!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!~~~FINALLY - 2009 ILX Albums 'n' Trax Poll voting thread ahoy~~~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (VOTING CLOSED: lol Whiney)

Actually I noticed we are starting two days earlier than last year and the deadline is the same so I think we're good.

Also, please do a quick check of the nom list to make sure that spelling is okay, titles and correct, and most importantly that there are no omissions.

Standard rules, same as before.

How it works:

• You can vote for up 20 albums AND 20 tracks. That's 40 total. They are not transferable, so you cannot vote for 1 album and 39 tracks.

• You may vote in one of two ways: ordered and non-ordered. You can order your list, and I will give 20 points to your #1 ranked item and 1 point to your 20th ranked item. Be sure when sending me your ballot that your top-ranked item is at the top of the list. If you can't be bothered, you can submit an unranked list and each item will receive 10.5 points.

http://i47.tinypic.com/2yl60c3.gif DO NOT FREEFORM TYPE YOUR VOTES; COPY AND PASTE THEM FROM THE NOMINATION LIST INTO YOUR EMAIL

• Blurbs, anecdotes, etc are welcomed. I will not be emailing people after I tally the votes to solicit blurbs, so if you have something please send it with your ballot.

******************Lists of nominations

******************Ballot submittal form ***new*** <<<<<<<<-this is where you are sending your ballots, don't email them to me this time.

My contact info is on the main page if you need to email me.

Have fun.

whoa, the ballot form. fancy!

can you post the best comments at the end :D

Well it's 2010, start of the "internet" decade, I thought I would catch up to the trends and all that

also I now know how to use Pivot tables in Excel so HELLO I will probably finish calculating the results in an hour, no lie

azari III - hungry for the power

that's Azari & III

This is big and fancy! I approve!!!

looking amazing - btw heads up the rihanna album is somehow in the albums list twice

also

Amadou & Mariam - Welcome To Mali
Amadou & Mariam - Welcome to Mali

and

Vistoso Bosses - Delirious
Vistoso Bosses - Delirious

Pink Dollaz - (Pockets) Never Hungry
Pink Dollaz - Never Hungry

(those two are the same)

digidesign - joker

^^should be the other way round (joker is the artist) though idk if this matters?

(not nitpicking, your efforts much appreciated - just bringing these up as i see them...)

no, I want to catch all these, especially ones where artist/title are transposed because that means that people might miss them when making their ballots...

The tracks list is missing:

Omega - Merengue Electronico

Japandroids - Post-Nothing
Japandroids - Post-nothing

two entries for Very Best (also under 'the' very best) and v/a 5 years of hyperdub (both under the v section).

uh those are both from the albums list.

Stina Nordenstam - The World Is Saved is from 2004?

[not a correction (i think), but someone nominated Z-Ro - Relvis Presley, but not Z-Ro - Cocaine???]

etienne jaumet - repeat again after me (ame remix) is from 2008 (not even tail end of 08/nearly 09, well inside 08)

I would like to point out that Jay-Z's The Blueprint 3 was NOT nominated, even though it appears in the albums list. Ilxor mentioned it as a big one yet to be nominated, but did not include it in his actual nominations list.

badge of pride

Jay-Z's The Blueprint 3 was NOT nominated

kudos ilx

son of a bitch...it's really annoying when people post lists of albums and tracks in nomination format when they're just recommending them, hint hint

Future Of The Left - Arming Eritrea
future of the left - arming eritrea

Ellie Goulding - Under the Sheets
Ellie Goulding - Under the Sheets

why are there so many different pill songs nominated? did whoever nominated them think that anyone else was going to vote for something other than 'trap goin ham'?

btw I will crosscheck for any dupe noms for a "The such-and-such" and "[dropped The] such-and-such" shortly, I'm sure there are a few that need to be removed...

Brad Paisley - Welcome To The Future
Brad Paisley - Welcome to the Future

Burial - Fostercare
Burial - Fostercare

the-dream - sweat it out was nominated but is not in the tracks list

!~!~!~!~!~BOOM BOOM ALBUMS N TRAX POLL 2009: NOMINATIONS due Dec 31~!~!~!~!~!

Pictureplane - Goth Star
Pictureplane - Gothstar

Lindstrom and Christabelle - Baby Can't Stop (Aeroplane dub)
Lindstrom and Christabelle - Baby Can't Stop (Aeroplane remix)

on second thought, those may be different

some noms were posted after some casual talk of a decade poll. so there are a few albums that should be removed:

Bob Drake - The Skull Mailbox (2002)
Roddy Frame - Surf (2004)
Life Without Buildings - Any Other City (2000)

and some trax:

Mint Royale ft. Lauren Laverne - Don't Falter (2000)
Louis Philippe - Fires Rise and Die (2004)
Chris Eckman - Healing Waters of the Flood (2004)
My Favorite - The Happiest Days of My Life (2003)
Smoosh - Find a Way (2006)

as far as I can tell the 2 lindstrom/christabelle/aeroplane are the same

Animal Collective "My Girls" nominated for trax, missing from final list.

