ILM's Top 77 Tracks of 2012

wtf is this alex anwandter! it's rare that something places in this that i haven't even heard OF. it's alright, love the strings and...is that an accordion? got the makings of a great disco track but dunno if it's quite there, sounds a bit homemade and his voice is a bit of a damp squib. i'm guessing this is here because of the same people responsible for javiera mena?

"Gangnam Style" was #12 on Pazz & Jop, and it feels like chart hits are mostly placing lower here than they did on P&J, so i'm gonna say it misses the top 20

forgot to vote alex anwandter, but so stoked on this song & video

dope tribute to -=+~PARIS IS BURNING~+=-

the way the strings sparkle into life is really awesome though

bit shocked by how much I like this Bruno Mars song, I think I've actively disliked everything else I've heard by him.

i predict gangnam style is a repeat of adele lats year and places #78

bit shocked by how much I like this Bruno Mars song, I think I've actively disliked everything else I've heard by him.

― Bill Goldberg Variations (Merdeyeux), Tuesday, January 22, 2013 12:11 PM (33 seconds ago)

i'm saying!

lol i've been wondering what the amusing snubs of this year's poll will be, i don't think gangnam style will be it tho

someone posted the alex anwandter track in the campaign thread right? heard it right before i submitted my ballot; didn't end up including it but it's v nice

this song is totally groovy! Love it.

yeah i like it

Alex Anwandter's previous incarnation as Odisea is even better. Check out Cabros and his lovely dancing in Casa Latina.

I really, really like the way the drums change in Locked Out of Heaven, becoming simpler and simpler, and then rolling in the second half of the chorus. The verses might be better, but the whole song is really well put together.

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44. SPIRiTUALIZED "Hey Jane" [251 points, 10 votes]

Spotify / Youtube

i really really love the bridge of locked out of heaven because, like, for a Police rip to suddenly do Stewart Copeland quarter-notes on the bell of the ride cymbal is like a Weird Al-level attention to detail.

― finally rich, fun-packed, fulfilling (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, December 26, 2012 1:24 AM (3 weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

^^ otm

Regarding the case of Rita Ora, this year's anthropological discovery at the staff christmas party was that the office ladies got more excited about singing along to "and when the sunsets baby on the avenue" than just about anything else that played, even though it was clear that they were both ignorant of and indifferent to the existence of any other part of that song.

spiritualized still exist in 2012? if we were a day on i'd assume this was one of the traditional "hilarious" joke entries

yeah how on earth does spiritualized get into a tracks poll honestly

this.... needs to improve right now if i'm gonna make it through another eight minutes

just that lyric? or the chorus? either way there are plenty of singalong parts in there (xp re: "how we do (party)")

lol i totally forgot spiritualized released a record this year

hi.

HAIM song is too low. Top 10 of the year for me.

I was expecting to hate Bruno Mars but I don't. Don't love it either but you know.

This video was fucked up. I remember it far more clearly than the song itself.

ummmm this song is......... interesting

God, I really like that HAIM song. That's unexpected.

"spiritualized still exist in 2012?" "i totally forgot spiritualized released a record this year"

coulda bet money that these were among the first few comments lol

tele like they would literally shriek that line and then get all quiet and forlorn during the rest of the song while they waited for it to come back. I'm not saying they had penetrated some deep mystical secret of the song's qualities, it was just how they did.

yeah the chorus in "Locked Out Of Heaven" is super weak.

Even if this is the case, I love how it drops back into the verse.

that song sounded boring as hell to me but who knows

coulda bet money that these were among the first few comments lol

and i'm a spiritualized fan!

but their free jazz breakdown schtick is tired

that song sounded boring as hell to me but who knows

Welcome to the world of Spiritualized.

That Alex Anwandter video is gorgeous; even though it's likely a narcissism of small differences thing I find his Paris Is Burning tribute charming where I dread an equivalent from a 100% Silk artist.
What threads am I missing out on where I'd hear it? Guessing it's the sort of thing that The Singles Jukebox wld cover?

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43. JOHN TALABOT FT. PIONAL "Destiny" [253 points, 9 votes]

Spotify / Youtube

yesss

not my fab talabot of the year but very dope nonetheless

hahaha i forgot how much i loved this record

I probably didn't vote for any individual Talabot tracks, can't remember for sure, but I do like this one a lot.

What threads am I missing out on where I'd hear it? Guessing it's the sort of thing that The Singles Jukebox wld cover?

― etc, Tuesday, January 22, 2013 10:32 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Yeah, I first heard it via SJ then posted it on the Latin American Hipster Shit thread. Didn't generate a lot of talk though iirc.

"Destiny" is my fav track on Fin but I just voted for the album and the Chairlift remix.

this is an "anthem" according to p4k blurbs

good to know

yesssss talabot

i also voted for the album, and my fav trax on the album are prob "when the past was present" and "last land", but it's excellent to see this place

there were a lot of good songs on this album (i think "el oeste" is my favorite if i really had to pick) but yeah, the album as a whole is more impressive than any of its individual tracks

I'd happily move to a country that adopted this as their national anthem tbf

Speaking of HAIM and Fleetwood Mac there's also this video of them performing a cover of "Oh Well", which is interesting because when people compare them to Fleetwood Mac I don't think they're referring to the Peter Green era.

This 9-minute Spiritualised track has a 5-minute outro? Huh.

Huh.

I see what you did there.

"the album as a whole is more impressive than any of its individual tracks" - agree with this. Great overall experience, individual hooks not very memorable.