ILM's Top 77 Tracks of 2024

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Hello everyone, welcome back to the ILM top 77 EOY poll! The only EOY poll that matters.

We received 66 tracks ballots and 72 album ballots this year. Thanks to everyone who voted!

Your pollrunners are once again Seandalai on poll organization and vote tabulation and myself running the poll results thread and graphics.

Special thanks to tipsy mothra and Nag! Nag! Nag! for helping out with the nominations playlists this year. It's one of the most time-consuming tasks each year and I didn't have enough time to pull them off this year. It was immensely helpful of you both to do them. Thank you.

Here's the playlist that I'll be updating with the tracks results:

Top 77 Tracks of 2024 Playlists:

Spotify Playlist
Apple Music Playlist
Youtube Playlist

If anyone wants to build a matching YouTube / Tidal / Apple Music / Amazon Music - please share it. I'd like to request the mods if said playlists are shared please be so kind to add them to this opening post for visibility.

Same drill as last year, we'll do tracks this week, albums next. Poll starts at around 8am EST tomorrow... so 11 hours from now. See you soon.

✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 28 January 2025 03:29 (three weeks ago) link

Exciting!

H.P, Tuesday, 28 January 2025 03:57 (three weeks ago) link

The most wonderful time of the year.

Last year we had 71 voter's for tracks and 73 for albums.

Hopefully seandalai shares that graph with all the years stats too.

Bee OK, Tuesday, 28 January 2025 05:22 (three weeks ago) link

Whoop!

Massive thanks as always to all who helped run this. Can't wait

groovypanda, Tuesday, 28 January 2025 07:18 (three weeks ago) link

Drill, baby, drill

Nabozo, Tuesday, 28 January 2025 09:09 (three weeks ago) link

Yeah, Central Cee for the win!

Frederik B, Tuesday, 28 January 2025 09:30 (three weeks ago) link

I’ve never volunteered for anything like this, but I’ll handle the Apple Music playlist.

Marten Broadcloak, mild-mannered GOP congressman (Raymond Cummings), Tuesday, 28 January 2025 11:28 (three weeks ago) link

Wasn't able to do a tracks ballot this year, so am excited for the results

nxd, Tuesday, 28 January 2025 11:43 (three weeks ago) link

I can do youtube playlist if nobody else is.

Inside The Wasp Factory with Gregg Wallace (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 28 January 2025 12:03 (three weeks ago) link

Yooooooo

the wedding preset (dog latin), Tuesday, 28 January 2025 12:22 (three weeks ago) link

Here we go.

note: Our top 77 is actually comprised of 78 tracks since we start with a tie.

✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 28 January 2025 13:14 (three weeks ago) link

oops seems like there's an error with the bbcode in the links... have no idea what I did wrong.

✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 28 January 2025 13:20 (three weeks ago) link

GREAT START!!!

the wedding preset (dog latin), Tuesday, 28 January 2025 13:23 (three weeks ago) link

I did prefer scorpio from last year's poll just a little more thna this one (that bassline) but this is wonderful too. absolutely love James K's vocal delivery

the wedding preset (dog latin), Tuesday, 28 January 2025 13:24 (three weeks ago) link

and yeah, for once Elizabeth Fraser comparisons are warranted

the wedding preset (dog latin), Tuesday, 28 January 2025 13:25 (three weeks ago) link

xp Moka - it looks like you forgot the 'https://' in front of the URLs

ArchCarrier, Tuesday, 28 January 2025 13:29 (three weeks ago) link

(I hate to be that guy so early on, but I got a new work machine and it looks like my ballot got lost alongside it - would someone mind mailing it to me please please? i'll be forever in your debt)

the wedding preset (dog latin), Tuesday, 28 January 2025 13:29 (three weeks ago) link

hell yeah

the talented mr pimply (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 28 January 2025 13:39 (three weeks ago) link

perfect intro to a wonderful record

nxd, Tuesday, 28 January 2025 13:39 (three weeks ago) link

i voted for "blinkmoth", it's wonderful

"alone" is fine but really let down by the mix

ufo, Tuesday, 28 January 2025 13:41 (three weeks ago) link

you people and your mixes

the talented mr pimply (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 28 January 2025 13:42 (three weeks ago) link

i expected this to be higher but suspect this isn’t the last we’ve heard of bobby and the boys

what angers me about the smurfs these days (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 28 January 2025 13:42 (three weeks ago) link

victim of "i voted for the album instead"

maf you one two (maffew12), Tuesday, 28 January 2025 13:44 (three weeks ago) link

james k appeared on a priori album i liked last year
great vocals

nxd, Tuesday, 28 January 2025 13:44 (three weeks ago) link

'And Nothing Is Forever' is the one song I've kept listening to, but it was nice having them back.

Frederik B, Tuesday, 28 January 2025 13:47 (three weeks ago) link

hadn’t heard “blinkmoth” til today, that’s some real baby-making music

what angers me about the smurfs these days (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 28 January 2025 13:51 (three weeks ago) link

OK, here is a YouTube playlist - will try to keep it up to date.

Inside The Wasp Factory with Gregg Wallace (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 28 January 2025 13:55 (three weeks ago) link

p much every time I heard this I stopped midway and put lemonade on instead

devvvine, Tuesday, 28 January 2025 13:57 (three weeks ago) link

james k. voter here, she's brilliant <3

Bernard Quidbins (NickB), Tuesday, 28 January 2025 13:58 (three weeks ago) link

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75. Mica Levi - slob air 122 points - 6 votes
Video
You never know what to expect from South London composer Mica Levi. Their last solo record, 2021’s Blue Alibi, was a spiky, lo-fi grunge affair, while their score for Jonathan Glazer’s 2023 chilling film The Zone of Interest unleashed nightmares through experimental found sound.
This summer, Levi once again opted for unpredictability with their Hyperdub debut, the 12-minute dream pop epic hypnotically circles around a loop of undulating synths, a rumbling bass hum and an assertive, locked-in beat. Occasionally, the transcendental melody is interrupted by a slight key change or the growing swell of indecipherable voices, but it’s never enough to unseat the song’s steady, meditative pace. “slob air” is like watching the sun rise on the top deck of the bus after a bleary night out—life-affirming.
https://ra.co/features/4401

✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 28 January 2025 14:00 (three weeks ago) link

“i love it” is fun, but i enjoy the fact that it exists more than i enjoy listening to it

what angers me about the smurfs these days (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 28 January 2025 14:04 (three weeks ago) link

Blinkmoth (July Mix) was one of only about 70 of the tracks that I liked and saved for consideration. Good stuff. Also enjoy the Cabello and I'm generally a big Levi fan too. So yeah. Good start! Shame half the Cure album will place but what can you do

imago, Tuesday, 28 January 2025 14:17 (three weeks ago) link

don't think i've heard mica levi before but this has piqued my interest

nxd, Tuesday, 28 January 2025 14:20 (three weeks ago) link

"i luv it" is kinda terrible but in an endearing way

ufo, Tuesday, 28 January 2025 14:22 (three weeks ago) link

i didn't vote for "deep wave" but i'm glad to see it show up

ufo, Tuesday, 28 January 2025 14:23 (three weeks ago) link

hee hee

got this one in. roll up roll up get your microprog jpop

imago, Tuesday, 28 January 2025 14:25 (three weeks ago) link

Nice. Possibly the first jpop boyband here, but haven't checked.

abcfsk, Tuesday, 28 January 2025 14:30 (three weeks ago) link

Aww yeah, 'Deep Wave'! Really pleased to see it made it.

Just starting listening through the youtube playlist (thank you CaaL), 'Blinkmoth' is very dreamy and lovely.

emil.y, Tuesday, 28 January 2025 14:37 (three weeks ago) link

life drummer is nice. i hope valentina magaletti projects will be a recurring theme throughtout these rollouts

karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Tuesday, 28 January 2025 14:42 (three weeks ago) link

'deep wave' stood out to me from the nominations playlist as a partic wild track, i like it. idk what i expected, b/c seeing the video now it makes sense, but i would not have guessed it was a boy band just from the music

karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Tuesday, 28 January 2025 14:45 (three weeks ago) link

Wow so happy “Deep Wave” is on here! I didn’t vote this time (sorry, life got in the way, have a newborn at home) but very glad you nommed it, emil.y and that people liked it, def one of my fave tracks last year.

Roz, Tuesday, 28 January 2025 14:47 (three weeks ago) link

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72. Dlala Thukzin, Funky Qla & Zee Nxumalo - Ama Gear 126 points - 3 votes - 2 º1 votes
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Are you ready to change gear ? On the strength of last year’s iPlan, a mostly instrumental piece driven by percussion and tapestry-like pitched notes, Dlala Thukzin returns with Zee Nxumalo and together they hammer in their first hit.
The long version offers a unique integration of Amapiano tropes in an overall Gqom structure. Subdued synth layers, piping jazzy flourishes, soulful guitar strings accompany Zee’s entrance with a sea-rolling House beat reminiscent of last year’s hit Osama by Zakes Bantwini.
Her unique slightly nasal vocals steal the show. Gently aligned on the instrumental elements through repeated lyrics, she seems to emerge from the background, before her motifs are suddenly elevated and carried fluidly into the chorus: Mama shiya shiya, namhlanje ang’shintshi ang’shintshi. Ay shintsha amagear. Namhlanje mama thina sizo giya ey yeah ya. The rest is flawless mechanical groove, a long ride with melancholic tones, and a last big oomph when the DJs say their only words to propel the wave once more. - Nabozo
https://rateyourmusic.com/release/single/dlala-thukzin-funky-qla-zee-nxumalo/ama-gear

✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 28 January 2025 14:54 (three weeks ago) link

So excited the poll is here! I voted for I Luv It (unweighted tracks this year) - sorta reminded me of the singles from Selena Gomez’s ‘revival’, but with a light dusting of hyperpop. Love the droning synths running through it. Fun!

tangenttangent, Tuesday, 28 January 2025 14:55 (three weeks ago) link

Ooh, I somehow missed voting for Life Drummer

Muad'Doob (Moodles), Tuesday, 28 January 2025 14:55 (three weeks ago) link

This Mica Levi song is pretty great. Audio jumpscares and all

imago, Tuesday, 28 January 2025 14:56 (three weeks ago) link

Enjoyed emil.y’s contributions to nominations a lot (including Deep Wave) but voted for a different track of those that I hope can show up somehow.

tangenttangent, Tuesday, 28 January 2025 14:56 (three weeks ago) link

yes ama gear is so good

nxd, Tuesday, 28 January 2025 14:57 (three weeks ago) link

oh nice! Voted Dlala's excellent album... which does not have this

maf you one two (maffew12), Tuesday, 28 January 2025 14:57 (three weeks ago) link

ama gear doesn't feature on it but highly recommend dlala's album from autumn last year

nxd, Tuesday, 28 January 2025 14:59 (three weeks ago) link

ah xp lol

nxd, Tuesday, 28 January 2025 14:59 (three weeks ago) link

not really feeling "slob air", it doesn't really justify being 12 minutes

ufo, Tuesday, 28 January 2025 15:11 (three weeks ago) link

way better than it should be

devvvine, Tuesday, 28 January 2025 15:15 (three weeks ago) link

I feel like the early sections of our polls are often a nice mix of things, but still want to note that this is a very nice mix of things.

Am a bit distracted right now but will add the youtube & Apple playlists to the OP later today, and try to sort the link in the James K entry without breaking it further (unless another mod gets to those first but I think I'm usually on the poll threads more than WmC).

emil.y, Tuesday, 28 January 2025 15:15 (three weeks ago) link

Banger. Loved the whole album but this was my fave

the wedding preset (dog latin), Tuesday, 28 January 2025 15:18 (three weeks ago) link

How have I not heard Ama Gear?

the wedding preset (dog latin), Tuesday, 28 January 2025 15:19 (three weeks ago) link

Getting tracks added to the Apple playlist now

Marten Broadcloak, mild-mannered GOP congressman (Raymond Cummings), Tuesday, 28 January 2025 15:24 (three weeks ago) link

This album was a seismic shock to me in how essential it became to me.

the talented mr pimply (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 28 January 2025 15:25 (three weeks ago) link

I’m about to enter a meeting so I’ll be away for the next hour! Results will resume shortly. Sorry!

✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 28 January 2025 15:34 (three weeks ago) link

(Listens to 'Slob Air') Boy, the intro to this Cure song goes on a long time...

the wedding preset (dog latin), Tuesday, 28 January 2025 15:38 (three weeks ago) link

(No, I don't get this. Sounds like someone improvising with a cheapy keyboard over a drum loop for 12 minutes. Is there context to this?)

the wedding preset (dog latin), Tuesday, 28 January 2025 15:39 (three weeks ago) link

“Freak Mode” is nice.

Marten Broadcloak, mild-mannered GOP congressman (Raymond Cummings), Tuesday, 28 January 2025 15:39 (three weeks ago) link

Cute song. 'The Tubs' is def a candidate for least sexy band name though.

abcfsk, Tuesday, 28 January 2025 15:43 (three weeks ago) link

'Life Drummer' is a good Magaletti-verse jam, it's the bells for me.

I could make a Qobuz playlist but I think that would literally only be for myself.

Jordan s/t (Jordan), Tuesday, 28 January 2025 15:44 (three weeks ago) link

Haven't heard the Cure record and assumed that Alone (which is LOVELY but sad) was the closing track, and now you are telling me it's the opener!

Inside The Wasp Factory with Gregg Wallace (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 28 January 2025 15:46 (three weeks ago) link

The Tubs' 'Wretched Lie' from last year really grew on me to the point I found myself listening to it on repeat for a while this year.

the wedding preset (dog latin), Tuesday, 28 January 2025 15:47 (three weeks ago) link

no tidal pl for giacomo?

secretary of state for fractal pluripotencies (||||||||), Tuesday, 28 January 2025 15:48 (three weeks ago) link

Only one I voted for so far is James K., but thrilled that *just* made it because it *just* squeaked onto my ballot.

Indexed, Tuesday, 28 January 2025 15:54 (three weeks ago) link

i posted this on the tubs thread, but if you like them, check out the new album from ex-void. the main guy from the tubs is in it, and while the tone is a bit fuzzier and less jangly, the songwriting is very similar.

na (NA), Tuesday, 28 January 2025 15:54 (three weeks ago) link

it's cool the two 77 songs got 5 votes each :-)

the wedding preset (dog latin), Tuesday, 28 January 2025 15:57 (three weeks ago) link

freak mode is the first of my votes to come through. there's an attention to production with these small moments or sounds you wouldn't expect that really pay off on a lot of tubs song. they also seem to have a strong 'all hooks' mentality.

devvvine, Tuesday, 28 January 2025 15:57 (three weeks ago) link

will also back up the ex-void rec. joanna gruesome forever!

devvvine, Tuesday, 28 January 2025 15:58 (three weeks ago) link

Ama Gear got two number 1 votes, yowzer! I'd not heard it before, but I really like Zee Nxumalo's 'Funk 55' (which I just noticed is from 2023 so couldn't have been nominated). I'll need to listen to Ama Gear again as I tend to prefer my amapiano a little meatier, but these things tend to sneak up on you

the wedding preset (dog latin), Tuesday, 28 January 2025 16:00 (three weeks ago) link

catching up

"slob air" - fully support everything that mica levi does, and i appreciate what she's doing here. a good mix between her soundtrack and pop modes

"deep wave" - the longest 3.5 minutes of my life. respect the audacity of the dozen songs in one approach, and there are good bits (the 6/8 bit in the middle and the part around 1:45 where the synths come in), but overall it's just exhausting

"life drummer" - didn't realize that they released a new album in 2024. song title is appropriate, valentina's drumming is the main attraction.

"ama gear" - listened to way less african music in 2024 than years past, so i missed this. love its gentle swell, and interplay between the piano and guitar way down in the mix

"proclivities" - love to see ll back in loverman mode, and q-tip is on point like he is all the time. saweetie is a nothing rapper, but i like the way her voice sounds against tip's bounce.

"freak mode" - loved the tubs 2023 album, but when i saw this came out, i mentally said "nice!" and then forgot about it. it's taut, jangly, and playful like all my tubs favorites. don't think it stands up to the highs from dead meat but i still dig the formula

what angers me about the smurfs these days (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 28 January 2025 16:03 (three weeks ago) link

Team J-Gru! <3

emil.y, Tuesday, 28 January 2025 16:05 (three weeks ago) link

I missed voting ;_; but I'm happy to be here :)

Strong start so far, I'm already obsessed with this james K track

feed me with your chips (zchyrs), Tuesday, 28 January 2025 16:18 (three weeks ago) link

freak mode missed my ballot, went with sad evil perfect angel instead, but i expect it'll sound great on the album. i grew to really love the tubs after initially having a hard time with the vocals, at this point dead meat is one of my most listened-to rock records of the past several years

karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Tuesday, 28 January 2025 16:24 (three weeks ago) link

Excited for the roll out!

Fitting it started with a reference to the mixing of the Cure album.

I would prefer not to. (Chinaski), Tuesday, 28 January 2025 16:24 (three weeks ago) link

Glad to see Freak Mode turn up. I nominated it but then didn't actually vote for it.

Nice version by adjacent band Cotton Crown here too

groovypanda, Tuesday, 28 January 2025 16:48 (three weeks ago) link

would’ve voted for “freak mode” if they had the courage to shout out nate dogg and warren g

what angers me about the smurfs these days (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 28 January 2025 16:50 (three weeks ago) link

A Fragile Thing seems to be the single that took off from this amazing album.

Bee OK, Tuesday, 28 January 2025 17:09 (three weeks ago) link

Interested in a Amazon Music playlist if anyone is so inclined

Bee OK, Tuesday, 28 January 2025 17:10 (three weeks ago) link

"a fragile thing" is one of the weaker songs on the cure album, idk why it's above "alone"

ufo, Tuesday, 28 January 2025 17:20 (three weeks ago) link

useful tip: the YouTube playlist ILM Top 77 Tracks of 2024 started by Centuries of Sound is also available on the YouTube Music App / website if you save the playlist first on your YouTube account.

On a Windows 11 Laptop / Desktop you can install a PWA (Progressive Web App) for "YouTube Music" from a Chromium Based Browser e.g Chrome, Brave, Edge, Opera, Vivaldi etc (I use Vivaldi Browser), and then pin it you start taskbar.

YouTube Music
https://music.youtube.com

djmartian, Tuesday, 28 January 2025 17:21 (three weeks ago) link

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TIE 67. Tems - Love Me JeJe 130 points - 5 votes
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Every Tems single this decade has been a little masterpiece; this is no different. But it is different — this is the most comfortable she’s sounded on record, her performance filled with the little grace notes and playful asides that only come when a singer is in their element. “Damages” and the other singles off For Broken Ears were beautiful showcases for Tems’ voice, but she largely stuck to grand gestures, melodies that spread across the sonic canvas like she was singing arias, gorgeous and lonely. “Love Me JeJe” feels tender in a way that her music never has, a warm and lovely party of a song — nostalgic not just in its invocation of Seyi Sodimu but in its whole feel, those call-and-response vocals and that “Heartbeats”-esque guitar riff invoking an endless succession of warm summer nights. Every note feels like an invitation to the sublime; even just in the way she subtly adjusts the emphasis the last time she calls to her lover, turning a note of devotion into something more flirtatious. The best pop songs we write about here are the ones that are worlds in themselves, self-sustaining systems of sound that seem to unfold further and reveal more to love about them with every listen. “Love Me JeJe” is one of those worlds.
https://www.thesinglesjukebox.com/tems-love-me-jeje/

✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 28 January 2025 17:30 (three weeks ago) link

a fragile thing is extremely catchy. the phrasing of the vocals is addictive, the way the rushed rhythm of them leads into the melancholic lilt of the repeated line, "she said," is pleasing

karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Tuesday, 28 January 2025 17:32 (three weeks ago) link

wtf i thought this was top 10

ufo, Tuesday, 28 January 2025 17:33 (three weeks ago) link

"a fragile thing" is one of the weaker songs on the cure album, idk why it's above "alone"

“A Fragile Thing” is the best-written song on the album and one of the best songs they’ve released in decades

my favorite herbs are fennel and Drake (DJP), Tuesday, 28 January 2025 17:34 (three weeks ago) link

The Cure are one of these bands I wish I enjoyed more. 'Alone' just drags for me. As with a lot of their music I find it a bit plod-some and the atmospherics feel very surface-level. I'll have to give the album a go and see if it clicks because, as I say, so many people I know love them to bits

the wedding preset (dog latin), Tuesday, 28 January 2025 17:35 (three weeks ago) link

Same, I like the idea of The Cure but I just can't.

