But yeah, the lack of variety within pop (and only secondarily, lack of variety of genre and lack of interest in music that decidedly WILL wake the baby) is as ever the issue, not the fact of pop, which is ILM's primary Cause after all
― imago, Friday, 11 February 2022 19:07 (two years ago) link
I'm think we might need a goon-style rolling thread where me/table/imago/Raymond can just talk about noise/free improv/sound art/field recordings without having to constantly butt our heads against the Jepsen Actuallys
― Forgive the thread spam, but I wanted to note I'm (Whiney G. Weingarten)
You mean something like Rolling weird music // time travel // unclassifiable 2021 ?
― emil.y, Friday, 11 February 2022 19:07 (two years ago) link
the consensus picks go to the top that's just math ???
― maf you one two (maffew12), Friday, 11 February 2022 19:08 (two years ago) link
glad to see Cleo here after all!
cleo sol album brings "vibes" the same way that riperton's come into my garden does. it's a cohesive collection of beautifully sung and performed songs.
― roflrofl fight (voodoo chili), Friday, 11 February 2022 19:08 (two years ago) link
This is basically what Billie Eilish/Olivia Rodrigo sound like to me
http://www.youtubemultiplier.com/6206b40052985-ilx-poll-winners-2021.php
― Forgive the thread spam, but I wanted to note I'm (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 11 February 2022 19:09 (two years ago) link
that might just be your tinnitus
― roflrofl fight (voodoo chili), Friday, 11 February 2022 19:10 (two years ago) link
Soft Sounds From Another Planet did place in our 2017 list Indexed, but much lower down. In the 40s I think?
― kitchen person, Friday, February 11, 2022 12:22 PM (forty-four minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
Ah cool. Still like that one as an album more than Jubilee. Psychopomp is dream pop ear candy, too.
― Indexed, Friday, 11 February 2022 19:11 (two years ago) link
I get the same vibe from Cleo Sol that I do from Riperton, and, sure, I have moments when they bore me despite liking their albums (I top twentied Sol).
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 11 February 2022 19:11 (two years ago) link
I liked the Wolf Alice album because it functioned as a sampler of most alt-rock styles since 1992.
After having very few votes place the first few days, I voted for a lot of today, including what I'm assuming are the top 3...Arooj, Floating Points, Low. Cleo Sol was on my long list and has grown on me a lot.
Guess I'm going to have to revisit that Wolf Alice album!
― Indexed
Two of those are correct, the other is Ms. Musgraves
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 11 February 2022 19:12 (two years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/9tsvSaZ.jpg3. Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra - Promises592 points / 18 votes / 1 #1 voteFan Video from the album: “Movement 6”Floating Points and Pharoah Sanders and London Symphony Orchestra - Promises (2021)
I'm amazed Cleo Sol landed so high, I thought it was quite a drop off from her last one
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Friday, 11 February 2022 19:13 (two years ago) link
whaaaat no Arooj? Come to think of it i was surprised how few track votes she got, on the spreadsheet (wasn't in top 77)
― maf you one two (maffew12), Friday, 11 February 2022 19:14 (two years ago) link
Oh maffew.
― imago, Friday, 11 February 2022 19:14 (two years ago) link
I also liked Cleo Sol’s previous one a whole lot better, but this one is perfectly good as it is. Wont complain at the high placement, really enjoyed this one for a couple of months.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 11 February 2022 19:15 (two years ago) link
sadly mirroring the Obama situation where he was apparently all about her in the summer but a fake friend at year's end
― maf you one two (maffew12), Friday, 11 February 2022 19:15 (two years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/U5DPTwu.jpg2. Arooj Aftab - Vulture Prince639 points / 18 votes / 2 #1 votesLive from Joe’s Pub with Vijay Iyer and Shahzad Ismaily, 2019Arooj Aftab
:tears of joy:
― maf you one two (maffew12), Friday, 11 February 2022 19:16 (two years ago) link
what a run. thanks pollrunners!
― maf you one two (maffew12), Friday, 11 February 2022 19:17 (two years ago) link
And of course to surprise of absolutely noone in the board:
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 11 February 2022 19:17 (two years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/ZnHq8zv.jpg1. Low - HEY WHAT1114 points / 30 votes / 5 #1 votesVideo from the album: “Disappearing”Too LOW: ILM Artist Poll #111 - Low - RESULTSDo You Know How to POLLtz?: ILM Artist Poll #111 - Low
they sort of deserve it this time
― imago, Friday, 11 February 2022 19:18 (two years ago) link
Deserving winner. Thanks to everyone running the poll.
