Driver, roll up the partition, please: ILM 2013 albums poll stats and ballots

sincerely tho i hope everybody who didn't vote for Beyoncé dies in the next 3 months

looking forward to seeing your ballot NV

whether "the music's good enough" is a matter of objective fact.

you know that compromise is required to gain power?

1 month

Cute:

467 Chikiss - Nichego Ne Boisya
467 Grupo Niche - Tocando el Cielo con las Manos

NV doesnt vote in polls iirc as you "cant reduce art to rankings"

nv's hypothetical ballot

• beyonce -- beyonce
• beyonce -- beyonce
• beyonce -- beyonce
• beyonce -- beyonce
• hot fruit

My ballot, weighted:

besnard lakes - until in excess imperceptible ufo
Thee Oh Sees - Floating Coffin
Bottomless Pit - Shade Perennial
Cass McCombs - The Big Wheel
Pissed Jeans - Honeys
Julia Holter - Loud City Song
Bill Callahan - Dream River
Bardo Pond - Peace on Venus
Fuzz - s/t
Jacuzzi Boys - s/t
Deerhunter-Monomania
These New Puritans - Fields of Reeds
Dustin Wong - Meditation of Ecstatic Energy
Colin Stetson - New History Warfare Vol. 3: To See More Light
Ka - The Night's Gambit
Prodigy x Alchemist - Albert Einstein
Dirty Beaches - Drifters/Love is the Devil
Earl Sweatshirt - Doris
Parquet Courts - Light Up Gold
Fake Limbs - The Power of Patrician Upbringing
The Flaming Lips - The Terror
William Onyeabor - Who Is William Onyeabor?
Cave - Threace
Blank Realm - Go Easy
Anna Meredith - Jet Black Raider

Stuff that was on my long list that got pushed off:
The Men - New Moon
Pure X - Crawling Up the Stairs
My Bloody Valentine - MBV
Mikal Cronin - MCII
No Joy - Wait to Pleasure
Ovlov - Am
STNNNG - Empire Inward
Action Bronson - Blue Chips 2
Iceage - You're Nothing
Roc Marciano - Marci Beaucoup
Joanna Gruesome - Weird Sister
Melt-Banana - Fetch

I think I missed the fact that Fuzz was nominated. The stuff I've heard from that album has been pretty cool.

That Flaming Lips album was really underrated btw, it's the best, weirdest, darkest thing they've done in years.

Fuzz album is so good, just straight up rock music with killer riffs.

I'm always happy with the things that I get turned on to in these polls even if the music I hold near & dear comes in at #292.

didn't mean to sound like I was complaining, and yeah it's a lot of voters so that's reflected.

I like the Fuzz album, have not heard Flaming Lips but I was cool w/Embryonic so I should check it out

I dont know if seandalai can do it? But glenn used to produce the results if you just counted everyones top 10 and I'd like to see the difference between both.
I think they might be really interesting.

some ballots were unranked so that couldn't be done

deafheaven first place

All I'll reveal about my ballot is that I voted the-dream 1st place ; ^ )

And as a result johnny crunch was my closest nabe

There's a "dronestreet" now?

Kacey Musgraves - Same Trailer Different Park
Ashley Monroe - Like a Rose
Paramore - s/t
Brandy Clark - 12 Stories
Pistol Annies - Annie Up
Haim - Days Are Gone
Daft Punk - Random Access Memories
Kanye West - Yeezus
Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires Of The City
The 1975 - The 1975
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - English Electric
Dawn Richard - Goldenheart
Omar Souleyman - Wenu Wenu
Disclosure - Settle
Bob Dylan - Another Self-Portrait: Bootleg Series Vol. 10
Young Galaxy - Ultramarine
Sky Ferreira - Night Time, My Time
Blondes - Swisher
Neil Young - Live at the Cellar Door

just got the Beyoncé album a week ago! wish we'd have saved it for next year. feelings need time to build up

love uberweiss' ballot

Stealing Sandpaku's format. Weighted:

382 Various Artists - Sing Me The Songs: Celebrating the works of Kate McGarrigle
37 Laura Marling - Once I Was An Eagle
54 Neko Case - The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You
19 Chvrches - The Bones Of What You Believe
18 Janelle Monae - The Electric Lady
467 Patty Griffin - Silver Bell
16 Disclosure - Settle
497 Bill Janovitz - Walt Whitman Mall
28 Tegan & Sara - Heartthrob
154 FIDLAR - FIDLAR
24 Boards of Canada - Tomorrow's Harvest
43 Jon Hopkins - Immunity
363 Laura Veirs - Warp and Weft
50 Waxahatchee - Cerulean Salt
1 Haim - Days Are Gone
124 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - English Electric
167 LE1F - Fly Zone
52 Savages - Silence Yourself
17 Charli XCX - True Romance
115 The Joy Formidable - Wolf's Law

That Flaming Lips album was really underrated btw, it's the best, weirdest, darkest thing they've done in years.

