ILM’s Top 77 Albums of 2018

And I am kind of dreary.

getting paul simonon and tony allen to play on an album full of dreary plodders is borderline criminal imo

The Clash could plod with the best of them.

they fought the plod but the plod won

loool

i think that autechre song i started playing during the tracks poll is still going on

― simmy simmy ya, simmy yam simmy yay (voodoo chili)

haha clean hit

i was the first place laurel halo voter and it's my favourite thing she's done; astonishing record.

i didnt expect this makaya mccraven to be so post rocky and tortoise/chicago underground duo-ish

Someone should've told me earlier

Yeah, got strong Horse Lords vibes on the one track I've heard so far

FYI on mccraven: dude tapes his live sets and then remixes them after for loops and effects.

The title track is so gorgeous

Whole album is gorgeous tbh! my fave is likely Black Lion.
it's not quite as good but "where we come from" which is ALSO from 2018 is definitely worth listening to as well.

looks like I am going to be a euro ilxor sat in an mostly empty club later tonight, following the final rollout of these albums by the glow of my phone, nursing a vodka tonic pale ale, while sad German techno some underground rap nonsense throbs in the background

we've just had a new ikea open today, could follow it from there

i feel like a little kid waiting impatiently at the gates of the candy factory here. when do we see inside the top 20?

to be honest, the early part of these rollouts is more interesting, when more surprises pop up. The final 10 or 20 feel a lot more inevitable, what with all the guessing that's already happened.

Is it so inevitable?

How upset will people be when Koenji Hyakkei take #2

I don't think all those people who guessed the top 15 placements are too far off. It's just the ordering that's still up in the air. The new discoveries for me have probably already happened (Lala Belu, Eiko Ishibashi)

pretty upset, #2 is too low

xp

how about all the pissed off 30+ ilm synthpop fans when robyn misses the top 10?

What are you thinking will place, enochroot?

you guys could be starting on your metal ballot while we wait

voting form
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfaHquVS4dUL_G07q9sOAfM-7Co2PXG6N60BDEO74cw5zrTIg/viewform

nominations https://pastebin.com/z09xZN47

Spotify Playlist
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0mWZOMQIfPnXb7wuSFQsr9

how about all the pissed off 30+ ilm synthpop fans when robyn misses the top 10?

― Oor Neechy, Thursday, February 7, 2019 11:22 AM

I could be wrong, but I think you're overestimating how strongly people feel about that record. I'd be really surprised if it makes the top 10, but also maybe top 15?

i would rather see robyn place top ten in your poll tbh friedrich neechy

if Robyn really had 30+ voters she'd be like top 3 but i don't think she'll get that many

Cheers for that nick!

lol I meant 30+ in age

it's not quite as good but "where we come from" which is ALSO from 2018 is definitely worth listening to as well.

Listening now. The looping and editing seems more foregrounded on this one, not quite as seamless.

oh lol xp

Sorry I was busy, countdown will resume in about 10 minutes.

I think Janelle Monae will win actually . Just a hunch.

she won't

i'm a gonna win

i have a feeling we're gonna party like it's 1975

being on the west coast, I appreciate this delay

they should call it the 1976 when you're there

I tell you one thing, I've got no idea what will win metal poll.

I think we only have 9 ballots but I haven't seen them

1975 = 5 x 5 x 79, therefore numerologically they have either placed 5th or 79th

every vote for Autechre should be assigned 4x the points, if this poll was truly fair

https://i.imgur.com/81QDRoq.jpg
#20: Daphne & Celeste - Daphne & Celeste Save The World - 455 points – 13 votes

Daphne and Celeste

Cameron Cook: " By working with Daphne & Celeste’s notoriety and, it turns out, actual charm, Max Tundra is able to project his idea of what pop should sound like in 2018 onto an essentially blank slate. Instead of a tired pastiche, the three musicians have created one of the most weirdly compelling pop collaborations in recent memory."

Tim Sendra: "Hooking up with D&C proved a genius move by Jacobs, and the same is true for D&C. It's a surprising and decidedly odd combination that works amazingly well, like olive oil and ice cream. Daphne & Celeste may not save the world, but a listen to this album is sure to make the world a better place for about 45 minutes or so, and sometimes that's enough."

AHAHAHA *cackle intensifies*

And here's me thinking there'd be no surprises

this is the fake joke, right?

ILM pulls through :)

My number 3. Max Tundra, Daphne & Celeste forever

a pleasing listen but i didnt go back to too often

I'll add that few people get how to make the sort of melodic, breakneck pop I love better than Tundra, he's sort of a genius and this is sort of his masterpiece

I knew it! Good album.