Have to admit when I saw that cover I was like "oh word Common made the list?"
― RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Monday, 26 January 2015 20:09 (nine years ago) link
man I hadn't paid NP much mind after Twin Cinema but this album really sucked me back in and I am super regretful I didn't see them when they toured
― Jennifer 8.-( (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 26 January 2015 20:10 (nine years ago) link
Cher Lloyd was my summer (should have been everyone's) and I'm overjoyed she managed to outshine her debut. Haven't even given Theo Parrish that many spins yet, but he quickly transcended artists I've been playing all year. The Warpaint album sounds great, but not much else to it.
― jay., Monday, 26 January 2015 20:11 (nine years ago) link
I caught NP on the tour around the time of their debut and it kicked alllllll kinds of ass - that period (debut + TC) was when they were at their peak. Since then? There have been....moments of greatness.
― RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Monday, 26 January 2015 20:11 (nine years ago) link
This Theo album is pretty great so far. Hadn't heard of it prior to voting...I can see how it would have shaken up my list a bit.
People who dig Khun Narin's mixture of 'world' music and psych could do worse than check out The Dur Dur Band release from last year. Not really the same thing at all, but I really like this.
Definitely agree about that Dur Dur Band album. Doesn't sound anything like Khun Narin but really great.
― Non-Stop Erotic Calculus (bmus), Monday, 26 January 2015 20:12 (nine years ago) link
will never forgive TNPs for the youtube war on the east coast ads
― ||||||||, Monday, 26 January 2015 20:15 (nine years ago) link
OK I had tuned out the NPs since twin cinema as well but this is sounding very good as of track 2
― ciderpress, Monday, 26 January 2015 20:15 (nine years ago) link
voted for this one, thought it was surprisingly strong
― Free Me's Electric Trumpet (Moodles), Monday, 26 January 2015 20:16 (nine years ago) link
brill bruisers is a big step down from their peak but still has 4 or 5 really great songs.
― call all destroyer, Monday, 26 January 2015 20:17 (nine years ago) link
the title track and the neko songs are all bangers but i could never find myself listening to it with any frequency after a couple times through
― i'm tellin you it was kenard (slothroprhymes), Monday, 26 January 2015 20:19 (nine years ago) link
Wait did that Theo Parrish album come out really late in the year or just with minimal fanfare? I missed it completely.
Theo came out mid December, I'm pretty sure. Love it, but certainly haven't digested it yet. Second of my votes to place (Call Super the other one so far).
― toby, Monday, 26 January 2015 20:22 (nine years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/p9hqgae.jpg
63 LEON VYNEHALL Music for the Uninvited [271 points, 13 votes]
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 26 January 2015 20:25 (nine years ago) link
it's good but theo should have placed higher
― languagelessness (mattresslessness), Monday, 26 January 2015 20:26 (nine years ago) link
Now this one I really couldn't get into, although I did like 'Butterflies'.
― Matt DC, Monday, 26 January 2015 20:27 (nine years ago) link
It's okaaaayyyyy. I like the first track with the strings a lot most of the rest is kind of boring.
― The Reverend, Monday, 26 January 2015 20:27 (nine years ago) link
first of mine to place
― j. winters (josh), Monday, 26 January 2015 20:29 (nine years ago) link
Alllllllmmmmmmmmost voted for Ought. Maybe that was my only shot at placing something and I fucked it up.
― Dinsdale, Monday, 26 January 2015 20:29 (nine years ago) link
Apropos as the guy next to me on the bus currently is inside the deku tree in his DS zelda game
― ciderpress, Monday, 26 January 2015 20:30 (nine years ago) link
Damn, I just realized Aphex Twin is gonna win, isn't he? There hasn't been an Aphex albums released during ILM's EOY poll era, so punters must've had a huge suppressed aphexgasm just waiting to erupt into votes. Blah.
― Tuomas, Monday, 26 January 2015 20:33 (nine years ago) link
No
― ear sirrom (imago), Monday, 26 January 2015 20:33 (nine years ago) link
actually tuomas, good news, pete namlook is going to win
― languagelessness (mattresslessness), Monday, 26 January 2015 20:34 (nine years ago) link
aphex at #11 imo
― LIKE If you are against racism (omar little), Monday, 26 January 2015 20:35 (nine years ago) link
Aphex will place high (like top 10), but will not win.
― MarkoP, Monday, 26 January 2015 20:35 (nine years ago) link
FKA twigs or T. Swift will win.
