2018, 07:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Severian

Fuckin’ bet your ass. Iron Man can suck it. Cap’s the HEART AND SOLE of those movies. Eat a dick Tony Stark, ya occasional debilitating drunk!

To be fair to Stark, the Cap cannot get drunk due to what they did to his, uh, molecular structure or summat, so...

Severian · 12.11.2018, 09:02 PM

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To be fair to Stark, the Cap cannot get drunk due to what they did to his, uh, molecular structure or summat, so...

FUCK THAT ITS CALLED WILLPOWER STARK!

#teamcap #its2016again #wouldntthatbegreatactually? #goingbacktospring2016foradayortwo—whisperingafewt hingstohillaryandbernie?

The Soup Nazi · 12.21.2018, 07:29 PM

I'm not done with 2018!

Laurel Halo released a new 12"/EP/3-track thingumybob last month, Tru/Opal/The Light Within You:

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Fresh from her Raw Silk Uncut Wood LP for Latency, Laurel Halo switches focus directly to the dance floor on this new collaborative EP with Livity Sound regular Hodge. The culmination of a series of recording sessions in Berlin, the pair have produced a record that burns with the energy and dynamics their respective DJ sets are known for, rounding out the year for the label in style.

https://laurelhalo.bandcamp.com/albu...ght-within-you

The Soup Nazi · 12.21.2018, 07:42 PM

Also last month, Housewives released a new song, "Speak To Me". Blank Editions' blurb is rather... heavy-handed:

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London experimental five-piece Housewives return for more anarchic genre-blending adventures with their new single 'Speak To Me', a synthesized collage written in Wetherspoons, cafes and anywhere away from their houseboats where they could find an electrical supply.

Exploring the possibilities of electronic sound, with dead-behind-the-eyes chanting, this latest snippet of things to come marks a turning point for the band who sold their guitars to buy midi equipment and swapped London rents for houseboat living.

Using huge live drums, saccharine vocal samples, pulsating sub bass and mechanically entwined guitar lines, 'Speak to Me' is a sign of the bands' new direction with a constantly evolving sound, creating an anxiety and tightness that assumes the feeling of a knot in the stomach, or a strained smile.

The band describe it as 'a love song of frustration and sensitivity through the eyes of a victim of the isolation of modern life. Quiet but not shy, voiceless, seething, dumb and in love'.

In the video, created by the band and our in-house art department, we're transported into a manifestation of the inescapable digital experience of our everyday lives and its effect on our psyche. The thin layer of perceptible reality is constantly disrupted via the breaking of the digital facade.

https://blankeditions.bandcamp.com/

https://housewivesband.bandcamp.com/track/speak-to-me

The Soup Nazi · 12.21.2018, 08:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Severian

FUCK THAT ITS CALLED WILLPOWER STARK!

I think you misunderstood me — what I meant is the guy literally cannot get drunk, no matter how much he drinks. It's on The First Avenger, goddammit!

Severian · 12.21.2018, 09:10 PM

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Originally Posted by The Soup Nazi

I think you misunderstood me — what I meant is the guy literally cannot get drunk, no matter how much he drinks. It's on The First Avenger, goddammit!

No, I understood because I know more about Captain America and all comic-book characters than you or anyone in your family will EVER know...

But Movie Cap’s inability to get drunk doesn’t negate Stark’s dumbasssloppy drunkitude. Ya feel me?

The Soup Nazi · 12.21.2018, 09:36 PM

I was the one who misunderstood indeed.

But it's that bloody phone of yours, man — I thought you had tried to type "is" but you tried to type "it's" but your phone typed "its" but fuck it.

Severian · 12.22.2018, 11:12 AM

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Originally Posted by The Soup Nazi

I was the one who misunderstood indeed.

But it's that bloody phone of yours, man — I thought you had tried to type "is" but you tried to type "it's" but your phone typed "its" but fuck it.

Yeah, I’m hating the phone thing. But I’m always fucking running around, so it’s the only way to do anything.

