that one wasn't nominated xp
― ciderpress, Sunday, 13 January 2019 23:08 (five years ago) link
i just voted for the album instead
yeah i voted for jaipur
― harvey wall/barrier (voodoo chili), Sunday, 13 January 2019 23:27 (five years ago) link
"Echo Arms" because it is not on the Mr Twin Sister album and then I can not feel guilty for voting for both, please
― boxedjoy, Sunday, 13 January 2019 23:36 (five years ago) link
Jaipur for me (but album also).
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 13 January 2019 23:47 (five years ago) link
Gutted I forgot to nominate Ought's 'Disgraced in America':
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IN4MEzle8Hs
Instead will vote extra hard for the album, as I recommend you all to do. Post-punk w/ a singer who echoes Scott Walker what is not to like I dare ask you.
― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Sunday, 13 January 2019 23:48 (five years ago) link
Most beautiful song of last year was Meg Baird and Mary Lattimore's extended take on the Child ballad Fair Annie: https://threelobed.bandcamp.com/track/fair-annie
― seandalai, Monday, 14 January 2019 00:34 (five years ago) link
that raveena track is very beautiful
― dyl, Monday, 14 January 2019 00:46 (five years ago) link
It can be the 2nd-most beautiful
― seandalai, Monday, 14 January 2019 01:21 (five years ago) link
that Baird/Lattimore is excellent, thank you!
― sleeve, Monday, 14 January 2019 01:28 (five years ago) link
― dyl
Yeah, that was one of my favourites when I went through the playlist.
I also fell in love with:
Fabiana Palladino - ShimmerMusya Totibadze - Останусь с тобойRina Sawayama - CherryFaye Webster - KingstonLe SuperHomard - Paper GirlClaire Laffut - VeriteVendredi sur Mer - Ecoute CherieTessa Violet – Crush
These were all new discoveries for me that might get my vote. Also realised I'd totally been sleeping on the new Dumblonde song and the Lindstrøm/Ronika collaboration. No idea how I'm going to get my tracks list down to 25!
― kitchen person, Monday, 14 January 2019 01:54 (five years ago) link
ooh those are great picks monotony, thanks for sharing - "Honey" is especially great. never would have expected delta to come out with a single that sounds like kelela also
― ufo, Monday, 14 January 2019 02:30 (five years ago) link
"Power of Two" must be the best non-album Mr Twin Sister track, no?
― ƒ©˙∆˚¬ (Whitey on the Moon), Monday, 14 January 2019 03:25 (five years ago) link
tessa violet's schtick and subsequent singles are instantly stale but dang if "crush" didn't hit a sweet spot for me
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 14 January 2019 03:56 (five years ago) link
xxp nor did I, but it was one of the year's most pleasant surprises. There's a remix by Initial Talk that really accentuates its Mariah-in-the-90s-isms that's kinda fun too.
That Fabiana Palladino single is great - I think she and her brother have both served as touring bass players for Jessie Ware, but I wasn't aware she was releasing her own stuff.
― monotony, Monday, 14 January 2019 04:04 (five years ago) link
Pulse Emitter - Xenharmonic Passageshttps://pulseemitter.bandcamp.com/album/xenharmonic-passagesexotic tunings, big synth-wizard bells tolling outward towards infinity - listen to "chateau, night"
― zwei dunkel jungen (crüt), Monday, 14 January 2019 04:32 (five years ago) link
― monotony,
Oh cool, I didn't know there was a Jessie Ware connection. The Spotify playlist gets off to a strong start with Shimmer next to Jessie's Overtime. When Sticky came on as the third song I immediately knew I was going to be in trouble having to narrow my long-list down.
― kitchen person, Monday, 14 January 2019 04:48 (five years ago) link
Rocco was definitely playing for her in the Devotion days and I think Fabiana has more recently. Of course they're both descended from bass-playing royalty!
― monotony, Monday, 14 January 2019 06:07 (five years ago) link
Voted for the first time! I will actually nominate stuff next year which is a warning more than anything else
― obnoxious pun (ultros ultros-ghali), Monday, 14 January 2019 15:02 (five years ago) link
I already voted (and I'm with Matt on preferring my ballot to reflect my actual year of listening) but dang that Raveena track is sweet! And the newer one, "Temptation," is the lead single from her debut album, per NPR.
― rob, Monday, 14 January 2019 15:18 (five years ago) link
wow @ Raveena's "Honey"
― Jeff W, Monday, 14 January 2019 15:58 (five years ago) link
OK, have voted. As ever, the last few cuts were incredibly painful.
― Jeff W, Monday, 14 January 2019 16:59 (five years ago) link
Oh it was more than the last few surely, I didn't play too many but there were some rough times in there. Not boding too well
― saer, Monday, 14 January 2019 17:31 (five years ago) link
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This is great!
― daavid, Monday, 14 January 2019 21:19 (five years ago) link
I'll just accept that there's no way to do an in-depth examination of the year when you've started checking stuff mainly in November. I'll be excited to discover everything that I have missed during the roll-out. Thanks to the team for the huge amount of work ! Hope you're all still having fun.
― Nabozo, Tuesday, 15 January 2019 12:24 (five years ago) link
Oof, I am really struggling with getting things into any order. Arrrrgh.
― emil.y, Tuesday, 15 January 2019 14:27 (five years ago) link
You could do an unranked ballot!
― zwei dunkel jungen (crüt), Tuesday, 15 January 2019 14:28 (five years ago) link
I have an irrational aversion to unranked ballots. Fine with half and half, but I always feel like there is a definite difference in how many points I want to give to things near the top and things near the bottom.
