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AMF Poll: Songs of 2010

The end of the year poll for songs is officially open. As with the EOY albums, voting will close January 31 for this round, in which we will nominate songs.

Eligible songs must have been released for the first time in 2010. Songs that were remastered or reissued are not eligible.

To vote, submit an ordered list of 10 songs either in this thread or by email at jgovatos3@gmail.com. Your top 2 songs will automatically make the second round. Songs listed 3-10 must be nominated by at least two people to make the final list. Because of this format, strategic voting is not only accepted, it is encouraged.

To encourage diversity, you can only nominate a maximum of 2 songs per artist. While I am not placing a maximum on the total number of nominations, no more than five songs by any one artist will be nominated. In the second round, we will order the nominated songs in a process similar to last year's poll.

Any comments or suggestions about this poll are appreciated, and enjoy voting.

Re: AMF Poll: Songs of 2010

You can submit to the thread, sweet. Some of the songs on my 2010 list in another thread were released in 2009, but I didn't hear them or they weren't popular until 2010. For songs that were actually released in 2010:

1)"Plans"-Birds of Tokyo
2)"O.N.E."-Yeasayer
3)"Revolution"-John Butler Trio
4)"Bloodbuzz Ohio"-The National
5)"Anti-Gravity"-British India
6)"Trigger Finger"-You Am I
7)"Black Rain"-Soundgarden
8)"By the Sword"-Slash and Andrew Stockdale
9)"Runaway"-John Butler Trio
10)"Cold War"-Janelle Monae

"Fader" by the Temper Trap would be #1 if it weren't from their 2009 debut album. Although released as a single in 2010, the album is 2009, so I didn;t count it.

Re: AMF Poll: Songs of 2010

Thanks to the HipHop-, Soul- and Afrobeat-Arists this isn't the most boaring year since sometime in the nineties. Classic indie rock is in a serious crisis. The biggest surprise is the coincidence of artistry and commercial success, due to Kanye, Janelle, The Roots and some others.

1 : Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Bright Lit Blue Skies
2 : Gil Scott-Heron - I'll Take Care of You
3 : Kanye West - Power
4 : Kanye West - Runaway
5 : The Roots - How I Got Over
6 : Janelle Monae - Cold War
7 : Chromeo - Don't Turn The Lights On
8 : Joanna Newsom - Good Intentions Paving Company
9 : Highlife - F Kenya Rip
10 : Scissor Sisters - Any Which Way

Honorable mentions (11-30):

Atmosphere - The Loser Wins
Gil Scott-Heron - Me and the Devil
Laura Veirs - Wide-Eyed, Legless
Kanye West - Christian Dior Denim Flow
Asmara All Stars - Amajo
Tamikrest - Aratane n'adagh
MGMT - Flash Delirium
Antony & The Johnsons - Thank You For Your Love
LCD Soundsystem - All I Want
Aloe Blacc - Femme Fatale
Yeasayer - Love Me Girl
Carolina Chocolate Drops - Hit 'Em Up Style
Actress - Maze
Gonjasufi - Sheep
Johnny Cash - Ain't No Grave
Aloe Blacc & The Grand Scheme - The Dark End Of The Street
Imperial Tiger Orchestra - Emnete
Caribou - Odessa
The Master Musicians of Jajouka - Night Dance Under the Moon
Bilal - Free

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1. The Tallest Man On Earth - Love Is All
2. The National - Afraid Of Everyone
3. Angus & Julia Stone - I'm Not Yours
4. The Tallest Man On Earth - Kids On The Run
5. Beach House - Take Care
6. Arcade Fire - Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)
7. Angus & Julia Stone - Yellow Brick Road
8. Gorillaz - Rhinestone Eyes
9. The National - Anyone's Ghost
10. Anaïs Mitchell - Why We Built The Wall

Re: AMF Poll: Songs of 2010

1. All I Want- LCD Soundsystem
2. Fuck You- Cee Lo Green
3. Shutterbugg- Big Boi
4. Runaway- Kanye West
5. Tightrope- Janelle Monae (featuring Big Boi)
6. Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)- Arcade Fire
7. Dancing On My Own- Robyn
8. Power- Kanye West
9. Rill Rill- Sleigh Bells
10. Round and Round- Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti

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1. Vampire Weekend - Giving Up The Gun
2. Kanye West - Lost in the World
3. Big Boi - Shutterbugg
4. Robyn - Dancing On My Own
5. Gorillaz - On Melancholy Hill
6. Ariel's Pink Haunted Graffiti - Round and Round
7. Gorillaz - Stylo
8. Arcade Fire - Ready to Start
9. MGMT - Flash Delirium
10. Janelle Monae - Tightrope
10. Crystal Castles w/ Robert Smith - Not in Love

Re: AMF Poll: Songs of 2010

Crown On The Ground by Sleigh Bells. Yes or no?

Re: AMF Poll: Songs of 2010

1. Brandon Flowers ~~~ Crossfire
2. Keane F/K’Naan ~~~ Stop For A Minute
3. The Roots F/ John Legend ~~~ The Fire
4. Kanye West ~~~ Runaway
5. The National ~~~ Bloodbuzz Ohio
6. Gorillaz F/ Mos Def & Bobby Womack ~~~ Stylo
7. Arcade Fire ~~~ Ready To Start
8. OK Go ~~~ White Knuckles
9. The Black Keys ~~~ Tighten Up
10. M.I.A. ~~~ Born Free
*. Vampire Weekend ~~~ Giving Up The Gun
*. Cee-Lo Green ~~~ Fuck You
*. Kid Cudi F/ Kanye West ~~~ Erase Me
*. Janelle Monae F/ Big Boi ~~~ Tightrope
*. The Roots F/ Monsters Of Folk ~~~ Dear God 2.0
*. Jimmy Eat World ~~~ My Best Theory
*. Kanye West ~~~ Monster
*. Big Boi ~~~ Shutterbug
*. LCD Soundsystem ~~~ Drunk Girls
*. Weezer ~~~ Memories

Re: AMF Poll: Songs of 2010

Chris

10. Janelle Monae - Tightrope
10. Crystal Castles w/ Robert Smith - Not in Love


Ooops, my top 10 should look like this:

1. Vampire Weekend - Giving Up The Gun
2. Kanye West - Lost in the World
3. Big Boi - Shutterbugg
4. Robyn - Dancing On My Own
5. Gorillaz - On Melancholy Hill
6. Ariel's Pink Haunted Graffiti - Round and Round
7. Gorillaz - Stylo
8. Arcade Fire - Ready to Start
9. MGMT - Flash Delirium
10. Crystal Castles w/ Robert Smith - Not in Love

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1. Titus Andronicus – Richard II
2. Flying Lotus - ...And The World Laughs With You
3. Crystal Castles (feat. Robert Smith) – Not In Love
4. Das Racist – You Oughta Know
5. Beach House - Silver Soul
6. Big Boi - Shine Blockas
7. Sleigh Bells – Rill Rill
8. Wavves – Super Soaker
9. No Age – Fever Dreaming
10. Sufjan Stevens – Impossible Soul

So many great songs this year. I couldn't believe all the songs I had to leave off.

