ILM's 2015 End of Year Albums & Tracks Poll / NOMINATIONS THREAD

As of this point, both spreadsheets are up to date. I'll probably only be doing that every couple days, so I'll make note of it when it happens.

ALBUMS

Envy - Atheist's Cornea
Tashi Dorji - Appa
Tom Carter - Long Time Underground
Shopping - Why Choose
Protomartyr - The Agent Intellect
Moon Ate the Dark - Moon Ate the Dark II

12/30

^added these too

Gigi Masin - Talk To The Sea placed last year

Ah, that's right! or something, you can have back one of your nominations.

Gigi Masin's Wind alb was reissued this year, it is also quite ace.

I don't like favorites and ranking, so this is just some things in no order that I can remember as of this morning (lol hypocrisy)

Kevin Drumm & Jason Lescalleet - Busman's Holiday
Holly Herndon - Platform
M.C. Schmidt - Batu Malablab
Deradoorian - The Expanding Flower Planet
Max Eilbacher - Subtle Scatter
Mgla - Exercises in Futility
Bjork - Vulnicura
Susan Alcorn - Soledad
Jeremih - Late Nights
Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly
William Basinski - Cascade
Myth - Evaporate
Odwalla88 - Lilly 23
Arca - Mutant
Colin Self - Elation
Beach House - Depression Cherry
Beach House - Thank Your Lucky Stars
Kelela - Hallucinogen
Locrian - Infinite Dissolution
Lotic - Agitations
Kazuki Koga - Alleingehen2.0
Vastum - Hole Below
Levon Vincent - Levon Vincent
Rabit - Communion
Panda Bear - Panda Bear Vs The Grim Reaper
Oneohtrix Point Never - Garden of Delete
DJ PayPal - Sold Out
RP Boo - Fingers, Bank Pads and Shoe Prints

Grimes - Realiti (Demo)

I know everybody (incl. myself) prefers the demo, but i think this should just be listed as "Realiti" w/no qualifier

I just included the parenthetical "(Demo)" because that's how she titled it for release.

ALBUMS

Baba Sissoko - Three Gees
Oshun - Asase Yaa

TRACKS

Aces - What Do You Think They'll Say About Me?

(12/30)

ALBUMS

Songhoy Blues - Music in Exile
muffin - 茂みとイバラ
Blick Bassy - Akö
Jess and the Ancient Ones - Second Psychedelic Coming: The Aquarius Tapes
Fall Out Boy - American Beauty/American Psycho
Ami Shavit - In Alpha Mood*
Christian Mistress - To Your Death
Al-Namrood - Diaji Al Joor
Iron & Wine, Ben Bridwell - Sing Into My Mouth
The Very Best - Makes a King
Allison Weiss - New Love
Tal National - Zoy Zoy
Fadimoutou Wallet Inamoud - Isswat
Asaf Avidan - Gold Shadow
Hong Kong Express - HK
SK Kakraba - Songs of Paapieye
MyCale - Gomory: Book of Angels Volume 25
Dexter Story - Wondem
Suuns and Jerusalem in My Heart - Suuns and Jerusalem in My Heart
Kronos Quartet, Derek Charke - Tundra Songs
Lilacs & Champagne - Midnight Features Vol. 2: Made Flesh
Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear
Sleater-Kinney - No Cities to Love

* The Shavit originally came out in 1973 in a 500 print run.

** dc nominated the Jennifer Castle album above; a few of us voted for it last year, iirc it was my #1 overall.

TRACKS

The Wonder Years - Cigarettes & Saints
iNSANLAR - Kime Ne
Adele - Hello

(26/30)

Holly Herndon - Chorus

This was released as a single last year, it placed at #61 in the 2014 tracks poll... So I think it should ineligible, even though Herndon released an album this year which included it?

Yeah, if it made the top 77 in a previous year, it's ineligible going forward*.

*(The "Paper Planes" rule.)

Come join the countdown. There's spotify links and a playlist!
2015 POLL RESULTS COUNTDOWN - ILM Metal(ish) Albums of the Year

ALBUMS
Ronya - Tides

TRACKS
Nao - Bad Blood
Ronya - Work Harder
Sandhja - My Bass
Steffi feat. Dexter & Virginia - Treasure Seeking
Asa feat. Anna Puu - Taulu
Donato Dozzy - Exit the Acropolis
Holly Herndon - Interference
Jhené Aiko - Eternal Sunshine
Pyhä Lehmä - Paska ei kolise

(22/30)

;_; the Ronya album isn't on US Spotify. Off to slsk!

