ILM 2015 Tracks Poll Thread of Ballots, Statistics and Community-wide Anomie

Obv it's a lot just that I like them but I also think the majority of haters here who think this is the worst band ever have a very confined notion of what the band is premised on the songs in this year's poll and maybe like "Girls" and "Sex" and "Chocolate", whereas if they listened to "Me" or "fallingforyou" or "Undo" or "Intro/Set 3" or "Haunt//Bed" or "Menswear" would be very surprised.

And if you get into the band through the latter sort of material it totally shapes and changes the way you perceive of a song like "Love Me".

Hey hey I never said they were the worst band ever, just the worst band in this poll. I can think of worst.

But I'm also baiting. I honestly don't mind if you like them.

First listen in the noms list, I dismissed the 1975. Then gr80 described them to me as like if the Jonas Brothers did drugs, lol, and I saw the video and vibed on that and thought hey why not throw them a vote.

I didn't think v hard about this poll.

Weighted, bold items placed in the top 77:

Roman Flügel - Black Towers
Shura - 2Shy
Tunde Olaniran - Namesake
Cam - Burning house - rarely expect my votes to place, but this was a disappointing no-show...
Jamie Woon - Sharpness
J Hus - Lean & Bop (Extended Mix)
Young Galaxy - Factory Flaws
Format:B - Chunky
Julien Baker - Something
Daphne & Celeste - You and I Alone
Julio Bashmore ft. Bixby - Let Me Be Your Weakness
Ariana Grande - One Last Time
Allie X - Never Enough
Kiss Daniel - Woju
Kelela - Rewind
Georgia - Heart Wrecking Animals
Hudson Mohawke & Jhene Aiko - Resistance
Krystal Klear ft. Yasmin - One Night Only
AFX - umil 25-01
School Of Seven Bells - Open Your Eyes
Fadda Fox - Ducking
Hayden James - Something About You (ODESZA Remix)
Demi Lovato – Cool for the Summer
Lockah - Heate Legend
µ-ziq - xt

I don't understand a world in which the 1975 is considered worse than Sufjan Stevens.

To quote E-40, "it's all bad"

I made made a preliminary list to serve as a time capsule of this year in my listening, then went through everything nominated by a half dozen ILMers with sympatico tastes, and sampled maybe 40% of the Spotify list. Guilty pleasure Fleur East, and a "new Grace Jones", V V Brown, slipped in this way (wish someone had nominated the album Glitch). Then its just prune till I'm pretty sure everything left will stand up to repeated listens, and still sparks pleasure when I hear it's opening.

I mentioned this in the voting thread, but V V Brown's "Shift" is p much a RnB/dance music masterpiece that I found out about from Alfred blogging about TSJ. Exactly the kind of otherwise-overlooked classic that I expect to discover in the ILX tracks poll when we're not succumbing to millenial schmindie-ism or doubling/tripling up on pet albums. But thats in me as much as anybody, least of all for forgetting to nominate it.

https://youtu.be/NTup_VZXuWY

^^^^ good track

hoping the votes for various angel haze and abra trax here bode well for the albums poll

― cher guevara (lex pretend), Friday, January 22, 2016 12:04 PM (Yesterday)

Yeah, I went with your tactic of not voting for songs off the albums I was voting for, so I would be surprised (and basically burn the entire message board down) if Angel Haze doesn't make albums. I have mixed feelings about the varying tactics - it felt quite refreshing this year but I think it is because my top five make sense as coherent units rather than a bunch of standout songs put together. Though actually my #2 might have been too tempting if they hadn't released the standouts in 2014.

Adore both the Abra album and the Angel Haze mixtape but both feel like releases it would feel very odd to pull individual songs out of, both are so coherent full statements or at least I experience them that way.

I voted for Abra in tracks not albums because I'm young and I'll waste you away.

I voted for Abra in tracks and Angel Haze in albums, because I have a diversified portfolio.

I don't generally expect that many of my selections will place, but the non-placer I was most surprised by was ANOHNI - as well as being amazing it also stands out by sounding completely unlike the rest of the competition. Thought it was well-received on ILM too.

