ILM’s Top 77 Tracks of 2018

don't think they were going for the same thing at all

xxp

I was supposed to listen to If you know you know but I misclicked and listened to Taste (which is only 20% baby shark).
I haven't seen much of my ballot place lately, but yet again it was only 30% American

this song is good too, thanks the beths

Love this Beths track. This might have been my #1, can't remember, but I have definitely listened to it more than any other song that came out in 2018.

I was supposed to listen to If you know you know but I misclicked and listened to Taste

the right thing to do

this song rocks

the beths are quite good but they probably didn't need two tracks placing

savoring these rich lead guitar lines before snail mail places

sounds like a T-Mobile commercial

ouch

I wanted to say earlier, what impressed me about the session footage of them I've seen isn't even the more obviously showy stuff, it's how polished the vocals are

i really love this song, supremely executed. the vocal is so sweet, the guitars so punchy.

sounds like a T-Mobile commercial

― frogbs, Thursday, January 31, 2019 11:01 AM (forty-four seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

you voted for baby shark

Never was a big fan of the Clipse, but this Pusha T track is alright. I actually really like his flow on it, compared to the angly start-stop flow of trap folks like Rae Sremmurd, it's feels much smoother and skillful.

this is the beths song i liked

'Baby Shark' is more innovative than this.

Edginess aside, this is good landfill indie.

ilm comfort zone totality achieved

innovation is overrated, has silicon valley not proven this

Lol, wait what, Pusha T is from Clipse, Clipse was good. Had completely eluded me.

i'm going to listen to this song again, bc i think it is very good

Implying that 'Baby Shark' is overrated, pfft.

i didn't vote but if nothing else future me hates me was the song i listened to the most for sure, thanks to the level of craft i kept finding new stuff to like about it.

the beths are quite good but they probably didn't need two tracks placing

― ufo, Thursday, January 31, 2019 12:00 PM (four minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Kinda feel this, but they do have a dedicated (and enthusiastic) thread, which probably helped.

hello. Powerglide feels like an incredibly long time ago now but I dug in out the other day and it still bangs as hard as the first time I heard it

The rest of the poll is going to be Baby Shark-related insults. Cursed meme.

Whatever would’ve been the Beths song I’d vote for but i forgot to nominate it. Probably for the best though because vote splitting

I’d say there’s a good chance that album could make the top 10

yup

i knew i should've been listening to this band the whole time

The Beths are great, i'm long overdue on snagging the LP

"River Run: Lvl 1" is the best Beths song

Will Camp Cope’s The Opener place? I thought it would have placed by now..

I have been a diehard Kacey Musgraves stan since "Merry Go Round" but I still haven't quite figured out how "Slow Burn" became the single of choice. "Space Cowboy" and "High Horse" are far more innovative and better representations of her unique strengths. Even "Butterflies" and "Rainbow" are more interesting lyrically.

the album does improve towards the end yes xxp

speed up "future me hates me" x 2 and put steve shelley on vocals you have a buzzcocks song

it's just really well-written, whatever you think of "indie" or whatever

I still haven't quite figured out how "Slow Burn" became the single of choice

it's the guitars

I finally figured out what Kanye's beat on the Pusha track reminds me of

Paper Planes

Yeah, I thought the same.

xp it's also the stunning opener for the album that for many was probably their first time listening to musgraves

http://i.imgur.com/Tj89j6S.jpg

16: Krystal Klear – Neutron Dance” – 294 points – 13 votes
video

The closest thing to a good New Order single from last year. – ufo

"Neutron Dance" summons horrible waking nightmares of Glenn Frey in a wrinkly summer-weight tweed suit, Ray-Bans and moussed-back hair, baring his soul. – tracerhand (2006)

I would have voted for "The Opener" but I had it on my tracks playlist in 2017

"River Run: Lvl 1" is the best Beths song

― seandalai, Thursday, January 31, 2019 1:12 PM (eight minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

same, but im cool w these landing too (xps)

I assume this is not a Pointer Sisters cover.

this sounds like a Limmy song

This song just makes me want to listen to Wicked Game.

― Johnny Fever, Thursday, January 31, 2019 6:26 PM (fifty-five minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

ok the main melody of this is fucking maddening, ugh

I nearly made "Neutron Dance" my #1. But then I had a horrible night of broken sleep, where it felt like I was earworming it constantly. The next time I played it, the spell was broken.

ILM's Top 77 Pastiches of 2018

Is this rollout always this unpleasant? The sniping is quite tiring.

such a great ep this