Re: AMF Poll: Songs of 2010

Evan

6. Big Boi - Shine Blockas


I love it too, but since it was in the 2nd round of our 2009 poll, I don't think it is eligible this year.

Re: AMF Poll: Songs of 2010

Nassim
Evan

6. Big Boi - Shine Blockas


I love it too, but since it was in the 2nd round of our 2009 poll, I don't think it is eligible this year.


I did not realize that, just assumed eligibility because of the 2010 album.

Replacement: 6. LCD Soundsystem - Dance Yrself Clean

Re: AMF Poll: Songs of 2010

This list is most definitely not my top 10 of 2010...a little strategy never hurt.

1. Drake - Over
2. Swedish House Mafia feat. Tinie Tempah - Miami 2 Ibiza
3. Kanye West - Devil in a New Dress
4. The Black Keys - Tighten Up
5. Sufjan Stevens - The Age of Adz
6. She & Him - In the Sun
7. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
8. Sleigh Bells - Tell 'Em
9. Beach House - Norway
10. Duck Sauce - Barbra Streisand

Re: AMF Poll: Songs of 2010

1. Surfer Blood - Floating Vibes
2. Morning Benders - All Day Day Light
3. Tallest Man on Earth - Thousand Ways
4. Free Energy - Free Energy
5. Kanye West - All of the Lights
6. Free Energy - Wild Winds
7. Arcade Fire - Half Light II
8. Girl Talk - Triple Double
9. LCD Soundsystem - Dance Yrself Clean
10. Belle & Sebastian - I Didn't See It Coming

Re: AMF Poll: Songs of 2010

Jackson, could you give us the rules of the 2nd round ?

What will we have to submit ? A top 10 ? A general ranking of all 2nd round songs ?

Knowing a bout the 2nd round format could be important for strategic voting...

I guess I'll wait till the last minute to give my list, but not for strategic reasons, just so I can listen to a maximum music.

Re: AMF Poll: Songs of 2010

nicolas
Jackson, could you give us the rules of the 2nd round ?

What will we have to submit ? A top 10 ? A general ranking of all 2nd round songs ?

Knowing a bout the 2nd round format could be important for strategic voting...

I guess I'll wait till the last minute to give my list, but not for strategic reasons, just so I can listen to a maximum music.


What I'm planning on doing is having everyone submit their top 10-20 out of the nominated songs with a certain amount of points to give away (probably 150, with a max of 25 to any one song).

Thanks for the turnout so far, everyone.

Re: AMF Poll: Songs of 2010

Directly in :
1) Foals - Blue Blood
2) Big Boi - Turns me On
2nd vote for :
3) Sufjan Stevens - The Age of Adz
4) Sleigh Bells - Tell'Em
1st vote for :
5) Caribou - Odessa
6) Kanye West - Monster
7) LCD Soundsystem - You Wanted a Hit
8) These New Puritans - We Want War
9) Hot Chip - Thieves in the Night
10) Drake - Fireworks

I really hope someone will cast another vote for Odessa !
Runaway and Dancing on My Own would have been in my "real" top 10 if they weren't already elected.

Re: AMF Poll: Songs of 2010

Here's a complete list of all 32 songs that have made the second round so far:

Arcade Fire - Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Bright Lit Blue Skies
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Round and Round
Big Boi - Turns Me On
Big Boi - Shutterbug
Birds of Tokyo - Plans
Brandon Flowers - Crossfire
Cee-Lo Green - Fuck You!
Crystal Castles - Not in Love
Drake - Over
Flying Lotus - ...And the World Laughs With You
Foals - Blue Blood
Gil Scott-Heron - I'll Take Care of You
Janelle Monae - Cold War
Kanye West - Lost in the World
Kanye West - Power
Kanye West - Runaway
Keane - Stop for a Minute
LCD Soundsystem - All I Want
LCD Soundsystem - Dance Yrself Clean
Morning Benders - All Day All Night
National - Afraid of Everyone
Robyn - Dancing On My Own
Sleigh Bells - Rill Rill
Sleigh Bells - Tell 'Em
Sufjan Stevens - The Age of Adz
Surfer Blood - Floating Vibes
Swedish House Mafia - Miami 2 Ibizia
Tallest Man on Earth - Love is All
Titus Andronicus - Richard II
Vampire Weekend - Giving Up the Gun
Yeasayer - O.N.E

48 other songs have one vote.

@Nassim: Don't worry about "Odessa" making the second round. If no one else nominates it, I certainly will.

Re: AMF Poll: Songs of 2010

Jackson,

I have also counted the votes and according to the lists posted on this thread, I found 4 additional songs with 2 picks :

Arcade Fire - Ready to Start
Gorillaz - Stylo
Black Keys - Tighten Up
The National - Bloodbuzz Ohio

All were nominated by Slick and another person.
So either you forgot Slick's 3-10 entries or Slick sent you another list

(sorry to interfere and thank you for compiling all this)

Re: AMF Poll: Songs of 2010

nicolas
Jackson,

I have also counted the votes and according to the lists posted on this thread, I found 4 additional songs with 2 picks :

Arcade Fire - Ready to Start
Gorillaz - Stylo
Black Keys - Tighten Up
The National - Bloodbuzz Ohio

All were nominated by Slick and another person.
So either you forgot Slick's 3-10 entries or Slick sent you another list

(sorry to interfere and thank you for compiling all this)


Thanks for keeping me in check. You were right, I forgot Slick's 3-10 and those four songs should be added to the list.

Re: AMF Poll: Songs of 2010

My noms:

1 Beach House - Zebra
2 MGMT - Brian Eno
3 Beach House - Silver Soul
4 Spoon - I Saw The Light
5 Spoon - Got Nuffin
6 Deerhunter - Memory Boy
7 Deerhunter - Desire Lines
8 Quasi - Bye Bye Blackbird
9 MGMT - Siberian Breaks
10 Ariel Pink's Haunted Grafitti - Lttle Wig

Thanks!

