FACTs top 40 albums

List looks pretty good. Up until no.2

But it did have many albums I havent heard so Ill be definitely giving them a go

http://www.factmag.com/2010/11/30/40-best-albums-of-2010-40-31/

Thanks for this.

  On 12/9/2010 at 12:06 AM, troon said:

WATMM Top 100 .

That links to a page where Plastic Beach is the No.1 album of the year.

So this is for you troon:

  On 12/8/2010 at 11:49 PM, chassis said:

List looks pretty good. Up until no.2

 

But it did have many albums I havent heard so Ill be definitely giving them a go

 

http://www.factmag.com/2010/11/30/40-best-albums-of-2010-40-31/

I was siftin' through this yesterday listening to the samples from what I heard a lot if it was pretty decent, these are the ones I went to the trouble of downloading and are great imo if anyone cares;

John Roberts: Glass Eights

Oneothrix Point Never: Rifts

Actress: Spazsh

It being Fact if your not into minmimal, house or dubstep than 90% is going to disappoint.

i really don't pay attention to what has been playing around lately so i don't know a lot of the records from this list besides ikonika, lone, big boi, mount kimbie and urban tribe.

i am not interested in generic indie electronic or dubstep that is everywhere nowadays. i like to be surprised and i like innovation.

what would you recommend?

I liked like 4 artiests there that I conisdered looking more into. Otherwise the rest sucked... IMHO

  On 12/9/2010 at 12:14 AM, ruiagnelo said:

i really don't pay attention to what has been playing around lately so i don't know a lot of the records from this list besides ikonika, lone, big boi, mount kimbie and urban tribe.

 

 

i am not interested in generic indie electronic or dubstep that is everywhere nowadays. i like to be surprised and i like innovation.

 

what would you recommend?

Oneothrix Point Never: Rifts

with 2hrs 25mins of music theres gotta be something you'll enjoy?

It's hella ambient you'll to need set some time aside to properly appreciate/understand it, this one's a slow burner, like an electronic mogwai.

I've been listening to it for 2 days straight and I'm still trying to get my head around it, I do really enjoy it it just takes awhile.

  On 12/9/2010 at 12:14 AM, ruiagnelo said:

i really don't pay attention to what has been playing around lately so i don't know a lot of the records from this list besides ikonika, lone, big boi, mount kimbie and urban tribe.

 

 

i am not interested in generic indie electronic or dubstep that is everywhere nowadays. i like to be surprised and i like innovation.

 

what would you recommend?

Reading the list and sampling a few tracks. Cant expect new music to fall on your lap. Go and look.

  On 12/9/2010 at 12:27 AM, chassis said:

  On 12/9/2010 at 12:14 AM, ruiagnelo said:

i really don't pay attention to what has been playing around lately so i don't know a lot of the records from this list besides ikonika, lone, big boi, mount kimbie and urban tribe.

 

 

i am not interested in generic indie electronic or dubstep that is everywhere nowadays. i like to be surprised and i like innovation.

 

what would you recommend?

 

Reading the list and sampling a few tracks. Cant expect new music to fall on your lap. Go and look.

sure i can do that, but can i also have my watmm friends' opinions?

  On 12/9/2010 at 12:35 AM, ruiagnelo said:

  On 12/9/2010 at 12:27 AM, chassis said:

  On 12/9/2010 at 12:14 AM, ruiagnelo said:

i really don't pay attention to what has been playing around lately so i don't know a lot of the records from this list besides ikonika, lone, big boi, mount kimbie and urban tribe.

 

 

i am not interested in generic indie electronic or dubstep that is everywhere nowadays. i like to be surprised and i like innovation.

 

what would you recommend?

 

Reading the list and sampling a few tracks. Cant expect new music to fall on your lap. Go and look.

 

sure i can do that, but can i also have my watmm friends' opinions?

That Lone album sounds quite tasty.

Also I heard good things about Darkstar.

  On 12/9/2010 at 12:51 AM, chassis said:

  On 12/9/2010 at 12:35 AM, ruiagnelo said:

  On 12/9/2010 at 12:27 AM, chassis said:

  On 12/9/2010 at 12:14 AM, ruiagnelo said:

i really don't pay attention to what has been playing around lately so i don't know a lot of the records from this list besides ikonika, lone, big boi, mount kimbie and urban tribe.

 

 

i am not interested in generic indie electronic or dubstep that is everywhere nowadays. i like to be surprised and i like innovation.

 

what would you recommend?

 

Reading the list and sampling a few tracks. Cant expect new music to fall on your lap. Go and look.