Ekkehard`Ehlers - Ballads should be: Ekkehard Ehlers & Paul Wirkus - Ballads

The Flaming Lips "Watching the Planets" also missing from final TRAX nominations list (this was my submission, there's no way I won't vote for the darn thing).

Lindstrom - Wherever You Go I Go Too

this is 2008

^ not only that, but it was #2 in the 2008 albums poll.

if it was beaten by sound of fucking silver i wish i'd heard it sooner

oh wait it was portishead wasn't it? in which case a most booming top 2

sound of silver was 2007 I CAN'T REMEMBER CAN I

lol hercules and love affair came 2nd and lindstrom 3rd, a triumph for albums that take half a year to date and eight months for everybody to completely forget

Royksopp - The Girl and The Robot
Royksopp feat Robyn - The Girl and the Robot

xp lol I guess my #2 memory was wishful thinking due to never liking the H&LA album.

The Flaming Lips "Watching the Planets" also missing from final TRAX nominations list (this was my submission, there's no way I won't vote for the darn thing).

Scratch this, I found it alphabetized under "The" instead of "Flaming" and got my votes finished. Still, Animal Collective "My Girls" is still missing and was nominated. I didn't vote for it but I'm sure some folks will want to do so...

Animal Collective "My Girls" nominated for trax, missing from final list.

that was on someone's list when they originally nominated about 50 things, when he redid his list he didn't include it.

The Flaming Lips "Watching the Planets" also missing from final TRAX nominations list (this was my submission, there's no way I won't vote for the darn thing).

― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor)

see Flaming Lips, The, it's on there

and I think dub and remix can be two distinct things, I mean it's basically nominating the instrumental but since it doesn't add much complication and it doesn't split the vote I don't have a problem with allowing both to be nominated.

that was on someone's list when they originally nominated about 50 things, when he redid his list he didn't include it.

No way... I would have included it in my noms, had I known. Pretty "significant" record that is going to be shut out of the ILX poll, I guess.

Fever Ray: "Keep The Streets Empty For Me" was nominated, although I think it was written as "Leave The Streets...", which might have thrown you off, musically.

that was another of the over-noms that was cut. yes, i agree, it does suck. i don't have a huge problem adding the ones that were cut except that it's not fair to people who actually read the rules and limited themselves to 15 nominations.

and I think dub and remix can be two distinct things, I mean it's basically nominating the instrumental but since it doesn't add much complication and it doesn't split the vote I don't have a problem with allowing both to be nominated.

― musically, Tuesday, January 12, 2010 6:15 PM Bookmark

afaict there is no seperate instrumental, those are one and the same

someone correct me if I'm wrong on that count

http://www.discogs.com/Lindstrøm-and-Christabelle-Baby-Cant-Stop-EP/release/1995601

yeah, I guess if it doesn't exist then it should be taken off...

My Baby Can't Stop EP has an Aeroplane Vocal Mix and an Aeroplane Dub Mix along with the Idjut Boys Remix and the Radio Edit and the Album Version so I would hazard that they are distinct things.

"my girls" not being on the trax list is hilarious

xp guys doesnt matter.....vote for one they all get counted as the same

xp: okay, I think that settles it. they should both be on the list

hmm... the "my girls" thing is kinda annoying for those of us who just did a quick crtl-f of the nominations thread to see what had already been nominated.

loooooooooool

I added Animal Collective - My Girls and Fever Ray - Keep The Streets Empty For Me, I don't want something popular to be left off on a technicality, in the future I'll make sure that the entire post is removed so people don't see it.

and Lindstrøm & Christabelle - Real Life Is No Cool is 2010, true or false? All signs I am seeing point to 2010 release, not 2009...

Correct. It was apparently available to a select few through Rough Trade in the last week or two of 2009, but it's official release wasn't until 2010.

ya that really shouldn't be on there, i don't think.

haaa i think you did the right thing musically re "my girls" but it would have been v funny if you held out

I was enjoying that even more the lack of Blueprint 3.

Hey, so noting that I've missed a lot of stuff—Last year, my top three were The OhSees, Black Mountain and Indian Jewelry. Since I love the new OhSees album, what else might I have missed that I'd really love off this list?