Re: AMF Poll: Songs of 2010

My nominations:

1. Joanna Newsom – Good Intentions Paving Company
2. Die Antwoord – Enter the Ninja
3. Joanna Newsom – KingFisher
4. Owen Pallett- Lewis Takes Off His Shirt
5. Rihanna - Only Girl (In the World)
6. Kanye West – Monster
7. Jamey Johnson - Macon
8. Jónsi - Go Do
9. Twin Shadow – Slow
10. Deerhunter – Desire Lines

Re: AMF Poll: Songs of 2010

Automatic picks -

Sleigh Bells - Treats
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Menopause Man

3. Sufjan Stevens - Impossible Soul
4. Odessa - Caribou
5. Dum Dum Girls - Oh Mein M
6. The National - Runaway
7. The National - England
8. Janelle Monae - Wondaland
9.Vampire Weekend - Diplomat's Son
10. Gorillaz - Some Kinda Nature

Wow, harder that I thought it would be...
eg. No one's voted for Earthquake by Deerhunter yet?

Re: AMF Poll: Songs of 2010

1. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart – Say No To Love
2. Arcade Fire – Empty Room
3. Kanye West, Jay-Z, Rick Ross, Nicki Minaj, & Bon Iver – Monster
4. Janelle Monae – Cold War
5. Yeasayer – Ambling Alp
6. Kanye West – POWER
7. Sleigh Bells – Rill Rill
8. Best Coast - Girlfriend
9. Arcade Fire – Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)
10. Harlem – Friendly Ghost

Re: AMF Poll: Songs of 2010

VanillaFire1000

8. Best Coast - Girlfriend


Is this supposed to be Boyfriend or is this a song I don't know?

Also Power, Rill Rill, and Sprawl II are already through just to let you know.

Re: AMF Poll: Songs of 2010

Evan


Also Power, Rill Rill, and Sprawl II are already through just to let you know.


Monster is too, but it's perfectly okay to vote for already-nominated albums; I just update the results in case people want to vote strategically.

Re: AMF Poll: Songs of 2010

1 Lady Antebellum /Need You Now
2 Katy Perry /Teenage Dream
3 LCD Soundsystem /I Can Change
4 Vampire Weekend /White Sky
5 Erykah Badu /Window Seat
6 Gorillaz /Kids With Guns
7 MGMT /Siberian Breaks
8 Spoon /I Saw the Light
9 Katy Perry feat. Snoop Dogg /California Gurls
10 LCD Soundsystem /Drunk Girls

Re: AMF Poll: Songs of 2010

A few of my favorites are already through, so here goes.

Top Two
Vampire Weekend - "Cousins"
M.I.A. - "XXXO"
The Rest
Arcade Fire - "Modern Man"
Broken Bells - "The High Road"
M.I.A. - "Born Free"
Katy Perry - "California Girls"
Vampire Weekend - "White Sky"
Yeasayer - "Ambling Alp"
Kanye West - "All of the Lights"
Los Campesinos - "Romance Is Boring"

If any of these are already through, well then good for them.

Re: AMF Poll: Songs of 2010

Henry
6 Gorillaz /Kids With Guns


It was in Demon Days, a 2005 album !

Ambling Alp could be considered a 2009 song too.

Re: AMF Poll: Songs of 2010

Jackson, will you tell us when you've made up your mind about the 2nd round's rules ? top 10 ? top 20 ?
It can affect strategic voting. If it's a top 20 then we need more songs we like in the 2nd rd than if it's ten.

Re: AMF Poll: Songs of 2010

Evan
VanillaFire1000

8. Best Coast - Girlfriend


Is this supposed to be Boyfriend or is this a song I don't know?

Also Power, Rill Rill, and Sprawl II are already through just to let you know.


Ah, that is supposed to be Boyfriend.

Re: AMF Poll: Songs of 2010

nicolas
Jackson, will you tell us when you've made up your mind about the 2nd round's rules ? top 10 ? top 20 ?
It can affect strategic voting. If it's a top 20 then we need more songs we like in the 2nd rd than if it's ten.


It'll be 150 points to spread across 10-20 songs; you choose how many (with a max of 25 points per song).

With the large amount of songs nominated, I assume everyone will be able to find quite a few songs they like.

Re: AMF Poll: Songs of 2010

01. The National - Terrible Love
02. Flying Lotus - MmmHmm

03. Sufjan Stevens - I Want to Be Well
04. Grinderman - Palaces of Montezuma
05. Deerhunter - Basement Scene
06. The Black Keys - Everlasting Light
07. Johnny Cash - Ain't No Grave
08. Beach House - Walk in the Park
09. Neil Young - Love and War
10. Sufjan Stevens - Vesuvius

Re: AMF Poll: Songs of 2010

Nassim
Henry
6 Gorillaz /Kids With Guns


It was in Demon Days, a 2005 album !


Please substitute Gorillaz/Empire Ants as my nominee.

Re: AMF Poll: Songs of 2010

1. "Aston Martin Music" / Rick Ross feat. Drake & Chrisette Michele
2. "Our Twilight" / Barren Earth
3. "Harlem River Blues / Justin Townes Earle
4. "Birthday Boy" / Drive-By Truckers
5. "Empire Ants" / Gorillaz feat. Little Dragon
6. "Harms Swift Way" / Robert Plant
7. "La Difference" / Salif Keita
8. "(The Night the Sky Cried) Tears of Fire" / The Sword
9. "Last Kiss" / Taylor Swift
10. "F.I.L.A." / The-Dream

11. "Teenage Dream" / Katy Perry
12. "The Like in I Love You" / Brian Wilson
13. "Gone Baby, Don't Be Long" / Erykah Badu
14. "One Foot In" / Freeway & Jake One
15. "Go Down Swingin' / John Hiatt
16. "Babyfather" / Sade
17. "Dancing On My Own" / Robyn
18. "Everything is Beautiful" / Kylie Minogue
19. "I Belong to the Band" / Mavis Staples
20. "Soft in the Center" / The Hold Steady
21. "Hang with Me" / Robyn
22. "Don't Ever Leave Me" / Keith Jarrett & Charlie Haden
23. "I Didn't See It Coming" / Belle and Sebastian
24. "Now or Neva" / Big K.R.I.T.
25. "Miss Those Days" / Celph Titled & Buckwild
26. "All of the Lights" / Kanye West
27. "Oh, Maker" / Janelle Monae
28. "Come Tomorrow, Come Today" / Edwyn Collins
29. "What You Cannot See, You Cannot Fight" / Freedy Johnston
30. "Jupiter or the Moon" / Los Lobos
31. "Trainwrecks" / Weezer
32. "Free Market Barbarian" / Slough Feg
33. "You Must Be Out of Your Mind" / The Magnetic Fields
34. "The Watcher's Monolith" / Agalloch
35. "I, the Jury" / Grand Magus
36. "Looking for What" / Lindstrom & Christabelle
37. "Radio Daze" / The Roots feat. Blue, P.O.R.N & Dice Raw
38. "Cry Baby" / Cee-Lo Green
39. "Hannibal" / Caribou
40. "Scorpio Curse" / Electric Wizard
41. "Typecast" / Ryan Adams & The Cardinals
42. "Did Trouble Me" / Tom Jones
43. "Conqueror's Return" / Witchery
44. "Love Cry" / Four Tet
45. "Airborne Aquarium" / Curren$y
46. "Ethica Odini" / Enslaved
47. "As We Enter" / Nas & Damian Marley
48. "Shameless" / Bryan Ferry
49. "Soil to Seed" / Matthew Dear
50. "Alesund" / Sun Kil Moon

Re: AMF Poll: Songs of 2010

66 nominees so far, keep the lists coming!

