(TOP 5 TODAY, MOFOS!) Yo P&J, I'm really happy for you, Imma let you finish, but ILX had the greatest 2009 poll of all time! All time! (2009 ILX Albums Poll Results)

Louis dude you would totally love the Fuck Buttons album, surprised you haven't heard it.

The Sprinkles album went #1 in Resident Advisor's list as well, it's not just a one-thread ILM hype record. I never really got into it, but then again I've come to the conclusion I just don't enjoy deep house that much.

xpost lex, you seriously can't see why more people would be into the sprinkles album than the redshape? i mean i love redshape but i can't help but think the album is somehow a little grey and flat, maybe i just prefer listening to him in singles/mixes rather than albums. sprinkles' album really flows with a lot of shifting between ambient and more propulsive stuff, it is so lush and beautiful with gorgeous synth and vocal textures, perfect for home listening which really works for the album format.

xxp deep house w/ angry queer rants

the house-ness is more disputable than the deepness, angriness, or queerness

hm. alright, sounds like i'm overdo for a listen.

Can't really see it being The XX.

May want to reconsider. I think it's a dark horse for the #1 spot...

really don't see that happening

the redshape album really surprised me with how varied and constantly surprising and inventive it was (not b/c i didn't like redshape, more that i never assume any techno artist album will be that amazing) - sprinkles was sort of a really nice wash of sound but little really stood out on it.

i need 2 check out the fuck buttons -- didnt think it was my thing but off of the singles list i <3 surf solar

"Surf Solar" is great, but I think the album closes in even more spectacular fashion:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6WJnHfvfGk

Gotta say that both the Fuck Buttons and the Sunn 0))) left me a bit cold. Think that Ben Frost was my top noisy choice for the year.

Just put 'Surf Solar' on. I'll overlook the 'straight-up post-rock dynamics' criticisms I've been reading (actually, given how SS has started, I'd have probably done that anyway) and try to feel the love.

Someone else link some good DJ Sprinkles...

Need to hear that Ben Frost.

fuck buttons probably not prog enough for you idk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utvbDCdO3Zo

Fever Ray isn't exactly prog and I love it!

This is pretty good stuff, may stick headphones on in a second, have a hunch it's better enjoyed that way

TY Rev! Consider it queued.

(full title: "House Music Is Controllable Desire You Can Own")

i'll probably see FB at Primavera where they will hopefully play loud and just after sunset

i actually really liked street horssing but couldn't really ever get into the new one. still think "sweet love for planet earth" is the best track they've done (louis, listen to that one).

i guess i should listen to dj sprinkles

Ilxor is totally OTM in saying that Flight Of The Feathered Serpent is the best thing on the Fuck Buttons album. It's the thumping Underworld type beat that underpins everything that makes it.

Was JUST ABOUT to write a post invoking Underworld

The turn-off for me with the Fuck Buttons is that plodding way they build their tunes up. Like 'Olympians' feels just so ponderous - they're totally going for epic grandeur, but it's such a nothingy melody that goes nowhere really fucking slowly.

I'm enjoying the full-length version of "Surf Solar". I'd only heard an edit before, which didn't quite have the same sweep to it.

yeah its a bit too built around just giant looping waves of sound and as usual i end up wanting a bit more on top xp

also listening to Surf Solar on good headphones right now btw :)

I'm listening on shitty earbuds :(

Verdict on Fuck Buttons: pretty good, nice sonics.....the musical narratives could stand to have a bit more space, a bit more rhythmic or melodic variation, but I understand that they're not really going for nuanced songwriting here. Trance away the heartache. Would like to hear a collaboration between these guys and Orbital.

NickB has a point, although I do stress I enjoyed the two tracks I've heard (if not quite enough to jump back in rightaway). You're wrong about Sunn O))), though, dude. Seriously, give 'Alice' another go if nothing else.

SteveM also on point perhaps; they could do with more variation, but headphones + Surf Solar especially are lovely.

http://www.thesinglesjukebox.com/?p=1390

^^good link, cheers

DJ Sprinkles is YUMMY

yay!

