THE 2011 ILM SUPER-MEGA YEAR-END ALBUMS 'N' TRACKS POLL™ is open for nominations!

It's time once again for the annual fun fest that is our EOY music poll. Since there's a good probability we'll be shifting over from the sandbox back to real ILM at some point in either the nominations or voting process, we're starting nominations a few days earlier than we usually do. J0rdan, seandalai and I have discussed it and we're keeping things exactly the same as last year, since last year's poll was such a success. Problem is, I'm having trouble accessing how we did last year's poll because real ILM is down. SO, from the best of my recollection, I think last year's nomination process worked like this:

You can nominate 25 (or fewer) items total. If you nominate 3 albums, you still have room to nominate 22 tracks. If you choose not to use all 25 of your nominations, you can (at your discretion) nominate things by proxy for other people who didn't have enough room under the cap to nominate those things. This happens every year anyway, so I figured I'd go ahead and address it up top.

Nominations will wrap on Thursday, January 5th at 7pm EST (that's midnight for Britishes and 4pm for the US West Coast). Voting will begin the following day and be open for the next two weeks. This nominations period is the time to familiarize yourself with and be introduced to new music, as it lasts a whole month. The voting period is all business. Get in, get out and then forget what all you voted for (we all do).

On your mark, get set... GO

Has musically abdicated for good?

I haven't heard from her at all since I asked her about doing it last year. I haven't even seen her around since well before then. So...I guess so?

Also, just remembered: plz don't embed youtubes in this thread. Hyperlinks are fine, but embeds will bog it down for some people.

ALBUMS
Barbara Panther - Barbara Panther
Eevil Stö - S.O.D. (Stöö of Destruction)
Meshell Ndegeocello - Weather
Freeman - 4
Kami-Sakunobe House Explosion – Routes Not Roots*
Asa Masa - Jou Jou

TRACKS
Barbara Panther - Dizzy
Barbara Panther - Moonlightpeople
Eevil Stö - Lommo Sanoo Stöö Sanoo (feat. Lommo)
Kami-Sakunobe House Explosion – B2B*
Risqué - Burn It Up (Mr. DJ) [Ben Liebrand Edit]**
Asa Masa - Mikä Mikä Kylä

* I'm not sure if the Kami-Sakunobe House Explosion album and its tracks count... Some of the tracks and the album itself were released in Japan in 2006, but it was released outside Japan only in 2011. What's the policy on these? I think it should be included, as most folks didn't have the chance to hear this material until this year.

** This is an old track, but the edit only came out this year on Ben Liebrand's Grand 12-Inches 8 compilation, so I think it should count.

One more thing... please use the following format for all your noms:

TRACKS

Emeli Sandé - Heaven
Dash & Will - Animal
Vendela - Punk Rock Song
Gilbere Forte ft. Maluca - Blackin' Out

ALBUMS

Lady Gaga - Born This Way
Jamie Woon - Mirrorwriting
Parallel Dance Ensemble - Possessions and Obsessions
Lykke Li - Wounded Rhymes

8/25

Some of the tracks and the album itself were released in Japan in 2006, but it was released outside Japan only in 2011. What's the policy on these? I think it should be included, as most folks didn't have the chance to hear this material until this year.

Yeah, we've always allowed things that received an int'l release in the current year that may have been released earlier in a specific country. Especially if new material is included on the int'l release.

Early request that the singles thread be titled 'Everybody's looking forward to the ILM best tracks of 2012 poll'.

