Best Ever Albums

Re: Confusion for the 21st Century

Jasonconfused — Wed, 9 Oct 2019 14:17:15 GMT

Author: Jasonconfused

Posted: 10/09/2019 18:17

Completely blown away by this. I did not expect that.

Re: Confusion for the 21st Century

Jasonconfused — Mon, 10 Dec 2018 00:34:42 GMT

Author: Jasonconfused

Posted: 12/10/2018 05:34

babyBlueSedan wrote:

Kurt Vile has a pretty similar sound to The War on Drugs, though without the more spacious tracks like Suffering. He actually used to be in The War on Drugs, though I think he left around 2011, so well before Lost in the Dream. My favorite by him is this one:

Wakin On A Pretty Daze by Kurt Vile

Absolutely loved the album! I love this little scene The War on Drugs and its associated acts have going on.

Re: Confusion for the 21st Century

babyBlueSedan — Tue, 4 Dec 2018 14:14:24 GMT

Author: babyBlueSedan

Posted: 12/04/2018 19:14

Kurt Vile has a pretty similar sound to The War on Drugs, though without the more spacious tracks like Suffering. He actually used to be in The War on Drugs, though I think he left around 2011, so well before Lost in the Dream. My favorite by him is this one:

Wakin On A Pretty Daze by Kurt Vile

Re: Confusion for the 21st Century

Jasonconfused — Tue, 4 Dec 2018 12:17:05 GMT

Author: Jasonconfused

Posted: 12/04/2018 17:17

Wait, how is it possible I never found this before? It's right up my alley. Like Tom Petty but with that modern rock sound that sometimes flirts with ambient. If anyone can recommend more new stuff like this I'd really appreciate it.

Lost In The Dream by The War On Drugs

Re: Confusion for the 21st Century

Jasonconfused — Thu, 29 Nov 2018 13:05:42 GMT

Author: Jasonconfused

Posted: 11/29/2018 18:05

There were a few tracks from Atrocity Exhibition I enjoyed, especially around the middle of the album.

I've had some time to digest TPAB, so now a first listen to this:

Good Kid, M.A.A.D City by Kendrick Lamar

Re: Confusion for the 21st Century

Mercury — Tue, 20 Nov 2018 10:33:26 GMT

Author: Mercury

Posted: 11/20/2018 15:33

Jasonconfused wrote:

Also a comment on TPAB: Absolutely amazing after a first listen. I'll definitely want to listen a few more times before I give a more complete review it deserves.

Jasonconfused wrote:

TPAB is stunning and I'm not really sure I'm ready to give a deep review of it even after a couple of listens. I feel strangely unqualified to do so.

Jasonconfused wrote:

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To Pimp A Butterfly by Kendrick Lamar

Made me smile with this. love x1,000,000. One of those albums (proibably one of 20 or so... the 20-30 that hang around my top of my chart) which on any given day could be my favorite of all time. One of those rare albums which is so incredibly massive in every way, experimental yet approachable, political and personal. Technically skilled in the extreme but not masturbatory. And with such flushed out themes running throughout and with never more than a minute separating moments of ear-catching candy. Just stunning.

Kendrick made 2 masterpieces in a row. His previous album, Good Kid Maad City, is another "concept" or story album. Less dense, but arguably in the same tier of greatness as TPOB. If To Pimp a Butterfly is The Godfather Part II, then GKMC is The Godfather. both are already destined to be hip hop and american music classics.

Anyway, I'm glad about a lot of things. I'm glad to have you back in these parts. I'm glad you loved TPOB. And I'm just glad about some old school BEAers coming back.

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As for recommendations, if you wanna hear some boundary pushing hip hop which is boundary pushing in a different way, but still amazing (and also on my chart) check out Danny Brown's album"Atrocity Exhibition". Cool name. I know you have a love for Joy Division's "Closer". Well this is nothing like that but has that name, which is something.

