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⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐STAGE 71: Games Of 2020⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Last year may not have gone down as one of the best years we had, if anything, comparing it to a dumpster fire wouldn’t be too far off .

In a year where so many things went wrong, video games were pretty much one of the very few Highlights that stood out in 2020.

The ability to spend hours disappearing into a beautiful world like those in the far away islands of Animal Crossing, the competitive but fun gameshow aesthetic of Fall Guys or revisiting old friends in the land of Midgar was a much welcomed breather that we all needed.

These video games provided the much needed distractions from everything else happening in the world, by enabling us to visit far away places filled with hours upon hours of entertainment, colorful, unique and intriguing characters …and most of all amazing music.

SO This is why THIS stage of the Retro VGM Revival Hour has chosen the 3 most amazing tracks from the various games released in 2020 to get you excited for what’s to come in 2021.

I hope you’re ready…. so lets begin.

Full track listing: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Game – Composer – Title – Company⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

1.) Yakuza: Like a Dragon – Hidenori Shoji, Yuri Fukuda, Chihiro Aoki & Saori Yoshida – “Kamurocho Battle Theme, Overcoming the Dragon & Substory Battle Theme“ – January 16, 2020 – Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio/Sega – Windows PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One & Xbox Series X/S

2.) Granblue Fantasy Versus – Nobuo Uematsu, Yasunori Nishiki & Tsutomu Narita – “Such a Blue Sky, Noble Execution & Arvess“ – February 6, 2020 – Arc System Works/Cygames – PS4 & Windows PC

3.) Persona 5 Strikers – Atsushi Kitajoh, Gota Masuoka, Ayana Hira, Hiromu Akaba & Shoji Meguro – “Camping Trip, A Waltz of Feasting & Keeper of Lust“ – February 20, 2020 – Omega Force & P-Studio/Atlus – PS4, Windows PC & Nintendo Switch

4.) Ori and the Will of the Wisps – Gareth Coker – “Separated by the Storm, Hornbug & Escaping the Sandworm” – March 11, 2020 – Moon Studios/Xbox Game Studios – Windows PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S & Nintendo Switch

5.) Nioh 2 – Yugo Kanno & Akihiro Manabe – “Battle II, Azai Nagamasa & Dark Realm II” – March 12, 2020 – Team Ninja – PS4, Windows PC & PS5

6.) Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Yasuaki Iwata, Yumi Takahashi, Shinobu Nagata, Sayako Doi & Masato Ohashi – “K.K. Slider Dream, Island Tour (Day/Snowy) & New Years Eve (12:00 a.m.)“ – March 20, 2020 – Nintendo – Nintendo Switch

7.)Doom Eternal – Mick Gordon – “BFG Division 2020, The Only Thing They Fear Is You & DOOM Eternal“ – March 20, 2020 – id Software/Bethesda Softworks – Windows PC, PS4, Google Stadia, Xbox One, PS5, Xbox Series X/S & Nintendo Switch

8.) Final Fantasy VII Remake – Nobuo Uematsu, Shotaro Shima, Tadayoshi Makino, Masashi Hamauzu & Yasunori Nishiki – “Scorpion Sentinel, J-E-N-O-V-A – Quickening & One Winged Angel (Rebirth)“ – April 10, 2020 – Square Enix – PS4

9.) Trials of Mana – Hiroki Kikuta – “Axe Bring Storm, Swivel & Farewell Song“ – April 24, 2020 – Xeen/Square Enix – Nintendo Switch, Windows PC & PS4

10.) Sakura Wars – Kohei Tanaka – “Anastasia’s Theme, Hatsuho’s theme & Geki! Teikoku Kagekidan (w/ vocals provided by Ayane Sakura, Maaya Uchida, Hibiku Yamamura, Ayaka Fukuhara & Saori Hayami)“ – April 28, 2020 – Sega CS2 R&D/SEGA – PS4

11.) Streets of Rage 4 – Yuzo Koshiro, Olivier Deriviere, Groundislava, XL Middleton, Keiji Yamagishi, Harumi Fujita, Motohiro Kawashima, Yoko Shimomura, David Scatliffe (Scattle) & Das Mörtal – “Nora, Estel (Round 2) & Ms Y“ – April 30, 2020 – Dotemu, Lizardcube & Guard Crush Games/Dotemu – Windows PC, Nintendo Switch, PS4, Xbox One, Linux & macOS

12.) Maneater – Daniel James – “Prologue Theme, The Great Hunter & Arc Shark“ – May 22, 2020 – Tripwire Interactive & Blindside Interactive/Deep Silver – Windows PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S & Nintendo Switch

13.) Shantae and the Seven Sirens – Mark Sparling, Kentaro Sakamoto & Gavin Allen – “Risky Blows the Hatch, Turbulent Hip Shaking & Rise and Shine Shantae (w/ vocals provided by Cristina Vee)“ – May 28, 2020 – WayForward – iOS, macOS, Windows PC, PS4, Xbox One & Nintendo Switch

14.) The Last of Us Part II – Gustavo Alfredo Santaolalla & Mac Quayle – “It Can’t Last, Allowed to be Happy & Beyond Desolation“ – June 19, 2020 – Naughty Dog/Sony Interactive Entertainment – PS4

15.) Marvel’s Iron Man VR – Kazuma Jinnouchi & John Paesano – “Old Tech/New Threats, Cost of Doing Business & Heroes“ – July 3, 2020 – Camouflaj/Sony Interactive Entertainment – PS4

16.) Ghost of Tsushima – Ilan Eshkeri & Shigeru Umebayashi – “The Way of the Ghost, The Last of Clan Adachi & The Fate of Tsushima“ – July 17, 2020 – Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment – PS4

17.) Paper Mario: The Origami King – Yoshito Sekigawa, Shoh Murakami, Yoshiaki Kimura, Hiroki Morishita & Fumihiro Isobe – “Event Battle, Swan Lake (Punk Remix) & Battle at Bowser’s Castle“ – July 17, 2020 – Intelligent Systems/Nintendo – Nintendo Switch

18.) Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout – Jukio Kallio & Daniel Hagström – “Didn’t Fall! (You Win), Fall ‘n’ Roll & Final Fall“ – August 4, 2020 – Mediatonic/Devolver Digital – Windows PC & PS4

19.) Battletoads – David Housden & David Wise – “Battletoads, Olympian Amphibians & To the Queen!“ – August 20, 2020 – Dlala Studios & Rare/Xbox Game Studios – Windows PC & Xbox One

20.) Marvel’s Avengers – Bobby Tahouri – “The Light That Failed, God of Thunder & By Force of Mind“ – September 4, 2020 – Crystal Dynamics/Square Enix – Windows PC, PS4, Google Stadia & Xbox One

21.) Hades – Darren Korb – “No Escape, The Painful Way & The Unseen Ones“ – September 17, 2020 – Supergiant Games – macOS, Windows PC & Nintendo Switch

22.) 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim – Hitoshi Sakimoto, Mitsuhiro Kaneda, Yoshimi Kudo, Rikako Watanabe, Yukinori Kikuchi, Kazuki Higashihara & Azusa Chiba – “METHIONINE, Go Sentinels, Go! & VALINE“ – September 22, 2020 – Vanillaware/Atlus – PS4

23.) Genshin Impact – Yu-Peng Chen – “Make Haste Partner, His Resolution & Symphony of Boreal Wind“ – September 28, 2020 – miHoYo – Windows PC, PS4, Android, iOS & PS5

24.) Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time – Walter Mair – “Rude Awakening, Stage Dive (N. Gin Theme) & A Hole In Space (N. Tropy Theme)“ – October 2, 2020 – Toys for Bob/Activision – PS4 & Xbox One

25.) Amnesia: Rebirth – Mikko Tarmia – “Ghoul Chase, The Shadow & Ending (Part 2)“ – October 20, 2020 – Frictional Games – Linux, Windows PC & PS4

26.) Cobra Kai: The Karate Kid Saga Continues – Leo Birenberg & Zach Robinson – “Arcade, Encino & Woodley Ave“ – October 27, 2020 – Flux Game Studio/GameMill Entertainment – PS4, Xbox One & Nintendo Switch

27.) Ghostrunner – Daniel Deluxe – “Infiltrator, Let Them Know & Truth to Power“ – October 27, 2020 – One More Level & Slipgate Ironworks/All in! Games SA & 505 Games – PS4, Xbox One, Windows PC & Nintendo Switch

28.) Watch Dogs: Legion – Stephen Barton – “A Room with a Queue, It’s All Gone a Bit Tom Tit & Orwell That Ends Well“ – October 29, 2020 – Ubisoft Toronto/Ubisoft – Windows PC, PS4, Xbox One, Google Stadia, Amazon Luna, Xbox Series X/S & PS5

29.) Assassin’s Creed Valhalla – Jesper Kyd, Sarah Schachner & Einar Selvik – “Kingdom of Wessex (w/ Vocals provided by Melissa R. Kaplan), Raids of Rage & Drenglynda Skáldið/ The Steadfast Skald (w/ Vocals provided by Einar Selvik)“ – November 10, 2020 – Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft – Windows PC, PS4, Xbox One, Google Stadia, Amazon Luna, Xbox Series X/S & PS5

30.) Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin – Hiroyuki Oshima – “Mayhem, Resentment & War“ – November 10, 2020 – Edelweiss/Marvelous – PS4, Windows PC & Nintendo Switch

31.) Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales – John Paesano – “All In, Rhino Rampage & New York’s Only Spider-Man“ – November 12, 2020 – Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment – PS4 & PS5

32.) Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory – Yoko Shimomura, Takeharu Ishimoto, Tsuyoshi Sekito, Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez – “At Dusk: I Will Think of You (Main Menu 3), Night of Fate & Let It Go (Japanese ver. w/ Vocals provided by Takako Matsu)“ – November 11, 2020 – Square Enix – PS4, Xbox One & Nintendo Switch

33.) Immortals Fenyx Rising – Gareth Coker – “Heart of the Hero, The Corrupted Heroes & Art of Warfare“ – December 3, 2020 – Ubisoft Quebec/Ubisoft – Amazon Luna, Windows PC, PS4, PS5, Google Stadia, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S & Nintendo Switch

34.) Cyberpunk 2077 – Marcin Przybyłowicz, P.T. Adamczyk, Paul Leonard-Morgan, Mattias Bärjed, David Sandström & Kristofer Steen – “The Rebel Path, The Heist & Juiced Up“ – December 10, 2020 – CD Projekt Red – Windows PC, PS4, Google Stadia, Xbox One, PS5 & Xbox Series X/S

35.) Resident Evil 3 – Kota Suzuki, Azusa Kato, Ryo Koike, Masami Ueda, Takayasu Sodeoka, Saori Maeda, Takumi Saito, Jeff Broadbent & Zhenlan Kang – “Invincible Nemesis, Resistance & Save Room“ – April 3, 2020 – Capcom – Windows PC, PS4 & Xbox One

36.) Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity – Kumi Tanioka, Reo Uratani, Ryotaro Yagi, Haruki Yamada, Ayana Hira, Asami Mitake, Hikaru Yamada, Shigekiyo Okuda, Gota Masuoka, Junya Ishiguro, Masako Otsuka, Takashi Yoshida & Hiromu Akaba – “Overlooking Hyrule/Prelude to Calamity (Title Screen), Urbosa: The Gerudo Chief & The Knight Who Seals the Darkness“ – November 20, 2020 – Omega Force/Nintendo – Nintendo Switch

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nerianasims · 4 years ago

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Billboards #1 1963

Under the cut.

Steve Lawrence – “Go Away Little Girl” -- January 12, 1963

"Little girl" didn't mean "little girl" in songs of the era. She could be 49 for all we know. And yet, having to constantly remind onesself of that does not make for a pleasant listening experience. Nothing about it is a pleasant listening experience. Okay, he's drawn to someone he shouldn't be and doesn't know if he can resist. That's a common enough human experience. But he's so smarmy about it. And musically, it's light and boring lounge schmaltz.

