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Re: BEAMAs 2013- The Nominees

SquishypuffDave — Thu, 16 Jan 2014 21:03:16 GMT

Author: SquishypuffDave

Posted: 01/17/2014 02:03

Jhereko wrote:

MOST UNDERRATED ALBUM of 2013:
Virgins - Tim Hecker
Perils From The Sea - Mark Kozelek & Jimmy LaValle
Is Survived By - Touché Amoré
Innocence Is Kinky - Jenny Hval
Untogether - Blue Hawaii

I'm beginning to see the value of this category. I never gave the latter three a proper listen. Only just noticed how amazing Untogether is. I'm sure I've heard it before but I have no idea how it didn't make my chart.

Re: BEAMAs 2013- The Nominees

Necharsian — Thu, 16 Jan 2014 19:30:15 GMT

Author: Necharsian

Posted: 01/17/2014 00:30

meccalecca wrote:

Dude, it's not like Pitchfork is all that different than 99% of all other music outlets out there. Unfortunately, most of the music writers out there are writing about the same stuff.

I don't disagree with this at all.

Re: BEAMAs 2013- The Nominees

meccalecca — Thu, 16 Jan 2014 19:26:17 GMT

Author: meccalecca

Posted: 01/17/2014 00:26

Necharsian wrote:

And can't really say I'm surprised with any of these choices but should we maybe just change Beas name to pitchfork already or whatu

Dude, it's not like Pitchfork is all that different than 99% of all other music outlets out there. Unfortunately, most of the music writers out there are writing about the same stuff.

I voted in Village Voice's Pazz N Jop poll once again, and out of 457 ballots, Kanye, Vampire Weekend and Daft Punk ranked 1,2,3 in the album voting. it's impossible to fight it.

Re: BEAMAs 2013- The Nominees

GeevyDallas — Thu, 16 Jan 2014 19:03:00 GMT

Author: GeevyDallas

Posted: 01/17/2014 00:03

Hip Hop nominations are pretty good, no bad albums there. R&B nominations are extremely beige. Female solo nominations are very good, take Marling out for Beyonce and it would be better though. Solo male is decent. I consider Dagger paths an album, fuck y'all who say otherwise. Blue Hawaii for most underrated album. Anything but Kanye for most overrated. Sky for album cover. Foxygen for worst album. Julia or Jimmy for best album. Drizzy for best song.

Two things I'm disappointed with, the electronic nominations, all of it, just horrible. The second is Bangerz being nominated for worst album, you'll didn't listen to it you fucking rats, did it make you feel good, yeah? I hope you all die.

Re: BEAMAs 2013- The Nominees

Necharsian — Thu, 16 Jan 2014 18:57:40 GMT

Author: Necharsian

Posted: 01/16/2014 23:57

Jhereko wrote:

lol and yet pitchfork didn't review it.

Deafheaven was the only metal BNM and it'll get the win here not sure what your point is

Re: BEAMAs 2013- The Nominees

Anonymous — Thu, 16 Jan 2014 18:50:43 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 01/16/2014 23:50

19loveless91 wrote:

You can see the avant-garde nominees and judge for yourself.

On the one hand I'm happy because it's the one place where my favorite album of the year got mentioned at all, but on the other hand people fucked with it and made it more of a joke, which is really disappointing. The nefarious skype group strikes again.

Re: BEAMAs 2013- The Nominees

Anonymous — Thu, 16 Jan 2014 18:42:17 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 01/16/2014 23:42

Necharsian wrote:

And yet the name remains the same..

And Das Tor is here dongus

lol and yet pitchfork didn't review it.

Re: BEAMAs 2013- The Nominees

19loveless91 — Thu, 16 Jan 2014 18:40:51 GMT

Author: 19loveless91

Posted: 01/16/2014 23:40

harkan wrote:

30 odd releases in one year and not one in the User Created.

Oh well...

TBH you'd have a bigger chance with only one release. You got some votes, but split between different releases.

My thoughts on the nominees:
No major surprises, maybe just a few albums doing unexpectedly well (e.g. Perils + a few others that I don't want to spoil) or unexpectedly poor (Yeezus).

Happy with: Paramore and Superlove in best pop, Holter doing well, Acid Rap doing well, Mephisto in the Water getting nominated in best solo female songs. I'm totally happy with worst song nominees too, I fucking hate Wrecking Ball.
Disappointed with: Immunity not making it into best albums category, seeing how well it did in most other categories. Also Bound 2 making it into best video, but like with many other (song) categories, it didn't take many votes for a video to be nominated. At least the other nominees are all pretty damn great.

Overall happy that we included folk/country and RnB categories, I think those were a big success. Not so much the jazz/blues category (at least songs), and, well.. You can see the avant-garde nominees and judge for yourself.

