So has Pitchfork totally abandoned Animal Collective!? No mention at all.
So has Pitchfork totally abandoned Animal Collective!? No mention at all.
They certainly weren't the only people that thought Centipede Hz was
Way to go Bat for Lashes and I don't get the #1 either at all.
On Pitchfork's critics lists, Frank Ocean has 10 no.1 mentions and Kendrick Lamar 4. Even Fiona Apple as more no.1 mentions. Weird placement, really.
I love that Chromatics made Pitchfork's Top 10.
It's probably my third favorite after Fiona and Frank Ocean.
It's so weird for me to see Pitchfork and the rest of the blogosphere so eagerly embrace my favorite band, after years and years of basically ignoring (maybe "undervaluing" is a better word) Gira and his output. Like, I'm happy they're is getting all this recognition (and sales!), but I still have that stupid holier-than-thou urge to run around saying, "I told you so! I've been a devotee since before you even knew who Swans was!" I guess I'm just an asshole, LOL.Originally Posted by cdmc
OMFG Swans in the Top 5!
It's really bizarre.
I love that they remembered Burial's Kindred EP, though.
"This is not your daddy's HBO version of Mandela," said Weinstein. "This is the kickass version of Mandela."
Am I the only person in the world who really did not care for that Fiona Apple album??
Great. Now who's going to watch Sunday Rose on SAG night??
Yes.Am I the only person in the world who really did not care for that Fiona Apple album??
I'm getting around everywhere with this magazine today!
Entertainment Weekly's Top Ten Albums, Melissa Maerz:
1. Frank Ocean, Channel Orange
2. Fiona Apple, The Idler Wheel...
3. Japandroids, Celebration Rock
4. Miguel, Kaleidoscope Dream
5. Lord Huron, Lonesome Dreams
6. Killer Mike, R.A.P. Music
7. Django Django, Django Django
8. Kendrick Lamar, Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City
9. Chiddy Bang, Breakfast
10. fun., Some Nights
Her Top Singles:
1. "Call Me Maybe", Carly Rae Jepsen
2. "Somebody That I Used to Know", Gotye feat. Kimbra
3. "The House That Heaven Built", Japandroids
4. "Some Nights", fun.
5. "I Knew You Were Trouble", Taylor Swift
6. "Losing You", Solange
7. "Amen", Meek Mill feat. Drake
8. "Too Close", Alex Clare
9. "Hands on the Wheel", Schoolboy Q feat. A$AP Rocky
10. "Ho Hey", The Lumineers
11. "I Love It", Icona Pop
12. "Mercy", Kanye West feat. G.O.O.D. Music
13. "Cherokee", Cat Power
14. "Climax", Usher
15. "Baddest Man Alive", Black Keys feat. RZA
16. "Everything is Embarrassing", Sky Ferreira
17. "Die Young", Ke$ha
18. "Thrift Shop", Macklemore
19. "I Don't Like", Chief Keef
20. "Yet Again", Grizzly Bear
Worst Albums:
1. Christina Aguilera, Lotus
2. Nicki Minaj, Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded (I GET IT I'M THE ONLY PERSON ON EARTH BESIDES KUPO WHO LIKED IT)
3. Marilyn Manson, Born Villain
4. Hank Williams Jr., Old School New Rules
5. Kreayshawn, Somethin' Bout Kreay
Worst Singles:
1. "Survival", Muse (?!)
2. "Triumphant (Get Em)", Mariah Carey
3. "Drive By", Train
4. "Instagram That Hoe", Fat Joe
5. "Don't Judge Me", Chris Brown
Last edited by Largo; 12-21-2012 at 05:06 PM. Reason: I hate sidebars that give more information!
That Muse pick is spot on.
Any Worst Of list without Scream and Shout on it is objectively wrong.
Pitchfork cited Beez in the Trap as one of the best tracks of the year, Largo!
I still maintain that her pop is dire, but her rap is sharp, creative, and singular.
Yeah, she did try to do waaaay too much on Roman Reloaded, but it wasn't an out-and-out disaster, and even some of her pop (Pound the Alarm and Starships) was miles better than the dreck people are putting on their singles lists (Call Me Maybe?! CALL ME FUCKING MAYBE?!)
Call Me Maybe is wonderful. Come on.
Nicki is so perplexing. I want to like her, but I mostly hate her. But when she's great, she's really great. She seems very lost, though.
I find it hard to complain about "Call Me Maybe" in a year where the other big viral hit was fucking "Gangnam Style".
"This is not your daddy's HBO version of Mandela," said Weinstein. "This is the kickass version of Mandela."
Call Me Maybe does not, is not, cannot be #1 song of this 2012. Come on? Like how? Yes, it might be popular but not the best song. It was not even catchy. On the other hand, I despise Drive By with every atom of my being so that make sense.
I thought it was all very silly and self-consciously artsy. The title alone is an eye-roller. She certainly has no business being above Frank Ocean on any of these lists.
Great. Now who's going to watch Sunday Rose on SAG night??
Glad to see Killer Mike on a few of these lists. That is a criminally underrated album. Still don't get how Nas Life Is Good didn't make Pitchfork's 50. It has an 8.3 rating by that site but couldn't make it in the top 50. Weird.
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