Jordan s/t (Jordan), Tuesday, 28 January 2025 17:37 (three weeks ago) link

is "love me jeje" so low because people vote split with "burning" or something?

ufo, Tuesday, 28 January 2025 17:38 (three weeks ago) link

For starters, the song is structured off of six-bar phrases rather than four-bar phrases, which makes the melodic theme go on longer than we are conditioned to think it should due to the traditional four-bar phrases rather than used in every current popular music genre you can think of. On top of this, Robert piggybacks the rhyme scheme into an extension where the traditional ending point for the rhyme is embedded inside an extra couplet that adds an additional rhyme and finishes the extended phrase. All of this feeds into the text of the song, about an unstable relationship that the participants feel has gone on for too long, with the phrases overreaching what our ears expect, reinforcing the lyrical assertion that the love in question is a fragile thing. It’s absolutely fucking brilliant, dialed in on pretty much every level.

my favorite herbs are fennel and Drake (DJP), Tuesday, 28 January 2025 17:40 (three weeks ago) link

That Tems album hit me at the right time: soothing and rhythmically fascinating.

the talented mr pimply (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 28 January 2025 17:40 (three weeks ago) link

OTM

Xpost

Bee OK, Tuesday, 28 January 2025 17:42 (three weeks ago) link

I really dislike that xpost alerts don’t work anymore

my favorite herbs are fennel and Drake (DJP), Tuesday, 28 January 2025 17:42 (three weeks ago) link

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TIE 67. Doechii - Nissan Altima 130 points - 5 votes
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You know, we’ve had such a rough streak of terrible fast raps from Eminem and Eminem wannabes lately that it’s easy to forget how fun fast raps can be when it’s done well. Doechii immediately jumps in with this roller-coaster flow in the first verse after the chorus that’s so infectious that if the song was just that verse and two choruses I would have been satisfied. But the second verse is just as good! Doechii is such a firespitter and some of her pop concessions make me forget that sometimes. Glad to have a song where she truly proves herself and reminds us she can and will take over the rap game when the time is right.
https://www.thesinglesjukebox.com/doechii-nissan-altima/

✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 28 January 2025 17:42 (three weeks ago) link

otm

the talented mr pimply (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 28 January 2025 17:43 (three weeks ago) link

For the record, Doechii is the only person who put out an album last year that I like as much as The Cure

my favorite herbs are fennel and Drake (DJP), Tuesday, 28 January 2025 17:43 (three weeks ago) link

is "love me jeje" so low because people vote split with "burning" or something?

yes

maf you one two (maffew12), Tuesday, 28 January 2025 17:45 (three weeks ago) link

Doechii's the only 2024 emergent artist whose ubiquity in year-end lists encouraged me to give her another 2576 listens.

the talented mr pimply (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 28 January 2025 17:57 (three weeks ago) link

If that had been the Doechii song Denial Is A River tying with Tems I'd have made the worst pun in ILX history

imago, Tuesday, 28 January 2025 17:57 (three weeks ago) link

Can't decide if I like how that Tems track keeps alternating between son & rumba clave (the third note of the pattern) or if it's driving me slightly crazy

Jordan s/t (Jordan), Tuesday, 28 January 2025 17:59 (three weeks ago) link

I weighed up voting for this. The good sort of taste apocalypse (is there a bad sort? maybe)

imago, Tuesday, 28 January 2025 18:20 (three weeks ago) link

doechii 😍

spoonman (steve aoki remix) (map), Tuesday, 28 January 2025 18:22 (three weeks ago) link

i hated joyride when i first heard it but now i love it. kesha's just unbeatable even when it's a retread.

spoonman (steve aoki remix) (map), Tuesday, 28 January 2025 18:22 (three weeks ago) link

hadn't heard "deep wave," enjoyable for the wtf factor, maybe it's catchy too idk, fab looks in the video

spoonman (steve aoki remix) (map), Tuesday, 28 January 2025 18:24 (three weeks ago) link

simz's thing is kinda played at this point, although at least this has a new producer who's bringing it

imago, Tuesday, 28 January 2025 18:38 (three weeks ago) link

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64. Arash & Quasar - Double Moon 133 points - 4 votes - 1 º1 vote
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Ludicrous track tbh but if anyone else can love it, i know emil.y will. Tatar folk music meets acid-laced italo disco, one for the rave cossack playlist - NickB

✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 28 January 2025 18:40 (three weeks ago) link

This would still have snuck in - just - without my vote, but very happy to have helped :D it surely does bang

imago, Tuesday, 28 January 2025 18:42 (three weeks ago) link

Also, the impossibly rare non-Spotify 77 placer

imago, Tuesday, 28 January 2025 18:43 (three weeks ago) link

“Mood Swings” is fantastic, step off

my favorite herbs are fennel and Drake (DJP), Tuesday, 28 January 2025 18:43 (three weeks ago) link

"far away" was my simz song of the year

what angers me about the smurfs these days (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 28 January 2025 18:44 (three weeks ago) link

I wish she didn't repeat the title like that! The verses are good and the production is good. Alright I retract

imago, Tuesday, 28 January 2025 18:44 (three weeks ago) link

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63. Tove Lo & SG Lewis - HEAT 136 points - 4 votes
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The concept of “Heat” is simple. Tove Lo exerts her power and dominance in under four minutes. While she enjoys the attention she’s getting, whoever is trying to come onto her can’t keep up and can’t have her. It’s incredibly repetitive, lyrically and musically, but I’m not bothered simply because of how Lo draws emphasis to her rhymes, repetition and assonance. The 12-word line “Want my body, but my body’s got too lush for your stuff” throws repetition, rhyme and assonance at the listener all at once. SG Lewis’ production sticks to this more minimalist theme but still sounds big, bright and polished. His rhythmic synths sound like something that would be played during a fashion show, but it isn’t cheesy. There are layers. After 15 seconds of the repetitive synth riff that’s in the foreground to begin the track, there’s a string synthesizer that bubbles underneath and then soars right before Lo begins with her vocals. The more percussive beats are simple and meant not to overshadow the main synth melody. Across the song, especially in the single verse and the final breakdown, Lewis allows a groovy and squishy bass to get its moment in the spotlight. “Heat” and its accompanying EP were released just a week after Charli XCX’s Brat, the bigger and much more mainstream club record. This draws a contrast. “Heat is” smoother but not boring. It’s danceable, liberating, and chill. It’s devoid of chaos.

✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 28 January 2025 18:47 (three weeks ago) link

kinda boring imo :\

spoonman (steve aoki remix) (map), Tuesday, 28 January 2025 18:48 (three weeks ago) link

Haha, yessss! I was at the point of finalising my ballot, my tracks list was almost submitted as an unweighted ballot, then I just thought: what is the song I have enjoyed the very most out of this list? It is in fact 'Double Moon', a song which is clearly THE BEST of all of these songs.

xps

emil.y, Tuesday, 28 January 2025 18:49 (three weeks ago) link

(also I think I have done the mod jobs from earlier in the thread now, let me know if I've fucked up anywhere)

emil.y, Tuesday, 28 January 2025 18:50 (three weeks ago) link

admire the bravery of the cure dissenters. "fragile thing" is great tho, sorry.

what angers me about the smurfs these days (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 28 January 2025 18:50 (three weeks ago) link

Actually I think it would have missed out! My unweighted section was 19 points I think, so it'd have been 78'd on basis of number of voters. So actually, yeah, check me out

This Tove Lo song is...hmm.

imago, Tuesday, 28 January 2025 18:52 (three weeks ago) link

Move your body higher higher hi hi higher

the wedding preset (dog latin), Tuesday, 28 January 2025 18:52 (three weeks ago) link

love the song titles over the images like this

nxd, Tuesday, 28 January 2025 18:52 (three weeks ago) link

I didn't vote trax but happy to see the nutso "Double Moon" place, I enjoyed listening to it when it came up in the noms

sleeve, Tuesday, 28 January 2025 18:53 (three weeks ago) link

Triple tie coming up and wrapping out today's countdown

✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 28 January 2025 18:55 (three weeks ago) link

Tove Lo track is good. Didn't hear it last year.

abcfsk, Tuesday, 28 January 2025 18:57 (three weeks ago) link

O my gosh Double Moooooon! <3<3<3

Bernard Quidbins (NickB), Tuesday, 28 January 2025 18:58 (three weeks ago) link

"HEAT" is great and a good dance floor number. I do like Tove Lo better as an solo artist but this EP bangs.

The video actually has a rim job in it.

Bee OK, Tuesday, 28 January 2025 18:58 (three weeks ago) link

doechii is obviously ridiculously talented. the music hasn't connected fully with me yet, but she'll get me soon.

that said, i'm already sick of her joining the "all rap sucks except..." crew. shout out to her for getting there this early, i guess

what angers me about the smurfs these days (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 28 January 2025 19:00 (three weeks ago) link

hadn't heard "joyride" yet. did the world really need hyperpolka?

what angers me about the smurfs these days (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 28 January 2025 19:01 (three weeks ago) link

Image is great, but I voted for a different one that probably won't show up

imago, Tuesday, 28 January 2025 19:04 (three weeks ago) link

Ozeba was good fun btw

imago, Tuesday, 28 January 2025 19:04 (three weeks ago) link

kesha is def better than tove lo tho, which is the kind of milquetoast housey stuff that too often crowds these lists

what angers me about the smurfs these days (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 28 January 2025 19:06 (three weeks ago) link

otm

imago, Tuesday, 28 January 2025 19:06 (three weeks ago) link

i do not get the appeal of "image" at all tbh

spoonman (steve aoki remix) (map), Tuesday, 28 January 2025 19:08 (three weeks ago) link

believe that'll be the psychedelic whooshy noises

imago, Tuesday, 28 January 2025 19:09 (three weeks ago) link

the production is nice but the lyrics are mid art school nonsense. i liked "killshot," it had a point.

spoonman (steve aoki remix) (map), Tuesday, 28 January 2025 19:11 (three weeks ago) link

RECAP 60-77

TIE 60. Mabe Fratti - Enfrente 136 points - 5 votes
TIE 60. Magdalena Bay - Image 136 points - 5 votes
TIE 60. Rema - OZEBA 136 points - 5 votes
63. Tove Lo & SG Lewis - HEAT 136 points - 4 votes
64. Arash & Quasar - Double Moon 133 points - 4 votes - 1 º1 vote
65. Little Simz - Mood Swings 132 points - 5 votes
66. Kesha - Joyride 130 points - 7 votes
TIE 67. Doechii - Nissan Altima 130 points - 5 votes
TIE 67. Tems - Love Me JeJe 130 points - 5 votes
69. The Cure - A Fragile Thing 128 points - 4 votes
70. The Tubs - Freak Mode 127 points - 4 votes
71. LL Cool J ft. Saweetie - Proclivities 126 points - 5 votes - 1 º1 vote
72. Dlala Thukzin, Funky Qla & Zee Nxumalo - Ama Gear 126 points - 3 votes - 2 º1 votes
73. Vanishing Twin - Life Drummer 124 points - 5 votes
74. RYUGUJO - Deep Wave 123 points - 4 votes
75. Mica Levi - slob air 122 points - 6 votes
76. Camila Cabello - I Luv It 116 points- 4 votes
TIE 77. The Cure - Alone 114 points - 5 votes
TIE 77. James K - Blinkmoth (July Mix) 114 points - 5 votes

✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 28 January 2025 19:13 (three weeks ago) link

good one xp

spoonman (steve aoki remix) (map), Tuesday, 28 January 2025 19:13 (three weeks ago) link

oh lol I've not at any stage registered the lyrics

ah this. think I gave it 1 Music League point, which is shorthand for 'yeah it's good'

imago, Tuesday, 28 January 2025 19:13 (three weeks ago) link

"enfrente" was my #2. ice cold. devastating.

what angers me about the smurfs these days (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 28 January 2025 19:14 (three weeks ago) link

didn't vote for Enfrente but did vote for the album. she was absolutely mega when i saw her live a few months back

Bernard Quidbins (NickB), Tuesday, 28 January 2025 19:14 (three weeks ago) link

"ozeba" should've made my ballot. that log drum/808/pattern is so enchantingly evil. rema tries out his future/carti throat voice. pure adrenaline

what angers me about the smurfs these days (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 28 January 2025 19:16 (three weeks ago) link

what an album yes

nxd, Tuesday, 28 January 2025 19:16 (three weeks ago) link

"image" - i voted for the album, and generally think the highs were higher on mercurial world even if imaginal disk is a more rewarding holistic experience. "image" is an absolute highlight though, just really tightly-written with an unstoppable groove and a symphony of ear-teasing synth sounds

what angers me about the smurfs these days (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 28 January 2025 19:18 (three weeks ago) link

i feel like the vaporwave stuff in the video is v dated now. i wanted them to become more of a pop act less of a tech loser magnet.

spoonman (steve aoki remix) (map), Tuesday, 28 January 2025 19:23 (three weeks ago) link

i hadn't heard the rema track it is indeed sick.

spoonman (steve aoki remix) (map), Tuesday, 28 January 2025 19:24 (three weeks ago) link

Even the lure of a rim job didn't make me last more than 20 seconds of Tove Lo.

I would prefer not to. (Chinaski), Tuesday, 28 January 2025 19:27 (three weeks ago) link

As it were.

I would prefer not to. (Chinaski), Tuesday, 28 January 2025 19:27 (three weeks ago) link

haha

spoonman (steve aoki remix) (map), Tuesday, 28 January 2025 19:29 (three weeks ago) link

Even the lure of a rim job didn't make me last more than 20 seconds of Tove Lo.

― I would prefer not to. (Chinaski), Tuesday, January 28, 2025

hey sailor

the talented mr pimply (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 28 January 2025 19:30 (three weeks ago) link

Extremely pleased OZEBA made the cut. Put it fairly high up on my ballot. Stuff like Tems' vaporous r'n'b vibes do little for me, so it was great to hear Rema trying something new and injecting Afrobeats with extra raw energy. It comes in spades. He hasn't sounded this energetic since 'Bounce', but there's an unhinged viciousness and a sense of humour here which he's very good at but rarely displays.

the wedding preset (dog latin), Tuesday, 28 January 2025 19:44 (three weeks ago) link

Always a treat to wake up to the rollout! Voted for the RYUGUJO (thanks emil.y), Vanishing Twin (big hopes for two other Valentina Magaletti projects in the albums poll), LL Cool J and Tems. I had "Double Moon" at #8 on my 2023 ballot so didn't run it back, and not sure how I missed "Ama Gear" considering I was the sole (& #1!) voter for "iPlan" that year too. Love the Mabe Fratti - just realised I was juggling her between my tracks and albums ballot and, uh, forgot to put her back on. Didn't vote for the Tubs track but looking forward to the album - was a shock to discover Owen Williams' mother was music journalist/novelist (as well as folk singer) Charlotte Greig; have a copy of her book on girl-groups as well as Night Visiting Songs.

etc, Tuesday, 28 January 2025 19:47 (three weeks ago) link

James K - Blinkmoth (July Mix): Gorgeous track, this hit hard and is probably my favorite find on the list today. I also enjoyed James K's feature on that Priori album from '23 (side note, Priori's 2024 album is even better and I think made my ballot or was a close to doing so) but the vocals and track were good, nothing memorable. This surely is. I noticed another single of hers in a similar style, Hypersoft Lovejinx Junkdream. Is an album coming? I hope so.

Dlala Thukzin, Funky Qla & Zee Nxumalo - Ama Gear: I really love this, also haven't listened to as much SA house/amapiano style stuff this year and this scratches that itch big time. Love the textural effect the words impart in the mix on the chorus.

LL Cool J ft. Saweetie - Proclivities: WTF yes, this has no right being as good as it is. Is the rest of his album on this level? Alfred was this the album you were referring to above?

Magdalena Bay - Image: I actually enjoyed the goofiness of the video, but yes, this reeks of 2012. But hey, I'm here for it and will watch it in a playlist of similar style videos after hitting a fat doob in the future I'm sure.

Mabe Fratti - Enfrente: How did I miss this album this year? brb going to listen to it today.

Mood Swings was my only track to place so far. Good stuff this year.

octobeard, Tuesday, 28 January 2025 19:54 (three weeks ago) link

66 ballots for tracks and 72 for albums? Is this an all time low? Feels like a huge drop off from even last year.

octobeard, Tuesday, 28 January 2025 19:55 (three weeks ago) link

Yes the LL Cool J album is ridiculously good all the way through

the wedding preset (dog latin), Tuesday, 28 January 2025 20:00 (three weeks ago) link

We had 72 ballots for tracks last year and 73 for albums. So the albums ballots are pretty much the same as last year, there was less enthusiasm to vote for tracks tho.

✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 28 January 2025 20:00 (three weeks ago) link

I didn't know Tip was the producer of the full LL Cool J album and I'm really liking 'proclivities'. Need to hunt down that one.

✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 28 January 2025 20:02 (three weeks ago) link

Thanks, Moka. Maybe the fewer ballots this year for tracks will lead to some more surprises the further in we go.

octobeard, Tuesday, 28 January 2025 20:06 (three weeks ago) link

When I clicked on the video for Arash & Quasar "Double Moon" it only had 174 views. Best discovery so far, good job ILM.

Bee OK, Tuesday, 28 January 2025 20:10 (three weeks ago) link

“Double Moon” isn’t available on Apple Music but everything else was:

https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/ilms-top-77-tracks-of-2024/pl.u-pMylAbaH4edgMZb

Marten Broadcloak, mild-mannered GOP congressman (Raymond Cummings), Tuesday, 28 January 2025 20:18 (three weeks ago) link

Going to enjoy this run out, for the first time this year I completed listening to the full Spotify playlist… unfortunately life got in the way and I missed that I needed to get my votes in as per.

Discovered a load of great stuff though, so thank you to all the people who nominated.

Chewshabadoo, Tuesday, 28 January 2025 20:21 (three weeks ago) link

Double Moon is a taps aff banger.

Chewshabadoo, Tuesday, 28 January 2025 20:25 (three weeks ago) link

Yeah, fewer ballots probably means less consensus and chance for more interesting things to show up I guess, especially with high enthusiasm from a small number of voters (eg Double Moon) xps

groovypanda, Tuesday, 28 January 2025 20:35 (three weeks ago) link

didn't submit a singles ballot but if i had, "blinkmoth", "life drummer", "love me jeje" and "enfrente" would have all made it

donna rouge, Tuesday, 28 January 2025 20:51 (three weeks ago) link

i wanted them to become more of a pop act less of a tech loser magnet.

Haha, called it. Had such high hopes after the previous album and EPs, but I did not get into their current stuff much at all.

Big fan of the Tove track, really enjoyed the Boiler Room her and SG did too - part DJ set, part PA.

Honourable mentions to Ama Gear, Nissan Altima, Love Me JeJe, Proclivities, Enfrente.

Chewshabadoo, Tuesday, 28 January 2025 21:08 (three weeks ago) link

Ok so far:

Songs I voted for:
Ama Gear

Songs I considered voting for:
Blinkmoth, Proclivities, Love Me JeJe, Nissan Altima, Enfrente

Songs I discovered and loved:
Life Drummer

Nothing I hate so far… I Luv It and Joyride leave me scratching my head but I’m happy they exist. Not really for me tho.

✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 29 January 2025 00:07 (three weeks ago) link

i didn't keep up with amapiano enough this year to hear "ama gear" before now but it rules of course

ufo, Wednesday, 29 January 2025 02:59 (three weeks ago) link

oh nice there's an extended mix too

ufo, Wednesday, 29 January 2025 03:08 (three weeks ago) link

i don't get "life drummer" at all

i was lukewarm on the first tubs album but i voted for "freak mode", incredible jangle pop with hook stacked on top of hook

i voted for "joyride" which is delightfully unhinged, it has similar energy to madame x (this is a good thing)

i forgot simz released anything this year & "mood swings" is just kinda boring. the idea of what it's going for is ok but it's not grabbing me

"heat" is very bland, there's no real hook. the production is i guess competent but nothing more

did not vote for rema/magdalena bay/mabe fratti tracks but voted for all their albums

ufo, Wednesday, 29 January 2025 03:32 (three weeks ago) link

generally think the highs were higher on mercurial world even if imaginal disk is a more rewarding holistic experience

otm

ufo, Wednesday, 29 January 2025 03:35 (three weeks ago) link

previously unheard favs from today: "slob air", "ama gear", "ozeba", the cure ones

voted for: "nissan altima", "love me jeje"

unhappy it exists: "i luv it"

dyl, Wednesday, 29 January 2025 04:28 (three weeks ago) link

Very much approve James K, Proclivities, Life Drummer, Doechii, Ama Gear, Ozeba, Mabe Fratti. I feel quite aligned with the first day.
Also not sure what people see in Magdalena Bay anymore, although "psychedelic woosh" sounds about right. Feels to me like she's highlighting all the wrong things: saturated, stocky, vapid, loungy synthpop driven by the 80s sound and not particularly well written, every song feels like it's 5 minutes and a chore to get through. Maybe she was never for me, but I thought I had a moderate appreciation for the first album.
And I liked the Cure album but I sure hope they don't place all eight in the tracks poll.

Nabozo, Wednesday, 29 January 2025 10:08 (three weeks ago) link

Proclivities is maybe the biggest disparity between quality of production and quality of lyrics in any hip-hop song I've ever heard. Q-Tip deserves his spot

imago, Wednesday, 29 January 2025 10:47 (three weeks ago) link

Didn't vote for anything that placed yesterday, but I did vote for the Rema-album. If people like Ozeba they need to check the album out, it's 11 songs as crazy as that one, none of which hit the 3 minute mark. An absolute blast.

Frederik B, Wednesday, 29 January 2025 11:26 (three weeks ago) link

I had kinda hoped this would be the year where something really niche from my list hits the 77-60 range. But no. At least I'm fairly sure someone else voted for my #1 this year, but I really don't think It made it now :/

Frederik B, Wednesday, 29 January 2025 11:28 (three weeks ago) link

I didn't vote or nominate but I'd have been all about Heis and my pick is probably "Villain". Whole album is a thrill ride

Zurich is Starmed (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 29 January 2025 11:29 (three weeks ago) link

my album ballot was a bit thin on the ground this year but i really hope HEIS places top ten

the wedding preset (dog latin), Wednesday, 29 January 2025 11:34 (three weeks ago) link

idk about top 10 but it's surely going to place?

ufo, Wednesday, 29 January 2025 11:35 (three weeks ago) link

sans doubt

the wedding preset (dog latin), Wednesday, 29 January 2025 11:43 (three weeks ago) link

I’ve listened here and there but ultimately I’ll just listen through all the selections once this rollout is over

Clever Message Board User Name (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 29 January 2025 12:18 (three weeks ago) link

I voted for “I Luv It” at or near the bottom of my ballot. It’s just OK, but in going through options there kinda weren’t enough to fill out 25 slots.

(Albums is where my options tend to stack up. I just don’t really think in tracks anymore, if that makes any sense.)

Clever Message Board User Name (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 29 January 2025 12:20 (three weeks ago) link

i like "I Luv It" but agree with the sentiment that i'm glad it exists more than i actually enjoy it. very "spring breakers".

i tried to stan for HE KNOWS from the camilla cabello album, which i like a lot better, to no effect haha. it has a 30 second lil nas x verse about boys fucking each other that is wayyy better than it should be and it's just a more pleasant song overall imo.

spoonman (steve aoki remix) (map), Wednesday, 29 January 2025 12:57 (three weeks ago) link

Just started listening to this now and I didn't think I'd actually be enjoying a cure track in 2025.

xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 29 January 2025 13:08 (three weeks ago) link

weren’t enough to fill out 25 slots

😱

maf you one two (maffew12), Wednesday, 29 January 2025 13:09 (three weeks ago) link

Hey, I voted for this :)

Frederik B, Wednesday, 29 January 2025 13:44 (three weeks ago) link

i didn’t realize she still had fans on ilx. her thread hasn’t been updated since the dltzk days

what angers me about the smurfs these days (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 29 January 2025 13:46 (three weeks ago) link

Last album was a disappointment, but I think 2025 is going to be her year! Two albums coming out, and the singles have been really good.

Frederik B, Wednesday, 29 January 2025 13:49 (three weeks ago) link

This sounds like a collaboration between Simple Plan and Squarepusher. In a good way.

✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 29 January 2025 13:49 (three weeks ago) link

I probably should have voted for this. Or at least, I really like it

imago, Wednesday, 29 January 2025 13:52 (three weeks ago) link

I like “flash in the pan” better but i wasn’t nominated. Would have voted for that one.

✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 29 January 2025 13:54 (three weeks ago) link

Found about her in late 2024. Cool style.

✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 29 January 2025 13:55 (three weeks ago) link

I suppose this is preferable to the Charli avalanche that awaits us in the top 50

imago, Wednesday, 29 January 2025 14:08 (three weeks ago) link

Not if Drone:Nodrone makes it...

Frederik B, Wednesday, 29 January 2025 14:09 (three weeks ago) link

So much Cure........

I'm just catching up with the playlist and I've got to say, I really really like 'Joyride'. It's stupid fun, haters can get off the dance floor.

emil.y, Wednesday, 29 January 2025 14:12 (three weeks ago) link

Drone:Nodrone is my personal favourite lol

imago, Wednesday, 29 January 2025 14:13 (three weeks ago) link

Also the production on the Little Simz is amazing, fuck yes.

xp to self

emil.y, Wednesday, 29 January 2025 14:13 (three weeks ago) link

That Little Simz ep is my favourite thing of hers. All the production is so good!

Frederik B, Wednesday, 29 January 2025 14:15 (three weeks ago) link

Oh ew what is this? Oh yes. It is something for which I voted :D

imago, Wednesday, 29 January 2025 14:25 (three weeks ago) link

One of the album's few memorable tunes.

the talented mr pimply (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 29 January 2025 14:41 (three weeks ago) link

Shoutout, Moka's graphics / design aesthetics for the countdown are brilliant.

djmartian, Wednesday, 29 January 2025 14:42 (three weeks ago) link

RECAP 60-77

TIE 60. Mabe Fratti - Enfrente 136 points - 5 votes
TIE 60. Magdalena Bay - Image 136 points - 5 votes
TIE 60. Rema - OZEBA 136 points - 5 votes
63. Tove Lo & SG Lewis - HEAT 136 points - 4 votes
64. Arash & Quasar - Double Moon 133 points - 4 votes - 1 º1 vote
65. Little Simz - Mood Swings 132 points - 5 votes
66. Kesha - Joyride 130 points - 7 votes
TIE 67. Doechii - Nissan Altima 130 points - 5 votes
TIE 67. Tems - Love Me JeJe 130 points - 5 votes
69. The Cure - A Fragile Thing 128 points - 4 votes
70. The Tubs - Freak Mode 127 points - 4 votes
71. LL Cool J ft. Saweetie - Proclivities 126 points - 5 votes - 1 º1 vote
72. Dlala Thukzin, Funky Qla & Zee Nxumalo - Ama Gear 126 points - 3 votes - 2 º1 votes
73. Vanishing Twin - Life Drummer 124 points - 5 votes
74. RYUGUJO - Deep Wave 123 points - 4 votes
75. Mica Levi - slob air 122 points - 6 votes
76. Camila Cabello - I Luv It 116 points- 4 votes
TIE 77. The Cure - Alone 114 points - 5 votes
TIE 77. James K - Blinkmoth (July Mix) 114 points - 5 votes

― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 28 January 2025 bookmarkflaglink

Standard ridiculously high. Enjoyed everything from this lot until The Tubs. Magdalena Bay not quite hitting it but otherwise yes, brilliant stuff everyone.

xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 29 January 2025 14:46 (three weeks ago) link

Shoutout, Moka's graphics / design aesthetics for the countdown are brilliant.

― djmartian

<3

✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 29 January 2025 14:50 (three weeks ago) link

https://i.imgur.com/UWesW3s.png
55. Ariadna - Bezodnya 143 points - 4 votes - 1 º1 vote
Video
My favourite track (of the year) was Bezodnya by Ariadna. Dramatic Ukrainian witchhouse synth-pop. - ShariVari

✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 29 January 2025 14:50 (three weeks ago) link

My votes coming thick and fast today :D

This goes *so* hard

imago, Wednesday, 29 January 2025 14:53 (three weeks ago) link

I also like the Yanya song and might even have voted for the opener if it had been nominated

imago, Wednesday, 29 January 2025 14:53 (three weeks ago) link

Holy shit, didn't expect this one to make it! Fantastic track.

Also that aespa song is fucking ace, not sure how I missed it last year?

emil.y, Wednesday, 29 January 2025 14:58 (three weeks ago) link

Yanya’s chord progressions often remind me of Deftones (in a good way)

Chewshabadoo, Wednesday, 29 January 2025 15:03 (three weeks ago) link

Drone:Nodrone is my personal favourite lol

― imago, Wednesday, 29 January 2025 14:13 (forty-seven minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

All power to Cure fans at ILM HQ but I listened to the album yesterday and apart from Drone:Nodrone, most of the songs sounded indistinguishable to me: Slow wet kick + snare drum pattern, extended 2min+ intro based on keys/bass/guitar jamming around a simple four-chord structure, then Rob comes in and does his thing and it goes on for a bit before ending... I guess it's kind of a vibe, and I'll come back to it but apart from The Cure's more obviosuly "pop" numbers, it's always been my thing that there's not enough for me to latch onto whenever I've tried to listen to a whole album.

the wedding preset (dog latin), Wednesday, 29 January 2025 15:07 (three weeks ago) link

The Nilüfer Yanya is the first of my picks to chart. I love the album too, even the more ballad heavy second half

Saxophone Of Futility (Michael B), Wednesday, 29 January 2025 15:11 (three weeks ago) link

I’d missed this NewJeans, it’s lovely. I made a track using a very similar chord progression many many years ago, which might be slightly colouring my opinion on it. (end lamebrag)

Chewshabadoo, Wednesday, 29 January 2025 15:17 (three weeks ago) link

Bit of a kpop momentum.

As much as I love NewJeans presence on these polls the past few years (and voted for this one), I'm very happy to see Aespa place with what is perhaps more "trve kvlt" kpop - angular, hard, composed by one of the grand dames responsible for decades of kpop hits, Kenzie.

(I hope NewJeans can place in future years, under whatever name they choose)

abcfsk, Wednesday, 29 January 2025 15:20 (three weeks ago) link

I'm generally fairly well-disposed towards NewJeans, but I find a lot of their stuff just kind of bland.

emil.y, Wednesday, 29 January 2025 15:21 (three weeks ago) link

NewJeans
I just met a band named NewJeans

the talented mr pimply (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 29 January 2025 15:23 (three weeks ago) link

this stretch is so good

spoonman (steve aoki remix) (map), Wednesday, 29 January 2025 15:27 (three weeks ago) link

Agreed.

Chewshabadoo, Wednesday, 29 January 2025 15:30 (three weeks ago) link

hoping for a t-pop entry this year

nxd, Wednesday, 29 January 2025 15:30 (three weeks ago) link

and a run of amazing videos too. very good costume ariadna.

spoonman (steve aoki remix) (map), Wednesday, 29 January 2025 15:31 (three weeks ago) link

that newjeans video is superb. god i love them.

spoonman (steve aoki remix) (map), Wednesday, 29 January 2025 15:31 (three weeks ago) link

We're into the "I've never heard any of these" section of the poll :-)

the wedding preset (dog latin), Wednesday, 29 January 2025 15:32 (three weeks ago) link

Shoutout, Moka's graphics / design aesthetics for the countdown are brilliant.

― djmartian, Wednesday, 29 January 2025 14:42 (forty-nine minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

So good.

the wedding preset (dog latin), Wednesday, 29 January 2025 15:32 (three weeks ago) link

i had not heard the aespa track that is a gay bar banger if i've ever heard one.

i'm also really into these graphics, sick job moka.

spoonman (steve aoki remix) (map), Wednesday, 29 January 2025 15:33 (three weeks ago) link

this is the worst track on the album imo lol, goes over into (not the good kind of) schlock

imago, Wednesday, 29 January 2025 15:37 (three weeks ago) link

Maybe it says more about me than anything else, but there are certain acts who I literally never encounter outside of ILM EOY polls and Magdalena Bay are one of them

the wedding preset (dog latin), Wednesday, 29 January 2025 15:40 (three weeks ago) link

I'm generally fairly well-disposed towards NewJeans, but I find a lot of their stuff just kind of bland.

― emil.y, Wednesday, January 29, 2025 3:21 PM (seventeen minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

i think they're successful at being understated but still charged but i know what you mean

spoonman (steve aoki remix) (map), Wednesday, 29 January 2025 15:41 (three weeks ago) link

they remind me of tinashe in that sense

spoonman (steve aoki remix) (map), Wednesday, 29 January 2025 15:43 (three weeks ago) link

love the last minute of this, not fussed about the previous 7 minutes

Inside The Wasp Factory with Gregg Wallace (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 29 January 2025 15:44 (three weeks ago) link

I didn't participate this year because I wasn't feeling the EOY spirit, but Moka's fab images are giving me a real twinge of regret

rob, Wednesday, 29 January 2025 15:54 (three weeks ago) link

"endsong": i like that the cure made a whole album of epic closing songs and still saved the most epic for last

"supernova": good to know south korea also had a brat summer

"like i say (runaway)": while the guys from radiohead made two noodling albums with some cuts but mostly middling results, nilufer's album was the one i returned to when i wanted that intricate, rhythmic, in rainbows-style guitar latticework (from an album i hadn't heard a billion times). as alfred said, this is probably the album's most tuneful cut. "mutations" was my fav, and a late cut from my ballot.

"bezodnya": i am pretty sure i can create this synth sound on my roland (complimentary)

"how sweet": "ditto" and "super shy" clear, but digging the airy miami bass vibes. kinda makes me wish that ilm paid any attention to the r&b trio flo at all this year

"death & romance": already spoke on mag bay earlier, and i'm heartened that the album will place high. "cry for me" was my personal fav from the album, but "death & romance" is great too. there's some yacht rock (or maybe chillwave?) in that repeating piano pattern

"apt.": reminds me of that jessie j "bang bang" song that i had blissfully forgotten about until now

what angers me about the smurfs these days (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 29 January 2025 15:57 (three weeks ago) link

APATE PATE

the talented mr pimply (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 29 January 2025 15:59 (three weeks ago) link

I avoided the Rosé song last year b/c I feared the Bruno Mars aspect - hmmmm. I don't like it, but it IS catchy as fuck. I'm a bit of a sucker for chants so I think the chorus has won me over but the rest of the song is still a no from me.

It is good to see a lot of K-pop in here, though.

emil.y, Wednesday, 29 January 2025 16:02 (three weeks ago) link

makes me wish that ilm paid any attention to the r&b trio flo

love FLO, discovered them through one of these eoy polls too iirc

spoonman (steve aoki remix) (map), Wednesday, 29 January 2025 16:03 (three weeks ago) link

i'm pro-apt.

spoonman (steve aoki remix) (map), Wednesday, 29 January 2025 16:04 (three weeks ago) link

That "like i say (runaway)"/"bezodnya" double in this countdown is brutally great!

xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 29 January 2025 16:05 (three weeks ago) link

Magdalena Bay OTOH is the worst artist. Poptimism is just a theory, guys!

xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 29 January 2025 16:07 (three weeks ago) link

^ I think Magdalena Bay’s problem it that they have moved towards (prog) rock and away from pop with this album.

The two note repeating motif in Magdalena Bay - Death and Romance always reminds me of that bloody track by The Kooks. Major downer.

Chewshabadoo, Wednesday, 29 January 2025 16:09 (three weeks ago) link

Two things about APT:

1) I learned a bit Korean for work last year, and was amused that the korean word for 'apartment' really is 아파트, that is 'apateu', as if they were just saying the abbreviation. Which I guess is what it is?

2) This was my son's favorite song for a while, so we heard it dozens of times in a row. It held up quite well to that, so I had to vote for it.

3) APATEU APATEU

Frederik B, Wednesday, 29 January 2025 16:09 (three weeks ago) link

https://i.imgur.com/NZSmKgc.png
TIE 50. Kaeto - DISTANCE 144 points - 5 votes
Video
“When I was writing this song I felt so lost and unloved. I was having so many unsuccessful and fleeting exchanges and I was attracting the wrong type of person into my life. Most commonly I would know that the person did not want me sincerely and yet I would struggle to shake a compulsion to change myself into a shape that might change their mind, misplacing a lot of love for myself in the process. The challenge that this lack of reciprocity creates has an addictive quality that I found wasn’t good for my soul. So with this song I am trying to explore my own relationship with those bread crumbs of love and affection that steered my sense of self- worth so off road. Where I have landed: someone’s feelings are entirely separate from you, and you aren’t the reason someone loves or doesn’t love. We are all just humans and sometimes things don’t work.”

✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 29 January 2025 16:12 (three weeks ago) link

Oh nice, wasn't expecting Ariadna to place but it makes sense

the wedding preset (dog latin), Wednesday, 29 January 2025 16:19 (three weeks ago) link

Trying to work some sort of Kaeto/Keto pun alluding to this song's lack of energy. Hmm. Might need some work. LIKE THE SONG! OH YEAH

imago, Wednesday, 29 January 2025 16:22 (three weeks ago) link

it's a cool vibe, imo. makes me want to hear the album, but not super-exciting on its own.

what angers me about the smurfs these days (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 29 January 2025 16:26 (three weeks ago) link

Honestly I think it's rather pretty. I have always had a love for sadsack synth songs, tho'.

emil.y, Wednesday, 29 January 2025 16:26 (three weeks ago) link

I'm a huge MB fan but just don't rate 'Death And Romance' much at all. I guess they could still place another track.

nashwan, Wednesday, 29 January 2025 16:26 (three weeks ago) link

Many songwriters get less catchy and self-involved as they mature. Lenker's done the opposite!

the talented mr pimply (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 29 January 2025 16:33 (three weeks ago) link

Voted for 'Mood Swings' - one of only two things I voted for that I didn't nominate. Would like to have voted for 'Proclivities' but no room.

nashwan, Wednesday, 29 January 2025 16:33 (three weeks ago) link

Must note how good that video for the Mica Levi track is (had skipped due to length). Very South London.

xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 29 January 2025 16:49 (three weeks ago) link

And now two excellent singer songwriters wtf xp

xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 29 January 2025 16:55 (three weeks ago) link

Mk.gee's vocals are a bit of a barrier for me

Saxophone Of Futility (Michael B), Wednesday, 29 January 2025 16:56 (three weeks ago) link

“alesis” is my first vote to place

what angers me about the smurfs these days (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 29 January 2025 16:56 (three weeks ago) link

I thought this was an unvaulted Underworld track from 20+ years ago. This sounds like a rehash of classic Underworld but in the best way possible.

✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 29 January 2025 16:57 (three weeks ago) link

I couldn't vote for Denver Luna as it's completely 2023. I mean, come on

groovypanda, Wednesday, 29 January 2025 16:57 (three weeks ago) link

Didn't even know Underworld had a song out.

the talented mr pimply (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 29 January 2025 16:58 (three weeks ago) link

haha. album came out Oct 2024 but yes it was a year old track at that point. Was it nommed in 2023? I had to throw a vote its way.

maf you one two (maffew12), Wednesday, 29 January 2025 16:59 (three weeks ago) link

Was it nommed in 2023?

Just checked and yes, it was xps

groovypanda, Wednesday, 29 January 2025 17:03 (three weeks ago) link

"apt.": reminds me of that jessie j "bang bang" song that i had blissfully forgotten about until now

ooh goes together nicely

maf you one two (maffew12), Wednesday, 29 January 2025 17:04 (three weeks ago) link

I love Magnetic.

Chewshabadoo, Wednesday, 29 January 2025 17:05 (three weeks ago) link

Was it nommed in 2023?

Just checked and yes, it was xps

xp Well shoot. Didn't place though. A second bite at the apple. well done.

maf you one two (maffew12), Wednesday, 29 January 2025 17:06 (three weeks ago) link

I’ve never listened to much Underworld, but this isn’t bad!

Clever Message Board User Name (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 29 January 2025 17:15 (three weeks ago) link

https://i.imgur.com/n0nw2dQ.png
46. Florence Adooni - Otoma da Naba 154 points - 5 votes
Video
No other musician has filled me with as much pure happiness this year as Florence Adooni, who comes from a Ghanaian tradition of spiritually-inclined highlife known as fra-fra gospel, and makes this joyful and highly danceable music that just sets my heart alight. Otoma de Haba is her most startling track so far, incorporating acid house synth lines and somewhat frantic polyrhythms with Florence’s lovely voice floating on top of it all. -NickB

✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 29 January 2025 17:18 (three weeks ago) link

awwww, my queen!

Bernard Quidbins (NickB), Wednesday, 29 January 2025 17:24 (three weeks ago) link

Very addictive tune

abcfsk, Wednesday, 29 January 2025 17:27 (three weeks ago) link

Love this track; forgot to vote for it! (Sorry NickB.)

A dull point but I often hold off listening to something if there's a long ILM thread - almost like the discourse becomes the thing itself. Anyway, I just listened to Endsong and yeah, that's the stuff. The guitars at the end.

I would prefer not to. (Chinaski), Wednesday, 29 January 2025 17:27 (three weeks ago) link

very much my theme song for the past year

ivy., Wednesday, 29 January 2025 17:38 (three weeks ago) link

Florence was on my shortlist but can't remember if it made my final ballot. Fantastic track and thanks to Moka (I think?) for posting it in the Listening Club thread earlier in the year

groovypanda, Wednesday, 29 January 2025 17:39 (three weeks ago) link

NickB posted Vocalize My Luv and I recommended to take a listen to Otama da Naba as well. Both tracks are great.

✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 29 January 2025 17:42 (three weeks ago) link

clairo album was really well done. she has great taste

what angers me about the smurfs these days (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 29 January 2025 17:47 (three weeks ago) link

yes i respected it more than i enjoyed it. Some real nice ones though. Voted for the other nommed track, "Juna"

maf you one two (maffew12), Wednesday, 29 January 2025 17:53 (three weeks ago) link

this song was okay but didn't come particularly close to living up to the 'oh my god what' of learning of the existence of the collaboration

imago, Wednesday, 29 January 2025 17:54 (three weeks ago) link

oh good. the album was meh, but this song was a constant through my year. i find myself singing "hatstands and watches, cities shapes and riverbanks", or whatever the words are, whenever I'm on my bike

the wedding preset (dog latin), Wednesday, 29 January 2025 17:55 (three weeks ago) link

it's not mindblowing but it's a nice vibe isn't it

the wedding preset (dog latin), Wednesday, 29 January 2025 17:56 (three weeks ago) link

Album not quite up to expectations given the calibre of the collaborators but definitely not meh imo. Cavalier was the one I couldn't stop singing all year

groovypanda, Wednesday, 29 January 2025 18:03 (three weeks ago) link

"magnetic" is cool. it kinda reminds me of lay bankz's 2022 philly club/r&b hybrid "doo doo blick"

what angers me about the smurfs these days (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 29 January 2025 18:04 (three weeks ago) link

"otoma da naba" is a trip. every time i think i have a handle on what it's doing, it shifts

what angers me about the smurfs these days (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 29 January 2025 18:12 (three weeks ago) link

we'll be seeing more Tinashe for sure

i love Yes And? but didn't find room to vote for it. I was really surprised that the album wasn't nommed. Not that I'm in love with it but... this is ILM

maf you one two (maffew12), Wednesday, 29 January 2025 18:24 (three weeks ago) link

was disappointed by the bullion album but i did enjoy how they threw a zillion different sounds against the wall on "world train"

what angers me about the smurfs these days (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 29 January 2025 18:26 (three weeks ago) link

Last one for the day!

✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 29 January 2025 18:29 (three weeks ago) link

RECAP 40-77

TIE 40. Billie Eilish - LUNCH 162 points - 7 votes
TIE 40. Chappell Roan - Hot to Go 162 points - 7 votes
TIE 42. Ariana Grande - Yes, And? 158 points - 5 votes
TIE 42. Machinedrum & Tinashe - Zoom 158 points - 5 votes
44. Bullion & Charlotte Adigéry - World_train 156 points - 5 votes
45. Clairo - Sexy To Someone 155 points - 6 votes
46. Florence Adooni - Otoma da Naba 154 points - 5 votes
47. ILLIT - Magnetic 152 points - 5 votes
48. Underworld - denver luna 150 points - 5 votes - 1 º1 vote
49. Mk.gee - Alesis 147 points - 5 votes
TIE 50. Adrianne Lenker - Sadness as a Gift 144 points - 5 votes
TIE 50. Kaeto - DISTANCE 144 points - 5 votes
TIE 50. ROSÉ & Bruno Mars - APT. 144 points - 5 votes
53. Magdalena Bay - Death and Romance 144 points - 4 votes
54. NewJeans - How Sweet 143 points - 6 votes
55. Ariadna - Bezodnya 143 points - 4 votes - 1 º1 vote
56. Nilüfer Yanya - Like I Say (Runaway) 142 points 6 votes
57. aespa - Supernova 141 points - 6 votes - 1 º1 vote
58. The Cure - Endsong 141 points - 4 votes - 1 º1 vote
59. Jane Remover - Magic I Want U 137 points - 6 votes
TIE 60. Mabe Fratti - Enfrente 136 points - 5 votes
TIE 60. Magdalena Bay - Image 136 points - 5 votes
TIE 60. Rema - OZEBA 136 points - 5 votes
63. Tove Lo & SG Lewis - HEAT 136 points - 4 votes
64. Arash & Quasar - Double Moon 133 points - 4 votes - 1 º1 vote
65. Little Simz - Mood Swings 132 points - 5 votes
66. Kesha - Joyride 130 points - 7 votes
TIE 67. Doechii - Nissan Altima 130 points - 5 votes
TIE 67. Tems - Love Me JeJe 130 points - 5 votes
69. The Cure - A Fragile Thing 128 points - 4 votes
70. The Tubs - Freak Mode 127 points - 4 votes
71. LL Cool J ft. Saweetie - Proclivities 126 points - 5 votes - 1 º1 vote
72. Dlala Thukzin, Funky Qla & Zee Nxumalo - Ama Gear 126 points - 3 votes - 2 º1 votes
73. Vanishing Twin - Life Drummer 124 points - 5 votes
74. RYUGUJO - Deep Wave 123 points - 4 votes
75. Mica Levi - slob air 122 points - 6 votes
76. Camila Cabello - I Luv It 116 points- 4 votes
TIE 77. The Cure - Alone 114 points - 5 votes
TIE 77. James K - Blinkmoth (July Mix) 114 points - 5 votes

✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 29 January 2025 18:30 (three weeks ago) link

That's quite a trio. Only voted for AG tho.

nashwan, Wednesday, 29 January 2025 18:31 (three weeks ago) link

i guess we will see that whole trio again

maf you one two (maffew12), Wednesday, 29 January 2025 18:33 (three weeks ago) link

mostly on the lurk but popping in to say HELL YEAH to everything so far and many thanks to moka+sean+helpers.