― emil.y, Tuesday, 15 January 2019 14:56 (five years ago) link
i think mine will be halfsies with only two to five ranked this year
― nxd, Tuesday, 15 January 2019 14:58 (five years ago) link
oh right I actually have to vote in this so I can maybe see 2/25 things place
― sleeve, Tuesday, 15 January 2019 14:59 (five years ago) link
my album ranking has been determined long in advance, with 'bolters' fitted in where appropriate (e.g. those aforementioned kyle gann or jean grae/quelle chris albums)
my singles ranking will be done but it's going to be an intense time. the last couple of days i've only be able to listen to a 2019 album, which hasn't helped. scary jokes campaign begins here
― imago, Tuesday, 15 January 2019 15:02 (five years ago) link
I always end up doing a top 7 or 8 or so ranked and the rest unranked. I feel like deciding whether a song is my 10th most liked or 15th most liked is pretty much impossible anyway. I guess ideally what I would like is some sort of tiered ballot (something like my top 5 ranked, then a group of 10 unranked followed by another group of 10 unranked with less points)
― silverfish, Tuesday, 15 January 2019 15:12 (five years ago) link
The Bill Wurtz track in the master list was erroneously nominated (by me) as Mount Saint Helens Is Going To Blow Up but actually Going should be About, I don't suppose this makes any difference to anyone but I feel it should be recorded here
― imago, Tuesday, 15 January 2019 15:17 (five years ago) link
most of yuz probably already voted or at least have your list-to-shorten good to go, but if you haven't heard it yet, Sloppy Jane's 'Mindy' is one of the wildest songs I've heard in a while. Ping-pongs between bratty and brooding, with an uncomfortable, paranoia-inducing guitar bubbling underneath the whole time. The album, Willow, has quite a few highlights on it, but this track's my fave. (and apparently the track came out in 2017, but, uh, year of impact? or something? idk it's on the album and nobody even nominated it last year).
Just a warning, the video borders on not safe for work/life (especially if your work has a moratorium on delightful John Ennis cameos), and definitely don't look up anything from their live shows from work. I had only heard the music and started looking them up on lunch break a few weeks ago and whoops nudity.
― suggest boban (Will M.), Tuesday, 15 January 2019 18:36 (five years ago) link
hokay, voted
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 15 January 2019 19:02 (five years ago) link
Fabiano Palladino track is heavenly
thanks to whoever nominated
― Number None, Tuesday, 15 January 2019 20:41 (five years ago) link
I did 10 ranked, 15 unranked for both ballots this year. Last year I was disheartened to albums that I liked a lot and put on the bottom of my ballot only get like 5 or 6 points. So now they'll get more.
― harvey wall/barrier (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 15 January 2019 20:56 (five years ago) link
just realized a couple days back that i never listened to the top 77 trax from last year -- i prob saw the number of good-but-not-great tunes in the top 10 and kept putting it off until i just forgot entirely. now that i've gone back and listened to it all i can happily say that as always there were plenty of gems that i wish i'd been able to discover organically thruout that year. several of the dance tracks especially, particularly those lower on the list. looking forward to what this year's poll brings!
― dyl, Wednesday, 16 January 2019 07:11 (five years ago) link
Voted. Unweighted is a godsend.
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 16 January 2019 18:50 (five years ago) link
Voted!
I just wanna campaign for this one because it's not on Spotify and too good to fall under the radar:
Sky Ferreira - Voices Carry (Demo)
― daavid, Wednesday, 16 January 2019 20:10 (five years ago) link
There are 7 of the 9 songs from the robyn album nominated but the only one i like isn't. I think "ever again" knocks the rest out. Weird.
― Ich bin kein Berliner (alex in mainhattan), Wednesday, 16 January 2019 20:12 (five years ago) link
Robyn fans are terrible strategists.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 16 January 2019 20:14 (five years ago) link
centrists are having issues everywhere it seems
― anvil, Wednesday, 16 January 2019 20:19 (five years ago) link
Nego do Borel - Me Solta - hyperactive funk carioca. The video is divisive for a variety of reasons but the song bangs
Heard this while out in Rio a few weeks back and have become obsessed with it.
Though the funk track I heard absolutely everywhere was MC L Da Vinte & MC Gury's "Parado no Bailão". I kept turning to my BF and saying "hey it's the track played on coke bottles again."
― Tim F, Wednesday, 16 January 2019 20:30 (five years ago) link
i feel that Robyn point even though I nominated a track myself. I think everyone has their favorite cut.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 16 January 2019 21:02 (five years ago) link
Voted albums. See if I can't around to putting some tracks together.
― kraudive, Wednesday, 16 January 2019 21:09 (five years ago) link
here's that 2017 Top 177 btw... added a few tracks that were missing!http://open.spotify.com/user/forksclovetofu/playlist/09SJC7fVyKoOx6mBnRrgFV
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 16 January 2019 21:09 (five years ago) link
xps Added the Sky Ferreira track as a possible earlier after listening to the YouTube playlist.Other favourite find so far is that fantastic Raveena track
― groovypanda, Wednesday, 16 January 2019 21:11 (five years ago) link
the burna boy album is outstanding, i'm glad i got into it before i submitted my ballot
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Wednesday, 16 January 2019 21:14 (five years ago) link
Yes, Burna rules. I hope people aren’t sleeping on Simmy’s Tugela Fairy album. Gorgeous South African house, produced by Sun-El Musician (who had his own very good - and nominated - album, but Simmy’s is even better imo). I feel fans of (We Are) KING will find a lot to love here too.
― breastcrawl, Wednesday, 16 January 2019 21:21 (five years ago) link