So Gawker's music blog, Idolator, went ahead with its idea to carry on the tradition of Robert Christgau's legendary Pazz and Jop poll after the Village Voice unceremoniously canned the Dean and then had the gall to object when Idolator wanted to do a similar year-end critic's survey. The results of the wide-ranging vote are up over at the site. Nothing much strays widely from multiple other year-end lists. TVOTR, Clipse, Joanna Newsom, the Hold Steady, and the Knife show up in the Top 10 albums list, and Gnarls, JT, T.I., and Lupe show up in Top Tracks. You can cruise the individual respondents' ballots list for contributions from Prefix writers, including Matt Gasteier and Adrian Covert.
Idolator's Jackin' Pop poll results released
So Gawker's music blog, Idolator, went ahead with its idea to carry on the tradition of Robert Christgau's legendary Pazz and Jop poll after the Village Voice unceremoniously canned the Dean and then had the gall to object when Idolator wanted to do a similar year-end critic's survey. The results of the wide-ranging vote are up over at the site. Nothing much strays widely from multiple other year-end lists. TVOTR, Clipse, Joanna Newsom, the Hold Steady, and the Knife show up in the Top 10 albums list, and Gnarls, JT, T.I., and Lupe show up in Top Tracks. You can cruise the individual respondents' ballots list for contributions from Prefix writers, including Matt Gasteier and Adrian Covert.
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12 Responses
| Dave Park |
That list must've been a pain to compile. |
| Austin L. Ray |
No love for the former Prefixer, huh? And BZA's last name is spelt incorrectly in this post as well. |
| Andrew C. Bradick |
what about me? im in there too. come on, eveyone is wondering what i picked. i just know it. |
| John Zeiss |
Damn, ya'll, get those panties in a bunch. Have you SEEN that huge contributor list?! Nobody has the time to search through all of that. I looked for the first two Prefixer names that came my mind. |
| Justin Sheppard |
I just want to point out that I'm in there too. That is all. |
| Jeff Klingman |
You'll notice I did NOT chime in to say that I was counted (although I was). I'll be awaiting my medal quietly... |
| Dave Park |
I would like to note that if I had submitted a list that I might be on the list too. Thanks for nothing John Zeiss. |
| mason |
austin - are you no longer writing for Prefix? is this something we should talk about privately?mason (i, too, voted in Jackin' Pop) |
| China |
I'm just bummed that Aaron Richter gave a vote to the Killers. |
| joydivided |
quit h8in' |
| Austin L. Ray |
Yeah, Dave fired me last night. Said my taste was too good for this site or something. I dunno.Actually, I'm just really super busy. |

I voted in this one too. The results are kinda ehh (we'll never be happy) but they avoided the backlash seen here and other places who put up their own tailored lists by doing things the old fashioned democratic way. In that sense it's kinda nice...