SRSQ album was pretty good gothwave - even if you don't know the tragic backstory it elicits plenty of emotion!
― imago, Friday, 8 February 2019 10:11 (five years ago) link
Weighted ballot, bold did not place (only 6/25, that's pretty good):
Autechre - NTS Sessions 1-4MGMT - Little Dark AgeGAS - RauschThe Beths - Future Me Hates MeMount Eerie - Now OnlyRolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - Hope DownsParquet Courts - Wide AwakeHop Along - Bark Your Head Off, DogJulia Holter - AviaryHailu Mergia - Lala BeluTrim - 1-800 Dinosaur Presents TrimJohn Coltrane - Both Directions At Once: The Lost AlbumKali Uchis - IsolationSOPHIE - Oil of Every Pearl's Un-InsidesLow - Double NegativeMitski - Be the CowboyGang Gang Dance - Kazuashitamewithoutyou – (untitled)Kikagaku Moyo – Masana TemplesKero Kero Bonito - Time 'n' PlaceTierra Whack - Whack WorldSitka Sun - Sitka SunKadhja Bonet - ChildqueenDJ Koze - Knock KnockCat Power - Wanderer
― Gavin, Leeds, Friday, 8 February 2019 10:13 (five years ago) link
Erm OK 7/25, I can't count.
― Gavin, Leeds, Friday, 8 February 2019 10:14 (five years ago) link
I didn't vote as usual, cos I didn't feel like I'd listened to enough 2018 stuff to do a good ballot, but I just looked at my music.xls and apparently I listened to 209 releases from 2018 (tbf a lot of those are singles not albums), but I've only heard 6 of the top 77 albums! so I guess I've got a lot to listen to...
― Colonel Poo, Friday, 8 February 2019 10:22 (five years ago) link
Second year running, my nearest neighbor was my own progeny. The apple doesn't fall, etc., etc.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Friday, February 8, 2019 12:28 AM (four hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
kind of blowing my mind that there are parent / child ilxors
― budo jeru, Friday, 8 February 2019 10:39 (five years ago) link
I probably heard and liked more albums last year than in any year previously, so this list feels like a drop in the ocean of what I would have liked to vote for
(biggest omissions: Ezra Furman and Ross From Friends which weren't nommed; Mr Twin Sister which I kept forgetting about while compiling or updating lists)
Low - Double NegativeRoy Kinsey - BlackieThe 1975 – A brief inquiry into online relationshipsgurrumul - djarimirri (child of the rainbow)Wye Oak - The Louder I Call, The Faster It RunsAnna von Hausswolff - Dead MagicLet's Eat Grandma - I'm All EarsKasper Bjørke Quartet - The Fifty Eleven ProjectJulia Holter - Aviaryashley monroe – sparrowSons of Kemet - Your Queen is a ReptileBusiswa - Highly FlavouredWednesday Campanella - GalapagosRosalía - El mal quererTangents - New BodiesPablo's Eye - Bardo for PabloGang Gang Dance - KazuashitaMeshell Ndegeocello - VentriloquismHieroglyphic Being - The Red NotesRyan Beatty - Boy in JeansBurna Boy - OutsideRae Morris - Someone Out ThereRico Nasty - Nastysimmy – tugela fairyMariah Carey - Caution
― Tim F, Friday, 8 February 2019 10:39 (five years ago) link
Like, I feel like I could compile a decent ballot from albums that made the 77 that I didn't vote for and still be like, yeah, that's 25 great albums right there.
