I Voted™
― one of the only artist who is genuine (morrisp), Sunday, 17 January 2021 07:59 (three years ago) link
c+p from the earlier lobbying thread: I am listening through to as many of the track nominations as I can until voting, organized alphabetically by song name. Lots of good stuff but here's the key new discoveries I'm loving
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 17 January 2021 19:36 (three years ago) link
i'm about 500 tracks into the list and getting a 57% hit rate. Will likely drift away in the next week or two but I'd like to do at least another 250 or so.
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 17 January 2021 19:38 (three years ago) link
Essence and Eve Bounce (Remix) - Wizkid (never finished the album and this certainly makes me think i should have)Fortune Teller - J Hus (have not cracked the album, clearly should)
― partyin' maskless with Rudy G. and Vanilla Ice, it's a gas gas gas (breastcrawl), Sunday, 17 January 2021 19:56 (three years ago) link
Got about halfway into the wizkid before i got pulled a different direction and the J Hus is in the long term listen pile. i know it may not seem like it but i'm only human.
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 17 January 2021 20:05 (three years ago) link
just do it and be a legend, forks!
― partyin' maskless with Rudy G. and Vanilla Ice, it's a gas gas gas (breastcrawl), Sunday, 17 January 2021 20:20 (three years ago) link
lol, i'll get there
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 17 January 2021 20:32 (three years ago) link
seandalai, can I re-submit my albums ballot? No worries if that causes too much hassle - just want to swap out an album near the bottom of my list for the one I meant to put down.
― Gavin, Leeds, Sunday, 17 January 2021 21:12 (three years ago) link
great discovery today: nauticult/signor benedick the moor - TOE T@G, a really fucked rap banger
also this talabot remix of pye corner audio bangs so hard, i swear if all bobbins banged this hard i would be a bobbins guy
― imago, Sunday, 17 January 2021 21:58 (three years ago) link
you'd all best be voting for that Pantayo song too
― imago, Monday, 18 January 2021 00:33 (three years ago) link
seandalai, can I re-submit my albums ballot? No worries if that causes too much hassle - just want to swap out an album near the bottom of my list for the one I meant to put down.― Gavin, Leeds, Sunday, 17 January 2021 21:12 (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
― Gavin, Leeds, Sunday, 17 January 2021 21:12 (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
yep, just submit again
― timber euros (seandalai), Monday, 18 January 2021 02:05 (three years ago) link
I really can't get over how beautiful that Shadow Community song is that's the third song on the playlist. Already regretting not putting it higher on my list as I keep going back to it.
― kitchen person, Monday, 18 January 2021 04:41 (three years ago) link
I really can't get over how beautiful that Shadow Community song is that's the third song on the playlist
Seconded. Hadn't come across it before but it ended up in my top 10
― technopolis, Monday, 18 January 2021 05:22 (three years ago) link
shadow community is another alias of mid-air thief, whose 2018 album crumbling i really recommend if you want more in that vein
Mid-Air Thief - Crumbling (Korean prog/psych-folk)
― ufo, Monday, 18 January 2021 06:33 (three years ago) link
yep, just submit again― timber euros (seandalai), Monday, January 18, 2021 2:05 AM (four hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
― timber euros (seandalai), Monday, January 18, 2021 2:05 AM (four hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
Cool, thanks, have re-sent my ballots.
― Gavin, Leeds, Monday, 18 January 2021 07:05 (three years ago) link
Thanks to oscar bravo for nominating the Yerin Baek album, I've been enjoying that one a lot. And glad to see you liked some of the tracks I nominated kitchen person!
― monotony, Monday, 18 January 2021 07:11 (three years ago) link
glad to hear it! only stumbled across it myself because it was in the 'up next' box of smthg I was playing on YouTube and I thought the thumbnail looked interesting.
― oscar bravo, Monday, 18 January 2021 07:39 (three years ago) link
I can't remember who nominated it, but the Craven Faults record (Enclosures) is really doing it for me today.
Sort of a minimal techno take on the Berlin School? It's hypnotic. https://cravenfaults.bandcamp.com/album/enclosures
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Monday, 18 January 2021 09:52 (three years ago) link
― ufo
Thanks for the tip. I'll check it out today.
― kitchen person, Monday, 18 January 2021 15:02 (three years ago) link
Really glad people are enjoying the Shadow Community track. :) And yeah, ufo otm - the Mid-Air Thief album is beautiful.
― tangenttangent, Monday, 18 January 2021 18:47 (three years ago) link
what's it called? I don't do spotify
― rob, Monday, 18 January 2021 18:50 (three years ago) link
lol I am only just now seeing this after months of neglecting ILM but I am legit surprised no one nominated the Lady Gaga or India Jordan albums!
― Warmed Regards, (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 18 January 2021 18:59 (three years ago) link
India Jordan hasn't released an album, have they?
― groovypanda, Monday, 18 January 2021 19:07 (three years ago) link
the Shadow Community song is called Restless Song btw!
