ILM's 2020 End of Year Tracks & Albums Poll / NOMINATIONS THREAD

ALBUMS
Off the Meds - Off the Meds
Nines - Crabs in a Bucket
JoJo - good to know (Deluxe)
Tayla Parx - Coping Methods
Boldy James & Sterling Toles - Manger on McNichols
Claudio x Kenza - Circle of Life
CIFIKA - HANA

27/40

Right on, calzino. I'm def interested to hear the Sylvie Courvoisier and Roscoe Mitchell.

ALBUMS

Ross Birdwise - Perfect Failures
Drainolith - Electric Hearse

34/40

(Two by friends that I listened to once each and liked and want to remember to listen to more)

TRACKS
SZA - Good Days

28/40

TRACKS

Ahya Simone - Frostbite

ALBUMS

Giorgi Mikadze - Georgian Microjamz
Svalbard - When I Die, Will I Get Better?

37/40

TRACKS

Azana ft. Claudio x Kenza - Bafazi
Bad Bunny & Jhay Cortez - Dákiti
Bad Bunny - Yo Perreo Sola
Brandy - Borderline
Brockhampton - Sugar
Busta Rhymes ft. Kendrick Lamar - Look Over Your Shoulder
Curtis Waters ft. Harm Franklin - Stunnin'
DaBaby - Gucci Peacoat
Dixie D'Amelio, Blackbear & Lil Mosey - Be Happy (Remix)
Doja Cat - Say So
Ebenezer - Flaws And All
Future ft. Drake, DaBaby & Lil Baby - Life Is Good (Remix)
Jessie Ware - Save A Kiss
KennyHoopla - How Will I Rest In Peace If I'm Buried By A Highway?//
KennyHoopla - Plastic Door//
Ledisi - Anything For You
Lil Baby - The Bigger Picture
Lil Baby & 42 Dugg - Grace
Lil Baby & 42 Dugg - We Paid
Lil Keed ft. Lil Baby - She Know
Lonr. ft. H.E.R. - Make The Most
Megan Thee Stallion - Shots Fired
Omarion - Involved
Polo G - DND
Polo G - Epidemic
Reece Madlisa & Zuma ft. Mr JazziQ & Busta 929 - Jazzidisciples (Zlele)
Roddy Rich ft. Mustard - High Fashion
Sevyn Streeter - HMU
Shamir - On My Own
Sha Sha ft. DJ Maphorisa & Kabza De Small - Tender Love
Summer Walker & Usher - Come Thru
Sun-El Musician & Ami Faku - Mandinaye
Sun-El Musician & Nobuhle - Never Never
Tate McRae - You Broke Me First
The Chicks - March March
Toni Braxton - Dance
Tornado Wallace - Mundane Brain
Victoria Monét - Dive
Willie Jones - Back Porch
Young Dolph ft. Megan Thee Stallion - RNB

(40/40)

ALBUMS

Anna Högberg Attack - Lena

38/40

TRACKS
A.C.E - Goblin (Favorite Boys)
JPEGMAFIA - BALD!

30/40

*lots* of great noms there, dyl, but this one makes me happiest of all, whether it will end up on my ballot or not:

Curtis Waters ft. Harm Franklin - Stunnin'

Album

Nate Wooley - Seven Storey Mountain VI

11/40

A few duplicates I noticed - Jenevieve - Baby Powder (flopson you get one back); HAIM - Gasoline (Nourry you get one back), and India Jordan - For You (bunny slopes you get one back)

Also Soccer Mommy - Circle the Drain (flopson gets another one back - great song though)

TRACKS

Zebra Katz - ISH
Black Dresses - BEAUTIFUL FRIENDSHIP
ABRA - Healthy
Canshaker Pi - Okay Decay
black midi - Ded Sheeran (Ed Sheeran Send) Part 1
PUP - Anaphylaxis

ALBUMS

ILX - Cough Pill Nation
NNÁMDI - Black Plight
PUP - This Place Sucks Ass
645AR - 4 DA TRAP
Salqiu - Orfeu
The Astronauts - Unreleased EP
ARMY of MOTHS - By Word of Mouth
DRYNX - SPHYNX