― Tim F, Friday, 8 February 2019 10:42 (five years ago) link
This is what my ballot would have looked at if I'd remembered to vote:
Autechre - NTS Sessions 1-4Ought - Room Inside This World Hailu Mergia - Lala BeluSun-El Musician - Africa To The WorldParquet Courts - Wide Awake!Ross From Friends - Family PortraitDur Dur Ban - Volumes 3 & 4Nihiloxica - Nihiloxica EPLost Cat - Some Loops EPDie Wilde Jagd - Uhrwald Orange Domenique Dumont - Miniatures de Auto RhythmOnipa - Open My Eyes EPBryte - Too Good For Your LikingPopcaan - ForeverRae Sremmurd - SR3MM
― frame casual (dog latin), Friday, 8 February 2019 10:55 (five years ago) link
Two of mine were ranked at the top:
sun-el musician – africa to the world (#9)Tenderlonious featuring The 22archestra - The Shakedown (lone voter)
and then the rest were unweighted:
3 Robyn - Honey14 Rosalía - El mal querer19 Tracey Thorn - Record21 Christine & The Queens - Chris27 Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - Hope Downs40 Natalie Prass - The Future and the Past67 Kamasi Washington - Heaven And Earth83 Mr Fingers - Cerebral Hemispheres98 Various Artists - We Out Here121 Nils Frahm - All Melody226 Kamaal Williams - The Return298 Charles Lloyd and Lucinda Williams - Vanished Gardens353 GoGo Penguin - A Humdrum Star
...and I was the sole voter for:
Joe Armon-Jones - Starting TodayAshley Henry & The RE:Ensemble - Easter
― mike t-diva, Friday, 8 February 2019 11:05 (five years ago) link
My Ballot Bold DNP
YOB - Our Raw HeartSleep - The SciencesLow - Double NegativeVessel - Queen of Golden DogsGhost - PrequelleSnail Mail - LushUncle Acid & The Deadbeats - WastelandTropical Fuck Storm - A Laughing Death in MeatspacePanopticon - The Scars of Man on the Once Nameless Wilderness awakebutstillinbed - what people call low self-esteem is really just seeing yourself the way that other people see youMournful Congregation - The Incubus of KarmaEvoken - HypnagogiaDeafheaven - Ordinary Corrupt Human LoveSenyawa - SujudEntropia - VacuumOneohtrix Point Never - Age OfDaughters - You Won't Get What You WantSpiritualized - And Nothing HurtSUMAC - Love in ShadowWindhand - Eternal ReturnKeiji Haino + Sumac - American Dollar Bill-Keep Facing Sideways, You're Too Hideous To Look At Face OnSons of Kemet - Your Queen is a ReptileSOPHIE - Oil of Every Pearl's Un-InsidesIan William Craig - ThresholderNels Cline 4 - Currents, Constellations
― Friedrich B. Neechy (Oor Neechy), Friday, 8 February 2019 11:11 (five years ago) link
I know Metal is niche around here but we do take a loose definition of the word and its really a noisy/heavy rock/metal and subgenres poll which means we have nominations . It's also not US-centric at all and many non-English singing bands get in.
So if everybody could just take a wee look at the nominations and if you like anything please vote.
The 2018 ILX Metal n' Heavy Rock Poll VOTING + CAMPAIGNING thread! NEW EXTENDED DEADLINE! Ballots due by Friday, February 15th 11.59pm PST
― Friedrich B. Neechy (Oor Neechy), Friday, 8 February 2019 11:23 (five years ago) link
Bold didn't place, mixed ballot.
Tracey Thorn - RecordJanelle Monáe - Dirty ComputerKali Uchis - IsolationNeneh Cherry - Broken PoliticsNeko Case - Hell-OnChristine & The Queens - ChrisColter Wall - Songs of the PlainsCatrin Finch & Seckou Keita - SOARKathryn Joseph - From When I Wake The Want IsSam Wilkes - Wilkes
Fatoumata Diawara - FenfoJóhann Jóhannsson - Mandy OSTNightmares on Wax - Shape the Futureserpentwithfeet - soilSons of Kemet - Your Queen is a ReptileTunng - Songs You Make at NightUnderworld w/ Iggy Pop - Teatime Dub EncountersYoung Fathers - Cocoa SugarBlood Orange - Negro SwanLUMP (Laura Marling & Mike Lindsay) - LUMPÓlafur Arnalds - re:memberKacey Musgraves - Golden HourKadhja Bonet - ChildqueenEric Bachmann - No RecoverPaul Weller - True Meanings
― Dan Worsley, Friday, 8 February 2019 11:35 (five years ago) link
Disappointed I was the sole voter for Kathryn Joseph and Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita, you folks need to check them out.