Arcade Fire - Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)
Arcade Fire - Ready to Start
Arcade Fire - Empty Room
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Round and Round
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Bright Lit Blue Skies
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Menopause Man
Barren Earth - Our Twilight
Beach House - Silver Soul
Beach House - Zebra
Big Boi - Shutterbug
Big Boi - Turns Me On
Birds of Tokyo - Plans
Black Keys - Tighten Up
Brandon Flowers - Crossfire
Caribou - Odessa
Cee-Lo Green - Fuck You!
Crystal Castles - Not in Love
Deerhunter - Desire Lines
Die Antwoord - Enter the Ninja
Drake - Over
Flying Lotus - ...And the World Laughs With You
Flying Lotus - MmmHmm
Foals - Blue Blood
Gil Scott-Heron - I'll Take Care of You
Gorillaz - Stylo
Gorillaz - Empire Ants
Janelle Monae - Cold War
Joanna Newsom - Good Intentions Paving Company
Joanna Newsom - Good Intentions Paving Company
Kanye West - Runaway
Kanye West - Power
Kanye West - Monster
Kanye West - All of the Lights
Kanye West - Lost in the World
Katy Perry - California Gurls
Katy Perry - Teenage Dream
Keane - Stop for a Minute
Lady Antebellum - Need You Now
LCD Soundsystem - Dance Yrself Clean
LCD Soundsystem - All I Want
M.I.A - Born Free
M.I.A. - XXXO
MGMT - Siberian Breaks
MGMT - Brian Eno
Morning Benders - All Day All Night
National - Bloodbuzz Ohio
National - Afraid of Everyone
National - Terrible Love
Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Say No to Love
Rick Ross - Aston Martin Music
Robyn - Dancing On My Own
Sleigh Bells - Rill Rill
Sleigh Bells - Tell 'Em
Sleigh Bells - Treats
Spoon - I Saw the Light
Sufjan Stevens - The Age of Adz
Sufjan Stevens - Impossible Soul
Surfer Blood - Floating Vibes
Swedish House Mafia - Miami 2 Ibizia
Tallest Man on Earth - Love is All
Titus Andronicus - Richard II
Vampire Weekend - White Sky
Vampire Weekend - Giving Up the Gun
Vampire Weekend - Cousins
Yeasayer - Ambling Amp
Yeasayer - O.N.E

Re: AMF Poll: Songs of 2010

Guess now is as good a time as any...

AUTO-IN (kosmische neo-prog minimalist glory)

1. Emeralds - Genetic
2. Jaga Jazzist - Toccata

IN with a 2nd vote

3. Janelle Monáe - Tightrope (how was this not already in? I mean "Cold War"'s better, but still!)
4. The Roots - How I Got Over (maybe possibly technically 2009, but the final version sounds a bit different, and it's fantastic whatever the year)

First Votes

5. Flying Lotus - Do The Astral Plane
6. Actress - Maze
7. The Knife (feat. Mt. Sims and Planningtorock) - Colouring of Pigeons
8. Florrie - Left Too Late (Moonbeam, take note)
9. John Grant - TC and Honeybear
10. Arp - Pastoral Symphony I. Dominoes II. Infinity Room


Great songs already in, in order:

Janelle Monáe - Cold War
Kanye West - Runaway
Joanna Newsom - Good Intentions Paving Company
MGMT - Siberian Breaks
Robyn - Dancing On My Own
Cee-Lo - Fuck You!
Kanye West - Monster
Sufjan Stevens - The Age of Adz
Big Boi - Shutterbugg
Deerhunter - Desire Lines
Sleigh Bells - Rill Rill


And more fine songs that just missed m'list, also in order:

Zs - New Slaves
Laurie Anderson - Only an Expert
Yellow Swans - Limited Space
Georgia Anne Muldrow - Ocotea
Gil Scott-Heron - Me and The Devil
The Besnard Lakes - Light Up The Night
The-Dream - Yamaha
Gorillaz - On Melancholy Hill
Salem - King Night
Jason Moran - Gangsterism Over 10 Years
Kelis - Acapella
Rangers - Deerfield Village
Janelle Monáe - BabopbyeYa
These New Puritans - We Want War
The Budos Band - Rite of The Ancients
Swans - No Words/No Thoughts
Erykah Badu - Out My Mind, Just In Time
Afro-Cubism - Mali Cuba
The Books - I Didn't Know That
The Souljazz Orchestra - Consecration
Aloe Blacc - I Need a Dollar
Girl Talk - Triple Double
Little Women - Throat III
Esperanza Spalding - Apple Blossom
Joanna Newsom - Easy
Zola Jesus - Night
The Fall - Weather Report 2
Konono No. 1 - Fula Fula
Glenn Branca - Lesson No. 3 (Tribute To Steve Reich)
Mi Ami - Harmonics (Genius of Love)
LCD Soundsystem - I Can Change
Kid Cudi - Erase Me
Grinderman - Palaces of Montezuma
Shugo Tokumaru - Laminate
Marcos Valle - Vamos Sambar
The Divine Comedy - Down In The Street Below
Teenage Fanclub - Baby Lee
Solar Bears - The Quiet Planet
Grupo Fantasma - Realizando
Curren$y - King Kong
British Sea Power - Zeus
Brian Eno - 2 Forms of Anger
Emeralds - Candy Shoppe
Field Music - The Rest Is Noise

Re: AMF Poll: Songs of 2010

Fun strategy round!

All of these songs are in my top 20 of the year, but many of my favorites have already advanced.

For the purposes of this thread, here's my list.

1. Sufjan Stevens - "Get Real Get Right"

My favorite song from 2010, it lit a fire under my ass like no song has done in a long time. I'm a Christian, and I've longed for GOOD Christian music for a long, long time, and the entire album is just what I was looking for, best embodied in this song.