The Rooftop Singers – “Walk Right In” -- January 26, 1963

It's okay. It's catchy. I can believe the singers are living breathing people, and not automatons, which is saying a lot for folk-pop of the era. There's some nice acoustic guitar work. I just can't get over the feeling this was originally either about drugs or sex work and has been sanitized. It's fine though. Which is a major improvement over the offensively bad "Michael" two years back.

Paul & Paula – “Hey Paula” -- February 9, 1963

They want to get married as soon as possible because they just can't wait. Why is not said -- this song is Wonder Bread -- but it's obviously because of sex. Also they're singing to each other's stage names, Paul and Paula. "Hey Paula" and "Hey Paul." Getting married very young because you can't handle not having sex any more is a really bad idea. Anyway, it's hard for me to think about the lyrics much because the music is so bland I think it killed some brain cells.

The Four Seasons – “Walk Like A Man” -- March 2, 1963

Can't sleep, Frankie Valli will get me. That falsetto. Dear lord. Anyway, his girlfriend has been spreading lies about him and he's gonna "walk like a man" to get away from her. I'd run like a woman to get away from his voice.

Ruby & The Romantics – “Our Day Will Come” -- March 23, 1963

Now here's a wonderful voice. Ruby Nash has a rich, beautiful contralto, and she puts a lot of joy into it. She's telling someone not to be upset about waiting, because "our day will come" and they'll be able to live happily ever after together. The bossa nova arrangement is nice, but this is all about Nash's voice. Quite good.

The Chiffons – “He’s So Fine” -- March 30, 1963

The narrator is in love with a shy guy whom she's having problems getting close to, but she's determined. "Sooner or later/ I hope it's not later." A nice bouncy girl group song. Also George Harrison ripped the melody off for a much worse song years later.

Little Peggy March – “I Will Follow Him” -- April 27, 1963

In high school, one of my friends and I made up words to this song that went "I hate him/ I hate him/ I hate him" and etc. So uh. This song. As-is, I find it annoying. It's a good jumping off point for you and your friends when you're deeply pissed off at some guys, though.

Jimmy Soul’s “If You Wanna Be Happy” -- May 18, 1963

If you wanna be happy for the rest of your life, don't marry a pretty woman, marry an ugly woman who can cook. This song makes me laugh. It's dated and problematique. Whatever, I find it amusing.

Lesley Gore – “It’s My Party” -- June 1, 1963

Johnny and Judy are colossal jackasses. They timed starting to go steady at Johnny's girlfriend's party, sheesh. It's all rather unlikely. Considering she's going through something that would be both heartbreaking and horribly embarrassing, Lesley Gore doesn't sound too terribly broken up about it, even if she is supposed to be crying. It's still a good song.

Kyu Sakamoto – “Sukiyaki” (originally "Ue O Muite Aruko") -- June 15, 1963

Kyu Sakamoto had a wonderful voice for pop songs or light tenor roles on Broadway, and he used it well. This is a bittersweet song in Japanese about looking up when you walk after your heart is broken so no one sees your tears -- after your protest movement against U.S. interference in your country fails. Hm. We tend to underestimate how much people in the past knew, and it is entirely possible this song became a hit partly in solidarity with that protest movement. Or maybe because people happened to hear it on TV because of the movement. Or maybe just because it's a pretty song, sung beautifully.

The Essex – “Easier Said Than Done” -- July 6, 1963

The narrator's friends are saying she should tell a guy she's into him, but she can't seem to do it. It's a buoyant little song, but nothing more than that.

Jan And Dean – “Surf City” -- July 20, 1963

This song is explicitly not for me. "Two girls for every boy" sounds no fun at all. And they keep singing it in falsetto. As for the sound, it's an early 60s surf song. Yawn.

The Tymes – “So Much In Love” -- August 3, 1963

The narrator and his fiancee are so much in love, and his backup singers are snapping and woo-wooing to support him in the background. It's nice, and kind of a big nothing at the same time. There's something very assembly line about it.

Little Stevie Wonder – “Fingertips (Pt. II)” -- August 10, 1963

Stevie Wonder was 13 at the time. Which means I don't like this song. He's just too young. Also it's live and sort of all over the place, though it's mostly harmonica. I'll be much happier to hear Stevie Wonder when he's back a few years from now.

The Angels – “My Boyfriend’s Back” -- August 31, 1963

I consider this song close to perfection. It's musically fun and taunting, and the taunting is serious. "Look out now, cuz he's comin' after you." This piece of shit who's been spreading rumors about and sexually harassing the narrator is about to eat dirt. Oh yeah, I love it.

Bobby Vinton – “Blue Velvet” -- September 21, 1963

Apparently David Lynch named a movie for this? I avoid David Lynch like the plague, so that doesn't influence my hearing of the song. The narrator and the woman in blue velvet were in love, but then she "left." It's melancholy enough that I feel she may have died, not just left. Pretty, sad, but that's about it.

Jimmy Gilmer And The Fireballs – “Sugar Shack” -- October 12, 1963

The titular "sugar shack" is supposedly a coffeehouse. I have my doubts. They had to bury implications under a lot of layers in 1963. Or maybe I'm just trying to make the song more interesting, imagining the narrator wants to marry a sex worker and not a waitress. The song is bouncy and bubbly and dull.

Nino Tempo & April Stevens -- "Deep Purple" -- November 16, 1963

I find this song very unpleasant due to Nino Tempo's singing. There's something about it that grates on me, the woo-woo's especially. This is about dreaming an old -- possibly dead -- lover is coming back to you. And it's sure cheery and peppy. Also there's a spoken word section that's not good at all. I do not like this rendition of this song one bit.

Dale & Grace – “I’m Leaving It Up To You” -- November 23, 1963

No Ray Charles this year? I'm in desperate need here. Sigh. Grace's voice is high and nasal and I have nothing to say about Dale. The idea of the song is that they're leaving it up to the other person in the relationship whether to keep going. The lyrics are nothing special, but they're fine. The music is boring except that Grace's voice is like nails on a chalkboard. I don't know how much more stuff like this I can take.

The Singing Nun – “Dominique” -- December 7, 1963

Well, it's different. It’s French. Jeanne-Paule Marie Deckers, the Singing Nun, wrote this cheery song about the founder of her order. He chose poverty and only talked about God, you know the drill. I don't connect with it, and I also have nothing negative to say about it. It's a refreshing song.

BEST OF 1963: My Boyfriend's Back and Sukiyaki in a tie WORST OF 1963: Nino Tempo & April Stevens' rendition of Deep Purple, though there were many contenders

#billboard number ones

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specthrom · 6 years ago

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My Favorite Anime Songs

Just a list of Openings, Endings and general songs. Will update every once in a while, probably at the end of seasons.

Openings

Angel Beats: Lia - My Soul, Your Beats!

Araburu Kisetsu no Otome-domo yo: CHiCO with HoneyWorks - Otome-domo yo

Baccano: Paradise Lunch - Gun's & Roses

Bakemonogatari:

OP 1: Chiwa Saito - staple stable OP 2: Emiri Katou - "Kaerimichi (帰り道)" OP 3: Miyuki Sawashiro - "ambivalent world" OP 4: Kana Hanazawa - "Ren'ai Circulation (恋愛サーキュレーション)" OP 5: Yui Horie - "Sugar Sweet Nightmare"

Beck: Beat Crusaders - Hit in the USA

BEM: Maaya Sakamoto - Uchuu no Kioku

Bleach:

OP 1: Orange Range - *~Asterisk~ OP 2: UVERworld - D-tecnoLife OP 3: High and Mighty Color - Ichirin no Hana OP 4: Beat Crusaders - Tonight, Tonight, Tonight OP 5: YUI - Rolling Star OP 6: Aqua Timez - Alones OP 7: Asian Kung-Fu Generation - After Dark OP 8: Kelun - Chu-Bura OP 9: Aqua Timez - Velonica OP 10: SCANDAL - Shōjo S OP 11: Porno Graffitti - Anima Rossa OP 12: Miwa - chAngE OP 13: SID - Ranbu no Melody OP 14: ViViD - BLUE OP 15: SCANDAL - Harukaze

Boku no Hero Academia 2nd Season:

OP 2: amazarashi - Sora ni Utaeba

Boogiepop wa Warawanai OP 1: MYTH & ROID - shadowgraph

Clannad:

OP 1: eufonius - Megumeru OP 2: Lia - Toki wo Kizamu Uta

Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch:

OP 1: FLOW - COLORS OP 2: Jinn - Kaidoku Funou

Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch R2:

OP 1: ORANGE RANGE - O2

Comic Girls OP 1: Comic Girls - Memories

Cowboy Bebop OP 1: The Seatbelts - Tank!

Dr Stone:

OP 1: BURNOUT SYNDROMES - Good Morning World! OP 2: PELICAN FANCLUB - Sangenshoku (三原色)

Dumbbell Nan Kilo Moteru?:

OP 1: Hibiki Sakura, & Naruzou Machio - Onegai Muscle

Hitoribocchi no Marumaru Seikatsu OP 1: Hitoribocchi no Monologue

Midara na Ao-chan wa Benkyou ga Dekinai OP 1

Death Note:

OP 1: Nightmare - the WORLD OP 2: Maximum the Hormone - What's up, people?!

Devil May Cry OP 1: Rungran - D.M.C.

Dororo:

OP 1: Ziyoou-vachi - Kaen OP 2: ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION - Dororo

Dumbbell Nan Kilo Moteru?: Onegai Muscle - Hibiki Sakura, Naruzou Machio

Endro~! OP 1: Yuusha Party - Endoro~ru!

Fruits Basket (2019):

OP 1: Beverly - Again OP 2: Ai Otsuka - Chime

Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood:

OP 1: YUI - Again OP 2: NICO Touches the Walls - Hologram OP 3: Sukima Switch - Golden Time Lover OP 4: Chemistry - Period

Harukana Receive OP 1: Haruka Oozora - FLY two BLUE

Hitoribocchi no Marumaru Seikatsu OP 1: Hitoribocchi no Monologue

Irozuku Sekai no Ashita kara OP 1: Haruka to Miyuki - 17 Sai

Island OP 1: Yukari Tamura - Eien no Hitotsu

Joshikousei no Mudazukai: Nozomu Tanaka, Akane Kikuchi, Shiori Saginomiya - Wa! Moon! dass! cry!

Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: Tensai-tachi no Renai Zunousen OP 1: Masayuki Suzuki - Love Dramatic

Mirai Nikki:

OP 1: Yousei Teikoku - Kuusou Mesorogiwi OP 2: Faylan - Dead END

Naruto:

OP 1: Hound Dog - R★O★C★K★S OP 2: Asian Kung-fu Generation - Haruka Kanata OP 3: little by little - Kanashimi wo Yasashisa ni OP 4: FLOW - GO!!! OP 5: Sambomaster - Seishun Kyosokyoku OP 6: Stance Punks - No Boy, No Cry OP 7: Snowkel - Namikaze Satellite OP 8: FLOW - Re:member OP 9: Hearts Grow - YURA YURA

Naruto: Shippuuden:

OP 1: Nobodyknows+ - Hero's Come Back OP 2: LONG SHOT PARTY - distance OP 3: Ikimonogakari - Blue Bird OP 4: Inoue Joe - CLOSER OP 5: Ikimonogakari - Hotaru no Hikari OP 6: FLOW - Sign OP 7: Motohiro Hata - Toumei Datta Sekai OP 8: NICO Touches the Walls - Diver OP 9: 7!! - Lovers OP 10: tacica - newsong OP 11: THE CRO-MAGNONS - Totsugeki Rock OP 12: Daisuke - Moshimo OP 13: NICO Touches the Walls - Niwaka Ame Nimo Makezu OP 14: Nogizaka46 - Tsuki no Ookisa OP 15: DOES - Guren OP 16: KANA-BOON - Silhouette OP 17: Yamazaru - Kaze OP 18: Sukima Switch - LINE OP 19: Asian Kung-Fu Generation - Blood Circulator OP 20: Anly - Kara no Kokoro

Neon Genesis Evangelion OP 1: A Cruel Angel's Thesis - Yoko Takahashi

Poputepipikku:

OP 1: Drop Stars - Twinkling star OP 2: Sumire Uesaka - POP TEAM EPIC

Release the Spyce OP 1: Tsukikage - Spatto! Spy & Spyce

Satsuriku no Tenshi OP 1: Masaaki Endoh - Vital

Sora yori mo Tooi Basho OP 1: saya - The Girls Are Alright!

