I voted for Abra in tracks and Angel Haze in albums, because I have a diversified portfolio.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Saturday, 23 January 2016 05:54 (eight years ago) link
I don't generally expect that many of my selections will place, but the non-placer I was most surprised by was ANOHNI - as well as being amazing it also stands out by sounding completely unlike the rest of the competition. Thought it was well-received on ILM too.― conditional random jepsen (seandalai), Thursday, January 21, 2016 5:37 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― conditional random jepsen (seandalai), Thursday, January 21, 2016 5:37 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
This was my #1 (after being my #4 and realizing after tabulation that my top three weren't nominated) and would chalk it up to the song being released really late in the year, early Dec. iirc.
― ヽ(´ー`)┌ (CompuPost), Saturday, 23 January 2016 06:38 (eight years ago) link
didn't allot enough time to really listen to ANOHNI when I was voting. looking forward to the album
― Dan S, Saturday, 23 January 2016 07:47 (eight years ago) link
I think it is because my top five make sense as coherent units rather than a bunch of standout songs put together.-emil.y
TY for the Spook School etc ... went down a rabbit hole of "Burn Masculinity", Martha, twowhitecranes blog posts etc from this. I chickened out from putting i hate sex / G.L.O.S.S. & regional DIY on my singles list after DJing on NYE and deciding on a dancefloor focus as winnowing tool, eh.
― etc, Saturday, 23 January 2016 08:21 (eight years ago) link
I don't understand a world in which the 1975 is considered worse than Sufjan Stevens.
― The Reverend, sábado 23 de enero de 2016 2:05 (6 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
HAHAHAHAHAHA
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Saturday, 23 January 2016 08:44 (eight years ago) link
Heh
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Saturday, 23 January 2016 08:45 (eight years ago) link
And yet 1975 placed way higher than ST so enjoy this world.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Saturday, 23 January 2016 08:48 (eight years ago) link
my weighted ballot, for whatever it's worth. I think the only times I posted last year were to complain about streaming services.
Colleen Green - Deeper Than Love (94)Bicep - Just (26)Korallreven - Here In Iowa (221)Grimes - Kill V. Maim (17)Tove Styrke - Ego (18)Lim Kim - Awoo (32)Iglooghost ft. cuushe - Gold Coat (187)Abra - Roses (126)M.I.A. - Borders (163)The Radio Dept - Occupied (185)Molly Nilsson - 1995 (417)Empress Of - How Do You Do It (184)Lindstrøm & Grace Hall - Home Tonight (140)Shura - 2Shy (34)Chromatics - I Can Never Be Myself When You\'re Around (253)DEV - Honey Dip (567)Yumi Zouma - Song for Zoe & Gwen (311)Makthaverskan - Witness (300)Dawn Richard - Calypso (154)Perfume - Pick Me Up (544)Susanne Sundfør - Delirious (14)Georgia - Move Systems (899)US Girls - Damn That Valley (1076)Daphne & Celeste - You and I Alone (45)Kiiara - Gold (372)
― fffv, Saturday, 23 January 2016 14:16 (eight years ago) link
Way cool.
― Peaking Lights covers One More Time (Drugs A. Money), Saturday, 23 January 2016 15:29 (eight years ago) link
― etc, Saturday, January 23, 2016 8:21 AM (8 hours ago)
Oh, that's awesome. I always assume my indie/DIY votes are basically thrown away and of no interest to ilx0rs, but use EoY lists as a tool to remind myself what I actually liked in the past year, so would be dishonest to exclude them.
― emil.y, Saturday, 23 January 2016 16:52 (eight years ago) link
I like that I hate sex song but my family almost turfed me out of the car on the a27 when I tried it out on them :(
― seb mooczag (NickB), Saturday, 23 January 2016 17:57 (eight years ago) link
i hate sex is the fucking best, thank u for nominating them etc
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Saturday, 23 January 2016 18:41 (eight years ago) link
lol, Nick. Have you tried G.L.O.S.S.?
