Vinyl Me Please Essentials

[bdrummond]

It's a great way to minimize the chances of someone actually winning. They're not doing any kind of drawing, it's "you gotta get them all right and you have to be the very first person to do so."

I wonder if they are throwing out entries for writing "Sigur Ros - Agaetis byrjun" without any of those fancy characters.

 

[NewsFedora]

I wonder if they are throwing out entries for writing "Sigur Ros - Agaetis byrjun" without any of those fancy characters.

I've honestly wondered the same thing, too.

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

doesn't he have a much broader appeal than, say, Patrick Watson? the fact that he's being mentioned here is basically the only reason why I thought of Rufus - I just don't think Patrick is that famous or even known (outside of Canada and some European countries) to be anywhere near the Essentials label

If you are picking a Rufus Wainwright album as an Essential you are going with either, his Self-Titled Debut or, more than likely; Poses.

You guys are way over thinking this 2012 “Indie” release is gonna be Grimes. It’s the most obvious and thus the likely pick. Mac DeMarco makes more sense than Patrick Wilson or Wainwright but even that feels less likely than Grimes.

 

[bdrummond]

I've honestly wondered the same thing, too.

How are they even doing this? Are they running it through a computer (which could cause issues with SIgur Ros submissions) or is someone checking and grading all these answers by hand like a high school teacher?

 

[duke86fan]

I wonder if they are throwing out entries for writing "Sigur Ros - Agaetis byrjun" without any of those fancy characters.

Already made sure by copy and pasting from Wikipedia

 

[duke86fan]

You guys are way over thinking this 2012 “Indie” release is gonna be Grimes.

I think they are overthinking because it said "indie rock"... Grimes isn't really indie ROCK, indie synthpop, maybe synthwave, but I dunno if anyone has claimed her music to be rock

 

[bdrummond]

You guys are way over thinking this 2012 “Indie” release is gonna be Grimes.

Not saying you're wrong, but where the hell do they even get "indie rock" from Grimes?

 

[duke86fan]

I mean some songs on art angels have some indie rock elements like "flesh without blood", "Kill v Maim", "California" and maybe "Venus fly", and misanthroposcene does have rock elements, but visions is almost exclusively ethereal synth pop

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

Not saying you're wrong, but where the hell do they even get "indie rock" from Grimes?

They did put it in “quotes” and 2012 was around the time that the Rockist bias in indie music criticism began to cede and influential publications; like Pitchfork, began embracing a more Popist view. I think Grimes has a lot overlap with indie artist. Definitely not Rock but VMP has never been super great at categorization anyways.

 

[spilledleche]

Winner gets leftover noisy copies of Mars Volta and an autographed poster of Andrew Winistorfer

WANT

 

[wmeugene]

They did put it in “quotes” and 2012 was around the time that the Rockist bias in indie music criticism began to cede and influential publications; like Pitchfork, began embracing a more Popist view. I think Grimes has a lot overlap with indie artist. Definitely not Rock but VMP has never been super great at categorization anyways.

And there's always one clue every cycle that is a bit of a stretch and people tie themselves in knots over defining words coming from people who literally just cut and paste descriptions from the internet and think they're being clever in their "hints."

 

[gaporter]

These are the same people who considered Queens of the Stone Age to be a heavy metal ROTM, so I don't think y'all should put a lot of stock into their genre labeling.

 

[bdrummond]

And there's always one clue every cycle that is a bit of a stretch and people tie themselves in knots over defining words coming from people who literally just cut and paste descriptions from the internet and think they're being clever in their "hints."

Correct, but with Grimes not even sure where they would get "indie rock". Not wikipedia or discogs, that's for sure. At least Mac Demarco it's right there in his wikipedia page.

EDIT: Anyway, whatever it is isn't going to improve my chances of sticking around. Time to pump some money into the Blue Note Classics/Tone Poet series.

 

[Hollywood]

Why is everyone getting all worked up over some stupid clues Storf came up with anyways?

 

[bdrummond]

Why is everyone getting all worked up over some stupid clues Storf came up with anyways?

I don't think anyone's really getting worked up.

 

[duke86fan]

Why is everyone getting all worked up over some stupid clues Storf came up with anyways?

Because we wanna know if we should stay

I'm teetering on cancellation for the first time since Stevie Nick's and Jack White

I'll be back for march but January and February have not much of a drive for me depending on what they are

 

[wmeugene]

Correct, but with Grimes not even sure where they would get "indie rock". Not wikipedia or discogs, that's for sure. At least Mac Demarco it's right there in his wikipedia page.

EDIT: Anyway, whatever it is isn't going to improve my chances of sticking around. Time to pump some money into the Blue Note Classics/Tone Poet series.

Allmusic.com, it's the first subgenre listed for the album.

 

[Hollywood]

I don't think anyone's really getting worked up.

I can tell that none of you want Grimes - Visions to be February's Essentials ROTM to the extent you're all trying to justify how it is NOT Grimes based on the clues provided by VMP

 

[Hollywood]

Allmusic.com, it's the first subgenre listed for the album.

Of course along with PK4 and all other music publications that had the album in their year-end lists.

 

[zdkaiser]

Wish the Montreal-based pick was Land of Talk. But it doesn't match the clues. Land of Talk and Elizabeth Powell need more attention.

Here is the first song I heard from them/her, and I was hooked.