NOUGHT BUT THE TRUTH: 2000-2009 albums & tracks VOTING (and campaigning) thread DEADLINE OCTOBER 11

lol i was gonna do a post of songs that i was somewhat shocked and disheartened to see had not been nominated despite not having had room to nominate them myself

oh well, this is what happens when we're given a short ballot to work with! not necessarily a bad thing but it does lead to some surprise shutouts for some songs that might've been considered consensus-tho-low-enthusiasm shoo-ins

ugh how am i gonna make this deadline

send an unordered or mixed ballot and let your anxieties melt away

If anyone is still making a ballot and hasn't heard this, please check out Theo Bleckmann's (and Ben Monder's) version of "I Remember You". Nice atmospheric guitar sound from Monder and the emulation of CD-skipping glitch (done entirely live, as can be seen in multiple live videos) was really original and effective with the theme of the song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-RwzOGgVsY

Although I consider unweighted ballots to be fundamentally cowardly I tragically had to bow to time pressure and submit a 1/2 weighted 1/2 unweighted ballot for albums. Managed a fully weighted ballot for tracks though.

having to do some serious horse-trading between singles and albums lists, sorry Missy

voted

it was tough! my ballot is full of pop songs b/c i didn't happen upon my main source for discovering non-mainstream music (ilm) until 09 was nearly through. but i love them dearly and stand by all my choices.

i might have considered putting a particular sufjan stevens track on my ballot but i forgot about it so oh well, there isn't really anything i'd be happy to displace anyhow

for whatever reason i thought the veronicas' "untouched" had not been nominated but i'm pleased to see that's not the case (didn't have room to vote for it anyway)

Down to 109 albums. What a decade.

In terms of errors, someone seems to have nominated U2.

― Life is a meaningless nightmare of suffering...save string (Chinaski), Thursday, September 26, 2019 1:24 PM (one week ago) bookmarkflaglink

omar little is an ilx institution and we all have our reasons iirc

― imago, Thursday, September 26, 2019 1:31 PM (one week ago) bookmarkflaglink

i'd be lying to myself for false cool points if i didn't stick to my guns

xp i'll be voting for untouched

That rendition of "I Remember You" is... remarkable!

<3

was looking through my neglected old cdr binder and whoops maybe i need to tinker with my albums ballot some more.

Just realized I forgot to vote for Lady of a Certain Age. Damn it.

just submitted mine. this was hard.

i put in an albums ballot, don't much care about rating tracks on this timescale

Told myself I would listen to a bunch of 00s albums in order to make my ballot, ended up mostly just listening to every destroyer and album and a bunch of lightning bolt and of montreal. I guess should probably vote that way also if I'm being honest.

i voted - imperfect ballot but i wasn't willing to spend hours on it making it perfect and just wanted to get it sent in

So, uh, could we maybe get an extension?

ballots are gonna be wildly compromised and arbitrary no matter what, suck it up and kill yr darlings

Voted. Didn't manage a tracks ballot - too stressful by far.

extension though

i actually made an albums of the '00s list a few years ago, i just need this for the sweet sweet tracks

Does your album list of some years ago still hold up or did you make quite some changes? Just curious

for the most part it holds up. i am removing br*nd n*w but i think that's the only difference beyond some minor ranking adjustments

Yeah :/ I'm still struggling with them but they won't make my cut either.

On dis mammoth task again. I could have sworn someone (ArchCarrier?) nominated Johan's 'Pergola' album, but it's not in the document of nominations.

Ah my bad, checked it now, ArchCarrier nominated a single of that album, not the album itself. Fuck. Will have to leave off my favourite 'this will tip you over the edge if you are suicidal' album now (no really, I love it dearly).

I'm surprised no one has pointed this out as I know there are going to be a rush of people voting for it: for King Creosote's KC Rules OK, there's no - between the artist and the album name.

tbf i'm def voting for at least one chinaski nomination

[invisible ink]Six by Seven?[/invisible ink]

i am nothing if not predictable lol

All power to you - it's fucking fantastic.

The closer you geeeeeeeeeeet *guitaaaars*

*i

look it's been a long day ok

xxp "Tumble and Fall" is such a brilliant opener that I don't think I've even heard the rest of Pergola.

Gah, you totally should.

Will do!

I sent in a slightly shorter mixed ballot today--35 songs instead of 50--and made up my own point system so that everything averaged out to 53 points per song. I'm really annoying that way. If that doesn't work, just adjust as you see fit (or forget the mixed part and give every song 53 points).

The Closer You Get is up there with Mclusky Do Dallas as a pinnacle of guitar music for this decade and about as far from imago widdlywoo music as you could possibly get, do not let his enthusiasm discourage you winkyface

(was gunna vote but my coffee table and the general contents of my eyeline are putting me off, it's all too much and alcohol)

aw, you should vote. you should definitely vote if the closer you get is high in your ballot

everyone still has nearly a week anyway!

A week is a comfortable reassuring measure of time but then again alcohol, oh look Hood Cold House is in new answers, ok that's 3 albums right there, this is doable...

Vote Hood Cold House, then alcohol again, then all is "well" (but vote Hood Cold House)

Actually scanning the nominations list I will do this, midweek maybe wednesday around teatime

The ONLY WORTHWHILE CLEARLAKE ALBUM, fuckit I'll do the albums tonight in a drunkit haze, maybe work on the tracks (the more important aspect obv) in the week

Is there one place with all the album nominations? Because I don't see Blueberry Boat on the pastebin list

wait why is Blueberry Boat not in the pastebin link?

― sleeve, Thursday, September 26, 2019 12:35 PM (one week ago)

xp oh it's under "The Fiery Furnaces" along with Gallowsbird's Bark, carry on

― sleeve, Thursday, September 26, 2019 12:49 PM (one week ago)