2012 Tracks Poll Theme Park of Ballots, Stats and Ephemeral Controversy

Unweighted:

Bobby Womack - Please Forgive My Heart
Bruce Springsteen - Death To My Hometown
Cassie - King Of Hearts
Charli XCX - Valentine
*Cher Lloyd - Want U Back
Chromatics - Back From The Grave
Dar Williams - I Am The One Who Will Remember Everything
Dawn Richard - Black Lipstick
EMA - Take One Two
Frank Ocean - Thinkin Bout You
Icona Pop - I Love It
Jessie Ware - Wildest Moments
Justin Bieber - Die In Your Arms
Kendrick Lamar - Swimming Pools (Drank)
Kitty Pryde - Okay Cupid
Le1f - Wut
Lee Fields and the Expressions - Moonlight Mile
Miguel - Arch & Point
Ne-Yo - Lazy Love
Saint Etienne - Tonight
Santigold - The Keepers
Savages - Husbands
Solange - Losing You
Spiritualized - Hey Jane
The Mountain Goats - Harlem Roulette

*Would have replaced with Mystikal's "Hit Me" had I been reading the spreadsheet closer. Realized my mistake seconds after sending off the ballot, of course.

nah you did right there

I toyed with the idea of ranking my top ten and leaving the next 15 unweighted but that was an accurate ranking and I thought the points should reflect that

Highest-placing songs I'd never (AFAIK) heard before the poll roll-out:

Future - Turn on the Lights
Pachanga Boys - Time
Blawan - Why They Hide Their Bodies Under My Garage
Kendrick Lamar - Cartoons & Cereal
Scott Walker - Epizootics!
Zebra Katz ft. Njena Reddd Foxxx - Ima Read
KW Griff ft. Pork Chop - Bring in the Katz
Kalenna - Matte Black Truck
Rihanna - Birthday Cake (Funkystepz Miami Bass Mix)
Cheryl Cole - Call My Name (Royal-T's Back to 99 Mix)

(Still haven't heard most of those, and I forgot my earbuds today, so they'll have to wait.)

yo jaymc.... BRING IN THE KATZ

http://images.inquisitr.com/wp-content/2010/02/catgif1.gifhttp://images.inquisitr.com/wp-content/2010/02/catgif2.gifhttp://images.inquisitr.com/wp-content/2010/02/catgif1.gif

Think I did a respectable job kicking the hive and running.

Unweighted ballot (at last moment, and with regrets), so the order still represents my preference. Following convention, tracks that didn't place in bold.

Lianne La Havas - Forget
Jessie Ware - Running (Disclosure Remix)
iamamiwhoami - Play
Ane Brun - These Days
MNDR - Faster Horses
MØ - Maiden
PSY - Gangnam Style
Zambri - ICBYS
Grimes - Oblivion
AlunaGeorge - Your Drums, Your Love
Creep ft. Tricky & Alejandra de la Deheza - Call Her
Ultraísta - smalltalk
Hammock - (Let's Kiss) While the Stars are All Falling Down
Roisin Murphy - Simulation
Battlekat - Rituals that Make the Rain Fall
Chairlift - Amanaemonesia
Icona Pop - I Love It
Hanne Hukkelberg - My Devils
Empress Of - Champagne
Blawan - Why They Hide Their Bodies Under My Garage
Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs - Tapes and money
Purity Ring - Fineshrine
Niki and the Dove - Somebody
Beach House - Myth
Kenton Slash Demon - Ore

weird, i just realized i forgot to put simulation on my ballot

I didn't even look yesterday because I had no idea I should, but I'm happy two other people voted for MØ besides me. Hopefully, she'll have more to vote for in 2013.

Hammock - (Let's Kiss) While the Stars are All Falling Down

this is such a great song

yeh that mø track was rad

lol this was a year where I prob paid the least amt of attention to ILM, how am I still so hivemind-y?

This is the copy I saved - can't remember if I made any last-minute adjustments to my actual final ballot or not.

Miguel - Do You...
Todd Terje - Inspector Norse
G-Dragon - Crayon
BIGBANG - Bad Boy
Mungolian Jetset - Toccata
Zebra Katz ft. Njena Reddd Foxxx - Ima Read
Usher - Climax
Katy B - Aaliyah
Fiona Apple - Hot Knife
Alex Anwandter - Como Puedes Vivir Contigo Mismo?
Infinite - The Chaser
Kanye West ft. Big Sean, Pusha T & 2 Chainz - Mercy
Nicki Minaj - Beez in the Trap
School of Seven Bells - When You Sing
The Golden Filter - Kill Me (John Talabot's Killed in Room 161 Refix)
BoA - Only One
B.Traits ft. Elizabeth Troy - Fever
Angel Haze - Werkin' Girls
Sakanaction - Yoru no Odoriko
Jessie Ware - 110%
Sky Ferreira - Everything is Embarrassing
Grimes - Oblivion
Justin Bieber - Boyfriend
Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe
PSY - Gangnam Style

lack of Bieber surprisingly disappointing.

we haven't seen 78 down yet, have we? curious to see what just missed.