Sword Art Online:

OP 1: LiSA - crossing field OP 2: Aoi Eir - INNOCENCE

Sword Art Online II:

OP 1: Eir Aoi - IGNITE OP 2: Haruka Tomatsu - courage

Sword Art Online: Alicization:

OP 1: LiSA - ADAMAS OP 2: ASCA - RESISTER

Sword Art Online: Alicization - War of Underworld:

OP 1: Haruka Tomatsu - Resolution

Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online OP 1: Eir Aoi - Ryuusei

Tate no Yuusha no Nariagari:

OP 1: MADKID - RISE OP 2: MADKID - FAITH

Tsurune: Kazemai Koukou Kyuudoubu OP 1: Luck Life - Naru

Vinland Saga:

OP 1: Survive Said The Prophet - MUKANJYO OP 2: MAN WITH A MISSION - Dark Crow

Watashi ni Tenshi ga Maiorita! OP 1: Wataten☆Five - Kimama na Tenshitachi

Yagate Kimi ni Naru OP 1: Riko Azuna - Kimi ni Furete

Yakusoku no Neverland OP 1: UVERworld - Touch Off

Zombieland Saga OP 1: Fran Chou Chou - Adabana Necromancy

Endings

Angel Beats:

ED 1: Aoi Tada - Brave Song ED 2: Yui - Ichiban no Takaramono

Bakemonogatari: supercell - "Kimi no Shiranai Monogatari (君の知らない物語)"

Beck:

ED 1: The Dying Breed - My World Down ED 2: The Dying Breed feat. Yukio Tanaka - Moon on the Water

Bleach:

ED 1: Rie Fu - Life is Like a Boat ED 2: Home Made Kazoku - Thank You!! ED 3: Younha - Hōkiboshi ED 4: Skoop On Somebody - Happypeople ED 5: YUI - Life ED 6: SunSet Swish - My Pace ED 7: Ikimono-Gakari - Hanabi ED 8: Takacha - Movin!! ED 9: JUNE - Baby It's You ED 10: Mai Hoshimura - Sakura Biyori ED 11: OreSkaBand - Tsumesaki ED 12: Chatmonchy - Daidai ED 13: Kōsuke Atari - Tane wo Maku Hibi ED 14: RSP - Kansha ED 15: Lil'B - Orange ED 16: Pe'zmoku - Gallop ED 17: Stereopony - Hitohira no Hanabira ED 18: Shion Tsuji - Sky Chord ~Otona ni Naru Kimi e~ ED 19: Sambomaster - Kimi wo Mamotte, Kimi wo Aishite ED 20: Kenichi Asai - Mad Surfer ED 21: SunSet Swish - Sakurabito ED 22: RSP - Tabidatsu Kimi e ED 23: DIGGY-MO' - Stay Beautiful ED 24: universe - echoes ED 26: ROOKiEZ is PUNK'D - Song For... ED 28: UNLIMITS - Haruka Kanata ED 30: Aqua Timez - MASK

Boku no Hero Academia 2nd Season:

ED 2: LiSA - Datte Atashi no Hero

Boogiepop wa Warawanai:

ED 1: Riko Azuna - Whiteout ED 3: Kensuke Ushio and Hajime Hyakkoku - See You, HeartBreakers

Clannad: ED 1: Chata - Dango Daikazoku ED 2: Lia - TORCH

Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch:

ED 1: Ali Project - Yuukyou Seishunka ED 2: SunSet Swish - Mosaic Kakera

Comic Girls ED 1: Comic Girls - Namida wa Misenai

Cowboy Bebop ED 1: The Seatbelts feat. Mai Yamane - The Real Folk Blues

Death Note:

ED 1: Nightmare - Alumina ED 2: Maximum the Hormone - Zetsubō Billy ED 3: Yoshihisa Hirano - Coda

Dororo ED 1: amazarashi - Sayonara Gokko

Dumbbell Nan Kilo Moteru?: Naruzou Machio - Macho a Name?

Endro~! ED 1: Inori Minase - Wonder Caravan!

Fruits Basket (2019):

ED 1: Vickeblanka - Lucky Ending ED 1: INTERSECTION - One Step Closer

Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood:

ED 1: SID - Uso ED 2: Miho Fukuhara - LET IT OUT ED 3: Lil'B - Tsunaida Te ED 4: SCANDAL - Shunkan Sentimental ED 5: Nakagawa Shouko - RAY OF LIGHT

Hitoribocchi no Marumaru Seikatsu:

ED 1: Ne, Issho ni Kaero ED 2: BAKUSHOU BOCCHI JUKU KOUKA (WA HA HA)

Irozuku Sekai no Ashita kara ED 1: Nagi Yanagi - Mimei no Kimi to Hakumei no Mahou

Joshikousei no Mudazukai: Nozomu Tanaka, Akane Kikuchi, Shiori Saginomiya - Seishun no Reverb

Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: Tensai-tachi no Renai Zunousen:

ED 1: halca - Sentimental Crisis ED 2: Chika Fujiwara - Chikatto Chika Chika

Mirai Nikki:

ED 1: Faylan - Blood Teller ED 2: Yousei Teikoku - filament

Naruto:

ED 1: Akeboshi - Wind ED 2: Rythem - Harmonia ED 3: Orange Range - Viva Rock ED 4: Raiko - ALIVE ED 5: Mass Missile - Ima made Nando mo ED 6: Tia - Ryusei ED 7: Captain Straydum - Mountain A Go Go Too ED 8: GagagaSP - Hajimete Kimi to Shabetta ED 10: Analogfish - Speed ED 11: Amadori - Soba ni Iru Kara

Naruto: Shippuuden:

OP 1: HOME MADE Kazoku - Nagare Boshi OP 2: aluto - Michi ~to you all OP 3: little by little - KIMI MONOGATARI OP 4: MATCHY with QUESTION? - Mezamero! Yasei OP 6: Nico Touches the Walls - BROKEN YOUTH OP 7: HALCALI - Long Kiss Goodbye OP 9: SUPER BEAVER - Shinkokyuu OP 10: SEAMO - My ANSWER OP 11: Kishidan - Omae Dattanda OP 13: OreSkaBand - Jitensha OP 14: supercell - Utakata Hanabi OP 16: Aqua Timez - Mayonaka no Orchestra OP 17: HOME MADE Kazoku - FREEDOM OP 18: OKAMOTO'S - Yokubou o Sakebe!!!! OP 20: Hemenway - By My Side OP 22: AISHA feat. CHEHON - Kono Koe Karashite OP 24: 7!! - Sayonara Memory OP 26: Rake - Yume wo Daite ~Hajimari no Crissroad~ OP 30: SHUN - Never Change OP 31: Shiori Tomita - Dame Dame da OP 34: FLOW - Niji no Sora OP 37: Kuroneko Chelsea - Ao no Lullaby OP 38: Huwie Ishizaki - Pino to Amélie OP 39: Ayumikurikamaki - Tabidachi no Uta OP 40: Swimy - Zetsu Zetsu

Neon Genesis Evangelion ED: Fly Me to the Moon

Release the Spyce ED 1: Tsukikage - Hide & Seek

Sword Art Online:

ED 1: Haruka Tomatsu - Yume Sekai ED 2: Luna Haruna - Overfly

Sword Art Online II:

ED 1: Luna Haruna - Startear ED 2: LiSA - No More Time Machine ED 3: LiSA - Shirushi

Sword Art Online: Alicization:

ED 1: Eir Aoi - Iris ED 2: ReoNa - forget-me-not

Sword Art Online: Alicization - War of Underworld:

ED 1: LiSA - unlasting

Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online ED 1: Karen Kohiruimaki - To see the future

Tate no Yuusha no Nariagari:

ED 1: Chiai Fujikawa - Kimi no Namae ED 2: Chiai Fujikawa - Atashi ga Tonari ni Iru Uchi ni

Tsurune: Kazemai Koukou Kyuudoubu ED 1: ChouCho - Orange Iro

Vinland Saga:

ED 1: Aimer - Torches

Yagate Kimi ni Naru ED 1: Yuuki Takada & Minako Kotobuki - hectopascal

Yakusoku no Neverland ED 1: Cö shu Nie - Zettai Zetsumei

Zombieland Saga ED 1: Fran Chou Chou - Hikari e

Others

Angel Beats:

Girls Dead Monster - Crow Song Girls Dead Monster - My Song Girls Dead Monster - Thousand Enemies Girls Dead Monster - Alchemy Girls Dead Monster - Hot Meal

Beck:

BECK - Brainstorm BECK - Spice of Life Maho Minami - Sly BECK - Face Belle Ame - Lost Melody Chiemi Kuniyoshi - Genki wo Dashite Beck - Like a Foolin Ciel Bleu - Youkai Ningen Bem Hyoudou Band - Gymnasium Tsunemi Chiba - Reloaded Musicmans feat. Manabu Miyazawa - Journey Saitou San Band feat. Koyuki Tanaka & Maho Minami - Follow Me Hyoudou Band 2 - Love Dischord Beck - By Her Beck - I've Got a Feeling (The Beatles cover) Beck - Slip Out

Kimi no Na wa:

RADWIMPS - Yumetourou RADWIMPS - Mitsuha No Tsugaku RADWIMPS - Itomori Koukou RADWIMPS - Akogare Cafe RADWIMPS - Okudera Senpai No Theme RADWIMPS - Futari No Ihen RADWIMPS - Zenzenzense RADWIMPS - Date RADWIMPS - Kioku Wo Yobiokosu RADWIMPS - Goshintaie Futatabi RADWIMPS - Sakusen Kaigi RADWIMPS - Kataware Doki RADWIMPS - Sparkle RADWIMPS - Nandemonaiya

Paprika:

Susumu Hirasawa - Parade Susumu Hirasawa - Mediational Field Susumu Hirasawa - Welcome to the Circus Susumu Hirasawa - A Drop Filled With Memories Susumu Hirasawa - The Girl In Byakkoya

Sword Art Online Movie: Ordinal Scale: LiSA - Catch the Moment

Zombieland Saga: Fran Chou Chou - Mezame RETURNER Fran Chou Chou - FANTASTIC LOVERS

#music #anime #opinion #text #list

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regnigt · 6 years ago

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Rewatching Gintama openings

For little purpose but useless nerdery, just wanting to look at which characters are in every /nearly every opening, and at common elements.

Excluding the Yorinuki openings, there are 21 different Gintama opening songs at this point. Many of the openings exist in more than one version, but for most of them the differences are rather small. For the 12th and 17th song, however, "Let's Go Out" and "Know Know Know", the two versions differ enough you could argue they should be treated as distinct openings: 12a, 12b, 17a, 17b. If so, there are 23 different Gintama openings.

(If we are to stick with only 21 openings, I prefer the second version of both of those two: 12b and 17b. 12b because it's much nicer to look at Gintoki than Kintoki, and 17b because while 17a is well put-together, 17b feels more like a proper opening, with more original animation. Plus it suits the song better.)

MY FINDINGS:

Characters present in 23 out of 23 openings: Kagura, Shinpachi, Otae, Kondo, Hijikata, Okita

Present in 22 of 23: Gintoki*, Katsura**, Otose, Hasegawa

In 21 of 23: Sachan, Takasugi

In 20 of 23: Sadaharu, Elizabeth

In 19 of 23: Sakamoto, Catherine

Gintoki and Shinpachi on Gintoki's moped are a constant element in all openings up until #10, "Dilemma", where the moped is absent for the first time. It's also absent in #13, "Sakura Mitsutsuki", and in openings 17a, 17b, 18, 20, and 21, only briefly resurfacing in opening 19.

(Opening 10 is also the first one not to feature Sadaharu, Elizabeth, or Catherine.)

