ILM'S TOP 77 TRACKS of 2010

afaik, this is the first time I've ever heard anything by Jaar. This is kinda nice, but it leaves me unsatisfied. I need more buildup/payoff.

I voted for this, such a lovely vibe...I have a nagging feeling with Jaar that his early work (i.e. this) might turn out to be the pinnacle of his output.

i now have 2 votes placing. For a while I thought the only one that would make it was the bieber, lol

I do like the gearshift right around the 5min mark, tho

i like the janelle monae record but it seems like some of the styles she's mining on it (broadway music, 60s psych/folk) are ones that are not at all in vogue right now (or ever?) so its not surprising that it fell by the wayside commercially

i thought you said you voted for swans, AG...?

Naw i checked and i only voted swans on albums ballot

I do like the gearshift right around the 5min mark, tho

I think that's the payoff, the point of all that repeition in the first place, to then hit you with the chord change after you've zoned out for ages.

lol @ LJ referring to Lady Antebellum as "her."

this is awesome! list got goooooood

it then

and yeah, totally zoned out to jaar but in a good way, got stuck in the moment

when i listen to jaar i kind of feel like i've been drawn wholly into his world

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44. CARIBOU "Odessa" [278 points, 11 votes]
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Not the Caribou track I voted for, but I love love love this!

Ah, been wanting to listen to some Jaar for a while. This is nice, but I feel like it's either a) too subtle for listening to on only one working headphone from a youtube, or b) a tad inconsequential.

i think one of my favourite things about "back to december" is how it demonstrates that, for all taylor swift always gets pinned with the fairytale-happy-endings tag, she also believes in unhappy endings and the futility of emotion.

― lextasy refix (lex pretend), Tuesday, 25 January 2011 19:08 (15 minutes ago)

I'm not sure it's my favourite song on the record but it's probably the most moving. I can't recall her ever coming forward and saying that she was entirely responsible for a relationship dissolving before - that she's not always the victim of terrible boys and that she fucks up like everyone else. The line "if we loved again, i swear i'd love you more" is a killer.

Love the drum sounds on "Odessa"

46-45-44 a very nice run

This was the track that led me to checking out the Caribou album. Still think this is the best thing on it.

Thinking about it, I'm not sure why anyone would choose "Wouh" over "Love Cry". Love them both though.

just wanted to reach back a few minutes to pick up on this is pure thomas kinkade this is pure thomas kinkade this is pure thomas kinkade this is pure thomas kinkade this is pure thomas kinkade this is pure thomas kinkade this is pure thomas kinkade this is pure thomas kinkade this is pure thomas kinkade this is pure thomas kinkade this is pure thomas kinkade this is pure thomas kinkade this is pure thomas kinkade this is pure thomas kinkade this is pure thomas kinkade this is pure thomas kinkade this is pure thomas kinkade this is pure thomas kinkade this is pure thomas kinkade this is pure thomas kinkade this is pure thomas kinkade this is pure thomas kinkade this is pure thomas kinkade this is pure thomas kinkade this is pure thomas kinkade this is pure thomas kinkade this is pure thomas kinkade this is pure thomas kinkade this is pure thomas kinkade this is pure thomas kinkade this is pure thomas kinkade this is pure thomas kinkade this is pure thomas kinkade this is pure thomas kinkade this is pure thomas kinkade this is pure thomas kinkade this is pure thomas kinkade this is pure thomas kinkade ftr

Love the drum sounds on "Odessa"

― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 25 January 2011 19:26 (45 seconds ago)

THIS, that break is what made me vote for this song, been stuck in my mind all year <3

the youtube for back to december itt is 4:28, should be 4:55

so it's not a USMILEAMBIENT level timestretch but yeah you need to year the proper versh

wrt Jaar: i find it hard to get sick of pared down piano sounds, i feel like his rhythms feel really like things you do with your body when you dance. as in they're *organic* but i dont necessarily mean that in a *sound pallette* way. I definitely like him more at his more ambient and spacey, devotional vocals (john the revelator, love you gotta lose again) eyes wide turned to heaven ecstatic. the way his lulls you with his grooves, spaces you out, tangles up your limbs dancing.

basically the drum-break in Odessa is one of the best uses of syncopation I've heard in ages. LOVE IT :D

awesome run

odessa is a banger

yup

like Sun better but glad this placed

LJ you should go see Caribou live, he absolutely slays.

Actually you all should.

I have. It was okay.

yeah I've heard! especially with the drumming. caribou has always been about the drums, dude's IDM masquerading as indie house hehe

dude's IDM masquerading as indie house

handy little explanation of why i've never been able to get into caribou

btw taylor swift isn't pure thomas kinkade in retrospect, fleet foxes are (as I believe I said once)

aw lex :( chacun a son gout

nicholas jaar track is gorgeous, so easy to get lost in

nico jaar is ethiopian liturgical hardcore masquerading as lynchian diva house

Odessa video is cool too...

plz keep this run up, ILM

o nakh

also Odessa is the best song on the album IMO, Jamelia is the only other contender

taylor swift isn't pure thomas kinkade in retrospect, fleet foxes are

no. fleet foxes are whatever the indie-parent version of thomas kinkade is (i wouldn't know). that taylor track just IS kinkade, nothing but kinkade. she is painter of light.

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43. EL GUINCHO "Bombay" [280 points, 11 votes]
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Probably not a good idea to peep this video on a work computer.

Oh yeah, I voted for this, sexist video tropes and all.

lol @ this getting votes purely on the video

Love that song, but that's the least intriguing screencap of the video.

on shitty mobile broadband now so can't really listen to youtubes but really want to hear that nico jaar. i voted for 'back to decemeber' - my favourite song from the album. still holding out hope that the remix of that drake song that i voted for places.

Only heard the whole album once, though, so he missed my albums ballot.

xpost to self, I guess

you're right contendo, just that fleet foxes are quite a good fit too :)

bombay is quite banging, has amazing if derivative video, officially not misogynist, cool stuff

lol @ this getting votes purely on the video

I didn't factor the video into my vote, but I also probably wouldn't have heard the song if not for the thread on the video.