THE 2011 ILM SUPER-MEGA YEAR-END ALBUMS 'N' TRACKS POLL Campaigning Thread

Because the previous thread got lost in the sandbox...

Some tracks I'll be voting for (and you should too):

Björk - Tesla (Omar Souleyman Remix)
Never quite sure who's the musical brain behind this remix but it's better than anything either Björk or Omar Souleyman put out on their own last year (imo).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cexNpxOBbLk

Locussolus - I Want It (Lindstrom and Prins Thomas Remix)
My #2 Bounciest Track of 2011 (after The Crystal Ark), and the year's winner of the Tensnake Award for Gratuitous Nostalgia-Pop Reference in a Remix
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zY1PWT7q62Q

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfNHX5k9N-A

Rather than post a bunch of youtubes of tracks/albums i nominated and clog up this thread you can find them all here
~ YOUTUBE COMPANION THREAD FOR ILM METAL POLL 2011

This is my favourite scuzzy rock song of 2011, complete with a blistering psych guitar outro:

The Twerps - Self Assured

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69SE09wfcek

This is awesome and all y'all should hear it, especially if you like cosmic and swirly sounding dance stuff.

^ that is 'Lover' by Blondes btw

Bring your campaigning to the Outloud room: http://outloud.fm/ILXORS

Björk - Tesla (Omar Souleyman Remix)
Never quite sure who's the musical brain behind this remix but it's better than anything either Björk or Omar Souleyman put out on their own last year (imo).

This was mixed / produced by Mark Gergis, the man who does the edits for the Souleyman albums & has compiled a number of Sublime Frequencies compilations. Not sure why his name was left off the single's packaging.

Tuomas turned me on to this after he nominated it, and now it has a good shot at being my #1 (bumping "Heaven" to #2)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPObpVHDQ9k

xp Ah ok that makes sense. I thought it might have been the music guy who tours with Omar Souleyman.

He tours & DJ's Sublime Frequencies tracks. His own music is great too, though a lot more aggressive: http://www.porestsound.net/info/

These are my two campaigning clips (first one for tracks, second one for the album 'Straight Through')

CAPSULE - World of Fantasy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4h8m74pyC8&ob=av2e

R.A.E.D - Game Over She Wants Me Back

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xN09THSNo_k

Someone nominated this track (and the album its from) and i hope you all check it out
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4P_3SClHy_A

Since even seandalai digs this track as ive played it a lot in outloud i'll post the video. If you like psychedelic post-metal with a hint of sonic youth, you might really like it.
Pretty much my fave song of 2011 (the album is terrific too)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7uHBpo8R8Q

I'll post this up again as otherwise it'll be lost to the sandbox:

http://vimeo.com/26727477

Oops, I forgot vimeos don't auto-embed. That's Zun Zun Egui - Fandango Fresh.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85c-P9hbmBg

single that came out last month (album not out yet)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOcnITphyjk

Dunno if anyone apart from Lamp and me rate the Pedro Magina album but if you have any fondness whatsoever for Not Not Fun/Emeraldsy electronics, you should check it out:

http://soundcloud.com/casketcrashvigil/pedro-magina-miyagi

I'm sure the 'Pedro Mangina' joke has been made many many times, so I will refrain.

i liked the track you just played in outloud
xp

Julia Holter - Try to Make Yourself a Work of Art from Tragedy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zu5QVDdThdw

from my favorite album of 2011, this isn't even the best song (my faves are the two vinyl-only tracks)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KuJ_ND6S6A

this was tim f's choice not mine but omfggggggg i can't stop listening to it SO FUCKING GOOD

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHYe0rpufjY&fmt=18

Thread full of wonderfulness. Love the subtle harmonies on the Don P. Love the Julia Holter and Uncle Acid tracks.

Linked this in the sandbox, but:

Kitchen's Floor, "116" (from Look Forward to Nothing)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1hBHP5qr6A

EZ Snappin and I can't have been the only people to buy that Lamb album, which is fucking excellent:

Butterfly Effect

Build A Fire

Lamb were always one of my pet (lol) hates. Anything remarkably different about them? Come back sounding totally different?

