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Glad to see 11 so I can go to bed now. The Bug strikes me as a record I'd love and yet I can't garner enough enthusiasm to actually listen to it. Maybe tomorrow.

Hah where did everyone go? Someone must want to talk about The Bug

Kinda disappointed to see Jeezy place so low actually - that made my #2 for the year. He has all the dexterity of a steamroller and the unpredictability of a wrecking ball but somehow that totally *makes it*. I can't remember the last time I heard an album that aimed so bluntly for the epochal and actually hit it.

Conversely I'm kind of happy to see The Bug miss the top 10. It's an album I liked a lot at first, but the more I think about it the less it appeals to me. Except the tracks with Flowdan, which are brilliant.

did this thread break ILX or what? i couldn't log on for a while.

Can we go back to Kelley Polar for a second? Really wish I'd voted in this thing, because I definitely woulda given that another #1. Anybody who hasn't heard his Italian/Italo cover of Magic Dance needs to. Now. https://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=batch_download&batch_id=Q01IZGVkdEN6NEkwTVE9PQ

M83 and Schnauss as appeal to similar moods for me, too. And I think of M83 as kind of It's My Life-era Talk Talk by way of Black Box Recorder. By which I mean no criticism; I voted for S=Y and it will almost certainly be my highest placement.

Also, I feel sad and old that somebody said "BOC" and meant something other than Blue Oyster Cult.

Glenn, odds are you are not that much older than me! (also I said Boards of Canada before switching to the acronym precisely because of Blue Oyster Cult)

50 - Boris – Smile
49 - Arthur Russell - Love Is Overtaking Me
48 - School Of Seven Bells – Alpinisms
47 - Sébastien Tellier – Sexuality
46 - Fall, The - Imperial Wax Solvent
45 - Girl Talk - Feed The Animals
44 - Jay Reatard - Matador Singles 08
43 - Alex Moulton – Exodus
42 - Stephen Malkmus and Jicks - Real Emotional Trash
41 - Solange - Sol Angel & The Hadley Street Dreams
40 - Paavoharju - Laulu Laakson Kukista
39 - Hold Steady, The - Stay Positive
38 - D. Lissvik - 7 Trx + Intermission
37 - Gas - Nah und Fern
36 - Glass Candy - B/E/A/T/B/O/X
35 - Half Man Half Biscuit - CSI: Ambleside
34 - Max Tundra - Parallax Error Beheads You
33 - Earth - The Bees Made Honey In The Lion's Skull
32 - Luomo – Convivial
31 - El Guincho – Alegranza
30 - Quiet Village - Silent Movie
29 - Lau Nau – Nukkuu
28 - Fennesz - Black Sea
27 - Ne-Yo - Year Of The Gentleman
26 - Torche – Meanderthal
25 - Los Campesinos! - Hold On Now, Youngster
24 - Grouper - Dragging A Dead Deer Up A Hill
23 - Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid
22 - Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles
21 - Deerhunter - Microcastle
20 - MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
19 - Studio - Yearbook 2
18 - Kelley Polar - I Need You To Hold On While The Sky Is Falling
17 - Santogold - Santogold
16 - The-Dream - Love/Hate
15 - Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
14 - Kanye West - 808s & Heartbreak
13 - M83 - Saturdays=Youth
12 - Young Jeezy - The Recession
11 - Bug, The - London Zoo

I can't figure out which of these two won't make it:

Air France
Erykah Badu
Bon Iver
The Bug
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Cut Copy
Fleet Foxes
Gang Gang Dance
Hercules and Love Affair
Hot Chip
Lindstrom
M83
No Age
Portishead
TV on the Radio
Vampire Weekend
Kanye West

― Bianca Jagger (jaymc), Friday, 13 February 2009 20:45 (Yesterday)

Air France
Erykah Badu
Bon Iver
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Cut Copy
Gang Gang Dance
Hercules and Love Affair
Hot Chip
Lindstrom
No Age
Portishead
TV on the Radio
Vampire Weekend

...all as yet unaccounted for

ohhh shi-

Conversely I'm kind of happy to see The Bug miss the top 10. It's an album I liked a lot at first, but the more I think about it the less it appeals to me. Except the tracks with Flowdan, which are brilliant.

The Bug left me a bit cold too really. Dunno why, it's just all a bit Kev Martin being scowly and uncompromising isn't it?

I heard Poison Dart just now and it did precisely squat-all for me. There wasn't even an authentic air of menace, just a particular and insistent vocal styling atop some standard droning, grinding electronics.

fairly confident of ggd making the top 10. that's about the only thing left i voted for that i think still has a chance of showing up. (other than that, my rooting interest is all about hoping vampire weekend somehow failed to place.)

Yeah, maybe I should give The Bug a third chance. I had a similar reaction, though. It was decent enough, but it was so hyped from all quarters that I was expecting to be blown away.