― Dan Worsley, Friday, 8 February 2019 11:39 (five years ago) link
my ballot was something like
Earl Sweatshirt - Some Rap SongsSons of Kemet - Your Queen is a ReptileSarah Davachi - Gave in RestJulia Holter – AviaryTirzah – DevotionMount Eerie - Now OnlyEli Keszler – StadiumGang Gang Dance – KazuashitaHomeboy Sandman & Edan - Humble PiLaurel Halo - Raw Silk Uncut WoodSarah Davachi - Let Night Come On Bells End the DayNiño de Elche - Antología del cante flamenco heterodoxoSOPHIE - Oil of Every Pearl's Un-InsidesSaba - Care for MeFatima - And Yet It's All LoveSun-el Musician – Africa to the WorldMark Fell – IntraEiko Ishibashi - The Dream My Bones DreamErland Cooper & William Boyle – MurmurationIpek Gorgun - Ecce HomoMakaya McCraven - Universal BeingsTashi Wada with Yoshi Wada and Friends – NueDoja Cat – AmalaHailu Mergia - Lala BeluPark Jiha - Philos
& if I cld keep going...
Don Toliver - Donny WomackGAS – RauschJean Grae & Quelle Chris - Everything's FineHieroglyphic Being - The Red NotesShakarchi & Stranéus - Steal Chickens From Men and the Future From GodSzun Waves - New Hymn To FreedomYves Tumor - Safe In The Hands Of LoveMIKE - War In My PenMr Fingers - Cerebral HemispheresAndrew WK - You Are Not AloneMaisha - There is a PlaceDJ Richard - Dies Iræ XeroxSyclops - Pink EyeRosalía - El Mar QuererJeremih & Ty Dolla $ign - MIH-TYPlayboi Carti - Die LitFelicia Atkinson - CoyotesGlenn Jones - The Giant Who Ate Himself and Other New Works for 6-and-12-String GuitarGeorgia Anne Muldrow – OverloadDomenico Lancellotti - The Good Is A Big GodHelena Hauff – QualmIAMDDB - FlightmodeOren Ambarchi, Konrad Sprenger & Phillip Sollman - Panama/SuezLonnie Holley - MITHJanelle Monáe - Dirty ComputerKojo Funds - Golden BoyKiran Leonard - Western CultureMatteo Liberatore - SolosMIKE - Black SoapPark Jiha - CommunionSenyawa - SujudDJ David Goblin - Ork MuzikKelly Moran - Ultraviolet
― ogmor, Friday, 8 February 2019 12:24 (five years ago) link
seeing everyone's lists is the best bit, I'm putting together a list of things to check out. kudos to crut for putting me onto the luscious ipek gorgun album
― ogmor, Friday, 8 February 2019 12:30 (five years ago) link
^^ Gorgeous album.
Did not expect Jim O'Rourke to harvest precisely zero votes. Flappy did vote in this no?
― Uptown VONC (Le Bateau Ivre), Friday, 8 February 2019 12:37 (five years ago) link
I didn't copy mine but it went something like (bold didn't place):
Tangents - New BodiesSleep - The SciencesThe Good, the Bad & the Queen - Merrie LandSly & Robbie Meet Nils Petter Molvær feat. Eivind Aarset and Vladislav Delay - NordubLeila Abdul-Rauf - DimunitionLow - Double NegativeThe Dead Tongues - Unsung PassageSzun Waves - New Hymn to FreedomSandro Perri - In Another LifeEiko Ishibashi - The Dream My Bones DreamBoygenius - BoygeniusMakaya McCraven - Universal BeingsSons of Kemet - Your Queen is A ReptileC. Diab - Exit RuminationThe Innocence Mission - Sun on the SquareAlasdair Roberts, Amble Skuse & David McGuinness - What NewsSun-El Musician - Africa to the WorldEbo Taylor - Yen AraTomberlin - At WeddingsKasper Bjørke Quartet - The Fifty Eleven Project
― Good cop, Babcock (Chinaski), Friday, 8 February 2019 12:43 (five years ago) link
If I had my time again I'd defintely vote for Henri Texier's Sand Woman, Nik Bärtsch's Ronin and Music IS by Bill Frissell.
― Good cop, Babcock (Chinaski), Friday, 8 February 2019 12:47 (five years ago) link
Hi! More here..
