re: Albums of the Year

Here is what I listened to and liked:

Car Seat Headrest
Parquet Courts
LVL Up
The Hotelier
Cymbals Eat Guitars
Beach Slang
Angel Olsen
Diarrhea Planet
White Lung

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Jagwar Ma - Every Now & Then

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How does this compare to #1?

More filler, less killer.
Giving it a few more listens and hoping the non-hits grow on me. Seems a bit top-heavy on first and second listen. Still good though, by all means.

Just to make a list:

Car Seat Headrest: Teens of Denial
PUP: The Dream is Over
Danny Brown: Atrocity Exhibition
Dexateens: Teenage Hallelujah
DBT: American Band
Joyce Manor: Cody
Julie Ruin: Hit Reset
Katy Goodman & Greta Morgan: Take It, It's Yours
LVL Up: Return to Love
Shovels and Rope: Little Seeds
Bent Shapes: Wolves of Want
Dirty Nil: Higher Power
Hotelier: Goodness
Modern Baseball: Holy Ghost
Muncie Girls: From Cpalnato Belize
Nice as frick
Pinegrove: Cardinal
Thao and the Get Down Stay Down: A Man Alive

Oh snap. Totally forgot King Gizzard

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Animal Collective

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I could never really get into Painting With, which is sad because it is pretty much the only AC album I feel that way about, at least starting with Sung Tongs. Still love FloriDada and a handful of the other tracks are solid, but it is just a touch too busy and similar sounding for me.

I'd strongly recommended any AC fans check out Deakin's solo album from this year. Deakin always seemed to have the reputation of AC's Ringo, but that seems to be unwarranted because he released a stunningly beautiful album. Anyone that loves chill Animal Collective should be a fan. The closer, Good House, is my SOTY.

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I'd strongly recommended any AC fans check out Deakin's solo album from this year. Deakin always seemed to have the reputation of AC's Ringo,

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Damn, I was thinking you meant Dan Deacon when you said "Deakin", haha. I didn't realize that he put out a solo album. Giving it a listen now and so far it is great. Thanks!

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Car Seat Headrest sounds like a less talented Dinosaur Jr.

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You've gotta be kidding me with this. Ok, he has somewhat of a similar voice and some of his stuff is lo-fi, so that = a less talented Dinosaur Jr.??

Not to be a snob, but you're judging albums by listening to the top song on Spotify?

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Basically that is my opinion

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Yep, and you are entitled to it.

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Their song "Fill In The Blank" has the most plays on spotify. To me it sounds very similar to "Feel the Pain" by Dinosaur Jr just not as good.

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So you listened to 1 song that you think sort of sounds like a Dinosaur Jr song (I disagree) and based your opinion on that?

Look, I'm a big Dinosaur Jr fan and I just don't see the connection. If you don't like a band's sound, then yeah, don't listen to them. I'd try listening to the rest of Teens of Denial and form an opinion off of that.