I liked "Boyfriend" but I am pleased as fuck that it didn't place

ditto "The Motto"

some dude: check out the link at the top of the thread

lol I couldn't find myself on the pic in the top of the thread until just now

Can someone read the tea leaves for me? What does it mean that I am kind of in the central area sitting there by myself? I'm not sure I understand how to read the graph outside of seeing clusters of people here and there, and it is a graph. What does each axis represent?

lol, the most likely to read section is OTM. Only two sites I constantly visit to find out about new music from those in the list are thesinglesjukebox and residentadsivor. Here's my mixed ballot:

1. Todd Terje - Inspector Norse
2. Haim - Don't Save Me
3. Yuna - Live Your Life
4. Rhye - The Fall
5. Pachanga Boys - Time
6. Rhye - Open
7. Tennis - Origins
8. The Sea and Cake - Harps
9. Jessie Ware - 110%

AlunaGeorge - Your Drums, Your Love
Charli XCX - You're The One
Chromatics - Cherry
Diiv - Air Conditioning
El Perro Del Mar - Walk On By
Grimes - Genesis
Here We Go Magic - How Do I Know
Laetitia Sadier - Fragment pour le future de l'homme
Mariee Sioux - Homeophatic
Miguel - Adorn
Poliça - Lay Your Cards Out
Ry & Frank Wiedemann - Howling (Ame remix)
Santigold - Disparate Youth
Solange - Losing You
Tame Impala - Apocalypse Dreams
Usher - Climax

thanks seandalai, sorry i was dumb about not finding it

pleasantly shocked that "I'm Different" by 2 Chainz just barely missed the countdown!

The plot is a projection of the 119*119 voter-voter similarity matrix onto 2-d space using Principal Components Analysis. There's no way to retain all the information in the original 119-dimensional space, so many positionings look weird/arbitrary, but this is the best possible 2-d projection (for particular mathematical definitions of "best" and "projection").

tpp my mans

Only artist I voted for twice was Rhye because I thought he had a chance of placing. Seems asides mike diva and me noone else voted for him. The Fall is all the way down to #285. According to the results the song was #104 in P+J, #53 in Pitchfork. You're missing out on this one, ILM.

hey k-pop people, one thing i noticed while voting is that the big track i expected everyone to rep for (4minute's "volume up") wasn't even nominated

but maybe i love that song more than most

You're missing out on this one, ILM.

I made a mental note to investigate Rhye after hearing that song on the Pitchfork list (was that "The Fall"?). Seemed up my alley. But I haven't gotten around to it yet.

Only artist I voted for twice was Rhye because I thought he had a chance of placing.

Isn't he a they, actually? I didn't like "The Fall" as much as the tracks on the "Open" single, and still none of them made my ballot. Looking forward to an album at some point, though.

mixed ballot, lowest hivermind sore!

1 Dinosaur Jr. - Watch the Corners
2 The xx - Swept Away
3 Tindersticks - Frozen
4 Neil Young & Crazy Horse - She's Always Dancing
5 Tame Impala - Feels like we only go backwards

Allah-Las - Tell Me (What's On Your Mind)
Bob Dylan - Pay in Blood
Bobby Womack - Please Forgive My Heart
Dr. John - Ice Age
Giant Giant Sand - Slag Heap
Giant Giant Sand - Forever and a Day
Grizzly Bear - Yet Again
Jens Lekman - i know what love isnt
Lee Fields & the Expressions - I Still Got It
Lee Fields & the Expressions - You're the Kind of Girl
Lee Fields and the Expressions - Moonlight Mile
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Ramada Inn
Saint Etienne - Last Days of Disco
Sharon Van Etten - Kevin's
Spiritualized - So Long You Pretty Thing
The xx - Chained
Tindersticks - Medicine
Tindersticks - This Fire of Autumn
Tracey Thorn - Hard Candy Christmas
Tracey Thorn - Tinsel and Lights

*daps* to other 'i know what love isnt' voter

questino, is it possible to get my ballot from you??

weighted, bold for what didn't place

Oneohtrix Point Never - I Only Have Eyes For You
Todd Terje - Inspector Norse
Jacob Mikesh Filburt - Philipp Dolphia
Frank Ocean - Pyramids
John Maus - Bennington
PSY - Gangnam Style
Keith & Supabeatz - The Most Beautiful ft. An-na (Todd Edwards Remix)
Mykki Blanco - Wavvy
Miguel - Gravity
Nick Hannam & Tom Garnett ft. Tom Zanetti - You Want Me
Alex Anwandter - Como Puedes Vivir Contigo Mismo?
Donkie Punch & Lorenzo - Snapbacks n Tattoos
Future - Turn on the Lights
Danny Brown - Grown Up
Young Smoke - Traps In Space
Nicki Minaj - Beez in the Trap
Maria Minerva & Ajukaja - Nii Hea
Kendrick Lamar ft. Dr. Dre - The Recipe
Rihanna - Birthday Cake (Funkystepz Miami Bass Mix)
Lil Chuckee - Wop
Mungolian Jetset - Smells Like Gasoline
Lindstrøm - Ęg-gęd-ōsis
ZZ Top - I Gotsta Get Paid
Lloyd - The Question
Gunplay - Definition Of A Plug

kind of surprised philipp dolphia didn't place, I think a lot of ppl wld like it -spotify - youtube

peepee: ILXmailed yr ballot

Only artist I voted for twice was Rhye because I thought he had a chance of placing.

