ILM's Top 77 Tracks of 2019

I like Vanishing Twin but only learned about them during campaigning, so they didn't quite make my ballot. I like SAULT better though.

That "Makeba" song is sweet, maybe I should buy some Levi's.

i'm guessing "cellophane" will place higher and i will try to not be a bummer about it

There's only one song I like on that album and this certainly isn't it

not as gaga as everyone over the twigs alb, but this one is good.

also, i'd like to welcome moka to the turbo team.

I love this song! such an ear worm.

Hahaha what is the turbo team?

EP1&2 >>>>> Magdalene > LP1 > M3LL155X

FKA Twigs I will never understand, like the Andrew Yang candidacy.

Hahaha what is the turbo team?

― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, January 28, 2020 10:27 AM (fifty-five seconds ago) bookmarkflaglink

the team of those who post results fast so nobody has time to ask for the next one

i'm a fan

this is a good thing btw

FKA Twigs I will never understand, like the Andrew Yang candidacy.

That's quite the parallel!

Loving the Charlotte Adigéry tracks. How did I not heard of her before?? Thank you, ILM!!!

This is the third time I've listened to the song 'Summer Girl' and every time it's tolerable for the first verse and chorus, then it starts to sink insidiously in, wearing me out. They are some of the worst and laziest lyrics I have ever heard. I can't stand anything this self-consciously 'cool'...people singing about sunglasses and shit I hate it.

Sorry, this is the most negative I will get in this poll.

Lol I’m posting every 10 mins because I’m not sure how much more time I’ll be able to post before I get distracted in the airport but I can stretch it to 15 mins if you’d like!

no no every 10 minutes is an excellent schedule

Voted for a different FKA twigs song. Some lovely sounds on the album but didn't come together as a whole for me.

I'm hugely impressed by Moka's system and scheduling. From fleeting experience of the 00s poll, getting images, titles and links all in order quickly is so difficult. And you've got additional links and quotes too...I honestly don't know how you're maintaining this pace, but it's great.

Alright alright alright :)

sorry, idg FKA Twigs either

keep on keeping on, moka

i think one result a day for three months would be good

just hunting quotes and stuff for the Cohen poll was a pain so I can't imagine doing images and whatnot on top of that

I’m currently in a bus on the highway so 10 mins is plenty of time to do it on mobile + I already had a few results previously arranged.

Also I’m not sure the numbers are without errors, I usually mess up a pair of them and realize until the end of the poll. The rankings are definitely correct though!

Team Slowcoach represent

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43: Weyes Blood - “Movies” - 228 points - 8 votes - 1 number 1 vote
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Weyes Blood

The Singles Jukebox

“Sometimes you’ve been hearing about an artist for a while, maybe even years; never a friend recommending them to you directly, maybe, but enough free-floating praise that there’s a nagging feeling you should probably check them out (if one of those moments hits you at just the wrong turn and/or you’re naturally stubborn, this feeling might even be part of why you haven’t gotten around to it yet). And of course every year even if you listen to hundreds of new song and albums there are people you won’t get to, and some of them you never will and that’s fine, even if in some other time and place they might have changed your life just as profoundly and joyfully as some of the stuff you did happen to have time for has changed your life. Some you never will; and some, maybe, you’ll hear just one song, maybe through a group writing effort that you love and keep up with partly precisely because you think getting exposed to things you might not have wandered into yourself is valuable, and that sudden moment of discovery is one of the best feelings in the world to you, and you have to excuse yourself from the room (literally or figuratively) because you now have to run home and listen to everything else that artist has made because you need to see whether any of it hits you as intensely as this song does.” - Ian Mathers

“I fucking love this. I love the way it opens like something from a mid-1980s episode of Hearts of Space, I love the Kronos Quartet-esque string breakdown, I love Natalie Mering’s vocals, which sound to me like a sweeter Aimee Mann, and I love the way it eventually ascends into heaven like Cristal Connors at the end of “Goddess.” A highlight from Weyes Blood’s fourth album, Titanic Rising, this is damned near perfection.” - Thomas Inskeep

figured this would place. truly widescreen music

the clear album highlight for me, a person who was lukewarm on the album

Magdalene marked my Twigs breaking point. Genuinely curious to know: Who is her core audience?

"Movies" was very high on my ballot. Fittingly cinematic.

I was surprised to learn the string appearance wasn't a literal sample from a Glass piece or soundtrack

Nice. Both WS tracks seem too low tho.

Who is her core audience?

drama majors

Arguably (although probably not really) the worst song (interludes aside) on the album. It's still amazing.

The second half is some almighty fare

Love a Mishima OST-style breakdown. Stunning! xp to Simon - Ha, yes!

truly widescreen music

― american bradass (BradNelson), Tuesday, January 28, 2020 4:37 PM (two minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

also imo this is on some enya shit as well, i love it dearly

'Generation Why' is still her best Enya impression.

I couldn't really pick just one highlight from Titanic Rising. The whole thing is just so perfect. Maybe Something To Believe? Everyday is incredible too. Happy to see any songs from it place.

I voted for 2 Weyes Blood tracks, neither of which have placed yet.

I guess this makes up for Purple Mountains ;)

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42: Samthing Soweto feat. Sha Sha, DJ Maphorisa & Kabza De Small - “Akulaleki” - 237 points - 7 votes - 1 number 1 vote
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rolling Afropop / Afrobeats / Afrodance 2019

The Singles Jukebox

“So intimate and restless, this is a conceptual triumph. Never overselling or overstretching itself, it confidently invites being boiled  down to those two words, all that are needed to describe a kernel of sensation left to simmer by the quartet behind it. Neither Shasha or Samthing Soweto force the issue — both breathy, but languorously so — and their separation is in the lyrics as much as the structure as much as the delivery. Everything fits, and it makes music seem easy.” -Scott Mildenhall

unexpected! i'm delighted

Nice! though I can't remember if I voted for this (I def voted for other Samthing appearances)

breastcrawl has, surprisingly belatedly, entered the building

some of my favorite songs back to back

not the Sun-elcore track I voted for but a lovely one

This is nice.

every LDR song is TOO HIGH. tried the Weyes Blood album but it was a little over mannered for my liking. Rufus Wainwright vibes. but maybe i need to persevere.

the samthing album was gorgeous, was tough for me to pick out individual highlights tho (except omama bomthandazo <3 ). i've also been trying to figure out if his name is a pun.

if you think Weyes Blood is too mannered, try viewing her as a 70s psych-prog true believer with a sideline in medieval music studies rather than a modern popstar - it might start to make more sense. also check out the earlier albums