ILM'S TOP 77 TRACKS of 2010

plz let it be taylor

haven't we had enough tracks from the taylor swift album already?

yes, which means there's one more probably

was just checking out "nite air" and my wife asked "what is this crap?" it's pretty bad, seems "tasteful"

― congratulations (n/a), Wednesday, January 26, 2011 12:07 PM (1 second ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

more like 'graceful' imo. burial's usual stuff seems much more 'tasteful' & less pop to me than 'night air'

the groove is so electric on it

i agree w/ deej

Oh here we go, a track from my ballot at last. The only other one being Crystal Castles.

yeah, i dunno how i feel about "born free". loved it at first, but there's a lot of other tracks on the the album that i prefer at this point. but johnny fever OTM: the david letterman performance with martin rev was fucking all time, one of the most amazing pieces of live music i've ever seen on television. deserves the placement just for that.

was that the one with like 15 MIA's?

The only 3 that have placed so far have been my bottom 3 and, w/ the exception of "Tightrope" and "Window Seat", i'm sort of convinced none of my others will end up here

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33. THESE NEW PURITANS "We Want War" [342 points, 10 votes]
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i have no idea what this is -- i think it's some jagger shit?

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSS

it is some jagger shit

jagger loves it, terrible name, two strikes right there

I get These New Puritans confused with Them Crooked Vultures.

yeah this is jagger shit but i liked it enough to vote for it!

the album that this is from reminds me of This Heat

tnp seems to really, really like this heat

The album I found a bit wearing, but "We Want War" is terrific.

Their first album is a little more delightfully off-kilter, but the album from last year is nice too (and I like this song).

wow, very nice. another one i shall d/l asap!

i actually really like this...for the first minute. then the vocal happens. actually even that is not too bad until he starts trying to sing and then...that horrible rapping/chanting shit :o :o

dont like this. ruined a good run too

man, that new puritans track is super impressive and heavy and all, but i didn't much enjoy listening to it. turned it off after 4 or 5 minutes. i think i liked it best when it was just drumbeats and oppressive synth horns. once it started layering up all industrial with the vocals and noises, i kind of lost interest.

I'm pretty glad Jack Barnett of TNP says he's done writing for his own voice. Its TNP's limiting factor.

Yeah, this song caught me as soon as I heard it. Hits on a lot of musical elements that I'm a real sucker for.

The album I found a bit wearing, but "We Want War" is terrific.

― Danzig, with tears in my eyes (DavidM), Wednesday, 26 January 2011 18:16 (1 minute ago)

this sums up my attitude to the album pretty much

has a coupla other highlights but WWW towers above the rest like The Shard over London Bridge Bus Garage

astonishing song

btw I literally just got home as J0rdy posted that, and now I've got other stuff to do - timing or what :D

I absolutely love the track but I cannot deny sometimes yearning for an edit with just the "we want war" growl and the choral bits.

very dramatic and portentous but I like it anyway. not something you want to listen to for an entire album but it's quite a 7 minutes.

― Danzig, with tears in my eyes (DavidM)

uh, did this just happen. how have i not noticed this before?

I like These New Puritans, but I can't shake the feeling that they are kind of a British nine inch nails. Am I crazy?

Astonishing record, just the idea that any Brit indie band would attempt to fuse militaristic cheapo dancehall drums with early 20th century classical music. Don't even mind the vocals any more, actually what it reminds me most of is Inertia Creeps by Massive Attack. I voted it very high.

btw contenderizer you missed the best 2 minutes of the song

oh ok, clarinet at the end. i'm sold.

(my #6 and highest-placing)

"we want war" is great, rest of the album is pretty zzzzzz

I like These New Puritans, but I can't shake the feeling that they are kind of a British nine inch nails. Am I crazy?

bahahahaha. i'm not that familiar w/nine inch nails but i got the impression trent reznor ~emoted~ a bit more, whereas this new puritan's vocal is utterly quintessential british indie can't-be-arsed.

Absolutely true, I can't really justify why I hear nin, it's just there...

the 1st young gods album in 1987 did this kind of thing way better

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32. TENSNAKE "Coma Cat" [342 points, 11 votes, one first place vote]
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i like "we want war" but i sometimes turn it off before the choral bits at the end

I think it may have something to do with live drums processed like booming dance drums plus "intensity".

this is the first i've ever seen this dude & i'm pretty sure he's just like gr80 irl

btw contenderizer you missed the best 2 minutes of the song

am listening again, tbh, cuz i felt i'd given it short shrift. i just wasn't ready to feel the darkness. still don't like the guy's vocals when they're given clear prominence, but i'm weathering it out.

Hey, Tensnake stole my APC40!

"coma cat" is a great track that i completely forgot about when making my own list ;_;

this track has basically the most perfect hook ever.

actually once you start drawing TNP comparisons outside of british indie - nine inch nails/massive attack/tori amos/indeed anyone in the late 90s playing around with industrial/modern classical/electronic influences, and there were lots of them - TNP suddenly seems way less impressive.

"coma cat" is 7+ long btw so here's the radio edit if anyone wants that instead coma cat edit

HANDS IN THE FUCKING AIR. ANTHEMMMMMMM