1. Tal National – Tantabara2. Cupcakke – Ephorize3. Pistol Annies – Interstate Gospel4. U.S. Girls – In a Poem Unlimited5. Speedy Ortiz – Twerp Verse6. Tracey Thorn — Record7. The Chills — Snow Bound8. Kali Uchis — Isolation9. Superchunk – What a Time to Be Alive10. Eric Church – Desperate Man11. Earl Sweatshirt — Some Rap Songs12. Toni Braxton — Sex & Cigarettes13. Amen Dunes – Freedom14. Alex Anwantder – Latinoamericana15. Bali Baby – Baylor Swift16. Meshell Ndegeocello – Ventriloquism17. Troye Sivan – Bloom18. Vince Staples – FM!19. Ravyn Lenae – Crush20. Ashley Monroe – Sparrow
― Your sweetie-pie-coo-coo I love ya (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 8 February 2019 12:54 (five years ago) link
Pusha T - DAYTONATracey Thorn - RecordKacey Musgraves - Golden HourThe 1975 – A brief inquiry into online relationshipsMeshell Ndegeocello - Ventriloquismashley monroe – sparrowLow - Double NegativePistol Annies - Interstate GospelNeneh Cherry - Broken PoliticsSons of Kemet - Your Queen is a ReptileMr Fingers - Cerebral HemispheresThe Breeders - All NerveHunee - Hunchin' All Nightcharlie puth – voicenotesRhye - BloodGigi Masin - KiteYoung Galaxy - Down TimeMr Twin Sister - SaltJon Hassell - Listening to PicturesVarious Artists - We Out Here
― L'assie (Euler), Friday, 8 February 2019 13:45 (five years ago) link
how did Ross From Friends not even get nommed?
― frame casual (dog latin), Friday, 8 February 2019 14:19 (five years ago) link
my mixed ballot (bold placed):
Autechre - NTS Sessions 1-4Black Dresses - Waste IsolationDeena Abdelwahed - KhonnarDJ Richard - Dies Iræ XeroxGazelle Twin - PastoralGhost - PrequelleMr Twin Sister - SaltDeath Grips - Year of the SnitchU.S. Girls - In a Poem UnlimitedBeak> - >>>Neneh Cherry - Broken Politics
SHXCXCHCXSH - OUFOUFOFPuce Mary - The DroughtVia App - Secret RotationBody/Head - The SwitchJulia Holter - AviaryNeko Case - Hell-OnAphex Twin - Collapse EPUnderworld w/ Iggy Pop - Teatime Dub EncountersAncient Methods - The Jericho RecordsJK Flesh - New HorizonOf Montreal - White is Relic/Irrealis MoodDonato Dozzy - Filo Loves The AcidChris Corsano & Bill Orcutt - Brace Up!YAMANTAKA // SONIC TITAN - Dirt
Disappointed that beak> got 78. Felt like it was their best album by far.
― silverfish, Friday, 8 February 2019 14:19 (five years ago) link
2019 was basically the year of autechre and black dresses for me.
― silverfish, Friday, 8 February 2019 14:20 (five years ago) link
― Tuomas, Friday, 8 February 2019 15:02 (five years ago) link
yes but fine with Let's Eat Grandma
― frame casual (dog latin), Friday, 8 February 2019 15:03 (five years ago) link
I'm not surprised I was the only voter for Meg Bowles, but I do find it odd only 3 people beside me vote for Jlin... Didn't her previous albums do really well in these polls? I thought Autobiography was quite good too, but maybe the fact that it's a largely beatless soundtrack/mood piece made it less popular?
― Tuomas
Yeah, despite being a huge Jlin fan I never really spent any time with this one. I think I said on her dedicated thread that it wasn't really marketed as a "Jlin album" but more a soundtrack to someone else's thing, so that made it have less urgency for me.
― emil.y, Friday, 8 February 2019 15:20 (five years ago) link
it was really good, I enjoyed it, but maybe the shock of the new isn't as strong as that last one and, well, her music's super and everything but I really have to be in the mood.