Here's some links to my nominations:

Barbara Panther - Moonlightpeople

Asa Masa - Mikä Mikä Kylä

Kami-Sakunobe House Explosion – B2B

Eevil Stö - Lommo Sanoo Stöö Sanoo (feat. Lommo)

ALBUMS:

Lamb - 5
The Mountain Goats - All Eternals Deck
Planningtorock - W
Florence + the Machine - Ceremonials
Beyonce - 4

TRACKS:

Beyonce - End of Time
Rihanna - Cockiness (Love It)
Lamb - Butterfly Effect
The Mountain Goats - Age of Kings

(9/25)

TRACKS

Brute Heart - Hunter
Dirtbombs - Shari Vari
Gang Gang Dance - Adult Goth
Jhene Aiko - You vs. Them
Liturgy - Returner
Loon - Osprey
Mountain Goats - High Hawk Season
Sunny Sweeney - From a Table Away

(8/25)

ALBUMS:

M83 - Hurry Up We're Dreaming
PJ Harvey - Let England Shake

TRACKS:

M83 - "Midnight City"
Florence + the Machine - "What the Water Gave Me"
Adele - "Someone Like You"
Creep feat. Nina Sky - "You"

(15/25)

ALBUMS

Blanck Mass -s/t
Brute Heart - Lonely Hunter
Windhand - s/t
Weedeater - Jason...the Dragon
The Cosmic Dead - s/t
Gnod - Ingnodwetrust
David Kilgour & the Heavy Eights - Left by Soft
La Big Vic - Actually
Las Kellies - Kellies

(17/25)

ALBUMS

...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead - Tao of the Dead
Wye Oak - Civilian
Ford & Lopatin - Channel Pressure
Lil B - Im Gay
Steve Roach & Brian Parnham - The Desert Inbetween
Hyetal - Broadcast

(6/25)

Maybe we should have another thread for posting Youtubes?

Anyway:

TRACKS
CJ Fam - Ordinary Pop Star
The Crystal Ark - Touch
Psychic Reality - Soft Script
Nadia Oh - Taking Over The Dancefloor
Panda Bear - Afterburner
Trembling Bells - Where Do I Go From You?
Fatima - Red Light

ALBUMS
Peaking Lights - 936
Metal Mountains - Golden Trees
Fabric - A Sort of Radiance
Vijay Iyer - Tirtha
Tim Hecker - Ravedeath, 1972
Kangding Ray - OR
Out of City - Galactica
Floating Points - Shadows

(15/25)

d'oh!

TRACKS

Rebecca Black - Friday

9/25

Looking forward to this!

Johnny Fever: could you remind me how many votes we get?

I can't remember tbh. That's why I hope real ILM comes back soon so I can look at last year's threads.

If you choose not to use all 25 of your nominations, you still have made a choice.

Last year there were 25 votes on a ballot iirc

ALBUMS

Ben Fleury-Steiner - The Places That Find You
Chris Watson - El Tren Fantasma
Deaf Center - Owl Splinters
Death Grips - Ex-Military
Hatchback - Zeus and Apollo
Julia Kent - Green + Grey
Ken Seeno - Invisible Surfer on an Invisible Wave
Pedro Magina - 1985
Philip Marshall - Casse-tête
Teams vs. Star Slinger - s/t
Time Wharp - later.
v/a - FRKWYS vol. 7
Zodiac Free Arts Club - Floating World

(13/25)

ALBUMS

40 Watt Sun - The Inside Room
Argus - Boldly Strode The Doomed
Blood Ceremony - Living With The Ancients
Bullet - Highway Pirates
Caïna - Hands That Pluck
The Feelies - Here Before
Hammers Of Misfortune - 17th Street
Joe Henry - Reverie
Ildra - Eðelland
In Solitude - The World, The Flesh, The Devil
Low - C'Mon
Moon Duo - Mazes
Opeth - Heritage
The Original 7ven - Condensate
Primordial - Redemption At The Puritan's Hand
The Psychic Paramount - II
Rwake - Rest
Shooting Guns - Born To Deal In Magic: 1952-1976
Subrosa - No Help For The Mighty Ones
Sungrazer - Mirador
Turisas - Stand Up And Fight
Virus - The Agent That Shapes The Desert
Gillian Welch - The Harrow & The Harvest
Witch Mountain - South Of Salem
Yob - Atma

25/25

We go back.. back... back...

