ILM's Top 77 Tracks of 2014

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

― lex pretend, Thursday, January 22, 2015 8:43 AM Bookmark

It only reached #51 in the US. Not exactly ubiquitous.

these guys simultaneously look much younger and much older than they are

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

― The Reverend, Thursday, January 22, 2015 11:59 AM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

$5 down the drain just my luck

cups with the ice
and we do this every night

i saw a really funny meme that was just a close-up/selfie of a dude making a fussy grimmacing expression and all it said (in thetraditional meme font) was:

"BUT.... THAT IS A TYPE."

i srsly spent like 20 mins last nite searching for it if anyone has it plz post

i've come around somewhat on rae sremmurd, but still miss whatever it is that makes them goat for so many. catchy track though, can't deny.

hugely controversial if that is a type or not

sorry rev that came out way condescending but ykwim

I should have voted for TDFW

i love how decayed the "no type" beat sounds... the first note is kind of apocalyptic

I can think of seven songs that are nailed on for the top 10 (No Flex Zone, Rather Be, Two Weeks, Style, Blank Space, Seasons, 2 On) and three that could be anyone's. That reworked Jacko demo is in with a decent shout as well.

that "ooh ooh" thing Tove Lo does to round out the chorus is unintentionally funny

ooh first time i seen the video
we share a tee mr swae lee

i won't begrudge anyone who likes "no flex zone" better since they're very diff tracks in a lot of ways but i think i'll take the sheer generosity of the "no type" chorus over the energy and insistent melody of "no flex zone"

hard to go wrong though

"BUT.... THAT IS A TYPE."

To us, bad bitches are a category. It’s not even a type. You got Asian, Latino, black, white, tall, short—we like all of them. As long as they bad bitches. I think “bad bitch” is like a trait that the girl should have. As long as she’s fine. Girls be like, “Am I your type?”

lol

sremmantics

otm

no type just makes me feel old.

sremmantics

― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Thursday, January 22, 2015 5:08 PM (8 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

:D

also lol @ "top 10 is a no flex zone"

Skimming through Sremmlife right now. Yuck.

great album

rev you are too smart and too thoughtful to discuss caribou in terms of being a "dance act"

― gr8080, Thursday, January 22, 2015 9:01 AM Bookmark

Honestly, it would never occur to that Caribou wouldn't be considered a dance act!

i have no idea why rae sremmurd are so divisive. of all the young up-and-coming rap acts around now inc. many that have placed in this poll, they're just so easily likeable. the album is brilliant obv

#teamnotype

"No Type" is a 7/10, "No Flex Zone" is a 17/10.

I'm sick of trap beats/styles at this point in my life. Also, young people.

#teamnorae

it's my money so i spend it how i like makes me think of this guy on twitter who bought a $80 smoothie

electronic artist yes dance act no way

"The Vile Stuff" was my Number 1. Thrilled to see it place so high.

btw these cute lil kids referencing codeine is p foul, kinda points to the problem w the raymond strummer project altogether

I can think of seven songs that are nailed on for the top 10 (No Flex Zone, Rather Be, Two Weeks, Style, Blank Space, Seasons, 2 On) and three that could be anyone's. That reworked Jacko demo is in with a decent shout as well.

― Matt DC, Thursday, January 22, 2015 9:06 AM Bookmark

"Lifestyle" is a shoe-in. I still haven't given up hope on "Flawless (Remix)", not sure what else.

definitely overlap w/a type of indie/electronic act that gets lumped in with dance, though. caribou and four tet definitely put in the same category usually

xxp

feel like jjj sampled this Richard Dawson track at work

Yeah I forgot about Lifestyle, Hookah as well maybe?

I'm thinking maybe something from Run The Jewels and maybe a Miranda Lambert song as well.

no to genre-policing

fair enough

btw these cute lil kids referencing codeine is p foul, kinda points to the problem w the raymond strummer project altogether

― lag∞n, Thursday, January 22, 2015 12:13 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark

they're not kids!

lol how old are they

lol gtfo sufjan

"really love" seemed to be the most popular d'angelo track so i wouldn't be surprised if it went top 10

electronic artist yes dance act no way

― gr8080, Thursday, January 22, 2015 9:13 AM Bookmark

It's not like he's fucking ambient or something. His stuff has a beat to it, just a weak-ass piddling beat.

xps: I'm not a huge Four Tet fangirl but he's always struck me as doing the same thing as Caribou except so much better.

Four Tet is wise enough to steer clear of milquetoast whimpering so I'd keep them in separate categories anyway.

I suppose I've done well this year; holding out for mark barrott then my top seven will have placed bar the wrong katie gately track. slightly wearying context of the rundown makes them seem different though

lol how old are they

― lag∞n, Thursday, January 22, 2015 12:17 PM (38 seconds ago) Bookmark

20 and 22, and if they identify as that they might actually be older

keep your two cents, take your own advice

ha i thought they were like 16

yeah, that perspective makes sense but Caribou is really doing something diff, they just have similar sounds but aim for something diff imo xp to rev