Best album from the 2016 ILM EOY album poll that received only ONE top 3 weighted vote

gotta say I really like that Death Grips album

Wouldn't it be funny if each of these got just one vote...

Brodka, Metafive and Knifeworld are all really good

I went with The Comet Is Coming. This narrowly missed my own ballot.

Voted Modern Baseball, didn't submit a ballot but would have been pretty high.

two of these are mine. I'll do my best to listen to the rest of them that I haven't heard yet and I will report back.

Mujuice followed by Brodka - as they were my No.1 and No.2.

Mujuice is Russian DIY lo-fi synth-pop not a million miles away from Casiotone FTPA or Magnetic Fields: https://youtu.be/co-wPmfkhxg

He also had a very good instrumental techno album last year.

Brodka is a phenomenal Polish pop star with indie/experimental trappings: https://youtu.be/79Flpb8IrHg

where to start? this would have been easier for the tracks poll!

Brodka wasn't a million miles away from my ballot. I'm with you in spirit SV

Since others are campaigning, I will follow their example, though it might hurt more than it helps.

Ile is Ilena Cabra, who sang a lot with Calle 13 (her brothers), which doesn't tell you much about her solo debut. It's a mix of more or less retro Latin pop (but all previously unrecorded material, either by Ile or family members). Lots of good songing writing and consistently excellent vocal performances whether she is doing a bolero or something more upbeat. I'm a little sad it hasn't gotten more critical attention.

Seiho: electronic music with some jazz and other acoustic elements. Probably best when the rhythm is least regular. The sort of thing that some people will describe as just a bunch of sounds, but which I find effective collage (most of the time).

This Brodka is good so far.

eric copeland and deerhoof are mine. someone else vote for black bubblegum pls

poll is too big, should just have been the first placers, not the silver and bronze lads

Added a tracks poll for those with shorter attention spans

Best track from the 2016 ILM EOY tracks poll that received only ONE top 3 weighted vote

stuff i know from this-

glintshake - very good russian post-punk
metafive - japanese supergroup with cornelius producing - i voted for them in this poll. also came out with a really good ep late in the year, "metahalf"
knifeworld - one of kavus torabi's 10,000 bands. good prog, but didn't make my 2016 longlist even though i'm a pretty big proghead
the comet is coming - spiritual jazz, shabaka hutchings project - he's almost as prolific as kavus torabi. this was one of two shabaka hutchings records on my 2016 longlist.

The Austin Lucas album made a couple fans of us over in the country thread (s/o to Edd). I probably listened to this album as much as LEMONADE, which is saying something. (And not to overstate any similarities, but this record also has a strong narrative arc and infidelity as a recurring theme.)

"William" is spare and brutal ("With the stink of me all over you, what does he say / what does he do"). Elsewhere are occasional psych flourishes. Lydia Loveless lends vocals on "Wrong Side of the Dream."

Won't be for everyone, but this one deserves more listeners.

Here's what Billboard's Leila Cobo (who I have often agreed with over the years) said about Ilevitable: Ilevitable is old school bolero and some alternative pop with a touch of funk and genre bending arrangements that make it both current and vintage (and great soundtrack fodder). Ile’s vocals, beautifully exposed, can traverse from torch-singer depth to alt innocence convincingly in this sometimes haunting, sometimes sheer fun debut that’s garnered both Latin Grammy and Grammy nods.

Canibal in particular sounds like a song from a soundtrack.

I think I would have included the Brodka somewhere on my ballot if I'd heard it before the poll. Also saving some others that I may come back to when I'm in the right mood.

I spent most of the year confusing comet control and the comet is coming

Naji Hakim was my #2 and Jeremy Bible my #3.

I'm surprised Broncho got only one vote! But then again I didn't vote for it..

I was the only vote for The Comet is Coming? That album is great, guys. I guess it's cosmic psych-jazz, with lots of synths and all sorts of interesting kitchen sink touches. There are moments that almost seem to touch on Rhythm-a-lism territory, and other moments that remind me of last year's Ozric Tentacles album. A few days after I sent my albums ballot, I decided that it, and not Horse Lords, was prob my actual AOTY...

(Quttinirpaaq is way cool, too, some Chrome-meets-Merzbow ish)

Oh yeah I did like The Comet Is Coming now I think about it

I can't stop listening to Brodka. Some of the less eventful instrumental passages have become more engaging to me after repeated listens. A good sign, or maybe just a sign my brain has submitted to it. (I still voted for my original #1 Ilevitable, even though it is frankly a more uneven album. The peaks there are still more amazing to me.)

haha 2 of my choices, thought i woulda got my complete top 3 here

(immune, not immense btw despite it's spelling on the list :) )

Oh, that must be one of the ones I couldn't find to check out. Too bad.

I like how Brodka is just "experimental" enough, like the absolutely minimal amount to throw in some spice. The fuzzed out part at the end of "Up in the Hill." Or the Peter Plonsky(sp?)-like, sounds like slowed down gamelan for a split second intro. to "My Name is Youth."

(I think this is also a reflection on me as a listener and the ease with which some of my buttons can be pushed.)

Wow I had no idea Shabaka Hutchings was in Sons of Kemet

I'm nowhere near making it through all of these. that said, the Immune album is really cool. reminds me of a lot of the ambient/not ambient stuff on Kompakt from whenever it was I was really into stuff on Kompakt. and then sometimes it gets noisy and weird and sounds nothing like that.

right now it's between that and Amnesia Scanner, which on one hand I feel like I shouldn't vote for since it was my pick, but on the other hand I think it's the best release so far from the Janus affiliated krew and I'm about a week away from leaving Berlin to return to the US which has me feeling extra wistful about Berlin related things even though some of my time here has been sort of awful.

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

stuff i know from this-

glintshake - very good russian post-punk
metafive - japanese supergroup with cornelius producing - i voted for them in this poll. also came out with a really good ep late in the year, "metahalf"
knifeworld - one of kavus torabi's 10,000 bands. good prog, but didn't make my 2016 longlist even though i'm a pretty big proghead
the comet is coming - spiritual jazz, shabaka hutchings project - he's almost as prolific as kavus torabi. this was one of two shabaka hutchings records on my 2016 longlist.

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starting to wonder if I'm sleepwalking a sock account here

Missed this one. Love the Exploded View and Eric Copeland records. Prolly would've went for one of those 2.

Traitor!

The Brodka album is so good. Somewhat baffled at the lack of attention here.

After I read an interview where she talked about how she originally wanted to include church organ, but it didn't work, I heard the shadow of church organ (not always very subtle) everywhere on this album. Definitely the single best album of 2016 I feel is overlooked (especially on ILM). Probably would never have heard it if not for ShariVari's mention of it.

love the Exploded View album. It's in heavy late night rotation right now. They might have a new one soon?

soon, yes - a couple tracks out already. going on tour, too, but i'll be out of town for a conference when they hit my town :(