Best Albums of 2007

fearandpanic · Post by **fearandpanic** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 6:47 pm

Cornelis wrote: Keith who?

Cor

Keith Richards.

user_4575 · Post by **user_4575** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 1:02 am

I can understand being angry that Panda Bear made the wire list while Keith Rowe didn't. But why would you compare the two? Talk about apples and oranges. I haven't heard The Room, but there's no question that Panda Bear made the pop album of the year.

user_4575 · Post by **user_4575** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 1:05 am

The thing I don't understand is Burial. I just can't listen to that stuff; totally corny. Burial is fucking whack. Then again maybe you have to be british to understand it.

Post by **mudd** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 1:06 am

i think 'humor' is the answer that you are looking for.

also, there is apparently some question as to whether or not panda bear made the best pop album of the year. since, for example, comicopera is a pop album.

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user_4575 · Post by **user_4575** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 1:22 am

well wyatt makes "pop" but panda bear is pop.

Post by **mudd** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 1:25 am

not that i am aware of, no.

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jpeatt · Post by **jpeatt** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 1:34 am

duif wrote:there isn't even that much difference with Pitchfork anymore apart from the odd jazz album or archival Pandit Pran Nath release.

spot on.

user_4671 · Post by **user_4671** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 8:57 pm

1. Maher Shalal Hash Baz - L'autre Cap
2. Sir Richard Bishop - While My Guitar Violently Bleeds
3. Tinariwen - Aman Iman
4. Glenn Branca - Indeterminate Activity of Resultant Masses
5. Akron/Family - Love is Simple

i also liked liars and comicopera

user_2021 · Post by **user_2021** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 9:52 pm

sexes wrote:well wyatt makes "pop" but panda bear is pop.

gee, i thought Britney Spears IS pop.

i don't get why anyone would care about the Wire's list, anyway.

user_294 · Post by **user_294** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 10:20 pm

sexes wrote:The thing I don't understand is Burial. I just can't listen to that stuff; totally corny. Burial is fucking whack. Then again maybe you have to be british to understand it.

or if you had an appreciation for pole's (or i imagine basic channel) first 3 albums, if you were dead tired, splayed on the floor in front of your spaceheater, too exhausted to resist the hurried rhythms. in a fatigued, residually high state. then you might enjoy it

user_294 · Post by **user_294** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 10:23 pm

sexes wrote:there's no question that Panda Bear made the pop album of the year.

is it POP music? i thought it was more lullabye-ish, repetitious ambient shit

jpeatt · Post by **jpeatt** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 1:16 am

misc frank wrote:
sexes wrote:The thing I don't understand is Burial. I just can't listen to that stuff; totally corny. Burial is fucking whack. Then again maybe you have to be british to understand it.
or if you had an appreciation for pole's (or i imagine basic channel) first 3 albums, if you were dead tired, splayed on the floor in front of your spaceheater, too exhausted to resist the hurried rhythms. in a fatigued, residually high state. then you might enjoy it

Well, that's the thing.....I do like those old basic channel albums. I love Rhythm & Sound, but I just can't get into Burial.
Even having heard some of it on huge PA systems, it just all sounds so....average. Fundamentally ok, but just utterly unremarkable in every direction. I really fail to see the reason for the hype. I can see why people get excited by Panda Bear. I don't necessarily agree, but I understand. Burial I just fail to see the deal.

user_4575 · Post by **user_4575** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 2:31 am

yeah, i like Pole and Basic Channel and even ambient dub techno stuff like Gas, but Burial is just too corny and embarrassing.

user_4575 · Post by **user_4575** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 2:34 am

misc frank wrote: is it POP music? i thought it was more lullabye-ish, repetitious ambient shit

no it's totally different from Young Prayer although i think that one was great too. It's like the beach boys and michael jackson drinking robitussin.

GODOT · Post by **GODOT** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 3:07 am

In no particular order:

Consumer Electronics - Nobody's Ugly
Mouthus - Saw A Halo
Loren Connors - Hymn of the North Star
Neokarma Jooklo Sextet - Live at Scaldeci
Ricardo Villalobos - Fabric Mix
Caspa & Rusko - Fabric Live
Kousokuya - Ray Night October 2006
The New Blockaders - Das Zerstoren, Zum Gebaren
Daniel Menche - Bleeding Heavens
Vodka Soap - Parallel Visitation...
Skull Disco - Soundboy Punishments
Sunroof! - Panzer Division Lou Reed
Matthew Bower & Mattin - A New Form of Beauty

A strictly average year I reckon, nothing to really blow the roof off. All of the above are totally great records like, but you know what I mean.

That said, the A side to that Consumer Electronics album is one of the finest pieces of noise I've heard in years.

_duif · Post by **_duif** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 8:38 am

looking at the genre-specific yearlists in the Wire now, there isn't even any "eai" whatsoever! it's all Braxton, Shipp, David S. Ware.. -_-

user_2578 · Post by **user_2578** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 9:41 am

duif wrote:looking at the genre-specific yearlists in the Wire now, there isn't even any "eai" whatsoever! it's all Braxton, Shipp, David S. Ware.. -_-

And...?

bryan · Post by **bryan** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 9:44 am

efren_del_valle wrote:
duif wrote:looking at the genre-specific yearlists in the Wire now, there isn't even any "eai" whatsoever! it's all Braxton, Shipp, David S. Ware.. -_-
And...?

it's reaicist

user_2578 · Post by **user_2578** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 9:52 am

SeventhHarmonic wrote:
efren_del_valle wrote:
duif wrote:looking at the genre-specific yearlists in the Wire now, there isn't even any "eai" whatsoever! it's all Braxton, Shipp, David S. Ware.. -_-
And...?
it's reaicist

Could you elaborate please? (it's genuine curiosity)

jon abbey · Post by **jon abbey** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 10:14 am

here's the "Jazz & Improv" list for reference:

Derek Bailey - Standards (Tzadik)
Anthony Braxton - 9 Compositions (Iridium) 2006 (Firehouse 12)
John Butcher - The Geometry Of Sentiment (Emanem)
Peter Evans Quartet - Peter Evans Quartet (Firehouse 12)
Susie Ibarra's Electric Kulintang - Dialects (PR)
The Necks - Townsville (RER)
William Parker & Hamid Drake - Piercing The Veil (AUM Fidelity)
Cato Salsa Experience/The Thing/Joe McPhee - Two Bands And A Legend (Smalltown Superjazzz)
Matthew Shipp - Piano Vortex (Thirsty Ear)
David S Ware Quartet - Renunciation (AUM Fidelity)

it's a very backward thinking improv list, Efren. every single one of those musicians, with the possible exception of Peter Evans, has done better work in the past. it ignores Tokyo, Vienna, Berlin, like usual. we don't need to have this debate again, but there's your answer. for me, it's a bit depressing, having learned about so much new music in the past from the Wire, to see them essentially turn their back on the cutting edge, but on the other hand, I really don't care that much.