2. Twin Shadow - "Castles in the Snow"

I actually prefer most of the other songs I will list more than this, but I feel that this song has a better chance to succeed than others I will nominate. The duality of the super-high and super-low synths creates a really eerie effect, and the vocals are just top-notch!

3. Sufjan Stevens - "I Want to Be Well"

There's a history of mental illness in my family, and I have not yet heard a song as equally harrowing and empowering as this one on that subject. My cliche about this album is that every molten beat, volcanic synth and manic symphonic flourish is a weapon wielded in a battle for Sufjan's mind, body and soul, and this song captures that feeling better than any other.

4. Kylie Minogue - "Cupid Boy"

What can I say? I love Kylie's brand of electro-pop, and the post-punkish bass line of this song is a great, unexpected touch, and it goes well with the rush of synths and soaring chorus.

5. LCD Soundsystem - "I Can Change"

Any song that can be compared to "Love Is a Stranger" has a lot going for it, and this has it all, from the cracked sanity, propulsive synths and pejorative statements about love. I also think this is James' best vocals on record!

6. Janelle Monáe - "Faster"

The curt, sophisti-funk with Janelle's effortlessly cool vocals at the beginning sets a great mood before she busts out her delightful weirdness!

7. Sufjan Stevens - "Vesuvius"

It starts out as one of the rare quiet moments on The Age of Adz, but it is no less intense, smoldering into an epic battle between soul and flesh.

8. Janelle Monáe - "Sir Greendown"

Eerie, spacey pseudo-60s balladry was not what I expected from Janelle, but she delivers it so so sooo well, and that is the magic of The ArchAndroid.

9. Chromeo - "When the Night Falls"

Chromeo's shameless venture into 80s synth funk makes me adore them, and this song is on the poppier sound of the genre, with a delicious hook provided by none other than Solange Knowles and a guitar outro to top this hefty slice of cheese. If I made music, I'd want it to sound like this.

10. LCD Soundsystem - "Home"

If this is the band's swansong, what a song it is! It rivals "New York I Love You, But You're Bringing Me Down" for emotional catharsis, and few artists understand that wonderful mix of blissful melancholy like LCD Soundsystem. I love how that "ah ahhhhh-AHHHH ah"s from "Dance Yrself Clean" come full circle here.

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1. Sufjan Stevens - Djohariah
2. The National - Runaway
3. Gorillaz - On Melancholy Hill
4. Jamey Johnson - Macon
5. Sufjan Stevens - Vesuvius
6. The Knife - Colouring of Pigeons
7. Neil Young - Hitchhiker
8. Philip Selway - The Witching Hour
9. The Roots - Dear God 2.0
10. Best Coast - Boyfriend

Re: AMF Poll: Songs of 2010

I think we all should post our "real" top 10s as well in another thread

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nicolas
I think we all should post our "real" top 10s as well in another thread


That's what this thread is for.

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2010:

01. KANYE WEST-Runaway (Hiphop)
02. CEE LO-Fuck You (R&B/Soul)
03. SUFJAN STEVENS-Too Much (Singer/songwriter)
04. CRYSTAL FIGHTERS-Swallow (album version) (Dance)
05. MICAH P. HINSON-2s And 3s (Singer/songwriter)
06. BIG BOI-Hustle Blood (Hiphop)
07. TAME IMPALA-Desire Be, Desire Go (Pop/Rock)
08. YEASAYER-Ambling Alp (Pop/Rock)
09. SALEM-Killer (Dance)
10. PANDA BEAR-Slow Motion (Pop/Rock)

11. BIG K.R.I.T.-They Got US (Hiphop)
12. LAURA MARLING-Alpha Shallows (Singer/songwriter)
13. SHINING-The Madness And The Damage Done pt. 1 (Metal)
14. GORILLAZ-Stylo (Dance)
15. The PHANTOM BAND-Into The Corn (Pop/Rock)
16. CARIBOU-Sun (Pop/Rock)
17. MI AMI-Harmonics (Pop/Rock)
18. GOLD PANDA-Same Dream China (Dance/Techno)
19. JANELLE MONÁE-BaBopByeYa (R&B/Soul)
20. SLEEPY SUN-Desert God (Pop/Rock)

21. SUFJAN STEVENS-I Want To Be Well (Singer/songwriter)
22. DEADMAU5-I Said (Michael Woods remix) (Dance/Club)
23. The KNIFE, MT. SIMS & PLANNINGTOROCK-Colouring Of Pigeons (Pop/Rock)
24. BIG BOI-The Train pt. II (Hiphop)
25. SLEIGH BELLS-Run The Heart (Pop/Rock)
26. MASTER MUSICIANS OF BUKKAKE-Perde Kaldirma (Pop/Rock)
27. CURREN$Y-Audio Dope (Hiphop)
28. ANIKA-Sadness Hides The Sun (Pop/Rock)
29. LINDSTRØM & CHRISTABELLE-Looking For What (Dance/Club)
30. BEST COAST-Crazy For You (Pop/Rock)

31. CARIBOU-Odessa (Pop/Rock)
32. FOUR TET-Angel Echoes (Dance)
33. GIL SCOTT-HERON-New York Is Killing Me (R&B/Soul)
34. DEERHUNTER-He Would Have Laughed (Pop/Rock)
35. CRYSTAL FIGHTERS-Follow (album version) (Dance)
36. WAVVES-Post Acid (Pop/Rock)
37. TAME IMPALA-Lucidity (Pop/Rock)
38. KANYE WEST-So Appalled (Hiphop)
39. WHITE RING-Suffocation (Los Campesinos remix) (Pop/Rock)
40. WARPAINT-Set Your Arms Down (Pop/Rock)

41. KONONO No.1-Konono Wa Wa Wa (World/Africa/Congo)
42. ARIEL PINK'S HAUNTED GRAFFITI-Fright Night (Pop/Rock)
43. BATHS-Lovely Bloodflow (Pop/Rock)
44. JANELLE MONÁE-Mushrooms And Roses (R&B/Soul)
45. MATTHEW DEAR-You Put A Smell On Me (Dance)
46. The NATIONAL-Conversation 16 (Pop/Rock)
47. K-X-P-18 Hours (Pop/Rock)
48. SADE-Soldier Of Love (Pop)
49. ACTRESS-Maze (Dance/Techno)
50. JOANNA NEWSOM-Easy (Singer/songwriter)