^^^this guy is stealthily a VP for recommendations - if nothing else, 'Twinkle' by Badu gets a LOT of action round these parts, and Me'Shell Ndegeocello is PRETTY AWESOME TBH, also that psychedelic R&B thread is yet to be properly plundered

Wish I'd heard more of the Sprinkles but it's been really tricky trying to buy that thing.

oh good, I cam add "Vice President of Music Reccomendations" to my resume

which I should probably spell in a more correct manner

Valuable Player, Rev!

"Sweet Love For Planet Earth" takes nearly 5 minutes to get going, but when it does...aw cmon give us ONE MORE melodic change. Just one. Please. C'mon. Explode with rhythm and melody as well as sonic layering. I know you can do this.

You're not going to, are you?

OK, until about six minutes in, this is mighty promising, even more so than Surf Solar. But at least that song was aware of FB's limitations. This one promised to go beyond and is now stuck in a rather embarrassing loop, unaware of what to do next. SS built and then faded with great precision, AND brought a sweet beat to the mix. So it's better. Much better. Argh! SLFPE is SUCH a letdown!

swift or electrik red next i reckon

The turn-off for me with the Fuck Buttons is that plodding way they build their tunes up. Like 'Olympians' feels just so ponderous - they're totally going for epic grandeur, but it's such a nothingy melody that goes nowhere really fucking slowly.

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yeah i can definitely see where this is coming from. the 'epic grandeur' is completely there for me and is the reason i like the record so much, but there's not really much else behind it so if that doesn't work for you i'd imagine the whole thing comes crashing down pretty quick.

i think post-rock stuff like Mogwai might be the most apt touchstone for it really.

11 -- Lindstrom & Prins Thomas - II (285.5 points, 22 votes, 1 #1 vote/s) (dnp in p4k, 359 in p&j)

http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/2296/lindstromprinsthomas.jpg

another one that sounds about right to me -- lindstrom fanboysim would've been A BIT over the top if that had made top 10

hurrah electrik red in the top 10 :)

lindstrom got in with av vote of 12 -- i think e-red's av vote is gonna be around 6 or 7 or so

this album is good but it is eclipsed by its awesome album art

top 5 ppv so far

1. Fall Out Boy
2. Future of the Left
3. Nomo
4. DJ Sprinkles
5. Mastadon

that album's nice and all but nothing else i've heard from lindstrom even comes close to "where you go i go too"

musically said FOB were 2nd-highest and they had exactly 16 ppv, and I'm guessing ER is number one, so they should have an average place of above 5th

