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

just a heads up that the albums results will get going somewhere around... 11 am EST

*anticipates furiously*

I had completely forgotten about the albums poll! Something to look forward to this week...

The EOY polls are the gift that keeps giving!

huzzah wz robbed

Mates just played the Blawan track on the local radio on my suggestion thanks to this thread.

deej and whiney and i were kicking around emails about this... maybe we'll actually do it for real

― J0rdan S., Friday, January 27, 2012 7:36 PM (9 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

yeah! it gave me quite a few records to check out and i have no idea what yall have been into this year

― call all destroyer, Saturday, 28 January 2012 00:46 (4 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I dunno about the poll but one thing I would recommend is trying to get in touch with tpp or find one of his 'round up' posts from last year. Basically once every three months he'd do a round-up of goon-approved mixtapes or things for people to check out and I think they were v. important for guiding the listening of many people like me who love rap and try to follow the thread, but get bogged down as the rep bookmark grows bigga.

Just now finally really digging into this list via the Spotify playlist (which is great and super helpful, though missing a couple of things that maybe weren't yet on Spotify on the time, mainly "212"). As always, the pop and hip-hop stuff was no surprise but I really groove on the chance to touch in with, and cherry-pick, the mysterious goon and beach factions. Thanks, y'all.

This time last year, I was already chomping at the bit for vote for favorite tracks. This year, I have no idea what will be on my ballot. I'm not out of the loop entirely, but I haven't been as proactive this year as in years past about finding good things.

Feel the same johnny. This year's been a little more tepid - there's still stuff out there I just don't feel as whizz bang about this year as last year. Honestly I think 2011 was my favourite year for music since a long time

Possibly just more of a struggle to discover new stuff after the clampdown on illegal downloading. I get the impression that the unintended consequence is less music being talked about, not just less music being downloaded.

If anything, it's not access to less music this year that's caused me to back away. It's more.

I mean, I just see walls of new names and free downloads and I don't feel like digging through it all.

rip outloud
viva plug.dj?

I haven't logged onto plug in weeks and weeks.

but yeah, rip outloud bigtime!

nobody has

I rely heavily on lex, Tim, and Rev, as usual.

Oh, and r|t|c, but more selectively ;)

I even started a not-pop/not-indie shambhala thread to catch all the stuff i like that falls between categories this year, but I've done a poor job of keeping it up. If I'd done something like that in previous years, there'd be 500 posts by december.

you're getting old n jaded admit it

Nah, I've just been busier this year tbh.

let me help you; you want to put "Fineshrine" by Purity Ring on your ballot

arent you working in the music business these days tho??

arent you working in the music business these days tho??

Tangentially. Mostly I just see a bunch of names come across my screen and after a while I start to not give a shit about any of them.

So yeah, maybe I am old n jaded.

I feel like I've been much more engaged with new music this year thanks to spotify, so I'm more excited about choosing my favorites this year than last. I had a lot of apathy votes last time.

I rely heavily on lex, Tim, and Rev, as usual.

― MikoMcha, Friday, August 31, 2012 2:10 PM Bookmark

I always feel vaguely guilty about not posting more of the stuff I listen to to ILX but a lot of the time there isn't quite an appropriate thread. :/

I can see how it would feel weird to start one, but there a few posters (like those MikoMcha named for a start) that should probably just have rolling threads of their favorites. or idk, just start a bunch of single-track threads? ilm has felt kind of sedate this year, sometimes for the best, but all those artist polls--some of which I have totally enjoyed don't get me wrong--have often made the board seem backward-facing this year.

There has been a lot of good music new around this year imo, but especially with the demise of Outloud (RIP) I have no idea whether anyone's listening to the same stuff as me.

i'm excited about the '12 poll, i really having a feeling this might be the year that johnny fever hears me out on the set number of albums and tracks nominations thing

lol no way, he cant give in to us now

i really having a feeling this might be the year that johnny fever hears me out on the set number of albums and tracks nominations thing

Would you prefer a set number of each (non-combined) or just wild west open endless nominating?

I have no objections to 20+20 or whatever. Also thinking of "pre-loading" the nominations list with the results from the P+J/Pitchfork/RA/etc EOY lists. The most important thing is that nobody is blocked from voting for an album/track just because it wasn't nommed, second most important thing is that the list isn't completely huge and unreadable.

Because iirc there's rarely been an instance where something that could've made the top 50/77/whatever# has missed out on doing so (last year's LMFAO travesty not withstanding).

set number of each, definitely. the choice of being able to do more of one but it taking away from the other just gives me a headache.

In practice, wild west nominating would probably work ok as long as nobody dumps 500 tracks in one go.

Can you pre-load it with terrorizer/decibel lists too?

wild west forever. plus dumping it in one go is a major plus in copying and pasting imo

The master noms list sometimes reaches critical mass, though, making it impossible to go through for voting purposes.

how many does the big eoy get?

For example, someone who doesn't really vote in a lot of polls but makes a habit of voting the EOY poll may look at two lists of 1900 nominations and say "fuck this!"

The last few years, the master lists have hovered right around 1k.

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

xp (or less. I honestly can't remember now.)

otoh you might get someone who sees lots of stuff not nominated and go fuck this. You cant win eitherway.

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

psst

rev's #secrete soundcloud haiku lounge

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