ILM’s Top 77 Tracks of 2018

somehow my first vote to place, my #3

Aww was hoping this would land higher, but can't complain

help me be
strong enough

make my heart
kind enough

Oh dear, more of this!

like it more than the other Mr Twin Sister track. this is freaky

Is Tuomas the Geir of dance?

59: Prince Kaybee featuring Busiswa and TNS - “Banomoya”

This is my favourite discovery of today's rollout. Not so keen on the male vox coming in, but the construction of space and movement with the bass & synths kills.

Also into Die Wilde Jagd, which somehow I'd missed before, though it feels thinner than it should be in places, not quite as epic as I want it to be.

(fuckin' ilx and the 1975 tho', ffs)

Trying to work out if I'm going to have any other placements aside from that Helena Hauff track... surely Blackpink will make it? Maybe Hen Ogledd & Yemi Alade?

This Roisin track makes me want to listen to Dreamer by Livin' Joy. More bland comments as they arrive.

I really like Jaipur and a couple of the other songs on Salt, but overall I didn't find the album anywhere near as compelling as their previous album which was perfect. Really wish they'd put Power Of Two and Echo Arms on there.

the 1975 is a psyop

I've been sleeping on this twin sister record too much probably

Ok, I actually listened to this Mr. Sister tune, and it is quite different from the previous one, and definitely better. Is most of their music like this, or like the earlier track?

salt > s/t

tuomas: listen to "in the house of yes"

I wanted to like the 1975's new record but couldn't make it through the first listen

yeah i kinda think so too, the s/t drops off a tiny bit in the second half imo

xxp

last one for the day!

salt wasn't as immediate as the s/t but it's the better record

correct!

Last one?! Don't we go down to 51?

lol I'm just now getting to Smoko. You guys there are 12 million songs released in 2018 better than this.

tuomas: listen to "in the house of yes"

I tried this, and I really like the basic disco groove and the vocals, but the arrangement is way too loaded! Why do they need to have all those extra sounds there, like the weird scratching? Just trust what you have!

going to 45 today. to 29 tomorrow. final 13 on friday.

that is a new breakdown but i can dig it

xpost Guess I'll have to give Salt another go. I feel like I'm really missing out. I just played the S/T this morning and it sounded so good.

http://i.imgur.com/PWN8BmP.jpg

45: MGMT – “Me and Michael” – 201 points – 7 votes
video

Congratulation to MGMT for their upcoming album

Might be one of the best retro 80s synthpop songs of all time. great video too! <3 the Cronenberg phone cases. – Adam Bruneau

Me and Michael wouldn't sound out of place on an old school M83 record. - Ross

45: MGMT – “Me and Michael”
46: Mr. Twin Sister – “Jaipur”
47: Natalie Prass – “Short Court Style”
48: The 1975 – “I Always Wanna Die (Sometimes)”
49: Hop Along – “How Simple”
50: Die Wilde Jagd – “2000 Elefanten”
51: Roísín Murphy – “Plaything”
52: Autechre – “All End”
53: Mitski – “Geyser”
54: Talaboman – “Dins El Llit (Superpitcher Remix)”
55: The Chats – “Smoko”
56: Christine and the Queens – “Doesn’t Matter (Voleur de soleil)”
57: Jon Hopkins – “Emerald Rush”
58: Kim Petras – “Heart to Break”
59: Prince Kaybee - “Banomoya”
60: Cardi B featuring Bad Bunny and J Balvin – “I Like It”
61: Wizkid – “Soco”
62: mewithoutyou – “Julia (or, Holy to the LORD’ on the Bells of Horses)”
63: Toni Braxton – “Long As I Live”
64: Fabiana Palladino – “Shimmer”
65: Soccer Mommy – “Your Dog”
66: Ravyn Lenae – “Sticky”
67: Mr Twin Sister – “Echo Arms”
68: Parquet Courts – “Total Football”
69: Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – “Talking Straight”
70: MGMT – “When You Die”
71: DJ Koze – “Pick Up”
72: Drake – “Nice for What”
73: Helena Hauff – “Hyper-Intelligent Genetically Enriched Cyborg”
74: Andrew W.K. – “Music Is Worth Living For”
75: Laura Jean – “Girls on the TV”
76: Red Velvet – “Bad Boy”
77: Kali Uchis – “In My Dreams”

Last one?? Save us, Johnny Fever!

Oh wait

MGMT placing twice is pretty wild but "Me and Michael" is pretty undeniable

this is gonna be a big year for repeat appearances

Lol, I guess ILX never stops loving sad photocopy synthpop!

MGMT really went in on the videos this time around

'Jaipur' was one of my votes, it's gorgeous.

see what happens when Cut Copy stops releasing new albums

Hopefully the title track will make it as well, as it's the best of the lot.

me and michael is lots of fun, love the funfetti synth sounds

I don't rate this song at all btw but they pastiche cronenberg well

and the mutated harmony between the synth line and vocal melody

should be noted that the video of 2000 elefanten isn’t the best way to hear the song because that stretch of dead air in the middle really kills it

the one thing I've been gathering from this list so far is that ILX really loves deadpan, disaffected vocals

This is me and my gf's song this year (guess why) and would usually be right up my street but i still didnt feel like throwing it a vote

should be noted that the video of 2000 elefanten isn’t the best way to hear the song because that stretch of dead air in the middle really kills it

― my name is leee john, for we are many (NickB)

Ha, I actually thought this was pretty effective.

I tried this, and I really like the basic disco groove and the vocals, but the arrangement is way too loaded! Why do they need to have all those extra sounds there, like the weird scratching? Just trust what you have!

― Tuomas, Tuesday, January 29, 2019 12:12 PM (nine minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

ok i feel confident tentatively recommending salt to you, spend some time with it

might end up using this year's results as an excuse to kickstart an actual poll on instituting a one-track-per-artist limit as opposed to just whining about it again

xpost
is your name michael?

Got it in one

how would that work Simon?

Most of us probably did vote one track per artist, but enough people voted for different tracks by some artists that they all made it in?