ILM's TOP 77 TRACKS of 2015

the way I can't tell if this is supposed to be a happy or sad song (it's def bittersweet I'll give it that)

i think the narrator is trapped - by the conditions her men impose on her, by the poverty she came from, by the sheer work that goes into maintaining her beauty - but jazmine also makes it clear, imo, that her defiance should win out; we're not meant to feel sorry for her, the injustice is systemic, she's doing her best with what she has available to her and even if there's a weariness to her, the narrator is content with her choices and rejects any pity offered to her

great post Lex, I'll def be revisiting the song (and the album if I can get hold of it).

it's a really smart song.

Yeah, the character in the song is like, "You mean I follow the rules you created and you STILL won't love me?"

Floating Points always seem to sound different on every track I hear by them. I'll give this a go. I really love 'Wires' from a few years ago.

lex totally tom

otm

That Floating Points track with Katy B is good.

That Floating Points track with Katy B is good.

yeah it's really brilliant, had i voted a week later i'd probably have included it

"silhouettes" is lovely too, definitely what i wanted from floating pts on an album that was perhaps a bit too low-key for me to really love

I can't listen to the #74 tune right now, but the combination of the band name, track name, and the image in the post makes it seem like the most boring thing ever.

he is also a neuroscientist!

I'm not often fond of long, ambient music, but I've returned to this one Floating Points track a lot this year. It's very pretty and way less boring than you'd imagine. (Still didn't vote for it though)

i think the narrator is trapped - by the conditions her men impose on her, by the poverty she came from, by the sheer work that goes into maintaining her beauty - but jazmine also makes it clear, imo, that her defiance should win out; we're not meant to feel sorry for her, the injustice is systemic, she's doing her best with what she has available to her and even if there's a weariness to her, the narrator is content with her choices and rejects any pity offered to her

― cher guevara (lex pretend), Monday, January 18, 2016 2:24 PM (5 minutes ago)

The little Jazmine Sullivan I've heard has done nothing for me musically, but I did get this from the song, and I completely respect the sentiment. Great summation, lex.

Lex on Mascara <3

lol i just realized the first time i heard this track was at the top of an Uhh Yeah Dude episode

i had the album high on my ballot

(floating points)

http://i.imgur.com/UySYOMc.jpg

73 JME FT. SKEPTA, SHORTY AND FRISCO "Don't @ Me" (187 points, 9 votes)
Pitchfork - DNP / P&J - DNP / Youtube

Henceforth today, forks will be steering the ship. Enjoy!

put it all in the bin don't at me

I ALREADY SAID DON'T WASTE MY TIME
NOW I GOTTA TELL EM DON'T WASTE MY DATA

the state of twitter in 2015 made me play this song so much

was this track inspired by this famous twitter exchange?

https://twitter.com/itsyourboytadi/status/587973127205953536

lol

Anyway, this song is class, but then it feels like everything Skepta touches these days turns to gold.

was this track inspired by this famous twitter exchange?

or...the other way round

yeah i wondered.

I dunno what to think about the resurgence of grime in 2014-15, but this track is pretty stellar.

that radiohead track is trash

turn on your location if you're a bad boy, you prick

I both like the Floating Points track *and* think it's boring.

Love 'Don't @ Me'.

'boring' doesn't automatically mean 'bad' in music sometimes I guess

don't @ me really brightened my year

yeah don't @ me rules

Yep. So good.

Love don't @ me but there were other Jme tunes I liked more

yeah, it's great, I put man don't care on my extended ballot

Spotify Playlist is now updating!

Nice!

http://i.imgur.com/7jNELfH.jpg

72 JANET JACKSON "No Sleeep" (190 points, 6 votes)
Pitchfork - 37 / P&J - 75 / Youtube

Gorgeous song.

God this song.

yeah i voted for a deep cut ("promise of you") as my personal favourite off the janet album but this single really raised my expectations for her comeback

The J. Cole isn't the excellence I once thought, but who needs him when she'saw expressing her lust so well?

(switched out the track on playlist... now with 100% less J. Cole!)

Uh excrescence that is

Yeah, this is really lush. Feels like it could be straight from the late 90s. I guess I didn't feel like enough of a Janet fan to vote for it in the end.

"No Sleeep" missed my ballot but i'm happy to see it here. such a relaxed, unlikely comeback single.

janet's album went overrated to underrated really really fast

love No Sleeep but it didn't quite make my ballot

Didn't vote for it but glad it made the cut!

76 RADIOHEAD "Spectre" (184 points, 5 votes, 1 first-place vote)
Pitchfork - DNP / P&J - 465 / Youtube

― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Monday, 18 January 2016 Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Who voted for first place - WE NEED NAMES!

http://i.imgur.com/8TmVz12.jpg

71 SHURA "White Light" (192 points, 8 votes, 1 first-place vote)
Pitchfork - DNP / P&J - DNP / Youtube

good couple of years for shura
voted for 2shy iirc

Don't tell your mother, JF.

added "spectre" and "awoo" to the playlist.

i'm still doing that 8k track playlist but i feel like i should zip through this list once or twice to see what i missed.