THE 2010 ILM SUPER-MEGA YEAR-END ALBUMS 'N' TRACKS POLL™ - VOTING CLOSED
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In a short amount of time, you will be able to vote in the 2010 ILM Albums 'n' Tracks poll. Here is how it will work:

*A ballot will consist of (up to) 25 album votes and (up to) 25 track votes.
*Both categories will be allotted 650 total points each.
*An ordered albums/tracks ballot will count the points down from 50, 48, 46...6, 4, 2.
*An unordered albums/tracks ballot will have 26 points assigned to each vote.
*You MUST copy + paste your votes directly from the final list(s) of nominations, as syntax is of utmost importance.
*We must receive your ballot by midnight EST on Friday, January the 21st. That's 5am on the 22nd in London and 9pm on the 21st in California. If you live outside of that 8-hour umbrella, please consult a global timezone map.

Beginning the 24th, J0rdan will countdown the singles and I'll follow with albums once he finishes. As with the recent 20th century poll, our man behind the curtain is seandalai. Shower him with praise for handling the computation.

The online ballot and master nomination lists will be linked shortly so voting can begin. Thank you for participating!

― Lightning Is For Babies (Johnny Fever), Monday, 3 January 2011 05:32 (10 months ago) Permalink

Yay! thx

Was thinking it would be nice to allow split weighted/unweighted ballots this year - with trax in particular I have ~10 favourites but would quite like to spread points evenly among the other 15.

I think we threw in that option before closing voting last year? Maybe we didn't.

We decided not to include it, I think.

Okay, then that gets changed this year. There will be split weighted/unweighted ballots allowed. :D

yay!

ALBUMS
When Saints Go Machine - Konkylie
Console - Herself
Jon Hopkins & King Creosote - Diamond Mine
Panda Bear - Tomboy
Tom Waits - Bad As Me
Nicolas Jaar - Space Is Only Noise
Africa Hitech - 93 Million Miles
Sully - Carrier
The Art Department - Drawing Board
Various Artists - Bangs & Works Vol.II
Iron & Wine - Kiss Each Other Clean
St Vincent - Strange Mercy

TRACKS
Fucked Up - Queen Of Hearts
Tom Waits - Hell Broke Luce
James Blake - Wilhelm's Scream
Rudi Zygadlo - Deaf School

16/25

TRACKS

When Saints Go Machine - Add Ends

(16/25)

every track on lulu by lou reed and metallica

^ actual nominations btw

Until you list them in the proper format, I can't copy & paste them.

ALBUMS

Maria Rita - Elo
Kimbra - Vows
Various - Pakistan Folk and Pop Instrumentals 1966-76

I don't think we allow compilations of old material, do we? (assuming that's what your last nom is)

Single artist greatest hits comps have traditionally been disallowed, but compilations like that where the end result is really the only place you can find such songs (essentially making it a "new" creation) are fine with me.

I'm sure we've allowed comps before. Or maybe that was just stuff that lay dormant and unreleased at the time, so although it was old it was still the first release.

I'd be sad if I couldn't nominate Bangs & Works Vol.2 as it's one of the newest, most relevant things to come out this year, and no you can't really get hold of the individual tracks without going to Chicago and sifting through thousands of records.

Which reminds me:

ALBUMS
Machinedrum - Room(s)
Kuedo - Severant

18/25

Ok cool.

I guess basically comps will have to be included on a case by case basis. Things like archival various artist comps should always be allowed, because the end result of grouping all those tracks together is a "new" creation. Technically a single artist comp is new as well, but that just doesn't smell right for what we're doing here.

(Unless it's a single artist comp of previously scarce or unreleased material, i.e. Arthur Russell from a few years back)

albums:
andy stott - passed me by/we stay together
bvdub - resistance is beautiful
kurt vile - smoke ring for my halo
moon duo - mazes
omar-s. - high school graffiti
oneohtrix point never - replica
the war on drugs - slave ambient
destroyer - kaputt

(8/25)

moon duo has already been nom'd

I feel a little weird listing compilations, actually, but this whole strand of Pakistani music was unfamiliar to me (not that I know much about Pakistani music) and I assume it's largely unheard in the west. It wouldn't surprise me if most of this music is also nearly forgotten in Pakistan, since a lot of it was riding western popular music trends of the time, obviously.

