ILM's Top 77 Tracks of 2012

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.

Like what I've come to consider its sibling in the Blondes album, I tossed a token vote to a track on each to highlight what a big part of my day to day listening the album*s) became.

I first heard Alex Anwandter via the Singles Jukebox, too -- probably my favorite song that I discovered through that site in 2012. After him and Javiera Mena, though, I feel like I should just investigating everyone in the Chilean pop scene.

"should just START investigating"

I'm at work and this all goes too fast for me to comment on anything, but I find it funny that people find the Twin Shadow song too pastichy but not the Bruno Mars one.

token voting for tracks to represent your appreciation of an album seems a little strange to me

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42. NICKI MINAJ "Stupid Hoe" [256 points, 9 votes]

Spotify / Youtube

yay!

Yaaaay more Minaj!! My pick hasn't placed yet, but I think it has a good shot still...

the anwandter record is good & that's a great single. oh good leopard face song.

I think I actually voted for this last year, and probably should've this year too (since it had a far better shot at placing). Glad it made it.

prob my favorite video of the year

def one of the best nicki singles, it's a travesty that it was so reviled by the general audience

For those Javiera Mena fans this song by Dapuntobeat (which was actually released in 2012 unlike luz de piedra luna) features her as vocal guest and it's awesome:

http://youtu.be/XtNOacGXe2w

yes! :) amazing song, was high on my ballot, still one of my favorites from nicki

prob my favorite video of the year

― J0rdan S., Tuesday, January 22, 2013 10:50 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

definitely! this and "the boys"

the "stupid hoe" beat is just completely insane

finally something i voted for.

you see where brad at

i didn't vote for nicki at all but i love this song so much

hey yo, baby bop - fuck you and your EP!
who's gassin this ho? BP?
hmmm... *thinks*
1, 2, 3, do the nicki minaj blink

lol the phrase "come on, bitch, you see where brad at" often popped into my head for apparently no reason throughout the yr

like this nicki but really it just made me listen to DONK 1100x again

last one of the day coming up in few minutes btw

"who's gassin this ho? BP?" is def one of the best lines of the year

rewatching the video...she has such incredible command over her FACE

i guess "the boys" won't place now though :(

also i have no complaints about any of the images so far but that was a missed opportunity to use the terrifying anime eyes scene of the nicki video

i think it has a good chance, the mere presence of cassie probably guaranteed it about 100 extra points

Also Javiera Mena doesn't appear singing in the Dapuntobeat video but her girlfriend does.

pretty delighted that "Stupid Hoe" did better than "Beez"

also i have no complaints about any of the images so far but that was a missed opportunity to use the terrifying anime eyes scene of the nicki video

― lex pretend, Tuesday, January 22, 2013 5:59 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark

ha... trust me, i had like 20 diff ones screencapped for that. i was hypnotized by the intense shade of "catching a disgusted nicki in the rearview of her pink lambo" one tho

diamond kuts is a good match for nicki

I hope at least one of my picks comes up ITT