50 -- Gucci Mane - Burrprint 3D (89.5 points, 9 votes) (dnp in p4k, 195 in p&j)
49 -- Matias Aguayo - Ay Ay Ay (91 points, 11 votes) (dnp in p4k, 226 in p&j)
48 -- Girls - Album (92 points, 10 votes) (10 in p4k, 10 in p&j)
47 -- Baroness - Blue Record (92 points, 11 votes) (41 in p4k, 19 in p&j)
46 -- Camera Obscura - My Maudlin Career (93 points, 8 votes, 1 #1 vote/s) (dnp in p4k, 30 in p&j)
45 -- Fall Out Boy - Folie a Deux (96 points, 6 votes, 1 #1 vote/s) (dnp in p4k, dnp in p&j)
44 -- UGK - UGK 4 Life (96.5 points, 10 votes) (dnp in p4k, 311 in p&j)
43 -- Henrik Schwarz, Âme and Dixon - The Grandfather Paradox (98 points, 9 votes) (dnp in p4k, 816 in p&j)
42 -- Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest (98.5 points, 10 votes) (6 in p4k, 6 in p&j)
41 -- NOMO - Invisible Cities (101 points, 7 votes) (dnp in p4k, 356 in p&j)
40 -- El Perro Del Mar - Love Is Not Pop (104.5 points, 8 votes, 2 #1 vote/s) (dnp in p4k, 1558 in p&j)
39 -- Meanderthals - Desire Lines (104.5 points, 9 votes) (dnp in p4k, 877 in p&j)
38 -- JJ – jj n° 2 (104.5 points, 9 votes, 1 #1 vote/s) (35 in p4k, 105 in p&j)
37 -- Horrors - Primary Colours (106.5 points, 11 votes) (dnp in p4k, 65 in p&j)
36 -- Neko Case - Middle Cyclone (107 points, 12 votes, 2 #1 vote/s) (21 in p4k, 3 in p&j)
35 -- The Mountain Goats - The Life Of The World To Come (110.5 points, 10 votes) (45 in p4k, 80 in p&j)
34 -- Lady Gaga - The Fame Monster (111.5 points, 10 votes) (dnp in p4k, 31 in p&j)
33 -- Mariah Carey - Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel (112 points, 8 votes) (dnp in p4k, 332 in p&j)
32 -- Broadcast & The Focus Group - ...Investigate Witch Cults Of The Radio Age (112.5 points, 9 votes, 1 #1 vote/s) (dnp in p4k, 88 in p&j)
31 -- Miranda Lambert - Revolution (115 points, 9 votes) (dnp in p4k, 25 in p&j)
30 -- Junior Boys - Begone Dull Care (115 points, 10 votes, #1 vote/s) (dnp in p4k, 199 in p&j)
29 -- Röyksopp - Junior (116 points, 9 votes, #1 vote/s) (30 in p4k, 301 in p&j)
28 -- Omar-S - Fabric 45: Detroit (123 points, 10 votes) (dnp in p4k, 134 in p&j)
27 -- Mungolian Jet Set - We Gave it All Away...Now We Are Taking It Back (128.5 points, 10 votes) (dnp in p4k, 744 in p&j)
26 -- Lily Allen - It's Not Me, It's You (136 points, 10 votes, 1 #1 vote/s) (dnp in p4k, 22 in p&j)
25 -- Dâm-Funk - Toeachizown (138 points, 13 votes) (dnp in p4k, 47 in p&j)
24 -- Death - ...For the Whole World To See (145.5 points, 12 votes) (dnp in p4k, 151 in p&j)
23 -- Rihanna - Rated R (152.5 points, 16 votes) (dnp in p4k, 125 in p&j)
22 -- Future Of The Left - Travels With Myself And Another (163 points, 11 votes, 1 #1 vote/s) (dnp in p4k, 67 in p&j)
21 -- St. Vincent - Actor (167 points, 12 votes, #1 vote/s) (13 in p4k, 12 in p&j)
20 -- Mastodon - Crack the Skye (170.5 points, 12 votes, 1 #1 vote/s) (dnp in p4k, 18 in p&j)
19 -- Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx II (172 points, 15 votes, no #1 vote/s) (5 in p4k, 8 in p&j)
18 -- Bat For Lashes - Two Suns (181 points, 15 votes, no #1 vote/s) (7 in p4k, 23 in p&j)]
17 -- The Flaming Lips - Embryonic (182 points, 15 votes, 2 #1 vote/s) (4 in p4k, 9 in p&j)
16 -- Maxwell - BLACKsummers'night (190 points, 17 votes, no #1 vote/s) (dnp in p4k, 14 in p&j)
15 -- Sunn 0))) - Monoliths And Dimensions (212 points, 17 votes, no #1 vote/s) (31 in p4k, 42 in p&j)
14 -- The Juan Maclean - The Future Will Come (240 points, 22 votes, 2 #1 vote/s) (dnp in p4k, 126 in p&j)
13 -- Fuck Buttons - Tarot Sport (265 points, 24 votes, 1 #1 vote/s) (11 in p4k, 39 in p&j)
12 -- DJ Sprinkles - Midtown 120 Blues (270 points, 19 votes, 3 #1 vote/s) (dnp in p4k, 82 in p&j)
11 -- Lindstrom & Prins Thomas - II (285.5 points, 22 votes, 1 #1 vote/s) (dnp in p4k, 359 in p&j)

ok see u guys three weeks from now when the top 10 gets posted

ooh you biiitch

ha :D

oh no you di'int