― Immediate Follower (NA), Thursday, January 30, 2014 7:46 PM (21 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

wow, i forgot they even put something out. it only placed at #104 on Pazz & Jop and their last 'proper' album came in at #9.

yeah, na's post is motivating me to finally unwrap this disc from the plastic case and listen to it.

i didn't hold onto a copy of my ballot, but y'all aren't missing anything

The Flaming Lips album got good reviews but I think people are just burned out on them, they've been putting out so much music recently and seem to play every single festival.

it wasn't that the reviews were bad; it was that they made the album seem so gloomy and uninviting that it seemed better to avoid it (come to think of it, i normally like gloomy and uninviting music, so . . . )

it was a pretty cool album but i've never been a huge fan.

My (mixed) ballot:

Daft Punk - Random Access Memories
Still Corners - Strange Pleasures
Veronica Falls - Waiting for Something to Happen
The Knife - Shaking the Habitual
Follakzoid - II

Matana Roberts - Coin Coin Chapter Two: Mississippi Moonchile
Donato Dozzy - Plays Bee Mask
Haim - Days Are Gone
Laura Groves - Thinking About Thinking
Pantha du Prince and the Bell Laboratory - Elements of Light
Julia Holter - Loud City Song
Josephine Foster - I'm a Dreamer
Kyary Pamyu Pamyu - Nanda Collection
Sons of Kemet - Burn
Sapphire Slows - Allegoria
Tim Hecker - Virgins
Ex-Easter Island Head - Mallet Guitars Three
Autre Ne Veut - Anxiety
Matthew Shipp - Piano Sutras
Peven Everett - King of Hearts
TM404 - TM404
Tal National - Kaani
Fire! Orchestra - Exit!
Bflecha - βeta
Matmos - The Marriage of True Minds

8/25 placed, which is about as well as I ever do. I should read The Wire, but I already knew that.

I think it's interesting that even with a bunch of additional voters, the winning album couldn't match Miguel's total from last year - there was definitely less consensus this year, though as has been said maybe Beyoncé would have emerged victorious if the album had been available earlier and more widely. No jazz placed as usual, but I strongly feel that the Matthew Shipp and Matana Roberts albums in particular are worth checking out if you have even a passing interest in the genre.

Matthew Shipp and Matana Roberts

Shipp was my #1, and I need to give Roberts another try (the strong vocals there were a little too much for me, too classical or something, I forget really, but I have difficult with anything verging on the operatic).

Still at work so full ballot is going to have to wait. (Wasn't that interesting really--did not have an album-oriented year.)

thanks for doing this poll J0rdan and seandalai!
I'm going to listen to the matthew shipp, matana roberts and pantha du prince albums based on your recommendations, seandalai. And you should read The Wire, it covers a lot of the music you like. I got a digital subscription and it's great to have access to their whole back archive; also the search function on the site they use, exacteditions.com, works well

I've had a subscription for ~15 years! Hence "I already knew that". Still haven't worked out the digital thing though.

Dan, looking at your ballot you might also enjoy the Ex-Easter Island Head, TM404 and Sapphire Slows albums.

Matana Roberts - Coin Coin Chapter Two: Mississippi Moonchile

what i've heard of this sounds great. seems maybe more accessible than the last one (which was also great).

xpost
seandalai, it occurred to me after I made that post that you already read it, sorry! I will check out those other artists too

It's less fiery for sure, and draws on some older jazz traditions than the 60s/70s canon that underpins a lot of modern "out" jazz - iirc it's a concept album about MR's grandmother, which informs the music and also provides the texts for spoken and sung pieces. This texual part is where a lot of the emotional power comes from.

I posted earlier today that I should never write about jazz, so I'll stop now.

she's kind of free-jazz-y. there's a song on the last disc, about the african slave trade, iirc, which is stunning.