(40/40)

TRACK

Teezandos - Highlander

(31/40)

Albums:

Лютик - Банши
Сверкай - Дева в беде
Стереополина - Институт культуры и отдыха

Track:

Luna - Fata Morgana

11/30

peel - kmru

Might want to flip this one in the spreadsheet. ("Artist - Album" = "KMRU - Peel")

ALBUMS

Stepz - Stepzologi II
Clarissa Connelly - The Voyager
Vladislav Delay & Max Loderbauer - Roadblocks
Bootsy Collins - The Power of the One
Feminazgul - No Dawn For Men
Kenshi Yonezu - Stray Sheep
Robert Haigh - Black Sarabande
Pyrrhon - Abcess Time

TRACKS

Stepz - Cullinan
Fireboy DML - Champion
Abudebi Zonjon - Shout My Name
Tessa - Blæstegnen
Dirty Projectors - Lose Your Love
Linus Hasselberg - Månen
Niniola - Looks Like Me

15/30

TRACKS

Greg Dulli - Sempre
Omah Lay - Lo Lo
Anjimilie - Your Tree
Chris Crack - Hoes At Trader Joe's
Siete Gang Yabbie - Gift Of Gab
Shoreline Mafia - Change Ya Life
BFB Da Packman - Free Joe Exotic ft. Sada Baby
Mozzy - Bulletproofly
The Lemon Twigs - Hell On Wheels
Natanael Cano - Amor Tumbado

ALBUMS
Smino - She Already Decided
$ilkmoney - Attack of the Future Shocked, Flesh Covered, Meatbags of the 85
Thanya Iyer - KIND
Kenny Segal & Serengeti - Ajai
Boldy James & Sterling Toles - Manger On McNichols
Rio Da Yung OG - City On My Back

40/40

Niniola - Looks Like Me

ALBUMS

Aidan Baker & Gareth Davis – Invisible Cities II
Matthew Shipp – The Piano Equation
Fabiano Do Nascimento – Prelúdio

TRACKS

Fabiano Do Nascimento – Trem-bala
Leo Takami – Garden of Joy
Okkyung Lee – The Yellow Porcelain Bird
Mary Lattimore – Til A Mermaid Drags You Under
Noveller – Zeaxanthin
Vatican Shadow – Moving Secret Money
Oneohtrix Point Never – No Nightmares
Pulse Emitter – Ripples
Villete – Myst

35/40

Not on Spotify afaik btw; provide links if you wanna share?

BufoBufo - Metal's Winning
A.M.S & Dog World! - Cue Connected
Tim Reaper - Final Destination
Tim Reaper - The Unseen
Law & Kola Nut - Mystery Flute Business
Law & Kola Nut - Uplifting Pad Business
Pejzaż - Jak zapomnieć
Black Dresses - BEAUTIFUL FRIENDSHIP
black midi - Ded Sheeran (Ed Sheeran Send) Part 1

ALBUMS

UKAEA - Energy Is Forever
No Home - Fucking Hell
Dorcha - Honey Badger
Yeong Die - Threshold Value
Blóm - Flower Violence
Qasim Naqvi - Beta
Silvia Tarozzi - Mi specchio e rifletto

TRACKS

Anna Homler and Elizabeth Falconer - Sisu
4s4ki - Hyper Angry Cat
Princess - Crystals and Lichen
Reol - HYPE MODE
Silvia Tarozzi - Domina
Public Practice - Moon

(31/40)

also (now):
Princess - Crystals and Lichen

It's a very nice lil vocaloid number, and can be found here!

Hm, I really liked Naqvi's choral piece Fjoloy from some years back but haven't heard these more recent synth pieces and didn't know he did something this year.

Oh shit, and

ALBUMS

Raja Kirik - Rampokan

(32/40)

I'm worried I'm going to get myself in another situation where I have too many albums to vote for and not enough tracks. Arrrrgh.

Hm, I really liked Naqvi's choral piece Fjoloy from some years back but haven't heard these more recent synth pieces and didn't know he did something this year.

― Sharp! Distance! (Sund4r)

I only know the synth bits! I'm aware of Dawn of Midi but honestly only in passing, and had no idea he did a choral piece.