Has a cool cover and some seriously mind-bending beats which shouldn't work but do... also an all time classic of classics in the song "Really Doe"...

this one:

Atrocity Exhibition by Danny Brown

Re: Confusion for the 21st Century

Jasonconfused — Mon, 19 Nov 2018 11:36:29 GMT

Author: Jasonconfused

Posted: 11/19/2018 16:36

TPAB is stunning and I'm not really sure I'm ready to give a deep review of it even after a couple of listens. I feel strangely unqualified to do so.

Anyway, I also checked out the following album and loved it. The vocals are like listening to Syd Barrett, but the music is less experimental. Still, I'd love to check out more contemporary stuff like this if anyone is familiar with it.

Cabinet Of Curiosities by Jacco Gardner

Re: Confusion for the 21st Century

RoundTheBend — Mon, 12 Nov 2018 23:36:44 GMT

Author: RoundTheBend

Posted: 11/13/2018 04:36

Jasonconfused wrote:

Thank you, I did enjoy the Khruangbin album!

I'll definitely be using this chart for this diary, especially since I see there's a lot of rock so it'll be a smoother transition for me to start getting into newer music.
Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s by sethmadsen

Also a comment on TPAB: Absolutely amazing after a first listen. I'll definitely want to listen a few more times before I give a more complete review it deserves.

Good luck mate.

I'm probably the most boring 2010s chart out there. I mean I like all those albums, but it's probably the last 2010s chart you'd go to to find new 2010s music. Having said that maybe look at the artists you aren't familiar with or go to my 2017 album... there's some great "new" artists there.

That's of course if you want new artists. If you want good music, I stand by my 2010s chart as such.

Re: Confusion for the 21st Century

Jasonconfused — Mon, 12 Nov 2018 18:21:24 GMT

Author: Jasonconfused

Posted: 11/12/2018 23:21

Thank you, I did enjoy the Khruangbin album!

I'll definitely be using this chart for this diary, especially since I see there's a lot of rock so it'll be a smoother transition for me to start getting into newer music.
Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s by sethmadsen

Also a comment on TPAB: Absolutely amazing after a first listen. I'll definitely want to listen a few more times before I give a more complete review it deserves.

Re: Confusion for the 21st Century

RoundTheBend — Fri, 9 Nov 2018 22:23:53 GMT

Author: RoundTheBend

Posted: 11/10/2018 03:23

I thought I remembered this user name - welcome back and good luck.

I did the same thing for really the first time - listened to like 150 albums of 2017 and these are the ones I liked:
Top 79 Music Albums of 2017 by sethmadsen

Also an old farts understanding of 2010:
Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s by sethmadsen

Also hope you enjoyed that Khruangbin record.

Re: Confusion for the 21st Century

Jasonconfused — Thu, 8 Nov 2018 13:00:59 GMT

Author: Jasonconfused

Posted: 11/08/2018 18:00

Have enjoyed first 2 albums thus far. Room on Fire seems like another consistent Strokes album. The Universe Smiles Upon You was cool guitar music. Kind of Grateful Dead meets Steely Dan.

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To Pimp A Butterfly by Kendrick Lamar

Re: Confusion for the 21st Century

Jasonconfused — Wed, 7 Nov 2018 11:25:45 GMT

Author: Jasonconfused

Posted: 11/07/2018 16:25

Above was pretty chill guitar music. Minimal vocals, mostly for harmonizing. Nice.

Next, first listen, love their debut:

Room On Fire by The Strokes

Confusion for the 21st Century

Jasonconfused — Wed, 7 Nov 2018 10:44:50 GMT

Author: Jasonconfused

Posted: 11/07/2018 15:44

Since my early days on BEA, my listening habits and chart composition have leaned heavily toward older music, 60s-80s. I'm going to use this music diary to make a serious effort to delve into newer music. I'll document my journey here. Suggestions/recommendations are of course welcome.

And we start with this:

The Universe Smiles Upon You by Khruangbin