Albums

Los Campesinos! - Hello Sadness
Corin Tucker Band - 1000 Years
ILX Presents LULU
Big K.R.I.T - Return of 4EVA
elzhi - elmatic
Sepalcure - s/t

Songs

Los Campesinos! - By Your Hand
Rickrock - Rocket
A$AP Rocky - Peso

Isn't that Corin Tucker Band album from 2010?

TRACKS:

Lou Reed & Metallica - Brandenburg Gate
Lou Reed & Metallica - The View
Lou Reed & Metallica - Pumping Blood
Lou Reed & Metallica - Mistress Dread
Lou Reed & Metallica - Iced Honey
Lou Reed & Metallica - Cheat On Me
Lou Reed & Metallica - Frustration
Lou Reed & Metallica - Little Dog
Lou Reed & Metallica - Dragon
Lou Reed & Metallica - Junior Dad

Isn't that Corin Tucker Band album from 2010?

― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 6 December 2011 17:08 (1 minute ago) Bookmark Permalink

oh shit it was. my bad.

ALBUMS

Zun Zun Egui - Katang
Eleanoora Rosenholm – Hyväile Minua Pimeä Tähti
Kogumaza - Kogumaza
John Maus - We Must Become The Pitiless Censors of Ourselves
Tattie Toes - Turnip Famine

(5/25)

I agree it should be listed under the artists - I just pointed it out so that (a) you get your nom back (b) it doesn't turn up twice on the final nominations list.

hey whiney have you heard Wiccans - Skullduggery

Cool beans and thanx

XP

Well, that's odd. I wouldn't consider listing something by (say) Dave, Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich as "v/a". It's very much a collaboration.

its not really v/a im just hella lazy

also i realistically didnt think anyone else wld want to vote for it never mind nominate it so

i might vote for that shit

definitely going to vote for

teams vs star slinger - s/t

haha i feel like at one point was p much openly begging ppl to listen to that record

It's a great record, I kinda slept on it until I saw Star Slinger doing his thing live and it was mindblowing, the way his beats seemed to fold in and explode on themselves.

ALBUMS

Thundercat - The Golden Age of Apocalypse
Young L - Praktica
Na'Tee - Guess Who's Coming 2 Dinner
Nguzunguzu - Timesup EP
MikeQ - Let It All Out EP

TRACKS

Joy Orbison - Sicko Cell
Rainbow Arabia - Without You (Nguzunguzu Remix)

24/25

ALBUMS

Surgeon - Breaking The Frame

TRACKS

Blondes - Lovers

(20/25)

oh god why was i even complaining about 'hype williams' when 'joy orbison' is still a thing that exists

he's called O Joy Simpson now.

i think joy orbison has changed his moniker to joy o now. hype williams (the band) really suck though.

thought that na'tee mixtape was 2010?

Yeah he's Joy O now, I liked his record 'Jels' this year

Oi ineloquentwow, I have already nominated that myself. One of the ones that I nominated that already hadn't been nominated.

― jigsaw jenny, Thursday, December 29, 2011 11:55 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Permalink

Oi excuse me!

should've changed his name to The Joy Omittable

I Didn't Mean to sound rude lebateauivre. It is hard to keep track of what has already been nominated.

No problem, didn't take it that way! I felt disappointed with myself for I hate others for not looking if something hadn't been nommed yet. But with this one I though "surely not"... And I'm very pleased I was wrong :)

A couple more I've just discovered:

Amanda Applewood - I Love Boys
Wussy - Pizza King

Not sure what the dealio is with comps but if possible I'd like to nom for

Various Artists - Still Going In Offices

Which is a compilation on Savoury Days, half is new stuff, half is old but generally ridiculously obscure post-punk/DIY/Messthetics-type releases. It's fucking ace.

browsed through the spreadsheet and found out that someone nominated Kasia Nosowska's single (and that's nice!), while nobody nom'd my fav Katy B cut yet, so:

TRACK:

Katy B - Witches' Brew

(17/25)

clemenza, are those albums or trax?

