ILM's 2016 End of Year Albums & Tracks Poll / VOTING THREAD

I agree w Karl on "2 Bad", I like it but number one of the year with a write-up like that? nah m8

I will limit my stumping to Jeff Rosenstock's WORRY, which I should emphasize will definitely not be of any interest to those w/ no patience for pop-punk and/or rock music generally. It inspired me, for better or (likely) worse, to try and make music for the first time in a decade. You can read lots of words about it in lots of places but you're better off just downloading it (donation/PWYC) from his label.

worry is gonna be real high on my albums ballot. it's at least as good as or better than btmi!'s vacation which is his other great record.

the mini punk rock opera on side two of worry is prob my favorite thing that i heard last year

yeah I stitched "Blast Damage Days" onwards into a single mp3 and I listen to it once a day at minimum

That second half is so good. It's easy to click on "To Be A Ghost..." and end up listening to the whole rest of the album.

he played a surprise acoustic set here in TO between Christmas and NYE and it totally made my holidays, "To Be a Ghost" was probably the highlight

https://emmaruthrundle.bandcamp.com/album/marked-for-death <--- this album rules

lol she made my #1 track of the year but I forgot to nominate it

that is a really good album thank u djp

~voted~

I think I actually prefer the first Emma Ruth Rundle album but yes it is a very excellent listen

what boxedjoy said but some of the songs on the new one are a real fucking punch in the guts

Do you love pop?

Do you love CRAZY pop?

Do you want something with a ZILLION watts of energy and insanely proficient composition/playing skill?

Are you easily bored or unimpressed?

Neil Cicierega and Joanna Wang (Spotify) would like to help.

Their albums Spirit Phone and House Of Bullies are unrelenting rides of thrill, and the linked singles are highlights.

So, that's a psychedelic metal monster AND a brace of melodic marvels! Whatever will he recommend next?

Some hip-hop IN SPACE, obv

voted!

https://jennybesetzt.bandcamp.com/album/tender-madness <--- this album also rules

Voted aye

voted

anybody have some recommendations for some ambient/abstract/minimal/nu-age albums I might have missed?

here are a few that I already know & love:

Andrew Pekler – Tristes Tropiques
Jeremy Bible – Music for Black Holes
Sarah Davachi – Dominions
Masayoshi Fujita & Jan Jelinek – Schaum
Pulse Emitter – Through the Portal
Steve Hauschildt – Strands
Qluster – Echtzeit
Guenter Schlienz – Augenblicke
Sarah Davachi – Vergers
Matthewdavid’s Mindflight – Trust the Guide and Glide
Les Halles – Sentient
Steve Roden – Striations
Robert Crouch – A Gradual Accumulation of Ideas Becomes Truth
The Haters – Fire
Bethan Kellough – Aven
Stuart Chalmers – In the Heart of Solitude
Overtone Ensemble – Longitudes
Ondness – Quase Driven
36 – The Infinity Room

(I also like the KAS/Suzanne Ciani thing fine)

Try some Michael C Sharp, crut

https://michaelcsharp.bandcamp.com/album/exagmination

(He took down Living Delights !)

crut i'm sure you already heard these but:

klara lewis - too
mj guider - precious systems (really recommend this for any seefeel fans btw)
loscil - monument builders (and this one's been scratching my labradford itch)

oh also:

huerco s - for those of you who have never

voted. first time in history that i found the tracks ballot a lot easier to do than the albums one. was really clutching at straws about albums. maybe i'm popist after all..

I know both of the albums I'm going to vote for. 3 of the tracks are easy, haven't decided on the other two yet

ooh I gotta hear that Steve Roden, love his work

Best ambient stuff I head this year was the C. Diab album, No Perfect Wave. It's basically treated guitar, but it has that same sense of grandeur and fragility as some of Richard Skelton's stuff.

glad I have another week here

anybody have some recommendations for some ambient/abstract/minimal/nu-age albums I might have missed?

XAM Duo!

Völur is terrific so far.

The Light In The Attic compilation Microcosm is great crut (and kind of a follow up/companion piece to their I Am The Center comp)

https://aloecityrecords.bandcamp.com/album/space-camp-1991

The Space Camp 1991 album is pretty good ambient-experimental also

Völur is terrific so far.

Völur is terrific so far.

Good morning!

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I'm planning on it!

Can I vote often? Alternatively, two stooges needed.

Holy moly this Ashtray Navigations record is great! Drone improv bliss.

Gah, I just accidentally sent my ballot without my albums list - will I be able to re-send it?

OK have sent it properly completed - Pollrunners, please ignore my first ballot! Sorry for the mix-up.

I voted! 30 albums, no tracks ballot

only your top 25 will be counted though fyi

Best ambient stuff I head this year was the C. Diab album, No Perfect Wave. It's basically treated guitar, but it has that same sense of grandeur and fragility as some of Richard Skelton's stuff.

― Sunn O))) Brother Where Art Thou? (Chinaski), Friday, January 13, 2017 10:26 AM (three days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this is stunning; thank you

https://aloecityrecords.bandcamp.com/album/space-camp-1991

The Space Camp 1991 album is pretty good ambient-experimental also

― Drugs A. Money, Friday, January 13, 2017 9:08 PM (three days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this is really great too!!

The new Biosphere album is really good, but I'm sure you already know about that. Besides that, the two Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith albums, and the Zalys cosmic drone album I mentioned upthread, this was my favourite ambient record of the year:

https://virtual1.bandcamp.com/album/uvunayatu

Omni Vu Deity is an alias for Ishq for their "4th world" project, but this isn't some corny "ethno techno" music a la Deep Forest, just some good use of percussion and well-chosen samples besides their typical brand of colourful ambient pads. Lovely stuff, IMO.

Five days left to vote!

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heard 'Calling In Sick' being played out at the weekend. Regret voting before I had time for this one to sink in. At least I voted 'Oh Yay' by Olatunji nice and high to make up for it

oh yeah Tuomas this Biosphere album is right up my alley, thanks for that. I didn't know he'd released something this year. I also like the new Lustmord that was nominated.

VOTED. I think.