(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)

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so let's do 10-6 today and then top 5 tomorrow, that should work out well

probably good to include text details as well as the image...for anyone with images off or if the images ever go astray

hurrah for a) jordan's images b) getting dirty projectors out of the way at the start of the top 10

nice! much better than alb covers

i liked this album at first but more and more i am just not crazy about it

yes, good idea:

10 -- Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca (290.5 points, 23 votes, 3 #1 vote/s) (2 in p4k, 5 in p&j)

^^ i second cad, & i think it's waaaay better than anco & grizz, so i'm kind of glad that it's hyped up with those albums

actually i guess text details aren't a big deal as there will be a numerical list at the end anyway

did not vote for it but it is an alright album imo

btw big ups to everyone on flickr who allowed me to download their hueg high quality images

since other people have been putting together the rolling list at least I can help them by pasting it as text.

Massively overrated album.

Next!

nice work jordan! Looks great.

b) getting dirty projectors out of the way at the start of the top 10

(Please get the xx out of the way soon k thanks)

What else will chart along with Xapdy?

why is there masking tape in the shape of a star of david on the DPs' stage?

What else will chart along with Xapdy?

The-Dream
Electrik Red
Fever Ray
Quik and Kurupt
Taylor Swift

Expecting to see Q&K, Electrik Red, Taylor in the next few.

I still think Fever Ray will win this poll.

I kinda expect anco to miss the top5

you were originally pretty sure electrik red would miss the top 10

xp

im not sure where the xx will place. could be up next or they could be no 2. Loadsa fans on ilx (esp amongst brits) but loads of hate too.

Q&K for no.1

(not a chance)

h8ers don't get to vote!

pretty sure it's the xx vs fever ray for no 1 - idk about the rest at all

it's funny, all of the albums left have been shown a ton of love, but some have a ton of hate too while others have NONE. are there electrik red or quik & kurupt haters out there at all?

i don't hate electrik red but it totally did not grab me in the way it grabbed many of you

i love specific electrik red tracks, but don't really play the whole album. q&k didn't really do it for me, but i'm not a hater.

it's funny, all of the albums left have been shown a ton of love, but some have a ton of hate too while others have NONE. are there electrik red or quik & kurupt haters out there at all?

I was thinking the exact same thing Lex. Probably because a lot haven't heard them OR havent seen hype/poll consensus for them that GAPDYX have.

They aren't Pitchfork favourites.

ha tbh it's because most people know better than to troll those threads

its not just pitchfork though, every end of year poll had those 6 in the top 10 practically.

pretty sure it's the xx vs fever ray for no 1 - idk about the rest at all

... vs. The-Dream, I think.

i saw that they sparked a lot of discussion, but i didn't realize the XX were so loved on ILX

They aren't Pitchfork favourites.

Both scored a pretty enviable 8.2 on the site... but avoided the Best New Music stamp, which I think has been given out to 8.1 and maybe even 8.0 albums before... for the reviews, see here:

http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13211-blaqkout/ - penned by deej
http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13606-how-to-be-a-lady-volume-1/ - penned by Tim F.

So they did well at Pfork (I think Q&K also was in the 20s range at 2009 year-end) but they also fall outside the site's traditional indie-rock reader demographic, which really to me is what explains the lack of hate.

its weird cos theyr dinner party music

They also weren't as championed by a host of inane indie blogs, which helps.

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k3v otm

and no nme covers like the xx got

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9 -- Taylor Swift - Fearless (292 points, 19 votes, 2 #1 vote/s) (dnp in p4k, 186 in p&j)

They also weren't as championed by a host of inane indie blogs, which helps.

Yeah that's more clearly stated. I was using Pfork as shorthand for the larger online indie world.

sick screencap

what an awesome photo! what an awesome album.

This was posted, rather bizarrely, on the rolling metal thread, as an example of bad music writing. So I may as well link it here
http://www.autostraddle.com/why-taylor-swift-offends-little-monsters-feminists-and-weirdos-31525

it was also posted on a taylor swift thread i think a while ago

i guess we've covered most of the singles elsewhere but these two songs are two of my favourites on the album, haven't been talked about as much, and contain maybe my absolute favourite ~moments~ on it - the end of the second verse of the title track, "in the passenger seat you put your eyes on me/ in this moment now, CAPTURE IT - REMEMBER IT--- " - the sudden commands just nailing this instantaneous thrill, capturing it like a snapshot in song in a way that you can't in life.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUVSVD8HZAA

and in "hey stephen", towards the end, after the middle 8, the reason why i think taylor swift is a great singer despite her technical limitations - the way she sings "but would they write a song for you?", gives this amazingly endearing little laugh, and then sings the rest of the song with it still caught in her throat, the chorus suddenly a victory lap rather than a question.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-w0Z4EYXYFI

that autostraddle article - and jezebel's continued vendetta against taylor swift - are hideous - not just b/c they're dumb but b/c they're from otherwise smart and necessary sources which should damn well know better.

i mean i can understand disliking what taylor does, and occasionally have seen some well-reasoned anti-taylor commentary, but any time anyone defaults to a lazy "music for little girls" or "taylor swift is SETTING FEMINISM BACK" it just raises my ire significantly

i agree

total misreadings of the music