― emil.y, Saturday, 23 January 2016 18:46 (eight years ago) link
A+ discoveries from the nominations list that i didn't find a place for on the ballot:
MarriagesJennie AbrahamsonPalehound
― nomar, Saturday, 23 January 2016 18:54 (eight years ago) link
actually palehound only received an album nomination but anyway
― nomar, Saturday, 23 January 2016 18:58 (eight years ago) link
I love G.L.O.S.S. but they didn't make either of my ballots. Tbh I probably could have made a whole nother albums ballot with completely different albums and been happy with it. So much awesome amazing stuff I didn't get to vote for.
― The Reverend, Saturday, 23 January 2016 19:52 (eight years ago) link
like...
1 Grimes - Realiti (Demo)5 Carly Rae Jepsen - Run Away With Me6 Demi Lovato - Cool for the Summer11 Grimes - Flesh without Blood14 Susanne Sundfør - Delirious16 Susanne Sundfør - Fade Away17 Grimes - Kill V. Maim18 Tove Styrke - Ego25 CHVRCHES - Leave A Trace27 Years & Years - King34 Shura - 2Shy41 Carly Rae Jepsen - Boy Problems43 CHVRCHES - Clearest Blue45 Daphne & Celeste - You and I Alone47 Years & Years - Shine52 Carly Rae Jepsen - Your Type59 Marina & The Diamonds - I'm a Ruin64 Carly Rae Jepsen - Making The Most Of The Night71 Shura - White Light
this is all so fucking white bread and boring. good job congratulations y'all. not to even mention...
23 Julia Holter - Feel You24 Courtney Barnett - Pedestrian at Best29 Tame Impala - Let It Happen35 Kurt Vile - Pretty Pimpin36 Sufjan Stevens - Should Have Known Better40 Courtney Barnett - Depreston76 Radiohead - Spectre
― The Reverend, Saturday, 23 January 2016 20:30 (eight years ago) link
oops wrong thread but oh well
unweighted
Jennie Abrahamson - WolfAcre Tarn - LanternsBicep - CelesteEmpress Of - How Do You Do ItFor Esme - YouGilligan Moss - ChoreographThe Jezabels - Come AliveKiiara - GoldLA Priest - OinoDua Lipa - Be The OneLowtide - JuliaLucian ft. Remmi - Bobby KMabel - Know me BetterMade in Heights - PantherMakthaverskan - WitnessMeltybrains? - DonegalJi Nilsson - PerfumeSalute - Diamond (Gold Rush)Secret Circuit - Afrobotics (Suzanne Kraft Remix)Shura - White LightTĀLĀ & Banks - WolfpackTale of Us - North StarMark Van Hoen - KojikiWhat So Not ft. George Maple - GeminiJude Woodhead - Beautiful Rain
Unweighted list, however my most played track of 2015 and therefore top track of 2015 - Meltybrains? - Donegal
Meltybrains? - Donegalhttps://youtu.be/yKUXHGvRV3Q
soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/meltybrainsmusic/donegalspotify: http://open.spotify.com/track/2mKZ0YVQj27pyxX51PWPGu
― djmartian, Saturday, 23 January 2016 22:10 (eight years ago) link
my favourite 1975 songs are the ones that sound like "girls" and "sex" and "chocolate", spit on me moka
― art baengels (monotony), Saturday, 23 January 2016 22:11 (eight years ago) link
Also it was not on my ballot but I like that tame impala song a lot
― art baengels (monotony), Saturday, 23 January 2016 22:20 (eight years ago) link
― art baengels (monotony)
So you're saying you don't like any of them?
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Saturday, 23 January 2016 23:15 (eight years ago) link
most of their songs sound like "chocolate"
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Saturday, 23 January 2016 23:20 (eight years ago) link
most of their "rock" songs i mean, I'm not counting the shapeless ambient stuff
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Saturday, 23 January 2016 23:21 (eight years ago) link
was it? I started a thread that was doa, and almost zero mentions come up in search
― microtone policing (wins), Saturday, 23 January 2016 23:26 (eight years ago) link
my favourite 1975 songs are the ones that sound like "girls" and "sex" and "chocolate"
― art baengels (monotony), Saturday, January 23, 2016 2:11 PM Bookmark
word
― The Reverend, Saturday, 23 January 2016 23:41 (eight years ago) link
Best find I got from this poll:
Daphne & Celeste - You and I Alone
Skimming on individual polls to see if I find something I like (I have found many songs I've liked, actually). But this is so good. It seems many of you voted for it and I hadn't seen it anywhere. Any threads you'd recommend where you discuss this sort of music throughout the year?
