I only voted for one track because of how my listening was shaped last year. I like the rollout and listening to the breadth of people's interests. Except Parquet Courts. That song sucks.
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 28 January 2019 17:04 (five years ago) link
Oof... This is dreadful.
― Uptown VONC (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, 28 January 2019 17:05 (five years ago) link
it's not my usual thing aesthetically but i actually sort of like it
― dyl, Monday, 28 January 2019 17:06 (five years ago) link
... um ...
I obvs know nothing. I have no clue whatsoever is even in the top 20 besides maybe "thank u, next." I was off the grid this year.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 28 January 2019 17:07 (five years ago) link
'Baby Shark'
― pomenitul, Monday, 28 January 2019 17:07 (five years ago) link
ugh god
― imago, Monday, 28 January 2019 17:08 (five years ago) link
lol
― resident hack (Simon H.), Monday, 28 January 2019 17:09 (five years ago) link
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, January 28, 2019 10:02 AM (six minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
no offense intended but i would prefer fewer teases about whatever terrible shit is on the way
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Monday, 28 January 2019 17:09 (five years ago) link
I like PQ, love them live, like WA in May/June, lost interest in replaying it.
― Your sweetie-pie-coo-coo I love ya (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 28 January 2019 17:10 (five years ago) link
Same tbh xp
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 28 January 2019 17:11 (five years ago) link
as an avowed hater of contemporary indie rock:"total football" is listenable but nothing i would ever intentionally come back to.i just played "talking straight" twice and can't remember anything about it."when you die" is oddly mannered and okay i guess? MGMT not my cup of tea.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 28 January 2019 17:11 (five years ago) link
love it if we made it, nobody and that kacey musgraves song about it being amazing the world has different timezones will all do p well
― imago, Monday, 28 January 2019 17:11 (five years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/nEzArzk.jpg
67: Mr Twin Sister – “Echo Arms” – 174 points – 6 votesvideo
Mr Twin Sister
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 28 January 2019 17:12 (five years ago) link
the best band in the world
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Monday, 28 January 2019 17:12 (five years ago) link
beautiful song, made my ballot last minute!
― resident hack (Simon H.), Monday, 28 January 2019 17:13 (five years ago) link
Great song, voted for Jaipur instead
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 28 January 2019 17:13 (five years ago) link
Now this is more like it!
― Uptown VONC (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, 28 January 2019 17:14 (five years ago) link
the ilmiest band
― ciderpress, Monday, 28 January 2019 17:15 (five years ago) link
also true
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Monday, 28 January 2019 17:15 (five years ago) link
I was just about to say. It's not bad, though.
xp
― pomenitul, Monday, 28 January 2019 17:15 (five years ago) link
they really do look ILMy don't they
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 28 January 2019 17:16 (five years ago) link
I wonder if I've been mixing that name up with Twin Shadow.
― jmm, Monday, 28 January 2019 17:18 (five years ago) link
Voted for this, got really into this band this year
― silverfish, Monday, 28 January 2019 17:18 (five years ago) link
Johnny Fever at 5:13 28 Jan 19Great song, voted for Jaipur instead
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 28 January 2019 17:20 (five years ago) link
i voted for the album but if they appear on the tracks list twice they deserve it
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Monday, 28 January 2019 17:23 (five years ago) link
I like the odd bits of the MGMT track but the song itself is nothing. RBCF is just completely nothing. Surprised myself by actually quite liking that Parquet Courts song but I'd rather listen to real punk made by women/queers/POC (props to PQ for getting Big Joanie to support them, is what I'm saying here).
Mr Twin Sister really fucking is ILM, innit?
― emil.y, Monday, 28 January 2019 17:24 (five years ago) link
Johnny Fever at 5:13 28 Jan 19Great song, voted for Jaipur instead― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, January 28, 2019 12:20 PM (four minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
me too, wonder if we're gonna see it later
― voodoo chili, Monday, 28 January 2019 17:24 (five years ago) link
i enjoyed that video of the stereotypes on the making of "bad boy" posted upthread
― dyl, Monday, 28 January 2019 17:26 (five years ago) link
I expect to see one or two more MTS tracks
― resident hack (Simon H.), Monday, 28 January 2019 17:26 (five years ago) link
xps I was super excited about the Big Joanie album coming out and then when it did I didn't think it was so hot, which surprised me.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 28 January 2019 17:28 (five years ago) link
I love them, but I think people anticipate the songs being a bit more high-tempo, most of them are pretty much on the slow side and therefore don't really work as dancefloor fillers or pit-pleasers or whathaveyou, if you get what I mean?