That Toro Y Moi album is 2010, btw. It leaked in December or something, but it's not official until Feb or so of this year.

Cass McCombs - Dropping the Writ (this is from 2007).

thx, musically!

ILX, i expect Electrik Red and The-Dream in the top 5, don't let me down

lol I forgot my legit fav song of the year, Pleasure P - Boyfriend #2 (Flo Rida Remix). I'll give it a spiritual first place vote.

Who are the Acidic Jews? Can someone shed some light?

Bit of a shock to discover that nobody nominated Bonkers, Remedy or Bulletproof, but I'll live!

man, putting together my albums ballot is so easy and narrowing down my tracks ballot is so hard

I haven't started on tracks yet, but after thinking this wasn't a great year for my music listening, my longlist for albums is surprisingly long. Got it down to about 50 now, although some of these are still 'must check this out before submitting ballot' albums.

I asked this on the last thread, but I don't think it was answered. Are Desire - Desire and Desire - II the same album?

You know, I was pretty sure The Blueprint 3 had been nominated too.

also, Fuck Buttons trax folk, what ya'll thinkin'? Lisbon Maru is probs my fav, but Surf Solar being the single and all...

Agreed, I'd figure "Surf Solar" may get a much lower placing due to vote splitting (it has my vote, though -- can't do much more than that).

god, just going through the trax list...music was so damn good in 2009!

according to the other thread, this is where we should be posting youtubes for trax we want to rep for. ok then! first, the fierce female MCs of uk funky house:

stush - we nuh run (labelled as "sirens" on youtube, as it's a vocal of hard house banton's instrumental track of that name)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7xHBpqKcsk

ms dynamite - bad gyal

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yVqpbYaxgU

shystie - pull it (ill blu remix)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgmrnhU7RpQ

BIG DUTTY STINKIN BAD GYAL BAD GYAL
BIG DUTTY STINKIN BASS

sticky ft. lady chann - your eye too fast

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScPhaZDVOh8

second, the r&b girl groups who soundtracked my summer

vistoso bosses - delirious (NOTE: anyone with affection for lumidee's "never leave you", ghost town djs' "my boo" or kp & envyi's "shorty swing my way" needs to hear this)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdJcmvQ0DFc

richgirl - he ain't wit me now (tho) (like amerie? have four of her)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEhlYW3GRyE

nina sky - on some bullshit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xklz_bAuoAA

^ that Nina Sky track is great!! Thx

agreed!

are we posting youtube on this thread or do we want to start a separate one?

And that Richgirl track is like an earthquake of sass!

Amadou & Miriam's Welcome to Mali was 2008 in the UK, by the way. Was it 2009 for the US?

Just trying to thin out my shortlist.

Amadou & Miriam's Welcome to Mali was 2008 in the UK, by the way. Was it 2009 for the US?

Released November 17, 2008 (Europe)
March 24, 2009 (US)

Use this thread for YouTubes and pimping, definitely

No Sa - Nuclear Evolution: The Age Of Love - on the albums list. That`s a shocker. It`s my number 2 but it could be my number 1 now it`s been omitted...

and Lindstrøm & Christabelle - Real Life Is No Cool is 2010, true or false? All signs I am seeing point to 2010 release, not 2009...

Yeah it's a 2010 release really.

musically, thanks for all the work you've put in. sincerely.

Omission from the trax list: Major Lazer - Pon De Floor

not seeing that on the nominations page...

YouTube pimping is all well and good but I'm not voting for anything I didn't already listen to and love in 2009. There's enough of that without adding other things to the field.

i pimped this on the other pimping thread but i'll pimp it here too just cuz i think it's a sort of lovely song (about dying/watching somebody die).

scott miller & the commonwealth (w/patty griffin) "i'm right here my love"

Ya'll might think I'm joking, but I'm not

fuck that song and all musical comedy imho

and Lindstrøm & Christabelle - Real Life Is No Cool is 2010, true or false? All signs I am seeing point to 2010 release, not 2009...

Yeah it's a 2010 release really

Objection. I bought it in a shop (not Rough Trade!) in November and I want to vote for it in this poll.