I strongly feel that the Matthew Shipp and Matana Roberts albums in particular are worth checking out if you have even a passing interest in the genre.

cool, thanks for this and thanks to you & J0rdan for all your work

Matthew Shipp - Piano Sutras
Yamantaka // Sonic Titan - UZU
Haim - Days Are Gone
Shigeto - No Better Time Than Now
Houria Aichi - Renayate
Grupo Niche - Tocando el Cielo con las Manos
DJ Q - Exclusive 30 Minute DJ Q Mix
Forest Swords – Engravings

I stole two of these from Jordan's list of favorite electronic albums (but not without listening first).

6/25 for me. Post mine later.

Lol @ lex gloating abt Drake placing just below Jute Gyte and Stara Rzeka: those were the two albums in my top 10 I was hoping would show up in the bottom third...

My Ballot (bolded titles placed in the chart):

1 Iceage - You're Nothing
2 Chrome - Half Machine From The Sun
3 Gris - À l'âme enflammée, l'âme constellée...
4 My Bloody Valentine - MBV
5 Darkthrone - The Underground Resistance
6 The Body - Master, We Perish
7 Perfect Pussy - I Have Lost All Desire For Feeling EP
8 Watain - The Wild Hunt
9 Ghost B.C. - Infestissumam
10 Arcade Fire - Reflektor
11 In Solitude - Sister
12 Full Of Hell - Rudiments Of Mutilation
13 Black Sabbath -13
14 Neko Case - The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You
15 Carcass - Surgical Steel
16 Austra - Olympia
17 Queens of the stone age - Like clockwork
18 Kvelertak - Meir
19 Blood Ceremony - The Eldritch Dark
20 Anciients - Heart Of Oak
21 Kurt Vile-Walking on a pretty daze
22 Depeche Mode - Delta Machine

I know that I am out of the loop on just about everything (even metal these days) but I am shocked that the Iceage disc didn't get more love as active as their thread was when "You're Nothing" came out...

Most people on that Iceage thread were just saying they thought they were dumbasses iirc

xxxxp I also voted Almunia quite highly as well as near miss I Am The Center

some ballots were unranked so that couldn't be done

not true. Changing the weighting of points would be a pain tho I guess.

But the end result would be interesting.

i didn't save my ballot but i'm always surprised how low my hivemind score is given that i get 90%+ of my music recommendations from ILM

― ciderpress, Thursday, January 30, 2014 10:08 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

You were my top neighbour and I didn't bother to save my ballot either. However, I do know that I definitely would've voted for the following (bold=not placed):

100. Eleanor Friedberger - Personal Record
154. FIDLAR - FIDLAR 
121. David Bowie - The Next Day 
355. Bombino - Nomad 
112. Emika - Dva 
117. Suede - Bloodsports 
293. Doldrums - Lesser Evil 
214. Iron and Wine - Ghost on Ghost 
231. Rokia Traoré - Beautiful Africa 
396. Clinic - Free Reign II 
34. Miley Cyrus - Bangerz 
483. Agnes Obel - Aventine 
78. Queens of the Stone Age - Like Clockwork 
85. Nick Cave - Push the Sky Away

I also would've voted for these records if I'd been paying attention to the nominations business:

Cate Le Bon - Mug Museum
RA the Rugged Man - Legends Never Die 
La Femme - Psycho Tropical Berlin
Oblivians - Desperation
Rizzle Kicks - Roaring 20s

I must have padded out my ballot with 6 others I can't remember, with 5 of these forgotten ones placing in the top 77 according to the spreadsheet.

Whats Chrome - Half Machine from the Sun?

1 DJ Sprinkles - Queerifications and Ruins: Collected Remixes by DJ Sprinkles
2 Holden - The Inheritors
3 Tim Hecker - Virgins
4 Oneohtrix Point Never - R Plus Seven
5 Patrick Cowley - School Daze
6 My Bloody Valentine - MBV
7 The Knife - Shaking The Habitual
8 Factory Floor - Factory Floor
9 Omar Souleyman - Wenu Wenu
10 Matmos - The Marriage of True Minds
11 Maya Jane Coles - Comfort
12 Various Artists - Italians Do It Better - After Dark 2
13 Darkthrone - The Underground Resistance
14 Syclops - A Blink Of A Eye
15 Alasdair Roberts - A Wonder Working Stone
16 Vakula - You've Never Been To Konotop
17 Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires Of The City
18 Goldfrapp - Tales of Us
19 Low - The Invisible Way
20 Burial - Truant/Rough Sleeper
21 Glasser - Interiors
22 Fuck Buttons - Slow Focus
23 William Onyeabor - Who Is William Onyeabor?
24 Young Galaxy - Ultramarine
25 David Bowie - The Next Day

Whats Chrome - Half Machine from the Sun? ― Drugs A. Money, Friday, January 31, 2014

Weighted. Bold = Top 77, Italic = only me who voted for it.

