January 12, 20179 yr Author DalekTurret32's Favourite Albums of 2016 Well, this is it. We have finally gotten to the number one spot of this countdown. :cheer: :cheer: :cheer: :cheer: :cheer: :cheer: :cheer: BUT...!!!!!! :nocheer: :nocheer: :nocheer: :nocheer: :nocheer: :nocheer: :nocheer: ...before we get to my favourite album of the year, let's have a quick recap of albums 75-2. 75. J Cole - 4 Your Eyez Only 74. Shura - Nothing's Real 73. The Kills - Ash & Ice 72. The Weeknd - Starboy 71. Two Door Cinema Club - Gameshow 70. Lapsley - Long Way Home 69. DJ Shadow - The Mountain Will Fall 68. King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard - Nonagon Infinity 67. King Creosote - Astronaut Meets Appleman (two kings in a row) 66. Laura Mvula - The Dreaming Room 65. The Last Shadow Puppets - Everything You've Come To Expect 64. Illum Sphere - Glass 63. Underworld - Barbara Barbara, We Face A Shining Future 62. Christine And The Queens - Chaleur Humaine 61. Teleman - Brilliant Sanity 60. Agnes Obel - Citizen Of Glass 59. Honeyblood - Babes Never Die 58. Nicolas Jaar - Sirens 57. Warpaint - Heads Up 56. Flume - Skin 55. Brian Eno - The Ship 54. Romare - Love Songs Part 2 53. NxWorries - Yes Lawd! 52. The Coral - Distance Inbetween 51. Car Seat Headrest - Teens Of Denial 50. Jamie T - Trick 49. Blossoms - Blossoms 48. Metronomy - Summer 08 47. Bastille - Wild World 46. De La Soul - and the Anonymous Nobody 45. Kano - Made In The Manor 44. Spring King - Tell Me If You Like To 43. Steve Mason - Meet The Humans 42. Conor Oberst - Ruminations 41. James Blake - The Colour In Anything 40. Pet Shop Boys - Super 39. ANOHNI - Hopelessness 38. C Duncan - The Midnight Sun 37. Skepta - Konnichiwa 36. Lone - Levitate 35. Childish Gambino - "Awaken, My Love!" 34. Sunflower Bean - Human Ceremony 33. Viola Beach - Viola Beach 32. Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression 31. Angel Olsen - My Woman 30. Justice - Woman (two women in a row) 29. NZCA Lines - Infinite Summer 28. White Denim - Stiff 27. The Avalanches - Wildflower 26. Whitney - Light Upon The Lake 25. Ultimate Painting - Dusk 24. Kate Tempest - Let Them Eat Chaos 23. Savages - Adore Life 22. Run The Jewels - Run The Jewels 3 21. Parquet Courts - Human Performance 20. PJ Harvey - The Hope Six Demolition Project 19. Anderson .Paak - Malibu 18. A Tribe Called Quest - We Got It From Here, Thank You 4 Your Service 17. Bob Dylan - Fallen Angels 16. Slaves - Take Control 15. Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree 14. Kaytranada - 99.9% 13. Danny Brown - Atrocity Exhibition 12. Daughter - Not To Disappear 11. Bat For Lashes - The Bride 10. Jack Garratt - Phase 9. The Rolling Stones - Blue & Lonesome 8. Michael Kiwanuka - Love & Hate 7. Bon Iver - 22, A Million 6. Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker 5. Glass Animals - How To Be A Human Being 4. The Comet Is Coming - Channel The Spirits 3. Charles Bradley - Changes 2. Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool ...