TRACK

White Town - She's A Lot Like You

(21/25)

Sorry--everything I'm nominated or will nominate is a track.

White Town is making new music?!

also, thx clemenza.

I forgot about that White Town song. It's good!

Not sure what the dealio is with comps but if possible I'd like to nom for

Various Artists - Still Going In Offices

Which is a compilation on Savoury Days, half is new stuff, half is old but generally ridiculously obscure post-punk/DIY/Messthetics-type releases. It's fucking ace.

― ineloquentwow, Friday, 30 December 2011 14:33 (1 hour ago) Bookmark Permalink

these dudes put out my bands record!

Graveyard - Hisingen Blues
Elder - Dead Roots Stirring
Been Obscene - Night O' Mine
At Devil Dirt
The Vaccines - What Did You Expect From The Vaccines?
Le Butcherettes - Sin Sin Sin
Ufesas
Wo Fat - Noche del Chupacabra
Pete & the Pirates - One Thousand Pictures
Humo del Cairo - Vol. II
Lord Vicar - Signs Of Osiris
Boris - New Album
Krux - III - He Who Sleeps Amongst The Stars
Obrero - Mortui Vivos Docent
Jah Wobble & Julie Campbell - Psychic Life
Freedom Hawk - Holding On
Amebix - Sonic Mass
Årabrot - Solar Anus
Sleestak - The Fall Of Altrusia
Hills - Master Sleeps
The Chapman Family - Burn Your Town
Elvis Deluxe - Favourite State Of Mind
Circle - Infektio
Lucas Santtana - Sem Nostalgia
The Horror The Horror - Wilderness

King Krule - King Krule EP

speaking of which, I think Out Getting Ribs came out last year? (see MikeBee's noms).

1/25 fwiw.

TRACKS:

Against Me! - White Crosses (Goldentone Studio Version)
Art Brut - Clever Clever Jazz
Atmosphere - The Last to Say
Beastie Boys feat. Santigold - Don't Play No Game That I Can't Win
Blondie - D-Day
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx - I'm New Here
Jolie Holland - All Those Girls
Kitchen's Floor - 116
Low - Try to Sleep
Maroon 5 - Moves Like Jagger
OFF! - Rotten Apple
Pink Mink - Black Door
Prof - Gampo
The Original 7ven - #Trendin
Thee Oh Sees - Pleasure Blimps
Thee Oh Sees - I Need Seed
Those Darlins - Screws Get Loose
Villa - Morning Star

ALBUMS:

Atmosphere - The Family Sign
Big Zach- New Crayons
Blondie - Panic of Girls
Kitchen's Floor - Look Forward to Nothing
Mary J. Blige - My Life II...The Journey Continues (Act 1)
Those Darlins - Screws Get Loose
Unknown Mortal Orchestra - Unknown Mortal Orchestra

The Original 7ven is the band formerly known as the Time. I'll add my tracks to the Spotify list. Kitchen's Sink are genius--Australian punk somewhere between Flipper and garage jangle pop. Here's the video for 116.

I'd also strongly rep for the Unknown Mortal Orchestra album, which was slow to flower on me, but really emerged as one of the more unusual and beautiful albums of the year.

Loving the Spotify playlist, maybe partly because I clicked "Time" and am listening from shortest to longest. Haven't yet got to stuff longer than 3 minutes...