― frame casual (dog latin), Friday, 8 February 2019 15:44 (five years ago) link
there are so many albums that I should have spent more time with and probably are right up my alley -- the Lotic and Vessel ones come to mind -- but I spent so much time discovering music from previous years in 2018 that I didn't catch up with all the new releases
I'm wrapping my brain around the whole genre-as-appeal-group thing spotify has going with "escape room". going to start telling people that's my genre
― mh, Friday, 8 February 2019 15:54 (five years ago) link
The Vessel album is fantastic and could easily have been my #1
― Friedrich B. Neechy (Oor Neechy), Friday, 8 February 2019 15:55 (five years ago) link
weighted
Low - Double NegativeMadeline Kenney - Perfect ShapesDomenique Dumont - Miniatures De Auto RhythmMitski - Be the CowboyBeach House - 7Bill Frisell - Music ISLaurel Halo - Raw Silk Uncut Woodoneohtrix point never – age ofLake Ruth - Birds of AmericaParquet Courts - Wide AwakePram - Across The MeridianMGMT - Little Dark AgeJean Grae & Quelle Chris - Everything's FineAutechre - NTS Sessions 1-4Melody's Echo Chamber - Bon VoyageLUMP (Laura Marling & Mike Lindsay) - LUMPSpeedy Ortiz - Twerp VersePusha T - DAYTONAE Ruscha V - Who Are YouCruel Diagonals - DisambiguationSoccer Mommy - CleanNeko Case - Hell-OnArctic Monkeys - Tranquility Base Hotel & CasinoCavern of Anti-Matter - Hormone LemonadeDomenico Lancellotti - The Good is a Big God
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Friday, 8 February 2019 16:04 (five years ago) link
Like, I feel like I could compile a decent ballot from albums that made the 77 that I didn't vote for and still be like, yeah, that's 25 great albums right there.― Tim F, Friday, February 8, 2019 2:42 AM (five hours ago)
― Tim F, Friday, February 8, 2019 2:42 AM (five hours ago)
The thing I keep thinking about as I scroll through this thread - paying special attention to the DNPs - is just how much incredible music came out last year. (And every year, really.)
An embarrassment of riches...
― alpine static, Friday, 8 February 2019 16:15 (five years ago) link
Mixed weighted/unweighted, with a top 8 IIRC then the break. I can't remember exactly now what was in the top 8 but this will be pretty close. Bold DNP, bold italic = sole voter.
Low - Double NegativeWye Oak - The Louder I Call, The Faster It RunsRed Velvet - Summer Magic: Summer Mini AlbumAPRIL - 6th Mini Album: ‘the Ruby’Julia Holter - AviaryCavern of Anti-Matter - Hormone LemonadeGazelle Twin - PastoralChristine and the Queens - Chris
Mariah Carey - CautionTokyo Elvis - Nice & PleasantI Am Robot And Proud - Lucky StaticDaphne & Celeste - Daphne & Celeste Save The WorldRobyn - HoneyMelody’s Echo Chamber - Bon VoyageDarren Hayman - Thankful Villages, Vol. 3Kero Kero Bonito - Time ’n’ PlaceDeerful - tell me I can fix this on my ownTove Styrke - SwayMouse On Mars - Dimensional PeopleThe Twelve Hour Foundation - tree little milk egg book…and other non sequitursOneohtrix Point Never - Age Of Ariana Grande - Sweetener Hailu Mergia - Lala BeluConcretism - For Concrete and CountryVarious Artists - The Quietened Mechanisms
― Jeff W, Friday, 8 February 2019 16:37 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/zywVsz0.jpg
― Friedrich B. Neechy (Oor Neechy), Friday, 8 February 2019 16:39 (five years ago) link
weighted, bold did not place
Autechre - NTS Sessions 1–4Julia Holter - AviaryPanopticon - The Scars of Man on the Once Nameless WildernessSelf Defense Family - Have You Considered Punk MusicDeafheaven - Ordinary Corrupt Human LoveFoxing - Nearer My GodNoname - Room 25Closer - All This Will BeOneohtrix Point Never - Age OfSleep - The SciencesCamp Cope - How to Socialise & Make FriendsmewithoutYou - UntitledSenyawa - SujudJanelle Monáe - Dirty ComputerSpiritualized - And Nothing HurtThe Armed - Only LovePortal - IONJohn Coltrane - Both Directions At Once: The Lost AlbumYOB - Our Raw HeartYo La Tengo - There’s a Riot Going OnGang Gang Dance - KazuashitaThou - MagusRolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - Hope DownsJean Grae & Quelle Chris - Everything's FineGouge Away - Burnt Sugar
― gman59, Friday, 8 February 2019 17:09 (five years ago) link
i think this was my mixed ballot.