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January 12, 20179 yr Author 1. DAVID BOWIE - BLACKSTAR "Look up here, I'm in heaven! I've got scars that can't be seen." We lost a lot of musicians in 2016, such as Prince, Leonard Cohen, George Michael, Keith Emerson & Greg Lake [both of Emerson Lake & Palmer], Rick Parfitt [status Quo], Colin Vearcombe [aka Black], Christina Grimmie, Bobby Vee, Pete Burns [Dead Or Alive], Merle Haggard, Attrell Cordes [PM Dawn], Shawty Lo, Caroline Crawley [shelleyan Orphan], Rod Temperton [Heatwave], Alan Vega [suicide], Kitty Kallen, Kay Starr, Leon Russell, Phife Dawg [A Tribe Called Quest], George Martin [beatles producer], and finally, the one that I'm going to miss the most, David Bowie. Bowie has changed lots of his appearances overtime, as we move from album era to another in his discography, from lightning bolt face paint (Aladdin Sane) to standing close to a "K West" sign (The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars). Each album era has its own unique style of sound, ranging from glam rock in the early 70's to breakbeat style electronic music (Earthling album in 1997). This decade showed some of his most revealing work in his discography. First, we have The Next Day from 2013, then we have Blackstar (★). This superb swansong focuses on themes relating to death. A notable example could be the lyrics to Lazarus, which seem to be impending the death of the musician. The lyric "Look up here, I'm in heaven/I've got scars that can't be seen" have been included in many publications following the tragic passing. Another track on the album called "Girl Loves Me" makes uses of Polari and the fictional language Nadsat (from the Anthony Burgess novel A Clockwork Orange). It also gives us this lyric that I really like for some reason"Where the f**k did Monday go?". And the feels I get when I hear I Can't Give Everything Away :heart:. This song makes the album, or the discography for that matter, end on a high note. Rest in peace, Bowie! :heart: Best Tracks: Lazarus, Blackstar, I Can't Give Everything Way, Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime), Girl Loves Me And that's it for my albums countdown More coming up soon... Edited January 12, 20179 yr by DalekTurret32
January 14, 20179 yr Author DalekTurret32's Top 5 EP's of 2017 Haven't listened to a lot of EPs this year, but might as well do this list Honorable mentions: Ray BLK - Durt The Last Shadow Puppets - The Dream Sypnosis Nine Inch Nails - Not The Actual Events Flume - Skin Companion EP 1 Clipping - wriggle The Strokes - Future Present Past 5. Lush - Blind Spot (Solid 90's-style alternative music. Really like it! ^_^ ) (Favourite Songs: Out Of Control and Burnham Beeches) 4. Aphex Twin - Cheetah (AFX returns with his chilled, ambient material. Good for relaxation or if you have a passion for this kind of chilled electronic music) (Favourite Songs: Cirklon3 and CHEETAHT7b) 3. Sleaford Mods - TCR (Punk with humorous lyrics, some of which involve addressing the many issues of today.) (Favourite Songs; TCR and I Can Tell) 2. Disclosure - Moog For Love (Really enjoyed their 2nd studio album Caracal, so it was nice to see three more tracks being put out this year) (Favourite Tracks: BOSS and Feel Like I Do) #1 Favourite EP of 2016 http://cdn2.pitchfork.com/albums/22862/homepage_large.8155003d.jpg MASSIVE ATTACK - RITUAL SPIRIT This year marks the first time Massive Attack have put out new material since the 2010 studio album Heligoland (which I need to hear). There were two occasions on which they released new material. The first being the Ritual Spirit EP from January. I equally love all of the tracks from the EP, but my favourite has to be Voodoo In My Blood, featuring the Scottish experimental hip hop group Young Fathers. I've heard a lot of Young Fathers songs that I have really got into (Get Up, Rain Or Shine, No Way, Low, Soon Come Soon, Still Running), so hearing them do a collab with Massive Attack was really nice for me to hear. Plus the music video for the song is just spine-chilling, with that woman being possessed by that gold floating orb. Not to mention that Rosamund Pike from Gone Girl is in it (it's one of those music videos that has a celebrity starring in it, like Christopher Walken starring in Fatboy Slim's Weapon Of Choice and Andrew Garfield starring in Arcade Fire's We Exist). Approximately 2 months after its release, a limited edition grey vinyl release of the EP (costing 19.99) was available in indie record stores. The second occasion was August's single The Spoils/Come Near Me. The ambient former features Hope Sandoval, known for being the lead singer of Mazzy Star, and it has a nice slow, dark vibe. The latter features 2015 Mercury nominee Ghostpoet. It was nice to hear his voice in the track, considering the fact that I enjoyed his Mercury nominated album Shedding Skin from the previous year. Like Ritual Spirit, the single got an indie stores exclusive lavender vinyl release a few months later (also costing 19.99). Overall, Ritual Spirit is my favourite EP of 2016. Favourite Tracks: Voodoo In My Blood, Dead Editors, Ritual Spirit, Take It There. To be honest, all four tracks are equally excellent.
January 16, 20179 yr What a great countdown! Great selections of albums. I think our music taste is decently similar - at least chunks of it. (Not sure I've come across your posts so much before...) - I'll look out in the future! Thanks also for your detailed comment on my end of year track choices :) glad to share on some tracks new to some people!