Moshe · 12.22.2018, 12:04 PM

My top 50 albums:

‎50. Peter Brötzmann/Heather Leigh - Sparrow Nights ‎
‎49. Mournful Congregation - The Incubus Of Karma
‎48. Body/Head - The Switch
‎47. The Sea And Cake - Any Day
‎46. Sandro Perri - In Another Life
‎45. Arvo Pärt - The Symphonies
‎44. Hot Snakes - Jericho Sirens
‎43. Hifiklub & Lee Ranaldo - In Doubt, Shadow Him!‎
‎42. Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs ‎‏-‏‎ King of Cowards
‎41. Mirrors for Psychic Warfare - I See What I Became - Best Industrial
‎40. Windhand - Eternal Return
‎39. Bardo Pond - Volume 8‎
‎38. Gruff Rhys - Babelsberg
‎37. Deafheaven - Ordinary Corrupt Human Love
‎36. JOYFULTALK - Plurality Trip
‎35. Wolvennest -Void
‎34. The Men - Drift
‎33. Cypress Hill - Elephants on Acid - Best Hip Hop
‎32. Kikagaku Moyo - Masana Temples - Best Artwork (see picture above)
‎31. No Age - Snares Like A Haircut
‎30. Daughters - You Won't Get What You Want - Best Noise Rock ‎
‎‎29. Jerusalem In My Heart - Daqa’iq Tudaiq - Best Global
‎28. Messa - Feast For Water
‎27. Louise Landes Levi - Ikiru or The wanderer
‎26. Ariana Grande - Sweetener - Best Pop
‎25. SUMAC - Love In Shadow
‎24. Mary Halvorson - Code Girl
‎‎23. Idles - Joy as An Act of Resistance ‎
‎22. The Necks - Body
‎21. Mildred Maude - CPA I-III - Best Debut ‎
‎20. Mary Lattimore - Hundreds of Days
‎19. Mythic Sunship - Another Shape of Psychedelic Music - Best Psych (Duh)‎
‎18. Eleanor Friedberger - Rebound
‎17. Nat Birchall - Cosmic Language - Best Spiritual Jazz
‎16. ASG - Survive Sunrise
‎15. Courtney Barnett - Tell Me How You Really Feel - Best Rock
‎14. U.S. Girls - In a Poem Unlimited - Best Indie
‎13. Wrekmeister Harmonies - The Alone Rush
‎12. Emma Ruth Rundle- On Dark Horses
‎11. The Ex - 27 Passports - Best Punk
‎10. Mamaleek – Out of Time
‎9. Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour
‎8. Lubomyr Melnyk - Fallen Trees
‎7. Infinite Music - Tribute to La Monte Young
‎6. Tim Hecker - Konoyo
‎5. Julia Holter - Aviary
‎4. Yob - Our Raw Heart
‎3. Maria Faust - Machina
‎2. Sleep - The Sciences
‎1. Anna von Hausswolff - Dead Magic

The Soup Nazi · 12.23.2018, 04:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Severian

Yeah, I’m hating the phone thing.

All right, that's progress right there.

By the by, the fact that you "know more about Captain America and all comic-book characters than [ I ] or anyone in [my] family will EVER know" (which I don't dispute) is a pretty small feat — I mean, my family doesn't know jack about Captain Rogers. They don't even know the guy fought the Nazis. Hell, forget that, they couldn't even pick him out of a lineup even if the rest of the lineup were all Hulks.

ANYWAY, before the year ends, let's acknowledge how crazy fucked up it is that we never even mentioned this one on this thread:

I for one dug it. I know you're probably gonna say YAH WELL where's my 10-disc Sign "☮" The Times box, but this is such a spirited performance, the Purple One running through songs brilliantly in a situation which could otherwise have birthed a completely bland and irrelevant recording since he's not even trying to fill a B-side or anything. Top shit, man.

ETA: Plus, Joni cover — what more can you ask for.

