itm? poll
2009 (your chance to vote)
Another year-end, another batch of itm? writers choose their favourites. But we feel it’s only fair that you, dear reader, should get the opportunity of right to reply.
So, here are the top 10s as selected by the itm? writers. Select your favourite from the list – or, in the unlikely event that your own favourite isn’t in our top 10, name them in the field at the bottom of each section.
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1. Future of the Left 2. Grizzly Bear 3. The Phantom Band 4. The Big Pink 5. De Rosa 6. King Creosote 7. Frightened Rabbit 8. Fanfarlo 9. And You WIll Know Us By The Trail of Dead 10. We Were Promised Jetpacks or... your nomination: |
top band: Future of the Left
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1. Future Of The Left - Travels With Myself And Another
2. The Phantom Band - Checkmate Savage 3. De Rosa - Prevention 4. Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest 5. Big Pink - A Brief History Of Love 6. King Creosote - Flick The Vs 7. We Were Promised Jetpacks - These Four Walls 8. Maps - Turning the Mind 9. Scaramanga Six - Songs of Prey 10. Telefon Tel Aviv - Immolate Yourself or... your nomination: |
album: Future Of The Left - Travels With Myself And Another The Cardiff act canceled a world tour to get this album finshed. We think it was worth it. |
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1. Grizzly Bear - Two Weeks
2. Second Hand Marching Band - A Dance To Half Death 3. Future Of The Left - The Hope That House Built 4. Trail of Dead - Isis Unveiled 5. Meursault - Nothing Broke EP 6. Fuck Buttons - Surf Solar 7. The Horrors - Sea Within a Sea- 8. Frightened Rabbit - Swim Till You Can't See Land9. Biffy Clyro - The Captain 10. Bon Iver - Blood Bank or... your nomination: |
single: Grizzly Bear - Two Weeks
The other-worldly sounds of the Broklyn band are encapsulated by this single from third album Veckatimest. |
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1. Magazine
2. Efterklang 3. The Twilight Sad 4. Future Of The Left 5. Phantom Band 6. Slow Club 7. The Skids 8. This Will Destroy You 9. 65daysofstatic 10. iLiKETRAiNS or... your nomination: |
Live act: Magazine
In a year for reformed bands revisiting classic albums, Magazine followed up a greatest hits-style tour with one performing The Correct Use Of Soap. The fact they performed it so well made them a shoo-in for the title |
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1. Japandroids
2. Big Pink 3. Dinosaur Pileup 4. The Drums 5. The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart 6. Hudson Mohawke 7. Peter Parker 8. Mumford & Sons 9. The XX 10. Ono Palindromes or... your nomination: |
newcomer: Japandroids Delivering angsty noise and thriling melodies in the correct measures, Vancouver’s finest (since Bryan Adams) show great promise |
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