Lobbying for ILM's Top 77 Albums and Tracks: Justify Your Picks

actually thats a different record which I forgot to nominate but this one is good just a little more reflective not one of the brash lads

tess roby - ballad #5

beautiful slow sad synth-pop song (if you choose to listen, be patient bc a truly genius hook comes in 2/3 of the way thru)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1vAY8zF3Gc

randomer - smokin

crazy techno song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9cWhfJ8NJw

sorority noise - you're not as _____ as you think you are (album)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tZauks6QnI

if you care to trust someone who just got into emo this year, this was the best emo album of the year (besides another one that will not be mentioned or voted for because the singer did sex crimes)

Jen Cloher's self-titled album is definitely worth hearing! She's Courtney Barnett's partner, and the album features much rumination as to the notion of being a seasoned musician and watching the career someone you love (and who also happens to be much younger than you) take off really fast, as well as the way touring can affect personal relationships. Fans of Courtney or PJ Harvey might find something to enjoy.

Can I also suggest Kah-Lo's "Fasta". Kah-Lo previously featured on Riton's "Rinse & Repeat", which placed #55 in last year's poll. Her disaffected, bored vocal works well with the song's sleek verses - the chorus provides levity as contrast.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sI5G09Z-lXY

last chance for me on this track and i didn't even nominate but everyone in the world should toss a vote for akanamali in your singles ballot imo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKxFS8L6AlQ

or at least play that one song once. i don't ask much.

I love that Sun-EL Musician track!

if there's still people who haven't voted, let me once again talk up Aussie power-pop goddess Alex Lahey, who released I Love You Like a Brother, the hookiest rock record of 2017:

"i haven't been taking care of myself" - the mission statement, the track I nominated: https://youtu.be/d9TqFgWAWiU
"lotto in reverse" - angry break-up, inventive chord progression: https://youtu.be/qBYR_jFwrmo
"there's no money" - power ballad, she sings the hell out of it: https://youtu.be/mVTkDRC-08E

vote for the album, please

xp aw i think akanamali made my longlist but got cut for the 25 :(

last chance for me on this track and i didn't even nominate but everyone in the world should toss a vote for akanamali in your singles ballot imo

OK I'm sold

A bell end writes: where do I go to vote? (Asking for a friend, obvs.)

Christ - just found it. Ignore me.

Shuffling through the tracks nominations and most are straight dog poop.

subaquatic/subterranean deeeeeep ambient tech:

Money Morning - Corporate Karma

http://clone.nl/item47474.html

Shuffling through the tracks nominations and most are straight dog poop.

― Salt Lake City Motorcycle Accident Nerve Damage Lawyer (_Rudipherous_), Wednesday, January 17, 2018 9:58 AM (nine minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

there's a thread for this, jack

DJ Swagger - "Lost"

great lofi house with a sweet looped sample

This year I started paying attention to Afropop for the first time and discovered so many great songs that I hardly listen to anything else lately. Out of the tracks I nominated, this one is my favorite:

Sauti Sol feat. Patoranking - Melanin

I think I like how combines some elements that sound very traditional (like the acoustic guitars on the intro, the "na na..." chants) with stuff that sounds decidedly more modern (the bassline, some synth pads) in a way that just works. Also, all vocals are flawless.

Wish I'd heard Hieroglyphic Being, Sarathy Korwar & Shabaka Hutchings 'The Doctrines Of Swedenborg' before voting!

Shuffling through the tracks nominations and most are straight dog poop.

― Salt Lake City Motorcycle Accident Nerve Damage Lawyer (_Rudipherous_), Wednesday, January 17, 2018 5:58 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Check mine. Mine are great

xp melanin is awesome!

Wish I'd heard Hieroglyphic Being, Sarathy Korwar & Shabaka Hutchings 'The Doctrines Of Swedenborg' before voting!

― nashwan, Wednesday, January 17, 2018 5:58 PM (two days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I nominated this! It's amazing and everybody should vote for it

Thank you or something for nomming Skee Mask, which has led me to discover (a) Skee Mask; and (b) Stenny.