ILM's Top 77 Tracks of 2014

i mean, no one really knew what to make of music this year (that pitchfork #2 song had a zach de la rocha verse is evidence of this), and this song had meme momentum but is also just beautiful so it makes sense as a potential rallying point

― flopson, Thursday, January 22, 2015 3:17 PM (26 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this is a discusion for next week but it really helped The Black Messiah that there wasn't that rallying record yet.

i love how the bass switches up and does these little inversions here and there while still driving the whole thing

i still love the future islands song

the pitchfork song with a zach de la rocha verse happens to be str8 hypersonic flopson, quit the ad hominem

― my shoes are deception (imago), Thursday, January 22, 2015 3:18 PM (40 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

that song is rank ass

also i met this dude once and he is the chillest happiest friendliest bro on earth, makes me double happy for all his success this year

Tbh, I'm kind of surprised that anyone didn't hear "Starbucks lovers" in "Blank Space". P. sure it has to do with her enunciation: she emphasizes "of" in a way that a native speaker never would and doesn't pause at all after the "st" in "list".

Richard Dawson is good. I listened to the album once or twice and didn't totally click but I'm digging this. I don't mind the vocals but I actually like prog and English folk vocals.

"buddy, come on! hey, thank you very much! nice goin'! how about that! i'll take all of that you got! future islands! that was wonderful! thank you very much! what do you think paul?"

dave loved it

The great thing about Season, for me at least, is that it never gets boring? I will never be unhappy to hear the song.

But he didn't ask them about their drums.

V happy with this placing, forgot to vote for it >.<

Can definitely appreciate the Letterman performance but I don't think the song is all that much (I don't think I've ever actually listened to the recorded version).

Ha, I didn't know that this song was called "Hideaway" or is by someone named "Kiesza". I've heard it approx. 17 236 594 times. I did always wonder what it was since it sounds more like real house music than everything else on top 40 radio.

― EveningStar (Sund4r), Thursday, January 22, 2015 2:18 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

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Looks like my #1 got 78'd.

Gunning for a Tinashe win though I like all 3 songs that are left.

i'm guessing my #1 got 578'd

incidentally the drummer who plays with Future Islands on tour and on the Letterman appearance (Mike Lowry from Lake Trout) has been my favorite drummers in Baltimore for ages, love that guy getting a weird little peripheral bit of fame for playing something way more straightforward than what he usually does

I just listened to "seasons" all the way through for the first time, really paying attention. And it's okay! But not amazing.

I had no hope for my #1 placing.

Oh man, that's the guy from Lake Trout? That's awesome!

surprised the flawless remix looks like it's not going to place considering how much ilm loves beyoncé (and nicki)

I just listened to "seasons" all the way through for the first time, really paying attention. And it's okay! But not amazing.

― RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Thursday, January 22, 2015 3:26 PM (52 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

[makes concentration face] hmmm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMBmBWM_mNE

this Express-house remix of 'habits' sold me on the song & its lol lyrics

I just listened to "seasons" all the way through for the first time, really paying attention. And it's okay! But not amazing.

― RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Thursday, January 22, 2015 3:26 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark

It's really soft and grows on you, kinda like a jacket your mom buys you that you don't really like but when you wear it it feels really comfortable and you jsut find yourself reaching for that jacket every time

future islands looks like dear zachary.

I was never HUGE on "lifestyle" its obv a future classic? but lyrically it's kind of a boring outing for Thug & Quan has the best lines.

nb I think "Flava" was a better song

I haven't listened to Seasons since the day the Letterman performance video went semi-viral. Had totally forgotten what it sounds like, but this is alright I guess. Definitely preferable to Spoon or The War on Drugs for poll indie fuX0r content.

I didn't really have any hope for my #1 placing either, and it made #40!!!

Just coincidentally, and I know everybody's got other things on their minds, who were the other two who #1'd Pooley?

after listening to this song about 4 times now i think it's very good

OOO-oo-OO-oo ive been waiting you-oo-oo

OK, there were a lot of xposts. This Future Islands song is the sort of thing that affirms that I don't really understand rock critics. I guess I don't mind it; maybe if it were in a movie I liked, I could get into it.

xposts again Hm, diamonddave's love makes me want to reconsider.

the lyrics are prob my favorite thing about "Seasons," the anger towards someone dragging their feet feels right for the current social/political zeitgeist

I didn't vote for it though

Comparisons to Elton and FYC are absolutely on point.

logged into all my google accounts just to downvote seasons letterman on YT. his dancing is a total beamer.

Production on Seasons misses the mark somehow. I love the overdriven melodrama but it doesn't quite nail the take-off in the chorus.

smh as ever at the ritual huffing and puffing surrounding the half a dozen indie-identified songs that make it into the 77.

I think I voted for 20 tracks. "Blank Space" would have been #21. Maybe "Habits" and "Boom Clap" could have squeaked into a top 50?

love his dancing on letterman, i think it's endearing

Hey, I feel like there was a time when indie was supposed to be the alternative to things that sounded like this?
xpost

beamer? this is not the jay batman meaning of beamer i take it

smh as ever at the ritual huffing and puffing surrounding the half a dozen indie-identified songs that make it into the 77

Wouldn't be a yearly ritual if people voted for better indie.

don't think there has been much huffing and puffing? i've listened to this future island tracks over and over and i love it!

gr80 wish you'd somehow made a poll image which incorporated a gif of his dancing

Production on Seasons misses the mark somehow. I love the overdriven melodrama but it doesn't quite nail the take-off in the chorus.

smh as ever at the ritual huffing and puffing surrounding the half a dozen indie-identified songs that make it into the 77.

― Minaj moron (Re-Make/Re-Model), Thursday, January 22, 2015 3:31 PM (9 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

ritual anti indie puffing >>> weird empirical claims abt songwriting/production

i'm still pretty neutral about this song but i pretty sincerely love the letterman performance

I describe his dancing as 'classy skanking' (and eagerly await a ska cover of this song)

i say this everytime they come up, but as much love as i have for "waiting on you," "Balance" is still the superior Future Islands jam (and video): http://youtu.be/g0LJNEQz-E4

logged into all my google accounts just to downvote seasons letterman on YT. his dancing is a total beamer.

― ||||||||, Thursday, January 22, 2015 9:31 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Haha, I like this song but I appreciate your dedication

I just listened to "seasons" all the way through for the first time, really paying attention. And it's okay! But not amazing.

― RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Thursday, January 22, 2015 3:26 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark

It's really soft and grows on you, kinda like a jacket your mom buys you that you don't really like but when you wear it it feels really comfortable and you jsut find yourself reaching for that jacket every time

― 龜, Thursday, January 22, 2015 2:28 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

where's saer when we need a solid woods metaphor/allusion

ilx should have a house ska band that covers every song on the top 77 every year

I describe his dancing as 'classy skanking' (and eagerly await a ska cover of this song)

― 龜, Thursday, January 22, 2015 3:34 PM (8 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

normcore seamonster

his moves are like a more gliding less herky jerky version of the carlton dance