Flashback snapshots to the Joui war are another common elements, whether just showing Gintoki or all of the Joui Four. There are no wartime flashbacks in these episodes, though: #3, #4, #7, #13, #16, #17b, #20, and #21. (And in the first opening Gintoki is seen in a nightmare on a battlefield, but he's not in his war outfit, so it's not a "pure" flashback.)

There were fewer childhood flashbacks than I had thought. Opening 8 is the first one featuring Gintoki as a child. It's also the first opening featuring Shoyo.

17a and 17b, to the song "Know Know Know", feel like the most pared-down openings in terms of character appearance: both versions only really feature the characters who are actually part of each arc (Shogun Assassination Arc and Farewell Shinsengumi).

I remain pretty bad at memorizing lyrics when I don't know the language.

"Pray" is for me the catchiest opening song when it comes to the whole melody from start to end. For all the other tunes my memory might stutter on some bits, but not for "Pray". It's got such an easy, natural progression. (And maybe the fact that the first lines are in English helps?)

Gintama opening animators are brilliant and very dedicated.

*Absent in opening 12a, Kintama arc. **Absent in opening 17a, Shogun Assassination Arc.

#gintama #gintama openings #harmless nerdery #turns out the gintama wiki already lists the characters of each opening #so i didn't have to do this #oh well #good showing for kondo and otae particularly #hijikata and okita are highly popular supporting characters #but kondo and otae a little less so #their constant presence in the openings point to their enduring importance to the narrative #they both have an anchoring function #so does otose but she still missed out on one opening #gintama ensemble

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jyurineko · 6 years ago

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My Top 25 SKE48 songs *Updated* - Request Hour style

I did this for fun, this is basically just me gushing about my personal favorite SKE songs, and my ideas for what I might do if I got to make them into a Request Hour setlist.

Anyways, enjoy!

25. Muishiki no Iro (SKE48 22nd single) - Goto Rara center

24. Pinocchio Gun (Team S 3rd stage “Seifuku no Me”) - 9th gen kenkyuusei

23. Vacancy (AKB48 “Shoot Sign” B-side)

22. Seifuku wo Kita Meitantei (SKE48 “Mae no Meri” B-side) - Team E (Kumazaki Haruka or Suenaga Oka center)

21. Omoide Ijou (Team S 3rd stage “Seifuku no Me”) - Kitagawa Ryouha center, Kamimura Ayuka, Nomura Miyo

20. Koppu no naka no Komorebi (Love Crescendo 1st single) - Asai Yuka center, Okada Miku, Kitagawa Yoshino, Ishiguro Yuzuki, Sakamoto Marin, Inoue Ruka, Kurashima Ami

19. Koi no onawa (Team E 4th stage “SKE Festival”) - Team E (Saito Makiko Fukushi Nao center)

18. Hanabi wa owaranai (SKE48 “Pareo wa Emerald” B-side) - Suda Akari and Tani Marika W-center

17. Nante ginga wa akarui no darou (SKE48 “Aishiteraburu” B-side) - Takayanagi Akane center

16. Koe ga Kasureru gurai (SKE48 “Kataomoi Finally” B-side) - Team KII (Uchiyama Mikoto center)

15. MESSIAH (Furuhata Nao solo song) - Nojima Kano

14. Tsuyogari Tokei (AKB48 “Eien Pressure” B-side) - Furuhata Nao center

13. Natsu yo, Isoge! (SKE48 2nd album original)

12. Konya wa Shake It! (SKE48 “Kin no Ai Gin no Ai” B-side) - Love Crescendo

10a. Gonna Jump (AKB48 “Kimi wa Melody” B-side) - Team S (Matsumoto Chikako center)

10b. Houkago Race (SKE48 “Bukiyo Taiyou” B-side) - Team S (Nomura Miyo center)

{A tie for #10 between these two because I love them equally. x3}

9. Kataomoi Finally (SKE48 8th single) - Team KII (Ego Yuna center)

8. Hana-uranai (Matsui Jurina original solo song) - Okada Miku (I’d love to hear an acoustic version with Mipopo playing guitar!)

7. Koko de Ippatsu (SKE48 “Sansei Kawaii” B-side) - Goto Rara and Kumazaki Haruka

6. Hana no Kaori no Symphony (SKE48 “Ikinari Punchline” B-side; Passion 4 U senbatsu)

5. Honshou (Furuhata Nao solo song) - Furuhata Nao (Imagine this with a live band!!! OMG)

4. Akai Pinheel to Professor (Matsui Jurina solo song) - Matsui Jurina (with backup dancers ;3)

3. Horizon (SKE48 2nd album original; Aichi Toyota Senbatsu) - 9th gen Kenkyuusei

2. Pareo wa Emerald (SKE48 6th single) - 9th gen Kenkyuusei

1. Sekai ga Naiteru nara (AKB48 “Green Flash” B-side) - Matsui Jurina and Furuhata Nao W-center

#SKE48 #music #jpop #idol

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spy-in-the-house · 7 years ago

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RVL aka ROGER VAN LUNTEREN

[ 030303 NL l Silhouette Tapes l Psycho Thrill Rec. l Heimelektro Ulm l 674.fm, CGN/ GER ] … without the past … there’s no phuture …

RVL could go on for thousands more ... but so far this alltime_top30 [ in no particular order ] 01 FUTURE SOUND OF LONDON [BRIAN DOUGANS & GARRY COBAIN]: Papua New Guinea [ Jumpin' & Pumpin' 12 TOT-017 UK 12" | 1991 ] 02 808 STATE [ANDY BARKER, DARREN PARTINGTON, GERALD SIMPSON, GRAHAM MASSEY, MARTIN PRICE]: Pacific State [ A2-track from “Pacific” ZTT ‎ZANG 1T UK 12" | 1989 ] 03 JULIE DRISCOLL, BRIAN AUGER & THE TRINITY: Indian Rope Man [ B6-track from “Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & The Trinity” Polydor ‎2384-062 / Polydor Special Series UK LP | 1975 ] 04 BOARDS OF CANADA [CHRIS HORNE, MARCUS ECOIN, MICHAEL SANDISON]: Roygbiv [ B-side from “Telephasic Workshop” Warp Records 10WARP LP 55 UK p Promo 10" | 1998 ] 05 BALIL [ED HANDLEY]: 3/4 Heart [ D3-track from “Black Dog Productions ‎– Bytes” Warp Records WARP LP8 UK Album | 1993 ] 06 GLOBAL COMMUNICATION [MARK PRITCHARD & TOM MIDDLETON]: 14:31 [ A2-track from “76:14” Dedicated ‎DEDLP-014 UK 2x12" | 1994 ] 07 CLAN OF XYMOX [CYMOX / C.O.X.]: Louise [ A-side from Megadisc ‎MD-5292” NL 7" | 1986 ] 08 APHEX TWIN [RICHARD DAVIS JAMES]: Schottkey 7th Path [ C9-track from “Selected Ambient Works 85-92” R & S Records ‎2006 / 01 BEL 2x12" RE | 2006 ] 09 ARMANDO GALLOP: 1-5-1 [ A2-track from “Land Of Confusion (Remix)” Warehouse Records WH-001 US 12" | 1988 ] 10 EMERSON, LAKE & PALMER: From The Beginning [ Cotillion - 45-44158 US 7" | 1972 ] 11 B-52’s [KATE PIERSON, CINDY WILSON, RICKY WILSON, FRED SCHNEIDER, KEITH STRICKLAND]: Cake [ B1-track from “Mesopotamia EP” Warner Bros. Records MINI-3641 US 12" | 1982 ] 12 SOFT CELL [DAVE BALL & MARC ALMOND]: Where The Heart Is [ A-side from Some Bizzare ‎BZS-1612 UK 12" | 1982 ] 13 PUBLIC ENEMY [CHUCK D, FLAVOR FLAV, TERMINATOR X, DJ LORD, PROFESSOR GRIFF, SECURITY OF THE FIRST WORLD]: Night Of The Living Baseheads [ A1-track from “Night Of The Living Baseheads / Cold Lampin' With Flavor / Terminator X To The Edge Of Panic” Def Jam Recordings44-08121 US 12" | 1988 ] 14 NEW ORDER [BERNARD SUMNER, PETER HOOK, STEPHEN MORRIS]: Bizarre Love Triangle [ Factory FAC-163 UK 12" | 1986 ] 15 FAD GADGET [FRANK TOVEY]: Love Parasite [ A3-track from “Under The Flag” Mute STUMM-8 UK Album | 1982 ] 16 UNDERGROUND RESISTANCE: Jupiter Jazz [ A2-track from “World 2 World” Underground Resistance UR-020 / Submerge US 12" | 1992 ] 17 GALAXY 2 GALAXY [Timeline]: High Tech Jazz [ A-side (A1/2) from “Galaxy 2 Galaxy” Underground Resistance UR-025 / Submerge 2x12" | 1993 ] 18 STEVE REICH - KRONOS QUARTET / PAT METHENY: Electric Counterpoint [ B-side from “Different Trains / Electric Counterpoint” Elektra Nonesuch 97-91761 CAN/US Album | 1989 ] 19 A HOMEBOY, A HIPPIE AND A FUNKY DREAD [CASPAR POUND, MARC WILLIAMS, TONY WINTER]: Total Confusion [ Tam Tam Records ‎TTT-031 UK 12" | 1990 ] 20 RADIOHEAD [COLIN GREENWOOD, ED O'BRIEN, JONNY GREENWOOD, PHIL SELWAY, THOM YORKE]: Where I End And You Begin(The Sky Is falling In) [ B3-track from “Hail To The Thief”Parlophone ‎5-84543-1 UK 2x12" | 2003 ] 21 TALKING HEADS [CHRIS FRANTZ, DAVID BYRNE, JERRY HARRISON, TINA WEYMOUTH]: Slippery People [ A-side from “Slippery People / Naive Melody” EMI ‎12EMI-5504 UK 12" | 1984 ] 22 R-TYME [DARRYL WYNN & Derrick May]: R-Theme _ Mayday's Dramatic Mix [ B1-track from “Illusion / R-Theme” Transmat MS-009 US 12" | 1989 ] 23 SIMPLE MINDS: Theme For Great Cities [ B1-track from “Promised You A Miracle” Virgin VS 488-12 UK 12" | 1982 ] 24 GRIZZLY BEAR [CHRIS BEAR, CHRIS TAYLOR, DANIEL ROSSEN, EDWARD DROSTE]: Yet Again [ A4-track from “Shields” Warp Records WARPLP-229 UK Album | 2012 ] 25 YELLOW MAGIC ORCHESTRA [HARUOMI HOSONO, RYUICHI SAKAMOTO, YUKIHIRO TAKAHASHI]: Technopolis [ A-side from “Technopolis / Solid State Survivor” Alfa Records Inc. ALR-1016 / A&M Records JAP 7" | 1997 ] 26 THE STONE ROSES [ALAN WREN, GARY MOUNFIELD, JOHN SQUIRE, IAN GEORGE BROWN]: I Am The Resurrection [ Silvertone Records ‎ORE T-40 UK 12" | 1992 ] 27 PAT PRILLY [JEAN-JAQUES PERREY]: La Panthère Cosmique [ B4-track from “Moog Sensations (Sonosyntheses Electroniques)” Editions Montparnasse 2000 ‎MP-25 FRA Album | 1971 ] 28 "THE INCREDIBLE" JIMMY SMITH: The Cat [ Verve Records V6-8587 US Album | 1964 ] 29 CHRIS & COSEY [C.C. NEWBY & CHRIS CARTER]: Driving Blind [ A1-track from "Songs Of Love & Lust" Rough Trade ROUGH-064 UK Album | 1984 ] 30 HUMANOID [BRIAN DOUGANS]: Cry Baby _ Extended LP Version [ B1-track from “The Deep” Westside Records HUMT-2 UK 12" | 1990 ] bookmarks: RVL ll FACEBOOK ll DISCOGS ll SOUNDCLOUD ll MIXCLOUD 674FM ll YOUTUBE ll TWITTER ll BANDCAMP ll RA

#roger van lunteren #rvl #cologne #techno #acid #idm #674fm

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beansonbread2 · 6 years ago

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BEANSONBREAD AWARDS 2018 - BEST SONG

AWARD NO.3 - BEST SONG OF 2018

PAST WINNERS

2017 > Richard Dawson ‘Ogre’ (see full list HERE)

2016 > Solange ‘Cranes In the Sky’ (see full list HERE)

2015 > Kendrick Lamar ‘The Blacker The Berry’ (see full list HERE)

2014 > FKA Twigs ‘Two Weeks’ (see full list HERE)

2013 > Oliver Wilde ‘Perrett’s Brook’ (see full list HERE)

2010 > Untold ‘Stop What You’re Doing (James Blake Remix) (see full list HERE)

2009 > Joker - ‘Digidesign’ (see full list HERE)

2008 > Lil’ Wayne - ‘A Milli’ (see full list HERE)

2007 > Panda Bear - ‘Bros’ (see full list HERE)

2006 > Hot Chip - ‘Over And Over’ (see full list HERE)

RULES - A maximum of THREE tracks from any one artist. Songs can be tied in the same position.