MUFFY TEPPERMAN WAS THE OG KAREN (Austin), Wednesday, 29 January 2025 18:46 (three weeks ago) link

I love pretty much everything that placed today, but particularly that Kaeto song which is new to me.

!Alicia!, Wednesday, 29 January 2025 19:18 (three weeks ago) link

Oh my God we got Kaeto into the 77. My prostitution hath worked

monotony, Wednesday, 29 January 2025 19:27 (three weeks ago) link

I wish "Lunch" had been the hit "Birds of a Feather" turned into.

the talented mr pimply (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 29 January 2025 19:30 (three weeks ago) link

I completely forgot about “Yes, And” and didn’t notice it on the list. Shame, cuz I liked that one.

Clever Message Board User Name (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 29 January 2025 19:36 (three weeks ago) link

“Lunch” is my first vote to place.

Clever Message Board User Name (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 29 January 2025 19:38 (three weeks ago) link

So, who broke it to Ariana that she was entering the Top77 this year? Or was that video her way in

Nabozo, Wednesday, 29 January 2025 19:54 (three weeks ago) link

Have an idea why Billie Eilish is avoiding eye contact during Lunch

Nabozo, Wednesday, 29 January 2025 19:56 (three weeks ago) link

Maybe it says more about me than anything else, but there are certain acts who I literally never encounter outside of ILM EOY polls and Magdalena Bay are one of them

― the wedding preset (dog latin)

Yeah - this is how I am with all the J/K-Pop that surfaces on these lists. Not familiar with any of the bands and not a fan of most of the music. A few of the videos do get my attention though as a lot of these acts still have a budget and a few occasionally express some creative ideas in them.

octobeard, Wednesday, 29 January 2025 20:14 (three weeks ago) link

i wonder what might be different about j/k-pop that might affect one's familiarity with it if one lives in the u.s. or u.k.

spoonman (steve aoki remix) (map), Wednesday, 29 January 2025 20:29 (three weeks ago) link

Surprised Hot To Go didn't place higher but I'm guessing Good Luck Babe ate the votes?

the wedding preset (dog latin), Wednesday, 29 January 2025 20:31 (three weeks ago) link

I do not hear much about K-pop out in the wild here in the UK but I bet my partner who is a teacher does

the wedding preset (dog latin), Wednesday, 29 January 2025 20:31 (three weeks ago) link

She says the kids are really into it

the wedding preset (dog latin), Wednesday, 29 January 2025 20:39 (three weeks ago) link

But I come from a city full of music and I'm yet to encounter, say, a K-pop night or anything

the wedding preset (dog latin), Wednesday, 29 January 2025 20:41 (three weeks ago) link

Magdalena Bay are still at Number 1 for 2024 Albums on RYM:

https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/magdalena-bay/imaginal-disk/

djmartian, Wednesday, 29 January 2025 20:43 (three weeks ago) link

just a little point of comparison, spotify listens:

death & romance 10k
how sweet 170k

i think the point about magdalena bay is that their hype is somewhat inflated within their market. they are from miami and then l.a. but aren't really known in america (or the uk). the reason your average joe blow doesn't hear any kpop or jpop is because they probably aren't japanese or korean. but crucially that doesn't keep them from granting their videos an honorable mention for creative ideas.

spoonman (steve aoki remix) (map), Wednesday, 29 January 2025 20:44 (three weeks ago) link

I know a good number of adults into J/K-pop. I'm just not huge into boy/girl bands regardless of where they're from, personally.

octobeard, Wednesday, 29 January 2025 20:49 (three weeks ago) link

boy/girl groups I meant to say.

I actually enjoy some one offs like Baby Metal and solo J pop artists.

octobeard, Wednesday, 29 January 2025 20:51 (three weeks ago) link

good for you

spoonman (steve aoki remix) (map), Wednesday, 29 January 2025 20:52 (three weeks ago) link

dog latin, a quick Google search, a k-pop club night is coming to Bristol next month

Bristol KPOP TRAFFIC LIGHT PARTY with DJ EMKAY | Friday 21st Feb
https://www.fatsoma.com/e/prnqbqk2/bristol-kpop-traffic-light-party-with-dj-emkay-friday-21st-feb

djmartian, Wednesday, 29 January 2025 20:53 (three weeks ago) link

46. Florence Adooni - Otoma da Naba

Amazing song. Highlight of today for me. Found out this and her other single are part of an album that drops Feb 28th. Very much looking forward to that now. Apparently Jimi Tenor helped produce a part of it.

octobeard, Wednesday, 29 January 2025 20:56 (three weeks ago) link

death & romance 10k
how sweet 170k

i was confused for a second before i realized you meant 10 mil and 170 mil

what angers me about the smurfs these days (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 29 January 2025 21:00 (three weeks ago) link

oops, thanks for the correction

spoonman (steve aoki remix) (map), Wednesday, 29 January 2025 21:01 (three weeks ago) link

i voted for "magic i want u", "endsong" (the best cure epic ever even though all the details are buried in the studio version) and "how sweet"

i didn’t realize she still had fans on ilx. her thread hasn’t been updated since the dltzk days

i think occasional discussion has mostly been in the hypergarbage thread, though i somehow missed her run of singles this year until pretty late. i'm very excited for her upcoming albums but apparently none of last year's singles are on revengeseekerz and she scrapped the 'pop' album those were going to be on? but "jrjrjr" rules so i'm not worried

ufo, Wednesday, 29 January 2025 22:02 (three weeks ago) link

"bezodnya" is underwhelming, there's not really much to it except the synth sound

i agree with whoever said "death & romance" is one of the weaker tracks on the magdalena bay album

"apt." has a catchy chorus but it's pretty bland overall, i'll easily take any of the other kpop tracks from today over it

"distance" is pretty nice, i like the layered build

"otoma de naba" rules, my favourite discovery so far. it's a bit meandering at first but it all comes together about halfway through, love the polyrhythms

ufo, Wednesday, 29 January 2025 22:29 (three weeks ago) link

"zoom" was better than anything on tinashe's mini-album this year and i probably should have voted for it

ufo, Wednesday, 29 January 2025 22:34 (three weeks ago) link

I'd take any song on Quantum Baby over Zoom, which is fine too

maf you one two (maffew12), Wednesday, 29 January 2025 22:42 (three weeks ago) link

This Adooni song is pretty excellent yeah

imago, Wednesday, 29 January 2025 23:07 (three weeks ago) link

Posts to DJ Martian - fair enough. I'm likely just not in the demo for it. Clock Factory is a huge place but squarely aimed at the student market, so no doubt younger people are bang into it. They all seem to love hard house too, so there's a big appetite for hyperactive fizzy music in general

the wedding preset (dog latin), Wednesday, 29 January 2025 23:18 (three weeks ago) link

This LL COOL J album is really good. I love you Q Tip.

✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 30 January 2025 00:01 (three weeks ago) link

Between "Lunch" and "Casual" and the insinuations of "Taste," it was a good year for cunnilingus on the charts.

paper plans (tipsy mothra), Thursday, 30 January 2025 01:26 (three weeks ago) link

Also, I love "Death and Romance," kind of a yacht-rock fantasia. (Which is also how I'd describe the Dina Ogon album, I guess yacht-rock fantasia was my 2024 soft spot.)

paper plans (tipsy mothra), Thursday, 30 January 2025 01:29 (three weeks ago) link

"Hot to Go" seems like 2023 to me. "Chihiro" was my Billie Eilish pick. Voted for "Sexy To Someone," "Alesis," "Sadness as a Gift" and "Endsong" which i think will wrap up the Cure.

Bee OK, Thursday, 30 January 2025 02:24 (three weeks ago) link

I originally thought Sabrina Carpenter would place three songs in the Top 77 but now wonder if more then one will make it?

Bee OK, Thursday, 30 January 2025 02:27 (three weeks ago) link

Endsong really is beautiful. Not a big Cure fan, and hadn't heard the album until checking out the tracks here, but holy hell does that one hit home for me on multiple levels. Glad it placed.

octobeard, Thursday, 30 January 2025 02:37 (three weeks ago) link

I’m happy for all the Cure fans here, but I‘m unlikely to ever listen to any of these tracks any more.

Solid efforts by the bigger pop acts here all round and some very pleasant ones likes Sexy To Someone and World_train. Otoma da Naba is definitely my favourite of the choices from this days list.

Chewshabadoo, Thursday, 30 January 2025 06:21 (three weeks ago) link

^ florence adooni is at the jazz caff in may btw *cough, cough*

Bernard Quidbins (NickB), Thursday, 30 January 2025 08:16 (three weeks ago) link

That Underworld track is like an ode to never changing or developing in life, and its like that's ok tbh.

xyzzzz__, Thursday, 30 January 2025 08:32 (three weeks ago) link

Anyway, enjoying it tremendously. Keep it up!

xyzzzz__, Thursday, 30 January 2025 08:34 (three weeks ago) link

^ florence adooni is at the jazz caff in may btw *cough, cough*

Already booked to do Flex that night ;_:

Chewshabadoo, Thursday, 30 January 2025 08:46 (three weeks ago) link

Really like how k-pop heavy this countdown has been. And a bit surprised.

Frederik B, Thursday, 30 January 2025 09:20 (three weeks ago) link

^Probably no more from now on though.

abcfsk, Thursday, 30 January 2025 09:51 (three weeks ago) link

yesterday was much less in my wheelhouse than the day before, but part of the fun of these is to hear what other people are listening to and to listen to stuff you wouldn't normally check out. EOY has a habit of informing my music tastes more than anything else each year, and it's thanks to these polls that I first properly encountered styles like trap, soca, afrobeats, countless pop acts, amapiano, god so much...

the wedding preset (dog latin), Thursday, 30 January 2025 10:15 (three weeks ago) link

i don't think this year was even very good for kpop

ufo, Thursday, 30 January 2025 11:08 (three weeks ago) link

oooo - voted album, very strong throughout!

maf you one two (maffew12), Thursday, 30 January 2025 14:18 (three weeks ago) link

Between "Lunch" and "Casual" and the insinuations of "Taste," it was a good year for cunnilingus on the charts.

― paper plans (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, January 29, 2025 8:26 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

and can i just say FINALLY

ivy., Thursday, 30 January 2025 14:22 (three weeks ago) link

https://i.imgur.com/I0KOzD4.png
38. Tems - Burning 170 points - 4 votes - 2 º1 votes
Video
“‘Burning‘ is about the feelings I felt when I first started getting popular as Tems. I didn’t really understand what was happening, and everything was happening so fast… It’s about me looking back on that time and realising that we are all going through something. We all have our internal battles, our struggles, and our triggers… ‘Burning’ is really about understanding that I have my triggers too, and now I know that I’m not alone… ”

✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 30 January 2025 14:30 (three weeks ago) link

This Tems album...

the talented mr pimply (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 30 January 2025 14:30 (three weeks ago) link

Tems song is a warm embrace

abcfsk, Thursday, 30 January 2025 14:43 (three weeks ago) link

I'm in the dark situation where my favourite thing besides Adooni in the last 17 has been a gritted-teeth coinflip between Ariana Grande and Chappell Roan ffs

imago, Thursday, 30 January 2025 14:43 (three weeks ago) link

Oh no, it got worse

imago, Thursday, 30 January 2025 14:47 (three weeks ago) link

Come ride on me Camaraderie

Nabozo, Thursday, 30 January 2025 14:49 (three weeks ago) link

I have no idea why this The-1975-ass staccato guitar is still viewed as a fresh sound by anyone at all, yet this bilge seems to be everywhere. Humbug

imago, Thursday, 30 January 2025 14:49 (three weeks ago) link

these graphics are so good!

the wedding preset (dog latin), Thursday, 30 January 2025 14:50 (three weeks ago) link

"burning" should be no. 1

ivy., Thursday, 30 January 2025 14:51 (three weeks ago) link

oh imagopaws

sleeve, Thursday, 30 January 2025 14:51 (three weeks ago) link

i had burning at #1. high 5 ivy

TOO LOW

maf you one two (maffew12), Thursday, 30 January 2025 14:54 (three weeks ago) link

Not opposed to Sabrina rising to the top, and there's something a little nostalgic about her success - 2024 felt like the year where the old fashioned pop star pop ditty made a full comeback on the top of the charts - but all her radio singles, good qualities though they do have, did eventually become boring background material to me and so I didn't vote for 'em.

abcfsk, Thursday, 30 January 2025 14:58 (three weeks ago) link

"It’s impressive how she navigates the retro color grading of funk without being redundant or solely derivative of stronger records of the past."

Lol, this is a really low bar, huh? Now it's good if it just avoids being redundant or 'solely derivative'.

Frederik B, Thursday, 30 January 2025 15:00 (three weeks ago) link

Yay, Tipsy! Should have been top 3

Frederik B, Thursday, 30 January 2025 15:00 (three weeks ago) link

these graphics are so good!

― the wedding preset (dog latin)

thank you :)

✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 30 January 2025 15:01 (three weeks ago) link

i do not like this song

the wedding preset (dog latin), Thursday, 30 January 2025 15:06 (three weeks ago) link

glad you said it first

imago, Thursday, 30 January 2025 15:07 (three weeks ago) link

Tipsy is brilliant!

xyzzzz__, Thursday, 30 January 2025 15:10 (three weeks ago) link

Yeah, I don't want to overthink it, it's just a catchy poptune, but I love how it does that trap-pop-thing where every verse is different, but the violin bit stays the exact same like it's a loop. It's sorta the real Post Malone-as-country song.

Frederik B, Thursday, 30 January 2025 15:14 (three weeks ago) link

i like tipsy, but is it one of the 77 best songs of the year? no

what angers me about the smurfs these days (voodoo chili), Thursday, 30 January 2025 15:15 (three weeks ago) link

it goes down easier than the double-shot in the chorus, which is good for a song so ubiquitous, but i've never listened to it on purpose

what angers me about the smurfs these days (voodoo chili), Thursday, 30 January 2025 15:16 (three weeks ago) link

i did vote for that fabiana palladino song

what angers me about the smurfs these days (voodoo chili), Thursday, 30 January 2025 15:16 (three weeks ago) link

6 people thought it was one of the 25 best songs of the year, and we mustn't quibble the process. Just the voters ;)

imago, Thursday, 30 January 2025 15:16 (three weeks ago) link

i like tipsy, but is it one of the 77 best songs of the year? no

― what angers me about the smurfs these days (voodoo chili),

For its voters, sure.

the talented mr pimply (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 30 January 2025 15:17 (three weeks ago) link

I'm in the dark situation where my favourite thing besides Adooni in the last 17 has been a gritted-teeth coinflip between Ariana Grande and Chappell Roan ffs

― imago, Thursday, January 30, 2025 9:43 AM (thirty-three minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

i-m-a-g-o-o-o

what angers me about the smurfs these days (voodoo chili), Thursday, 30 January 2025 15:18 (three weeks ago) link

This was the last thing I cut from my ballot ftr, it's pretty great. The last bit especially

imago, Thursday, 30 January 2025 15:18 (three weeks ago) link

Last night I learned that Boston Celtics color commentator Brian Scalabrine is a big Shaboozey fan.

Muad'Doob (Moodles), Thursday, 30 January 2025 15:20 (three weeks ago) link

i was the #1 voter for "holy, holy!"

what angers me about the smurfs these days (voodoo chili), Thursday, 30 January 2025 15:20 (three weeks ago) link

Really like this one

the wedding preset (dog latin), Thursday, 30 January 2025 15:22 (three weeks ago) link

i like tipsy, but is it one of the 77 best songs of the year? no

― what angers me about the smurfs these days (voodoo chili), Thursday, January 30, 2025 9:15 AM (one minute ago) bookmarkflaglink

Considering the historical significance of an otherwise unknown black artist putting a legit country tune, which interpolates a classic rap track, at the top of the hot 100 for a record-tying 19 weeks and becoming the first black male artist to chart #1 on both the hot 100 and hot country songs charts, I think its placement is well deserved.

Indexed, Thursday, 30 January 2025 15:22 (three weeks ago) link

that's what the money is for

what angers me about the smurfs these days (voodoo chili), Thursday, 30 January 2025 15:25 (three weeks ago) link

"Tipsy" is dreadful. So anaemic for a party anthem. Worst song of the year

Saxophone Of Futility (Michael B), Thursday, 30 January 2025 15:25 (three weeks ago) link

oh man, really really dislike this Shaboozey song. I've been listening to more pop radio while driving the last couple of months and this is one that always made me change the station, had no idea it was highly rated here.

silverfish, Thursday, 30 January 2025 15:26 (three weeks ago) link

Greep is an active user of Twitter. Jazz Monroe said of Greep's activity: "Given his propensity for charming anachronism, it is surprising that Greep is fantastic at Twitter."[61]

xyzzzz__, Thursday, 30 January 2025 15:29 (three weeks ago) link

First chorus should have gone

It's 11:57
We're feeling like a place in heaven

The 2nd should have gone,

It's 11:58
It's getting closer, I'm feeling great

imago, Thursday, 30 January 2025 15:36 (three weeks ago) link

Then keep the last chorus the same. Bang there you go

imago, Thursday, 30 January 2025 15:36 (three weeks ago) link

*looking for a place in heaven

Save me, someone. Anyone

imago, Thursday, 30 January 2025 15:41 (three weeks ago) link

lots of things to love about "holy, holy!" but i like the way it starts as a muscular funk workout and ends with a spiritual jazz fantasia, the music growing more grand as his mewlings grow more pathetic

what angers me about the smurfs these days (voodoo chili), Thursday, 30 January 2025 15:42 (three weeks ago) link

oh excellent

nxd, Thursday, 30 January 2025 15:42 (three weeks ago) link

lots of things to love about "holy, holy!" but i like the way it starts as a muscular funk workout and ends with a spiritual jazz fantasia, the music growing more grand as his mewlings grow more pathetic

― what angers me about the smurfs these days (voodoo chili), Thursday, 30 January 2025 15:42 (twenty-five seconds ago) bookmarkflaglink

yep, it's a riveting transformation

imago, Thursday, 30 January 2025 15:43 (three weeks ago) link

xp enjoyed the geordie greep album but was a bit long

gotta lotta catching up to do

nxd, Thursday, 30 January 2025 15:44 (three weeks ago) link

lots of things to love about "holy, holy!" but i like the way it starts as a muscular funk workout and ends with a spiritual jazz fantasia, the music growing more grand as his mewlings grow more pathetic

― what angers me about the smurfs these days (voodoo chili), Thursday, 30 January 2025 15:42 (fifty-nine seconds ago) bookmarkflaglink

great way to describe it

the wedding preset (dog latin), Thursday, 30 January 2025 15:44 (three weeks ago) link

"Holy, Holy!" sounds like mid '70s EW&F and Isleys.

the talented mr pimply (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 30 January 2025 15:46 (three weeks ago) link

Hmm, Kylie only sings the chorus twice (or four times in two groups of two). Maybe we just allow her the continuity error

imago, Thursday, 30 January 2025 15:47 (three weeks ago) link

"enjoyed the geordie greep album but was a bit long"

Can see how it was long, yeah.

xyzzzz__, Thursday, 30 January 2025 15:47 (three weeks ago) link

https://i.imgur.com/u7p3o8O.png
33. Vampire Weekend - Capricorn 172 points - 6 votes - 1 º1 vote
Video
The bursts of what I think are heavily processed keyboards that start midway through “Capricorn” are genuinely surprising and lend a sense of danger and precarity to song that, up until that point, sounds like a pretty standard Ezra Koenig ballad including a piano break that sounds perhaps a little too much like the one from “Step.” (I can’t tell whether that’s an intentional thematic callback, which Koenig is wont to do and makes some sense as both songs are about aging, or if it’s simply a songwriter writing like themselves.)
That noise, which sounds like an oddly sensual version of a BZZZT WRONG button in a game show, doesn’t entirely come out of nowhere. The percussion is presented with an exaggerated room sound that makes the whole song feel like it’s in soft focus. The air feels different in this song relative to previous Vampire recordings – dry and cold, filling a space that’s somehow both more and less claustrophobic. Koenig sounds distant as he sings about someone – a version of himself? – getting older and increasingly frustrated in trying to find answers, or pieces of the past that resonate with his particular place on a timeline. There are no answers in this song but there is some advice: “I know you’re tired of trying, listen clearly – you don’t have to try.” Is that the same as giving up? Not sure, but the music signals so much weariness and potential disaster that it’s at least asking someone to take a break and not be so hard on themselves.

✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 30 January 2025 15:48 (three weeks ago) link

a nice song, but not an album highlight imo. i was probably the only voter for “connect”

what angers me about the smurfs these days (voodoo chili), Thursday, 30 January 2025 15:50 (three weeks ago) link

I like this song

I'd say around 97% of why I like it is due to Mr Rechtshaid, who's frankly played a blinder here

imago, Thursday, 30 January 2025 15:52 (three weeks ago) link

oh sh--- i've not even listened to this album yet, no idea why. i loved "father of the bride" much more than i think anyone on ILM did

the wedding preset (dog latin), Thursday, 30 January 2025 15:54 (three weeks ago) link

FotB is the only VW album I ever really connected with. This one is probably #2 but the production is doing most of the work, agreed that Ariel R went IN.

