Well it's 100% funny
― Dinsdale, Friday, 23 January 2015 19:12 (nine years ago) link
Funny that people are describing the Vic Mensa as 'hip-hop'; this is a house tune to me. Haven't heard any of his other stuff though.
― quinoa: how's it spelt? (dog latin), Friday, January 23, 2015 3:01 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
It's definitely an outlier in his discography. Also his best song by far.
― The Reverend, Friday, 23 January 2015 19:16 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, I had no idea who Vic Mensa was, so when I heard that tune I was like, this is cool house track with some off-kilter vocals, was suprised to learn he's a rapper(?).
― Tuomas, Friday, 23 January 2015 20:57 (nine years ago) link
Matt DC's ballot
Skepta ft. JME - That's Not MePopcaan - Waiting So LongZed Bias ft. Stylo G & Scrufizzer - ShizamTaylor Swift - Out of the WoodsBecky G - ShowerClean Bandit ft. Jess Glynne - Rather BeJus Now ft. Bunji Garlin & Stylo G - Tun UpTinashe - 2 On (DJ Q Remix)Todd Terje - Oh JoyFKA twigs - Two WeeksRonika - In The CityToyboy & Robin ft. Alex Adams - Better PlacesTen Walls - Walking with ElephantsM.O. - Dance on My OwnJessie Ware - Tough LoveAphex Twin - Minipops 67Duke Dumont - I Got UTiwa Savage ft. Don Jazzy - EminadoMiranda Lambert - Smokin' and Drinkin'Melissa Steel - Kisses for BreakfastStylo G - Move Back (Friction Remix)Chronixx - Mi AlrightM.O. - For A MinuteChromeo ft. Solange - Lost On The Way HomeYemi Alade - Johnny
― seandalai, Friday, 23 January 2015 21:02 (nine years ago) link
Drugs A. Money's ballot:
Phantogram - Fall in LoveStara Rzeka - Stara RzekaNeneh Cherry - WeightlessJute Gyte - The Grey KingYoung Thug - Danny Gloverrae sremmurd - no flex zoneKING - Mister ChameleonWild Cub - Thunder ClatterLana Del Rey - West CoastKhia Shamone - Fool ProofTinashe ft. ASAP Rocky - PretendWeird Al Yankovic - First World ProblemsMenace Ruine - Venus ArmataSturgill Simpson - The PromiseRae Sremmurd - No Type
― seandalai, Friday, 23 January 2015 21:03 (nine years ago) link
Simon H's unweighted ballot:
Alpoko Don and Scarface - Set the Record StraightAlvvays - Archie, Marry MeAna Tijoux ft. Shadia Mansour - Somos SurAngel Olsen - White FireAzealia Banks - Gimme A ChanceD'Angelo & The Vanguard - The CharadeBaauer ft. AlunaGeorge & Rae Sremmurd - One TouchDJ Quik - Pet SemataryE-40 - ChoicesEx-Hex – WaterfallFall Out Boy - The Kids Aren't AlrightFather John Misty - Bored in the USAFlying Lotus ft. Kendrick Lamar - Never Catch MeJaviera Mena - Otra EraJoyce Manor - Catalina Fight SongKelis - Jerk RibsNicki Minaj - Boss Ass BitchOwen Pallett - Song for Five & SixRun The Jewels - Oh My Darling Don't CrySchoolboy Q ft. Jay Rock - Los AwesomeSlow Club - The Queen's NoseSpoon - Inside OutThe New Pornographers - War on the East CoastVince Staples - Hands UpWild Beasts - Wanderlust
― seandalai, Friday, 23 January 2015 21:04 (nine years ago) link
thx Sean! Six of those placed, ayo to my neighbor Gavin in Leeds, and probably my lowest Hivemeind score yet. And apparently I'm into chamber pop, though I only voted for (at a stretch) three tracks of it.
― Simon H., Friday, 23 January 2015 21:42 (nine years ago) link
forgot to vote for "2 On" but I guess it didn't matter lol
― Simon H., Friday, 23 January 2015 21:43 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, interesting that "ambient" turned out to be my top genre since 2014 might have been the year (out of the last 10) where I listened to the least ambient music.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Friday, 23 January 2015 21:44 (nine years ago) link
I too would like to see NV's list, if NV approves.l
― a pleasant little psychedelic detour in the elevator (Amory Blaine), Friday, 23 January 2015 22:32 (nine years ago) link
glad to see someone else rep that alpoko don/scarface track"put you in a trash bag / cut up your body parts and send them shits to baghdad / call my little girl / tell em 'dad been a bad dad'"
― Sounds like a forks display name (forksclovetofu), Friday, 23 January 2015 22:38 (nine years ago) link
Can't remember what I voted for (seandalai?), but pretty sure the stuff that placed was:
Tinashe - 2 OnKiesza - HideawaySkepta - That's Not MeMeridian Dan - German WhipDej Loaf - Try MeFKA Twigs - Pendulum
Great rollout. Loved that the two big grime tunes of the year made it. 2 On is a deserving winner.