*SPOTIFY PLAYLIST WITH (ALMOST) ALL THE TRACKS*

THE RUNNERS UP (in alphabetical order)..

700 Bliss ‘Ring The Alarm’

A$AP Rocky (feat. FKA Twigs) ‘Fukk Sleep’

Alabaster DePlume ‘Is It Enough’

Alabaster DePlume ‘They Put The Stars Far Away’

Alexis Taylor ‘Beautiful Things’

Aphex Twin ‘T69 Collapse’

Arctic Monkeys ‘One Point Perspective’

Arctic Monkeys ‘Four Out Of Five’

Ariana Grande ‘Thank U, Next’

ASBEST ‘They Kill’

Bas Jan ‘No Sign’

Bas Jan ‘Walton On The Naze’

Beak> ‘Brean Down’

Beak> ‘Alle Sauvage’

Bill Ryder-Jones ‘And Then There’s You’

Blood Orange ‘Saint’

Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy ‘Blueberry Jam’

Brockhampton ‘1997 Diana’

Brockhampton ‘1999 Wildfire’

Cardi B ‘Be Careful’

Cardi B ‘I Like It’

Caroline Says ‘Sweet Home Alabama’

CHAI ‘N.E.O’

Charli XCX ‘1999’

Childish Gambino ‘This Is America’

Colin Self ‘Emblem’

Connan Mockasin ‘Con Conn Was Impatient’

Connan Mockasin ‘Charlotte’s Thong’

CupcakKe ‘Cartoons’

CupcakKe ‘Quiz’

Daphne & celeste ‘A.L.T.O’

Dean Blunt ‘A_X’

Dean Blunt ‘Beefa’

Death Grips ‘Black Paint’

Death Grips ‘Shitshow’

Death Grips ‘Streaky’

Deerhunter ‘Death In Midsummer’

Denzel Curry ‘SUMO’

Denzel Curry ‘SWITCH IT UP’

Dirty Projectors ‘Break-Thru’

DJ Taye ‘Trippin’

Django Django ‘Tic Tac Toe’

Django Django ‘In Your Beat’

Drake ‘Nice For What’

Drinks ‘Real Outside’

Earl Sweatshirt ‘Nowhere2go’

EASYFUN ‘Be Your USA’

Emily Isherwood ‘Calibrate’

Everything Is Recorded ‘Mountains Of Gold’

The Evil Usses ‘Wowtown’

Felicita ‘Coughing Up Amber’

Fenne Lily ‘Car Park’

Fenne Lily ‘On Hold’

Field Music ‘Time In Joy’

Flohio ‘Bands’

Frankie Cosmos ‘Apathy’

Gang Gang Dance ‘J-Tree’

Giant Swan ‘The Plaque’

The Goon Sax ‘Make Time 4 Love’

Grasscourt ‘Stones Upon My Chest’

Grimes ‘We Appreciate Power’

Group Listening ‘Wenn Der Sudwind Weht’

Gruff Rhys ‘Frontier Man’

Gruff Rhys ‘Oh Dear!’

Hen Ogledd ‘Problem Child’

Hen Ogledd ‘First Date’

Herbal Tea ‘Kitchen Floor (4 am)’

Hinds ‘The Club’

Hyukoh ‘SkyWorld’

IAMDDB ‘G.A.F.’

IDLES ‘Danny Nedelko’

Iglooghost ‘New Vectors’

Insecure Men ‘Subaru Nights’

Insecure Men ‘Teenage Toy’

James Blake ‘If The Car Beside You Moves Ahead’

James Ferraro ‘Remnant’

James Yorkston ‘My Mouth Ain’t No Bible’

Janelle Monae ‘Make Me Feel’

Jean Grae & Quelle Chris ‘Gold Purple Orange’

The Jelas ‘Interrupterruption’

Jimothy Lacoste ‘Fashion’

John Bence ‘Kill / Aftermath’

JPEGMAFIA ‘Baby I’m Bleeding’

JPEGMAFIA ‘I Cannot Fucking Wait Til Morrissey Dies’

Kate Stapley ‘Iceland’

Kendrick Lamar & Travis Scott ‘Big Shot’

Khruangbin ‘Lady and Man’

Khruangbin ‘Maria Tambien’

Kids See Ghosts ‘Freeee (Ghost Town Pt.2)’

Let’s Eat Grandma ‘Falling Into Me’

LICE ‘Stammering Bill’

LICE ‘Gentleman’s Magazine’

Limmy ��Buckle My Shoe’

Little Simz ‘Offence’

The Lovely Eggs ‘Wiggy Giggy’

Low ‘Always Trying To Work It Out’

Marie Davidson ‘Work It’

Marie Davison ‘The Psychologist’

Melody’s Echo Chamber ‘Cross My Heart’

MGMT ‘She Works Out Too Much’

MGMT ‘Little Dark Age’

Mouse ‘3 Weeks’

Mun Sing ‘Balloon’

The Orielles ‘Blue Suitcase (Disco Wrist)’

Ought ‘Desire’

Panda Bear ‘Dolphin’

Peggy Guo ‘It Makes You Forget (itgehane)’

Peggy Guo ‘Han Jan’

Petite Noir ‘Blame Fire’

Playboi Carti ‘Long Time’

Post Yoga ‘Boy Doesn’t Eat Right’

Princess Nokia ‘Look Up Kid’

Pusha T ‘The Games We Play’

Rhain ‘Solid Gold’

Rina Sawayama ‘Cherry’

Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever ‘Talking Straight’

Rosalia ‘Malamente’

Ryuichi Sakamoto ‘Andata’ (Oneohtrix Point Never remix)

S4U ‘Heart’

Sasami ‘Not The Time’

The Saxophones ‘Aloha’

Seamus Fogarty ‘The Old Suit’

Sega Bodega ‘Daddy’

Seth Graham ‘Flower Cheese’

Sharon Van Etten ‘Comeback Kid’

Shopping ‘The Hype’

Shygirl ‘Nasty’

SL ‘Tropical’

Snail Mail ‘Pristine’

Soccer Mommy ‘Cool’

Soccer Mommy ‘Your Dog’

Sock ‘Bored’

Something Anorak ‘And In The Current State’

Sorry ‘Starstruck’

Sorry ‘Tearz’

Squid ‘The Dial’

Steady Holiday ‘Mothers’

Steady Holiday ‘Who’s Gonna Stop Us’

Superorganism ‘Everybody Wants To Be Famous’

Superorganism ‘Nobody Cares’

Sweet Baboo ‘Lost Out On The Floor’

Tara Clerkin ‘Queeny’

Travis Scott ‘Sicko Mode’

Travis Scott ‘Skeletons’

Tyler The Creator ‘OKRA’

Tyler The Creator & A$AP Rocky ‘Potato Salad’

Vince Staples ‘FUN!’

Wasuremono ‘Rest In Peace’

Wiley (feat. JME) ‘I Call The Shots’

Wished Bone ‘Reasons’

Wished Bone ‘Yellow Bird’

Wished Bone ‘Spring Time Lover’

Yaeji ‘One More’

Yama Warashi ‘Kofun No Uta’

Yama Warashi ‘Jyomon Doki Doki’

Young Fathers ‘Wow’

Young Fathers ‘Holy Ghost’

Young Fathers ‘Toy’

Yung Lean ‘King Cobra’

Yves Tumor ‘Noid’

Yves Tumor ‘Lifetime’

TOP 50 SONGS OF 2018 (in no order)

Hannah Diamond ‘True’

Kamasi Washington ‘Fists Of Fury’

Haley Heynderickx ‘The Bug Collector’

Brockhampton ‘1989 Truman’

Frankie Cosmos ‘Being Alive’

Group Listening ‘A Little Lost’

Field Music ‘Count It Up’

Kali Uchis (feat. Tyler The Creator & Bootsy Collins) ‘After The Storm’

Alabaster DePlume ‘Be Nice To People’

Palm ‘Dog Milk’

Parquet Courts ‘Total Football’

Kate Stapley ‘These Planets’

JPEGMAFIA ‘1539 N. Calvert’

Poisonous Birds ‘Big Water’ / ‘Little Puzzle’

The Orielles ‘Old Stuff, New Glass’

Bas Jan ‘Let’s’

Tirzah (feat. Coby Sey) ‘Devotion’

Arctic Monkeys ‘Star Treatment’

Jay Rock, Kendrick Lamar, Future, James Blake ‘King’s Dead’

Parquet Courts ‘Wide Awake’

Spiritualized ‘Here It Comes (The Road) Let’s Go’

DJ Koze ‘Bonfire’

Beach House ‘Lemon Glow’

Trust Fund ‘King Of CM’

Playboi Carti (feat. Nicki Minaj) ‘Poke It Out’

TOP 25 SONGS OF 2018 (in correct order)

25. Gaika ‘Immigrant Sons (Pesos & Gas)’

24. Anderson .Paak ‘Bubblin’

23. Pusha T ‘If You Know You Know’

22. Daphne & Celeste ‘You & I Alone’ / ‘BB’

21. Jimothy Lacoste ‘Subway System’

20. SOPHIE ‘Is It Cold In The Water?’

19. Blood Orange ‘Charcoal Baby’

18. Oneohtrix Point Never ‘Black Snow’ / ‘The Station’

17. Django Django (feat. Self Esteem) ‘Surface To Air’

16. Spiritualized ‘I’m Your Man’

15. SOPHIE ‘Immaterial’ / ‘Faceshopping’

14. Tirzah ‘Holding On’

13. Trust Fund ‘Abundant’

12. Self Esteem ‘Rollout’ / ‘Wrestling’

11. Let’s Eat Grandma ‘Hot Pink’

10. Trust Fund ‘Embarrassing!’

9. These New Puritans ‘Into The Fire’

8. Julia Holter ‘I Shall Love 2’

7. Kero Kero Bonito ‘Time Today’ / ‘Make Believe’

6. Oneohtrix Point Never ‘We’ll Take It’

5. Serpentwithfeet ‘Bless ur Heart’

4. Hen Ogledd ‘Sky Burial’

3. Kero Kero Bonito ‘Only Acting’

2. Tirzah ‘Glady’

1. Let’s Eat Grandma ‘It’s Not Just Me’

#list #Awards #2018 awards

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ao3feed-p5-boyslove · 5 years ago

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by eyrist

Tokyo— Where the skies were blue, the streets held secrets, and the red light district danced under strobelights and the darkness. Akira Kurusu made it big as an underground DJ by the age of 18 under the stage name Joker. By the time he hit 21 years old, he had erected his own club in the heart of Shinjuku’s infamous red light district, curiously named ‘The Metaverse.’ And then there’s Goro Akechi, age 22 and a rising star in Tokyo’s world of dance— who’s promptly half-dragged to the club by his friend one night. There’s a reason why, even after a year, he continues to go to The Metaverse; spoiler alert, it’s not entirely because of the hot DJ’s music.

The tales of their lives are spun by notes and melodies, weaving together like the tracks under Joker’s hands. With each beat, the two dance around each other in a game of push and pull; high-risk, high-reward. One could only wonder, though, what other secrets Joker keeps hidden in the shadows of The Metaverse.