― Pfunkboy AKA (Oor Neechy), Friday, 11 February 2022 19:18 (two years ago) link
the chvrches record was instrumental in me realizing i'm a woman, so, like how the deafheaven record is impossible to extract from how depressed i was last august, it is impossible for me to separate screen violence from that realization. also horror movie tropes are very smartly employed as metaphors throughout the record, there was no way i wasn't going to like a record that did that. regardless: synth-pop revival isn't free jazz or harsh noise i guess but i always thought chvrches provided a very original vision of it, always a little faster and crisper than it should be, like it was being blinked out by an overclocked processor, and the melodies never recalled anything of '80s vintage for me, they were definitely written by someone who fucking loves jimmy eat world and other early '00s emo. surprisingly they are the only band i can think of who spliced these two things together. and instead of any contemporaneous synth-pop act they might be associated with, they remind me most of garbage, who also made pop-rock that sounded as if it had been fed through something and come out almost unrecognizable and partially-to-totally danceable on the other end
so if screen violence is their best album, which i think it is, it's because they further darkened and fragmented their sound by incorporating goth pop guitars, breakbeats, and a total confidence in these choices that contrasts with the pools of anxiety the lyrics keep melting into, that it provides indelible hooks to latch onto even as it clings to the cliff's-edge of sanity, even as it is surrounded by threats and double-standards that do not abate but reinforce themselves and gradually suffocate the atmosphere, like something determined to remain itself no matter what it has to survive
it's also totally hypocritical to love the sayonara wild hearts soundtrack and not give chvrches the time of day, imago
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Friday, 11 February 2022 19:19 (two years ago) link
[FULL RESULTS]
1. Low - HEY WHAT2. Arooj Aftab - Vulture Prince3. Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra - Promises4. Cleo Sol - Mother5. Magdalena Bay - Mercurial World6. Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever7. CHVRCHES - Screen Violence8. Wolf Alice - Blue Weekend9. Japanese Breakfast - Jubilee10. Tinashe - 33311. L'Rain - Fatigue12. Dawn Richard - Second Line13. Olivia Rodrigo - Sour14. Nala Sinephro - Space 1.815. Mdou Moctar - Afrique Victime16. Cassandra Jenkins - An Overview on Phenomenal Nature17.(TIE) Little Simz - Sometimes I Might Be Introvert17.(TIE) Sault - Nine19. Grouper - Shade20. Koreless - Agor21. Tirzah - Colourgrade22. Dean Blunt - Black Metal 223. Men I Trust - Untourable Album24. Mr Twin Sister - Al Mundo Azul25. Erika de Casier - Sensational26. Sons of Kemet - Black to the Future27. Dry Cleaning - New Long Leg28. CFCF - Memoryland29.(TIE) Lil Ugly Mane - Volcanic Bird Enemy and the Voiced Concern29.(TIE) The Armed - Ultrapop31. Snail Mail - Valentine32. Halsey - If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power33. Richard Dawson & Circle - Henki34. The Bug - Fire35. Wau Wau Collectif - Yaral Sa Doom36. The Weather Station - Ignorance37. Jane Weaver - Flock38. HTRK - Rhinestones39.(TIE) Lingua Ignota - SINNER GET READY39.(TIE) Wild Up - Julius Eastman Vol.1: Femenine41. Rochelle Jordan - Play With the Changes42. Tyler, the Creator - CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST43. Deafheaven - Infinite Granite44. Jack Ingram, Miranda Lambert & Jon Randall - Marfa Tapes45. Rắn Cạp Đuôi Collective - Ngủ Ngày Ngay Ngày Tận Thế46. Jazmine Sullivan - Heaux Tales47. aya - im hole48. Insides - Soft Bonds49. Lana Del Rey - Chemtrails Over The Country Club50. Flock of Dimes - Head of Roses51. Nite Jewel - No Sun52. Bicep - Isles53. Yu Su - Yellow River Blue 54. Joy Orbison - still slipping, vol 155. Mogwai - As The Love Continues56. Loraine James - Reflection57. Arab Strap - As Days Get Dark58. Natural Information Society & Evan Parker - descension (Out of Our Constrictions)59. Damon Locks & Black Monument Ensemble - NOW60. Saint Etienne - I've Been Trying To Tell You61. Mach-Hommy - Pray for Haiti62. Sarah Davachi - Antiphonals63. Howie Lee - Birdy Island64. Black Midi - Cavalcade65. Vijay Iyer Trio - Uneasy66. Altın Gün - Yol67. Kabza de Small, DJ Maphorisa & Tresor - Rumble in the Jungle68. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - G_d’s Pee AT STATE’S END!69. Can - Live in Stuttgart 197570. Vanishing Twin - Ookii Gekkou71. Eris Drew - Quivering in Time72. Emeka Ogboh - Beyond the Yellow Haze73. Spellling - The Turning Wheel74. Hayley Williams - Flowers for Vases / Descansos75. Doja Cat - Planet Her76. Manchester Orchestra - The Million Masks of God77. Various Artists - Heisei No Oto- Japanese Left-Field Pop From The CD Age, 1989-1996
FULL RESULTS IMG WITH STATS
https://imgur.com/a/UozxiGg
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 11 February 2022 19:19 (two years ago) link
Wow I stand corrected re: Floating Points!