January 16, 20179 yr Author What a great countdown! Great selections of albums. I think our music taste is decently similar - at least chunks of it. (Not sure I've come across your posts so much before...) - I'll look out in the future! Thanks also for your detailed comment on my end of year track choices :) glad to share on some tracks new to some people! You're welcome, Jupiter! ;)
January 17, 20179 yr Author Time to take a break from music from now and announce my... Top 10 Favourite Movies of 2016 Honorable mentions: Hail Caesar, Storks, The Girl On The Train 10. The BFG 9. Dad's Army 8. The Secret Life Of Pets 7. Kung Fu Panda 3 6. The Revenant 5. The Danish Girl 4. Zootropolis 3. Deadpool 2. Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them 1. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
January 20, 20179 yr Author So this is my first EOY music video countdown. Man, I need to see more music videos from now on and not just listen to the song but also watch the music video as well. First, we'll get into the Top 10 Animated Music Videos, then we'll get to the Top 40 Music Videos of 2016 countdown. DALEKTURRET32'S TOP 10 ANIMATED MUSIC VIDEOS OF 2016 Honorable mentions: Animal Collective - Golden Gal Bassjackers & Jay Hardway - El Mariachi Whitney - Polly Oliver Heldens & Chocolate Puma - Space Sheep Powell feat. Frankie - Frankie Tegan And Sara - U-Turn (it's mostly the backgrounds that are animated, Tegan and Sara make live-action appearances in the video) Mystery Skulls - Freaking Out Skrillex & Jauz - Squad Out Jorja Smith feat. Maverick Sabre - A Prince Two Door Cinema Club - Bad Decisions 10. RAT BOY - Move (Comment: Clay models of ninjas are after Rat Boy, with some green screen thrown in :rolleyes: . Fun Fact: One of the ninjas actually appeared in the single cover.) 9. The Avalanches - Subways (Comment: Quite trippy and I admired that part with the anthropomorphic flower using nunchucks) 8. Biffy Clyro - Wolves Of Winter (Comment: EPIC!!!! The hard rock music, the concept of the video and the animation style mix together very well.) 7. Loyle Carner - Stars And Shards (Comment: The video takes its animation style from the single cover and it flows out smoothly. The transition between one image to another is perfect here.) 6. CHVRCHES feat. Hayley Williams - Bury It (Comment: The art style is outstanding and there were a lot of great scenes, from Mayberry and Co. lifting objects up using telekinetic powers to Mayberry and Williams and CHVRCHES flying through the air. It's a good watch) 5. David Bowie - I Can't Give Everything Away (Comment: Originally, I wasn't going to add this to the list, due to it being mainly a lyric video, but aside from being a lyric video, it is excellent as an animated video. The way the night sky scenery is animated is really superb. I always get reminded of the fact that Bowie's discography is coming to a close everytime I listen to this or watch the video (The feels!) .) 4. Wolf Alice - Lisbon (Comment: Gloomy! I like the way the video is laid out, it's like you're watching the video on a TV screen in the dark.) 3. Glass Animals - Season 2 Episode 3 (Comment: So it's live action for the first minute and a half (with the girl from the single cover art), then it switches to 8-bit animation, like in a video game :o [We had Blur's Ong Ong from last year as a video game-themed music video, this year it's S2E3. Wonder what 2017's video game-themed music video will be like?]. The video game graphics are well-done and it's nice to see cameos from Dave Bayley & co. andthe people that have appeared on the How To Be A Human Being cover, they're even named after tracks from the album ^_^ . There's also a game version of this video online, but the server cannot load it :( ) 2. Porter Robinson & Madeon - Shelter (Comment: Done in the style of anime. The video has a really great concept and is really heart-warming.) Number one will be revealed later... So fingers crossed, readers!
January 21, 20179 yr Author DALEKTURRET32'S TOP 10 ANIMATED MUSIC VIDEOS OF 2016 And number one in my Top 10 Animated Music Videos of 2016 list is... yI2oS2hoL0k RADIOHEAD - BURN THE WITCH This music video is excellente! Using claymation in the style of Camberwick Green and even paying homage to the 70's horror film The Wicker Man, with a reference to the scene where the giant wood figure is set on fire at the end of the video. This is not the only time we have had an animated music video of a Radiohead song. Examples include the famous Paranoid Android video, the There There music video using both stop-motion and live-action, and the Go To Sleep music video using computer animation. The animation is spot on and the weird sightings of the town in this video along with that final scene are the highlights. All I can say is this video is perfect enough to land on the top spot. And now, we finish the Animated Music Videos countdown. Coming up: Top 40 Music Videos of 2016 Top Songs of 2016 TV of 2016 Something else?