Words: 613, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: Persona 5, Persona Series

Rating: Explicit

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Venice Competition Includes Films From George Clooney, Guillermo del Toro, Darren Aronofsky

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Venice Competition Includes Films From George Clooney, Guillermo del Toro, Darren Aronofsky

The Italian festival is once again debuting a number of Oscar contenders during its 74th edition.

In its 74th year, the Venice Film Festival is once again debuting a slate of potential Oscar contenders from top directors, including George Clooney, Darren Aronofsky and Guillermo del Toro.

Festival director Alberto Barbera on Thursday unveiled the lineup for this year at the Cinema Moderno in Rome.

“I’m very satisfied,” Barbera said about the lineup. “I have to say that I am 97 percent satisfied in the sense that there are only maybe two or three films that we wanted to have for the festival, and we couldn’t, because they will go to other festivals. So all the films that we saw and that we wanted to have are in the lineup of this year’s festival.”

As previously announced, Alexander Payne’s satire Downsizing, starring Matt Damon, will open the fest in competition. The film is about a family that seeks a better life through shrinking. The film also stars Kristen Wiig, Christoph Waltz, Laura Dern and Jason Sudeikis.

Vying for the Golden Lion this year, from a jury led by Annette Bening, are 21 world premieres.

Artist and activist Ai Weiwei will enter the competition with his documentary about the current refugee crisis, Human Flow.

Darren Aronofsky, who presided over the Venice jury in 2011, will bring his eagerly anticipated horror film Mother! to the festival. Mother!, starring Jennifer Lawrence, Javier Bardem and Ed Harris, centers around a relationship being tested after the arrival of unwelcome visitors.

Damon will be pulling double-duty at the fest as he will also star in George Clooney’s Suburbicon, written by Clooney and the Coen Brothers, about a family morally descending after a home invasion goes very wrong. It also stars Coen favorites Julianne Moore, Oscar Isaac and Josh Brolin.

Guillermo del Toro will debut his other-worldly Cold War era fairytale The Shape of Water, starring Michael Shannon, Sally Hawkins and Octavia Spencer.

And Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, a dark comedy from Martin McDonagh (In Bruges), starring Woody Harrelson, Peter Dinklage and Frances McDormand, will also bow on the Lido.

Paul Schrader’s religious-themed thriller First Reformed, starring Ethan Hawke and Amanda Seyfried, will also premiere in Venice.

Abdellatif Kechiche will bring his 1980s coming-of-age story Mektoub, My Love: Canto Uno to the fest, and Paolo Virzi will premiere his first American The Leisure Seeker, starring Helen Mirren and Donald Sutherland, to the Lido.

Out of competition, the festival continues its relationship with Netflix with the world premiere of Our Souls at Night, with honorary Golden Lions going to the film’s stars Robert Redford and Jane Fonda.

Netflix also will premiere its first Italian production, the modern-day mafia saga Suburra. And it will screen the Errol Morris series Wormwood, starring Peter Sarsgaard and Molly Parker, the festival’s only non-world premiere.

Also out of competition, Stephen Frears will debut Victoria & Abdul, starring Judi Dench, Ali Fazal and Eddie Izzard about the unlikely friendship between Queen Victoria and a young Indian clerk. And Fernando Leon De Aranoa’s Loving Pablo will debut, starring Javier Bardem, Penelope Cruz and Peter Sarsgaard.

James Toback’s The Private Life of a Modern Woman stars Sienna Miller, Alec Baldwin and Charles Grodin. And Abel Ferrara’s documentary Piazza Vittoria will screen, telling the story of the neighborhood in Rome where he lives.

Rodarte sisters Kate and Laura Mulleavy will premiere their feature film Woodshock, starring Kirsten Dunst and Pilou Asbaek.

And Kitano Takeshi’s new yakuza film Outrage Coda will close the fest.

New this year, Venice is launching a VR competition with 22 films, with a jury headed by John Landis. The lineup includes the film La Camera Insabbiata by Laurie Anderson and Huang Hsin-Chien.

Venice’s Horizons section will open with Susanna Nicchiarelli’s Nico, 1988 about the Velvet Underground singer and Andy Warhol muse. The only American film in Horizons is the documentary The Rape of Recy Taylor by Nancy Buirski, about a white gang rape of an African-American woman in Alabama in 1944. Also in the lineup of the section is Anne Fontaine’s coming-of-age story Marvin, which stars Isabelle Huppert and Finnegan Oldfield.

The 74th Venice International Film Festival takes place Aug. 30 to Sept. 9. Read the full lineup below.

COMPETITION

Human Flow, Ai Weiwei

Mother!, Darren Aronofsky

Suburbicon, George Clooney

The Shape of Water, Guillermo del Toro

L’insulte, ZIad Doueiri

La Villa, Robert Guediguian

Lean on Pete, Andrew Haigh

Mektoub, My Love: Canto Uno, Abdellatif Kechiche

The Third Murder, Koreeda Hirokazu

Jusqu’a la Garde, Xavier Legrand

Ammore e Malavita, Manetti Brothers

Foxtrot, Samuel Maoz

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, Martin McDonagh

Hannah, Andrea Pallaoro

Downsizing, Alexander Payne

Angels Wear White, Vivian Qu

Una Famiglia, Sebastiano Riso

First Reformed, Paul Schrader

Sweet Country, Warwick Thornton

The Leisure Seeker, Paolo Virzi

Ex Libris – The New York Public Library, Frederick Wiseman

OUT OF COMPETITION FEATURES

Our Souls at Night, Ritesh Batra

Il Signor Rotpeter, Antonietta de Lillo

Victoria & Abdul, Stephen Frears

La Melodie, Rachid Hami

Outrage Coda, Kitano Takeshi

Loving Pablo, Fernando Leon de Aranoa

Zama, Lucrecia Martel

Wormwood, Errol Morris

Diva!, Franceso Patierno

Le FIdele, Michael R. Roskam

Diva!, Franceso Patierno

Il Colore Nascosto Delle Cose, Silvio Soldini

The Private Life of a Modern Woman, James Toback

Brawl in Cell Block 99, S. Craig Zahler

OUT OF COMPETITION DOCUMENTARIES

Cuba and the Cameraman, Jon Alpert

My Generation, David Batty

Piazza Vittorio, Abel Ferrara

The Devil and Father Amorth, William Friedkin

This is Congo, Daniel McCabe

Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda, Stephen Nomura Schible

Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond. The Story of Jim Carrey, Andy Kaufman and Tony Clifton, Chris Smith

Happy Winter, Giovanni Totaro

SPECIAL EVENTS

Casa d’Altri, Gianni Amelio

Michael Jackson’s Thriller 3D, John Landis

Making of Michael Jackson’s Thriller (1983), Jerry Kramer

HORIZONS COMPETITION

Disappearance, Ali Asgari

Especes Menacees, Gilles Bourdos

The Rape of Recy Taylor, Nancy Buirski

Caniba, Lucien Castaing-Taylor, Verena Paravel

Les Bienheureux, Sofia Djama

Marvin, Anne Fontaine

Invisible, Pablo Giorgelli

Brutti e Cattivi, Cosimo Gomez

The Cousin, Tzahi Grad

The Testament, Amichai Greenberg

No Date, No Signature, Vahid Jalilvand

Los Versos del Olvido, Alireza Khatami

The Night I Swam, Damien Manivel, Igarashi Kohei

Nico, 1988, Susanna Nicchiarelli

Krieg, Rick Ostermann

West of Sunshine, Jason Raftopoulos

Gatta Cenerentola, Alessandro Rak, Ivan Cappiello, Marino Guarnieri, Dario Sansone

Under the Tree, Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurdsson

La Vita in Comune, Edoardo Winspeare

CINEMA NEL GIARDINO

Manuel, Dario Albertini

Controfigura, Ra di Martino

Woodshock, Kate Mulleavy, Laura Mulleavy

Nato a Casal di Principe, Bruno Oliviero

Suburra – The Series, Michele Placido, Andrea Molaioli, Giuseppe Capotondi

Tueurs, Francois, Troukens, Jean-Francois Hensgens

VENICE CLASSICS DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION

Light Years, Manuel Abramovich

Evviva Giuseppe, Stefano Consiglio

La Lucida Follia di Marco Ferreri, Selma Jean Dell’Olio

The Russian Revolution Through its Films, Emmanuel Hamon

The Prince and the Dybbuk, Elwira Niewiera

La Voce di Fantozzi, Mario Sesti

This is the War Room!, Boris Hars-Tschachotin

SPECIAL DOCUMENTARY SCREENINGS

La Lunga Strada del Ritorno, Alessandro Blasetti

Barbiana ’65 La Lezione di Don Milani, Alessandro G. A. D’Alessandro

Lievito Madre, Le Ragazze del Secolo Scorso, Concita de Gregorio, Esmeralda Calabria

BIENNALE COLLEGE

Beautiful Things, Giorgio Ferrero

Martyr, Mazen Khaled

Strange Colours, Alena Lodkina

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Exclaim!'s Top 29 Albums of 2017 So Far

As originally seen on Exclaim.ca.At this point last year, we’d already experienced massive album drops from the likes of Beyoncé, Kanye West, Radiohead, David Bowie and Drake; by the end of the year, we were left wondering just what was left to come out in 2017.

The answer is a swathe of albums by artists whose names might not adorn stadium marquees, but whose work shone brightly as beacons for another good year in music. Between long-awaited debut full-lengths, worldly, philosophical album statements and surprising genre crossovers, 2017 has seen a wealth of riches.

As the year’s halfway mark approaches, we’ve separated the great from the merely good in order to present the best albums released so far this year.

Click next to read through the albums one by one, or use the list below to skip ahead to your favourites.

Exclaim!’s Top 29 Albums of 2017 So Far:

1. Kendrick Lamar – DAMN. 2. Sampha – Process 3. Feist – Pleasure 4. Father John Misty – Pure Comedy 5. Mount Eerie – A Crow Looked at Me 6. Drake – More Life 7. Jay Som – Everybody Works 8. Mac DeMarco – This Old Dog 9. Joey Bada$$ – All-Amerikkkan Bada$$ 10. Slowdive – Slowdive 11. Power Trip – Nightmare Logic 12. The xx – I See You 13. Run the Jewels – Run the Jewels 3 14. Thundercat – Drunk 15. Oddisee – The Iceberg 16. Code Orange – Forever 17. Kelly Lee Owens – Kelly Lee Owens 18. Full of Hell – Trumpeting Ecstasy 19. Cloud Nothings – Life Without Sound 20. Stormzy – Gang Signs & Prayer 21. Do Make Say Think – Stubborn Persistent Illusions 22. Incendiary – Thousand Mile Stare 23. King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard – Flying Microtonal Banana 24. (Sandy) Alex G – Rocket 25. Future Islands – The Far Field 26. Timber Timbre – Sincerely, Future Pollution 27. GAS – Narkopop 28. Paramore – After Laughter 29. Ryuichi Sakamoto – async

29. Ryuichi Sakamoto async (Milan)

A good deal has been made of the possibly autobiographical nature of Ryuichi Sakamoto’s triumphant return, async. The disc landed a little less than three years after his throat cancer diagnosis, and is replete with mournful synth lines, scratchy noise (if ever there was a track that made you want to clear your throat, it’s “andata") and spoken word segments about mortality.

There’s much more than nostalgia at work here, though. The 65-year-old, who calls both Tokyo and New York City home, delivered us a complex, at times difficult listen. Yet async remains wholly accessible. It’s beautiful without being pretty, engaging and, at the same time, comforting.

Is the disc’s title short for asynchronous, which refers to events "not occurring at the same time"? Maybe reading his illness and subsequent recovery into that is a stretch, but Sakamoto’s pre-release materials describe his interest in "the blurred lines of life and artificiality/noise and music." The line between good and poor health is often similarly tough to distinguish, but its exploration would fit perfectly amidst the tender thoughtfulness evident here. Kevin Press

28. Paramore After Laughter (Fueled By Ramen)

Paramore have gone through their share of professional and personal turmoil and lineup changes since their chart-topping self-titled LP. Bassist Jeremy Davis left, drummer Zac Farro returned seven years after an acrimonious split and singer Hayley Williams admitted in pre-release interviews that she often doubted they would ever record another album. The trio address this adversity head-on on the startling, emotionally complex After Laughter, a tuneful, effervescent full-length on which Paramore mostly trade what was left of their punk and emo roots for New Wave synths, sinewy Afrobeat-influenced guitar riffs and percussive Technicolor pop that evokes Talking Heads, Paul Simon and Tango in the Night-era Fleetwood Mac.