― imago, Monday, 18 January 2021 19:39 (three years ago) link
No, I think the 6-track EP from 2020 is the longest thing
― change display name (Jordan), Monday, 18 January 2021 20:10 (three years ago) link
The Gaga album was barely mentioned here, iirc
― one of the only artist who is genuine (morrisp), Monday, 18 January 2021 20:11 (three years ago) link
VOTED
― nashwan, Wednesday, 20 January 2021 10:27 (three years ago) link
three days left - keep voting!
― timber euros (seandalai), Wednesday, 20 January 2021 13:35 (three years ago) link
I voted a couple weeks ago because I am an inveterate tinkerer and I don't have time for that this year.
― justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Wednesday, 20 January 2021 14:28 (three years ago) link
Just sent an albums ballot.
― your passion oozzes from the (ultros ultros-ghali), Wednesday, 20 January 2021 17:28 (three years ago) link
i should probably start actually working on my ballot huh
― real muthaphuckkin jeez (crüt), Wednesday, 20 January 2021 17:29 (three years ago) link
lol same
― Überschadenfreude (sleeve), Wednesday, 20 January 2021 17:32 (three years ago) link
it gonna be an 11th hour thing for me probably lol
― brimstead, Wednesday, 20 January 2021 17:43 (three years ago) link
same
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 20 January 2021 17:44 (three years ago) link
Motion to up tracks votes to 50 for next year. No idea how I'm going to whittle my shortlist down to 25
― groovypanda, Wednesday, 20 January 2021 18:43 (three years ago) link
expand ballots to 100 and make it the top 777 imo
― stylish but illegal (Simon H.), Wednesday, 20 January 2021 18:45 (three years ago) link
i listened to so little new stuff this year and honestly forget what i even listened to and liked that i sadly will not be casting a ballot this year but i am very excited to follow the rollout and end up making a playlist of all of your great picks and listen to that for half of the year instead of music actually from 2021 so i can find myself in the same situation next january!
― Kompakt Total Landscaping (Will M.), Wednesday, 20 January 2021 18:50 (three years ago) link
― groovypanda, Wednesday, 20 January 2021 18:43 (twelve minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
It's albums for me this year, I'm having to make swingeing cuts to genuine 5/5 records to narrow it down
― or something, Wednesday, 20 January 2021 19:00 (three years ago) link
lol xpI listened to loads of new stuff last year and am still discovering a treasure trove of amazing music on that Spotify playlist.
― groovypanda, Wednesday, 20 January 2021 19:01 (three years ago) link
i tend to just pick a time to do this and then my ballot reflect whatever i'm feeling in that moment rather than being some definitive scripture of WHAT I LIKED BEST. I dunno what I liked best! I liked lot of things best! I really need a top 50 albums and top 100 singles to feel even close to being comprehensive.
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 20 January 2021 19:14 (three years ago) link
I’m discovering so much good stuff via the spotify tracks playlist so thank you all for that <3
― brimstead, Wednesday, 20 January 2021 21:08 (three years ago) link
Ultros, you should do a tracks ballot so you can vote for Vermin Mangle! Which, along with the rest of the Cardiacs discography, goes on Spotify TONIGHT, just in time for the last two days of voting :D
― imago, Thursday, 21 January 2021 11:39 (three years ago) link
I too am thinking of only doing an albums ballot. I've no idea what to vote tracks wise.
― A Scampo Darkly (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 21 January 2021 12:01 (three years ago) link
On the other hand I found the impossibility of narrowing down the tracks ballot freeing. I knew there was no way to come up with an honest assessment so I just chucked 25 songs I love on there and called it a day
― justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Thursday, 21 January 2021 13:33 (three years ago) link
yeah, like every year I try to overthink this and try to come up with the perfect ballot, get frustrated because it is actually impossible to rank music so just semi-randomly list the songs I think I like most on that day. At least this year I gave up pretty early and wasted less of my time.
― silverfish, Thursday, 21 January 2021 13:55 (three years ago) link
Imago that's a good point, I never even looked at the track noms. I'll get on it
― your passion oozzes from the (ultros ultros-ghali), Thursday, 21 January 2021 18:42 (three years ago) link
just semi-randomly list the songs I think I like most on that day
ha otm. this was easily my least strategic, most fruitlessly partisan tracks ballot ever
― rob, Thursday, 21 January 2021 18:44 (three years ago) link
I did adopt the old Lex rule of not voting for tracks off of albums I voted for (with one exception). That freed up a good bit of space.
― justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Thursday, 21 January 2021 19:25 (three years ago) link
I usually abide by that but ended up breaking it a couple times this year
― stylish but illegal (Simon H.), Thursday, 21 January 2021 19:28 (three years ago) link
i'm straight up angry that i didn't discover dadi freyr's "think about things" until today, i love this ridiculous shit
― boz conspiracy by toby hus (voodoo chili), Thursday, 21 January 2021 21:22 (three years ago) link