Rough Trade & DiS team up for People's Voice Prize
Rough Trade have announced their top 50 albums of the year and have teamed up with Drowned in Sound to find out what 'The People' think the best record of their top 50 is.
The People's Voice Prize features 50 albums picked by Rough Trade staff which were released in 2008. The list includes the obvious likes of TV on the Radio, Crystal Castles, Vampire Weekend, Bon Iver, Fleet Foxes, Friendly Fires, Kings of Leon, Portishead, Foals, Last Shadow Puppets, mixed with lesser known things you might not have discovered (yet) like Vivian Girls, Zombie Zombie, Johnny Flynn, Crystal Stilts... plus plenty more.
Over the next month DiS users can vote for their favourite three albums, with the record receiving the most votes being announced on December 17th. Not only that but by voting you stand a chance of winning all 50 albums plus assorted bits from some of the nominated acts. If you've not got a user account signing up is free and takes a few seconds: click here.
Vote here: http://drownedinsound.com/rt50
And purchase anything your collection is missing from roughtrade.com.
DiScuss: What did you vote for? Who do you hope will win? Who do you think will win?
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Wa!
was picked by rough trade
DiS' top 50 is still yet to be compiled, innit.
no
johnny foreigner or deerhunter, bad list
yes
needs deerhunter.
and grails!
and
Late of the Pier, Why?, Nick Cave, Cut Copy. Shocking list.
they only picked
5 of my top 15!
anyways
el guincho, the bug, portishead for me.
Rejoice!
Let us rejoice in the annual routine of comments such as "They missed off my favourite album! How could they!?" When the day comes on which we all agree with each other, then music, creativity, and subjective taste will be dead.
this is stupid
microcastles is amazing
That Cut Copy album IS
mega-wicked-awesome. I'd forgot how much so, in fact, 'til just yesterday.
PS
Eh..?!! no Frightened Rabbit..!? Pah! :-(
i voted for Fuck Buttons and Atlas Sound
but to only Fuck Buttons would be in my top 10 of the year to be honest. Needed volcano!, Errors, Lucky Dragons, Why? and Youthmovies in it for a start...
I voted for
1. Atlas Sound as a proxy vote for Microcastle/Weird Era Cont.
2. The Black Angels because apparently only me and RT liked this record.
3. Bon Iver as a protest vote against Fleet Foxes.
but my favorite record of the year is Surf City ep.
fuck buttons? frightened rabbit? deerhunter? the week that was?
ALL IGNORED? why?
I'm glad it's not only me who's not "getting" Fleet Foxes -
It's weird 'cause given the kind of thing I generally go for, I should really love them. Hmmm.
Bon Iver though - I came back to that recently. It is gorgeous.
still too early
for these types of lists.
Hmmm, had to really struggle to find three.
Shearwater and The Acorn were pretty easy choices. I have El Guincho, but other than the first couple of tracks I haven't been too fussed with it, and so I went for Peter Broderick, due to his Efterklang links and nice album cover. Pretty scientific.
definitely not just you
I don't get Fleet Foxes. Or Bon Iver come to that - couple of stand out tracks, but all a bit too much of a one-trick pony for me.
What I don't get is how overlooked Micah P Hinson's new album has been.
as echoed already.....why? ?!!!!!
you gave Why?'s 'Alopecia' 9/10 in March when it was released and it doesn't even get a look in?
eh..........bullshit?
I normally don't care...
But without Why?, Nick Cave, Los Campesinos!, Frightened Rabbit, Marnie Stern, Girl Talk, The Week That Was, the Futureheads, Hot Chip or Cut Copy, I'm a little stuck.
Lykke Li, Metronomy and Portishead I think.
Micah P Hinson was also tremendous. Forgot that.
Well done that man.
yeah, i know...
just saying...!
fuck
buttons, atlas sound, and vampire weekend.
now i want MY prizes.
Echo
I'm hearing a lot of the above. But I'm willing to take the prize. Looking forward to DiS's list and putting its moneyshot where its mouth is...
i also liked The
Black Angels
I voted for Black Angels!
Also The Acorn and Fleet Foxes. I know that a lot of people are not loving the latter. I wasn't amazed by it either and then I went back to it recently and really loved it. I think it is probably the best album cover of the year as well. I love a bit of brueghel me.
Once I had voted I thought that my top three were competely inter-changeable with TV on..., Bon Iver, and White Denim.
But most of my picks of the year (so far)were not on there! Frightened Rabbit, Nick Cave, Deerhunter and No Age are all right up there for me.
went for of Montreal, Fuck Buttons and Atlas Sound
pretty happy with that, first two are definitely two faves of the year
easy for me...
Bon Iver, Fleet Foxes, and TVoTR...they were also all near the top, so it saved me literally seconds of scrolling!
Hi everyone, i'm super new here
The Nightwatchman For The Worst Album Of The Year!
Honestly the worst piece of poo ever. Why was he allowed to make a second album.
If you ahve not heard it I will recite the entire album here:
Strum the guitar - make an arbritory political statement about mexco/cuba/teco bell/corporations - strum the guitar
In terms of standard it was the exact polar opposite to Frightened Rabbit, TVOTR et al. What has happend to this once innovative artist.
Off the topic I know but it really is as bad as everything in this list is good.
the acorn
fuck buttons
and the dodos did me.
meh
M.I.S.S.I.N.G.
Deerhunter, War on Drugs, Little Joy, Elbow, Mystery Jets, Born Ruffians
Also missing and not mentioned by anyone so far (I think):
No Age
Times New Viking
WHERE THE HELL IS
LATE OF THE PIER!?!?!?!
WTF!
Man Man
Man Man Man Man Man Man Man Man Man Man Man Man Man Man Man Man Man Man Man Man Man Man Man Man Man Man
I only
got to vote twice. Dammit.
I don't understand people who don't get Fleet Foxes. He Doesn't Know Why is soooo good. Each to their own though...
No Age and Deerhunter
were the two most obvious choices in my book, and both didn't get on. They put Let The Blind... above Microcastle; it seemed obvious to me which was better. And Vivian Girls are just doing the same thing No Age and Times New Viking are doing, but not as well. Also, there's still two more months in the year, and Kanye's albums finna smash. A bad list.
Amen - Rough Trade must be in Rough Shape!
maybe I've made a mistake on release dates but what about the following albums.......
No Age - Nouns
Titus Andronicus -The Airing Of Grievances
Wye Oak - If Children
Frightened Rabbit - The Midnight Organ F..
Stephen Malkmus & Jicks -Real Emotional...
Ruby Suns - Sea Lion
The Walkmen - You & Me
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