ILM's Top 77 Tracks of 2014

3 favourite discoveries of 40-21 were Tkay, the song Stoner (the only Young Thug I've been able to fuck w/) and weirdly enough the choruses (but NOT the verses) of the Becky G

slim, slim pickings tho, if u r me. at least the riverbed punctuated it all

"2 on" in with a shot but it's the kind of song that winds up #3 i think

sounds about right - two weeks and future frigging islands above it

please let there be a larrieux this year (a top 10 discovery i actually like)

And serves out to love. That was a good match

There's plenty of room for curveballs still I think, there are relatively few absolute bankers this year.

Also the second Royksopp & Robyn pick was a big surprise, so much better than the first one, I like the whole blankness of it, got a bit of a bargain basement Superpitcher vibe to some of it but I mean that in a good way.

yeah i came round to that one after my initial full-body shudder at seeing it appear

dej loaf my favourite of the unknowns in the last batch though

After a second listen, I think I do kind of like Hey QT for all its goofy idiocy. It really sounds like the kind of thing I could have made with a mate in an afternoon as a private joke. I don't really have a problem with this though? It's kind of DIY, it's cheap and silly. But then I like a lot of early-80s new wave-ish pop like the B-52s and stuff on Ze Records which isn't too different, aesthetically. I see why pop people fucking hate it of course.

John Talabot ft. Pional - Destiny - more like john toiletpot ft. pee on all “density”

got this far before i lost my shit completely

Dog Latin completely otm re: Hey QT's goofiness, it's on-board the ZE records devil-may-care idiocy pushing modern pop into the bits where you put the mirror up, like slap-happy stupidity thing, nothing deeper.

can't wait for the 2k15 noise pop outfit 'john toiletpot'

John Toiletpot? - more like john talabot

hope yr flu is improving saer and that the day finds you in good spirits

Its not so good, i slept badly because of it and i have a headache too now and there was supposed to be a phone interview 45 minutes ago and the person hasnt called. Im not sure today is going to be good for me, i should be listening to more cordial music, or even better, silence

I'm in silence now because listening to vibey music I will forget everything i know as i return to my natural woodland state. not good for interview. but its the wrong kind of silence, its not the silence of tranquility and leaves

maybe one year we can all vote for a moment of restful silence and quiet contemplation instead of say, fruitless islands or tailors whiffed

a moment? thats all? I was thinking more like 18 months

"from now on the ILM Tracks Poll is a place of quiet contemplation'

Also fuck you NickB Future Islands ROOL!!!!!! :-D

the only future islands rule that i would condone is that they're never allowed near recording equipment again

the future silence rule

but he does a dance

he does!

"bargain basement superpitcher"

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btw "Quarterback" made my P&J list, although initially I had problems with Isabella's vocal inadequacies. Then I let them help the song: it made what she described more poignant because it could happen to any girl of modest talents.

― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, January 21, 2015 10:22 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

a little friendly reminder that this happened yesterday

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Some of Superpitcher's best stuff has that sort of cold, strung-out blankness to it - thinking about tracks like 'Tomorrow' rather than the poppier or more peak time material.

yeah, no, I agree. thought it was a spot on description.

I'm in silence now because listening to vibey music I will forget everything i know as i return to my natural woodland state. not good for interview. but its the wrong kind of silence, its not the silence of tranquility and leaves

― saer, Thursday, January 22, 2015 5:43 AM (53 minutes ago) Bookmark

satyr

Yeah, if "Good Kisser", which I expected to place in the top 20, was only #70, K. Michelle is doomed.

― The Reverend, Thursday, January 22, 2015 3:52 AM (5 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

"Without Me" hit #23 last year but that was a fluke, I think.

VSOP never placed?? Smh

not so very special after i guess

all

Rebellious Soul was like #62 in the albums poll this year. her 2nd album might do a little better this year though?

oops RS last year obv

good morning, friends!