― Mercer Finn, Friday, 23 January 2015 23:07 (nine years ago) link
ballots4u
Meridian Dan ft. Big H & JME - German WhipFKA Twigs - PendulumTinashe ft. Schoolboy Q - 2 onThe Hotelier - Your Deep RestSkepta ft. JME - That's Not MeJohnny Foreigner - In CapitalsKero Kero Bonito - FlamingoDJ Q ft. Louise Williams - Let The Music PlayBok Bok ft. Kelela - Melba's CallDej Loaf - Try Me
Stylo G - Move Back (Friction Remix)TRC ft. Lily Mckenzie - CloserKiesza - HideawayBaauer ft. AlunaGeorge & Rae Sremmurd - One TouchSean Paul ft. Konshens - Want Dem AllZed Bias ft. Stylo G & Scrufizzer - ShizamKano ft. J.M.E. - Flow of the YearDark0 - GaiaThrowing Shade ft. Emily Bee - Sweet ToothSmall Black ft. Frankie Rose - Lines of LatitudeShanti Celeste - Days Like This
― seandalai, Saturday, 24 January 2015 00:01 (nine years ago) link
1. “Down on My Luck,” Vic Mensa2. “How Can You Really,” Foxygen3. “Something About Geography,” Chumped4. “Halloween,” Wussy5. “Archie, Marry Me,” Alvvays6. “2 Is 8,” Lone7. “Superstitious,” Elisa Ambrogio8. “Six Ways to Sunday,” Purling Hiss9. “Don’t Let It Go,” Beck10. “Boss Ass Bitch,” Nicki Minaj11. Tinashe & Schoolboy Q, “2 On”12. Steve Gunn, “Milly’s Garden”13. Audien, “Hindsight”14. Clean Bandit, “Rather Be”15. Iggy Azalea, “Fancy”
― clemenza, Saturday, 24 January 2015 00:46 (nine years ago) link
Hoping Steve Gunn will place on the albums list cos that has just grown on me with every listen
― why you gotta be so rmde (NickB), Saturday, 24 January 2015 00:49 (nine years ago) link
my list, by popular demand.
weighted.
1 = Little Mix - Salute
― Gombeen Dance Band (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 24 January 2015 01:35 (nine years ago) link
Yeah thank you sean. Lol I thought I gave The Promise more points
― the war on me (Drugs A. Money), Saturday, 24 January 2015 08:14 (nine years ago) link
NV that is fantastic
― Let me help you out Charlie XCX fan (DJP), Saturday, 24 January 2015 12:54 (nine years ago) link
Lol ty NV
― a pleasant little psychedelic detour in the elevator (Amory Blaine), Saturday, 24 January 2015 13:18 (nine years ago) link
Mine, weighted. Closest neighbour is monotony, who I believe was also my closest neighbour last year. :D
Owen Pallett - Song for Five & SixOrange Caramel - Catallenasofi de la torre - vermillionShift K3y - TouchMiguel - CoffeeNicki Minaj - Boss Ass BitchFKA twigs - Two WeeksHercules & Love Affair ft. John Grant - I Try To Talk To YouShamir - IF It Wasn't TrueKaty B - 5amIU - SogyeokdongInfinite - BackEspecia - No1 SweeperMariah Carey ft. Wale - You Don't Know What To DoKero Kero Bonito - Sick BeatJuan Maclean - Love Stops HereKate Boy - Self ControlBabymetal - Gimme Chocolate!!Tinashe ft. Schoolboy Q - 2 onSakanaction - Sayonara wa Emotionvic mensa - down on my luckNeon Jungle - BraveheartM.O. - For A MinuteTkay Maidza - U-HuhAnnie - Russian Kiss
― Roz, Saturday, 24 January 2015 13:48 (nine years ago) link
That's a killer ballot. None of the tracks appeared on mine, but 10 or so would have if I'd heard them and had a little time to live with them before voting.