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Saturday, 23 January 2016 23:42 (eight years ago) link
You And I Alone is essentially a Max Tundra song. You'd find him on places like the rolling time travel thread.
― sounding like a silly Iain Banks on a truck (imago), Saturday, 23 January 2016 23:45 (eight years ago) link
ok I guess I just remember there being a dedicated thread xp to wins
― conditional random jepsen (seandalai), Saturday, 23 January 2016 23:46 (eight years ago) link
This is also excellent. I've always like what she does but completely lost track of her and this album is sounding excellent, thanks emil.y:
Colleen - I'm Kin
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Saturday, 23 January 2016 23:53 (eight years ago) link
Flex song has also been creeping up and now I like it a lot. I found it unremarkable at first but I have found myself with that one stuck in my head.
I'll give those 1975 songs another chance I promise.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Saturday, 23 January 2016 23:58 (eight years ago) link
Flex is amazing IMO. i don't really hate that Daphne & Celeste song
― rap is dad (it's a boy!), Sunday, 24 January 2016 00:07 (eight years ago) link
My (weighted) ballot:
Redlight x Tinashe - PretendRiko - Ghost ChilliK. Michelle - Love Em All (Toyboy & Robin Remix)Future - March MadnessStormzy - Know Me FromSafOne ft. Trilla, PRessure0121 & Bomma B - She Wants A Man From BrumFuture - Fuck Up Some CommasWolf Alice - Your Loves WhoreCarly Rae Jepsen - Boy ProblemsCHVRCHES - Clearest BlueDawn Richard - Billie JeanDarq E Freaker ft. Dai Burger - Choppin NecksFetty Wap - Trap QueenKelela - A MessageKero Kero Bonito - Picture ThisPurity Ring - Begin AgainSam Binga ft. Redders, Deft, Chimpo & Fox - Steppin V.I.P.Sir Spyro ft. Teddy Brukshot, Lady Chann & Killa P - Topper TopFunkystepz - Special DeliveryDemi Lovato – Cool for the Summer
― Mercer Finn, Sunday, 24 January 2016 01:32 (eight years ago) link
apparently we're closest neighbours but I don't see much overlap between our ballots save for a handful.
― canoon fooder (dog latin), Sunday, 24 January 2016 02:45 (eight years ago) link
I'm the 13th loneliest voter, so yeah inevitably a bit of a stretch.
― Mercer Finn, Sunday, 24 January 2016 12:20 (eight years ago) link
V much enjoyed the rollout – particularly finding out about Bicep, Lim Kim, Susanne Sundfør and Heavy-K. First time I've bothered to listen to Courtney Barnett – she's sorta like a less funny Sleaford Mods, so will continue to avoid.
― Mercer Finn, Sunday, 24 January 2016 12:25 (eight years ago) link
that colleen track was one of my favourites, all that I’m kin to Argos recognizing Ulysses biz irresistible to me
― ogmor, Sunday, 24 January 2016 13:30 (eight years ago) link
my trax ballot
J Hus - Dem Boy PaigonTy Dolla $ign - SolidYoung Thug – Just Might BeThe Weeknd – Can't Feel My FaceUnknown Mortal Orchestra- Can't Keep Checking My PhoneNef the Pharoah - Big Tymin'Kero Kero Bonito - Picture ThisGrimes - Flesh without BloodOMI - Cheerleader (Felix Jaehn Remix)Sheer Mag - Fan The FlamesSkepta - ShutdownSpice - Needle Eye Pum PumD.R.A.M. - Cha ChaDonMonique - PilatesMetro Thuggin - WarriorJustin Bieber - What Do You Mean?Bicep - JustDemi Lovato – Cool for the SummerFetty Wap - Trap QueenJason Derulo - Want To Want MeLil Mama - SausageJenny Hval – That Battle Is OverJeremih - OuiMajical Cloudz - Downtown
― flopson, Sunday, 24 January 2016 20:29 (eight years ago) link
here is my forestalling death ballot:Courtney Barnett - DeprestonKendrick Lamar - How Much a Dollar CostCHVRCHES - Clearest BlueBrandon Flowers - Between Me and YouHop Along - WaitressYoung Guv - Kelly, I'm Not a CreepJose Gonzales - Leaf OffThee Tsunamis - Kill Kill KillYoung Guv - Ripe 4 LuvCiara-All GoodBrandon Flowers-Dreams Come TrueVetiver - Current CarryDrake-Back To BackDeerhunter - Living My LifeJustin Bieber - SorryCarly Rae Jepsen - I Really Like YouLana Del Rey - HoneymoonMissy Elliott ft. Pharrell Williams - WTF (Where They From)Rae Sremmurd - This Could Be UsChromatics - I Can Never Be Myself When You're AroundViet Cong - Death
― campreverb, Sunday, 24 January 2016 21:10 (eight years ago) link
You really dud save death for last!