― conditional random jepsen (seandalai), Thursday, January 21, 2016 5:37 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

This was my #1 (after being my #4 and realizing after tabulation that my top three weren't nominated) and would chalk it up to the song being released really late in the year, early Dec. iirc.

didn't allot enough time to really listen to ANOHNI when I was voting. looking forward to the album

I think it is because my top five make sense as coherent units rather than a bunch of standout songs put together.
-emil.y

TY for the Spook School etc ... went down a rabbit hole of "Burn Masculinity", Martha, twowhitecranes blog posts etc from this. I chickened out from putting i hate sex / G.L.O.S.S. & regional DIY on my singles list after DJing on NYE and deciding on a dancefloor focus as winnowing tool, eh.

I don't understand a world in which the 1975 is considered worse than Sufjan Stevens.

― The Reverend, sábado 23 de enero de 2016 2:05 (6 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

HAHAHAHAHAHA

Heh

And yet 1975 placed way higher than ST so enjoy this world.

my weighted ballot, for whatever it's worth. I think the only times I posted last year were to complain about streaming services.

Colleen Green - Deeper Than Love (94)
Bicep - Just (26)
Korallreven - Here In Iowa (221)
Grimes - Kill V. Maim (17)
Tove Styrke - Ego (18)
Lim Kim - Awoo (32)
Iglooghost ft. cuushe - Gold Coat (187)
Abra - Roses (126)
M.I.A. - Borders (163)
The Radio Dept - Occupied (185)
Molly Nilsson - 1995 (417)
Empress Of - How Do You Do It (184)
Lindstrøm & Grace Hall - Home Tonight (140)
Shura - 2Shy (34)
Chromatics - I Can Never Be Myself When You\'re Around (253)
DEV - Honey Dip (567)
Yumi Zouma - Song for Zoe & Gwen (311)
Makthaverskan - Witness (300)
Dawn Richard - Calypso (154)
Perfume - Pick Me Up (544)
Susanne Sundfør - Delirious (14)
Georgia - Move Systems (899)
US Girls - Damn That Valley (1076)
Daphne & Celeste - You and I Alone (45)
Kiiara - Gold (372)

Way cool.

TY for the Spook School etc ... went down a rabbit hole of "Burn Masculinity", Martha, twowhitecranes blog posts etc from this. I chickened out from putting i hate sex / G.L.O.S.S. & regional DIY on my singles list after DJing on NYE and deciding on a dancefloor focus as winnowing tool, eh.

― etc, Saturday, January 23, 2016 8:21 AM (8 hours ago)

Oh, that's awesome. I always assume my indie/DIY votes are basically thrown away and of no interest to ilx0rs, but use EoY lists as a tool to remind myself what I actually liked in the past year, so would be dishonest to exclude them.

I like that I hate sex song but my family almost turfed me out of the car on the a27 when I tried it out on them :(

i hate sex is the fucking best, thank u for nominating them etc

lol, Nick. Have you tried G.L.O.S.S.?

A+ discoveries from the nominations list that i didn't find a place for on the ballot:

Marriages
Jennie Abrahamson
Palehound

actually palehound only received an album nomination but anyway

I love G.L.O.S.S. but they didn't make either of my ballots. Tbh I probably could have made a whole nother albums ballot with completely different albums and been happy with it. So much awesome amazing stuff I didn't get to vote for.

like...

1 Grimes - Realiti (Demo)
5 Carly Rae Jepsen - Run Away With Me
6 Demi Lovato - Cool for the Summer
11 Grimes - Flesh without Blood
14 Susanne Sundfør - Delirious
16 Susanne Sundfør - Fade Away
17 Grimes - Kill V. Maim
18 Tove Styrke - Ego
25 CHVRCHES - Leave A Trace
27 Years & Years - King
34 Shura - 2Shy
41 Carly Rae Jepsen - Boy Problems
43 CHVRCHES - Clearest Blue
45 Daphne & Celeste - You and I Alone
47 Years & Years - Shine
52 Carly Rae Jepsen - Your Type
59 Marina & The Diamonds - I'm a Ruin
64 Carly Rae Jepsen - Making The Most Of The Night
71 Shura - White Light

this is all so fucking white bread and boring. good job congratulations y'all. not to even mention...

