[note: Colton didn’t write a thing. I tried to get a replacement thing from someone else, but didn’t get that either. So here, have this article about music that deserves more attention. FOWRies resume on Monday.]
Best Electronic Album
Fermata Over Whole Rest is not the most impressive source for everything electronic music, but I have listened to enough albums this year to be able to sort out the stuff that was lame and the material that I found awesome and inspiring. James Blake put out his fantastic self-titled at the beginning of the year, a work that was the culmination of his solid production skill and the vocalist that he wanted to be. Thundercat rose out with his jazz-fusion powered debut, fresh off of working with Flying Lotus, the winner of last year’s “Best Electronic” Fowry. Tim Hecker put out what I believe to be one of the finest ambient albums I’ve had the pleasure of listening to in a long, long time. This however, goes to only one, and this is who we think that “one” is.
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Best Ineffable Album
Ineffable
1. adj. Incapable of being expressed; indescribable or unutterable
When we were picking out music to fill the normal awards, a few questions came up: “is Bill Callahan really pop? What about 13 & God in Electronic? Can we get away with putting Colin Stetson in rock?” Things like this. It was in a moment of sleep deprivation (or clarity) that the idea of the Best Ineffable Album was born- we needed a term that wasn’t “experimental” but still could clearly indicate that this was music that existed just outside of pop norms. Things like Callahan, 13 & God, and Stetson. Things like the absurd everything-fused highs of tUnE-yArDs. Things like the grim worlds detailed by Giles Corey and Jenny Hval. And what was the best of the ineffable? Continue reading
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Best Debut Album
I need a better way to express “one chance at a first impression.”
You only have one soft note to make a first impression?
You only get one cheap shot?
You only have one life to live?
Or one life to lose?
You’re lucky to get a good chance at a first impression?
Your first chance at a good impression will be there when you’re really ready?
Fuck. Continue reading
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Not the Best Album
Welcome, one and all, to the first award of Fermata Over Whole Rest’s 2011 FOWRies. How would you feel if we got the bad news and cynicism out of the way now? Alright, awesome, I think we should do that. This is not the best album of 2011. It’s also not the worst album of 2011. Our idea for choosing this to “win” this category was based on a concept that was either farmed by other music websites or the artists themselves, but either way, the idea is frustrating and accosting to our health in the FOWR offices. Continue reading
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It’s the 2011 FOWRies!
This is probably a good time to be articulate. Continue reading
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Matt Vs. “Airbrushed” by Anamanaguchi
“Airbrushed” was the song I lost 80 pounds to.
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Nominees on Friday.
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FOWR.NET PRESENTS OUR WORLD-EXCLUSIVE RECAP OF THE NOMINEES FOR THE 2011 GRAMMIES
Who cares.
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John Vs. “Audio, Video, Disco” by Justice
Man, it’s a good thing you’re here. Listen, we need to talk. I’ve been looking at your friends at those websites, and those things they’re doing, and I’ve come to a conclusion: They’re trying to hurt you. I know, I know you thought they were your friends. Would friends say such heinous shit about one of the best records of the year? They would if they were trying to keep you from being happy. Continue reading
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