51. SLEIGH BELLS-Tell 'Em (Pop/Rock)
52. JOKER-Tron (Dance/Dubstep)
53. NO AGE-Fever Dreaming (Pop/Rock)
54. YEASAYER-Madder Red (Pop/Rock)
55. USHER-Lil' Freak (R&B/Soul)
56. FLYING LOTUS-Galaxy In Janaki (Dance)
57. SOULJAZZ ORCHESTRA-Rejoice pt. 2 (Fusion)
58. THESE NEW PURITANS-5 (Pop/Rock)
59. SALEM-Sick (Dance)
60. PHAELEH-Plateau (Dance/Dubstep)

61. SOWETO KINCH-Never Ending (Fusion)
62. The ARCADE FIRE-Empty Room (Pop/Rock)
63. FOREST SWORDS-Rattling Cage (Pop/Rock/Dance)
64. NERO-Innocence (Dance)
65. COURS LAPIN-Homme Contre Femme (Pop/Rock)
66. FOALS-This Orient (Pop/Rock)
67. CRYSTAL CASTLES-Baptism (Dance)
68. CURREN$Y-The Day (Hiphop)
69. HEALTH-We Are Water (Pop/Rock)
70. JAMES BLAKE-Limit To Your Love (Dance)

71. oOoOO-Hearts (Dance)
72. AVEY TARE-Lucky 1 (Pop/Rock)
73. JOHN GRANT-I Want To Go To Marz (Singer/songwriter)
74. PARTING GIFTS-Strange Disposition (Pop/Rock)
75. WALLS-Burnt Sienna (Dance)
76. BIG K.R.I.T.-Country Shit (Hiphop)
77. BEACH HOUSE-10 Mile Stereo (Pop/Rock)
78. LIARS-Scissors (Pop/Rock)
79. TYLER THE CREATOR-French! (Hiphop)
80. SURFER BLOOD-Floating Vibes (Pop/Rock)

81. SUFJAN STEVENS-Get Real, Get Right (Singer/songwriter)
82. PANTHA DU PRINCE-Satellite Snyper (Dance/Techno)
83. LITTLE WOMEN-Throat IV (AvantJazz)
84. DEERHUNTER-Memory Boy (Pop/Rock)
85. TWIN SISTER-All Around And Away We Go (Pop/Rock)
86. EL GUINCHO-Bombay (Pop/Dance)
87. DRAKE-Over (Hiphop)
88. O.K. GO-This Too Shall Pass (Rube Goldberg Machine version) (Pop/Rock)
89. EMERALDS-Double Helix (Pop/Rock)
90. LCD SOUNDSYSTEM-I Can Change (Pop/Rock)

91. BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE-World Sick (Pop/Rock)
92. ROLO TOMASSI-Agamemnon (Punk)
93. FAR EAST MOVEMENT-Rocketeer (Pop)
94. MGMT-It's Working (Pop/Rock)
95. DAS RACIST-Hahahaha JK (Hiphop)
96. TRENTEMØLLER-Silver Surfer, Ghost Rider Go! (Dance/Techno)
97. AVI BUFFALO-What's In It For? (Pop/Rock)
98. JANELLE MONÁE-Tightrope (R&B/Soul)
99. ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER-Returnal (Avantgarde)
100. JOY ORBISON-So Derobe (Dance/Dubstep)

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1 . No Age - Chem Trails
2 . Big Boi - You Ain't No DJ
3 . Deerhunter - Coronado
4 . Deerhunter - He Would Have Laughed
5 . Ghostface Killah - Black Tequilla
6 . No Age - Fever Dreaming
7 . MIA - It Takes a Muscle
8 . Black Angels - Telephone
9 . Gorillaz - Plastic Beach
10 . Best Coast - Crazy for You

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1. Home - LCD Soundsystem
2. The Train Pt. 2 - Big Boi
3. Desire Lines - Deerhunter
4. The Suburbs - Arcade Fire
5. You - Gold Panda
6. Lewis Takes Off His Shirt - Owen Pallett
7. Snowmelt - Weed Diamond
8. Boys & Girls - TiRon
9. Stay Close - Delorean
10. Eyesore - Women

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This is a strategic list:

1. James Blake - Limit to your Love
2. Nicholas Jaar - Time For Us
3. The National - England
4. Tallest Man on Earth - King of Spain
5. The Radio Dept. - This Time Around
6. Lindström & Christabelle - Lovesick
7. Kassem Mosse - Untitled
8. Tallest Man on Earth - Burden of Tomorrow
9. Foals - Spanish Sahara
10. Pantha du Prince - Es Schneit

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Directly through:
1. Vampire Weekend - Run
2. The National - Conversation 16

2nd nominations:
3. Foals - Spanish Sahara
4. Gorillaz - Rhinestone Eyes
5. Grinderman - Palaces of Montezuma
6. Gold Panda - You

1st nominations:
7. Deerhunter - Revival
8. Crystal Castles - Celestica
9. John Grant - Caramel
10. Doug Paisley - Come Here My Love

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Four Tet - Love Cry
Arcade Fire - We Used To Wait
Deerhunter - Coronado
Deerhunter - Revival
Deerhunter - He Would Have Laughed
Menomena - Lunchmeat
The Fall - Cowboy George
Cold War Kids - Audience
Cold War Kids - Louder Than Ever
Emmanuel Tugny & The Lady Guaiba's Swing Bang - Raconte-moi

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One more week left to vote! We're now up to 103 nominees. Here they are, with (hopefully functional) YouTube links:

