Saturday, December 28, 2019

the brooklyn vegan run through is done.

let's recap.

so, my first run through the year-end lists was at pitchfork, where i pulled out the following as worth mentioning (sometimes due to name recognition, or legacy artist status), and the rest as not worth mentioning, and am now scratching out the ones that should be considered dismissed, despite being mentioned, if you can't tell which reviews are critical and which are positive, which i admit is a possibility:

floating points. B.
holly herndon. C.
1000 gecs. C.
thom yorke. D.
kim gordon. C.
fennesz. C.
fka twigs. C.

my second run through was at brooklyn vegan, where i added the following:

blanck mass. B-/C+.
vanishing twin. C.
the comet is coming. D.
kelsey lu. C.
control top. B-/C+.
sleater-kinney. F.
lingua ignota. F. 
tool. F. 

that means we've got the following, so far, for my own list, as constructed from the list of others:

tier 1 (As):
nothing yet.

tier 2 (Bs):
floating points. B.
blanck mass. B-/C+.
control top. B-/C+.  

tier 3 (Cs - passes):
1000 gecs. C.
fka twigs. C.
holly herndon. C.
kelsey lu. C.
vanishing twin. C.

tier 4:  (Cs - Fails)
fennesz. C
kim gordon. C.

tier 5 (Ds):
the comet is coming. D.
thom yorke. D. 

tier 6 (Fs):
lingua ignota. F. 
sleater-kinney. F.
tool. F.