Wikipedia:

Discography

* (2010) Lindstrøm & Christabelle - Real Life Is No Cool [CD Feedelity]

we seem to know for sure that there's both a 2009 and a 2010 release date, someone just has to make a judgment call. fwiw looks like 3 different versions were released in 2009... http://www.discogs.com/Lindstr%C3%B8m-Christabelle-Real-Life-Is-No-Cool/master/205425

I'd say it should probably go in a 2010 poll, because I love it and want it to place highly. It won't in a 2009 poll, purely by virtue of unfamiliarity to a lot of people.

most of what i'll vote for should fare pretty well with the greater ilm population, but i've gotta pimp the bitters because there has been but a little love, mostly from dudes on rolling punk. anyways, this was by far the best lo-fi garage pop i heard this year, about six billion times better than wavves or ganglians, and far closer to my heart than smith westerns ever got.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAGdo4Hbtv8

Things I wish I'd had the presence of mind to nominate: The King Khan & BBQ Show - Invisible Girl (the album), Theophilus London - "Cold Pillow" (even though I'd probably be the only vote) and Japandroids - "Wet Hair"

Things I nominated and didn't vote for: NOMO - Invisible Cities and Finale - A Pipe Dream and a Promise (which are both great, btw)

Things I nominated that don't have much of a shot, I'm afraid: Das Racist, Theophilus London, and Franz Nicolay

Songs I nominated I'd love to see gain some traction: Guido - "Way You Make Me Feel" (stands a chance cuz of another ILM thread!), Burial & Four Tet - "Moth" and Teengirl Fantasy - "Portofino"

xpost: i thought i nominated Guido. Either way, its gonna be there in my 20 chosen trax. Love it lots.

Also, once we've submitted, is it generally the done thing to post your votes here?

xp- the lindstrom & christabelle would still place, i'm sure! maybe not top 5 like it deserves, but it'd place.

regardless, time to start pimping, even though i'm sure some of these don't really need my help...

dj kaos - love the night away (tiedye mix)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15FPSDreTcs

Grackle - Desert Acid (Sombrero Galaxy Version)- (riyl vangelis, mike oldfield, kitaro, maybe even studio or 'where you go i go too')
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7zt3YVCbMk

jonathan jeremiah - happiness (quiet village remix)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9Cw5Swlybk

Son of Sound - Life Under Bridges
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jn524UWELZU

SMD - Cruel Intentions (Maurice Fulton remix)- (there's some weird warping part of the way through this youtube but you'll still get the idea)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81fxhxFwhec

i liked that NOMO a lot

yo parenthetical grillz vote for 'invisible girl' the song instead! it may be only the second best track on the album after "third avenue" but it's a better sell for most people i'd imagine.

I'd say it should probably go in a 2010 poll, because I love it and want it to place highly. It won't in a 2009 poll, purely by virtue of unfamiliarity to a lot of people.

Yes, let's wait until 2010. I'm sure a lot of American listeners (myself included) have heard the odd YouTube track or otherwise leaked/online version, but haven't had access to a CD-quality version along with time to let it sink in.

Olenka and the Autumn Lovers:

Folk band from London, Canada - lead singer grew up under communism in Poland, songs veer from country-inflected on the Papillonette EP to Eastern European folky on the LP (Sample song title: "A Story of the Forging of Little Olek's Social Realist Spirit"). A few samples, although the EP is available on iTunes. The LP isn't, unfortunately, but it's around on CD Baby and zunior and some other places...Unassuming at first but slowly became one of my most listened to groups of '09, esp. the Papillonette EP. Doubt anyone but me will throw them votes given that they're barely known in Canada, let alone outside it, but if they gain a few ears I wouldn't mind at all.

Off the LP:

Warsaw Girl:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiGG3jAd6iw

Soldier's Waltz:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FE6OlvkJstQ

Off the EP:

Blue:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UC4wwWX5OiA

Flash in the Pan:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ex9gs46VKBI&feature=related

And, again, all I can find are live recordings, so that's more of a taste than anything else, but what're ya gonna do?

For those of you that can get down with rap in other languages - and real life Francophones - Adek Dark's 7-song EP Une friandise pour vos oreilles is the truth. You can download the whole thing gratis on his myspace.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrdGRNkbm8E&feature=PlayList&p=98DB575FFA133EB2&index=2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZkTjuDZYsE&feature=related

I'm a little sad that votes will be split between Azari & III's 2 nominations. Which do people generally prefer? I think Reckless With Your Love >>> Hungry for the Power, though I might end up voting for both.

Mmm. I thought Hungry for the Power was the consensus track but I am down for strategizing the other way.

A friend of mine from first yr of uni is DJ-ing an opening set for them this Friday in Montreal - I'd be crazy not to go, right?

My preference runs the other way. Given only 20 slots, I wouldn't vote for "Reckless" either way, even though I like it fairly well. There are just too many things I'm more passionate about, "Hungry for the Power" included.

