ILM's Top 77 Tracks of 2014

i listened to this Hideaway song last night and realised I'd definitely heard it somewhere before. I really like this kind of deep-pop house that's popular right now (see also Gorgon City). The video's pretty great as well.

at this point i am just going to refuse to believe that kiesza has any other good songs

"No Enemiesz" is my favorite on the album, but I didn't even bother nominating it because "Hideaway" is why she needed to make this poll.

the verses are wonderful

Nice job with Richard Dawson. I love his early work best, the Match Game and Family Feud. That stuff is KILLER.

― kornrulez6969, Thursday, January 22, 2015 4:22 PM (13 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

perhaps that is another reason why I quite like it xp

ooh, interesting, kornrulez

― my shoes are deception (imago), Thursday, January 22, 2015 4:23 PM (12 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag

Lol at this exchange

Kiesza - Holy shit, this is gr8! Bummed only that I didn't hear it a year ago. Wonderful video, too, maybe the best linked so far.

i have really no idea how anyone could have avoided "hideaway" until now

i mean it's not about going clubbing at all, it's just about existing in a world where people play music in shops and out of windows and other public places

lol this canadian filming her video in williamsburg what a noob

i am a fan of any well-executed tracking shot that clocks in at over sixty seconds so i love this video automatically, song isn't bad either

118m views

many americans will have missed it as it failed to catch on in a big way here

fwiw I do think Dawson steals a bit of Bill Orcutt's style/innovations, which is fine w/me. Don't hear any Dead C at all in the guitar, and I have been listening to those Ba Da Bing reissues a lot lately so just my 2 cents.

― the top 40 is just the sound of autotuned crying (sleeve), Thursday, January 22, 2015 10:24 AM (16 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah it's weird IMO to bring up Dead C when the Orcutt influence might as well be a giant flashing neon sign above Dawson's music

i mean it's not about going clubbing at all, it's just about existing in a world where people play music in shops and out of windows and other public places

― lex pretend, Thursday, January 22, 2015 8:43 AM (57 seconds ago)

i live in fucking maine you drip

i didn't know she was canadian til relatively recently, was a bit disappointed bc a) it means the polish spelling is a dumb affectation b) i thought the lyrics had an endearing broken-english quality to them (you're JUST a feeling?)

many americans will have missed it as it failed to catch on in a big way here

― dyl, Thursday, January 22, 2015 11:43 AM (3 seconds ago) Bookmark

if you listened to pop radio for more than 30 minutes at any point over the summer you would've had a decent chance of catching it

ftr in my defense i didn't say british rapping was bad, just that it's not for me. it's my loss i guess

"that's not me" is pretty great tho

In past years we have had Scott Walker, Swans and the like place round about here I think. xps

― xyzzzz__,

bigger turn out the past few years might have killed that kind of thing off unless Scott o))) turns up which seems unlikely :(
Wouldn't be surprised if its not even top 100 however.

JF was probably right in the past when he said there was no point to a top 100 as its usually just bland lower part of ballot consensus stuff rather than a few people's avant/metal/punk/country/indie #1s. And that is why I haven't even requested extended rollout for a few years. (albums poll may be different this year but only he knows that at this point along with seandalai)

would've shot the video in Toronto - stay outta Riverdale lady

i mean it's not about going clubbing at all, it's just about existing in a world where people play music in shops and out of windows and other public places

― lex pretend, Thursday, January 22, 2015 4:43 PM (46 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Not a fan of standing outside people's windows earwigging and p much the only time I hear music in a shop is when it's Christmas at the supermarket or if I'm at the local Nisa, which is probably where I'd heard this song.

i listen to top 40 radio a decent amount, the station around here barely played it xp

it means the polish spelling is a dumb affectation

Maybe it doesn't?

Dawson's music is much more affable than Orcutt's ime.

it means the polish spelling is a dumb affectation

Maybe it doesn't?

― Johnny Fever, Thursday, January 22, 2015 4:47 PM (8 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

ok a canadian might be called kiesza but this canadian's name is spelled kiesa

I heard this in plug.dj and thought it was from the late 80s/early 90s

Not that weird to bring Dead C at all. Orcutt's solo acoustic work (not that up on details as it hasn't grabbed me) is more recent so might work in parallel to it.

I'm sure there is a whole load of avant-ish work you could cite but its a first impression that hasn't gone away. xps

btw if anyone wants to know what music saer likes you need to come in plug (his taste is similar to Gareth's)

i mean it's not about going clubbing at all, it's just about existing in a world where people play music in shops and out of windows and other public places
― lex pretend, Thursday, January 22, 2015 4:43 PM (46 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Not a fan of standing outside peunoofical car driving ople's windows earwigging and p much the only time I hear music in a shop is when it's Christmas at the supermarket or if I'm at the local Nisa, which is probably where I'd heard this song.