Arcade Fire - Empty Room
Arcade Fire - We Used to Wait
Arcade Fire - Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)
Arcade Fire - Ready to Start
Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Bright Lit Blue Skies
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Menopause Man
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Round and Round
Barren Earth - Our Twilight
Beach House - Zebra
Beach House - Silver Soul
Best Coast - Boyfriend
Big Boi - The Train Pt. 2
Big Boi - Turns Me On
Big Boi - You Ain't No DJ
Big Boi - Shutterbug
Birds of Tokyo - Plans
Black Keys - Tighten Up
Brandon Flowers - Crossfire
Caribou - Odessa
Cee-Lo Green - Fuck You!
Crystal Castles - Not in Love
Crystal Fighters - Swallow
Deerhunter - Desire Lines
Deerhunter - Coronado
Deerhunter - He Would Have Laughed
Deerhunter - Revival
Die Antwoord - Enter the Ninja
Drake - Over
Emeralds - Genetic
Flying Lotus - ...And the World Laughs With You
Flying Lotus - MmmHmm
Foals - Blue Blood
Foals - Spanish Sahara
Four Tet - Love Cry
Gil Scott-Heron - I'll Take Care of You
Gold Panda - You
Gorillaz - Stylo
Gorillaz - Empire Ants
Gorillaz - On Melancholy Hill
Gorillaz - Rhinestone Eyes
Grinderman - Palaces of Montezuma
Jaga Jazzist - Toccata
James Blake - Limit to Your Love
Jamey Johnson - Macon
Janelle Monae - Cold War
Janelle Monae - Tightrope
Joanna Newsom - Good Intentions Paving Company
Kanye West - Lost in the World
Kanye West - Runaway
Kanye West - Power
Kanye West - Monster
Kanye West - All of the Lights
Katy Perry - California Gurls
Katy Perry - Teenage Dream
Keane - Stop for a Minute
Knife - Colouring of Pigeons
Lady Antebellum - Need You Now
LCD Soundsystem - All I Want
LCD Soundsystem - Home
LCD Soundsystem - Dance Yrself Clean
LCD Soundsystem - I Can Change
M.I.A - Born Free
M.I.A. - XXXO
MGMT - Brian Eno
MGMT - Siberian Breaks
Morning Benders - All Day Day Light
National - Afraid of Everyone
National - Conversation 16
National - Runaway
National - Terrible Love
National - Bloodbuzz Ohio
National - England
Nicholas Jaar - Time For Us
No Age - Chem Trails
No Age - Fever Dreaming
Owen Pallett - Lewis Takes Off His Shirt
Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Say No to Love
Rick Ross - Aston Martin Music
Robyn - Dancing On My Own
Roots - How I Got Over
Sleigh Bells - Treats
Sleigh Bells - Rill Rill
Sleigh Bells - Tell 'Em
Spoon - I Saw the Light
Sufjan Stevens - Djohariah
Sufjan Stevens - Get Real Get Right
Sufjan Stevens - Too Much
Sufjan Stevens - Vesuvius
Sufjan Stevens - The Age of Adz
Sufjan Stevens - Impossible Soul
Sufjan Stevens - I Want To Be Well
Surfer Blood - Floating Vibes
Swedish House Mafia - Miami 2 Ibizia
Tallest Man on Earth - Love is All
Titus Andronicus - Richard II
Twin Shadow - Castles in the Snow
Vampire Weekend - Cousins
Vampire Weekend - Giving Up the Gun
Vampire Weekend - Run
Vampire Weekend - White Sky
Yeasayer - O.N.E
Yeasayer - Ambling Amp

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I didn't make the rule, Jackson, but isn't there a 5 song limit per artist? Did you thoss that rule out?

Anyway, I wasn't sure how strategic voting would work, but now that I have a list of everything that was nominated, I get the idea.

TWO NEW QUALIFIERS:

Girls - Carolina
Hot Chip - Brothers

Others:

3. The Black Angels - The Sniper
4. Liars - Proud Evolution
5. Liars - Scarecrows on a Killer Slant
6. LCD Soundsystem - One Touch
7. Hot Chip - Thieves in the Night
8. Caribou - Jamelia
9. Beach House - Norway
10. Matthew Dear - You Put a Spell On Me

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Jonah
I didn't make the rule, Jackson, but isn't there a 5 song limit per artist? Did you toss that rule out?


I started out with this in mind, but now I've realized that it would be hard to determine a method of cutting down the amount of songs each artist has with each voting system. While vote-splitting is guaranteed to occur for artists like Sufjan Stevens and The National, I don't really see the downside to this--it will only ensure that the year's truly great songs are at the top.

So yeah, I've discarded that rule.

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Only two autos? So tough to choose.

Automatics:

1. Jeremy Messersmith- Organ Donor
2. Eddy Current Supression Ring- Gentleman

3. Robyn- Call Your Girlfriend
4. Fresh and Onlys- Summer of Love
5. Free Energy- Dream City
6. Weezer- Ruling Me
7. MGMT- Congratulations
8. John Grant- Where Dreams Go To Die
9. Jeremy Messersmith- A Girl, A Boy, A Graveyard
10. Gayngs- The Gaudy Side of Town

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Only one Robyn song nominated? That's too bad.

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Here's a Mog playlist for anyone who uses it of all the current nominees. Almost all songs are included except for Sufjan Stevens and Flying Lotus and I think 3 more artists with one song that aren't available via Mog:

http://mog.com/playlists/489192

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Owen Pallett – E is for Estranged
Allo Darlin' – Dreaming

Divine Comedy – At the Indie Disco
Belle & Sebastian – I Didn't See It Coming
Sufjan Stevens – Futile Devices
National – Sorrow
Liars – Scissors
Pariisin kevät – Matkalla etelään
Magenta Skycode – Kibling
Walkmen – Juveniles

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The list is composed of Strategic Votes only:

1. Joanna Newsom - Baby Birch
2. The Walkmen - Angela Surf City
3. Beach House - Lover of Mine
4. Avi Buffalo - What's In It For?
5. Titus Andronicus - A More Perfect Union
6. Ariel Pink - Fright Night
7. Belle & Sebastian - I Didn't See It Coming
8. Robyn - Indestructible
9. Perfume Genius - Learning
10. Fiona Apple - So Sleepy

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Qualify because of my sole vote:
1. Laura Veirs - July Flame
2. Warpaint - Undertow

Qualify because of two votes:
3. Beach House - Walk in the Park
4. These New Puritans - We Want War
5. Crystal Castles - Celestica
6. Erykah Badu - Window Seat

Hoping that someone else will pick these ones too...
7. Pantha du Prince - The Splendour
8. Deerhunter - Helicopter
9. Midlake - Acts of Man
10. Girl Unit - Wut

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Jackson, sorry to question your rules, but with probably somewhere between 100 and 200 nominated songs, I'd like to make my final list longer than 20. I'm afraid that many people will have 10-20 favorites right away and won't bother to listen to the ones they don't know.

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I agree. I think it should be a ranking system kind of like the decade polls.

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Thanks Henrik for nominating Midlake
You'll have my vote for "acts of man"

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A strategic steamtrain...

1/ Wavves - King of the Beach
2/ DOM - Living In America
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3/ Titus Andronicus - A More Perfect Union
4/ Girl Unit - Wut
5/ Women - Eyesore
6/ Deerhunter - Helicopter
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7/ Jam City - Ecstacy Refix
8/ Fang Island - The Illinois
9/ Tame Impala - Why Won't You Make Up Your Mind?
10/ Four Tet - She Just Likes To Fight

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Henrik
Jackson, sorry to question your rules, but with probably somewhere between 100 and 200 nominated songs, I'd like to make my final list longer than 20. I'm afraid that many people will have 10-20 favorites right away and won't bother to listen to the ones they don't know.


This is a good point. One issue with this format is that people will obviously put in varying amounts of effort into the final list--some will heavily consider every nominee; others will only vote for songs they already know. I guess it wouldn't hurt to allow people to vote for up to 50 songs as long as they still only use whatever the capped amount of points is (it will probably be 200 or 250).