In contrast with the soaring, ebullient melodies, the lyrics reflect the band’s tumultuous recent past, most prominently on the LP’s first single, the cathartic "Hard Times." Hitting rock bottom has rarely sounded better than on After Laughter, one of the year’s finest pop albums. Thierry Côté

27. GAS Narkopop (Kompakt)

Wolfgang Voigt has kept busy over the last 17 years through his various projects, but he’s been neglecting the one that earns him the most attention. Capitalizing on last year’s elaborate GAS box set, the 56-year-old returned with his fifth album under the moniker like no time had passed.

His new 75-minute opus, Narkopop, surveys different moods and pulses, filling in the vast space with a range of textures and styles: drone, ambient, neo-classical and minimal techno. The results can be mesmeric and beautiful, though he’s not averse to stirring up discomfiting moments to throw the listener’s meditation off, either.

Although it follows the GAS template in its design and structure, Narkopop, like its predecessors, is very much its own entity and an exciting next phase in the oeuvre of electronic music’s most intriguing characters. Cam Lindsay

26. Timber Timbre Sincerely, Future Pollution (Arts & Crafts)

The sinister synths that flood Timber Timbre’s sixth LP leave little doubt that the Canadian band’s latest record, Sincerely, Future Pollution, isn’t entirely optimistic about humanity’s course. The free-floating folk-noir ensemble, led by the haunting vocals of Taylor Kirk, reach new vibrancy on this record by harkening back to ’80s-era Bowie, drum machines and dystopian narratives to create an album that, like Pink Floyd’s The Wall, comprises a cinematic whole yet is approachable enough to enjoy in individual parts.

Evidenced by the cascading melodies of "Moment," the wide-swath guitar strums of "Sewer Blues" and the clavinet-bumping "Grifting," Sincerely, Future Pollution is much more concerned with world-building than 2014’s sensuous Hot Dreams in both theme and vision. As they have each release since 2006’s Cedar Shakes, Timber Timbre somehow manage to enhance their ever-evolving sound once again here; this time, they do so by borrowing from the past to craft an album as fresh as it is timeless. Mackenzie Herd

25. Future Islands The Far Field (4AD)

Less immediate than 2014’s Singles but ultimately more rewarding, the hooks on Future Islands’ The Far Field are subtler, the sound a little wearier. Anchored by the soulful, strange vocal stylings of Samuel T. Herring, the band still know how to write songs that will sound great at the outdoor festivals they’ve graduated to since the smash success of "Seasons (Waiting on You)" — and there are several of those here — but the real revelation is the bold steps they’re taking in the face of their success.

The woozy, weird "Candles" and the call-and-response Debbie Harry duet "Shadows" are proof that the band aren’t content to play it safe. By resisting the urge to go bigger, Future Islands have instead gone deeper, to devastating effect. Dave Mix

24. (Sandy) Alex G Rocket (Domino)

Eight albums in, the restless Alex Giannascoli — aka (Sandy) Alex G — refuses to be labeled simply as "indie rock." On Rocket, he tackles it all — bittersweet alt-country ("Bobby"), industrial pseudo-rap ("Brick"), auto-tuned R&B ("Sportstar"), weirdo psych-pop ("Witch"), ramshackle experimental noise ("Horse"), and the list could go on — yet it all still feels oddly cohesive, shrouded in a mysterious lo-fi intimacy narrated by Giannascoli’s melodic and dazed vocal style.

Hints of self-doubt, anger, sarcasm and bliss blend together effortlessly thanks to a strange and freaky concoction of plucky acoustic guitar, screeching synthesizers, dazzling violin, piano, saxophone and even random dogs barking. Rocket readily mutates around unsettling emotions using inventive fictional personas; it’s a curious approach, but it grounds the record to a quietly relatable content, and incites new feelings with each listen. Chris Gee

23. King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard Flying Microtonal Banana (ATO)

Like most of their previous efforts, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard’s latest project was tied to a concept from the outset — this time around, microtonality.

Flying Microtonal Banana might be the band’s most ambitious concept album so far, using a collection of microtonal instruments to weave unique melodies and Eastern-flavoured harmonies into the band’s usual frenetic grooves. That experimentation shines on tracks like "Open Water," with riffs that sound like an electrified snake-charmer, and "Billabong Valley," on which lead guitarist and singer Stu Mackenzie’s vocal lines mirror the eerie and hypnotic guitar melodies.

Rather than allowing themselves to be boxed in on Banana, though, the band run wild with the concept, transcending the chromatic scale to pull together one of the best psych-rock experiences of the year. Brandon Choghri

22. Incendiary Thousand Mile Stare (Closed Casket Activities)

Incendiary’s Thousand Mile Stare is a blistering return for the Long Island hardcore outfit. In the four years since their last record, Cost of Living, the music industry has seen some dramatic changes, particularly in relation to the current political climate. With these ten tracks, Incendiary prove that not only are they still relevant, but they’re on the forefront of their scene, leaders in an increasingly anxiety-ridden landscape.

The album’s eye-opening lyrics and gut-busting riffs are perfectly exemplified in "Front Toward Enemy," as frontman Brendan Garrone yells about "Fearing revolution": "They got their trigger fingers moving / The threat of oncoming war." Thousand Mile Stare’s unforgiving interpretation of a genre the band helped build, coupled with the passionate message they continue to spew, help make it one of hardcore’s most important release of 2017 thus far. Griffin Elliot

21. Do Make Say Think Stubborn Persistent Illusions (Constellation)

Do Make Say Think have never made a weak album, but nobody expected the legendary Torontonian instrumental octet to come back with such vital urgency after the longest recording gap in their lifespan. Perhaps it should’ve been clear though — they declare literal "War on Torpor" on Stubborn Persistent Illusions’ opening track. And to back the claim, this music is anything but lethargic or mentally lazy.

Everything we love about the band is present — the brash energy of punk rock, the rhythmic complexity of jazz and Afrobeat, the patient, bold dynamics of classical, and those epic, richly interwoven tapestries of guitar melodies and horn harmonies — but while these pieces share obvious genetic material with the band’s best work, none of it feels like an exercise in cloning. It’s like new sonic lifeforms are evolving from the band’s collective primordial soup to populate heretofore unexplored corners of their distinct sound world.

Beautifully realized with the utmost of love and respect for the act of co-creation and a work that may well be the new high water mark in post-rock, Stubborn Persistent Illusions is an absolute gift to fans of the ineffable magic of musical collaboration. Scott Gray

20. Stormzy Gang Signs & Prayer (#Merky)

For a decade-and-a-half, future-minded hip-hop heads and Anglophiles alike wondered how to get grime over to North American audiences. In the last two years, it’s finally happened, thanks in no small part to Skepta. But while he may have been the one to open the door, absurdly tall South London MC Stormzy has burst through it with enough force to remove hinge from frame.

On Gang Signs & Prayer, Stormzy serves up a perfect blend of crisp, rapid-fire delivery, aggro battle rap, heartbreaking introspection and surprising R&B sensibility. Stormzy is a perfect poster child for the new wave of clever, pop-savvy grime MCs. Chris Dart

19. Cloud Nothings Life Without Sound (Carpark)

Almost every year, an album is released that immediately stands out from the punk-leaning, guitar-slinging pack. It was Beach Slang a couple years ago, and now it’s Cloud Nothings’ turn with Life Without Sound, a record that sheds any of the extraneous influence of the past and find the band at their most cohesive and emotionally resonant yet.

The shift in sound from previous LP Here and Nowhere Else is noticeable. The guitars are a little less ragged, the hooks maybe not as prominent, but while the intensity has been dialled back, it ends up refocusing the group’s vision, and elevates Cloud Nothings’ sound to the next level. Marked by themes of self-evaluation, isolation and desperation, Dylan Baldi’s lyrics feel relatable, without being cliché. Those moments where Baldi’s emotionally driven lyrics hit hardest seem perfectly balanced against the band’s momentous riffs, which burst from every angle out of the speakers feeling alive and purposeful. Anthony Augustine

18. Full of Hell Trumpeting Ecstasy (Profound Lore)

Following a pair of collaborative albums with experimental noise artists the Body and Merzbow, Full of Hell stripped away a lot of the chaotic noise elements found on those releases for a more focused and cohesive record. In just a little over 20 minutes, Trumpeting Ecstasy finds the grindcore powerhouses launching a savage assault of blast beats and ear-piercing shrieks with just enough variation to let each song stand on its own.

Throughout, the band manage to infuse their abrasive tracks and organized havoc with thoughtfulness and care, as evident on songs like "The Cosmic Vein" and the blisteringly fast onslaught of "Branches of Yew." And though they’ve dialled back the experimental noise here, the band still manage to fit those sounds into the delicate yet aggressive title track. Trumpeting Ecstasy is a slab of viciously hostile grindcore not meant for the faint of heart. Joe Smith-Engelhardt

17. Kelly Lee Owens Kelly Lee Owens (Smalltown Supersound)

Within its few seconds, Kelly Lee Owens’s self-titled debut evokes the familiarity of an old favourite. Her spacious, pop-inflected techno is both vivid and economical, wringing nuanced emotions from simple elements. "S.O" and "Lucid" show the patience of a seasoned pro, enchanting listeners with cozy ambience before introducing a beat, while "C.B.M." and "8" go straight for the throat, showcasing thumping bass and mind-bending drone, respectively.

Owens’ concise, focused lyrics feel naturally expressive, as soothing as a well-worn mantra. Yet she refuses to coddle her listeners, and both "Anxi." and "Throwing Lines" hint at internal discord without breaking the record’s placid surface. Kelly Lee Owens is as invigorating as it is inviting, and it only gets more welcoming with each repeated rotation. Matthew Blenkarn

16. Code Orange Forever (Roadrunner)

Leading up to the release of Forever, Code Orange’s third full-length album, many questions orbited the band and their future: Would the shift from Deathwish Inc. to Roadrunner Records dilute their unrelenting sound? Would Code Orange’s loyalty to producer Kurt Ballou begin to yield stagnant and predictable results? Having demonstrated much promise in the past, but never fully delivering on their potential, Forever had to be the band’s best effort yet.

Code Orange answered by punishing all scepticism with nauseatingly visceral riffs, behemoth breakdowns, jarring passages and concussion-inducing percussion. Forever is the band’s heaviest and most menacing album to date, while offering the most diversity, too. Having been released only two weeks into the year, the record will face much competition in the battle for 2017’s best heavy record, but it’s inarguably in the conversation; this shit is thoroughly, aggressively good. Lukas Wojcicki

15. Oddisee The Iceberg (Mello Music Group)

It’s an understatement to say that many of 2017’s headlines have inspired cultural malaise. But, as usual, tense political climates have led to some seriously reflective music. And Oddisee’s latest project, The Iceberg, recently joined the highest echelon of socially conscious rap albums.

The 12-track LP delivers a healthy dose of social commentary, discussing police brutality, immigration, gender inequality and, of course, Donald Trump’s presidency. In such an unpredictable era, an album like The Iceberg helps listeners make sense of the world while also disseminating an important message: You’re not alone.

But storytelling is only part of the battle when putting together a masterful rap project, and like only a handful of other hip-hop artists, Oddisee produces his own beats. Throughout The Iceberg, the 32-year-old pushes the boundaries of the genre by layering unorthodox instrumentation with dense synths and prominent percussion. Imagine a hip-hop track guided by an organ; Oddisee did, and he made it sound dope. Anya Zoledziowski

14. Thundercat Drunk (Brainfeeder)

Like a wild night out featuring several shots of tequila, Drunk is zany and random, an immensely entertaining journey through Thundercat’s colourful mind.