― the drummer for Gaz Dad (Drugs A. Money), Sunday, 24 January 2016 22:07 (eight years ago) link
i did listen to a bit, but they didn't have the pretty thing going on underneath like some of those i hate sex tunes, it's more kind of straight-up face-peeling noise iirc? will explore some more though
― the chalice with the krallice is the brew that is trv (NickB), Sunday, 24 January 2016 22:36 (eight years ago) link
Yeah, I listened to the i hate sex song several times today. The juxtaposition of the harsh screaming against the pretty jangly guitars clicked with me.
― Hi! I'm twice-coloured! (Sund4r), Monday, 25 January 2016 01:08 (eight years ago) link
In a weird way, it made me think of the Pixies, even though it is obviously different.
― Hi! I'm twice-coloured! (Sund4r), Monday, 25 January 2016 01:14 (eight years ago) link
Three tracks into Circle Thinking, I think I love this band.
― Hi! I'm twice-coloured! (Sund4r), Monday, 25 January 2016 01:27 (eight years ago) link
I don't remember my exact ballot but this is probably what it looked like:
Donnie Trumpet & The Social Experiment - Sunday CandyKendrick Lamar - King KuntaTy Dolla $ign - Solid (ft. Babyface)YG - Twist My FingazRich Homie Quan - FlexThundercat - Them ChangesSufjan Stevens - Should Have Known BetterHop Along - WaitressCourtney Barnett - Dead FoxChance the Rapper ft. Saba - AngelsKendrick Lamar - AlrightPhony Ppl - Somehow.Miguel - wavesJeremih - Pass DatThe Chemical Brothers - Wide OpenKamasi Washington - Clair de LuneMajical Cloudz - DowntownFetty Wap - AgainLower Dens - To Die in LAYoung Thug - Just Might BeGrimes - EasilyAlabama Shakes - Sound & ColorNef the Pharaoh - Big Tymin'Destroyer - Times Square
― thom yorke state of mind (voodoo chili), Monday, 25 January 2016 02:23 (eight years ago) link
YG - Twist My FingazNef the Pharaoh - Big Tymin'
― ulysses, Monday, 25 January 2016 02:26 (eight years ago) link
love that norwegian pop was an individual genre
― een, Monday, 25 January 2016 02:59 (eight years ago) link
nomar, I'm incredibly happy that you dig Marriages
― its subtle brume (DJP), Monday, 25 January 2016 03:03 (eight years ago) link
xp: And that list was just scratching the surface. Other good 2015 Norwegian pop we neglected to nominate: Ane Brun - Shape of a Heart, Röyksopp - I Had This Thing, Aurora - Running With The Wolves, Farao - Bodies, Karin Park & Pandora Drive - Hurricane, Kate Havnevik - Falling. All of which arguably better than some of the Europop that placed. But we already had enough lilly white Geirbait, I guess.
― Flesh emoji (Sanpaku), Monday, 25 January 2016 05:13 (eight years ago) link
One of my favorite Scandinavian things from last year that seems to have gone missing: Rangleklods - Lost U
― _Rudipherous_, Monday, 25 January 2016 17:13 (eight years ago) link