I think it just came out, it's not on Itunes, and there's no physical product out yet either. Hopefully it'll get a wider release, because it's pretty fun!

we need saer on the metal poll results thread!

Albums:

Kult of the Wizard - The White Wizard
Pinkish Black - Bottom of the Morning
Bob Dylan - Shadows in the Night
Kowloon Walled City - Grievances
Anonymous 4 - 1865: Songs of Peace and Hope from the American Civil War
All Them Witches - Dying Surfer Meets His Maker
Nervous Curtains - Con
Ultimate Painting - Green Lanes
Yells At Eels - In Quiet Waters

Songs:

Caïna - Orphan

that's 10/30

Probably going to hang back on most of my noms for a bit, but just remembered this track, featuring TWO separate ilx0rs...

TRACKS

True Neutral Crew - Squad Up

(1/30)

AE_LIVE_DUBLIN_191214
Malcolm Goldstein 'Full Circle Sounding'
Graham Lambkin/Michael Pisaro - Schwarze Riesenfalter
Eva-Maria Houben - Air - works for flutes and organ
Timekeepers by Marcus Schmickler and John Tilbury
I hope you like the universe by Joda Clément
Oneohtrix Point Never - Garden of Delete
Orphaned Deejay Selek 2006-08 by AFX
The Sodden Floor by Loren Chasse
The Quantum Loonyverse by Cylob
Fraufraulein - Extinguishment
Eric La Casa - Soundtracks
Laurel Halo - In Situ
Pole - Wald

Tracks:

AFX "umil 25-01"
AFX "oberheim blacet1b"
Laurel Halo "Nebenwirkungen"
Ron Morelli "A Gathering Together"
user18081971 "5 7z [sole transfer]"
Greg Stuart & Ryoko Akama "e.a.c.d."
Aphex Twin "Diskhat ALL prepared1mixed 13"
AE_LIVE_GRAFENHAINICHEN_170715
Joseph Kudirka "wyoming snow"
Earl Sweatshirt "Solace"

(4/5)

y'all slept hard on the AE_LIVE shit.

TRACKS
Heavy-K feat. Professor & Mpumi - Umoya
Heavy-K - #GiveMeLuv
Big Nuz- Tsege Tsege
DJ Merlon - Koze Kuse
Sphectacula & DJ Naves - KOTW Anthem
Professor feat. Sdudla No Mathousand - Nguye Lona
DJ Kent - Don't Let Go
Future - March Madness
Future - Blood On The Money
Young Thug - OD
Korede Bello - Godwin
Presh feat. Davido - Say Dem Say
Olamide - Melo Melo
Burna Boy & Wizkid - Single
Christopher Martin - I'm A Big Deal
Destra Garcia - Dip n Ride
Vybz Kartel - Dancehall

(17/30)

Lowell Im deeply mystified by what you did there

"(4/5)" I didnt count your nominatiobs, but did you like reduce the fraction??

*nominations... (sorry for that, tho)

TRACKS

Volkan Akin - Atest

(4/30)

xps also Artist "Title" is not Artist - Title. I appreciate the impulse to dress up your list to get attention, but come on now.

oh boy oh boy

shit, i apologise. i copy and pasted my list from another post, where several of the citations are Bandcamp format (title then album).. you can disregard it. (apologies)

ALBUMS 15/30

Power Monster: White Single Female
Chuck Bettis: Pixel Blood
Sightings: Amusers and Puzzlers
Earl Sweatshirt: I Don't Like Shit, I Don't Go Outside
JAH Excretion: Meditation 5
Various Artists: Ladyz in Noyz 3.5
Margarida Garcia and Manuel Mota: CRYPT
Macchinamorbida: Mind the Gap Between the Platform and the Train (A Place Called Annexia)
Lightning Bolt: Fantasy Empire
Tropical Trash: UFO Rot
Masayoshi Fujita: Apologues
Michael Vincent Waller: The South Shore
Mount Eerie: Sauna
Jason Lescalleet: This is What I Do - Volume 9
Wolf Eyes: I Am a Problem: Mind in Pieces

Sorry guys, redone in correct format here

ALBUMS 15/30

Power Monster - White Single Female
Chuck Bettis - Pixel Blood
Sightings - Amusers and Puzzlers
Earl Sweatshirt - I Don't Like Shit, I Don't Go Outside
JAH Excretion - Meditation 5
Various Artists - Ladyz in Noyz 3.5
Margarida Garcia and Manuel Mota - CRYPT
Macchinamorbida - Mind the Gap Between the Platform and the Train (A Place Called Annexia)
Lightning Bolt - Fantasy Empire
Tropical Trash - UFO Rot
Masayoshi Fujita - Apologues
Michael Vincent Waller - The South Shore
Mount Eerie - Sauna
Jason Lescalleet - This is What I Do - Volume 9
Wolf Eyes - I Am a Problem: Mind in Pieces

xp Sorry that sounded mean. It is annoying extra work, though. ;)

xp RAYMOND! What did I just get done saying?