Jordan s/t (Jordan), Thursday, 30 January 2025 15:57 (three weeks ago) link

Without wanting to come across like Rick Beato or anything, the interpolation of the J-Kwon song on 'Tipsy' bugs me for reasons I can't quite place. I've no problem with sampling and interpolation of course, happens all the time. But if you're going to lift passages from an absolute banger like 'Tipsy' at least make it count and don't water it down with thin gruel like this, you know? I get an uncanny "What have you done to my child?" vibe from this. Also, again, I realise I sound like I'm hard-Beatoing here, but the stingey amount of autotune he puts on his voice is irritating to listen to because it's neither here or there. Go hard or go home, Shaboozey.

the wedding preset (dog latin), Thursday, 30 January 2025 16:02 (three weeks ago) link

fwiw, I loved Father of the Bride and rated this one #2 on my albums list

Indexed, Thursday, 30 January 2025 16:03 (three weeks ago) link

another album I've neglected to give any attention to for reasons that escape me

the wedding preset (dog latin), Thursday, 30 January 2025 16:03 (three weeks ago) link

hell yeah to this song, what a banger.

this seems to be where my votes are placing

what angers me about the smurfs these days (voodoo chili), Thursday, 30 January 2025 16:04 (three weeks ago) link

My second favourite fresh-out-the-slammer (shush) 2024 rap track behind RIO FREE, but yeah, this is more than Dece

imago, Thursday, 30 January 2025 16:07 (three weeks ago) link

yesss
pa salieu hasn't released a bad song

nxd, Thursday, 30 January 2025 16:10 (three weeks ago) link

imago you make me wish i voted for rio free. he has a new ep out with several songs that aren’t quite on that level but are close

what angers me about the smurfs these days (voodoo chili), Thursday, 30 January 2025 16:12 (three weeks ago) link

Here's to getting out and getting busy

imago, Thursday, 30 January 2025 16:13 (three weeks ago) link

Apple Music playlist (updated)

Clever Message Board User Name (Raymond Cummings), Thursday, 30 January 2025 16:14 (three weeks ago) link

I should start putting my last name in parens when I write it

Clever Message Board User Name (Raymond Cummings), Thursday, 30 January 2025 16:14 (three weeks ago) link

YES

sleeve, Thursday, 30 January 2025 16:19 (three weeks ago) link

had no idea this was nommed but prob my #1 track of the year

sleeve, Thursday, 30 January 2025 16:20 (three weeks ago) link

wow did not expect this to place. i only heard it on the playlist and was impressed

danzig, Thursday, 30 January 2025 16:20 (three weeks ago) link

i wasn't expecting this to place either. i'm not sure how much i like it. it's okay but it reads like a fairly amusing meme i'd scroll past on facebook or something

the wedding preset (dog latin), Thursday, 30 January 2025 16:22 (three weeks ago) link

had no idea this was a recent release

nxd, Thursday, 30 January 2025 16:24 (three weeks ago) link

i was literally about to post 'this song is so facebook lol'

imago, Thursday, 30 January 2025 16:24 (three weeks ago) link

it is kind of like the "wear sunscreen" song, but if it were good (and half as long, which helps)

what angers me about the smurfs these days (voodoo chili), Thursday, 30 January 2025 16:27 (three weeks ago) link

This did make me smile when i heard it a couple of times on the playlist but I'm not sure it's anything i need to listen to again xp

groovypanda, Thursday, 30 January 2025 16:36 (three weeks ago) link

Joshua would get a temp ban if he posted on ILE

xyzzzz__, Thursday, 30 January 2025 16:40 (three weeks ago) link

we got it high enough team

my #2, could easily have been #1. seeing it performed live (before it came out) near stopped my heart

imago, Thursday, 30 January 2025 16:50 (three weeks ago) link

also a great example imo of the phenomenon where someone releases a magnificent album early in the year, then by the end has put out a new single that somehow possibly outdoes it

imago, Thursday, 30 January 2025 16:56 (three weeks ago) link

<3

Bernard Quidbins (NickB), Thursday, 30 January 2025 17:03 (three weeks ago) link

^so many thanks owed to this fella for jumping and waving at me to check her out

imago, Thursday, 30 January 2025 17:04 (three weeks ago) link

I tried hard to dislike that Greep song. It's like Bruce Dickinson circa Number of the Beast doing Steely Dan doing show tunes ffs! I said. It's Wild Beasts with a musicologist's diploma! Then I realised I liked it and played it again.

I would prefer not to. (Chinaski), Thursday, 30 January 2025 17:07 (three weeks ago) link

she’s too good not to share! just checked my ballot and I didn’t actually vote for it though lol oops

Bernard Quidbins (NickB), Thursday, 30 January 2025 17:07 (three weeks ago) link

Have a feeling this song will be on the radio for a long, long time

Indexed, Thursday, 30 January 2025 17:14 (three weeks ago) link

absolutely adore "give it back" - i think that was my best discovery from the noms list.

spoonman (steve aoki remix) (map), Thursday, 30 January 2025 17:15 (three weeks ago) link

Trying to catch up - really love that Bullion & Adigery track, great stuff.

Not much else I'd consider a good discovery so far, I do rather like the Geordie Greep but more than anything it makes me think of a heterosexual Water Gun Water Gun Sky Attack and I prefer the queer version, thanks.

emil.y, Thursday, 30 January 2025 17:16 (three weeks ago) link

also that fabiana palladino track is just perfect.

xp lol emil.y i was just thinking "ok i guess this is music nerd stuff but it sounds rly straight, no thanks"

spoonman (steve aoki remix) (map), Thursday, 30 January 2025 17:20 (three weeks ago) link

a heterosexual Water Gun Water Gun Sky Attack and I prefer the queer version, thanks.

― emil.y, Thursday, 30 January 2025 17:16 (five minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

you don't have long to wait...

imago, Thursday, 30 January 2025 17:22 (three weeks ago) link

New WGWGSA? For an act with such a ridiculous name I do keep forgetting it, and thus failing to keep an eye out for new material.

emil.y, Thursday, 30 January 2025 17:26 (three weeks ago) link

"birds of a feather", one of my favorite love songs ever tbq

spoonman (steve aoki remix) (map), Thursday, 30 January 2025 17:26 (three weeks ago) link

yeah I love the bullion track, reminds me of can ‘dizzy dizzy’ and John kongos ‘I’m dreaming’

Bernard Quidbins (NickB), Thursday, 30 January 2025 17:27 (three weeks ago) link

next week, emil.y!

imago, Thursday, 30 January 2025 17:27 (three weeks ago) link

my 8-month old is soothed by "birds of a feather"

what angers me about the smurfs these days (voodoo chili), Thursday, 30 January 2025 17:28 (three weeks ago) link

next week, emil.y!

― imago

Aaaaaaaah!!!! Also I have to apologise to you, I wasn't that struck by that Clarissa Connelly song during lobbying, but catching up to it now it just... got me. Something clicked there and it got me up in the feels, ouch.

Am going to imagine that this Billie Eilish song is the theme tune for a rebooted 'Birds of a Feather' sitcom now.

emil.y, Thursday, 30 January 2025 17:29 (three weeks ago) link

This thing came out of nowhere and won me over on first listen.

the talented mr pimply (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 30 January 2025 17:33 (three weeks ago) link

"burning" is good and all but it's no "love me jeje"

ufo, Thursday, 30 January 2025 17:35 (three weeks ago) link

The Fabiana Palladino album didn't end up doing it for me, but I love that song. Possibly not coincidentally, the main cut that her dad is on.

Jordan s/t (Jordan), Thursday, 30 January 2025 17:36 (three weeks ago) link

Tommy Richman not really my thing but the bounce is undeniable.

emil.y, Thursday, 30 January 2025 17:36 (three weeks ago) link

decent song, i liked the 2003 era-pharrell bounce of his other single "the devil is a lie" better

what angers me about the smurfs these days (voodoo chili), Thursday, 30 January 2025 17:38 (three weeks ago) link

the thing about "holy holy" is i wish shiina ringo was singing it. and the lyrics are obnoxious. but it's good anyway

ufo, Thursday, 30 January 2025 17:38 (three weeks ago) link

omg it would be such a great SR song

imago, Thursday, 30 January 2025 17:40 (three weeks ago) link

agreed!

sleeve, Thursday, 30 January 2025 17:40 (three weeks ago) link

The success of this song reminds me of White Town - Your Woman… as in: something that sounds very alien to the rest of the charts but it is instantly catchy and they both sound robotic and funky and recorded in a bedroom.

✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 30 January 2025 17:41 (three weeks ago) link

Wow Tommy Richman's falsetto really sounds like Justin Vernon (fun track)

Jordan s/t (Jordan), Thursday, 30 January 2025 17:46 (three weeks ago) link

beautiful, sad song

spoonman (steve aoki remix) (map), Thursday, 30 January 2025 18:01 (three weeks ago) link

I voted for “Capricorn” and “Saturn” - glad to see them place.

Clever Message Board User Name (Raymond Cummings), Thursday, 30 January 2025 18:06 (three weeks ago) link

This Dina Ogun song is very nice. I'd heard a bit of her other stuff and it was a bit too obviously retro for me but this hits the spot

the wedding preset (dog latin), Thursday, 30 January 2025 18:08 (three weeks ago) link

This must be the poll with the highest number of non-English language songs, right?

the wedding preset (dog latin), Thursday, 30 January 2025 18:09 (three weeks ago) link

This Lenderman song is barely even music imo

imago, Thursday, 30 January 2025 18:31 (three weeks ago) link

This otoh IS music, and I very nearly voted for it

imago, Thursday, 30 January 2025 18:40 (three weeks ago) link

God it nails the assignment doesn't it

imago, Thursday, 30 January 2025 18:45 (three weeks ago) link

voted for both of these. lenderman was my #4

what angers me about the smurfs these days (voodoo chili), Thursday, 30 January 2025 18:48 (three weeks ago) link

sorry both nourished by time and lenderman

what angers me about the smurfs these days (voodoo chili), Thursday, 30 January 2025 18:48 (three weeks ago) link

ah

lol

imago, Thursday, 30 January 2025 18:49 (three weeks ago) link

ooh "control" is wonderful, my favourite discovery yet

voted for both "hell of a ride" and "she's leaving you"

"mum does the washing" is mildly amusing but i don't know how someone could want to listen to it more than once

ufo, Thursday, 30 January 2025 18:49 (three weeks ago) link

gwan then why's the lenderman good

(control was nice)

imago, Thursday, 30 January 2025 18:49 (three weeks ago) link

it's just really good at the thing it does, which admittedly isn't exciting at all. it was stuck in my head all year

ufo, Thursday, 30 January 2025 18:53 (three weeks ago) link

https://i.imgur.com/AointO9.png
22. Annie - Sky Is Blue 193 points - 7 votes
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“When there is too much confusion and you just need to get away. It can all be a bit overwhelming sometimes. Chaos, intrigues, family issues and when you can’t find any peace of mind… the only thing that could save my week, month and days was to go outside, try to leave all my troubles behind…look up at the sky, feel the strength of the sun, the heat, the wind and start all over. A new beginning, a new day.
The sky is blue is about getting a new chance. Open your mind, and try to leave your problems behind, if only for a moment. Remembering why you are here, and all the beauty in life.” - Annie

✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 30 January 2025 18:54 (three weeks ago) link

it is loud, rambunctious, has a lot of heart and a pretty melody. lots of bands try to get at the dino jr and neil young feeling, but they miss the je-ne-seis-quois, but lenderman has it.

what angers me about the smurfs these days (voodoo chili), Thursday, 30 January 2025 18:56 (three weeks ago) link

Last one for the day… see you tomorrow for the top 20.

✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 30 January 2025 18:57 (three weeks ago) link

^^^ her best single and a karaoke monster

the talented mr pimply (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 30 January 2025 18:58 (three weeks ago) link

i had no idea annie had released anything this year, this is alright

ufo, Thursday, 30 January 2025 18:59 (three weeks ago) link

RECAP 21-77

21. Sabrina Carpenter - Taste 196 points - 5 votes
22. Annie - Sky Is Blue 193 points - 7 votes
23. Nourished by Time - Hell of a Ride 191 points - 7 votes
24. Open Space x Laura Groves - Control 190 points 5 votes
25. MJ Lenderman - She’s Leaving You 185 points 8 votes
26. SZA - Saturn 178 points - 5 votes
27. Tommy Richman - Million Dollar Baby 176 points - 8 votes
28. Billie Eilish - Birds of a Feather 176 points - 5 votes
29. Clarissa Connelly - Give It Back 174 points - 6 votes
TIE 30. Dina Ögon - Orion 174 points - 5 votes - 1 º1 vote
TIE 30. Joshua Idehen - Mum Does The Washing 174 points - 5 votes - 1 º1 vote
32. Pa Salieu - Dece (Heavy) 173 points - 7 votes
33. Vampire Weekend - Capricorn 172 points - 6 votes - 1 º1 vote
34. The Blessed Madonna & Kylie Minogue - Edge of Saturday Night 172 points - 5 votes
35. Geordie Greep - Holy, Holy 170 points - 6 votes - 1 º1 vote
36. Shaboozey - A Bar Song (Tipsy) 170 points - 6 votes
37. Sabrina Carpenter - Bed Chem 170 points - 5 votes
38. Tems - Burning 170 points - 4 votes - 2 º1 votes
39. Fabiana Palladino - Stay with me through the night 163 points - 7 votes
TIE 40. Billie Eilish - LUNCH 162 points - 7 votes
TIE 40. Chappell Roan - Hot to Go 162 points - 7 votes
TIE 42. Ariana Grande - Yes, And? 158 points - 5 votes
TIE 42. Machinedrum & Tinashe - Zoom 158 points - 5 votes
44. Bullion & Charlotte Adigéry - World_train 156 points - 5 votes
45. Clairo - Sexy To Someone 155 points - 6 votes
46. Florence Adooni - Otoma da Naba 154 points - 5 votes
47. ILLIT - Magnetic 152 points - 5 votes
48. Underworld - denver luna 150 points - 5 votes - 1 º1 vote
49. Mk.gee - Alesis 147 points - 5 votes
TIE 50. Adrianne Lenker - Sadness as a Gift 144 points - 5 votes
TIE 50. Kaeto - DISTANCE 144 points - 5 votes
TIE 50. ROSÉ & Bruno Mars - APT. 144 points - 5 votes
53. Magdalena Bay - Death and Romance 144 points - 4 votes
54. NewJeans - How Sweet 143 points - 6 votes
55. Ariadna - Bezodnya 143 points - 4 votes - 1 º1 vote
56. Nilüfer Yanya - Like I Say (Runaway) 142 points 6 votes
57. aespa - Supernova 141 points - 6 votes - 1 º1 vote
58. The Cure - Endsong 141 points - 4 votes - 1 º1 vote
59. Jane Remover - Magic I Want U 137 points - 6 votes
TIE 60. Mabe Fratti - Enfrente 136 points - 5 votes
TIE 60. Magdalena Bay - Image 136 points - 5 votes
TIE 60. Rema - OZEBA 136 points - 5 votes
63. Tove Lo & SG Lewis - HEAT 136 points - 4 votes
64. Arash & Quasar - Double Moon 133 points - 4 votes - 1 º1 vote
65. Little Simz - Mood Swings 132 points - 5 votes
66. Kesha - Joyride 130 points - 7 votes
TIE 67. Doechii - Nissan Altima 130 points - 5 votes
TIE 67. Tems - Love Me JeJe 130 points - 5 votes
69. The Cure - A Fragile Thing 128 points - 4 votes
70. The Tubs - Freak Mode 127 points - 4 votes
71. LL Cool J ft. Saweetie - Proclivities 126 points - 5 votes - 1 º1 vote
72. Dlala Thukzin, Funky Qla & Zee Nxumalo - Ama Gear 126 points - 3 votes - 2 º1 votes
73. Vanishing Twin - Life Drummer 124 points - 5 votes
74. RYUGUJO - Deep Wave 123 points - 4 votes
75. Mica Levi - slob air 122 points - 6 votes
76. Camila Cabello - I Luv It 116 points- 4 votes
TIE 77. The Cure - Alone 114 points - 5 votes
TIE 77. James K - Blinkmoth (July Mix) 114 points - 5 votes

✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 30 January 2025 18:59 (three weeks ago) link

Annie song gains pathos for coming out in 2024. Innocence is over for everyone except Annie. May she never change

imago, Thursday, 30 January 2025 19:01 (three weeks ago) link

i can guess like half of what's yet to place but i have no idea about the rest

ufo, Thursday, 30 January 2025 19:03 (three weeks ago) link

i really should have voted for "give it back"

ufo, Thursday, 30 January 2025 19:13 (three weeks ago) link

I know that Kate bush comparisons are handed out like halloween candy these days to any female artist who’s a little bit quirky so apologies for that, but the last few minutes of ‘give it back’ really do take me to Aerial-esque zones. And that’s not just the voice but the way it’s conceived and then executed. And I keep saying this about Connelly but for work that feels so considered, the result is so light and airy and ALIVE, incredible artist imo

Bernard Quidbins (NickB), Thursday, 30 January 2025 19:36 (three weeks ago) link

yeah very aerial-esque but also "breathing"

ufo, Thursday, 30 January 2025 19:39 (three weeks ago) link

Saw Nourished By Time twice this year, was great both times - as a performer he’s just lovely, super chatty and funny as hell. That said, Catching Chickens didn’t really click for me like EP2 did. Am enjoying Hell OF A Ride atm though

Bernard Quidbins (NickB), Thursday, 30 January 2025 19:45 (three weeks ago) link

ep2 was my fav album 2023, and i agree that catching chickens isn't quite as good, but i was encouraged by the way he was able to iterate on his sound. and to tastefully use the new xl recordings budget to expand and polish, without sacrificing his one-man-band charm

what angers me about the smurfs these days (voodoo chili), Thursday, 30 January 2025 19:48 (three weeks ago) link

I feel pretty confident that “Bye Bye” will place tomorrow.

Clever Message Board User Name (Raymond Cummings), Thursday, 30 January 2025 19:53 (three weeks ago) link

Annie <3

abcfsk, Thursday, 30 January 2025 19:59 (three weeks ago) link

Toughest call in making a ballot this year was whether to go for "Hand On me" or "Hell of a ride"

Saxophone Of Futility (Michael B), Thursday, 30 January 2025 20:01 (three weeks ago) link

Didn’t vote for Hell of A Ride and I am regretting it

✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 30 January 2025 20:07 (three weeks ago) link

That Sabrina Carpenter video was hilarious.

octobeard, Thursday, 30 January 2025 20:21 (three weeks ago) link

Yeah, I'm not a fan of the music but she's funnier than I anticipated (I somehow managed to avoid hearing ANY SC last year). I also giggled at "where art thou? why not uponeth me?" in 'Bed Chem'.

emil.y, Thursday, 30 January 2025 20:30 (three weeks ago) link

She is way more interesting to me than Taylor Swift in any variation *ducks* and I am glad she took the pop crown from her at least for a year.

✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 30 January 2025 20:36 (three weeks ago) link

agree

spoonman (steve aoki remix) (map), Thursday, 30 January 2025 20:43 (three weeks ago) link

updated the youtube playlist, sorry for the delay

Inside The Wasp Factory with Gregg Wallace (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 30 January 2025 20:43 (three weeks ago) link

xp i think (and hope) she has a long career ahead of her

spoonman (steve aoki remix) (map), Thursday, 30 January 2025 20:44 (three weeks ago) link

I originally thought Sabrina Carpenter would place three songs in the Top 77 but now wonder if more then one will make it?

― Bee OK, Wednesday, January 29, 2025 6:27 PM (yesterday)

I should have been patient but didn't see three or possibly four songs in the Top 40. My number one is also from her and not "Espresso."

Very, very happy for her and my most played album from last year.

Bee OK, Thursday, 30 January 2025 21:04 (three weeks ago) link

The Sabrina album is actually incredibly charming and funny, I think my favourite track is the one that sounds like a Joni rip where she talks about a guy who’s “holding space for her tongue in your mouth”.

monotony, Thursday, 30 January 2025 21:08 (three weeks ago) link

Yeah of all the very explicit pop that made the list so far, I'm digging the Sabrina tracks the most. They're very playful and sexy and feel less generic and trite than I Luv It, as an example. Bed Chem is also funny and I'm sad there's no music video to go with it.

octobeard, Thursday, 30 January 2025 21:19 (three weeks ago) link

Top 20 Predictions

for starters, in no particular order

Chappell Roan - Good Luck, Babe!
Sabrina Carpenter - Espresso
Charli XCX / Lorde - Girl, so confusing
Waxahatchee ft. MJ Lenderman - Right Back to It
MJ Lenderman - Wristwatch
Kendrick Lamar - Not Like Us
Charli XCX - 360
Charli XCX - Von dutch
Jessica Pratt - Life Is
Charli XCX / Billie Eilish - Guess
FKA twigs - Eusexua
Nick Leon / Erika de Casier - Bikini
Two Shell - Be Gentle With Me
Charli XCX - I Think About It All The Time
Kim Gordon - BYE BYE
Kelly Lee Owens - Love You Got
Kabin Crew - The Spark
Jade - Angel of My Dreams
Joy Orbison - Flight FM
Kim Deal - Crystal Breath

djmartian, Thursday, 30 January 2025 21:42 (three weeks ago) link

Good guesses. I thought maybe "Denial is a River" and "Pink Skies" would place but not sure anymore.

Indexed, Thursday, 30 January 2025 21:57 (three weeks ago) link

I hope Tinashe still has a shot of showing up. "Nasty" is my #1.

!Alicia!, Thursday, 30 January 2025 21:57 (three weeks ago) link

Denial is a River is a lock in surely

groovypanda, Thursday, 30 January 2025 21:59 (three weeks ago) link

an obvious (to me) high placer missing in that list, but I won't say what it is.

Inside The Wasp Factory with Gregg Wallace (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 30 January 2025 22:29 (three weeks ago) link

If that top 20 happens I'm leaving ILX

imago, Thursday, 30 January 2025 22:38 (three weeks ago) link

Even if I voted for one of them

imago, Thursday, 30 January 2025 22:38 (three weeks ago) link

If Leash makes it, however, then I'll allow anything

imago, Thursday, 30 January 2025 22:43 (three weeks ago) link

lol

octobeard, Thursday, 30 January 2025 22:45 (three weeks ago) link

It will absolutely make it.

Bee OK, Thursday, 30 January 2025 22:46 (three weeks ago) link

Okok lol

There's another of my votes (by an artist that's already placed...twice...) that I'm semi-expecting, but yeah besides the implied three, well, it's going to be a day of hopefully not too distressing rediscovery

imago, Thursday, 30 January 2025 22:51 (three weeks ago) link

The longest tracks provided both my faves (Open Space x Laura Groves, Clarissa Connelly) and the worst tracks (Geordie Greep) today.

xyzzzz__, Thursday, 30 January 2025 23:38 (three weeks ago) link

no way 3 mj lenderman tracks place

ufo, Friday, 31 January 2025 00:01 (three weeks ago) link

You all used to be good at spotting joke placements and didn't notice one of our results today was fake.

✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 31 January 2025 00:13 (three weeks ago) link

Wait if A Bar Song is fake why did you put it in the roundup then? It is A Bar Song right? Right?

octobeard, Friday, 31 January 2025 00:17 (three weeks ago) link

I’ll never tell

✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 31 January 2025 00:25 (three weeks ago) link

j/k there is no fake out this year. or is there?

✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 31 January 2025 00:48 (three weeks ago) link

For your FYIs I'm very much at peace with Shaboozy being a fake out

the wedding preset (dog latin), Friday, 31 January 2025 00:54 (three weeks ago) link

i will be upset if "lucky" doesn't place

ideally both it and "bikini" place though

ufo, Friday, 31 January 2025 01:03 (three weeks ago) link

oh that boring in-one-ear-out-the-other song i heard a few times thruout the year is the vaunted creator of '#1 album of the year' mj lenderman, zzzzz

madgalena bay is such shit

"a bar song" deserves to be here sorry, especially given the mediocrity of some of the other mainstream placers ("apt.")

good results otherwise

dyl, Friday, 31 January 2025 01:47 (three weeks ago) link

Been busy and traveling this week so haven't kept up with the rollout much, but today had some things I voted for — Pa Salieu, Dina Ogon (groove is just unstoppable, I've put that song on 3 or 4 times in a row), MJ Lenderman (I like the song, found the album dull). But there was no discussion of "Saturn," so let's talk about it for a minute. In a strong year for big hit singles overall, to me "Saturn" was kind of the sleeper. It didn't quite dominate the summer the way the brats did, but it was a steady background thrum throughout. It has an odd, SZA-specific vibe, a moody escapism where the pain of the things you're trying to escape keeps subsuming the fantasy of getting away from them. Great lyrics, melodically lush — maybe the one of the year's big hits most likely to become some kind of standard. And definitely cemented SZA's stature.

paper plans (tipsy mothra), Friday, 31 January 2025 03:01 (three weeks ago) link

Oh I voted for "Million Dollar Baby" too, speaking of undeniable grooves.

paper plans (tipsy mothra), Friday, 31 January 2025 03:03 (three weeks ago) link

xp otm, "Saturn" is amazing

catching up, already quite a few things i'd never heard of!

Jane Remover and Nourished by Time were in my top 3. at some point "Magic I Want U" became the only song in the world, irresistible in maybe a "Buffalo Stance" sort of way, had to move it way up the list. initially misheard (?) one of its lines as "i'll be your toothy baby," not that i needed an excuse to love it more.

and "Hell of a Ride" was a yearlong fave. it starts with two moments so massive that the first ends up like a fakeout, for ten seconds you think your vision has never been clearer or fuller and then pow, 00:31.

moral ziosk (geoffreyess), Friday, 31 January 2025 03:25 (three weeks ago) link

Haven't had much time to keep up with the results this week. Enjoying the countdown so far.

Voted for:

The Cure - Alone - Easily my favourite song on the album and was very surprised to see it just sneak in the list.

Magdalena Bay - Death & Romance - My number one was an album of track of theirs which looks like it has missed out.

Clairo - Sexy To Someone - The album was a huge step up and this was one of many highlights. I was hoping this would be her first proper hit.

The Blessed Madonna & Kylie Minogue - Such a banger, especially the instrumentation after the chorus. Wish the public had made this a Padam Padam sized hit.

Annie - Sky Is Blue - I know we're very loyal to Annie, but it was a surprise to see this so high. She's just the best.

Songs I didn't vote which I'm really glad made it included Saturn which was one of the few standouts on the largely forgettable S.O.S deluxe. The LL Cool J song which was my favourite song on the album. The Florence Adooni track as well which was one of the last songs I cut from my list. Love that Fabiana Palladino one as well. I voted for her album.

Biggest discoveries from the rollout so far are Clarissa Connelly and Open Space x Laura Groves. Not sure how I missed the latter as I love pretty much everything Laura Groves does.

Shaboozey followed by Geordie Greep is very much the part of the poll that isn't for me.

No idea what's going to win or what is still to come beyond a few that seem like obvious picks (Good Luck Babe, Espresso, Life Is, Bubble Gum). I could see Charli XCX suffering from split-voting. Was their a consensus pick from the Cassandra Jenkins album which is obviously going to do very well next week? Same with Beyonce.

I feel like I've been a bit out of touch with things on here in the last year which is actually making the countdown more exciting. Other years it felt obvious who would win or at least what the main contenders were.

kitchen person, Friday, 31 January 2025 04:56 (three weeks ago) link

i don't think "bubble gum" will place and there will probably be like 3 or 4 charli tracks placing

ufo, Friday, 31 January 2025 05:01 (three weeks ago) link

See, that's where I'm out of touch because I thought Bubble Gum was probably close to being as popular as Super Shy. It's purely just because I like it as much.

You're probably right about Charli. I just haven't been keeping track of her thread as much this year. I also figured a lot of people are still holding a grudge about Boys winning all those years ago and that caused a bit of a backlash. I don't know which the most popular Brat songs are on here. I ended up just going with the Lorde remix.

kitchen person, Friday, 31 January 2025 05:17 (three weeks ago) link

ILX not into Erika de Casier's "Lucky"?

Gukbe, Friday, 31 January 2025 05:39 (three weeks ago) link

it better show up!!!

ufo, Friday, 31 January 2025 05:42 (three weeks ago) link

Lucky will surely place too

groovypanda, Friday, 31 January 2025 05:42 (three weeks ago) link

And for those enjoying Control, the flip side is ace too:

Open Space X Laura Groves - Tied

groovypanda, Friday, 31 January 2025 05:46 (three weeks ago) link

Of the Charlis, I'd expect the Lorde song to make it, maybe Von dutch and Guess too, but the others I wouldn't bank on. (I nominated "360" on the final day, moreseo for completeness' sake as I was surprised not to see it on the list, so I sort of doubt it's going to be top 20. But it seems like you only need 5-6 votes for that this year so who really knows).

I don't expect that there will be anything on my ballot that hasn't already been mentioned in this thread that might still appear. I expect we are headed towards a Chappell v Sabrina finale, I would probably tip the former. Maybe Tinashe as a potential podium wildcard.

monotony, Friday, 31 January 2025 06:21 (three weeks ago) link

Just woke up with the intro to "Alone" playing in my head. Maybe there is something to this Cure band after all

the wedding preset (dog latin), Friday, 31 January 2025 06:49 (three weeks ago) link

And for those enjoying Control, the flip side is ace too:

Open Space X Laura Groves - Tied

― groovypanda, Friday, 31 January 2025 bookmarkflaglink

Thanks, will check!

xyzzzz__, Friday, 31 January 2025 09:43 (three weeks ago) link

Only a couple of my picks have placed so far - OZEBA, Proclivities, World_Train - but that's not unusual. in the last few years there's been a surprise DL fave right near the top of the chart, so I'm hoping something will come but I won't hold my breath. Flight FM should place, I can imagine, as will The Spark (which deserves to be number one really)

the wedding preset (dog latin), Friday, 31 January 2025 09:57 (three weeks ago) link

So far I'm enjoying Dece, Orion, Otoma da Naba, NISSAN ALTIMA,

the wedding preset (dog latin), Friday, 31 January 2025 09:59 (three weeks ago) link

"Pa Salieu, Dina Ogon (groove is just unstoppable, I've put that song on 3 or 4 times in a row), MJ Lenderman"

These were some of the other faces. Lenderman has a surprisingly strong song and video.

xyzzzz__, Friday, 31 January 2025 11:11 (three weeks ago) link

*faves

xyzzzz__, Friday, 31 January 2025 11:11 (three weeks ago) link

Tommy Richman song is a nice bit of 2010s nostalgia (is it too early for that?) and fun to listen to - but is there more to it than that?

Speaking of 2010 nostalgia, that Machinedrum track is exactly the kind of thing I'd have liked back then but still gives me loudness-war-itis

the wedding preset (dog latin), Friday, 31 January 2025 11:18 (three weeks ago) link

Really looking forward to the top 20, probably been the best collection of tunes from this poll the last couple of years.

Not so looking forward to ppl who don't know anything talking about what does or does not qualify as music. But we have been here before.

xyzzzz__, Friday, 31 January 2025 11:35 (three weeks ago) link

the only track that i'd say was questionably not music was "mum does the washing"

ufo, Friday, 31 January 2025 11:38 (three weeks ago) link

I'd like to think that a little bit of quizzical hyperbole drew out some nice explanations from Team Lenderman, albeit I still don't quite get it myself

imago, Friday, 31 January 2025 11:43 (three weeks ago) link

You're all lucky I didn't take on The Tubs too. UK Springsteenisms not my bag either admittedly. Save us Moka

imago, Friday, 31 January 2025 11:45 (three weeks ago) link

You like Blur and indie, you just wanted attention again xp

xyzzzz__, Friday, 31 January 2025 11:45 (three weeks ago) link

the only track that i'd say was questionably not music was "mum does the washing"

― ufo, Friday, 31 January 2025 bookmarkflaglink

That's just spoken word type stuff. Has its place even if I didn't go for it

xyzzzz__, Friday, 31 January 2025 11:46 (three weeks ago) link

I like music with a little bit of harmonic, melodic, textural or thematic depth, the Lenderman song followed a very simple chord progression without any variation while also sporting some, imo, fairly basic lyrics. I get that the sincere simplicity of the song may strike a chord with some, but it isn't for me, and it isn't anything like the indie I enjoy

imago, Friday, 31 January 2025 11:48 (three weeks ago) link

Like Blur. Ok.

xyzzzz__, Friday, 31 January 2025 11:53 (three weeks ago) link

I'll cop to Blur being my favourite band. 20 years ago

imago, Friday, 31 January 2025 11:55 (three weeks ago) link

The Tubs are a fine wee rock-pop band. Not especially taken by the song that placed but Wretched Lie and the previous album was remarkably enjoyable

the wedding preset (dog latin), Friday, 31 January 2025 12:00 (three weeks ago) link

The Tubs sound nothing like Springsteen

Saxophone Of Futility (Michael B), Friday, 31 January 2025 12:30 (three weeks ago) link

just the emotional impression I get! bear in mind I don't know anything though

imago, Friday, 31 January 2025 12:34 (three weeks ago) link

Correct

xyzzzz__, Friday, 31 January 2025 12:40 (three weeks ago) link

ommy Richman song is a nice bit of 2010s nostalgia (is it too early for that?) and fun to listen to - but is there more to it than that?

Does there have to be? It delighted me when I heard it in the car or walking around campus last summer.

the talented mr pimply (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 31 January 2025 12:45 (three weeks ago) link

what part of the 2010s does million dollar baby resemble? i feel like it’s the neuptunes at half speed

what angers me about the smurfs these days (voodoo chili), Friday, 31 January 2025 12:48 (three weeks ago) link

I don't hear it either tbh

the talented mr pimply (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 31 January 2025 12:54 (three weeks ago) link

dunno. maybe i'm tripping. perhaps just been a while since i heard a trap-style beat

the wedding preset (dog latin), Friday, 31 January 2025 13:03 (three weeks ago) link

and maybe the vocal reminds me of someone like Miguel or The_Dream a little

the wedding preset (dog latin), Friday, 31 January 2025 13:08 (three weeks ago) link

loved this album

nxd, Friday, 31 January 2025 13:25 (three weeks ago) link

expect this will be the last of my votes to place, so even this high I will grace it with a 'too low'

devvvine, Friday, 31 January 2025 13:29 (three weeks ago) link

okay... dunno what this is but it references Guess I'm Dumb, so guess I'm sold

the wedding preset (dog latin), Friday, 31 January 2025 13:37 (three weeks ago) link

they'll never beat Boss Trick but this comes close. My body flows like war'ah!

the wedding preset (dog latin), Friday, 31 January 2025 13:48 (three weeks ago) link

i totally forgot about this but it's a lot better than the other real lies track from last year

ufo, Friday, 31 January 2025 13:51 (three weeks ago) link

the one they put out last week is fantastic, new album should really good

Bernard Quidbins (NickB), Friday, 31 January 2025 13:53 (three weeks ago) link

Bit of the old Spectoresque hypnagogia from our Pratt here eh

imago, Friday, 31 January 2025 13:59 (three weeks ago) link

Surprisingly(?) more into the Real Lies

imago, Friday, 31 January 2025 14:01 (three weeks ago) link

But I am currently walking around the damp streets of South London so this fits my current vibe rather neatly

imago, Friday, 31 January 2025 14:02 (three weeks ago) link

OH MY GOD I didn't remotely think this would place :DDDDD

imago, Friday, 31 January 2025 14:07 (three weeks ago) link

This is Zach Phillips' musical universe and we're just voting in it etc. My 7th and final ranked track. Sounds so simple and effortless for something that's got so much going on

imago, Friday, 31 January 2025 14:10 (three weeks ago) link

Ha, I didn't even read the pullquote and have essentially reprised it. Way to go lol

imago, Friday, 31 January 2025 14:11 (three weeks ago) link

Ooh, I must have missed this one on the nominations, this is rather great.

Chewshabadoo, Friday, 31 January 2025 14:17 (three weeks ago) link

Jessica Pratt has a bit of a Lynch vibe? (Maybe its that video more than anything, plus his recent passing)

xyzzzz__, Friday, 31 January 2025 14:21 (three weeks ago) link

niiice day so far! also no speculation "not like us" will place? i didn't vote anything else by the guy but cmon.. let's just pack it in if we're ignoring that one

maf you one two (maffew12), Friday, 31 January 2025 14:26 (three weeks ago) link

“raat ki rani,” so good. another of my votes.

what angers me about the smurfs these days (voodoo chili), Friday, 31 January 2025 14:28 (three weeks ago) link

killed me not to find room for her album so i put it down too. a standout.

maf you one two (maffew12), Friday, 31 January 2025 14:29 (three weeks ago) link

it’s the best sade song of the year, and sade did actually release a song last year

what angers me about the smurfs these days (voodoo chili), Friday, 31 January 2025 14:32 (three weeks ago) link

Lol @ the video for Aftab but its excellent

xyzzzz__, Friday, 31 January 2025 14:33 (three weeks ago) link

Sade had "Young Lion". WILL IT PLACE STAY TUNEDq

maf you one two (maffew12), Friday, 31 January 2025 14:34 (three weeks ago) link

I did try with that arooj aftab song, and though her voice is gorgeous, the tune itself sounds like one of the less memorable ones off a mid 90s Sting album

Bernard Quidbins (NickB), Friday, 31 January 2025 14:35 (three weeks ago) link

That Fievel is Glauque song sounds like Chick Corea.

o. nate, Friday, 31 January 2025 14:39 (three weeks ago) link

I admire Arooj Aftab more than like the music, her voice is amazing but it's a bit too coffee table for me? I dunno, I see the beauty in it but it hasn't ever clicked.

I did vote for FIG - didn't hear the whole album this time around but I do enjoy annoying my cats with peppy jazz flute.

emil.y, Friday, 31 January 2025 14:40 (three weeks ago) link

lol, just noticed I xposted with Nick who said p much the same thing but funnier and meaner.

emil.y, Friday, 31 January 2025 14:41 (three weeks ago) link

I do enjoy it when others say it so I don't have to

imago, Friday, 31 January 2025 14:42 (three weeks ago) link

Begs the question how much Sting is Nick listening to on the regular.

Chewshabadoo, Friday, 31 January 2025 14:43 (three weeks ago) link

I haven't caught your radio show in a while, is it Sting deepcuts throughout his sections now?

emil.y, Friday, 31 January 2025 14:44 (three weeks ago) link

It’s possible there could be some cheeky Sting acid edits sneaking in now you mention it.

Chewshabadoo, Friday, 31 January 2025 14:46 (three weeks ago) link

Urgh, not horrid children! Urgh!

(I voted for this ofc)

imago, Friday, 31 January 2025 14:51 (three weeks ago) link

wtf even is this???

emil.y, Friday, 31 January 2025 14:54 (three weeks ago) link

too low!!!

Inside The Wasp Factory with Gregg Wallace (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 31 January 2025 14:54 (three weeks ago) link

not sure I would have voted for this had I noticed it in the nominations but this remains pretty undeniable and at the very least made me go back to 'hot cheetos and takis'

devvvine, Friday, 31 January 2025 14:54 (three weeks ago) link

Happy to see this turn up but was hoping it would be higher.

Two and a half minutes of pure joy

groovypanda, Friday, 31 January 2025 14:55 (three weeks ago) link

ok this rules

maf you one two (maffew12), Friday, 31 January 2025 14:56 (three weeks ago) link

Too much going on to vote this year but "Life Is" would have been my #1.

Chris L, Friday, 31 January 2025 14:57 (three weeks ago) link

I would've guessed at this being a fakeout if it wasn't for the fact that it has 7 million views on youtube. Insert "am I out of touch?" Principal Skinner meme.

emil.y, Friday, 31 January 2025 14:57 (three weeks ago) link

Join our Music League emil.y and get tomorrow's news today!

imago, Friday, 31 January 2025 14:58 (three weeks ago) link

it's a charming novelty rap song by some Irish kids having loads of fun. it's also the best english language rap song to appear in this poll so far

devvvine, Friday, 31 January 2025 14:59 (three weeks ago) link

Now that's going too far

xyzzzz__, Friday, 31 January 2025 15:01 (three weeks ago) link

Ahhh, I should've guessed there might be something like that afoot. There was a reason why I didn't join Music League - is it an app or a spotify thing? Don't use the latter and my phone is dying so can't do apps.

xxp

emil.y, Friday, 31 January 2025 15:01 (three weeks ago) link

aside from the context in the blurb above, it's just a really good pop d&b track, and god knows these polls need more pop d&b tracks

Inside The Wasp Factory with Gregg Wallace (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 31 January 2025 15:01 (three weeks ago) link

catching up on the things I wasn’t super familiar with from yesterday.

“orion”: liked dina ogon in the past but this is pleasurably forgettable. a nice groove to be sure, the tune seems to be an afterthought

“give it back”: really nice, makes me wish i paid attention to this album when it came out. i did wind up voting for a fellow copenhagen singer-songwriter’s song with “give” in the title that i sadly don’t believe will place

“control”: i appreciate the ilx poll for reminding me yearly when laura groves has something new out. don’t fully connect with this one, the burn is a little too slow

“the sky is blue”: been thinking a lot about sally shapiro’s great disco romance album lately, and this song would’ve fit right in

what angers me about the smurfs these days (voodoo chili), Friday, 31 January 2025 15:02 (three weeks ago) link

Right yes, the no Spotify thing is a bit of a barrier alas. Suffice it to say that this song went off in the 2024 round

imago, Friday, 31 January 2025 15:02 (three weeks ago) link

Yeah, it’s a banger! I don’t ever choose to listen to it and I think the energy might be too much to handle if I lsitened to it more than once in a while, but I’ve always enjoyed it when I hear it and it’s a great story.

Chewshabadoo, Friday, 31 January 2025 15:06 (three weeks ago) link

The first time I heard Kabin Krew I went “wtf is this nonsense”

By the third time I heard it, I was pretty much all in

my favorite herbs are fennel and Drake (DJP), Friday, 31 January 2025 15:07 (three weeks ago) link

“Angel of My Dream” OTOH is a giant pile of horseshit

my favorite herbs are fennel and Drake (DJP), Friday, 31 January 2025 15:08 (three weeks ago) link

Not sure about the song as a whole but that bass is FILTHY.

emil.y, Friday, 31 January 2025 15:09 (three weeks ago) link

Are those last two fake ?

Nabozo, Friday, 31 January 2025 15:12 (three weeks ago) link

The point I gave this in Music League feels very generous on relisten lol

imago, Friday, 31 January 2025 15:13 (three weeks ago) link

I have heard Angel of My Dreams everywhere this year and am sick of it now.

Inside The Wasp Factory with Gregg Wallace (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 31 January 2025 15:13 (three weeks ago) link

No ! the fakes normally come in the Top 5

djmartian, Friday, 31 January 2025 15:14 (three weeks ago) link

first I'm hearing of this song's existence, no thank you

devvvine, Friday, 31 January 2025 15:15 (three weeks ago) link

you're all gonna flip when Moka reveals it's been 77 straight fakes

rob, Friday, 31 January 2025 15:15 (three weeks ago) link

That went to about 10 different directions.

xyzzzz__, Friday, 31 January 2025 15:16 (three weeks ago) link

Feigned bafflement that people like things, a timeless ILM classic

Zurich is Starmed (Noodle Vague), Friday, 31 January 2025 15:16 (three weeks ago) link

Feigned bafflement that people still like things is more my mode

rob, Friday, 31 January 2025 15:18 (three weeks ago) link

Omg this placed! I very nearly voted for it and another listen would probably have meant I did. Better late than never. Burial in his latter prog morsel mode has been a constant delight

imago, Friday, 31 January 2025 15:19 (three weeks ago) link

xp

yeah i have scrupulously withheld my opinions on people voting for ok nearly tripped myself up there

Zurich is Starmed (Noodle Vague), Friday, 31 January 2025 15:20 (three weeks ago) link

Angel Of My Dreams is such a great debut single for Jade which is miles ahead of anything else the other Little Mix members have done. It took me a few listens to really get onboard. Shame none of her other singles including Fantasy which is brilliant have caught on in the same way.

Good start to the top 20. The Jessica Pratt single felt like an instant classic and that was the best Real Lies related song in the last couple of years. Voted for the Arooj Aftab album after not getting into her previous one at all.

kitchen person, Friday, 31 January 2025 15:22 (three weeks ago) link

Jessica Pratt has a bit of a Lynch vibe? (Maybe its that video more than anything, plus his recent passing)

― xyzzzz__, Friday, January 31, 2025 9:21 AM (one hour ago)

I think she definitely does. imago called it Spector-esque earlier and of course yes that's accurate, but she summons a haunting/haunted quality that's really affecting imo. It did take a few listens to fall in love with the album, but it's only 27 mins long so I strongly recommend trying

rob, Friday, 31 January 2025 15:24 (three weeks ago) link

This Burial song is a giant mess. I am still baffled and eyeing Moka suspiciously.

Nabozo, Friday, 31 January 2025 15:25 (three weeks ago) link

Hey don’t shoot the messenger

✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 31 January 2025 15:26 (three weeks ago) link

Look, we've had lots of stuff I like in the 11-20 range, you'll get your turn soon lol

imago, Friday, 31 January 2025 15:28 (three weeks ago) link

really amazed at the widely-acclaimed songs that are causing ppl to cry "fake" this year

ivy., Friday, 31 January 2025 15:29 (three weeks ago) link

BUT NOT YET

I voted for this too! Probably their best song yet. It's kinda monumental

imago, Friday, 31 January 2025 15:32 (three weeks ago) link

Burial into this is, as the kids say, cinema

imago, Friday, 31 January 2025 15:32 (three weeks ago) link

It's terrible but I think I would be way more interested in new Burial records if he divided the tracks, I never feel like listening to these long collage suites. Especially because they're clearly different pieces stitched together, and it's cruel not to separate out the bangers. He's still doing great work though.

That Fievel is Glauque song sounds like Chick Corea.

Totally, early Return to Forever vibes.

Jordan s/t (Jordan), Friday, 31 January 2025 15:33 (three weeks ago) link

Oh wow, I had given up on this placing. My number one and the best thing they've done by an absolute mile.

