ILM'S TOP 77 TRACKS of 2010

thanks! "pigfuck" is a genre, huh.

is j0rdan up yet

Xgau coined the term to describe a bunch of atonal 80s underground post-punk, post-"No Wave" bands that were preoccupied with perversion and seediness. Idk how much Swans were a part of this, but I know early Sonic Youth, Pussy Galore, Butthole Surfers, and Big Black were a part of this...

(don't tell me I just turned Lex off the Swans ;_;)

+ the jesus lizard

Let's get going! I'm off out to a gig tonight so going to miss the culmination anyway, but want to catch as much as possible before I have to leave.

i think it's johnny, not j0rdan, who's at the helm today - he said noon his time but i, er, don't know what his time is.

imo the pigfuck aesthetic is most visible in certain '90s films such as Kalifornia, The Doom Generation, and Natural Born Killers

(^but I could v. well be proven wrong about that...)

i'll spare the thread a big, serious, metaphor-strewn "review" of it, but i've also had a moment of revelation with that swans track. it again required headphones and a shit ton of volume. fucking amazing, one of the best things on here, complete 180 from my initial, bored "eh." basically, i was listening to it through shitty computer speakers at low volume yesterday, so all the noise and texture got lost. all i heard was the drony build and gira moaning. and unlike most of the other unfamiliar tracks that didn't impress me on the first pass, i didn't go back to make sure.

gonna go buy the album today.

i'm surprised u haven't already heard it dude

the swans album is amazing but no words/no thoughts is not one of my favorite tracks - i would have chosen "jim" or "eden prison"

i think noon his time is half an hourish from now?

yes. Johnny is on US Eastern Standard time.

the swans album is amazing but no words/no thoughts is not one of my favorite tracks - i would have chosen "jim" or "eden prison"

YES -- "jim" esp. is really something

I've been experiencing a lot of these songs over the past few days as low quality youtubes played through my crummy work headset. Probably doesn't do the tracks justice. I'm hoping to take some time this weekend to play everything back through youtube via my blu-ray and stereo. May help me see/hear these in a different light.

If you're playing from YouTube then it's probably not ever going to sound good, though?

Also have the TNP album, and haven't listened to it yet...liked We Want War but wasn't bowled over by it. I like how the derangement of the senses thing kind of undercuts the bombastic proggy cliches, but all the modern touches are kind of out-of-place...

liked it more than Gayngs, less than 'Sun' or the Ariel Pink song...

Some have sounded better than others, especially the official videos.

xxpost

Apart from Antebellum, I think the only songs on this list that make me shrug are Kesha, El Guincho, Javiera Mena, Rick Ross, Marina and Fives. The rest I either liked already or like now. That's not a bad batting average.

The Fives song is a total love/wtf vote for people -- like it seems like ppl either really really like it, or just dont get it at all

musical cilantro

deej did you hear funk butcher's "pull me close"?

It's a great track, kind of feels like a lost Basement Jaxx tune.

i liked the fives a lot deej! last sunday i didn't know what uk funky was but three hours ago i can be bowled over by katy b bcz she does both funky AND dubstep (i'm a shameless rockist)

but i mean, that's because of the fives. it's a great song, easily top 15...

I'd say it's about time the countdown begins nay?

i love "it's what you do" but it took me a couple of listens for it to stand out - "pull me close" i adored instantly, and is the one i could actually imagine being a genuine summer hit (obv it sucks that neither were).

Damnit, this poll is always announced when I'm not at the computer and I end up having to read the whole thing on my iPhone on the way to and from work (Zing won't let me post on my phone for some reason). So I'm very behind and not getting to discuss the results as they come, even though I really want to.

This is a great list. A few things I don't know, but I feel MUCH more in touch with it than I did last year.

Love these polls - highlight of ILM each year really. I always end up discovering soemthing I love.

lol @ musical cilantro

oh yeah 2010 was definitely better music-wise than 2009. At least it felt like it had more variety. 2009 felt too oppressive/obsessed with retro schticks for the most part to me.

lol @ musical cilantro

― flopson, Thursday, January 27, 2011 12:00 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark

was just about to post this

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guys i might have a crush on Katy B

i definitely do

But cilantro is more love/hate, I think.

I'm here...sorry I'm a little late...

#20 coming up.

Youpi!

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20. E-40 ft. CLYDE CARSON & HUSALAH "Lightweight Jammin'" [432 points, 12 votes, 1 first place vote]
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I had never heard this before yesterday but it's pretty great.

husalah's verse on that is the best verse i heard all year for sure. it's so iconic

some great rap songs on here too...Wiz & Minaj just missed my top 10 (along w 5s)

wheyyyy

e40 album is def my own most underrated of last year - i found it kinda hard to digest TWO DISCS' WORTH of material - but this song is undeniable. not my fav off the album - think that's "got it" or "dem boyz" - but yeah a banger that i wish i'd heard in the wild a lot more last year.

drums drums drums!!!!!!

drums like that make me want to move to SF so i never have any period where i forget to keep up with bay area hip-hop ever again

i never felt the need to listen to both discs in sequence, only got around to night shift after i had od'd on day shift

whoa the guy with the red cap and the glasses totally looks like the black version of an uncle of mine. Lovely drum loop.

evry tiiiiime

i'm surprised u haven't already heard it dude [re: schwanz]

― flopson, Thursday, January 27, 2011 8:36 AM (44 minutes ago) Bookmark

what can i say? i'm lazy and was never a big fan in the past, though i've always respected them.

The video is funny in how awkward most of their dance moves are. Seems they don't seem too comfortable with the clichee of dancing in your hip hop video.

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19. LCD SOUNDSYSTEM "Dance Yrself Clean" [434 points, 13 votes]
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