ILM's Top 77 Tracks of 2012

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

http://s2.postimage.org/jbcbc4jjd/Screen_Shot_2013_01_21_at_15_19_32.png

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

Spotify /Youtube

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

The Guru thing definitely made me raise an eyebrow. But the song is great.

This is neat.

ooh i like this v much

best thing so far I hadn't previously heard.

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

There was an article that seemed to suggest that there was something disingenuous about Japandroids' fetishization of youthful tear-your-heart-out urgency. The argument's kind of disjointed, but there's a worthwhile point in there:
http://www.spinner.com/2012/10/26/japandroids-celebration-rock-essay/

Ive done karaoke with one of the guys from japandroids, they are mos def sincere dudes. xp

nice beat, funny video, good dance. one of the best yet.

fuck i love lapaz toyota

This is pretty informative: http://www.thefader.com/2012/05/02/lungu-lungu-lapaz-toyota/

possibly best thing so far, regardless. xps to me

looking forward to the next 63 entries of rappin with alex in manhattan