Must have played 'Sick Beat' about 10 times yesterday.
― pandemic, Saturday, 24 January 2015 14:36 (nine years ago) link
'Sick Beat' is soooo good. Really wanna see them play this year, might try to put them on in the summer.
― All The Craigers Gonna Craig Craig Craig Craig Craig (Craigo Boingo), Saturday, 24 January 2015 15:08 (nine years ago) link
xpost thanks! I kind of rushed my ballot actually, but it meant I spent less time agonizing over whether or not to vote strategically.
― Roz, Saturday, 24 January 2015 15:21 (nine years ago) link
The "hoy hoy hoy" in Catellena might be my favourite thing ever.
― pandemic, Saturday, 24 January 2015 15:42 (nine years ago) link
They pilfered that bit from a Punjabi wedding song. :D
― Roz, Saturday, 24 January 2015 15:58 (nine years ago) link
Already dissatisfied with this list as I forgot to vote for a couple of things (that I nominated!) and because I hadn't heard "Quarterback" until after casting my ballot. Weighted. What's bolded didn't place.
Mavins ft. Don Jazzy, Tiwa Savage, Dr SID, D'Prince, Reekado Banks, Korede Bello, Di'Ja - DorobucciOwen Pallett - RiverbedNinos du Brasil - Sombra da LuaKlingande - JubelSt. Vincent - Prince JohnnyG.R.L. - Show Me What You GotG.R.L. - Ugly HeartSeyi Shay ft. Patorankin, Shaydee - MurdaKitty - BRBShearwater – This YearMark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars - Uptown FunkThe New Pornographers - War on the East CoastDilly Dally – Next GoldKool A.D. ft. Talib Kweli & Boots Riley - HickoryOld Crow Medicine Show – Sweet AmarilloJenny Lewis – Slippery SlopesTinashe – Bated Breathvic mensa - down on my luckLowell - The BellsTodd Terje - Johnny And MaryJessie Ware – Say You Love MeStars – Look AwayRyn Weaver - OctaHateCeci Bastida ft. Julieta Venegas - VenWeird Al Yankovic – Word Crimes
― That shit right there is precedented. (cryptosicko), Saturday, 24 January 2015 17:05 (nine years ago) link
I thought The Bells might do better than 40 points from 3 voters.
― Wristy Hurlington (ShariVari), Saturday, 24 January 2015 17:09 (nine years ago) link
Zed Bias ft. Stylo G & Scrufizzer - Shizam
this is the funniest artists + song name
― flopson, Saturday, 24 January 2015 22:18 (nine years ago) link
I thought I voted for at least 8, I must have fallen asleep before pressing send
Affie Yusuf - Rinse & DryMelchior - SightingsHinode - State of ExistenceDeep Choice - House RulesMaruntelu - En
― saer, Sunday, 25 January 2015 08:43 (nine years ago) link
lo and behold!
― Simon H., Sunday, 25 January 2015 08:52 (nine years ago) link
shh dont tell the others
― saer, Sunday, 25 January 2015 09:03 (nine years ago) link
Might make a playlist of Saer jams and play it in the woods behind my house later. Although walking through the woods with headphones on just feels wrong and also a bit creepy.
― Matt DC, Sunday, 25 January 2015 11:28 (nine years ago) link
I posted that from a skyscraper in a city on a phone and couldnt check the spreadsheet, I am back in my natural habitat now and have been able to check the documentation and it appears I guessed my votes incorrectly as some of those dont appear, how you keep track of these things I have no idea. I think my actual votes were
Affie Yusuf - Rinse & DryHinode - State of ExistenceMelchior - SightingsBenjamin Brunn - Alster Mermaid
― saer, Sunday, 25 January 2015 11:56 (nine years ago) link
Although walking through the woods with headphones on just feels wrong and also a bit creepy.
Its a real problem for me as well, I like to hear a genial sound, but also if I dont take headphones, then there is the sound of the branches in the wind and the local cement factory in the distance, and who is to say which is better
― saer, Sunday, 25 January 2015 11:59 (nine years ago) link
many hi fives to Roz!
― bae sremmurd (monotony), Sunday, 25 January 2015 12:15 (nine years ago) link
no idea what my 5th actually was... micawber?
― saer, Monday, 26 January 2015 10:43 (nine years ago) link
yep
― seandalai, Monday, 26 January 2015 20:38 (nine years ago) link
I was delighted that Serebro picked up five votes, Dasha Charusha 3 and that i wasn't the only voter for VIA Gra. I'll happily buy all my fellow voters a drink.