― emil.y, Monday, 28 January 2019 17:30 (five years ago) link
Yeah, I do.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 28 January 2019 17:31 (five years ago) link
are Rolling Blackouts really good live or something?
― rob, Monday, 28 January 2019 17:32 (five years ago) link
do Parquet Courts give out free drugs at their gigs or something?
― rob, Monday, 28 January 2019 17:34 (five years ago) link
I was a bit disappointed with their stuff this year but thats probably because i unfairly compared it to the almost perfect self-titled. Nothing really stuck except Jaipur
― or something, Monday, 28 January 2019 17:35 (five years ago) link
― rob, Monday, January 28, 2019 12:32 PM (four minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
actually, yes
― voodoo chili, Monday, 28 January 2019 17:37 (five years ago) link
I can see that (question was only half-ironic)
― rob, Monday, 28 January 2019 17:39 (five years ago) link
Oh, I like this Parquet Courts song a lot more than "Wide Awake", the only song of theirs I heard before, and it stands out more than the RBCF for me.
― Locked in silent monologue, in silent scream (Sund4r), Monday, 28 January 2019 17:44 (five years ago) link
Yeah, it's not quite as awful as others (imago, imago and imago) have led me to believe.
― pomenitul, Monday, 28 January 2019 17:45 (five years ago) link
I actually gave the PQ album as much as 5/10 - the cartoonish level of my disliking for them is as much to do with the hype they get as annoying else. It isn't terrible (well, apart from that title track)
― imago, Monday, 28 January 2019 17:47 (five years ago) link
EVERYTHING else dammit lol
Listening now and virtually everything is pleasant enough without really moving beyond the level of cosy pastiche.
Of the ones I hadn't previously heard, the Red Velvet one is the only track I could imagine feeling remotely motivated to listen to again or even remember more than a couple of minutes after it was over. Actually the Kali Uchis is good too.
― Matt DC, Monday, 28 January 2019 17:49 (five years ago) link
i quite liked the one about being stoned and hungry
― nxd, Monday, 28 January 2019 17:49 (five years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/kAx19oV.jpg
66: Ravyn Lenae – “Sticky” – 174 points – 8 votesvideo
http://www.thesinglesjukebox.com/?p=25268
Shimmering synth chords, slithering bass, glittering guitar and sharp, tear-shaped drums anchor the song, while Ravyn swims through the current with confidence and ease. – Nortey Dowuona
A loop of the electric organ and Steve Lacy guitar scratches that open “Sticky” would be enough to keep me beguiled for days. But it turns out they’re mere prologue: Ravyn Lenae, stonewalled by love, gives the performance of a polyglot, shifting shrewdly from whirling dreamer to jaded enquirer to hopeless devotee; meanwhile, the track rotates around her methodically, keeping her in check. Her use of multiple voices is ingenious, and never reaches the point where it becomes affectedly obtuse; she instead transports us directly to her conscience, which, based on this evidence, appears to be brimming with ideas and predisposed to the sublime. – William John
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 28 January 2019 17:51 (five years ago) link
I loved this EP, dug her Pitchfork set last July.
― Your sweetie-pie-coo-coo I love ya (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 28 January 2019 17:51 (five years ago) link
Oh shit! I tried to get this into the 2017 poll, but it came out in mid-December which was far too late to get people onboard. Glad it lives in 2018!
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 28 January 2019 17:56 (five years ago) link
This is great, but it's weirdly depressing to see a song make the Top 77 and have it supported with Singles Jukebox quotes because it has literally never been discussed on ILM before.
― Matt DC, Monday, 28 January 2019 17:56 (five years ago) link
oh i'm glad one of hers has placed. whole ep was strong
― dyl, Monday, 28 January 2019 17:57 (five years ago) link
I think I voted for Sticky in 2017. Perfect song.
― voodoo chili, Monday, 28 January 2019 17:57 (five years ago) link
Yeah I liked this one
― i stan corrected (morrisp), Monday, 28 January 2019 17:59 (five years ago) link