ILM's Top 77 Tracks of 2012

ive never heard japandroids before and this is not what i would have expected them to sound like from the name

mskcouric 1 week ago

Sounds like shit you hear at the end of a Coors Light commercial.

Japandroids is the type of thing I'm sure I'd have tons of fun if I saw them live but don't care to listen to on record.

xp: That Dawn vocal, however impassioned, is kinda anonymous compared to the one in PWT.

A few weeks ago I realised I had zero idea what Japandroids sounded like but that album is a blast.

who is that? bruce springsteen's son? i'd prefer to listen to the house that jack kerouac built.

p sure his thing was not building houses

i like the japandroids song but i feel like they're a band that's a step away from letting themselves be totally emo and that kind of restraint bothers me

There are so many better rock bands around than Japandroids.

i never heard japandroids before. sounds like a wimpy version of hot water music. i don't mind it actually

I feel like Dawn, as a singer, is most distinct when she's going for sensuous, which neither "Faith" or "Pretty Wicked Things" aim for. My favorite songs by her this year are "Black Lipstick" and "86".

i heard this song for the first time the other day. i like it but the overwhelming acclaim surprised me a little.

i would love if "black lipstick" or "86" placed but meh who knows

Screaming that TELL EM ALLLLLLLLL TO GO TO HELL part is the reason this song is cool

sounds like a wimpy version of hot water music.

No band deserves a slam like this.

I don't remember them having such a trad rock sound on their last album

not my thing but I thought this would be higher actually - seem to recall coming across a lot of talk about this song here (and everywhere else).

Also yeah the whole verse-chorus-verse technique can get totally boring after a while. So formulaic!

I know this is sarcasm from you, but it's true.

― emil.y, Monday, January 21, 2013 4:08 PM (47 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

otm!!

actually that 'oh oh oh oh oh' bit sounds like the fucking lumineers.

lol

haha i always mix up japandroids with japanther. think i'd prefer japanther tbh

I really want japandroids to go on tour with japanther and japancakes. also, for bands to stop with the japainful japunny japandnames.

Japandroids track was #2 in Spin, #4 in P+J, #5 in Pitchfork

Then we had our say.

xp considering which, well done ILM

(I voted for it iirc, so it's not like I wish death upon it.)

when i saw their name i thought of japancakes. their loveless cover album was bliss whereas this is dross.

this srsly sounds so much like the bands i used to listen to when i was 15. feel really old if this sound has come back again.

like, this song is totally missing something, it's very insistent and very anthemic and all but there's an absence, something being held back, and for all its earnestness it's kind of a distant earnestness, which makes it unfulfilling? it is totally pitched as "cathartic rock song" and just falls short imo

We're now at the point in the Andy Kaufman-style bit where the gag is wearing thin. xp

love that japandroids song

ugh, japandroids are so SINCERE in a way that is very put on to me. i don't buy their shtick at all.

it's a pretty good track tho all things considered... i can only do them one song at a time tho

While I agree with emil.y that the structure itself is boring on paper the anticipation-release on Faith is worked to perfection and the voice is engaging, the corny 'you never lost faith..' is writing that is again, made to work. Templates are almost always boring on definition and then they are made to work time and again with great execution...why they are templates to be used in the first place.

Would have loved to listen to this on the Tokyo subway that's for sure. The Tube doesn't quite have it somehow.

alright let's all forget about japandroids now

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64. GURU "Lapaz Toyota" [204 points, 6 votes]

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Also, I heard (from a propositionee) they're pretty skeezy about trying to pick up girls in the audience after shows. So are most bands, I guess, but anyway. There's that. xps to Japandroids

Chromatics - lasted about 10 secs.

Japanoroids lasted 15 secs.

tune! hopefully more afrobeats to come

So glad to see Lapaz Toyota on here, even though I voted for Karaoke. Yeah, more afrobeats!

This is a fun one!

Chromatics - lasted about 10 secs.

Japanoroids lasted 15 secs.

This is why I've decided to just stop commenting for now unless something I really like comes up. I think only one track I voted for will make it.

shed a tear when i saw that 'obuu mo' wasn't nominated.

this is fun but I can't get over there being a new artist named Guru RIP ;_;

On first listen "Lapaz Toyota" is very cool. Well done, ILX!

rev otm

Is he singin "lick my dick"?

singing

rev otm

ez also otm

excellent work ilm