Isn't he a they, actually? I didn't like "The Fall" as much as the tracks on the "Open" single, and still none of them made my ballot. Looking forward to an album at some point, though.

― Johnny Fever

Yeah you're right they're a duo. Mike Milosh (aka Milosh) and Robin Hannibal (from Quadron). Used to think there was a female fronting the band but it turns out Milosh sings like a lady.

I didn't realize their identities had been revealed. Check the ilm archives and see how many times I've stanned for Robin Hannibal projects over the years. It totally makes sense that I'd be down with this one as well.

Thanks questino. Great work all around!

I'm not sure why I'm posting this, but here goes:

(weighted)

Unknown Mortal Orchestra - Swim And Sleep (Like A Shark)
Mouse on Mars - Polaroyced
Mungolian Jetset - Smells Like Gasoline
Lindstrøm - Vōs-Sākō-Rv
Can - Dead Pigeon Suite
Lindstrøm - Lamm-El-Aar
De La Soul's Plug 1 and Plug 2 - The Work
Django Django - Default
Escort - Caméleon Chameleon
Joakim - Nothing Gold (Todd Terje Remix)
Mungolian Jetset - Toccata
Tussle - Eye Context
Wild Nothing - Disappear Always
Neneh Cherry & The Thing - Dream Baby Dream (Four Tet Remix)
Mouse on Mars - They Know Your Name
Todd Terje - Inspector Norse
Madness - Death of a Rude Boy (Andrew Weatherall Remix)
Roll the Dice & Pole - The Skull Is Built Into The Version
Peaking Lights - Beautiful Son
Lindstrøm - Ęg-gęd-ōsis
Infinity Ink - Infinity (Todd Edwards Remix)
I:Cube - Lucifer en Discothéque
Can - Graublau
Clark - Com Touch
Death and Vanilla - Rituals

Maybe you're posting it here because it's the ballot thread?

...now I'm less sure

kind of surprised philipp dolphia didn't place, I think a lot of ppl wld like it

ya i was hoping it would place (probably fairly low bc it's not super popular) :(

weighted:

Frank Ocean - Pyramids
Miguel - Adorn
Death Grips - I've Seen Footage
Todd Terje - Inspector Norse
Chairlift - I Belong In Your Arms (John Talabot & Pional remix)
Jessie Ware - Running
Janka Nabay and the Bubu Gang - Feba
Frankie Rose - Know Me
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Baby
John Talabot - When the Past Was Present
Jai Paul - Jasmine
Future - Same Damn Time
Kanye West ft. Big Sean, Pusha T & 2 Chainz - Mercy
Chromatics - Lady
Santigold - Disparate Youth
Action Bronson feat. RiFF RaFF - Bird on a Wire
Kendrick Lamar - The Recipe
2 Chainz ft. Kanye West - Birthday Song
Sebastien Tellier - Cochon Ville
Riff Raff - Lil Mama I'm Sorry
Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe
Earl Sweatshirt - Chum
The Crystal Ark - Rhodes
Alabama Shakes - I Found You
Psy - Gangnam Style

My (very lonely) ballot, weighted:

Purity Ring - Fineshrine
Dawn Richard - Save Me From You (Remix)
Wiley - Humble Pie
Jeremih - 773 Love
Rihanna - Birthday Cake (Funkystepz Miami Bass Mix)
Wynter Gordon - Waiting
Objekt - Cactus
Cooly G - What This World Needs Now
Nina Sky - Comatose
JoJo - Demonstrate
Kozzie ft. Merky Ace - Yeah (Remix)
Kendrick Lamar - Cartoons & Cereal
Nicki Minaj ft. Beenie Man - Gun Shot
Lea-Anna - Murder (1st Degree Remix)
Jubei ft. Flow Dan - Say Nothin'
Azealia Banks - NeedSumLuv
DJ Q - Brandy & Coke
Chronik - Man in the Boot
Rudimental - Deep In The Valley (Woz Remix)
Mike Delinquent Project ft. Lady Leshurr - Step In The Dance
Cassie - King Of Hearts
Rockwell - Tripwire
Swindle ft. Footsie & Nadia Suliman - Ignition
Disclosure - Latch
Usher - What Happened To U

Unweighted ballot:

Lonely votes:
Audacity - Punk Confusion
Royal Headache - Psychotic Episode

DNP:
Alabama Shakes - Hold On
Bear In Heaven - Sinful Nature
Bob Dylan - Duquesne Whistle
Macklemore ft. Wanz - Thrift Shop
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Driftin' Back
Norah Jones - Happy Pills

Hivemind approved:
Blawan - Why They Hide Their Bodies Under My Garage
Eric Church - Springsteen
Frank Ocean - Pyramids
Grimes - Oblivion
M.I.A. - Bad Girls
Nicki Minaj - Stupid Hoe
PSY - Gangnam Style