!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I VOTED IN THE 2008 ILX ALBUMS & TRAX POLL AND I LIKED IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (poll now CLOSED)

I refused to vote AC as its a 2009 release. Will definitely put it in next year (assuming the year won't be so awesome that there are 20 better records released; although fingers crossed.)

phew, ballot sent

(no TVOTR or AC on it if you must know)

I've received 80 ballots so far...i have not yet started the tallying process but i promise to post cryptic notes over the weekend about the placements.

Mordy beware the lurkers. Some people wont admit to voting for certain albums simply because they know they will take abuse from some posters for being "corny indie fuxors".
Animal Collective is a 2009 release, but if it places this year it shouldn't be allowed in next years. Otherwise it will end up like that Annie album(which will probably still end up being in next years poll)

I know I moan like fuck about the NME/Kerrang polls, but on ILX ones I try to stay away from that. I might not agree with some of the albums voted for on the metal poll I'm running, but I'm not going to give abuse to people who took the time & trouble to compile a list and email it in. I appreciate the fact that ilxors take the time to do this. I don't think ilxors should be ridiculed for what they vote for which then makes them to scared to admit it publicly.

gonna rep for bohren un der club of gore here

I'd second that

Maelstrom: Hello. Let's please start by discussing the name of your wonderful band. I understand that "bohren" is German for "to bore" or "to drill." (although I'm sure some people might find the irony or the other mening of "bore" too great) Then you have this club of gore thing. What's up?

Morten Gass: The band name has no real meaning in the first place. It just happens the way a lot of band names had their origin from: we were drunk!!! But besides the fact that we had a few beers too many, we managed to put some important words in this name. "Gore / Bohren" stands for horror movies (especially the Italian stuff like Fulci, Bava, Argento, where you can find some pretty nice drilling scenes as well). Gore is also a secret hidden link to a genius Dutch instrumental band called Gore. The first two Gore albums had a big influence on us. "And the Club of" just means that we wanted to be a jazz band. Playing in smoky, dirty nightclubs, just like Sade. Well, as I said, we were drunk.....

TVotR is on my list. Obviously. Animal Collective, too: hell, if it's there, I'll vote for it. And I'll vote for it next year, too, because it is fucking awesome (am slightly drunk, on a bus, and listening to it, once again, this time after several pints' worth of reappraising Freud). Fuck iconoclasm in all its many forms.

I've received 85 emails...could i possibly get 15 more ballots tonight? i'm not sure but to have 100 participants would be nice.

xp To smash an idol, you have to consider it an idol first.

try posting on the metal poll and see if people there will post. plenty of people there who like more than just metal so would vote in this poll. Ask them nicely and see!
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Ask them nicely and see!

LEAVE US TO OUR DEPRAVED FEAST!!!!1

xp To smash an idol, you have to consider it an idol first.

haha, otm. my general boredom with tvotr is unrelated to their critical standing, which surprises me anew every time they end up on all these top 10 lists.

(not in a disgusted or teeth-gnashing way or anything, just sort of a, 'huh, really?')

my attitude towards animal collective isn't iconoclastic, it's just total contempt for them

I liked their old stuff a lot, not heard their new album, but I dont see why anyone would hate them so much. Esp when Kings Of Leon and Coldplay are around.

i'm not exactly fond of them either, but shit like animal collective really does make me realise that they're fundamentally tolerable and not worth hating on

i like some animal collective stuff, but i can definitely understand someone feeling outsized antipathy for them the same way i do for the flaming lips.

xp that was some air that really needed to be cleared there

reason to hate kings of leon more than AC: i hear the former somewhere, somehow pretty much every day. don't think i've heard an AC song in several years.

That I can understand. I've never heard Animal Collective on radio or on tv.

I imagine if people haven't voted it's not because they missed this thread the 1000000000000 times it was on the front page, it's because they don't plan on voting or they have been putting it off. if you fall into the latter category then for shame!!! submit now!!

Are you near 100 ballots yet?

Two hours, I'll do it!

i have 87. i'm not going to stop taking ballots until midnight my time so technically there is still 7 hours left.

Come on ILX we can make it to 100. Still 7 hours left!!

Musically you should try asking on the metal poll thread. More chance of them listening to you than me :)

I imagine they'll listen to you, you certainly have the metal cred that I lack...

sent

lol @ the thought of me having metal cred

Oh fuck! I forgot to send in my ballot. Is there time left?

yes there is, midnight PST is when I will stop taking ballots. not that i'll be up then locking my email but still try to get it in my then at least.

Cool. I didn't know which time zone.

Oh, also, I can send in less than 20 votes, correct?

aaaaaand sent!

correct

sent!

okay, so about an hour left...if you are up late and have nothing better to do, consider sending in a ballot.

I suck at deadlines. Huge sorries to musically, but can you please include my two minute late entry?

yeah, no prob, i was asleep at midnight so it's all good.

anyway, as it's 7 hours and 18 minutes past midnight for me, i am closing the poll. thanks to everyone who participated. i'll post little updates over the weekend, and hopefully if everything goes according to schedule i'll start the trax results on monday.

I asked a few people who post/lurk on ilx to vote yesterday and they said they would. Sadly not enough to get to 100 ballots, but I tried.

If people can't wait to see results, then head over to ILX METAL ALBUMS OF THE YEAR 2008 RESULTS the top 10 is being announced today. Will be interesting to see if (m)any of them crossover to musically's poll.

BALLS. Not only did I miss the noms, but I wasn't online at all on thursday, and barely any yesterday, so I completely missed this. I somehow doubt that a ballot quite this late would be accepted. BALLS BALLS and thrice BALLS.

noms started in December, so that must have been a long vacation

Hmph. Well, that's quite clearly sarcastic (especially seeing as I have already posted to this thread), but I will clarify: I was offline throughout most of the nomination period due to the utter shiteness of Virgin, and thus missed that round of voting entirely. I have been compiling my list, and was intending to get it in on Wednesday or Thursday, but due to unforseen circumstances I couldn't get online on those days either, so have completely fucked it up.

The only thing that I really care about is that people add 20 extra points to El Guincho and 19 extra to the Chap.

I've made a "controversial decision".

I wish someone had pointed out that Merriweather Post Pavilion was a 2009 album earlier. It really has no place in the poll so I am taking it out. For those of you who voted for it, I will sent you an email and if you respond by tonight you can swap something else in for it. Otherwise, I am going to finish this today so I can start tomorrow.

can u tell us where it would have placed had you not axed it?

that is a very good controversial decision imo

When I run down the results I will include a little placeholder for it. I don't have anything against telling you now but I'm not quite there yet in the tallying process.

I'm very in favor of that controversial decision.

yay!