 

sure i can do that, but can i also have my watmm friends' opinions?

 

That Lone album sounds quite tasty.

 

Also I heard good things about Darkstar.

yeah new Lone is pretty sweet.

been listening to it a lot in the last 2 or 3 days. at home, at work, in the car, shit

  On 12/9/2010 at 12:57 AM, ruiagnelo said:

  On 12/9/2010 at 12:51 AM, chassis said:

  On 12/9/2010 at 12:35 AM, ruiagnelo said:

  On 12/9/2010 at 12:27 AM, chassis said:

  On 12/9/2010 at 12:14 AM, ruiagnelo said:

i really don't pay attention to what has been playing around lately so i don't know a lot of the records from this list besides ikonika, lone, big boi, mount kimbie and urban tribe.

 

 

i am not interested in generic indie electronic or dubstep that is everywhere nowadays. i like to be surprised and i like innovation.

 

what would you recommend?

 

Reading the list and sampling a few tracks. Cant expect new music to fall on your lap. Go and look.

 

sure i can do that, but can i also have my watmm friends' opinions?

 

That Lone album sounds quite tasty.

 

Also I heard good things about Darkstar.

 

yeah new Lone is pretty sweet.

been listening to it a lot in the last 2 or 3 days. at home, at work, in the car, shit

Lone's great, The bird's don't fly this high is awesome!

list invalidated by presence of Salem, if it was like 49 might be forgivable, but 6? fuuuuuuuck

The pantha du prince outing looks (sounds?) interesting.

Gil Scott Herren's release should be decent enough

Altered native's release...damn..that's good.

The Sandwell District release should be interesting too.

But jesus fuck their writers - I mean I guess I have no context, since i don't really read music writing much but this kind of dross passes for writing?

what the fuck is "wind-tunnel trance"? Or like their blurb on Toro Y Moi's record: "If he’d shaved off some of those more derivative numbers and dulled the production polish a little, we’d have been dealing with a top 10 sure shot."

Also: juke is utter shit. fuck I feel old.

Also: lol at them asking "Why is Lucious spelt that way in the title?" re: Big boi's record.

bad list but it does contain some good recs if i remembering rite

pantha should be way higher based on the spin FACT works from

forget about t the list is fine i'm a fool

but still i really don't understand the hype behind that john roberts album. i listened to it and i thought it sucked

welp i really dig this list, i liked enough of the releases on it that i grabbed a bunch of the other ones, that frank (just frank) album at #36 oh god. it's like an album tailor made for my sensibilities lately. new/cold wave synth sounds, mixed with early 80s single coil goth guitar goodness and lyrics that switch between french and english and just an overall dark sort of mopey sound ffffffffffffiwanttosexthemup

also that dylan ettinger album wasn't too bad, ikonika was good if a little derivative, zola jesus vs la vampires is really good but im kind of puzzled why stridulum ii didn't make the cut (its better than the la vampires split but i guess you could argue that it's technically an ep but then so is forest swords and that's #1...) i gave autre ne veut a casual listen and liked it quite a bit, will have to listen more later.

i dunno overall i get the impression i should read fact more.

suppose i should throw in that i adore these albums from the list (and did before the list was published, hence getting a few of the others:)

forest swords

'ye (though not at #2! dear god)

actress

teengirl fantasy

salem (not top 40 material for me though, just enjoyable)

john roberts (thanks futuregirlfriend)

solar bears

toro y moi

ariel pink

shed

mount kimbie

baths

Plenty to look into when I get home, only even heard of about 10 of those. I generally quite like Fact, no problem with how they write and they give enough information to know whether something is likely to be to my taste

Thanks for the post, lots of stuff here I've never heard of so looking forward to listening through the sample tracks. I've gone through like 12 'Best of 2010' lists; it's so much fun!

Also, 'Oneohtrix Point Never' is, impossibly, an even worse band name than '3OH!3'.

LOVE KING

KILLUH KILLUH

TELL DEM NIGGAS BAH BYE

GOT GIRLS IN MAH CLUb, GOT GIRLS WITH WEAVE, HMMM I GOT IT

GIRLS IN NEW YORK, GIRLS IN LA, GIRLS IN TORONTO

AND YOU BE ON MY DICK

i was trying to listen to love vs. hate yesterday but it felt awkward so i turned it off

Im glad to see Solar Bears up there. I think that album is under appreciate.

  On 12/9/2010 at 6:31 PM, chassis said:

Im glad to see Solar Bears up there. I think that album is under appreciate.

fully agreed, that album is great. out of nowhere, too.

they're from around your parts, aren't they?