These were my solo votes:
Fatima Erkenova - On Ne Tantsuyet, A On Porkhaet (5): I know next to nothing about Erkenova. I think she might be from Dagestan. I occasionally spend evenings watching amazing Kavkaz wedding dance videos on YouTube and this was the soundtrack to one of the best compilations. I've tracked down a few more of her songs and they're all excellent - a similar combination of pop hooks and intricate folk instrumentation. This inspired my first trip to the Caucasus last year. http://youtu.be/BaWdT_XHJe8
Tove Styrke - Borderline (6): Styrke's debut is one of the great electro-pop records of the last ten years but she seems to have gone in a completely different direction with her new material. Even If I'm Loud It Doesn't Mean I'm Talking To You attracted more attention but Borderline's weird quasi-reggae pop was much more addictive. http://youtu.be/7zhwihAXMlI
Elliphant ft. MØ - One More (7): Elliphant's Swedish dancehall queen persona is endearingly silly but her records are usually disappointing and i wasn't really sold on MØ's slightly drab electro last year. In combination they're a marvel, though. http://youtu.be/Sx1mHSo7ug4
Swet Shop Boys - Benny Lava (12): Heems from Das Racist and Riz Ahmed from Four Lions, Nightcrawler, etc. Kind of corny but works brilliantly with the sample. The EP is very good. http://youtu.be/gLlYykSUXLk
Emma Marrone - La Mia Citta (14): Italy's Eurovision entry - glorious glam-pop. http://youtu.be/XIV50wTsodA
SBPCH - Nelzya Skazat Koroche (15): Hypnotic Russian art-pop. I think Battles might be a close reference point. Less than 1800 views on YouTube for some reason. http://youtu.be/HXXJ8WCFuho
Brooke Candy - Opulence (21): "it's Marant or Laurent / it's McQueen or Celine / got these bitches so jealous / i hope they look good in green"
Donatan & Cleo - My Słowianie (23) Voted by the British public as the best song at Eurovision, possibly not unconnected to the amount of cleavage on display in the performance, it's a fabulous kind of ethno-pop / dancehall hybrid. "To jest ta gorąca krew, to jest nasz słowiański zew!" http://youtu.be/rr1DSgjhRqE
Far East Mention Mannequins - Fuck Boyz Get Money (24): Deeply silly Japanese pop-rap. http://youtu.be/QNtuAvGvRo8
Lyapis Trubetskoi - Voiny Sveta (25): A Belarussian group but the soundtrack of the Ukrainian Maidan revolution. Undeniably stirring in a way very little trad Russian rock is. http://youtu.be/kKJ_7SbtF4M
― Wristy Hurlington (ShariVari), Saturday, 31 January 2015 11:43 (nine years ago) link
I'd love to know who was the other person who gave 30 points to the Mirkka & Madrugada tune, I didn't expect anyone else to vote for Brazilian forró sung and rapped in Finnish about Diego Maradona. :)
― Tuomas, Friday, January 23, 2015 5:43 PM (1 month ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
just finally got around to reading this thread, but I voted for it (well, before I lost my password and had to get a new account!) I think maybe you posted it on the rolling albums + tracks thread? I don't recall exactly where I found it, but it was a great recommendation, love the oy-oy's (not sure if they are actually saying something at that point, or just vocalizing? I sure don't speak finnish).
voted pooley no. 1, sad that more afro-pop didn't make it, where were all of the Y-Tjukutja voters!
― kruezer2, Monday, 23 February 2015 19:26 (nine years ago) link
just want to thank lex pretend for nominating Mila J - Smoke, Drink, Break-Up. stumbled upon it in the nominations spotify playlist, and holy shit.
― And let’s say a new Hozier comes along, and Spotify outbids you (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 3 April 2015 22:05 (nine years ago) link
that beep dee track was my lex pretend synthesis of wonder moment, happens every 5 years or so they say
― rock (Jack White, Coldplay) (imago), Friday, 3 April 2015 22:08 (nine years ago) link
Late to the party but 'Treasure' by Young Thug is just one of the best tracks ever. Shame it missed the top tracks.
― but then again, who really cares? I don’t. (dog latin), Wednesday, 29 April 2015 15:02 (nine years ago) link
at least it was one of the joke #1s right
― dyl, Wednesday, 29 April 2015 16:02 (nine years ago) link