THE 2011 ILM SUPER-MEGA YEAR-END ALBUMS 'N' TRACKS POLL™ youtube enthusiastic campaigning thread (slow browsers beware)

This track is FURIOUS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omdzVXbFEtw
Gilbere Forte ft. Maluca - Blackin' Out

This is hands down my #1. Hope others will rank it highly.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwHe0ddggig
Emeli Sandé - Heaven

a lot of the stuff i nommed is fairly well known around here but this is one of the best house tracks i heard this year, that melody is just so lovely:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TL2HHIBM97M

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vQqf1NSlfc&fmt=18

also i'm amazed this album didn't get more attention around here considering jazzanova's involvement, but prommer & barck's 'alex and the grizzly' lp has so much great stuff going on - the second half of this track when it morphs into proper 4/4 deep house and lois longerling takes over on vocal duties is kinda sublime:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgPbY4LzlpI

The Lauer track is a stunner. Wow!

def one of the more powerful tracks i heard this year

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__khgIzMyaM

This actually surfaced in late 2010, but the album is from 2011 and I've kept it in constant rotation pretty much the entire year:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftrj6Bw4kRc
Win Win ft. Lizzi Bougatsos - Releaserpm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqUxYb-hQQA
Surkin - lose yourself (is only 3:45 idk y all the ytubes say its 7+ mins)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adBPg8Zdp2g
Lucy Rose - middle of the bed

I really like the Anthony David video...great and purposeful collection of images. Song's a little square, though.

how do you mean square? i think the gospel choir & military tattoo drumbeat absolutely make it (and he songs it amazingly too)

Hard to put a finger on, exactly. It just sounds like message music is supposed to sound.

I like that Lucy Rose track. Thanks!

These will be on my year-end.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqiRYRkYGko

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHjRltbRzrA

i posted a bunch of songs i like itt: a frankly unnecessary thread for me to post abt avant/weirdo songs from the past year idk theyre p good

^ most of those were quality. thx for that thread.

Also this (avoiding stuff I think everyone will know):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shf8jw3iZ78

I think this is my favorite "schmindie" track of the year, since we're on that wavelength at the moment:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97ES9ScO_6I
Mozart Parties - Black Cloud

Like the Seapony too! Gracias!

i think that seapony track is from 10

The album came out this past May--maybe that track was a single last year?

well i was def around last year cuz i remember posting it to ilm but it may have just been digital only or w/e

Nobody here seems to like her much, but I've been happy with this album. Picking an album cut rather than one of the singles since you are more likely to have stumbled over the singles already.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70VmOoydNUs

I particularly like how it momentarily gets all Cinematic Orchestra at around 2:17.

From Elo, the Maria Rita album I nominated. I don't think I've posted a link to this song before. She is MPB, for those who don't know:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vag2KQ-xM6U

Jensen Sportag have received no praise at all from ILM which is sad given their Pure Wet EP really rules:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mU5_tI3gDw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNlFkP6nvLE

they're big favourites of Max Tundra, if anyone needs some outside recommendation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e971YVvtxG4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jW9xo4Wodq4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Itt0rALeHE8

Everybody knows this one, right?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oVnBGRIZSQ

I expect my #1 will either be:

The Crystal Ark - Touch

elsewhere I've called this my #1 Bounciest Track of the Year

or:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_I5RkApQW1s

beautiful, slow-burning kind-of-housey soul (produced by Floating Points, who has been consistently brilliant this year)

I haven't heard Wussy's Strawberry yet, just three songs, but if this turns out to be the highlight, I'd be okay with that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fg6Novpe6ao

Joe Goddard - Gabriel (feat. Valentina)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iI2sgccm0LM
Can be enjoyed even by those with Hot Chip phobia

Nommed on behalf of an enthusiastic listener on outloud:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t27HpzIPF8Q

This song makes me do a figurative happy dance!

Have repped for Disco En Paradiso before but will do so again:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKz4IRkpCQY

Massive Terror Danjah banger:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Fi5uGxwe1s

Here's RD's Got Me Burnin', one of 2011's best pop songs:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNArt8VbCqo

Young Bleed's Holla At Uh Dog (equal parts Mannie Fresh, Snoop and TI - fantastic)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNArt8VbCqo

Also I totally forgot to nominate this but it's fantastic, like Paul Woolford remixing Dennis Ferrer's Hey Hey:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mU9cWzMwPS8

In other PLEASE NOMINATE THIS news:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXtTmrxHEdk

I'm probably not going to be doing much tracks lobbying, but I will stan for this:

http://vimeo.com/26727477

emil.y, you haven't nominated Nyan Cat yet!