MON-WED RECAP:

GALLERY OF IMAGES 77-21

77 NICKI MINAJ "Lookin Ass"
76 OWEN PALLETT "Song for Five & Six”
75 TUNE-YARDS "Water Fountain"
74 NINOS DU BRASIL "Sombra da Lua"
73 KING "Mister Chameleon"
72 KATIE GATELY "Pivot"
71 ANA TIJOUX Ft. Shadia Mansour "Somos Sur"
70 USHER "Good Kisser"
69 NICKI MINAJ "Anaconda"
68 DAVIDO "Tchelete" Ft. Mafikizolo
67 RÖYKSOPP & ROBYN "Do It Again"
66 SHAKIRA "Empire"
65 ST. VINCENT "Prince Johnny"
64 DUKE DUMONT "I Got U" Ft. Jax Jones
63 CARIBOU "Silver"
62 AGAINST ME! "FUCKMYLIFE666"
61 HOLLY HERNDON "Chorus"

60 MARK RONSON "Uptown Funk" Ft Bruno Mars
59 JENNIFER LOPEZ "I Luh Ya Papi" Ft French Montana
58 AGAINST ME! "Transgender Dysphoria Blues"
57 NICKI MINAJ "Boss Ass Bitch" ft. PTAF
56 HAIM "If I Could Change Your Mind"
55 MIGOS "YRN" Ft. Young Thug
54 ALVVAYS "Archie, Marry Me"
53 SPOON "Inside Out"
52 D'ANGELO AND THE VANGUARD "Sugah Daddy"
51 FKA TWIGS "Pendulum"
50 QT "Hey QT"
49 KATY PERRY "Dark Horse" Ft. Juicy J
48 JESSIE WARE "Champagne Kisses"
47 ILOVEMAKONNEN "Club Going Up On A Tuesday"
46 RITA ORA "I Will Never Let You Down"
45 APHEX TWIN "Minipops 67 [120.2] (source field mix)"
44 TODD TERJE "Delorean Dynamite"
43 KATY B "Crying For No Reason"
42 SHAMIR "On The Regular"
41 JAVIERA MENA "Otra Era"

40 GURU "Pooley"
39 39 D'ANGELO AND THE VANGUARD "Prayer"
38 TKAY MAIDZA "U-Huh"
37 PHANTOGRAM "Fall In Love"
36 YOUNG THUG "Stoner"
35 SHIFT K37 "Touch"
34 INDIANA "Solo Dancing"
33 TAYLOR SWIFT "Shake It Off"
32 BECKY G "Shower"
31 THE WAR ON DRUGS "Red Eyes"
30 RÖYKSOPP & ROBYN "Monument"
29 DEJ LOAF "Try Me"
28 HODGSON "Babylon System
27 JESSIE WARE "Tough Love"
26 KIRA ISABELLA "Quarterback"
25 T.I. "About The Money" Ft. Young Thug
24 OWEN PALLETT "The Riverbed"
23 TAYLOR SWIFT "Out of the Woods"
22 YOUNG THUG "Danny Glover"
21 CHARLI XCX "Boom Clap

http://i.imgur.com/6U4kPgQ.jpg

20 DJ SNAKE & LIL JON "Turn Down For What" [290 points, 13 votes]
http://youtu.be/HMUDVMiITOU

the eternal question

Quick takes on yesterday:

Glad to see 'Quarterback' and 'Try Me' place - both good songs which didn't quite make my ballot.

Both Jessie Ware tracks sound much better than they did when I gave the album a listen, I should give it another try, I loved Devotion but the new one just washed over me.

Not a fan of any of the Young Thug tracks but I do like 'About the Money', don't know whether that's more down to the presence of T.I. or the production.

I feel this year there's way more stuff I've never even heard of than usual. Also more hip-hop I guess, probably correlated.

Production on About the Money is lush

Try this: imagine the chorus as "Do you eat the booty" and see if it doesn't change the song permanently for you

I like the bit at the beginning of the Guru track where he intones 'Beautiful pooley'. I've no idea what 'pooley' means but I'm getting it conflated with the French word for 'chicken'. So yeah, this is an ode to a beautiful chicken until I know better.

TURN DOWN FOR WHAT!

some dude's finger-in-the-air-twirl vine otm

I feel this year there's way more stuff I've never even heard of than usual. Also more hip-hop I guess, probably correlated.

― seandalai, Thursday, January 22, 2015 12:22 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I think maybe I'm the opposite? I don't know if that's a reflection on me or the poll though.

Re: T.I.

so much jaunty bullshit

dog latin 'pooley' is transparently priapic lascivious woman-objectification* but this is ilm so it's ok

*correct me if i'm wrong, like, but

That dog video for this song is still jokes tho

dog latin 'pooley' is transparently priapic lascivious woman-objectification* but this is ilm so it's ok

*correct me if i'm wrong, like, but

― my shoes are deception (imago), Thursday, January 22, 2015 12:25 PM (13 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I figured. There needs to be more songs about chickens though.

'turn down for what' is a dumb slogan with a perfunctory song attached