ILM'S TOP 77 TRACKS of 2011 (Los resultados!)

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74 - tUnE-yArDs "Bizness" (184 Points, 6 Votes)
P&J - 12
Pitchfork - 13

http://youtu.be/YQ1LI-NTa2s

amazing screenshot

sigh and the excellence crashes to an end

cannot get down with tune-yards at all, it's just...a total mess to my ears

I can see why Pistol Annies would appeal to people but srsly this is like audio kryptonite to me, esp. that top voice

how many times do they have to repeat the phrase "hell on heels"

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Another case of "I voted for the album". Video for this is great though.

I avoided this album because of screenshots like that but eventually came around to it. "Powa" is a nice track.

yeah i can't get into tune-yards either... maybe her voice?

man I would like "Bizness" a lot more if she didn't bellow so much on it; all the background she does with her voice on it is excellent

"Bizness" v. low! May be sone vote splitting here: all the nominated tune-yards tracks are good ones. As with GGD chat upthread, I only voted for the album in the end.
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The bellowing is half the appeal!

Yeah, I voted for "Gangsta", but I like "Bizness" just fine.

tune yards really sounds like children's music to me

Yeah I really hated tUnE-yArDs at first, based on her press pictures and the stupid spelling, but it really grew on me. Still nowhere near top ten or anything, but I've grown to appreciate what she's doing.

Two previous posts otm

man I would like "Bizness" a lot more if she didn't bellow so much on it

Ditto, it's like someone shouting at you through a megaphone.

GGD track ran out of steam for me wasn't really into the 2nd part of it

Pistol Annies was ok

Tuneyards was junk

"who says" >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "love you like a love song"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzE1mX4Px0I

ha, i said that before watching this "bizness" video

hadn't listened to this since early last year... shit reminds me of dirty projectors, it's a bit better than i remembered but yeah i can't handle these vocals

i get what ppl hear in tune-yards & feel like i could get into it if i wasnt so viscerally repulsed by certain aspects of it

i mostly agree w/ flopson

Huh, I kind of thought "Bizness" would be in the top 20.

my reaction to the tuneyards album was that practically every other song on it was much much much better than "Bizness"

Wow this is great! The first time I've actually voted. I feel so 'invested' ;)

Into it so far, especially Gomez. tUnE-yArDs and this particular Gang Gang Dance record never really clicked with me, but they're still fine. I like 'em well enough

So basically tUnE-yArDs is this year's entry in the "does inexplicably well on P&J poll depsite it seeming like most people hate it" indie album stakes?

hmm i don't really like "who says". my fav selena gomez song is still "naturally"

i get what ppl hear in tune-yards & feel like i could get into it if i wasnt so viscerally repulsed by certain aspects of it

yeah i guess - i was actually anticipating hearing the album b/c of what i'd read, and then i put it on and it was just so...everything i hate in one package, some primary school child banging pots and pans together. DNW

otoh the thing i've heard ppl champion it for, the bellowing & general total unrestraint, is what repulses me the most. at the time same if it were at all toned down it would probably mute the appeal for most fans, the music wouldnt be as remarkable if it werent as unshy/embarassing but it would also be less painful to endure.

also i remember thinking some of the tune-yards lyrics ("gangsta", probably) were KIND OF DUBIOUS but this was ages ago and i can't remember the details (and don't intend to return to the album to find out)

i think when i heard it praised i thought it would be along the lines of...gang gang dance, actually. that kind of ambitious, huge-sounding fusion. it wasn't at all :(

yeah i guess - i was actually anticipating hearing the album b/c of what i'd read, and then i put it on and it was just so...everything i hate in one package, some primary school child banging pots and pans together.

haha okay dude, the shit going on is significantly more complicated than that, particularly all of the looped arpeggio/hocket stuff in the background

I mean, technically all of that shit is massively on point and mad impressive, I just spend about 70% of the time disliking the main instrument

Another case of "I voted for the album". Video for this is great though.

― Angrrau Birds (seandalai), Monday, January 23, 2012 3:14 PM (12 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

I think tUnE-yArDs will definitely suffer from vote splitting on the tracks side. I think I voted for "You Yes You."

Video makes me feel that Tuneyards chick is leader of some strange cult. Which makes me v nervous.

the whole vibe I get is some sort of imposing Hare Krishna/Sesame Street amalgamation

Hadn't heard the GGD or Pistol Annie's until now. Won't bother hearing them again.

tUnE-yArDs are this year's Micachu and the Shapes.

haha that's kind of OTM from what I remember of Micachu

she's much better than that

ha I had wanted to hear Micachu, and now I'm not so sure

also i remember thinking some of the tune-yards lyrics ("gangsta", probably) were KIND OF DUBIOUS

Not to say this excuses anything, but in interviews she seems fairly self-aware about this.

Also re "children's music": she used to be a puppeteer.

That "Who Says" song is rank btw. In my opinion.

i liked the micachu album better than tuneyards i think

agree that this is this years micachu but disagree that it's better, imo much worse

listening to tuneyards i feel like i'm in a room at a party when someone youtube dj's obnoxious dubstep or a guy with acoustic guitar getting too into it. like you politey try to ignore it but inside you're reeling at their painful lack of self-awareness, embarrassed for them.

Pistol Annies, definitely not popular here. It was met with repulsion from my girlfriend, 'ergh, stop being so down-home'...

lol

ugh i'd forgotten micachu existed. both unlistenable

re: tune-yards, not pistol annies :(

Pistol Annies, definitely not popular here. It was met with repulsion from my girlfriend, 'ergh, stop being so down-home'...

#ilikeallkindsofmusicexceptrapandcountry

if it were at all toned down it would probably mute the appeal for most fans, the music wouldnt be as remarkable if it werent as unshy/embarassing
Absolutely. And Dan is also right about the effort that's gone into the structure of the music. The only time the album trips up and becomes willfully obtuse is "Riotriot". Lots more to say but I'll save it I think until when we get to the albums rundown.

I've never seen a documented case of that happening, but have with the scenario I've described.

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I thought we decided that tracks from 1900 weren't valid for the 2012 poll, even if they did chart early in the year. xpost

― Doctor Casino, Saturday, September 1, 2012 2:33 AM (9 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

It's ok so long as they didn't place in the 1900 top 1900.

tbh i've spent more of the past few months watching sport than hunting music - i have been doing the latter of course but i haven't had the time to think of the best way to hype something on ilm, a few of the things i have hyped got v tepid responses - i feel pretty out of touch w/ critical consensus this year. i don't even feel like i want to talk about rap or dance music with ilmers right now

thank god for "call me maybe", really