ALBUMS

Villaelvin - Headroof
DJ Taye - Pyrotek
Tatsuhisa Yamamoto - Ashioto

TRACKS

G Herbo - Death row

4/40

Not on Spotify afaik btw; provide links if you wanna share?

BufoBufo - Metal's Winning
A.M.S & Dog World! - Cue Connected
Tim Reaper - Final Destination
Tim Reaper - The Unseen
Law & Kola Nut - Mystery Flute Business
Law & Kola Nut - Uplifting Pad Business
Pejzaż - Jak zapomnieć
Black Dresses - BEAUTIFUL FRIENDSHIP
black midi - Ded Sheeran (Ed Sheeran Send) Part 1

TRACKS

Arch Garrison - Open My Eye
Arch Garrison - The Bell Underground

34/40

ALBUMS

De Mogul SA - Lessons
Kaygee DaKing & Bizizi - Kokota Piano (Amapiano Vol. 1)
Makhadzi - Kokovha
Mas Musiq - Mambisa II
Mhaw Keys - The Outcast EP
Reniss - Nzo
Shuffle Muzik - Stimela
S10 - Vlinders

TRACKS (22)

Airic ft. N.K.A - Ama 2000
Cracker Mallo ft. Fireboy DML - Wickedest Wyne
DJ Ex ft. Imasterz & Freeza Beats - Yini
DJ Neptune ft. Joeboy & Mr Eazi - Nobody
DJ Tunez ft. Wizkid, Adekunle Gold & Omah Lay - Pami
Insane Malwela ft. Mtanami & Micky - Beng’hlel Nomuntu Wami
Kabza De Small ft. Daliwonga - Ilog Drum
Lila Iké - Stars Align
Lord Paper ft. Bosom P Yung - Asabone
Mas Musiq ft. Madumane, Daliwonga, Vyno Miller, Kabza De Small & Myztro - Joni
Mayorkun - Of Lagos
Mdoovar ft. Sir Trill & Da Muziqal Chef - Uyalazi iPiano
Mshayi & Mr. Thela ft. T-Man - iParty
Mugeez - Six In Da Morning
Niack - Na Raba Toma Tapão
Omah Lay - Godly
Poplane - Mo Le
Soweto’s Finest ft. KayGee Da King & Bizizi - Tikoloshi
Tiwa Savage ft. Hamzaa - Pakalamisi
Tulenkey ft. Taitan - Your Girlfriend
Wizkid ft. Tay Iwar & Projexx - True Love
Yusufkanbai - Do And Undo

(30/40)

TRACKS

E-40 - Go

5/40

Can't believe you guys have made me start to get into this indefensible Jon Anderson song

Midnight deadline still, right? Giving this a bump. I think I'm done with my noms, though there'll probably be stuff I kick myself about not remembering.

Can't believe you guys have made me start to get into this indefensible Jon Anderson song

That reminds me:
TRACKS
Dennis deYoung - With All Due Respect
Vincent Bishop - Dansons la corona
40/40

ALBUMS/EPs

A Certain Ratio - ACR LOCO
The Emperor Machine - Music Not Safari
Georgia - Seeking Thrills
Flaming Pier - Indigo
Gilroy Mere - Over The Tracks
Fear-E - Grey Skies In A Dear Green Place
Paul Weller - In Another Room
Apta - Home
Emily Burns - I Love You, You're The Worst
Various Artists - The Isolation Tapes (Castles in Space)
Various Artists - Intermission (Ghost Box)
Various Artists - 'Some neon reason': Further Adventures of the Polytechnic Youth
Keith Seatman - Time To Dream But Never Seen
Samira Uesaka - Neo Propaganda
Dempagumi.inc - Aiga Chikyu Sukuunsa! Datte Dempagumi.inc ha Family Desho (愛が地球救うんさ!だってでんぱ組.incはファミリーでしょ)
Oxykitten - Attack Of The Koala People
Charlie and the Oscillator - Journey of Echoes
Even As We Speak - Adelphi
Giants of Discovery - Practical Dreamers
Melodien - Apeiron
Panama Fleets - Golden Age of Alpinism
Correlations - Hot Pots
Maps - EP2.Colours.Remixed.Time.Loss
The Home Current - Devotional Syndrome
The Night Monitor - Spacemen Mystery of the Terror Triangle
Hologram Teen - Pizza Conspiracy
Andrew Wasylyk - Fugitive Light and Themes of Consolation
Deerhoof - Future Teenage Cave Artists
David Boulter - Yarmouth
Proto Droids - Cybernetic World
Bernard Grancher - Assemblée Lunaire
Group Modular - Time Masters
Howlround - Volt Face