Re: BEAMAs 2013- The Nominees

videoheadcleaner — Thu, 16 Jan 2014 18:38:05 GMT

Author: videoheadcleaner

Posted: 01/16/2014 23:38

Jhereko wrote:

vote splitting man :(

All good. I know someone out there would have voted for one of them.

Re: BEAMAs 2013- The Nominees

Necharsian — Thu, 16 Jan 2014 18:37:40 GMT

Author: Necharsian

Posted: 01/16/2014 23:37

Jhereko wrote:

lol, you know you say the same thing every year you big baby. What do you want to see in there Das Tor?

And yet the name remains the same..

And Das Tor is here dongus

Re: BEAMAs 2013- The Nominees

Anonymous — Thu, 16 Jan 2014 18:35:12 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 01/16/2014 23:35

Necharsian wrote:

The disconnect on bea is between those that voted Miley for best song or worst/

And can't really say I'm surprised with any of these choices but should we maybe just change Beas name to pitchfork already or whatu

lol, you know you say the same thing every year you big baby. What do you want to see in there Das Tor?

Re: BEAMAs 2013- The Nominees

Necharsian — Thu, 16 Jan 2014 18:34:03 GMT

Author: Necharsian

Posted: 01/16/2014 23:34

19loveless91 wrote:

he's just pissed because people see things in Vampire Weekend that he doesn't.

That's one way to put it

Re: BEAMAs 2013- The Nominees

Anonymous — Thu, 16 Jan 2014 18:31:43 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 01/16/2014 23:31

harkan wrote:

30 odd releases in one year and not one in the User Created.

Oh well...

vote splitting man 🙁

Re: BEAMAs 2013- The Nominees

videoheadcleaner — Thu, 16 Jan 2014 18:25:09 GMT

Author: videoheadcleaner

Posted: 01/16/2014 23:25

30 odd releases in one year and not one in the User Created.

Oh well...

Re: BEAMAs 2013- The Nominees

19loveless91 — Thu, 16 Jan 2014 18:16:28 GMT

Author: 19loveless91

Posted: 01/16/2014 23:16

BEST USER CREATED RELEASE of 2013 (EPs, mixtapes, LPs)

BEA Mixtape No. 1 - Various Artists
Blue - Hayden Who
Ladders - Cassini Meet Saturn
People Are Here - Jhereko
A Vessel For My Ineptitude - Neil Weaver

BEST USER CREATED SONG of 2013

We were in disagreement about whether this category should be present on the last ballots or just be completely scratched because of very few votes, but seeing as he missed it while listing the nominees, I get to have my way 😜
Only three nominees then:

"Back in the Day" - Neil Weaver
"Entropy" - Daniel Defago
"Moving Down The Line" - Neil Weaver

BEST ALBUM NOT IN ENGLISH of 2013
Kveikur - Sigur Rós
Nanda Collection - Kyary Pamyu Pamyu
Aljawal - Debruit & Alsarah

K, that's it.

Re: BEAMAs 2013- The Nominees

19loveless91 — Thu, 16 Jan 2014 17:48:48 GMT

Author: 19loveless91

Posted: 01/16/2014 22:48

ShaneSpear wrote:

But what combination of albums would have prevented you from thinking this? Pitchfork pretty much covers every major album, indie or not, by now. It's not like this site is focused on any super specific niche where the majority can hone in on certain obscure songs/albums (outside of the listening club thread.)

^^ Seriously, he's just pissed because people see things in Vampire Weekend that he doesn't.

Also, it seems to me that we (*cough*Jherry*cough*) forgot to list the nominees for a couple of categories. Be right back to you with that.

Re: BEAMAs 2013- The Nominees

ShaneSpear — Thu, 16 Jan 2014 17:25:56 GMT

Author: ShaneSpear

Posted: 01/16/2014 22:25

Necharsian wrote:

And can't really say I'm surprised with any of these choices but should we maybe just change Beas name to pitchfork already or whatu

Re: BEAMAs 2013- The Nominees

Anonymous — Thu, 16 Jan 2014 16:38:14 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 01/16/2014 21:38

Necharsian wrote:

Haha! 🤣

Re: BEAMAs 2013- The Nominees

Necharsian — Thu, 16 Jan 2014 16:37:30 GMT

Author: Necharsian

Posted: 01/16/2014 21:37

The disconnect on bea is between those that voted Miley for best song or worst/

And can't really say I'm surprised with any of these choices but should we maybe just change Beas name to pitchfork already or whatu

Re: BEAMAs 2013- The Nominees

Mercury — Thu, 16 Jan 2014 16:13:36 GMT

Author: Mercury

Posted: 01/16/2014 21:13

Jackwc wrote:

How is Wrecking Ball the worst song of 2013 it is objectively amazing.

Yeah, I voted it as pop song of the year.