― quinoa: how's it spelt? (dog latin), Thursday, January 22, 2015 11:46 AM (38 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

when i lived on a busy street in ny and worked at home i kept an unofficial car driving by music chart in my head, in da club was by far the biggest hit over that period fwiw

god forbid a pop singer might adopt a pseudonym

i didn't know she was canadian til relatively recently

I moved to Canada in July and this song was playing on my dept's receptionist's radio literally every day I went to lunch for a few months. I was initially very confused as to why

Was quite nice to hear something different when the richard dawson started, and i was quite excited as well that it was only 11 seconds long. But things took a real turn for the worse once it started and i realized it was 11 minutes long. it was far from the worst this week but im feeling like ranking them by length at the moment

I cant remember what i thought about future because I went to make a cup of tea and its too long ago now

hideaway is an abomination

I have no problem with Hideaway placing but I thought Giant In My Heart was way better. Probably on my own with that one.

is "Rather Be" gonna place then? I always had it and "Hideaway" vaguely twinned with each other in my mind, but I only voted for "Rather Be"

of course rather be is going to place.

"rather be" for #1 (not rly but i would prefer it to other predictable contenders)

looks like my least hivemindy opinion this year is that Honest is a pretty good album with a few bad tracks and one of them is Move That Dope

Are you saving 10-1 for tomorrow gr80?

Perhaps she didn't want to be confused with the Kosovo Investment and Enterprise Support Agency

today xp

In past years we have had Scott Walker, Swans and the like place round about here I think. xps
― xyzzzz__,

bigger turn out the past few years might have killed that kind of thing off unless Scott o))) turns up which seems unlikely :(

― Cosmic Slop, Thursday, January 22, 2015 4:46 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

wasn't xyzzz__'s post in response to a wiremag type song having only just placed

we'll get to #1 today-- gonna try and stick to 25-35 mins between each

http://i.imgur.com/DpHw7xl.jpg

11 RAE SREMMURD "No Type" [481 points, 20 votes]
http://youtu.be/wzMrK-aGCug

Assuming "Rather Be" is this Clean Bandit song? I didn't know who'd made this song, but I've definitely heard it before. Didn't realize it was top 10 level popular tho.

Cheers seandalai. Damn will miss the top ten mostly due to work then.

Thnx Grady

i didn't know she was canadian til relatively recently, was a bit disappointed bc a) it means the polish spelling is a dumb affectation b) i thought the lyrics had an endearing broken-english quality to them (you're JUST a feeling?)

― lex pretend

tbf this is how we just talk up here

loving today's run btw, lots I voted for (german whip my #1)

Catching up:

We need big dumb anthems like "Turn Down For What". The key is how every time the synth comes back it's playing a slightly different rhythm/melody.

Caribou is the single most boring dance act that regularly troubles these polls, even including Hot Chip. Lex otm at how negatively this compares after TDFW.

"Hot Nigga" has such a tense beat and I love how Shmurda continuously gets more animated as it goes along. There are so many memorable asides and I love when people manage to have radio hits where they just keep rapping, no hook. I think "A Milli" was the last one? Just listen to the wack Lloyd Banks track he jacked the beat from to see how much he brings to this, thank god he rescued that production. Also one of the best things I've seen in the past few months is a huge group of like 12-15 dudes randomly shmoney dancing at a bus stop.

"German Whip": This is really awkward. The double-time part doesn't work, the way they rap on this track doesn't work, the beat has a bad uncanny valley affect to American rap. Usually the token Brit-rap is better than this. I prefered "On a Level" and "That's Not Me" this year.

"Habits": This is a song I heard on the radio a bit and had no strong opinions about other than that the lyrics are a bit tryhard.

"That's Not Me": Ahhh much better. This is how I prefer my grimy OIIIIIIII!-rap.

"The Vile Stuff" I like the ramshackle, discordant guitar but not the ramshackle, discordant singing. Am I wrong in thinking this is kind of a Roma-style thing? Is he Roma? I wasn't really paying much attention to the lyrics, which I got the impression are key to the track. Oh well. This goes on way too long.

I said my piece on "Move That Dope" earlier but I voted for the version with Casino obv cause he has the best verse. Also other points: the hook is so incessant and the Salt n Pepa sample is A+.

"Hideaway": I love her voice so much. Shame none of her other songs were remotely this good. Gorgon City remix was the version I played out but I love the build and sweep of the original.

xp
it (Clean Bandit) was huge in the UK.

Rather Be was a top five hit in like 20 countries, I'm pretty sure it's going to place.

HA, TAKE THAT "No Type" fans. No top ten for you. The top ten is a NO FLEX ZONE.

"Hideaway": I love her voice so much. Shame none of her other songs were remotely this good.

i gotta say i think Giant in my Heart is a better track than hideaway, but they're both A+

good song obv but kind of surprised to see it so high

"no flex zone" for #1??