February 9, 20179 yr Author News: Forgot to add Holy F**k's Xed Eyes to the Animated Music Videos list. Had I remembered it when I made this list (I would have put it between Subways and Wolves Of Winter) Music Videos list and Best Songs of 2016 list are under construction at the moment. And I might do my TV of 2016 list after that.
February 10, 20179 yr So many categories! Good to see my faves CHVRCHES in here! Shelter is also ...intense. An interesting category! I might have to do some different kinds of EOYs myself as I'm coming towards the end of my songs of 2016 now!
February 10, 20179 yr Author So many categories! Good to see my faves CHVRCHES in here! Shelter is also ...intense. An interesting category! I might have to do some different kinds of EOYs myself as I'm coming towards the end of my songs of 2016 now! You can say it is an interesting category, Jupiter! ;)
February 14, 20179 yr Author DalekTurret32's Top 50 Music Videos of 2016 y-JqH1M4Ya8 1. DAVID BOWIE - LAZARUS 2. RADIOHEAD - BURN THE WITCH 3. THE WEEKND - FALSE ALARM 4. PORTER ROBINSON & MADEON - SHELTER 5. MASSIVE ATTACK FEAT. YOUNG FATHERS - VOODOO IN MY BLOOD 6. MACKLEMORE FEAT. ARIANE DEBOO - DRUG DEALER 7. RADIOHEAD - DAYDREAMING 8. COLDPLAY - UP 'N' UP 9. PJ HARVEY - THE COMMUNITY OF HOPE 10. GLASS ANIMALS - SEASON 2 EPISODE 3 11. Jamie xx - Gosh 12. Foals - Birch Tree 13. The Weeknd feat. Daft Punk - Starboy 14. Charles Bradley - Ain’t It A Sin 15. Michael Kiwanuka - Black Man In A White World 16. Avenged Sevenfold - The Stage 17. Danny Brown - Pneumonia 18. The Rolling Stones - Ride ‘Em On Down 19. James - Nothing But Love 20. A Tribe Called Quest - We The People 21. Michael Kiwanuka - Love And Hate 22. J Cole - False Prophets 23. Blossoms - Blown Rose [2016] 24. Bat For Lashes - Sunday Love 25. Glass Animals - Life Itself 26. Beck - Wow 27. Wolf Alice - Lisbon 28. Rat Boy - Get Over It 29. Alan Walker - Alone 30. Loyle Carner - The Isle Of Arran 31. The Chemical Brothers feat. Beck - Wide Open 32. Slaves feat. Mike D - Consume or Be Consumed 33. Blossoms - Charlemagne [2016] 34. Grimes - Kill V Maim 35. Daughter - No Care 36. The xx - On Hold 37. Kaytranada - Lite Spots 38. Temples - Certainty 39. CHVRCHES feat. Hayley Williams - Bury It 40. Loyle Carner - Stars And Shards 41. Metronomy - Old Skool 42. Anderson Paak - Come Down 43. DJ Shadow feat. Run The Jewels - Nobody Speak 44. Glass Animals - Youth 45. The Avalanches - Frankie Sinatra 46. Blood Orange - Better Than Me 47. Flume feat. Tove Lo - Say It 48. Bring Me The Horizon - Follow You 49. The Kills - Doing It To Death 50. King Nun - Tulip Honorable mentions: Metronomy - Night Owl Bastille - Good Grief DJ Snake feat. Bipolar Sunshine - Middle Years & Years feat. Tove Lo - Desire Spring King - Detroit Kings Of Leon - Waste A Moment Deap Valley - Royal Jelly Sia feat. Kendrick Lamar - The Greatest MK & Becky Hill - Piece Of Me Biffy Clyro - Wolves Of Winter The Avalanches - Subways Edited February 14, 20179 yr by DalekTurret32
February 15, 20179 yr I have to agree that Lazarus was an amazing music video, such a shame we won't get any more of that :(
February 15, 20179 yr Author I have to agree that Lazarus was an amazing music video, such a shame we won't get any more of that :( I know! :'( After that video, we got the animated lyric video to I Can't Give Everything Away and a music video to No Plan.
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