Oh SHI- *runs to other thread*

I'll stan for this Nyan Cat:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqFlxxodglM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzkGWdw9ieM

Lamb - "Butterfly Effect"

I am wholly obsessed with this song and think everyone should love and adore it

xp ok that is next-level; I was thinking about voting for Nyan Cat anyways, but there's def room in my ballot for that

anyways

this is probably my favorite country song of the last five years

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEQ1iPkyQAk

I just finished listening to that song... I wasn't feeling it at all, but country usually has an uphill battle to win my affections

Just finished listening to the Lamb album. So good.

From Shiina Ringo's Carnation EP, this song works in the vein of her more upbeat material on her Sanmon Gossip album, but I think it's better than any of those songs--plus it pulls in some Jihenesque vibe, especially with the piano, which I'm assuming is played by Izawa. The little J-pop kitten vocals don't bother me in this context, though I could see how they might be a deal breaker for some people. The classical intro. doesn't last long. (Why so few views? Probably the only information is in Japanese.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34BVyR0K_9c

And I like this more and think it has more going on than "Heaven" (though I do like Heaven as well). I only know Sande via ILM.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAnIfqF-Mu8

Lyrically, Heaven just hits me harder. Also, full on "Funky Drummer" loop puts it over the top.

I don't generally pay much attention to lyrics (I certainly don't care much about whatever the story of "Daddy" is) and I was never a Massive Attack fan (which might be a shame, because I think maybe I would have liked them at the time--I just don't remember knowingly hearing them even, when they were current).

I'm copying a hoy hoy's Spotify list of nominated tracks over here:

http://open.spotify.com/user/sutrarama/playlist/6XPqCUpc4QNEbpubiLr1eA

So far, I've only encountered one song I've disliked (Sunny Sweeney)

Best new thing I've heard so far on the playlist is Ada's Happy Birthday, love those electronic bird noises. I also really like the Fucked Up song (why did no one tell me they sounded like Andrew WK?) and Konshens' Nuh Pull It Up is a thing of wonder.

Nadia Oh just blew my mind apart

This track really took Aeroplane crown (and like other Plastic Plates remixes, has prominently featured in the Magicians Magic Tape mix series):

Social Studies - Body Language (Plastic Plates Remix)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7b32R60R8RU

Er, that's the track "Social Studies" (Plastic Plates rmx) by Body Language.

Four tracks I love which no one else will vote for:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KN2oCtb5aKA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wd6NxkKCVI8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rdqu-HObUbo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMbxSENOXG0

Why Even Try > Flying Overseas -- but there's been a noticeable Theophilus London ambivalence on ILM in the past, so I'm not even going to nominate it.

Not a lot between those tracks but Solange Knowles > Sara Quinn, so Flying Overseas gets this judges decision.

I'd skipped the David Lynch thing until now, but that track (which I'm currently jamming to in Spotify) is GREAT.

I just want to say that anyone who hasn't heard Boy Better Know's Tropical 2 should do so, even if they don't like dance music, or even if they don't like music. It's boss!

okay I am turning into a for-real Wiz Khalifa fan

Not sure I'll even find room to nominate this, but...analogue cops

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AgfJaN9IcY

really enjoy this video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxvN_GxgpF8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVOiKrt9wxs

giorgio tuma

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMrqPaKQtME&feature=related

Lamb - "Butterfly Effect"

I am wholly obsessed with this song and think everyone should love and adore it

― OH NOES

This is amazing, is the rest of the album as good?

Almost! The Lamb album is surprisingly good.

Another great song from the Lamb album 5 called "She Walks":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfXHYjJmLpQ

Most of the album (5)is firmly in the moody atmospheric downtempo realm. "Butterfly Effect" is IMO a standout track but I really do love the entire album; they manage to express a bunch of different moods/emotions within the sonic palette they're playing with, with a couple of minor detours into more guitar-oriented tracks. They continue to work the angle of icy-warm comfort that they've played with throughout their entire career, setting themselves up as a counterpoint to Portishead's paranoia exercises.

lol, did I mention that the album is called 5?

I'm a big fan of "Build A Fire" too. Great video for that as well.

ha "Build A Fire" was the other one I debated posting, just for contrast

The "Butterfly Effect"/"Build A Fire" back to back kills me.

She Walks is good too, maybe not as brilliant as Butterfly Effect but definitely good enough to make me want to listen to the album before voting.

I really don't know much about them, I remember Gorecki from a while back but not much else.

Their self-titled debut and Fear of Fours are definitely required listening. I also love the new one and what I remember of What Sound was really good. Between Darkness and Wonder has a few moments but is mostly forgettable.