Kuhb · 12.23.2018, 08:14 PM

Yes yes yes re: Code Girl

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Originally Posted by Moshe

My top 50 albums:

‎50. Peter Brötzmann/Heather Leigh - Sparrow Nights ‎
‎49. Mournful Congregation - The Incubus Of Karma
‎48. Body/Head - The Switch
‎47. The Sea And Cake - Any Day
‎46. Sandro Perri - In Another Life
‎45. Arvo Pärt - The Symphonies
‎44. Hot Snakes - Jericho Sirens
‎43. Hifiklub & Lee Ranaldo - In Doubt, Shadow Him!‎
‎42. Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs ‎‏-‏‎ King of Cowards
‎41. Mirrors for Psychic Warfare - I See What I Became - Best Industrial
‎40. Windhand - Eternal Return
‎39. Bardo Pond - Volume 8‎
‎38. Gruff Rhys - Babelsberg
‎37. Deafheaven - Ordinary Corrupt Human Love
‎36. JOYFULTALK - Plurality Trip
‎35. Wolvennest -Void
‎34. The Men - Drift
‎33. Cypress Hill - Elephants on Acid - Best Hip Hop
‎32. Kikagaku Moyo - Masana Temples - Best Artwork (see picture above)
‎31. No Age - Snares Like A Haircut
‎30. Daughters - You Won't Get What You Want - Best Noise Rock ‎
‎‎29. Jerusalem In My Heart - Daqa’iq Tudaiq - Best Global
‎28. Messa - Feast For Water
‎27. Louise Landes Levi - Ikiru or The wanderer
‎26. Ariana Grande - Sweetener - Best Pop
‎25. SUMAC - Love In Shadow
‎24. Mary Halvorson - Code Girl
‎‎23. Idles - Joy as An Act of Resistance ‎
‎22. The Necks - Body
‎21. Mildred Maude - CPA I-III - Best Debut ‎
‎20. Mary Lattimore - Hundreds of Days
‎19. Mythic Sunship - Another Shape of Psychedelic Music - Best Psych (Duh)‎
‎18. Eleanor Friedberger - Rebound
‎17. Nat Birchall - Cosmic Language - Best Spiritual Jazz
‎16. ASG - Survive Sunrise
‎15. Courtney Barnett - Tell Me How You Really Feel - Best Rock
‎14. U.S. Girls - In a Poem Unlimited - Best Indie
‎13. Wrekmeister Harmonies - The Alone Rush
‎12. Emma Ruth Rundle- On Dark Horses
‎11. The Ex - 27 Passports - Best Punk
‎10. Mamaleek – Out of Time
‎9. Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour
‎8. Lubomyr Melnyk - Fallen Trees
‎7. Infinite Music - Tribute to La Monte Young
‎6. Tim Hecker - Konoyo
‎5. Julia Holter - Aviary
‎4. Yob - Our Raw Heart
‎3. Maria Faust - Machina
‎2. Sleep - The Sciences
‎1. Anna von Hausswolff - Dead Magic

Warnerabava · 12.24.2018, 04:09 AM

Stalker. Sometimes they get confuzed but for the most part they try and flank you and take cover when needed. They also call for help when injured.