― Tay-Tay Brooklynpants (Murgatroid), Monday, 26 January 2015 20:36 (nine years ago) link
Aphex seems like a lock for top 10 but 1 is unlikely
― ciderpress, Monday, 26 January 2015 20:36 (nine years ago) link
d'angelo will win imo
― o.m.g. lol @ hurt butt (wins), Monday, 26 January 2015 20:37 (nine years ago) link
Richard D Awson to beat his near-namesake mebbe
― ear sirrom (imago), Monday, 26 January 2015 20:38 (nine years ago) link
I love the vynehall record but wouldn't argue with ppl who find it boring
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Monday, 26 January 2015 20:38 (nine years ago) link
gave it a few votes iirc but i liked some of the tracks a lot more than others. personal favourite is goodthing: http://youtu.be/ZP7oy6O7hrU
― why you gotta be so rmde (NickB), Monday, 26 January 2015 20:39 (nine years ago) link
i should've votedsorry :(
― groundless round (La Lechera), Monday, 26 January 2015 20:39 (nine years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/ftpAthH.jpg
62 DEAN BLUNT Black Metal [272 points, 9 votes]
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 26 January 2015 20:40 (nine years ago) link
Thought this was a good album but it didn't really stick with me.
― seandalai, Monday, 26 January 2015 20:41 (nine years ago) link
I can't make heads or tails of this (though I only started listening to it for the first time ten minutes ago).
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 26 January 2015 20:42 (nine years ago) link
Track titles are great. I'm really hoping now it sounds like Lush meets 50 Cent.
― Jeff W, Monday, 26 January 2015 20:44 (nine years ago) link
there's something impressive about how similar all his records sound regardless of the sounds he uses
― ogmor, Monday, 26 January 2015 20:46 (nine years ago) link
I tried to listen to that album but couldn't make it halfway through.
― The Reverend, Monday, 26 January 2015 20:48 (nine years ago) link
I don't like the ALL CAPS naming convention for tracks, but I shouldn't let that blind me. This is fine.
― tangenttangent, Monday, 26 January 2015 20:49 (nine years ago) link
This sounds like something a friend would record and then play for you and you have to say nice things about it because he's your friend but down inside you and he both know it's not very good.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 26 January 2015 20:52 (nine years ago) link
I'd be very frustrated if Aphex won, but I doubt he will. My bets are on #6
/nomorepredictionspromise
― diss strychnine (dog latin), Monday, 26 January 2015 20:54 (nine years ago) link
i am assuming there's some conceptual angle i would need to read about to "get" b/c otherwise yeah it sounds like some guy's demos
― call all destroyer, Monday, 26 January 2015 20:54 (nine years ago) link
Such a misleading album name.
― Dinsdale, Monday, 26 January 2015 20:55 (nine years ago) link
I'm yet to understand the work of Dean Blunt. He's like Oneohtrix to me - hugely popular with the publications/sites I follow but I just can't get my head around or relate to what's going on with it.
― diss strychnine (dog latin), Monday, 26 January 2015 20:56 (nine years ago) link
I keep meaning to start a thread of indie/hipster culture referencing black metal. It seems to be quite the thing these days.
― diss strychnine (dog latin), Monday, 26 January 2015 20:57 (nine years ago) link
Deafheaven
― ear sirrom (imago), Monday, 26 January 2015 20:57 (nine years ago) link
I like that Dean Blunt album, reminds me of AR Kane's wasted, hazy vibe
― Stig of the sanctimonious uncontextualized linkdump (Michael B), Monday, 26 January 2015 20:58 (nine years ago) link
The Soft Pink Truth had the best black metal this year
― The Reverend, Monday, 26 January 2015 20:58 (nine years ago) link
^
― ear sirrom (imago), Monday, 26 January 2015 20:58 (nine years ago) link
(& Myrkur!)
― ear sirrom (imago), Monday, 26 January 2015 20:59 (nine years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/wvpKzMX.jpg
61 FREDDIE GIBBS & MADLIB Piñata [275 points, 9 votes]
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 26 January 2015 21:00 (nine years ago) link
77 BABYMETAL Babymetal [236 points, 8 votes, 1 first place vote]76 CHER LLOYD Sorry I'm Late [239 points, 10 votes, 1 first place vote]75 MICA LEVI Under the Skin: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack [242 points, 10 votes, 1 first place vote]74 NOURA MINT SEYMALI Tzenni [243 points, 8 votes]73 REAL ESTATE Atlas [254 points, 9 votes]72 CALL SUPER Suzi Ecto [255 points, 11 votes]71 STURGILL SIMPSON Metamodern Sounds in Country Music [256 points, 10 votes]70 NINOS DU BRASIL Novos Mistérios [258 points, 9 votes]69 OUGHT More Than Any Other Day [262 points, 7 votes]68 WARPAINT Warpaint [262 points, 9 votes, 1 first place vote]67 FUTURE Honest [262 points, 10 votes, 1 first place vote]66 KHUN NARIN Khun Narin's Electric Phin Band [263 points, 10 votes]65 THEO PARRISH American Intelligence [267 points, 10 votes]64 THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS Brill Bruisers [269 points, 10 votes, 2 first place votes]63 LEON VYNEHALL Music for the Uninvited [271 points, 13 votes]62 DEAN BLUNT Black Metal [272 points, 9 votes]61 FREDDIE GIBBS & MADLIB Piñata [275 points, 9 votes]
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 26 January 2015 21:01 (nine years ago) link