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I took the time to listen to the 9 songs I wasn't familiar with, liked 2 and didn't care much for the other 7. Problem is those 2 songs probably wouldn't come anywhere near the top 20 so it wouldn't make much of a difference. If we did get to vote for up to 50 songs, perhaps I would have found 2 new songs to put into my list. Just putting forth an opinion to help make these decisions easier.

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Jackson
Henrik
Jackson, sorry to question your rules, but with probably somewhere between 100 and 200 nominated songs, I'd like to make my final list longer than 20. I'm afraid that many people will have 10-20 favorites right away and won't bother to listen to the ones they don't know.


This is a good point. One issue with this format is that people will obviously put in varying amounts of effort into the final list--some will heavily consider every nominee; others will only vote for songs they already know. I guess it wouldn't hurt to allow people to vote for up to 50 songs as long as they still only use whatever the capped amount of points is (it will probably be 200 or 250).
That's fine. A minor issue though - if you don't bother about the songs you don't know and make a shorter list, you get "rewarded" with more points for each song in your list.

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sonofsamiam

8. Florrie - Left Too Late (Moonbeam, take note)


Just noticed this, and wow! Thank you so much for the recommendation! If I could vote over again, I'd nominate it to clinch its place in the next round.

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One day left to vote!

My list (note that many of my favorites have already gotten through at this point):

1. Swans - Jim
2. Roots - Radio Daze
3. Flying Lotus - Do the Astral Plane
4. Kanye West - Devil in a New Dress
5. Janelle Monae - Faster
6. Actress - Maze
7. Liars - Scissor
8. Lindstrom ft. Christabelle - Lovesick
9. Caribou - Sun
10. Janelle Monae - BaBopByeYa

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1. Teenage Fanclub- Baby Lee
2. These New Puritans- Attack Music

3. School of Seven Bells- Joviann
4. Sleigh Bells- Reel Reel
5. Arcade Fire- Sprawl 2
6. Warpaint- Undertoe
7. Best Coast- Our Deal
8. Titus Andronicus- A Pot in Which to Piss
9. Robyn- Call Your Girlfriend
10. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti- Can't Hear My Eyes

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I almost missed this! Here is a list of songs that needs mentioning among the great list qualified so far.

Old Beauty, Du kan Nu Dö - Anna von Hausswolff
Draw your sword - Angus & Julia Stone
0011 - This is head
Good Evening - The Concretes
Interloper - Carbon base liveforms
The Splendour - Pantha du Prince
Night - Zola Jesus
Four tet - She just likes to fight
I´m not yours - Angus & Julia Stone
The Brothel - Susanne Sundfor

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Hi

Nothing but strategy. If I'm not mistaken all the following songs will be in the final cut

1. Katerine - La Banane
2. John Mellencamp - Easter Eve

3. Midlake - Acts of Man
4. Salif Keita - La Différence
5. Neil Young - Love and War
6 Johnny Cash - Ain't No Grave
7 The Tallest Man On Earth -Thousand Ways
8 High Life - F Kenya RIP
9 Janelle Monae - Wondaland
10 John Grant - Caramel

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ako
I almost missed this! Here is a list of songs that needs mentioning among the great list qualified so far.

Old Beauty, Du kan Nu Dö - Anna von Hausswolff
Draw your sword - Angus & Julia Stone
0011 - This is head
Good Evening - The Concretes
Interloper - Carbon base liveforms
The Splendour - Pantha du Prince
Night - Zola Jesus
Four tet - She just likes to fight
I´m not yours - Angus & Julia Stone
The Brothel - Susanne Sundfor


Good job for putting Four Tet through!

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nicolas
7 The Tallest Man On Earth -Thousand Ways
Wohoo! I'm surprised nobody else nominated "Kids On The Run" though. BillAdama?

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1. Arnaud-Fleurent Didier - France Culture
2. Bertrand Belin - Hypernuit

3. Avi Buffalo - What's in it for?
4. Jaga Jazzist - One-armed Bandit
5. The Coral - 1000 Years
6. John Grant - I Want to go to Marz
7. Nicolas Comment - L'attendue
8. Etienne Daho - Sur mon cou
9. Arnaud-Fleurent Didier - Imbécile heureux
10. Olöf Arnalds - Vinur Minn

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I regret not putting Das Racist into my songs list - Fashion Party is one of my favourite songs this year without a doubt.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tfn4pnY3WcA

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Didn't make my list, but I'd like to nominate this as Line of the Year:

"Love's like an astronaut / It comes back but it's never the same"

from LCD Soundsystem's "Drunk Girls"

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Not a line, but my favorite part of a lyrics this year was from Good Intentions Paving Company:

But it can make you feel over, and old
Lord, you know it's a shame,
when I only want for you to pull over,
and hold me,
till I can't remember my own name.

I'm a compulsive romantic, so i kinda feel like this a good amount of times a year.

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"Too many Urkels on your team, that's why your Winslow." - Kanye West from Dark Fantasy

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"You ain't never been no virgin, kid, you were fucked from the start"
Titus Andronicus - "A Pot In Which To Piss"

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Arnaud I think "France Culture" is from 2009 and that's the reason I haven't put it on my list.
But if you make it pass Jackson no problem, one more great song in the next round

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Mindrocker
01. KANYE WEST-Runaway (Hiphop)


This could have been my #1 too (if I could have find the time). Great lyrics, great arrangements, great song from a great album (I'm absolutely addicted to "My Beautiful...", however both "The Suburbs" and "High Violet" were dissapointing, agree with Charlie Driggs, epic indie-rock is getting exhausted). Coming back to "Runaway", that sound during the last two minutes backed by piano, cello and violins! I thought initially that it was a guitar but I realized that it’s a voice with Auto-Tune! I’m willing to reconsider my opinion about Auto-Tune: I hated it previously but now I see (again) that it’s never the instrument itself but the way you use it. By the way, who “sang” that part? Was it Justin Vernon from Bon Iver?

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Honorio


By the way, who “sang” that part? Was it Justin Vernon from Bon Iver?

...agree with Charlie Driggs, epic indie-rock is getting exhausted


I think it's The-Dream who does the auto-tune at the end of Runaway.

Re your and Charlie's opinion that epic indie-rock is getting exhausted: for 11 months of last year I would have disagreed with you. Until the late-November release of Kanye's album, my favourite album of the year was by Arcade Fire. Then I heard My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy and everything else kinda paled in comparison, to the point where most Indie albums seemed a little outdated to me. It's good that an album can raise the par so much. It makes me look forward to seeing how others try to catch up.

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Honorio
By the way, who “sang” that part? Was it Justin Vernon from Bon Iver?


I thought it was Kanye...