Thank you! <3

Oooh, nice inclusion of Ladyz in Noyz. I waver about including comps in my year-end list but that would definitely be a contender.

sorry i didn't read the whole thread. lesson learned :)

TRACKS 30/30

Kimya Dawson - At the Seams (Demo)
Speedy Ortiz - The Graduates
Death Grips - Turned Off
Ashtray Navigations - Fog Bottle Morning
Uniform - Learning to Forget
Heinz Hopf - Olde English
Mount Eerie - Boat
Ultimate Painting - Out in the Cold
Sean Derrick Cooper Marquardt - Prayer for the People of the Sea
p0stm0rtem - Vomit Your Love All Over Me
Lower Dens - I Am The Earth
Dreamcrusher - Adore
Valet - Sunday
JSCA - No ends
Animal Collective - FloriDada

Lol Lowell Im sorry I got on your case too. Long day for me.

NOTE TO SELF (and everybody else): Both spreadsheets are updated through this post.

Albums

Hop Along - Painted Shut
Phony Ppl - Yesterday's Tomorrow
The Internet - Ego Death
Future - 56 Nights
Future - Beast Mode
My Morning Jacket - The Waterfall
Sports - Naked All The Time
Lower Dens - Escape From Evil
Ty Dolla $ign - Free TC
Kehlani - You Should Be Here
Chance The Rapper & Lil B - Free Based Freestyles

TRACKS

Alabama Shakes - Sound and Color
Kendrick Lamar - Wesley Theory
Destroyer - Times Square
Future - Real Sisters
Future - Just Like Bruddas
Chance The Rapper - Angels
Fetty Wap - Again
Hop Along - Waitress
Ty Dolla $ign - Solid
Young Thug - Constantly Hating (ft. Birdman)
Majical Cloudz - Downtown

Phony Ppl - Yesterday's Tomorrow

YES! I thought I was the only person listening to this.

22/30

xp there are three or four songs on it that I legitimately LOVE. Like this one

Phony Ppl - Somehow.

23/30

ALBUMS

Art Melody – Moogho
Ballake Sissoko & Vincent Segal – Musique de Nuit
Brandon Flowers – The Desired Effect
Grammies - Great Sounding
Protoje – Ancient Future
Vilod – Safe in Harbour

6/30

I promised myself I wouldn't cast a tracks ballot this year... (sigh)

TRACKS

Nameless Coyote - The Mystic Path to Cosmic Power
Mastery - L.O.R.E.S.E.E.K.E.R.
The Camoufleurs - Lightning
The Camoufleurs - The Collector

6/30

I promised myself I wouldn't cast a tracks ballot this year...

*gasp*

Lol? Every time I do one, its always an ungodly mess, including surely this time, even though I'm limiting myself to less than 10

(Camoufleurs songs are shameless plugs; they're my cousin's band, who put out an EP on Bandcamp early this year. Am genuinely smitten with both of them though, both gorgeous alt-country confections, first time I've felt this way about jangly indie in quite a few years)

ALBUMS

Tribulation - The Children of the Night
Chastity Belt - Time to Go Home
Ghost - Meliora
Mr. Fried Burger - Mr. Fried Burger, I Resume?
Mitski - Bury Me at Makeout Creek
Mare Infinitum - Alien Monolith God
Fuzz - II

7/30

Some glaring omissions:

ALBUMS
Chelsea Wolfe - Abyss
Empress Of - Me

TRACKS
Beldina – Ocean
Susanne Sundfør - Accelerate

24/30

ALBUMS

C.Diab - A Perfect Wave
Ilyas Ahmed - I Am All Your Own
Ryley Walker - Primrose Green
Six Organs of Admittance - Hexadic II
Krallice - Ygg huur
Glaciation - Sur les falaises de marbre

18/30

TRACKS

Henry Hyde - HH-01

(5/30)