TRACKS
Whitman - Richard Smith (spotify)

Watch the Throne is on the Spotify playlist twice.

albums first:

aidan moffat & bill wells - everything's getting older
sonic youth - simon werner a disparu
ulrike haage - in:finitum
wilco - the whole love
stepkids - s/t

5/25

album

Azure Blue - Rule of Thirds

okay here we go, was particularly surprised nobody had nominated County Line yet for tracks

Albums:

Braids - Native Speaker
Deerhoof - Deerhoof Vs Evil
Gareth Liddiard - Strange Tourist
Retox - Ugly Animals

Tracks:

Azari & III - Lost In Time
Braids - Plath Heart
Cass Mccombs - County Line
Death Grips - I Want It I Need It (Death Heated)
Death Grips - Lord Of The Game
Death Grips - Thru The Walls
Destroyer - Bay Of Pigs
Destroyer - Downtown
Destroyer - Poor In Love
Destroyer - Savage Night At The Opera
Destroyer - Suicide Demo For Kara Walker
E-40 - Drugs ft. B-Legit
Grails - I Led Three Lives
Katy B - Easy Please Me
Sloan - Shadow Of Love
Tall Firs - Crooked Smiles
Tennis - Origins

Jamie, u fuck with the Pistol Annies record?

ah shit just realised was viewing the thread with 500 messages not showing so my search wasn't working. gimme a min and will repost the tracks list (albums one is fine)

wow, thx for nomming "Suicide Demo"! almost forgot to do it myself

ALBUMS

Peepholes - Caligula

(19/25)

ah ironically it's only county line that was already nominated.

hmm i definitely prefer the Pistol Annies to the new Miranda solo, but to be honest i'm starting to find her a little annoying. not sure why, i find something in her voice just a little too smug and unfeeling from time to time.

actually as a proxy for my wife i will put in some commercial country tracks from this year that i've enjoyed when she's played them:

Tracks -

The Band Perry - If I Die Young
Rascal Flatts - Easy ft Natasha Beddingfield

that Band Perry album is actually really enjoyable!

Shanell-My Button

25/25

Have been saving my last nomination for a while, was planning to use it for the Horrors album but I've totally fallen in love with this song over the last couple of days.

TRACKS

Connan Mockasin - Forever Dolphin Love
William D. Drake - Homesweet Homestead Hideaway
The Devin Townsend Project - The Mighty Masturbator
Ulver - Stone Angels
To Arms Etc - The Black Pampas
North Sea Radio Orchestra - Berliner Luft
The Book Of Knots - Planemo
Knifeworld - HMS Washout
The Fall - Taking Off
Van Der Graaf Generator - Your Time Starts Now

Thanks to Matt DC, Cosmo Vitelli and Kitchen Person for already nominating the other three tracks in my top 13

ALBUMS

To Arms Etc - To Arms Etc
Van Der Graaf Generator - A Grounding In Numbers
The Devin Townsend Project - Deconstruction

TBH I don't really know what my top albums of the year are. I've missed out on so much. Still 12 nominations remaining but I doubt I'll use them all (if any).

Do we still nominate here even though ILX is back up? If so, here are the handful of things that might populate the lower reaches of my ballot, since everything important has been covered already - a.k.a. I LOVE YOU ILM.

TRACKS

Delilah - Go
Dark0 - HYLI
Kirko Bangz - Drank In My Cup
Ke$ha - Shots On The Hood Of My Car
Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe
TV on the Radio - Will Do
Prince Club - Love Jackson (Original Mix)
The Good Natured - Skeleton
Active Child - Playing House (feat. How to Dress Well)
Seany Mac - One of Those Days (Organ Mix)

Re: that last one by Seany Mac - it was released (according to the internet) in 2009, but none of us knew about it until this year when it appeared on two mixes by Physical Therapy and How to Dress Well. Do we do "year of impact on ILM" or is it totally out of the question?

Keep noms in here for the moment. I'll make a thread on proper ILM later tonight.

http://www.ilxor.com/ILX/ThreadSelectedControllerServlet?boardid=41&threadid=90268#unread

though ILX is back up
really? when i type the original ilxor.com-url, it always redirects to the sandbox here.