Also kind of feel like it's pointless to vote for any of the Electrik Red or The-Dream tracks since so many got nommed.

i'd be willing to join a bloc for 'fancy' if everybody else agrees.

not sure I'll vote a Dream song, but it's down to "Fancy" and "Sweat It Out" if I do. wouldn't mind blocing for "Fancy".

if i vote for azari & iii, it'll be "reckless with your love", but right now i does look like it'll be shut out of my 20

considering ignoring all electrik red/dream/taylor swift/quik & kurupt trax just because the albums are what need to be repped and i need to free up some space, though may make an exception for "fancy"

Alex in Montreal: yeah, definitely go see Azari & III - unless some major issue would prevent you; better than dealing with regrets of not.

I'm voting for Hungry For The Power over Reckless. I love Reckless, but using whatever logic I'm employing to cut down my list it just doesn't scrape into the top 20.

Also kind of feel like it's pointless to vote for any of the Electrik Red or The-Dream tracks since so many got nommed.

I voted for "Rockin' That Shit," which is one of those lesser regarded tracks that will end up being ignored in the final tally, if all goes as anticipated.

we already had this discussion like a month ago but dude "Rockin'" is by far the biggest hit from the album and pretty well regarded in general

anyway the redundancy of voting for deep cuts off stuff that's already on your albums vote, and quibbling over which track to vote for and whether to form a bloc to support one in particular, is just one of the many reasons why i always favor singles lists over 'tracks' lists. but i did fill out the lower spots of my ballot with some album tracks since not all of my favorite singles were nominated (including 2 Love Vs. Money tracks that aren't "Fancy" ha).

all of that otm

i'm considering voting for only actual singles on my traxx list but im not sure if enough got nominated

Just noticed that someone nominated Pogo - Expialidocious, which is hilarious/awesome.

Will pimp "In the Morning" in case folks not on the Funky thread/not reading FACT or whatevs haven't heard it. Top 3 or 4 for me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAukDla8Vbg

i decided to not vote for any e-red or dream tracks

in case anyone is deciding that now is a good time to catch up on jay reatard...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzsXKe8GZMA

you guys should all vote for "so good" and "sweat it out," it's what i did.

"DON'T FORGET" DEMI LOVATO
#1 Single of the Year
<3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

So no one knows what the Acidic Jews thing is?

Btw: Any chance I can get my ballot emailed to me? I forgot to save it and I'd like to keep a copy.

Me too on the ballot thing. Only downside to the badass form is I forgot I didn't have it offline.

Me three. I mostly remember what I included, but don't remember how I ranked things (especially singles).

I voted for "Rockin' That Shit," which is one of those lesser regarded tracks that will end up being ignored in the final tally, if all goes as anticipated.

― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Wednesday, January 13, 2010 1:02 PM (Yesterday)

Rockin that Shit is gonna be my #1 fwiw

can i just say how much that Girls album has grown on me. So diverse and awesome and dudes can really play too. I liked a few songs when I first heard it but never would have guessed that it would end up in my top 5.

Rockin that Shit is gonna be my #1 fwiw

Yessssssssssssss!

in a just world this would have been as big than "Pon De Floor"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruAklSJQ08M

btw I have 28 ballots so far, keep em coming

if you want your ballot emailed to you just email me (links in the URL in the OP)

Props to whoever nominated the Ben Frost album; its stunning + brutal

more pimping!

subeena - boksd

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOZS9rAtxFs

yo majesty - don't let go (greenmoney remix)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZaZwlB4i9M

mr beatnick ft. ahu - i know all the bitches

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZzkKzaAP8A

new era - do it now

new era got these niggas on they knees first / and yeah he back up in the pussy like a rebirth

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-loBtmNs4Kg

yeah yeah, neck is good but the head better / and i get more mouth than a red letter / and your bitch ain't fly, she a dead feather / and he ain't pickin up the phone cuz we in bed together

the bangz ft. pink dollaz - get it girl

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_blNZLoe1k

lloyd - night & day

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BA9FJtVofxI

really pissed i didn't nominate 'rigning' by yagya, it would have been my #2.

Yagya - Rigning

i voted 'get it girl'

some stanning for 'my cookie' on ilx but that song just does everything i want from jerk just the right way

handy way of repping for both the bangz and pink dollaz in one vote, too, plus i've had the line "baby i'm a showboat, you can be my skipper then" in my head for about five months now

In the "too bad it wasn't nominated" category, Pet Shop Boys' "This Used to be the Future" would have been in my top 5. (Is it due release as a single in 2010?)

Anyway, should finish my ballot this weekend.

xp Yes, but it is nowhere near as AWESOME as either Never Hungry or Boys With Tattoos OR My Cookie.

jerk vote getting split :(

i don't think i've heard never hungry, can someone post a youtube

never hungry = pink dollaz
the bangz = boys with tattoos
baby dollz = my cookie

oh yeah i've heard this, very great but it's pretty SERIOUS. voting for get it girl, it's such a party.