1. Daft Punk - Random Access Memories
2. Harleighblu - Forget Me Not
3. These New Puritans - Fields of Reeds
4. Kacey Musgraves - Same Trailer Different Park
5. Lady - Lady
6. Rudimental - Home
7. John Grant - Pale Green Ghosts
8. Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires Of The City
9. Arctic Monkeys - AM
10. Hookworms - Pearl Mystic
11. The Stepkids - Troubadour
12. Fists - Phantasm
13. Laurel Halo - Chance of Rain
14. Suede - Bloodsports
15. Disclosure - Settle
16. Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba - Jama Ko
17. Sleaford Mods - Austerity Dogs
18. I Am Kloot - Let It All In
19. Alison Moyet - The Minutes
20. Dawn of Midi - Dysnomia
21. Pantha Du Prince & The Bell Laboratory - Elements of Light
22. Bombino - Nomad
23. Ballake Sissoko - At Peace
24. Fuck Buttons - Slow Focus
25. William Tyler - The Impossible Truth

Would have voted for Brandy Clark and for Marius Neset Birds, if I'd heard them in time.

The Knife - Shaking The Habitual
Graham Lambkin & Jason Lescalleet - Photographs - Mentioned this on campaigning. So sad I'm the only one who voted for this. It's an absolutely astounding album - mostly sound collages of conversations, background sounds, houses creaking, traffic, church sermons etc. Had a huge impact when I listened to it one morning in bed, then went into town and found myself suddenly acutely aware of all the sounds going on round me.
These New Puritans - Fields of Reeds
Rashad Becker - Traditional Music of Notional Species Vol 1 - One of the strangest records I've ever heard. Does what it says on the tin. Sounds like an Alan Lomax excursion to Alpha Centauri.
Autechre - Exai The ne plus ultra Autechre album. More thoughts here: http://thequietus.com/articles/11482-autechre-exai-review Interview here: http://thequietus.com/articles/13899-autechre-interview-exai-l-event
Carcass - Surgical Steel
Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires Of The City
Hacker Farm - UHF Electronic noise made by West Country rural dwellers on old junk they foudn lying around the countryside. Synths made from milk pails, drum machines made out of rusty old buckets. A keen anti-conformist reuse/recycle ethic throughout. Right up my strasse.
Floorplan - Paradise Floorplan. Fucking FLOORPLAN mate! Why does this sound so fucking good? Why wasn't it higher? Would have been great to get a bit more 'proper dance' in the top 77 rather than things like Disclosure IMO. I know a lot of people were rooting for this. Very rarely does an austere techno album sound so warm and satisfying.
Boards of Canada - Tomorrow's Harvest
When Saints Go Machine - Infinity Pool - Not as quite as good as Konkylie (but then what is? it's a perfect album). But the highs are definitely high (System Of Unlimited Love especially)
Haim - Days Are Gone
Darkthrone - The Underground Resistance - One of black metal's most extreme bands sheds its scales and goes back to a highly-entertaining crust-punk style. Just sounds like two mates having fun and making the music they love. Pleasantly surprising, especially the closer 'Leave No Cross Unturned'.
Glenn Jones - My Garden State - Gorgeous post-Fahey acoustic instrumental music. Fun to sing melody lines alogn to whilst cooking.
Parquet Courts - Light Up Gold
Laurel Halo - Chance of Rain
Hey Colossus - Cuckoo Live Life Like Cuckoo - Perhaps the most innovative UK hard rock/metal band around today. Kind of undescribable really. They mix elements of noise, industrial, metal, tribal drumming and other styles but the only thing I can compare this to is Ministry's Psalm 69. Check out the stunning video for English Flesh https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asuV78rSNgk
DJ Rashad - Double Cup
Matmos - The Marriage of True Minds
Deafheaven-Sunbather
Brendan Canning - You Gots 2 Chill More Post-Fahey niceties. I wouldn't call this particularly astounding but as the title suggests, it was a top chilling out album for me.
FIDLAR - FIDLAR - Goofy hilarious garage rock. Super fun.
Future of the Left - How to Stop Your Brain in an Accident - Brazen, pissed off, Welsh rockers release brilliant fuck you to the music and entertainment industry with this largely DIY release.
Jute Gyte - Discontinuities Alt-tonal black metal. Seriously messed up.
Iron and Wine - Ghost on Ghost Forgot I voted for this. Not his best in retrospect but contained a good few moments that make it worthwhile.

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