23 Julia Holter - Feel You
24 Courtney Barnett - Pedestrian at Best
29 Tame Impala - Let It Happen
35 Kurt Vile - Pretty Pimpin
36 Sufjan Stevens - Should Have Known Better
40 Courtney Barnett - Depreston
76 Radiohead - Spectre

oops wrong thread but oh well

unweighted

Jennie Abrahamson - Wolf
Acre Tarn - Lanterns
Bicep - Celeste
Empress Of - How Do You Do It
For Esme - You
Gilligan Moss - Choreograph
The Jezabels - Come Alive
Kiiara - Gold
LA Priest - Oino
Dua Lipa - Be The One
Lowtide - Julia
Lucian ft. Remmi - Bobby K
Mabel - Know me Better
Made in Heights - Panther
Makthaverskan - Witness
Meltybrains? - Donegal
Ji Nilsson - Perfume
Salute - Diamond (Gold Rush)
Secret Circuit - Afrobotics (Suzanne Kraft Remix)
Shura - White Light
TĀLĀ & Banks - Wolfpack
Tale of Us - North Star
Mark Van Hoen - Kojiki
What So Not ft. George Maple - Gemini
Jude Woodhead - Beautiful Rain

Unweighted list, however my most played track of 2015 and therefore top track of 2015 - Meltybrains? - Donegal

Meltybrains? - Donegal
https://youtu.be/yKUXHGvRV3Q

soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/meltybrainsmusic/donegal
spotify: http://open.spotify.com/track/2mKZ0YVQj27pyxX51PWPGu

my favourite 1975 songs are the ones that sound like "girls" and "sex" and "chocolate", spit on me moka

Also it was not on my ballot but I like that tame impala song a lot

my favourite 1975 songs are the ones that sound like "girls" and "sex" and "chocolate", spit on me moka

― art baengels (monotony)

So you're saying you don't like any of them?

most of their songs sound like "chocolate"

most of their "rock" songs i mean, I'm not counting the shapeless ambient stuff

I don't generally expect that many of my selections will place, but the non-placer I was most surprised by was ANOHNI - as well as being amazing it also stands out by sounding completely unlike the rest of the competition. Thought it was well-received on ILM too.
― conditional random jepsen (seandalai), Thursday, January 21, 2016 5:37 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

was it? I started a thread that was doa, and almost zero mentions come up in search

my favourite 1975 songs are the ones that sound like "girls" and "sex" and "chocolate"

― art baengels (monotony), Saturday, January 23, 2016 2:11 PM Bookmark

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Best find I got from this poll:

Daphne & Celeste - You and I Alone

Skimming on individual polls to see if I find something I like (I have found many songs I've liked, actually). But this is so good. It seems many of you voted for it and I hadn't seen it anywhere. Any threads you'd recommend where you discuss this sort of music throughout the year?

You And I Alone is essentially a Max Tundra song. You'd find him on places like the rolling time travel thread.

ok I guess I just remember there being a dedicated thread xp to wins

This is also excellent. I've always like what she does but completely lost track of her and this album is sounding excellent, thanks emil.y:

Colleen - I'm Kin

Flex song has also been creeping up and now I like it a lot. I found it unremarkable at first but I have found myself with that one stuck in my head.

I'll give those 1975 songs another chance I promise.

Flex is amazing IMO. i don't really hate that Daphne & Celeste song

My (weighted) ballot:

Redlight x Tinashe - Pretend
Riko - Ghost Chilli
K. Michelle - Love Em All (Toyboy & Robin Remix)
Future - March Madness
Stormzy - Know Me From
SafOne ft. Trilla, PRessure0121 & Bomma B - She Wants A Man From Brum
Future - Fuck Up Some Commas
Wolf Alice - Your Loves Whore
Carly Rae Jepsen - Boy Problems
CHVRCHES - Clearest Blue
Dawn Richard - Billie Jean
Darq E Freaker ft. Dai Burger - Choppin Necks
Fetty Wap - Trap Queen
Kelela - A Message
Kero Kero Bonito - Picture This
Purity Ring - Begin Again
Sam Binga ft. Redders, Deft, Chimpo & Fox - Steppin V.I.P.
Sir Spyro ft. Teddy Brukshot, Lady Chann & Killa P - Topper Top
Funkystepz - Special Delivery
Demi Lovato – Cool for the Summer

apparently we're closest neighbours but I don't see much overlap between our ballots save for a handful.

I'm the 13th loneliest voter, so yeah inevitably a bit of a stretch.

V much enjoyed the rollout – particularly finding out about Bicep, Lim Kim, Susanne Sundfør and Heavy-K. First time I've bothered to listen to Courtney Barnett – she's sorta like a less funny Sleaford Mods, so will continue to avoid.

that colleen track was one of my favourites, all that I’m kin to Argos recognizing Ulysses biz irresistible to me