A blend of angelic vocals, quirky lyrics ("I think I left my wallet at the club," he croons) and dizzying bass lines that defy human logic, Drunk has anthems for every variation of inebriation. There’s the fun and fidgety "Tokyo" for the restless drunk, "Drink Dat" for the flirty lush among you and "Lava Lamp" for the more sombre imbiber. "Friend Zone" plays like the gratifying tipsy text you’ll later regret sending, while "Jethro" feels communal and deeply spiritual, like a heart-to-heart between two buzzed strangers at the bar. Featuring clever, full-bodied production from collaborators like Flying Lotus and Soundwave, Drunk is great at first and gets even richer over time, a merry indulgence without the hangover. A. Harmony

13. Run the Jewels Run the Jewels 3 (Independent)

The political ire of nonconformists El-P and Killer Mike has long been at the forefront of their music, and the same can be said of their latest, Run the Jewels 3, a finely executed confrontation of the ruling class and a perfect closer for their album trilogy.

On top of its gorgeous, hard-hitting production, RTJ3 features help from an impressive list of collaborators including Danny Brown, BOOTS, Trina and Kamasi Washington. Run the Jewels have crafted a sound and style that stands alone, and here, it’s sharpened enough to go for the throat. The duo’s ingenuity is recognizable almost immediately, and impossible to duplicate. If their first two records laid the groundwork for battle, RTJ3 finds the rap iconoclasts in the thick of it. Ashley Hampson

12. The xx I See You (Young Turks)

It seems almost contradictory to say that the xx expanding their sound could make their material more intimate — especially given the way they already wore their emotions on their sleeves — but that’s exactly the case with their third album, I See You.

On their first two records, the band matched lovelorn confessions with spare, reverb-heavy guitars, distant drums and the hushed vocal deliveries of Oliver Sim and Romy Madley Croft. This time around, producer Jamie Smith, fresh off his excellent solo record In Colour, infused the record with his signature sample-driven production style, adding a whole new level of character to the band’s signature sound without distracting from the emotional heft of the songs. The record is easily the band’s most ambitious, but also their most rewarding, featuring gems like Madley Croft’s heartbreaking vocals on "Performance" and the danceable "I Dare You."

Their sound palette has expanded considerably, but so has their conviction as a group, a fact that’s clear from I See You’s beginning to its end. Matt Yuyitung

11. Power Trip Nightmare Logic (Southern Lord)

The "crossover" in crossover thrash is on the continuum of metal to punk, but for Power Trip, there’s a whole other crossover happening — from hardcore underground to metal mainstream. With over 10,000 copies sold, Nightmare Logic is quickly becoming a phenomenon, and with good reason — it’s phenomenal.

While artists worry about a sophomore slump, Power Trip have delivered a sophomore slam dunk, outshining their previous material that is, itself, far from lacklustre. There’s new confidence here: Riley Gale’s powerful snarl is now less reverb-soaked; "Executioner’s Tax (Swing of the Axe)" and the title track manage to turn straight-ahead chugs into memorable, headbangable riffs; and the opening groove of "Soul Sacrifice" and the blaring thrash with which "Firing Squad" comes out of the gates are incredible. And that’s just the first half of the album.

Not since Municipal Waste blew "rethrash" open a decade ago with their penchant for partying has a band had a better shot at bringing thrash back to its one-time glory as one of the world’s biggest heavy genres. Bradley Zorgdrager

10. Slowdive Slowdive (Dead Oceans)

Releasing a record is a tricky proposition for any reunited band, let alone one as monumentally adored as Slowdive. Come back half-cocked and you’ll risk disappointing fans; refrain from making anything new, and you’ll leave listeners (and band members alike) wondering what could have been.

The British shoegazers deftly avoid both possibilities with their latest LP (and first in 22 years), a self-titled album filled with woozy atmospherics, ethereal vocals and reverb-drenched guitars that pack the same wallop as crumbling ice shelves.

Slowdive aren’t exactly reinventing themselves here, but with their core songwriters having spent the last two decades in the understated Mojave 3, and the whole band having toured together since 2014, Slowdive is a lean and impressive set of songs that improves upon what they do best. Hell, it might even be the best album of their career; it’s certainly the most fully realized. Matthew Ritchie

9. Joey Bada$$ All-Amerikkkan Bada$$ (Cinematic Music Group/Pro Era)

Joey Bada$$’s second studio LP, All-Amerikkkan Bada$$, was released early this year, debuting at #5 on the Billboard Hot 200. It marked a departure from his debut album; where that record served more as a showcase of his wordplay and an homage to the golden era of hip-hop, this time around, Joey packed his 12-song project with scorching political commentary that aimed to draw awareness from the younger generation of listeners that have come to hold the 22-year-old rapper in high regard.

Alongside releasing political-minded singles "Devastated" and "Land of the Free," Joey claimed that "I was put here on this Earth not only to inspire but to wake people up" in the lead-up to AAB’s release. Having heard its entirety, that makes sense; the album is a defiant assertion of his status as a leader of millennials and a timely collection of (almost) entirely self-produced, anti-establishment anthems Riley Wallace

8. Mac DeMarco This Old Dog (Royal Mountain)

Mac DeMarco, a hero for the kids with his onstage antics and an inspiration to "keep it light" while wearing a pair of seen-better-days red Vans and an equally beatup baseball cap, has become synonymous with goofiness and good times. So when This Old Dog, his third studio album, was announced, it was easy to assume that he’d continue to bring the "jizz jazz" signature sound that he popularized — but he didn’t.

Instead, DeMarco proved to critics and fans alike (likely shocking both a tad) that not only can he pen a great tune, he’s equally capable of bringing the party and pulling at your heartstrings. He’s teased at this sort of softness before, with tracks like "Still Together" from 2 or Salad Days’ "Let My Baby Stay," but This Old Dog’s focuses on sweetly strummed guitars, melodies that provoke nostalgia and lyrics that address love and his estranged father, with a few surprises thrown in (the slinky "On The Level" and bouncy "Baby You’re Out"). It’s a wonderful surprise, and a sweet one, too. Cosette Schulz

7. Jay Som Everybody Works (Polyvinyl)

Melina Duterte has said that her debut album as Jay Som was inspired by Carly Rae Jepsen’s E•MO•TION, a talking point that has reverberated throughout all of her press. True, songs like "Remain" and "One More Time, Please" bear at least some similarity to Jepsen’s more slow-danceable heartbreak anthems, but reducing Everybody Works to this comparison ignores the album’s character and breadth.

"The Bus Song" is an absolutely timeless indie rock sing-along that makes a solid argument for the return of gang vocals, "1 Billion Dogs" is a fuzzed out alterna-banger and "(BedHead)" is ingenious slowcore. The Jepsen comparison is most on-point in that Everybody Works is so perfect that it sounds like it was laboured over by a team of songwriters and hip producers. But it wasn’t — it was recorded by Duterte, alone in her bedroom. Josiah Hughes

6. Drake More Life (Young Money/Cash Money/Republic)

If VIEWS was the angry rebuttable to Drake’s authenticity being challenged, More Life is the realization that introspective and peace-seeking is his most authentic artistic self. While its swollen "playlist" designation allows for a few unnecessary inclusions, the majority of Drake’s tenth full-length project finds him at his absolute finest.

The underlying theme is celebratory, including the sewn-in appraisal for an increasingly varied selection of global influences. For a brief moment a year ago, it looked as if Drake’s unchecked dominance may be coming to an end, a notion that seems ridiculous in retrospect. Emerging as a humble victor suits Drake best, and allows us all to reap the real spoils. Michael J. Warren

5. Mount Eerie A Crow Looked at Me (P.W. Elverum & Sun, Ltd.)

"Death is real."

In the past two decades that Phil Elverum has been singing about mortality, nothing he’s said before has been as hard-hitting, direct and heavy as these three words. Recorded during the months following the death of his wife, Geneviève Castrée, A Crow Looked at Me is a document of Elverum’s thoughts, fears and reality.

But what makes his eighth Mount Eerie LP so compelling is how it stands as an example of peerless art. Elverum couldn’t have been thinking of his fan base, record label or any musical scene while recording these songs; he was creating music out of pure necessity, as the 11 songs featured on this LP are bereft of choruses, bridges or even a proper rhyming structure. A Crow Looked at Me is an album Elverum almost certainly wishes he never had to make, but alas, death is real, and therefore it exists. This resulting meditation on grief is both stark and stunning. Daniel Sylvester

4. Father John Misty Pure Comedy (Sub Pop)

Father John Misty’s all-encompassing Pure Comedy finds Josh Tillman addressing the absurdity of human life, the effect of technology on the way we connect with others and the inherent meaninglessness of being here, but he does it all with shocking affection, in an Elton John-esque guise.

Far from a cynical polemic, Pure Comedy is a monster of a record that is never as hopeless as it may appear. It tries to shine a light on the possibility of a brighter, happier future by pointing out trivialities like the ridiculous weight we ascribe to our online presence ("Ballad of the Dying Man"), or by holding up a mirror to our strange human existence/experiment on its title track.

In its final moments, during "In Twenty Years or So," Tillman drives home just what we can learn from and do with meaninglessness: Find our own meaning. And as he sings, "I look at you as our second drinks arrive / the piano player’s playing ‘This Must Be The Place,’ and it’s a miracle to be alive," it’s clear that beauty and meaning and love are not so hard to find — even in a world that might suggest otherwise. Matt Williams

3. Feist Pleasure (Universal)

Leslie Feist’s first record in over half-a-decade might just be her best. Somewhere between the delicate sophistication of 2007’s The Reminder and the rougher bombast of 2011’s Metals, Pleasure finds Feist at her most dynamic, weaving timbres as seemingly contrary as woodwinds and gain-y blues guitar into songs that swing dramatically from placid to stormy in seconds — and that’s just in the first five minutes of it.

Even at their loudest, these songs are minimal: "I Wish I Didn’t Miss You" climaxes with Feist’s voice wailing through a watery delay effect over just her acoustic guitar; "Any Party" sounds like one when the gang vocals join her and her guitar for the chorus; and the propulsive "Century" is lent almost all of its urgency by a crackling layer of handclaps. They’re simple ingredients, but in Feist’s deft hands, they sound like pure Pleasure. Stephen Carlick

2. Sampha Process (Young Turks)

Though many listeners may have first become acquainted with Sampha through his guest features with Drake or SBTRKT, the UK native has firmly established himself as a solo artist with Process. It isn’t just his buttery tenor that makes his long-awaited debut LP a standout of this year so far, but his talent as both a writer and producer, too.

Drawing on the process of overcoming his mother’s passing and his own personal hurdles in music-making, emotional strength is a thematic constant across the record’s ten tracks, from the percussive drive of piano and drums on "Blood on Me" to the hushed keys and enveloping pads of closer "What Shouldn’t I Be?"

The most powerful moment of Sampha’s Process comes when he strips the electronic wizardry away, though; the breathtaking ballad "(No One Knows Me) Like the Piano" finds him seated at the ivories to lay bare his love for both his mother and music. Calum Slingerland

1. Kendrick Lamar DAMN. (Interscope/Top Dawg Entertainment)

Given music’s subjectivity, and Exclaim!’s long-standing policy of allowing writers to freely express their opinions, our original review of Kendrick Lamar’s latest caused some expected consternation. It’s an album that was praised by some, and fell short for others. After polling the Exclaim! writer’s pool, the overwhelming consensus was that DAMN. is the most beloved album released in 2017 so far.

Over sonically skeletal production, Lamar bares his truths and insecurities, fleshing out the songs with new layers and textures as he dramatizes the various characters he uses to speak on his behalf. He balances societal heartache and ferocious resilience, serving as a mouthpiece to tell the stories of his generation, as well as those before him and after us — and unapologetically, at that. The war chants of "DNA." and the introspective depth of "DUCKWORTH." offer jolting insights into the lives of young black Americans, while the animated "HUMBLE." and daunting "PRIDE." explore the waves of fear and acceptance that come with that day-to-day existence.

Whether you love DAMN. or not, for all that it stands for thematically, you have to admire Lamar for laying it all out on the table. Erin Lowers

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