My two favorite discoveries from Tim's year-end thread:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_56bG-Ay9iw
Royal P- Between Us
^ My numba one, despite not knowing anything about UK Funky.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFQvZv3QKbg
Manuel Tur- Will Be Mine

Lex- "On Some Bullshit" is amazing! Probably even closer to "Swing My Way" than Vistoso Bosses, no?

Have whittled my albums list down to about 35, this is fucking hard.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHjkyddpLoY

Anyhow, here's something off the Zelienople album. Thanks to whoever nommed it because I've been listening it *a lot* lately. Hypnotic but tense, a still, calm surface with a menacing undertow.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4S9LpYA3lU4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5Z-r7Nt5fM

I posted this Zombi vid on the other thread and here it is again because it seemed to get some positive remarks from everyone.

If you like Alex Moulton,Tangerine Dream or Goblin, then you might love it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvj5ETfafNw

Video is Zombi - Spirit Warrior. From the album Spirit Animal.

Yeah, the Zombi album is enjoyable.

The Mew track = lush epic with vocal polyphony and a great passage in 11. The right side of bombastic. Etienne Jaumet = makes 3/4 work as a house beat. Sax skronk. Trippy.

A wee plug here. If you want to see some poll results then !!!!!!!! ILX METAL ALBUMS of 2009 POLL RESULTS!!!!!! is counting down this week.

I have 45 ballots so far, I got about 85 last year so let's see if we can beat that this time

I got 86 ballots in the '70s album poll, so surely we can.

Oh you will, I got 50 in our poll an increase on last year of 20. I'll submit my ballot later, need to think about it and my hands are full with the poll results. Hows your new format for voting going?
xp

it's pretty terrific, I don't have to do any formatting or extra work, I just have to add a points column, which will probably take about 5 minutes, and then do a pivot table to calculate points. it will probably take me about 30 minutes total at the most.

i'm basically deciding at this point whether to order my ballot or not - the bottom five or so get so few points it doesnt seem worth it

I saved those spots for obvious consensus picks that I like, trying to vote strategic this time.

hmm

ok so for trax i made a rule that i would only vote for something that had an official music video, and i didn't allow any deep cuts from favorite albums

hope people don't forget just how good Tirsdagsjam is.

I would never forget about Turdgasm

I could've sworn I nominated Dizzee's Bonkers and La Roux's Bulletproof...

You used 9 of your nominations, said "6 left," and then never used the rest.

Thought for sure somebody nommed Zero Boys, but no big.

Missed the nomination process. Apparently nobody liked Music For Men and Sally Shapiro.

musically did you get my email?

yeah, I can't change the ballots in the form as they are so I'll change them when I start tallying, I'll reply to confirm once I do it.

sorry about that, thx

aw shit, I misread the thread title and thought this was a best of the 2000s poll. ignore my ballot then.

regret hit immediately after sending it. would never have been happy though.

so did we decide that 'real life is no cool' will be in the 2010 poll? just checking before i submit my ballot...

unreg didn't you notice that every album on the list was from this year? or did you not read the directions

anyway musically how many ballots so far? Are not gonna get as many as last year?

2010 poll, psychgawsple.

I've finally decided on the final album for my ballot - man, that took so long, including sometimes enduring some real "poop" on the noms list. The trax were sorted within 10 minutes.

But thanks to whomever nommed Omar S (i gave it a few listens last summer, then inexplicably put it aside for the rest of the year - truly amazing, fun stuff), whomever nommed Ben Frost (brutal, searing, powerful and beautifull) and Joris Voorn (madskillz!!) - they're all in my ballot.

Ballot heading musically's way this evening

Yeah, the Ben Frost is great, more people should hear that. Here's the opening track:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43YG2bsEQtM

musically, can i ask you to email me a copy of my ballot? w/ that new submission format i realized i didnt keep a copy of my votes! either the email address i submitted or webmail here is fine, thanks!

xpost Yeah, someone posted about that Ben Frost on some thread around Christmas time and it became my soundtrack for the holidays. I spend a lot of time driving across frozen Canadian landscapes not a lot different than that video.

aw shit, I misread the thread title and thought this was a best of the 2000s poll. ignore my ballot then.

― pass the chicken & listen (unregistered), Thursday, January 21, 2010 7:04 AM (8 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

you had to miss a whole lot of other stuff besides the thread title to not pick up on that!

i'll email the ballots out tonight, google docs is blocked on my work computer so I can't tell how many are in, i think there were 65~ yesterday. we had about 85 last year so hopefully we can at least match it.

submitted!!so you should have at least 66

so did we decide that 'real life is no cool' will be in the 2010 poll? just checking before i submit my ballot...