I have 2 tracks left on my ballot so want to hear something that might blow me away enough to vote for

well... here's Another Language, which hasn't yet been nominated

also She Walks

i dont like Butterfly Effect , sorry

build a fire is better

I'm here to support Hebden-Reid- Gustafsson Live at The South Bank
---> why because it appeals to people who like spaced out jams AND major jazz honking
and has a tasteful pink and red cover

Not the best video, but I feel it deserves a few minutes of your time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-xxzCurgR0

honking? you just love fart jokes dont you?!

stop it!

One more because I think this ^^ is a tasteless way to leave things

Bitchin Bajas, Water Wrackets -- this one has awesome bongos and the short film is nice to watch too -- there's a calm layer of sound and a frenetic layer of sound and they bounce around each other in a very pleasant and playful way

RIYL Popol Vuh, Cave, synths + nature

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skNz1u9DUhI

is it wrong to want to throw a bone to Billy Currington because of his pecs?

already discovered some great stuff in 2 hours with the the B's and C's in the spotify playlist:

Cass McCombs - the non-County Line tracks
Chad Valley
Bjork remix
Black Van
Benjamin Brunn
Blouse

I think you meant:

is it wrong to want to throw have a bone to for Billy Currington because of his pecs?

The Don P is amazing yes, credit to Deej for tipping me off to it. Instantly vaulted into my top 20 songs for the year.

You know how it goes by now. If you occasionally find my music taste anything other than risible, you're invited to dip in. Contains prog, weirdness, pretty melodies and unspeakable noise, roughly in that order

Connan Mockasin - Forever Dolphin Love

Probably the most amazing song you'll ever hear about (possibly unrequited) zoophilia, and a lovely low-budget video too. When the main bassline drops in it's genuinely spine-chilling.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7CaTJ2SvG8

William D. Drake - Homesweet Homestead Hideaway

If you can get past the first line, an odyssey of twisty melodic joy and sorrow awaits you, with the rousingest little coda in all of England. (That description should sort the sheep from the goats)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjeo1eWUE60

The Devin Townsend Project - The Mighty Masturbator

I'm not even going to begin to describe this one. If you buy the ticket, I will not be held responsible for the ride. All ye sophisticates of ILM, flee! Flee back to your pop-house and your art-indie! Flee! Flee!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58mv4sP-4TU

Ulver - Stone Angels

A full reading of a (very, very good) human-condition-in-the-time-of-machines poem by Keith Waldrop unwinds, accompanied with ecclesiastical keyboard drones. It works unbelievably well - soothing, moving, arresting, haunting black Norwegian magic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mwoynNf9tw

To Arms Etc - The Black Pampas

A fucking beast of a 5-time/4-time pop song, with a Krautrock rave-up at the end, all in under 4 minutes. And they played my wedding.

http://www.toarmsetc.com/track/the-black-pampas

North Sea Radio Orchestra - Berliner Luft

Cut from similar cloth to William D. Drake but with more of an uptempo Krautrock vibe - pretty much the intersection of Cardiacs-worshipping melodic loveliness and folksy Anglopop gusto.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqRJcoY5TN0

The Book Of Knots - Planemo

Contains ex-Sleepytime Gorilla Museum members AND Mike Patton. Need I say more? OK, it contains some of the most flat-out awesome clanging guitar I've ever heard, and it really, really wants you to cower. So if you feel like cowering...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOIX2A1vi-s

Knifeworld - HMS Washout

Yet more Cardiacs worship, but at least it's by an actual member of Cardiacs this time. It's also an avant-garde voyage into psych-rock lunacy, and it's fun as fuck. Sadly it's nearly 15 minutes long. You won't click, will you now?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u29LB6XC9t4

Van Der Graaf Generator - Your Time Starts Now

It's the best song on the new VdGG! Therefore, it's one of the best songs by anyone!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeUEVO5sCvg

These constitute in descending order 9 of my 12 favourite songs of the year. The other 3 are a 23-minute song by Mogwai, a 12-minute song by Wilco and a 13-minute song by Kate Bush. It really has been a year to go long. But then I always was a sucker for length. Tch.

I kind of have to vote for this Romeo Santos song now that it was nominated. His voice makes me wet, and I like the pop bachata formula overall, but I wish he would stop saying the stupid little slogans over and over ("You need this in your life," etc.).