Hopefully GGD

House Jam is A++++++++

also wtf is cut copy and why do i have a dreadful feeling they sound like another neatly-packaged indie-electro band such as hot chip

"my thing w/ the recession is that it wants to be an important album, but it's not ham-handed at all, it's very "jeezy gives back in the best way he knows how" vain, like one thing ppl who are broke and down on their luck want is good entertainment, and jeezy's album is really that. his personal bailout, in a way. the recession thing just makes it more relatable and timely, like "put on" - "i put on for my city" - is pretty self-centered in a way, and it's all about his cars and money etc, but i was in atl when that shit dropped and it felt like the lifeblood of the city. it's just a totally pitch-perfect album imo, not too heavy one way (like the nas album for instance), and ppl (real ppl) really really feel jeezy"

<3ing you right now J0rdan.

Nah, CutCopy are better than they sound. More expansive and New Order-ey. A kindof Lisa Lashes aesthetic going on which I think is funny.

they still sound very "safe" to me

maybe that is the point

GGD will be there for definite. Would guess that Hot Chip and No Age aren't going to make it though. Which leaves one more...

xpost, yeah I mean they're pretty boring but if they were on in the backround it would be fine.

Shouldn't there be an inquest when "pretty boring" is a near dead-cert for the top 5 of a year-end ILM poll?

lol I think I'll wait and hear them before saying any more, it's well past my bedtime

electrodribble?
xcpost

g'nite LJ i've enjoyed your hateration

night Brainwasher, you and yours have been doughty adversaries :)

WS dancing guy in this video.

Yeah, what am I douing still awake? Have had Astral Social Club on repeat. Noise-friendly Electrodribble you can believe in.

I was under the impression that LJ liked a lot of electrodribble. Can't think of any off the top of my head.

Also, this thread makes me feel like electrodribble is some 2008 meme

I've only been bleating about The Chap for, like, half this thread, but yeah, bedtime

P.S. this Cut Copy is fucking dull

My guess is that Nick Cave and No Age don't make it. Not sure about Hot Chip, Air France, and Bon Iver either.

Well, for an indie band that cribs from house music, you get the feeling that they actually listen to house music instead of cribbing from the *idea* of it, which is a major problem I have with indie appropriation. And yeah, that does really sound similar.

Air France
Erykah Badu
Bon Iver
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Cut Copy
Gang Gang Dance
Hercules and Love Affair
Hot Chip
Lindstrom
No Age
Portishead
TV on the Radio
Vampire Weekend
Lil Wayne

...all as yet unaccounted for...

Wouldnt be surprised if No Age, Vampire Weekend , TVOTR or Bon Iver miss out

If nothing else, this list -- which, strangely, is more in sync with my tastes than any previous ILM EOY thing -- has introduced me to The-Dream, which I'm just now exploring and loving. Which reminds me of a perhaps obvious point -- all or at least the vast majority of us would probably have voted somewhat differently if we'd heard all of the albums here. That's even truer for the tracks list. Which makes complaining about the list kind of redundant or pointless or both. It would be interesting if, having heard all of the stuff here by the end, we were to resubmit our votes and we could see how a lack of exposure to certain types of music might have influenced our initial picks. (I'm sure musically would be amenable to that, ha ha.)

lack of exposure or lack of interest/musical tunnel vision, whatever

Love Love/Hate, but kinda surprised at how many guys are jumping on with the love in this thread for two reasons. The first being what Tim F said, I kindof assumed the people who would like this would have already heard this (if that makes sense) and also it was a bit of a slow burner for me. Like there's an initial wtf jolt but then after that it takes a little living with before it starts to come apart in your hands.

Its a very tight, knotted album and there are weird surfaces that are plastic then glass then air.

I would like it if the people who hadn't heard many of the "obscure" picks of 50-21 would check them out.
I'd like to hear that Alex Moulton. Every link I find online has expired/been taken down.

I would like it if the people who hadn't heard many of the "obscure" picks of 50-21 would check them out.
I'd like to hear that Alex Moulton.

Me too, to both.

Also, I'm pretty sure I voted for the Cut Copy, but one day I made a mix for someone and Cut Copy were next to New Order and it really put the former in perspective, in terms of their ambitions and especially the falling short part. :(

Not being a hater, I like them well enough.

I know I'm jumping around a lot here -- I always seem to arrive at the current end of this very long thread after everyone's left -- but as for that MGMT album, I agree for the most part with those who said only the singles are any good, but those singles were plenty good enough for me to include it in my vote, and I would add that the second half of "Of Moons, Birds and Monsters" is kind of awesomely beautiful, while "Weekend Wars" is also more than decent. The rest, okay, kind of meh, but fifty per cent of the album isn't a bad return.

Glad to see people are discovering The-Dream. Would just like to note that he has a new album coming out super soon. Hear three tracks on http://radiokillarecords.com (oh, and you can also listen to Love/Hate and Electrik Red). Assuming the rest of it is this good, I hope to see it in next year's top tennnnnn

thanks tim

guys im pretty proud of this list im not gonna lie, even shit like grouper that i have no idea about. it's a pretty exciting list and i think it represents 08 ilm

I agree.