― psychgawsple, Thursday, 21 January 2010 19:34 (4 hours ago) Bookmark

I dont see it on the list from which we can choose. shame, cos i would have chosen it,

and 67

Voted. My #1 is hugely tactical but it was such a great record I'd be gutted if it didn't make the list, and a lot of my other favourite's don't need my vote.

ILX polls are turning into Eurovision

so can i still vote for lindstrom and christabelle's "keep it up" if we can't vote for rlinc? it wasn't released as a single, only as a an album track. i'd love to make some room on my list but otherwise it would be pretty close to the top

ugh, *as an

I have no investment on whether L+C's new album should be included in this poll, but I'm curious -- were there really not enough tracks + albums from 2009 that you like that you need to pick stuff from a 2010 album?

aw shit, I misread the thread title and thought this was a best of the 2000s poll. ignore my ballot then.

― pass the chicken & listen (unregistered), Thursday, January 21, 2010 7:04 AM (8 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

you had to miss a whole lot of other stuff besides the thread title to not pick up on that!

oh, what I meant to say was ignore my nominations upthread, which I posted a week ago. but I see that they've long since been ignored, so 's good.

now to fill out a ballot :p

were there really not enough tracks + albums from 2009 that you like that you need to pick stuff from a 2010 album?

^ this! c'mon people.

did i not say i'd love to make some room on my list?

those tracks leaked in like september or something, and "keep it up" is genuinely one of my favorite songs i heard this year

plus it IS on the ballot.

err, list of noms rather

"baby can't stop" would be a defensible choice, can't see any scenario where a freaking album track from an officially 2010 album would be ok

Hey, is it cool if I vote for Contra? (jk)

Just voted!

I have 83 submissions so far, I checked and last year I got about 95 total submissions, and since about 10 people didn't do a tracks or albums it equated to about 85 or so each. There's usually a rush last day so I'm sure we'll beat last year by a bit.

Hey musically, I'm going to compile & submit my lists tonight, but is it OK if send you a few blurbs separately, in the days to come? If not, it's cool.. I'd meant to write a few things, but I forgot about the deadline I don't know if I'll have the chance to do it tonight.

were there really not enough tracks + albums from 2009 that you like that you need to pick stuff from a 2010 album?

so how are folks handling things from 2008 albums like Taylor Swift? she didn't get much love in last years list iirc.

Album isn't eligible imo, but singles released this year (You Belong With Me + Fifteen) are.

i'm gonna feel bad when Fearless places on neither 2008 or 2009, because it could be top ten in either imo, but it's a 2008 album and i'm not going to vote for it in a 2009 poll. the singles are totally fair game imo tho, i voted for "you belong with me"

xp

well Fearless was nominated but i'm guessing most people will pass on it bc of the release date

I'd like to start posting tracks on Monday, so if you can get me your blurbs by then, I'll add them.

i'm pretty excited to see these results, could be a good palate-cleanser after P&J

I'm cross-checking my lists vs. the noms & am surprised to see that neither the Clipse or Royce da 5'9" albums were nominated.

I voted for Fearless because it had no real traction in the UK until 2009. Also Love Story was released in 2009 over here as well, so that got my vote. Thought You Belong to Me would be the strategic choice, but gave up on that and just went with what I preferred. Same goes for Fuck Buttons and The-Dream tracks.

voted

yeah, fearless had a UK 2009 release date, plus the platinum edition was 2009. though my vote is really for the US original version - UK version screws it up with "pop remixes" ugh, platinum edition screws up the track sequencing - so i guess it's cheating somewhat but whatever

and yeah genuinely enthused about seeing these results

our results will shit on this year's P&J from a very GRATE height, i predict!

Sorry if this has already been said, but can I just send a top 10 for tracks? I'm stuck staring at the list and I know if I try to do all 20 it'll never be finished, whereas if I can just chuck 10 in there it'll be fine.

And for some reason I was operating under the impression it was 30 slots each, so now I'm going to have to get rid of 10 albums. Gah.

Oh no shit I only voted for fifteen of each, oops duh! Does that screw things up? Only my albums were ranked btw.

I am taking Wicked Witch off my ballot, even though it was initially quite high, as it isn't technically an album from this year. I am very sorry. It deserves to place anyway.

(As in, it's a reissue... which means it's still eligible, just not for my ruthless cutting purposes.)

emil.y, you can vote for as few as you like - just no more than 20 apiece

my trax are way faggier than my albums, half of which im kinda only eh abt which surprised me.