Job Sifre - Het BestaanHelena Hauff - QualmMr Twin Sister - SaltGeins't Naït, Laurent Petitgand - Make Dogs SingSuba - Wayang
Vakula - MetaphorsPrime Minister Of Doom - Mudshadow PropagandaKate NV - для FORShelter - Profondeur 4000Domenique Dumont - Miniatures De Auto RhythmRezzett - Rezzett LPTerekke - Improvisational LoopsТпсб - SekundenschlafKolorit - Workshop XXIRex Ilusivii - Selected WorksVarious - Kale Plankieren - Dutch Cassette Rarities 1981 - 1987 Volume IIE Ruscha V - Who Are YouDie Wilde Jagd – Uhrwald OrangeObjekt - Cocoon CrushDemdike Stare - PassionAncient Methods - The Jericho RecordsDJ Richard - Dies Iræ XeroxVarious Artists - Uneven Paths: Deviant Pop From Europe 1980-1991Phil France - CircleSilvia Kastel - Air Lows
there's a lot of stuff i could've added and probably would've if i'd remembered or felt differently that day. so, so many great albums came out last year
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Friday, 8 February 2019 17:23 (five years ago) link
oh man, I forgot that Тпсб album was 2018! good list, karl
― mh, Friday, 8 February 2019 17:29 (five years ago) link
1. The Beths - Future Me Hates Me2. Mitski - Be the Cowboy3. MGMT - Little Dark Age4. Pusha T - Daytona5. The Breeders - All Nerve6. Julia Holter - Aviary 7. Earl Sweatshirt - Some Rap Songs 8. Makaya McCraven - Universal Beings9. Kamasi Washington - Heaven and Earth10. Richard Swift - The Hex11. Sam Gendel & Sam Wilkes - Music for Saxofone and Bass Guitar12. Hop Along - Bark Your Head Off, Dog 13. U.S. Girls - In a Poem Unlimited14. Prana Crafter - Bodhi Cheetah's Choice15. Tropical Fuck Storm - A Laughing Death in Meatspace16. A.A.L. - Against All Logic 2012-201717. Marisa Anderson - Cloud Corner18. Gwenno - La Kov19. Szun Waves - New Hymn to Freedom20. Sons of Kemet - Your Queen is a Reptile 21. Jonny Greenwood - Phantom Thread soundtrack22. Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - Hope Downs 23. Idris Ackamoor & the Pyramids - An Angel Fell24. Jean Grae & Quelle Chris - Everything's Fine25. Cornelia Murr - Lake Tear of the Clouds
― Chris L, Friday, 8 February 2019 19:17 (five years ago) link
can't believe I was the only one who voted for Kaku P-Model. that album was incredible. have I taught y'all nothing
― frogbs, Friday, 8 February 2019 19:24 (five years ago) link
Thanks to the voter for (1) Toni Braxton and (2) Riton + Kah-Lo, both of which I nominated but different have room for on my ballot.
― Jeff W, Friday, 8 February 2019 19:39 (five years ago) link
The Objekt album is amazing. I only just discovered it
― frame casual (dog latin), Friday, 8 February 2019 19:41 (five years ago) link
Janelle Monáe - Dirty ComputerDaphne & Celeste - Daphne & Celeste Save The WorldSOPHIE - Oil of Every Pearl's Un-Insidessun-el musician – africa to the worldDJ Healer - Nothing 2 LooseJulia Holter - AviaryThe 1975 – A brief inquiry into online relationshipsDirty Projectors - Lamp Lit ProseYves Tumor - Safe In The Hands Of LoveDeafheaven - Ordinary Corrupt Human LoveKacey Musgraves - Golden HourLet's Eat Grandma - I'm All Earsoneohtrix point never – age ofVarious Artists - Black Panther: The AlbumBad Bunny - X 100PREZeal & Ardor - Stranger FruitJon Hassell - Listening to PicturesRosalía - El mal quererLow - Double NegativeSons of Kemet - Your Queen is a ReptileBen Lamar Gay - Downtown Castles Can Never Block the SunKamasi Washington - Heaven And EarthPlayboi Carti - Die LitDanish String Quartet – Prism INaza - C'est la Loi
Not only did 15 out of 25 place - giving me the second highest hivemind quotient out of voters who submitted 25 picks - but most of my top ten ended in the collective top ten. I had a hivemind year. A bid sad that DJ Healer didn't make it, though.
