Hi everyone, no hard deadline for rankings has been set yet, and that's something that should be collaborative too. I volunteered to do the calculations and stuff, but this is a group project based on Tilly's idea when it comes down to it. Re-upping these posts from February 7-9:
BayState, when are you planning on running the 2018 Album tourney. We should have this completely wrapped up a month before that starts.
In meantime everyone who wants to participate needs to submit their current rankings by March 31st. This will give us something to discuss and indicate which people are still participating. This is an ambitious project so I expect their will be some attrition. I'm definitely still in though and will make this my focus for the next month.
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Hi everyone, no hard deadline for rankings has been set yet, and that's something that should be collaborative too. I volunteered to do the calculations and stuff, but this is a group project based on Tilly's idea when it comes down to it. Re-upping these posts from February 7-9:
BayState, when are you planning on running the 2018 Album tourney. We should have this completely wrapped up a month before that starts.
In meantime everyone who wants to participate needs to submit their current rankings by March 31st. This will give us something to discuss and indicate which people are still participating. This is an ambitious project so I expect their will be some attrition. I'm definitely still in though and will make this my focus for the next month.
I was thinking July 1. Not sure yet if that would be the date of starting matches or opening nominations.
The Essential (5 star)
Beach House - Teen Dream
Deerhunter - Halcyon Digest
The National - High Violet
Ariel Pink - Before Today
Joanna Newsome - Have One On Me
Wild Nothing - Gemini
The Baths - Cerulean
Sufjan Stevens - Age of Adz
Jamey Johnson - The Guitar Song
John Grant - Queen Of Denmark
The Great ( 4 Star)
Bongripper - Satan Worshipping Doom
The Fun Years - God Was Like, No
Allo Darlin’ - Allo Darlin’
Women - Public Strain
Autechre - Oversteps
Dum Dum Girls - I Will Be
Sharon Van Etten - Epic
T++ - Wireless
Laura Marling -
LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening
The Soft Moon - The Soft Moon
Kendrick Lamar - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
The Good ( 3 star)
Kings Go Forth - The Outsiders Are Back
Iron Maiden - The Final Frontier
Motorhead - The World Is Yours
Boston Spaceships - Our Cubehouse Still Rocks
Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
Jefre Cantu-Ledesma - Love Is Streaming
Children Collide - Theory Of Everything
Eddy current Suppression Ring - Rush To Relax
Grinderman - Grinderman 2
Janelle Monae - The Archandroid
Nails - Unsilent Death
Superchunk - Majesty Shredding
Three pretty great post-hardcore albums were nominated for the 2010 tourney. Women's Public Strain is (by far) the most popular. Eddy Current Suppression Ring has the most kiwi rock influences (which I love). And Tera Melos' Patagonia Rats is the most likely to give Fishman a hard-on. What's your favorite?
Public Strain is great, and the Eddy Current Supression Ring is fun, but Patagonian Rats is a monster.
It's not for everyone, pure Math Rock never has been, but I think there is enough moments of clarity in between the nutty time signature parts to show real songwriting ability. There are some great choruses on this thing that are almost shocking in their, um, poppiness, I guess.
Underneath all of the chaos is atypical indie rock album.
And, like I said earlier, this album makes me happy, just as the cover says.
edit:
just as an aside, the guitar player is a pretty cool dude as well.
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