The bit where the piano comes in and it goes all ABBA was my favourite musical moment of the year. Kind of gives me Ten Love Songs vibes.

kitchen person, Friday, 31 January 2025 15:33 (three weeks ago) link

Although the political message is heartening, I can't help thinking its only a slight distance from Kabin Krew to something like "We Bring the Boom".

o. nate, Friday, 31 January 2025 15:36 (three weeks ago) link

good song, didn't vote for it. I'm pro mb but discovering top dog this year overshadowed the new record

devvvine, Friday, 31 January 2025 15:36 (three weeks ago) link

To be clear, it’s not bafflement that people would like the solo turn from a member of a successful girl group, it’s expressing the opinion that said solo turn is a gigantic mess of half-formed ideas wretchedly executed and I feel second-hand embarrassment for JADE that she listen to this playback and thought “yes, this captures exactly what I wanted, ship it”

The fact that lots of people like it doesn’t automatically mean it’s any good. Lots of people have good taste in some things and bad taste in other things, it’s all idiosyncratic.

my favorite herbs are fennel and Drake (DJP), Friday, 31 January 2025 15:36 (three weeks ago) link

Although the political message is heartening, I can't help thinking its only a slight distance from Kabin Krew to something like "We Bring the Boom".

― o. nate, Friday, 31 January 2025 15:36 (two minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

not wrong, but it's not like the rest of this poll is full of dmv flow

devvvine, Friday, 31 January 2025 15:39 (three weeks ago) link

That Burial morphs into like two other monsters. Bit of a journey.

xyzzzz__, Friday, 31 January 2025 15:40 (three weeks ago) link

Wait how did “denial is a river in Egypt” get attributed to Wendy Williams

my favorite herbs are fennel and Drake (DJP), Friday, 31 January 2025 15:50 (three weeks ago) link

voted for "boy sent from above" as my #5 or so. seemed like the critical consensus preferred "dreamfear," and idk why

what angers me about the smurfs these days (voodoo chili), Friday, 31 January 2025 15:52 (three weeks ago) link

didn't vote for "cry for me" but i agree that it's the best song on the album

what angers me about the smurfs these days (voodoo chili), Friday, 31 January 2025 15:52 (three weeks ago) link

Oooh I didn’t understood the pun on the title until now. Lol

✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 31 January 2025 15:54 (three weeks ago) link

Wait how did "denial is a river in Egypt" get attributed to Wendy Williams

LOL, some history here:
https://quoteinvestigator.com/2012/05/11/denial-not-river/

o. nate, Friday, 31 January 2025 15:54 (three weeks ago) link

Yt recommended earlier the nardwuar vs doechii interview. I love her energy.

✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 31 January 2025 15:55 (three weeks ago) link

Love Denial Is A River but annoyed by the video which adds loads of unnecessary diegetic sound, no idea why directors do this.

Inside The Wasp Factory with Gregg Wallace (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 31 January 2025 16:02 (three weeks ago) link

Denial is a River is best track so far.

xyzzzz__, Friday, 31 January 2025 16:05 (three weeks ago) link

doechii record didn't do much for me. she can clearly rap so I hope she escapes the tde prestige rap pipeline

devvvine, Friday, 31 January 2025 16:05 (three weeks ago) link

voted for "boy sent from above". I thought I was totally over Burial but he's somehow won me back in the last couple of years.

silverfish, Friday, 31 January 2025 16:12 (three weeks ago) link

Oof. Thought those last two were a lock for the top 10. Are we going to have several Charli songs there then?

groovypanda, Friday, 31 January 2025 16:13 (three weeks ago) link

TOP 10 Predictions

Chappell Roan - Good Luck, Babe!
Sabrina Carpenter - Espresso
Charli XCX / Lorde - Girl, so confusing featuring lorde
MJ Lenderman - Wristwatch
Kendrick Lamar - Not Like Us
FKA twigs - Eusexua
Charli XCX - Von dutch
Joy Orbison - Flight FM
Kelly Lee Owens - Love You Got
Nick Leon / Erika de Casier - Bikini

any more suggestions?

djmartian, Friday, 31 January 2025 16:14 (three weeks ago) link

I can't help thinking its only a slight distance from Kabin Krew to something like "We Bring the Boom".

lol I was thinking how much better it is compared to the obvious American counterpart.

Jordan s/t (Jordan), Friday, 31 January 2025 16:14 (three weeks ago) link

“nasty” is so addictive, ran it back dozens of times but never stopped wanting to hear it again. my #3

what angers me about the smurfs these days (voodoo chili), Friday, 31 January 2025 16:14 (three weeks ago) link

I should have voted for Nasty

Nabozo, Friday, 31 January 2025 16:15 (three weeks ago) link

This rollout has been somewhat spoilered by The Peoples Pop Poll on Bluesky having so much overlap with it so discovered a few of these tracks via that first e.g. Arooj, Joshua Idehen

Burial tracks is another of his ridic shambles but still like other 20s stuff from him

3 for MB is surprising but agree this one is the best

nashwan, Friday, 31 January 2025 16:15 (three weeks ago) link

Btw I like Tinashe and I like Zach Sekoff (and good for him, I remember when he was a beat scene teenage prodigy), but idgi with 'Nasty', it seems very mid.

xp lol

Jordan s/t (Jordan), Friday, 31 January 2025 16:15 (three weeks ago) link

And Doechii rules, although I wonder how much of her following are old heads who gravitate to boom bap. I wonder if '90s beats are having a renaissance due to youtube/insta video beatmakers though?

Jordan s/t (Jordan), Friday, 31 January 2025 16:18 (three weeks ago) link

(oh and I predict "I Think About It All the Time" for top 10)

Jordan s/t (Jordan), Friday, 31 January 2025 16:18 (three weeks ago) link

Jordan otm re Nasty, I'm afraid, there are entire Tinashe albums that are better

rob, Friday, 31 January 2025 16:20 (three weeks ago) link

some things i love about "nasty":
- it's a filthy song that doesn't actually use any dirty language
- great off-kilter bassline
- hypnotic, half-sung verse melody
- that weird minor chord substitution in the verse progression (that tinashe emphasizes with her "oh ah"s during the outro

what angers me about the smurfs these days (voodoo chili), Friday, 31 January 2025 16:20 (three weeks ago) link

haven't listened to the doechii tracks at all but the clips i've seen on social media give heavy theater-kid vibes

na (NA), Friday, 31 January 2025 16:20 (three weeks ago) link

devvvine otm, re: doechii

what angers me about the smurfs these days (voodoo chili), Friday, 31 January 2025 16:21 (three weeks ago) link

how many Charlie XCX in the top 10 - 3?

djmartian, Friday, 31 January 2025 16:21 (three weeks ago) link

Our top 10 is just brat and it’s completely different but also still brat.

✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 31 January 2025 16:21 (three weeks ago) link

Every year I am amazed at how many songs make it into this poll that I have 0 knowledge of, but this year is especially surprising. Really looking forward to playing through the playlist over the weekend.

Indexed, Friday, 31 January 2025 16:23 (three weeks ago) link

Magdalena Bay and Doechii tracks are great. 'Nasty' just doesn't compare to Vanity 6 or Janet Jackson in the nasty song stakes.

emil.y, Friday, 31 January 2025 16:25 (three weeks ago) link

cassandra :)))))

ivy., Friday, 31 January 2025 16:25 (three weeks ago) link

cassandra jenkins album mostly passed me by, but couldn't not vote for "delphinium blue." reminds me of laurie anderson.

what angers me about the smurfs these days (voodoo chili), Friday, 31 January 2025 16:26 (three weeks ago) link

re: top 10. i would have guessed 'yeah glo!' was a lock, however, I fear I am painfully out of touch with the ilm hivemind

devvvine, Friday, 31 January 2025 16:26 (three weeks ago) link

Good album.

the talented mr pimply (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 31 January 2025 16:27 (three weeks ago) link

Yay, Cassandra. I expect the album to be top 3.

Dan Worsley, Friday, 31 January 2025 16:28 (three weeks ago) link

Oh yes this Cassandra Jenkins is nice.

emil.y, Friday, 31 January 2025 16:28 (three weeks ago) link

My #1!

nashwan, Friday, 31 January 2025 16:29 (three weeks ago) link

beautiful album

nxd, Friday, 31 January 2025 16:30 (three weeks ago) link

A flower shop themed song!

xyzzzz__, Friday, 31 January 2025 16:32 (three weeks ago) link

Great song

xyzzzz__, Friday, 31 January 2025 16:32 (three weeks ago) link

Perfect start to the top ten. The highlight of a stunning album.

kitchen person, Friday, 31 January 2025 16:33 (three weeks ago) link

Very glad The Spark placed, but it was too low. Just an antidote for all that is bad in this world

the wedding preset (dog latin), Friday, 31 January 2025 16:34 (three weeks ago) link

Kinda shocked that “Denial Is A River” isn’t top 10

Clever Message Board User Name (Raymond Cummings), Friday, 31 January 2025 16:34 (three weeks ago) link

re: top 10. i would have guessed 'yeah glo!' was a lock, however, I fear I am painfully out of touch with the ilm hivemind

possible split with TGIF? I had that one. eyyyyyyyyy

maf you one two (maffew12), Friday, 31 January 2025 16:37 (three weeks ago) link

Charli prediction: 360 or nothing. Sorta pop's epitome of Voted For The Album Instead

maf you one two (maffew12), Friday, 31 January 2025 16:37 (three weeks ago) link

"Delphinium Blue" is stunning but also i don't know how to deal with all that it stirs up

Zurich is Starmed (Noodle Vague), Friday, 31 January 2025 16:41 (three weeks ago) link

well if i had to pick one personally.... well done!

maf you one two (maffew12), Friday, 31 January 2025 16:43 (three weeks ago) link

My least favorite of the brat, though I've warmed to it.

the talented mr pimply (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 31 January 2025 16:43 (three weeks ago) link

Going to find out what this 'brat' business is all about

xyzzzz__, Friday, 31 January 2025 16:44 (three weeks ago) link

when this dropped I was worried about the record. a lot stronger in context, but still wouldn't have been one of my picks from it.

devvvine, Friday, 31 January 2025 16:44 (three weeks ago) link

Here comes the Charli avalanche...

emil.y, Friday, 31 January 2025 16:46 (three weeks ago) link

Brat was decent music and this song is no exception but Charli is such a repellent person/figure these days, it soured me on the entire deal

imago, Friday, 31 January 2025 16:48 (three weeks ago) link

In what way? (Honest question, I have no idea.)

emil.y, Friday, 31 January 2025 16:49 (three weeks ago) link

Just read any interview she's done in the past 3 or 4 years, also Kamala is brat

imago, Friday, 31 January 2025 16:51 (three weeks ago) link

losing the election has probably been really rough on Charli

maf you one two (maffew12), Friday, 31 January 2025 16:52 (three weeks ago) link

Why are you reading for? xp

xyzzzz__, Friday, 31 January 2025 16:53 (three weeks ago) link

Is it really an ilm top 77 without Lana del Rey?

✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 31 January 2025 16:54 (three weeks ago) link

Yes yes good work

imago, Friday, 31 January 2025 16:54 (three weeks ago) link

shocked to learn a celebrity has poor political opinions

devvvine, Friday, 31 January 2025 16:55 (three weeks ago) link

this is the fake one, right?

what angers me about the smurfs these days (voodoo chili), Friday, 31 January 2025 16:55 (three weeks ago) link

wait where the fuck is Raye ('Genesis' had some instant impact but also really grew on me)

A Rae kinda trying too hard with not enough altho I like her other tune

nashwan, Friday, 31 January 2025 16:56 (three weeks ago) link

This Cassandra Jenkins song would have more of a chance with me if it didn't employ The Coldplay Chords (occasionally swapping chords 1 and 3 by way of variety)

imago, Friday, 31 January 2025 16:57 (three weeks ago) link

Nice. I was late to this one. Very happy to see it so high.

kitchen person, Friday, 31 January 2025 17:01 (three weeks ago) link

Raye 'Genesis' was not nominated. Even though I highlighted it wasn't nominated before the deadline, as a suggestion to nominate.

djmartian, Friday, 31 January 2025 17:03 (three weeks ago) link

I don't think I used all mine either but thought it was already in

nashwan, Friday, 31 January 2025 17:06 (three weeks ago) link

We have had FAKE coke, but no FAKE placings, so far?. Be extra vigilant from now on. What out for the Joker and I don't mean that trad indie merchant bore MJ Lenderman.

djmartian, Friday, 31 January 2025 17:09 (three weeks ago) link

is this not in fact fake

imago, Friday, 31 January 2025 17:15 (three weeks ago) link

talking of the joker, we want be seeing that sexy clown Marie Davidson, as that track wasn't nominated.

djmartian, Friday, 31 January 2025 17:16 (three weeks ago) link

xp no. it has to be

imago, Friday, 31 January 2025 17:16 (three weeks ago) link

i'm flagging a post for calling a woman a "sexy clown," this is just where i'm at today

ivy., Friday, 31 January 2025 17:19 (three weeks ago) link

i do self-identify as a sexy clown tho

ivy., Friday, 31 January 2025 17:20 (three weeks ago) link

this song is a nice corrective to that diet pepsi garbage (if it wasn't fake)

imago, Friday, 31 January 2025 17:23 (three weeks ago) link

Yay Kimmy!
Such a hero and inspiration!

nicky lo-fi, Friday, 31 January 2025 17:23 (three weeks ago) link

haven't listened to the doechii tracks at all but the clips i've seen on social media give heavy theater-kid vibes

It’s wildly aggravating reading stuff like this in a world that contains Chappell Roan

my favorite herbs are fennel and Drake (DJP), Friday, 31 January 2025 17:25 (three weeks ago) link

genuinely moving :)

nashwan, Friday, 31 January 2025 17:30 (three weeks ago) link

"The Spark" rules, thank u ILM

sleeve, Friday, 31 January 2025 17:30 (three weeks ago) link

gotta say I’m 50/50 on doing a image search for sexy clown right now

Bernard Quidbins (NickB), Friday, 31 January 2025 17:31 (three weeks ago) link

xp to DJP

lol I wrote three versions of a similar post but couldn't figure out what I was trying to say exactly. most pop has "theater-kid vibes" now was the gist

rob, Friday, 31 January 2025 17:32 (three weeks ago) link

an excursion as we await the top 5

Marie Davidson - Sexy Clown
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1s_nggyV444

Enter Marie Davidson’s Circus in the Music Video of ‘Sexy Clown’
https://enfntsterribles.com/enter-marie-davidsons-circus-in-the-music-video-of-sexy-clown/

djmartian, Friday, 31 January 2025 17:36 (three weeks ago) link

oh lol i missed this, love her. sorry djmartian

ivy., Friday, 31 January 2025 17:37 (three weeks ago) link

doechii having theater-kid vibes does not exclude other artists also having theater-kid vibes. but again i am basing this on very little evidence.

na (NA), Friday, 31 January 2025 17:40 (three weeks ago) link

I think the point is more "what does saying that mean in our current pop landscape?" but nw I get it was an off-the-cuff comment. the video for Denial is literally her in a fake 80s sitcom so it's not that you're wrong per se

rob, Friday, 31 January 2025 17:43 (three weeks ago) link

YES

imago, Friday, 31 January 2025 17:45 (three weeks ago) link

calling fake

devvvine, Friday, 31 January 2025 17:45 (three weeks ago) link

nice. i don't think we've seen a fake yet.

maf you one two (maffew12), Friday, 31 January 2025 17:46 (three weeks ago) link

I think the point is more "what does saying that mean in our current pop landscape?" but nw I get it was an off-the-cuff comment. the video for Denial is literally her in a fake 80s sitcom so it's not that you're wrong per se

The point is also “I mostly see people complaining about ‘theater kids’ when the artist in question is Black” which no one wants to hear but, you know, maybe consider how your internal sorting hat connects to the words you share with the people around you

my favorite herbs are fennel and Drake (DJP), Friday, 31 January 2025 17:47 (three weeks ago) link

My #5. Such a triumphant return, such a righteous collaboration between a main popstar and JORGE ELBRECHT yes Lansing-Dreiden himself, not an Antonoff or a Nigro who never did anything good for themselves but one of artpop's great hyperrealisers constructing a giant, luxuriously detailed shoegaze fantasy for her to seize and own. It's miraculous

imago, Friday, 31 January 2025 17:48 (three weeks ago) link

the lack of a fake out was the real fake out all along

Inside The Wasp Factory with Gregg Wallace (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 31 January 2025 17:49 (three weeks ago) link

Well, Sky Ferriera released one of the defining tracks of last decade, Everything is Embarrassing. And this track goes nowhere that track in terms of quality.

my instincts are saying FAKE DETECTION - the joker has been played.

djmartian, Friday, 31 January 2025 17:50 (three weeks ago) link

Strong Hatchie vibes on this one but great comeback and made my ballot

groovypanda, Friday, 31 January 2025 17:50 (three weeks ago) link

I also voted for it, albeit lower down. think it's real.

Inside The Wasp Factory with Gregg Wallace (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 31 January 2025 17:51 (three weeks ago) link

Karaoke Track of the Year

the talented mr pimply (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 31 January 2025 17:57 (three weeks ago) link

I'm working late, 'cause I'm a singer

Always makes me laugh because what does this have to do with anything?

Bee OK, Friday, 31 January 2025 18:00 (three weeks ago) link

two great pop songs at opposite ends of the definition

nxd, Friday, 31 January 2025 18:02 (three weeks ago) link

The point is also “I mostly see people complaining about ‘theater kids’ when the artist in question is Black” which no one wants to hear but, you know, maybe consider how your internal sorting hat connects to the words you share with the people around you

― my favorite herbs are fennel and Drake (DJP), Friday, January 31, 2025 12:47 PM (fourteen minutes ago)

good point, and I apologize for saying "the point" rather than "my point," I shouldn't have spoken for you there

rob, Friday, 31 January 2025 18:03 (three weeks ago) link

Delighted to see Leash so high. Agree with groovypanda about the Hatchie vibes.

I wish we lived in a world where that was the first single from her imminent new album though and not just for some soundtrack.

kitchen person, Friday, 31 January 2025 18:09 (three weeks ago) link

if there are no fakes

What's Left? eliminate 1 of 4

Chappell Roan - Good Luck, Babe!
FKA twigs - Eusexua
MJ Lenderman - Wristwatch

eliminate:
Kendrick Lamar - Not Like Us

djmartian, Friday, 31 January 2025 18:11 (three weeks ago) link

Marie Davidson - Sexy Clown

Nice, I was just thinking that the Cassandra Jenkins track had a bit of MD "Work" energy.

Jordan s/t (Jordan), Friday, 31 January 2025 18:13 (three weeks ago) link

Nice that this is so high. Great track from an album that I otherwise found a bit of a let down.

Chappell #2, Kendrick #1?

Indexed, Friday, 31 January 2025 18:16 (three weeks ago) link

yessssss

maf you one two (maffew12), Friday, 31 January 2025 18:18 (three weeks ago) link

Moka, thanks for all the work on this and for the amazing art work as always

Indexed, Friday, 31 January 2025 18:19 (three weeks ago) link

huh, I voted for Lucky and it's still kind of wild to me it got this high

Muad'Doob (Moodles), Friday, 31 January 2025 18:19 (three weeks ago) link

prediction:

1: Chappell Roan - Good Luck, Babe!
2: MJ Lenderman - Wristwatch

djmartian, Friday, 31 January 2025 18:19 (three weeks ago) link

I don't see how Not Like Us doesn't make the list

Muad'Doob (Moodles), Friday, 31 January 2025 18:20 (three weeks ago) link

is there a secret mj lenderman board i'm not aware of

maf you one two (maffew12), Friday, 31 January 2025 18:20 (three weeks ago) link

lol

Indexed, Friday, 31 January 2025 18:21 (three weeks ago) link

lol

groovypanda, Friday, 31 January 2025 18:22 (three weeks ago) link

the fanclub is unfortunately here:
MJ Lenderman
MJ Lenderman

djmartian, Friday, 31 January 2025 18:23 (three weeks ago) link

can we stop banging on about him or it'll be like he's actually placed again

imago, Friday, 31 January 2025 18:25 (three weeks ago) link

i just find Kurt Vile too exciting

maf you one two (maffew12), Friday, 31 January 2025 18:26 (three weeks ago) link

lol

imago, Friday, 31 January 2025 18:26 (three weeks ago) link

hahaha

sleeve, Friday, 31 January 2025 18:26 (three weeks ago) link

not heard this wristwatch song, but I'm imagining it now and hoo boy it stinks

Inside The Wasp Factory with Gregg Wallace (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 31 January 2025 18:27 (three weeks ago) link

Ty indexed

✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 31 January 2025 18:28 (three weeks ago) link

i told you soooooooooo

what angers me about the smurfs these days (voodoo chili), Friday, 31 January 2025 18:30 (three weeks ago) link

i didn't actually. but i could have!

what angers me about the smurfs these days (voodoo chili), Friday, 31 January 2025 18:30 (three weeks ago) link

good job

i was really sweating my low# vote for the MJ/Waxahatchee song there for a minute. i don't really have time for either of them but it got me at a low moment

thanks moka and seandalai!

maf you one two (maffew12), Friday, 31 January 2025 18:31 (three weeks ago) link

as soon as I heard GLB I knew it would win this. yeah its chorus is Viva La Vida but it has those Winning The Poll vibes

imago, Friday, 31 January 2025 18:32 (three weeks ago) link

wristwatch was just a wind-up after all

Bernard Quidbins (NickB), Friday, 31 January 2025 18:33 (three weeks ago) link

oh you didn't

imago, Friday, 31 January 2025 18:34 (three weeks ago) link

was great seeing people go crazy for not like us at rick ross's pool party on ig the day it dropped. ended up voting for the best kendrick song of last year instead: gnx.

devvvine, Friday, 31 January 2025 18:34 (three weeks ago) link

Thank you Moka, great job as always

Bee OK, Friday, 31 January 2025 18:36 (three weeks ago) link

yep, fantastic work as ever M/s

imago, Friday, 31 January 2025 18:37 (three weeks ago) link

Biggest surprise is no Waxahatchee. Thought she had some other fans around here.