12.06.2018, 09:33 AM	#421
Dr. Eugene Felikson invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 7,571	lol i didn't block anyone. i knew "fite time" was a joke. as were a lot of the things i said. i've always been a bit of an ass on these boards, just look at my user notes. it's fine lol, i spend more time on my black metal & shoegaze discord channels these days anyhow.
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12.06.2018, 11:09 AM	#424
!@#$%! invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: mars attacks Posts: 42,546	consider me a palestinian. i was just coming to edit the original post. i said “it’s probably both” but i think it’s more of the second than anything. the human hunger for status is as voracious and ruthless as any other appetite after all. so that basic human need is gonna take precedence over the more “refined” impulses 9 out of 10 times. the #1 impulse is always “what hot shit i am, look at me looking at this”. lol. join the elite, shun the rest, look for the next level. and then, if true refinement is achieved—what is refinement, but more of the same? art is pornography, ha ha ha. we’re just machines. anyway, speaking of refinement and status, did you watch fox and his friends yet? posted you a note in the movie thread cuz my inbox is packed to the gills 50/50.
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12.10.2018, 02:12 PM	#428
!@#$%! invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: mars attacks Posts: 42,546	o man was looking forward to this when i spotted it tried it twice really could not like it maybe some people here will there are little things here and i that are pleasing but mostly i got bored
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12.21.2018, 09:36 PM	#435
The Soup Nazi invito al cielo Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Del Boca Vista Posts: 18,225	I was the one who misunderstood indeed. But it's that bloody phone of yours, man — I thought you had tried to type "is" but you tried to type "it's" but your phone typed "its" but fuck it. __________________ GADJI BERI BIMBA GLANDRIDI LAULI LONNI CADORI GADJAM A BIM BERI GLASSALA GLANDRIDI E GLASSALA TUFFM I ZIMBRA
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12.22.2018, 12:04 PM	#437
Moshe Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 5,889	My top 50 albums: ‎50. Peter Brötzmann/Heather Leigh - Sparrow Nights ‎ ‎49. Mournful Congregation - The Incubus Of Karma ‎48. Body/Head - The Switch ‎47. The Sea And Cake - Any Day ‎46. Sandro Perri - In Another Life ‎45. Arvo Pärt - The Symphonies ‎44. Hot Snakes - Jericho Sirens ‎43. Hifiklub & Lee Ranaldo - In Doubt, Shadow Him!‎ ‎42. Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs ‎‏-‏‎ King of Cowards ‎41. Mirrors for Psychic Warfare - I See What I Became - Best Industrial ‎40. Windhand - Eternal Return ‎39. Bardo Pond - Volume 8‎ ‎38. Gruff Rhys - Babelsberg ‎37. Deafheaven - Ordinary Corrupt Human Love ‎36. JOYFULTALK - Plurality Trip ‎35. Wolvennest -Void ‎34. The Men - Drift ‎33. Cypress Hill - Elephants on Acid - Best Hip Hop ‎32. Kikagaku Moyo - Masana Temples - Best Artwork (see picture above) ‎31. No Age - Snares Like A Haircut ‎30. Daughters - You Won't Get What You Want - Best Noise Rock ‎ ‎‎29. Jerusalem In My Heart - Daqa’iq Tudaiq - Best Global ‎28. Messa - Feast For Water ‎27. Louise Landes Levi - Ikiru or The wanderer ‎26. Ariana Grande - Sweetener - Best Pop ‎25. SUMAC - Love In Shadow ‎24. Mary Halvorson - Code Girl ‎‎23. Idles - Joy as An Act of Resistance ‎ ‎22. The Necks - Body ‎21. Mildred Maude - CPA I-III - Best Debut ‎ ‎20. Mary Lattimore - Hundreds of Days ‎19. Mythic Sunship - Another Shape of Psychedelic Music - Best Psych (Duh)‎ ‎18. Eleanor Friedberger - Rebound ‎17. Nat Birchall - Cosmic Language - Best Spiritual Jazz ‎16. ASG - Survive Sunrise ‎15. Courtney Barnett - Tell Me How You Really Feel - Best Rock ‎14. U.S. Girls - In a Poem Unlimited - Best Indie ‎13. Wrekmeister Harmonies - The Alone Rush ‎12. Emma Ruth Rundle- On Dark Horses ‎11. The Ex - 27 Passports - Best Punk ‎10. Mamaleek – Out of Time ‎9. Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour ‎8. Lubomyr Melnyk - Fallen Trees ‎7. Infinite Music - Tribute to La Monte Young ‎6. Tim Hecker - Konoyo ‎5. Julia Holter - Aviary ‎4. Yob - Our Raw Heart ‎3. Maria Faust - Machina ‎2. Sleep - The Sciences ‎1. Anna von Hausswolff - Dead Magic
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12.24.2018, 04:09 AM	#440
Warnerabava empty page Join Date: Dec 2018 Location: Panama Posts: 5	Stalker. Sometimes they get confuzed but for the most part they try and flank you and take cover when needed. They also call for help when injured.
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