Thanks, Kevin. It looks like I'm voting for 12 tracks in the end. AND putting Wicked Witch back on my albums, just docking it some points. It needs to be there.

ballots due today!

It looks like I'm voting for 12 tracks in the end

tell you what, emil.y, I'll give you 8 tracks to vote for and you give me 8 albums. I'm struggling to get to 20 albums especially now that RLINC has been cruelly and vindictively booted off the noms list ;)

Aw, I've sent mine in now. But in case you want to do some last minute listening, have you considered the Trembling Bells, Belbury Poly or Position Normal albums? Note that these are not the top 3 of my poll, but ones that I think may be overlooked and could do with extra votes. I've kind of reconciled myself with the fact that I'll be the only person to vote for Arthur & Martha, otherwise I'd be pushing for them, too.

Also, if you want something rockier, I didn't vote for Lovvers in the end, but they're good guys and could do with some lovve.

Belbury Poly may well feature somewhere on my ballot :)

I've only heard one track from the position normal cassette, but I liked it.

bump

btw if a mod is reading this please change title to "ballots due TODAY," my mod request is still open

I have 95 in now, get crackin if you haven't submitted already...

When are you closing submissions?

end of the day for the person's time zone

i told jacob about it and he's doing it now

Wait, I just assumed it was 11:59 pm PST (so 2:59 am EST)?

End of the day for wherever, I guess, with the absolute latest ballots being counted if received before 11:59 PST.

i didn't want people to have to convert PST to their time, so just submit it while it's the 22nd where you are. I won't be doing the calculations at midnight anyway so i don't care.

Agreed about the Major Lazer "Pon de floor" omission, also "Hold the Line"

Easy for me to run stats for you, if you'd like, musically. Drop me a note (glenn at furia dot com) if you're interested...

which stats are you referring to?

start reading here !!!!!!!! ILX METAL ALBUMS of 2009 POLL RESULTS!!!!!! (TOP TEN! LAST CHANCE TO DECRY FALSE METAL m/!)

i personally think it's awesome

So… I only paid money (which I consider the base level of actual YES! interest in music anymore) for 18 albums out of the list, but at least I got a ballot in. A thin, lonely ballot that won't change anything, but hey, I voted for Nader.

Sorry, Oneida and Sunn O)))! Too many good albums in 2009 and more than 20 I still want to hear.

Oneida is top ten, though... :'(

musically I tried to webmail u

could u please email my ballot to cozenezoc @ gmail dot com

I threw in a late entry... kinda fucked the formats after reading otherwise... sorry!

lmk if there's any problems

steveshastaATgoogle'sfreewebmailservice.corn

how many people voted this year musically?

i hope ILX was able to break the 100 person mark this year.

starting countdown tomorrow?

aw man so excited

i have a feeling my top 10s won't place any better here than they did in pazz/jop. but there's stuff in my 11-20 that might do ok.

bum i forgot to vote

none of my stuff woulda placed anyway though

i considered voting for spc-eco's "shine on down" for a minute!

^their album was my #12

musically, can you send my ballot to: damagedintransitATshawDOTca

Thanks, and thanks for doing this again.

fuck, i forgot to put holy ghost! - "i will come back" on my singles list!!!!

Antici

Pation

i've been anticipating

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaecpoXjqwI

this is our song they're playing

Unfortunately I have to be in the office a few days this week, but there's no law that I have to start the countdown on Monday so I'll try to start it the first day I can, which is probably Wednesday btw

and email me if you want your ballot so I can keep track of who to send it to, thx

For bookmark watchers, the countdown has begun!

Thanks!!

My trax ballot (unranked)

Animal Collective - My Girls
Azari & III - Hungry For The Power
Bat for Lashes - Daniel
Britney Spears - If U Seek Amy
Curses! - The Deep End (Holy Ghost! Day School dub)
Dam Funk - Hood Pass Intact
DJ Sprinkles - Grand Central, Pt. I (Deep Into The Bowel Of House) (MCDE Bassline Dub)
Eddie C - Make It Better
Fever Ray - Keep The Streets Empty For Me
Floating Points - Love Me Like This
Fuck Buttons - The Lisbon Maru
Guido - Way U Make Me Feel
Joy Orbison - Hyph Mngo
Juan Maclean, The - One Day (Surkin mix)
Junior Boys - Bits & Pieces
Lindstrom and Christabelle - Baby Can't Stop
Memory Tapes - Stop Talking
Nite Funk - Am I Gonna Make It
Omar Souleyman - Lansob Sherek (I Will Make A Trap)
Still Going - Untitled Love

They Belong To You: Your ILM 2009 Track of the Year Ballots

The album countdown starts today, yes?

Monday