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

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?