― Frederik B, Friday, 8 February 2019 21:26 (five years ago) link
i think this was my ballot.such an honour being Brad and Tim F's neighbour.
the 1975 – a brief inquiry into online relationshipslow – double negativeoneohtrix point never – age ofgurrumul - djarimirri (child of the rainbow)kacey musgraves – golden hourrosalía – el mal quererjon hassell – listening to pictures (pentimento volume one)sun-el musician – africa to the worlddoja cat – amalaautechre – nts sessionsmewithoutyou – (untitled)ashley monroe – sparrowmeshell ngeodecello – ventriloquismmariah carey – cautionsimmy – tugela fairyrobyn – honeyserpente – a noivacharlie puth – voicenotesnow, now – savedcardi b - invasion of privacyj balvin – vibrasdj nigga fox – crâniogang gang dance – kazuashitamouse on mars – dimensional peoplec. tangana – avida dollars
― Nourry, Saturday, 9 February 2019 13:26 (five years ago) link
I haven't saved my ballot. I'm not sure which ones placed except for Parquet Courts and mewithoutyou. I guess Low and RBCF?
Camp Cope was my #1 vote. Sad to think I was the only one to vote for Damien Jurado.
― Dinsdale, Saturday, 9 February 2019 13:58 (five years ago) link
Albums on the metal poll noms that made the general poll
Senyawa - SujudGhost - PrequelleYob - Our Raw HeartYAMANTAKA // SONIC TITAN - DirtAndrew WK - You Are Not AloneThe Armed - Only LoveDeafheaven - Ordinary Corrupt Human LoveSleep - The Sciencesmewithoutyou - (untitled)Tropical Fuck Storm - A Laughing Death in Meatspace
Granted that some will say some of those are not metal, but its a heavy and noisy rock and metal poll and all ilxors and lurkers are allowed to votes why not have a wee look and help drugs a money out. (No promises you will get any drugs or money from him)
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfaHquVS4dUL_G07q9sOAfM-7Co2PXG6N60BDEO74cw5zrTIg/viewform
the pastebin link is the easiest one to copy and paste from
― Friedrich B. Neechy (Oor Neechy), Saturday, 9 February 2019 14:26 (five years ago) link
There seemed to be way more guitar-oriented entries vs previous years.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Saturday, 9 February 2019 14:30 (five years ago) link
especially in the lower half. Was there a shallow year for hip hop and bobbins stuff or did they just not vote?I haven't heard anyone say 2018 was a classic year for rock or how rock is back etc
― Friedrich B. Neechy (Oor Neechy), Saturday, 9 February 2019 15:01 (five years ago) link
it was a great year for bobbins but there wasn't as much consensus as the bobbins thread itself has kinda died. partially due to lack of need for discussion when a youtube link will suffice, partially due to the most vocal and interesting posters posting less or migrating away from ILM completely, and partially through the continued splintering of dance music. "house & techno" as an umbrella term seems less relevant than ever
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Saturday, 9 February 2019 15:20 (five years ago) link
I wasn't on the metal thread (or ilx) from about march until this poll rollout so I have no idea if the rolling thread thought it was a great year but I think there's a good chance what has happened in bobbins thread has happened on metal thread as A) it always looked dead and several high profile rolling thread posters and voters say they aren't voting in metal poll this year.
― Friedrich B. Neechy (Oor Neechy), Saturday, 9 February 2019 15:25 (five years ago) link
I think some of the older posters have either lost interest in metal or have lost interest in current metal and only listen to new releases by bands they already like or just listen to classic stuff.Age catches up with metallers just like it catches up on some clubbers.
― Friedrich B. Neechy (Oor Neechy), Saturday, 9 February 2019 15:34 (five years ago) link
metal thread didn't feel quite as active this year as last, but as recently as last year, i believe it was the most active rolling thread ... at least in terms of posting new songs that ulysses (is ulysses the mega-Spotify playlist master? i can't remember) was tracking.
― alpine static, Saturday, 9 February 2019 16:02 (five years ago) link