ILM’s Top 77 Tracks of 2018

this is as close to metal as we're getting, I think. also the first of my votes to appear

the heroic intersection of bro-ish party metal and self-help

As someone who really adored the I Get Wet album and gave almost no fucks about anything he's made since then, this is no different. I Get Wet sounded easy. This sounds labored.

I voted for the more radical "I don't know anything"

that rapid bit of falsetto in the chorus made me cackle so i got more than i expected to out of an andrew wk single from 2018 at least

the painful intersection of hearing music and seeking help

xxxp close calls with brick walls, dude!!

all the stuff he's done since i get wet has dealt more or less openly with struggles against depression - that's where the laboredness comes in perhaps. i think it adds another layer myself

omg saer

I voted for a different Andrew WK song, but I'm glad to see this make it on here.

this one didn't do it for me like the old ones

Simon, we have a song that I would consider more "metal" than WK charting later this very day even!

!!

btw, saer's single nominations deserve their own thread and should be sought out on the youtube nomination playlist ASAP (hint: look for the white labels)
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcqiswAZfVPo7ukF0c4p8B55JCRt0jEA3

imago otm, the dark subtext of this is what makes the relentless positivity feel genuine.

(my first one to place too!)

Wow, Andrew WK still exists?

I am 99% sure I know what the other metal placement is

Youtube nomination playlist was a complete joy - doubt anything from it will place, so maybe a nice adjunct to the main poll.

nothing made the 77 with less than five votes
BUT
two songs missed the 77 with eight votes. guesses welcome.

i threw new australian national anthem 'smoko' by the chats low on my ballot and i suppose a few others did. would love it to place but that is my guess for missing out with 8

I am 99% sure I know what the other metal placement is

Poppy - X?

forks, have you not started adding to the Spotify playlist yet or is it just not refreshed on my end?

it's updated and currently includes our #73.

http://i.imgur.com/APYlVPT.jpg

73: Helena Hauff – “Hyper-Intelligent Genetically Enriched Cyborg” – 167 points – 7 votes
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Helena Hauff - Hyper-Intelligent Genetically Enriched Cyborg

IDG what people who don't like this are looking for in music. - flopson

Dirtbox acid mournful synth, every track's a belter. AOTY. - kraudive

imo it's a worrying (or...exciting?) sign when something with its own ecstatic thread comes in this low

i had hoped i'd like this based on descriptions in the thread but it's not for me

ehhh it's more of an albums list thing xp

hadn't heard "girls on the tv" before, it's nice

it's totally your thing

eh sorta

ooh the gif Brad posted on the Hauff thread is v helpful

Gotta say i was weirdly nonplussed by the Hauff track; not getting much emotional resonance off it.

it's not about emotional resonance

it's about being hard af

tbf the clue is in the title

imo it's a worrying (or...exciting?) sign when something with its own ecstatic thread comes in this low

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ilm is withered these days, probably gonna be lot of surprises. that thread, eg., only has like 25 posts on it

Are cigarettes back in style?

xxp Not getting that either I guess.

fantastic images; nice to see red velvet, went for power up! myself

fatalism prob back in style and cigarettes a part of that idk

Today makes two months since I've last smoked a cigarette after smoking for 26 years, so I'm pretty over them now. That's a hot photo though.

the images are fucking great

and congrats JF!

I really like the postal card format. Is Moka doing magazine covers for a living ?

thank u moka design queen

Yeah, these are amazing.

The metal poll could also benefit from such visual professionalism (not throwing shade, just saying it would be awesome).

cosigning; Moka's done a bang up job on all these!

alas all metal band photos are the same

shocking admission - i have never knowingly listened to andrew wk before and now ilx is making me listen to andrew wk. that song is um, like if the darkness had grown up listening to kiss instead of queen?

and just for clarity, i hate the darkness, i hate kiss, and now i hate ilx