Also the melodies are strong.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TrCbDtRxbU

is it wrong to want to throw a bone to Billy Currington because of his pecs?

definitely not

i encourage it

Teddiedrum-Odd Lovers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRd77eApw8g

I don't know much about this band but this is in my top ten. The last minute is possibly my favourite bit of music this year.

xpost to Johnny Fever, I've been playing the Barbara Panther album a lot over the last month. I think Tuomas did a great job getting his nominations in straight away so his choices came on the Spotify playlist at the beginning. I loved Moonlightpeople instantly but ended up voting for the album.

demarco - i love my life
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uM7J6aEWlPM
listened to this so much over the summer, still makes me smile now

Another couple of songs I'd like to see do well.

Jerimih-Another Song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxGfWWQnFfs

This is the best thing I discovered going through The Lex's end of year Youtube playlist. This maybe the most beautiful song I've heard all year.

Finally The Go Team-Buy Nothing Day

www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxGfWWQnFfs

I had totally written this band off after a boring second album but their latest one is great all the way through. This song is the highlight, I'm surprised it wasn't a hit.

Oops, this is The Go Team track.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQ4f_lgdYz8&ob=av2e

Sound of summer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bw9CALKOvAI

Love Buy Nothing Day. I think it could have been shortened just a tad but still going to be in my top 2 or 3.

Gavin Russom - "Night Sky"

Alternating between beatific and bug-eyed, this epic jam showcases Russom's acid house, krautrock & Hawkwind chops while still being one of the, er, songiest things he's done this side of Black Leotard Front's "Casual Friday" & the Crystal Ark's "Touch". YOU ARE THE LIGHT!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8YuNL7CMf4

LJ 'Forever Dolphin Love' is p.great. Oh, and that Mogwai you mentioned made my Top 3.

not the happiest of all songs but one of the most touching:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eu_qjcsF6Gs

light & bouncy stuff, not so typical for low:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yL-lM1ho6Ts

Some albums/whatsits you should vote for:

Fabric "A Sort of Radiance": of all the excellent releases on Spectrum Spools this year, this was my favourite. "Cosmic synth jam" is hardly an underexplored area at the moment, but this one sticks out. It's difficult (for me, anyway) to put a finger on why it's so good without resorting to generalities like "immersiveness", so just give it a listen!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bviFxBu0AY

Floating Points "Shadows EP": this dude was my favourite electronic producer in 2011 (see also the Fatima EP), but he doesn't seem to get that much love on ILM. It's smoky and jazzy and perfect for the dance music fan who never goes dancing but has a comfortable armchair. The Windows 95 screensaver video for "Sais" is a bonus.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inANu1ZmuqM

Emil.y surprisingly didn't post this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QH2-TGUlwu4

^^ that one should really be number one. Especially the 10 hours long version. It breaks boundaries in that it is a song that allows you to 'end' it whenever you like, after a minute or after four hours, or after whenever you feel like ending it. But if you don't want to end it, it will continue for you.

No other song does that for you, not even songs that consist of loops. This is different, and groundbreaking in my opinion.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TQbDz6-4eM

6 year old Morgan so so otm

landon looks suspiciously like Curtis

Gavin Russom - "Night Sky"

Alternating between beatific and bug-eyed, this epic jam showcases Russom's acid house, krautrock & Hawkwind chops while still being one of the, er, songiest things he's done this side of Black Leotard Front's "Casual Friday" & the Crystal Ark's "Touch". YOU ARE THE LIGHT!

ty for this

Ritual Knife

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ty1KJuG0i_k

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgT_us6AsDg&feature=player_embedded

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sX9DgavXiN4

^^"High For This" hasn't been nominated, I hesitated between it and "What You Need" and chose the latter

Ha, hadn't seen the list..
Selena woohoo!
but no Jason Derulo - Fight For You :'(

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxNe9jWNuEU

Go - Delilah is gorgeous ethereal night time music, like Jamie Woon's "Night Air" but more lustful. Defies expectations and avoids a big pay-off. Marvelous restraint. Spine-tingling.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbGbYn3t1dg

Young Galaxy - Shapeshifting (album)

Electropop band a la Stars sends their demos for album three to D. Lissvik of Studio, gets him to (re)produce the entire thing. Expected beauty results. This track is the only one that really features the male and female vocals equally and the female vocals (which are better) dominate otherwise, but the chorus or outro or whatever you would call the end of this is basically perfect.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xR6crSXH1yg&feature=related

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLTOZyEhj04

Seany Mac - One of Those Days (Organ Mix)

Speed garage track released back in 2009, apparently, but which literally nobody took notice of until this year, at which point it was in 4 or 5 different mixes I heard. Wouldn't vote for it in normal polls, but in ILM universe I don't think I can avoid it, esp. since we all discovered it at the same time.