What Sound is my favorite.

Lamb is one of my favorite groups from my post-college days so I was super super stoked to see them reform and release another album and even more stoked that it was fucking excellent.

I first heard Lamb on my honeymoon in Portugal; as a result, I have extra love for Fear Of Fours and can't evaluate it with any impartiality.

Brous - Streamers: sort of bossa-nova influenced pop

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlAsAWgZ_Tw

Thanks, really like the Brous. Will have to pay more attention to Australia/New Zealand next year, I think.

Kemper Norton - Libraries Act EP available for free download here.

Yeah, Kimbra is from down there right? xp

http://youtu.be/lEKKHX6ZbJY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEKKHX6ZbJY

<3 that Zun Zun Egui song.

zombi, 'time of troubles' from the escape velocity lp

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZCMNrvYdog

repping for this album and track fwiw

good on you son

cookies - 'hypnotize'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DC4TsOeGTig

deptford goth - 'real love fantasy'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ze0KJDQh9uk

That Nyan Cat thing just made me ridiculously deliriously happy.

think I'm gonna try my best and advertise some of my noms here:

Pase Rock - Nights (Shazam Remix)

Another great remix from Shazam (check his remix of Munk's "Down in LA", too). Digi-funk, synth-r'n'b, something along those lines. Basically something a Lex or Tim F would like (I think). Sounds wonderfully melancholic, like a walk through the city center after the rain. Synths go in and go out, letting gusts of fresh air into the mix.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptPBccFY9mI

Class Actress - Keep You

I always kinda wanted that The Knife's "Heartbeat" would have a bit better bass in the beginning (which always sounds BIGGER in my head than it really is) and this song kinda caters for my dreams. A really solid electro-pop single with a powerful chorus. Doesn't reach nowhere near the emotional intensity of aforementioned classic, but still makes an entertaining listen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSOWYyy693k

My favourite folk rock of the year:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Di-9hFuoGfc

I don't know how much play this is getting outside of Latin music contexts, but I hope people will check this out if they haven't heard it. Not a great song but the first large-scale mainstream manifestation I know of for tribal guarachero:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZ53Ho7cExE

I admit it looks more like an ad, which it sort of is for this particular style. I could live with this sound getting a lot more popular.

Intentalo might be in my top five singles of the year.

A lot of these nominations sound like they could have fit into a radio set I would have been listening to in the 80s, and it kind of bugs me, mostly because I heard more than enough (characteristically) 80s music for one lifetime in the 80s.

Given some of my recent personal favorites, it's obviously not as though I have a principled need for the least retro sounding music. There's plenty of not very retro material I don't like.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qqr5hjfNmeQ

ayo silvana, thanks for bringing up that prommer and barck record. not only is it completely solid but all of the remixes i've heard from it on spotify completely rule.

I'm liking the Fatima Al Qadiri EP, but wishing she would do something with khaleeji rhythms. (So far I haven't heard anything along those lines from her.) Sorry to be predictable.

Here's one I nominated that isn't on the spotify playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhVdmrPv9Sc

sad that "snapped" doesn't seem to be the most popular jhene aiko track, i think it's stunning, like "marvin's room" from a slightly more mature perspective??? someone who is just as wounded but is much better at hiding it? (that's not supposed to be a knock on jojo's, which is my favorite track of the year)

sonically v close to "skydiver" (cc #cassiefanclub):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STIxztIo3KU

White dopes on punk, part 83:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qW_yh9PPDw

At Devil Dirt from Chile!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dmlegMC_UU&feature=youtu.be

Ufesas from Uruguay

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbtYcXkWWbA&feature=youtu.be

This song is probably better one to start with.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFFe54FfFkA&feature=youtu.be

Yall can sing along with this one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7kcAaAu4jU

I was captive on a slave boat rowing through the swamp
they threw me off into the lake of alligators
eyes were glowing in the dark, and fear was in the air
as the beasts were closing in, panic struck my mind
swimming through the mud, yes I was swimming through the mud
and a thousand flamingos led my way,
riding to the feast for I was gonna meet my doom

Tonight a demon came into my head and tried to choke me in my sleep
Tonight a demon came into my head and tried to choke me in my sleep

There's more lyrics, but get real, you can't sing like Joakim Nilsson!!

Elder - Dead Roots Stirring

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCjd4HNCSBA&feature=youtu.be

TV On The Radio - Nine Types Of Light

I feel that the album wouldn't be so (relatively) underappreciated if more people heard in in the context of the movie.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8B5GP0AiQMc