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Last week's rankings (Only 10 songs go through to this week's voting, according to the chart's rules):

1.The War On Drugs - Red Eyes
1.Warpaint - Love Is To Die
3.Sun Kil Moon - Richard Ramirez Died Today Of Natural Causes
4.Marissa Nadler - Dead City Emily
4.St. Vincent - Digital Witness
4.Young Fathers - Get Up
7.Lydia Loveless - Head
7.Temples - Shelter Song
9.Angel Olsen - Forgiven/Forgotten
9.Elbow - New York Morning
9.Zoé - Arrollo de Estrellas
12.Bombay Bycicle Club - Home By Now
12.Carla Bozulich - Deeper Than The Well
12.Jungle - Busy Earnin'
12.Luke Sital-Singh - Nothing Stays The Same
12.The Men - Different Days
12.The War On Drugs - Eyes To The Wind
18.Beck - Blue Moon
18.Carla Bozulich - Lazy Crossbones
18.Mac DeMarco - Brother

2014 Chart-toppers by week (number of weeks atop of the chart, if more than 1, are counted next to the name):

1.Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra - Fuck Off Get Free (For The Island Of Montreal)
2.Damien Jurado - Silver Timothy / Warpaint - Love Is To Die
3.Warpaint - Love Is To Die (2)
4.Damien Jurado - Silver Timothy (2)
5.Young Fathers - Get Up
6.St. Vincent - Digital Witness/Warpaint - Love Is To Die (3)
7.Sun Kil Moon - Richard Ramirez Died Today Of Natural Causes/Warpaint - Love Is To Die (4)
8.The War On Drugs - Red Eyes/Warpaint - Love Is To Die (5)

We just don't get tired of "Love Is To Die"!

Thanks Henrik and Rocky Racoon for helping every week!

And don't forget to vote, fellow AMFers!

Nomination: Todd Terje feat. Bryan Ferry "Johnny & Mary"

guigs2910, how come Carla Bozulich (#12) and Angel Olsen (#11) are still in?
Should we have nominated more songs?

Anyway, I hope The New Edition song can kick Warpaint from the throne ...

Nominations:
1. The War On Drugs - Under The Pressure
2. Ray LaMontagne - Supernova
3. The Black Keys - Fever

I SHOULD HAVE SAVED MY PICK!!!

Swans-A Little God in my Hands is the song of the year thus far.

Playlist

I would like to nominate Todd Terje - Strandbar

Nominations:
1. Woman's Hour - I Need You
2. Liars - Mess On A Mission
3. Sharron Van Etten - Taking Chances
4. Marissa Nadler - Firecrackers

Eight weeks (total number of votes)
Warpaint - Love Is to Die (60)
St. Vincent - Digital Witness (54)

Six weeks
Sun Kil Moon - Richard Ramirez Died Today of Natural Causes (32)
Young Fathers - Get Up (30)

Five weeks
Angel Olsen - Forgiven/Forgotten (22)

Three weeks
Marissa Nadler - Dead City Emily (16)

Two weeks
Elbow - New York Morning (7)
Zoé - Arrollo de Estrellas (7)

One week
The War On Drugs – Red Eyes (7)
Lydia Loveless – Head (4)
Temples - Shelter Song (4)
The War On Drugs - Eyes To The Wind (2)
Carla Bozulich - Deeper Than The Well (2)


5/40 club (songs that lasted at least five weeks and received 40 or more votes)
Warpaint - Love Is to Die (8/60)
St. Vincent - Digital Witness (8/54)

Another nomination: Swans - A Little God in My Hands

Edit: seems that one is nominated already by Whuntva.

Nomination - "Curtains" by Timber Timbre

Andre wrote:guigs2910, how come Carla Bozulich (#12) and Angel Olsen (#11) are still in?
Should we have nominated more songs?

Yes Andre, after applying all the rules of the chart, there were only 18 songs. Angel Olsen's one would still be in according to the rules, but Carla Bozulich's and the least voted one for The War On Drugs were given a special passthrough to complete the 20-song lineup, since those were the two most acclaimed acts of the moment amongst the remaining songs. Hope I've cleared that out!

Cast your votes, AMFers! The poll ends tomorrow!

guigs2910 wrote:

Andre wrote:guigs2910, how come Carla Bozulich (#12) and Angel Olsen (#11) are still in?
Should we have nominated more songs?

Yes Andre, after applying all the rules of the chart, there were only 18 songs. Angel Olsen's one would still be in according to the rules, but Carla Bozulich's and the least voted one for The War On Drugs were given a special passthrough to complete the 20-song lineup, since those were the two most acclaimed acts of the moment amongst the remaining songs. Hope I've cleared that out!

Thanks for the explanation, guigs2910!

If I have understood the rules correctly, Angel Olsen's one would be on spot 11 (longer in competition than the other 2 songs with 3 points). So if there had been enough nominations, Angel would be out of competition too.

But since there were 3 nominations in total missing, it is correct that Angel Olsen, Carla Bozulich and War On Drugs passed through.