ILM Thread Freaking Out About This Song

It's pretty much perfect joy in musical form.

whoaaaaa this song is amazing

that's fantastic

oh this is so great

Yay! This is like the first Seany Mac thread, pt. 2.

I love how consistently it hits ILM button. Someone mentioned that they tried playing it to their real world friends after we all freaked out about it and it didn't take.

emil.y already plumped for her but that julia holter album is marvelous, slipped into my top 10 by the end of the year even though i didn't hear it until the second week of december. the final song (called, um, "tragedy finale") is kind of extraordinary, that dense fog of voices...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7FzQthfrpI

this is so 1987 it hurts but i love it anyway. great record

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbSretNYqTk

More album campaigning plz! I have up to six slots going begging on my ballot.

Don't bother with youtube vids or audio links; no access @ work, can't use 'em. Just tell me in around 100 words why I should vote for your favourite album. I will guarantee to give high points to the best campaigning blurb posted here.

via twitter?

holy crap that Amalia song is amazing. I already voted :(

Which Gang Gang Dance song are the most people voting for?

The one where Lizzi Bougatsos sings with Win Win called "Releaserpm" (that the song people SHOULD BE voting for anyway).

By way of campaigning, here's a Spotify playlist with stuff that was nominated here in one form or another:

http://open.spotify.com/user/129608543/playlist/7fICQFUIksN5WisXWO3daD

Here's "Releaserpm" btw...I should be campaigning more!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftrj6Bw4kRc

Drat, all my stuff was on the Sandbox.

So my #1 is TV On The Radio. Here's the entire album with each song accompanied by a short film.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8B5GP0AiQMc

My #2, Graveyard - Hisingen Blues

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7kcAaAu4jU

Such a great song. In a cooler world, "The Siren" would be a hit, they'd be as big as Adele, and people would be singing it in karaoke bars. But to get a sense of how good Joakim Nilsson is, just try to sing along.

I was captive on a slave boat rowing through the swamp
they threw me off into the lake of alligators
eyes were glowing in the dark, and fear was in the air
as the beasts were closing in, panic struck my mind
swimming through the mud, yes I was swimming through the mud
and a thousand flamingos led my way,
riding to the feast for I was gonna meet my doom

Tonight a demon came into my head and tried to choke me in my sleep
Tonight a demon came into my head and tried to choke me in my sleep

I thought it was a feast of friends but lord they proved me wrong
what seemed to be my rescue turned out to be a trap
suddenly I was alone inside the demon's house
He climbed the walls with blood and murder glowing through his eyes
and I couldn't escape and every move I made was wrong.

Tonight a demon came into my head and tried to choke me in my sleep
Tonight a demon came into my head and tried to choke me in my sleep

Yeah, better give up. Just like when I've had a few too many beers and mistakenly thought I could pull off some Marvin Gaye or Van Morrison, only really great singers can pull it off like Nilsson. It's not just him, the band is amazing, and just about every song is superb.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tsjP2F5jDQ

GGD: voted for Mindkilla

subrosa is some epic doomy prog folk metal.

also love this album by donato dozzy, 'k'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1Y4vXqJJws

thank you for reminding me about subrosa!!

it would be sweet if someone besides me voted for this track, i believe its the only one by kassem mosse that was nom'd and imo it is awesome

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIqq2BZDjBQ

I'm only going to vote for things I didn't nominate myself

Too late to sway many, but that entire Kitchen's Floor album is classic. Wish I'd heard it in time to get it in Pazz and Jop.

Bump. I'll be voting on Sunday. So, not too late to sway me.

love the seany mac track!

thanks to matt dc, who nominated my favorite track of the year, Benoit & Sergio's "What I've Lost", which I love even more than "Walk & Talk"

JoJo's remix of “Marvin's Room” is heartbreaking, and so much more affecting than Drake's version imo. What are essentially the same core lyrics seem a lot easier to empathize with when not coming from a position of power.
+she has a beautiful voice +the backing track sounds more alive somehow

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