― change display name (Jordan), Friday, 11 February 2022 19:20 (two years ago) link
in isolation I'm sure I'll enjoy Chvrches and I'll be testing that very soon :)
― imago, Friday, 11 February 2022 19:20 (two years ago) link
good post Brad
― imago, Friday, 11 February 2022 19:21 (two years ago) link
(I just thought that even the target audience for ambient jazz on ILM was divided on the FP/Pharoah Sanders record)
― change display name (Jordan), Friday, 11 February 2022 19:21 (two years ago) link
The full spreadsheet is on seandalai’s hands. Thank you forks and seandalai for helping create this, and all of you who voted and/or commented for being good sports.
Here’s 78-100 in the meantime:
78 Sun-El Musician - African Electronic Dance Music79 Faye Webster - I know I'm Funny Haha79 Genesis Owusu - Smiling With No Teeth81 Sofia Kourtesis - Fresia Magdalena EP82 Octo Octa - She's Calling EP82 kacey musgraves - star-crossed84 Rosali - No Medium85 Victory Over The Sun - Nowherer86 Pino Palladino & Blake Mills - Notes With Attachments86 Self Esteem - Prioritise Pleasure88 Parquet Courts - Sympathy For Life89 Dos Monos - Larderello90 Goat Girl - On All Fours91 Bitchin Bajas - Switched On Ra92 Tems - If Orange Was A Place92 remi wolf - Juno94 Squid - Bright Green Field95 Serpentwithfeet - Deacon96 Chants - Poly Pointillism97 Pale Waves - Who Am I?98 Black Dresses - Forever in Your Heart99 Arlo Parks - Collapsed in Sunbeams99 Kyary Pamyu Pamyu - Candy Racer
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 11 February 2022 19:22 (two years ago) link
pamyu pamyu pamyu pamyu
― maf you one two (maffew12), Friday, 11 February 2022 19:24 (two years ago) link
Thank you so much, poll runners. Always look forward to this and it did not disappoint. Discovered a ton of stuff in the first few days of this poll that was largely ignored in the EOY list cycle.
What I see in the ilm consensus this year is a bias towards the quiet. Albums for 1, with lots of space, perhaps best enjoyed on headphones. In a continued world of lockdowns and quarantines, that's how I consumed 99% of the music I listened to this year. There are a few festival bands here, but they seem like the exceptions.
I am seeing my first live show in over 2 years in April (Arooj!) and have made it my personal goal to see enough live music this year to make up for a lot of lost time.
― Indexed, Friday, 11 February 2022 19:25 (two years ago) link
jesus christ Nowherer got that close
― imago, Friday, 11 February 2022 19:25 (two years ago) link
What's the last ILX poll winner to get > 1000 points?
― Forgive the thread spam, but I wanted to note I'm (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 11 February 2022 19:25 (two years ago) link
Oh wow what a points jump! Everyone loves Low. Even me as it turned out. Can’t wait to see them live later this year.
― tangenttangent, Friday, 11 February 2022 19:25 (two years ago) link
Thank you Moka, forks and seandalai - this was a really fun one to follow.
― tangenttangent, Friday, 11 February 2022 19:26 (two years ago) link
Yep, thanks to all of you!
― imago, Friday, 11 February 2022 19:27 (two years ago) link
never heard of Arooj Aftab either, but I am liking that live video a lot
lots of stuff to explore here, thanks ILM
― bad milk blood robot (sleeve), Friday, 11 February 2022 19:27 (two years ago) link
dang voted for 78, 80, and 81
― Indexed, Friday, 11 February 2022 19:27 (two years ago) link
dunno why I never got round to hearing the arooj album, but it does sound lovely
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Friday, 11 February 2022 19:29 (two years ago) link
Not a bad list, I reckon. Two more of my votes in the 78-100 bracket (Chants and Kyary). Thanks to the poll team!
― emil.y, Friday, 11 February 2022 19:29 (two years ago) link
Aw so close VotS
― The sensual shock (Sund4r), Friday, 11 February 2022 19:32 (two years ago) link
Honored to be in the top 100 <3 <3 <3
(surprised that the Coltrane record didn't show up anywhere?)
― change display name (Jordan), Friday, 11 February 2022 19:33 (two years ago) link
Thanks pollsters!
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Friday, 11 February 2022 19:34 (two years ago) link
In Soviet Russia, #1 is too Low
― Evan, Friday, 11 February 2022 19:36 (two years ago) link
do think the need to state "why would you listen to female-fronted pop music when you could listen instead to this guy farting into a tuba for 4 hours" is an impulse worth interrogating― castanuts (DJP)
― castanuts (DJP)
i ❤️ djp
― enochroot, Friday, 11 February 2022 19:37 (two years ago) link
thanks poll team, the work the three of you put in is vm appreciated
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Friday, 11 February 2022 19:38 (two years ago) link
re: Arooj, can't think of a more ILM-friendly way that Hindustani vocal music could have been packaged; props, in a weird way. if you want to hear something from the tradition that's got a bit more going on tonally, I recommend Ustad Saami (who I voted for)
― imago, Friday, 11 February 2022 19:38 (two years ago) link
lol Evan
― change display name (Jordan), Friday, 11 February 2022 19:39 (two years ago) link