I like Ricardo Villalobos, but all I have by him is a bunch of assorted tracks. What's a record of his I need?

Sure... but that doesn't mean it's not true.

I mean, almost all my posts are ironic... with some sprinkled bits of truth. I don't mean to start some kind of fight... but I don't see people arguing this point anyway, because in all seriousness, if Thurston declared any random band "GOD." then 85% of this board would check them out immediately. It's a fact. I just find that funny... it doesn't necassarily mean anything good or bad. But certainly I don't see Thurston worshipping This Bike is a Pipe Bomb, for example.

I don't even pay attention to what Thurston likes...

Good.

And most of the stuff he mentions in interviews is stuff that most people here would be familiar with without Thurston's influence.

I dunno about that. I certainly can't see anyone getting into (or liking) Be Your Own Pet (Paramore Lite) without Thurston's influence. But hey.

Well he usually mentions Zorn and Derek Bailey when I read interviews, I dunno.

thurston listens to good stuff, but i would never love something just because thurston loves it. but on his myspace page he mentioned a bunch of amazing stuff; halflings, beherit, mayhem, teenage jesus, the fix, mutant ape, prurient, so much other stuff. the guy does have great taste.

Of course he listens to good stuff, he's really just one of us haha.

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In a shocking act of good taste in my part.

I don't see the big problem in the board... sure, some good music gets overlooked but think of all the good music we discuss regardless!

I only post here cause I like talking to people about music no one in my real life knows or even knows I listen to. And I love finding out new bands by people more experienced in music listening than I am.

Well, as I said, my problems with this board don't really have anything to do with what we're talking about. It just reminded me of some stuff.

I've just been in a shitty mood lately, don't mind me...

Anyway, back to this thread.

if charles bronzon put out a record this year it would easily been one of the best of the year

Listening to the new Kazuki Tomokawa release right now. Very good stuff indeed.

edit : albeit too short

yes.

My favorite by him is still fault of flowers but this one is great too. Dreams Die Blithefully Day By Day is also awesome. I need to get some more.

yeah, the title track in particular.
I have to check out Fault of flowers

I'm gonna try and think of all the records I've heard from this year. Keep in mind I don't like ALL of these:

Kayo Dot - Blue Lambency Downward
Ponytail - Ice Cream Spiritual
Have A Nice Life - Deathconsciousness
Grouper - Dragging A Dead Deer Up A Hill
Sun Kil Moon - April
The Gutter Twins - Saturnalia
Boris - Smile
Melvins - Nude With Boots
John Zorn - The Dreamers
Earth - The Bees Made Honey In The Lion's Skull
Metallica - Death Magnetic
Krallice - Krallice
Vivian Girls - Vivian Girls
{{{Sunset}}} - Bright Blue Dream
Arghoslent - Hornets of the Pogrom
Fuck Buttons - Street Horrsing
Portishead - Third
Off Minor - Some Blood
The Goslings - Occasion
Nine Inch Nails - Ghosts
Nine Inch Nails - The Slip
Cat Power - Jukebox
Six Organs of Admittance - Goatflower
Harvey Milk - Life...
Weezer - Weezer (Red Album)
Sonic Youth - SYR7
Sonic Youth - SYR8
Pumice - Quo
Extra Life - Secular Works

And others I'm forgetting. I still need to listen to new Deerhoof and the like.

^^^New deerhoof kicks so much ass.
these songs are ass.
get it!

Yeah, I'm also missing Extra Life and some other ones I've been planning to listen to.

So much music, so little time!

why would anyone listen to the new weezer when they can listen to weezy?!