Indexed, Friday, 31 January 2025 18:42 (three weeks ago) link

semi-relieved that the top Chappell Roan track was the one that came out in 2024

Muad'Doob (Moodles), Friday, 31 January 2025 18:44 (three weeks ago) link

thanks Moka!

devvvine, Friday, 31 January 2025 18:46 (three weeks ago) link

thanks moka!
my favourite discoveries had millions of youtube views so obvs not paying enough attention for bangers and viral hits

nxd, Friday, 31 January 2025 18:48 (three weeks ago) link

thank you moka and seandalai!

what angers me about the smurfs these days (voodoo chili), Friday, 31 January 2025 18:51 (three weeks ago) link

I voted for the album xps

groovypanda, Friday, 31 January 2025 18:51 (three weeks ago) link

i feel like "hot to go" will wind up the ubiquitous chappell song that everyone wonders how it didn't chart higher. but yeah "good luck babe" is definitely the strongest song of her big hits

what angers me about the smurfs these days (voodoo chili), Friday, 31 January 2025 18:52 (three weeks ago) link

now we wait to see if chappell's shania-esque song that she performed on snl wins next year's poll

what angers me about the smurfs these days (voodoo chili), Friday, 31 January 2025 18:52 (three weeks ago) link

chapel #1 good job gang🫡

flopson, Friday, 31 January 2025 18:54 (three weeks ago) link

"red wine supernova" is still my fav cr

spoonman (steve aoki remix) (map), Friday, 31 January 2025 18:55 (three weeks ago) link

The things GLB most has going for it are that chorus vocal melody (fantastic) and the fact there's a bit of restraint to the lyrics and performance, there's a genuine pathos to it

imago, Friday, 31 January 2025 18:56 (three weeks ago) link

otm

maf you one two (maffew12), Friday, 31 January 2025 18:57 (three weeks ago) link

i like ‘not like us’ but not as much as most people. i agree with what noz wrote about it in his year-end wrap up

25. kendrick lamar - "not like us" (mustard, sounwave & sean momberger)
the best thing about rebranding this series as "favorite rap" rather than "best rap" is it affords me the freedom to put this particular song at #25 and not at #1 which, by any other zeitgiest barometer measurement, is where it should objectively place. as someone who has spent the past fifteen years begging everyone to turn off drake's godawful dogshit music you'd think i'd be able to take some pleasure in his alleged downfall but i've been completely unmoved by it. for one because we all know he is going to be right back in ten months with the worst song you've ever heard everywhere but also because there was not one point in the battle where kendrick just flat out said that the man makes godawful dogshit music. instead he just went all in on the qanon-tier [6] anyone i don't like is a secret pedophile and i'm the only person alive who can uncover their crimes conspiracies because that is the only critical lens left for americans. [7] i mean, he could've straight come out on the his hair wack his gear wack his jewelry wack tip and still fully decimated him. or alternately he could've played it cool and just brushed dude off with complete nonchalance. why do i suspect that this single shot from one of the more talented lyricists residing in the colonized territory of atlanta stung aubrey harder than anything kenny had to say: "do you really think i need a fuckin drake verse?"

on the other hand i cannot deny that "not like us" is a good song, sure. it's maybe the first kendrick record since "alright" that works better as an actual song than as a ~performance of excellence~ (or catharsis). it's exactly the sort of song he should've been making back in 2017/2018. you know, back when stinc team and sob x rbe were peaking doing similar shit with only a fraction of his visibility. as a matter of fact the ratchet/jerkin/hyphy lineage that "not like us" nods to has been the dominant sound of the west coast for the past twenty+ years now, so its both satisfying to hear it manifest a huge crossover hit and frustrating to think that most of the country was only willing to finally and fully embrace it after it got an express blessing from the world's only pulitzer prize winner/amateur pedophile hunter.

https://sleep.noz.agency/favorite-rap-2024/

flopson, Friday, 31 January 2025 18:57 (three weeks ago) link

peoples pop poll on bluesky just had the same winner #onepoll

Inside The Wasp Factory with Gregg Wallace (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 31 January 2025 18:58 (three weeks ago) link

I do like that chappell and charli both went mega huge this year with very differing career timelines

nxd, Friday, 31 January 2025 19:01 (three weeks ago) link

Check out my playlist on Amazon Music: ILM's Top 77 Tracks of 2024
https://music.amazon.com/user-playlists/f8ddffcf832d4eafbca06e82d94c9334sune?ref=dm_sh_AlR69qqIqHpdLY6kLoWDiZymy

Bee OK, Friday, 31 January 2025 19:29 (three weeks ago) link

Lol @ the video for Aftab but its excellent

― xyzzzz__

It was directed by Tessa Thompson!

octobeard, Friday, 31 January 2025 19:30 (three weeks ago) link

noz otm

devvvine, Friday, 31 January 2025 19:41 (three weeks ago) link

Don't know Tessa Thompson.

Enjoyed the top ten though I wanted more kpop or Afro pop to make another appearance. Kim Gordon was the nearest to an excellent surprise tho'

Thanks Moka and seandalai for running this.

xyzzzz__, Friday, 31 January 2025 21:05 (three weeks ago) link

Thanks Moka and seandalai, it was a blast as always. Glad to have a few entries make it in (although mostly in the lower reaches), and GLB is a decent winner.

emil.y, Friday, 31 January 2025 21:10 (three weeks ago) link

I'm really on board with the results so far (I started with the top 10).

daavid, Friday, 31 January 2025 21:14 (three weeks ago) link

Thanks so much and yes, GLB definitely deserves it

the wedding preset (dog latin), Friday, 31 January 2025 21:14 (three weeks ago) link

Sorry for not wrapping up this properly. Thank you all and thanks seandalai!

Here’s the img album:
https://imgur.com/a/ilms-top-77-tracks-of-2024-UdOUIVj

RECAP ILM’S TOP 77 TRACKS OF 2024

1. Chappell Roan - Good Luck, Babe! 567 points - 18 votes - 3 º1 votes
2. Kendrick Lamar - Not Like Us 441 points - 14 votes - 2 º1 votes
3. Erika de Casier - Lucky 365 points - 12 votes - 1 º1 vote
4. Sabrina Carpenter - Espresso 336 points - 13 votes
5. Sky Ferreira - Leash 333 points - 15 votes
6. Charli XCX ft. Lorde - Girl, so confusing 276 points - 9 votes
7. Kim Gordon - BYE BYE 272 points - 8 votes
8. Addison Rae - Diet Pepsi 262 points - 8 votes
9. Charli XCX - Von Dutch 254 points - 8 votes
10. Cassandra Jenkins - Delphinium Blue 244 points - 6 votes - 3 º1 votes
11. Tinashe - Nasty 242 points - 7 votes - 1 º1 vote
12. Doechii - Denial Is A River 232 points - 9 votes
13. Magdalena Bay - Cry for Me 231 points - 6 votes - 2 º1 votes
14. Burial - Boy Sent From Above 219 points - 7 votes
15. Jade - Angel Of My Dreams 215 points - 7 votes - 1 º1 vote
16. Kabin Crew and Lisdoonvarna Crew - The Spark 213 points - 7 votes
17. Arooj Aftab - raat ki rani 207 points - 9 votes
18. Fievel Is Glauque - As Above So Below 202 points - 7 votes
19. Real Lies & Mall Grab - Ripples in the Timeline 202 points - 6 votes - 1 º1 vote
20. Jessica Pratt - Life Is 200 points - 6 votes
21. Sabrina Carpenter - Taste 196 points - 5 votes
22. Annie - Sky Is Blue 193 points - 7 votes
23. Nourished by Time - Hell of a Ride 191 points - 7 votes
24. Open Space x Laura Groves - Control 190 points 5 votes
25. MJ Lenderman - She’s Leaving You 185 points 8 votes
26. SZA - Saturn 178 points - 5 votes
27. Tommy Richman - Million Dollar Baby 176 points - 8 votes
28. Billie Eilish - Birds of a Feather 176 points - 5 votes
29. Clarissa Connelly - Give It Back 174 points - 6 votes
TIE 30. Dina Ögon - Orion 174 points - 5 votes - 1 º1 vote
TIE 30. Joshua Idehen - Mum Does The Washing 174 points - 5 votes - 1 º1 vote
32. Pa Salieu - Dece (Heavy) 173 points - 7 votes
33. Vampire Weekend - Capricorn 172 points - 6 votes - 1 º1 vote
34. The Blessed Madonna & Kylie Minogue - Edge of Saturday Night 172 points - 5 votes
35. Geordie Greep - Holy, Holy 170 points - 6 votes - 1 º1 vote
36. Shaboozey - A Bar Song (Tipsy) 170 points - 6 votes
37. Sabrina Carpenter - Bed Chem 170 points - 5 votes
38. Tems - Burning 170 points - 4 votes - 2 º1 votes
39. Fabiana Palladino - Stay with me through the night 163 points - 7 votes
TIE 40. Billie Eilish - LUNCH 162 points - 7 votes
TIE 40. Chappell Roan - Hot to Go 162 points - 7 votes
TIE 42. Ariana Grande - Yes, And? 158 points - 5 votes
TIE 42. Machinedrum & Tinashe - Zoom 158 points - 5 votes
44. Bullion & Charlotte Adigéry - World_train 156 points - 5 votes
45. Clairo - Sexy To Someone 155 points - 6 votes
46. Florence Adooni - Otoma da Naba 154 points - 5 votes
47. ILLIT - Magnetic 152 points - 5 votes
48. Underworld - denver luna 150 points - 5 votes - 1 º1 vote
49. Mk.gee - Alesis 147 points - 5 votes
TIE 50. Adrianne Lenker - Sadness as a Gift 144 points - 5 votes
TIE 50. Kaeto - DISTANCE 144 points - 5 votes
TIE 50. ROSÉ & Bruno Mars - APT. 144 points - 5 votes
53. Magdalena Bay - Death and Romance 144 points - 4 votes
54. NewJeans - How Sweet 143 points - 6 votes
55. Ariadna - Bezodnya 143 points - 4 votes - 1 º1 vote
56. Nilüfer Yanya - Like I Say (Runaway) 142 points 6 votes
57. aespa - Supernova 141 points - 6 votes - 1 º1 vote
58. The Cure - Endsong 141 points - 4 votes - 1 º1 vote
59. Jane Remover - Magic I Want U 137 points - 6 votes
TIE 60. Mabe Fratti - Enfrente 136 points - 5 votes
TIE 60. Magdalena Bay - Image 136 points - 5 votes
TIE 60. Rema - OZEBA 136 points - 5 votes
63. Tove Lo & SG Lewis - HEAT 136 points - 4 votes
64. Arash & Quasar - Double Moon 133 points - 4 votes - 1 º1 vote
65. Little Simz - Mood Swings 132 points - 5 votes
66. Kesha - Joyride 130 points - 7 votes
TIE 67. Doechii - Nissan Altima 130 points - 5 votes
TIE 67. Tems - Love Me JeJe 130 points - 5 votes
69. The Cure - A Fragile Thing 128 points - 4 votes
70. The Tubs - Freak Mode 127 points - 4 votes
71. LL Cool J ft. Saweetie - Proclivities 126 points - 5 votes - 1 º1 vote
72. Dlala Thukzin, Funky Qla & Zee Nxumalo - Ama Gear 126 points - 3 votes - 2 º1 votes
73. Vanishing Twin - Life Drummer 124 points - 5 votes
74. RYUGUJO - Deep Wave 123 points - 4 votes
75. Mica Levi - slob air 122 points - 6 votes
76. Camila Cabello - I Luv It 116 points- 4 votes
TIE 77. The Cure - Alone 114 points - 5 votes
TIE 77. James K - Blinkmoth (July Mix) 114 points - 5 votes

Follow me for full results and ballots:
ILM 2024 Tracks Poll Ballots/Stats/Banter/Recriminations Thread

✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 31 January 2025 21:22 (three weeks ago) link

Delphinium Blue 244 points - 6 votes - 3 º1 votes

6 votes yet 3 #1s, love how this track of all things inspired a partisan passion from a happy few here

nashwan, Friday, 31 January 2025 21:36 (three weeks ago) link

thanks Moka, excellent job once again!

Bernard Quidbins (NickB), Friday, 31 January 2025 21:42 (three weeks ago) link

Thank you, Moka and seandadata/org

Seeing the images for the first time just now - fine work, as per

Jeff W, Friday, 31 January 2025 21:46 (three weeks ago) link

late pass on doechii ffs. what an album

Tracer Hand, Friday, 31 January 2025 22:44 (three weeks ago) link

Excellent work Moka and seandalai!

I gave (unweighted) points to #2 and #3 but have no recollection of hearing #1 before the Triple J kiddies also voted it #1 last week such that it became an actual news story here lol. I do dig the kinda-sorta casiotone preset arrangement and its collapse at the end.

Belated 'yay' also for the likes of Doechii, Fievel Is Glauque, Real Lies, Jessica Pratt, Dina Ögon, Mabe Fratti, Little Simz and Vanishing Twin (though I believe I voted for a different track/corresponding longplayers instead for couple of those)

Nag! Nag! Nag!, Friday, 31 January 2025 22:48 (three weeks ago) link

Thanks Moka and seandalai. Happy to see Chappell Roan at no.1. I danced to that track with my 79yr old dad and 13yr old niece one drunken Sunday evening and fell in love it.

I would prefer not to. (Chinaski), Friday, 31 January 2025 22:54 (three weeks ago) link

<3

spoonman (steve aoki remix) (map), Friday, 31 January 2025 22:59 (three weeks ago) link

Oh yeah, Florence Adooni was yet another where I voted for a less popular track. Still, probably my biggest "now this sounds promising" moment with an artist-I-never-knowingly-heard-before-the-nominations-playlist.

Nag! Nag! Nag!, Friday, 31 January 2025 23:35 (three weeks ago) link

great list, thanks for running things moka and seandalai. still making my way through the things that are new to me but just wanna say that clarissa connelly track really is stunning

donna rouge, Friday, 31 January 2025 23:45 (three weeks ago) link

thrilled that "lucky" made it to #3! my #1, edc's very best yet

"girl so confusing" is deservingly the highest charli track but honestly the version without lorde is better, i forgot to nominate it

"bye bye" is an interesting novelty (kim gordon making a rage track!) but her vocal style just doesn't work on it at all for me

"boy sent from above" was the best burial track in quite a while, love his take on electro

"angel of my dreams" is basically a kpop track from ~12 years ago when those sort of dramatic stylistic shifts were really trendy over there and that's an incredibly good thing, i love that era

"as above so below" placing this high is wonderful

the biggest surprise for me is "love you got" not even coming close to placing, i'm completely baffled there

ufo, Saturday, 1 February 2025 00:52 (three weeks ago) link

Album too strong! It was the opposite to Casier

maf you one two (maffew12), Saturday, 1 February 2025 00:55 (three weeks ago) link

I missed all week due to work, hope everyone had a fun time!

Thanks so much to Moka for covering everything. I will post the voter spreadsheet over the weekend.

tortillas for the divorce party (seandalai), Saturday, 1 February 2025 02:21 (three weeks ago) link

Thanks to Moka and Seandalai for putting this all together. It has been a nice distraction on a rubbish week.

That's a really excellent top 20 overall. I didn't realise Lucky was that popular. I really liked her last album, but couldn't get into her new one much at all. That's definitely the standout.

I had the same experience as devvvine awhen Von Dutch came out. I wasn't blown away by it and felt like I was getting too old for that sound and the accompanying video. I warmed up to it a lot, but it's still not my one of my very favourites on the album. Girl So Confusing (either version) is one of the best she's done.

kitchen person, Saturday, 1 February 2025 02:28 (three weeks ago) link

the biggest surprise for me is "love you got" not even coming close to placing, i'm completely baffled there

― ufo

Voted for the album. Hoping it does well next week.

kitchen person, Saturday, 1 February 2025 02:36 (three weeks ago) link

I don’t know why I never got around listening to it but this Cassandra Jenkins track is really disarming me.

Well done voters.

✖✖✖ (Moka), Saturday, 1 February 2025 02:54 (three weeks ago) link

Cassandra Jenkins, Sky Ferreira and Erika de Casier in the top 10 feels very ILM-core. I’m not sure I saw those 3 songs in any eoy lists… or at least not in any other top 10 and they’re really deserving.

✖✖✖ (Moka), Saturday, 1 February 2025 02:59 (three weeks ago) link

And of course having a Real Lies song in the top 20 and an oddball like The Spark is also very much an ILM thing.

✖✖✖ (Moka), Saturday, 1 February 2025 03:02 (three weeks ago) link

critics elsewhere went for a different de casier song, "bikini", which is pretty good but not as good as "lucky"

ufo, Saturday, 1 February 2025 03:06 (three weeks ago) link

is there a spotify playlist?

brony james (k3vin k.), Saturday, 1 February 2025 03:12 (three weeks ago) link

Yes, it’s on the opening post!

I’ll update to include the top 100.

✖✖✖ (Moka), Saturday, 1 February 2025 03:18 (three weeks ago) link

Spotify playlist is now updated to a top 200 as there's many songs in there that deserve your attention. Missing: #64 Arash & Quasar - Double Moon and #124 Cindy Lee - Dracula.

✖✖✖ (Moka), Saturday, 1 February 2025 03:49 (three weeks ago) link

And of course having a Real Lies song in the top 20 and an oddball like The Spark is also very much an ILM thing.

― ✖✖✖ (Moka)

Annie at 22 is the most ILM thing about the list. That's 20 years of dedication to her now.

kitchen person, Saturday, 1 February 2025 04:02 (three weeks ago) link

Had a great time following along as always thanks to everyone for making January a good month again.

Chewshabadoo, Saturday, 1 February 2025 12:21 (three weeks ago) link

MJ Goodagain

maf you one two (maffew12), Saturday, 1 February 2025 12:44 (three weeks ago) link

Thanks again for this amazing poll. And well done everyone. If someone could help me out by sending my poll back to me, I'd be super duper grateful - I saved it but my work computer got replaced and I lost it

the wedding preset (dog latin), Saturday, 1 February 2025 13:23 (three weeks ago) link

me too can i get my ballots emailed to me please

flopson, Saturday, 1 February 2025 20:25 (three weeks ago) link

Just struck me how little Beyonce bothered the chart this year. BODYGUARD got, like 2 votes

the wedding preset (dog latin), Sunday, 2 February 2025 10:32 (three weeks ago) link

She was busy planning the tour.

Gukbe, Sunday, 2 February 2025 15:15 (three weeks ago) link

seems most people here didn't really like the album

dyl, Sunday, 2 February 2025 17:08 (three weeks ago) link

Finally! Voter stats

tortillas for the divorce party (seandalai), Monday, 3 February 2025 01:19 (three weeks ago) link

Shout outs to ILX poster etc, I am your neighbour!

the wedding preset (dog latin), Monday, 3 February 2025 07:59 (three weeks ago) link

Lol, adding Chappell Roan to make my list 20 tracks long really paid off hivemind-wise :)

Frederik B, Monday, 3 February 2025 09:01 (three weeks ago) link

I hear user the table is the table is the most mainstream person in ILX history ;)

imago, Monday, 3 February 2025 09:05 (three weeks ago) link

are we going to have a poll of top 3 picks that didn't make the 77? because that's always of interest.

Inside The Wasp Factory with Gregg Wallace (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 3 February 2025 09:11 (three weeks ago) link

Do we know what skrot montague's single vote was cast for? Would love to see saer's ballot too.

(respect to my voting buddy budo jeru)

Jordan s/t (Jordan), Monday, 3 February 2025 15:18 (three weeks ago) link

Thank you mods!

Clever Message Board User Name (Raymond Cummings), Monday, 3 February 2025 15:21 (three weeks ago) link

xp - saer posted his ballot here

I would also love to see a Top 3 poll!

ArchCarrier, Tuesday, 4 February 2025 15:34 (two weeks ago) link

They're playing Tipsy in the cage I'm in. Dunno who to feel annoyed at. Myself probably

imago, Wednesday, 5 February 2025 14:25 (two weeks ago) link

Cafe ffs

imago, Wednesday, 5 February 2025 14:26 (two weeks ago) link

despite all my rage, they still play Tipsy in my cage

Muad'Doob (Moodles), Wednesday, 5 February 2025 14:32 (two weeks ago) link

I forgot what thread this was and thought you meant the band Tipsy, who would be a lovely accompaniment to a nice cup of tea and a sit down.

emil.y, Wednesday, 5 February 2025 15:47 (two weeks ago) link

70. The Tubs - Freak Mode 127 points - 4 votes

More like Husker Don't! Amirite?

scott seward, Wednesday, 5 February 2025 15:54 (two weeks ago) link

maria and i started listening to these tracks slowly but surely.

scott seward, Wednesday, 5 February 2025 15:54 (two weeks ago) link

so far the ones i really like:

mica levi slob air

camila cabello i luv it

little simz mood swings

tove lo & sg lewis heat (loved this!)

scott seward, Wednesday, 5 February 2025 15:57 (two weeks ago) link

More like Husker Don't! Amirite?

Haha, I thought this. Also see `Geordie Greep`, more like Steely Dan’t.

Chewshabadoo, Thursday, 6 February 2025 10:57 (two weeks ago) link

On a similar tip to the Tove Lo/SG Lewis, one of the nominations I really loved was Lucy Tun 'Come To My House':

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3Les0mCZXE

Chewshabadoo, Thursday, 6 February 2025 10:59 (two weeks ago) link

yeah i really liked that one and i'm not usually fussed by Tove Lo type stuff

the wedding preset (dog latin), Thursday, 6 February 2025 11:02 (two weeks ago) link

I didn't participate in this year's poll but always love listening to the tracks in hopes to discover new music. My favorite this year is Double Moon. It sounds unlike anything I've ever heard before!

daavid, Thursday, 6 February 2025 13:52 (two weeks ago) link

i need to hear the whole thing that double moon is a part of. i feel the need for context!

scott seward, Thursday, 6 February 2025 14:10 (two weeks ago) link

THey've got a new track called No Vargan! which I'm into more than Double Moon

Doesn't seem to be on YouTube, but it is on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/track/0NXr7rhCGkE5ejMD970qAG?si=5cc487c6bea8484e

the wedding preset (dog latin), Thursday, 6 February 2025 14:47 (two weeks ago) link

holy shit, i hadn't heard that Burial track and i put the Spotify playlist on at the gym where I work last night and everyone TOTALLY FREAKED OUT lmfao. it was great.

butt dumb tight my boners got boners (the table is the table), Friday, 7 February 2025 16:24 (two weeks ago) link

Oh it's back?! I noticed it was annyoingly gone from Spotify a few months ago, assuming it was due to some sample issue which would leave it off. Still remembered it well enough to vote it highly -- hadn't seen it much talked about, so I'm glad others agree!

anatol_merklich, Friday, 7 February 2025 17:08 (two weeks ago) link

Someone needs to put the Tinashe vocals over Kim Gordon's BYE BYE and vice versa. You can almost play them together if you time it right.

il lavoro mi rovina la giornata (PBKR), Sunday, 9 February 2025 01:38 (two weeks ago) link

to whom it may concern: 'million dollar baby' is 69 bpm.

spoonman (steve aoki remix) (map), Friday, 14 February 2025 21:40 (one week ago) link

nice

gestures broadly at...everything (voodoo chili), Friday, 14 February 2025 21:47 (one week ago) link


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