TRACKS
John Foxx & The Maths - Howl
Mouse On Mars - The Latent Space
Sean O'Hagan feat. Livvy O'Hagan - The Wild Are Welcome
International Teachers of Pop - Plimsoles (Sink Ya Teeth Remix)
HAIM - Feel The Thunder
Everyday Dust - Salt Crystallography 1915

(40/40)

Not sure I'm going to vote for many of these albums. There were way more than 25 LPs already nominated I could happily vote for. But the noms list ought to be correct. ;-)

forks: the final track above is behind a subscription-only wall on Bandcamp, I'm afraid, so not much point linking to it. The track is too good not to nominate though.

TRACKS

Patricia Taxxon - Our Axis
Patricia Taxxon - Sir Duke
Patricia Taxxon - Courtship
Patricia Taxxon - Old Ways

38/40

the extent to which it has been her year I'm understating if anything

Can't believe you guys have made me start to get into this indefensible Jon Anderson song
It can't be that Jon A- ... OMG

TRACK

Peder Mannerfelt - The B 2.0

14/40

the most controversial bobbin of the year is here to raise hackles again

ALBUM

Identified Patient - Nerve Deposit

TRACK

Schwefelgelb - Reflex (An-I Remix)

16/40

TRACKS

Boy Harsher - R.O.V. (New Beat Edit - Part Time Punks Session)
Das Ding - Your Content Will Arrive Shortly
Sepehr - Contamination
Lokier - Shadow

20/40

TRACK

Die Orangen - Ride (Manfredas Remix)

21/40

In fact I really was understating it

TRACK

Patricia Taxxon (feat. Backxwash) - The Witch Is Dead

39/40

Wow, I really liked "Spiral Staircase" and thought Rosa was OK iirc. Maybe I should listen more.

"Sir Duke" = Stevie Wonder cover?

Yes, and how

ALBUMS:

Cut Copy - Freeze, Melt
The Psychedelic Furs - Made of Rain

2/40

TRACKS:

The 1975 – Tonight (I Wish I Was Your Boy)
Tame Impala – Lost In Yesterday
Washed Out – Too Late
Bright Eyes – Mariana Trench
Sylvan Esso – Ferris Wheel
Hamilton Leithauser – Here They Come
Real Estate Ft. Sylvan Esso – Paper Cut
Tennis – Need Your Love
Car Seat Headrest – Can’t Cool Me Down
Local Natives Ft. Sylvan Esso – Dark Days
Day Wave – Potions
Gorillaz featuring Robert Smith - Strange Timez
Fleet Foxes – Can I Believe You
Beach Bunny – Dream Boy
Fontaines D.C. – Televised Mind
Matt Berninger – One More Second
Future Island – For Sure
Sufjan Stevens – Video Game
SAULT – Free
Dirty Projectors – Lose Your Love
The Districsts – Cheap Regrets
Thundercat – Black Quails
Westerman – Confirmation (SSBD)
Tame Impala – Breathe Deeper
The 1975 - Guys

23/40

ALBUMS

Darkovibes - Kpanlogo
Davido - A Better Time

TRACKS

Daliwonga ft. Kabza De Small & DJ Maphorisa - My Boo
DJ Nastor ft. Kuhle Excellent, Eli Phaz & Quexdeep - Sofa
Gülşen ft. Edis - Nirvana
Kali Uchis - Solita
Samthing Soweto ft. De Mthuda, MalumNator & Da Muziqal Chef - Tilili
Semi Tee ft. Miano, Kammu Dee & Ora Dee - Gabadiya
Tems - The Key
Vico Da Sporo ft. Sandile - Luthando

(40/40)