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Welcome to Week 10 of the AMF Chart! The chart where we're out with the old, in with the new! For now, at least.

Here are your rankings for Week 9 (number of weeks on the chart so far in parentheses):
1. David Bowie - "Lazarus" (8)
2. PJ Harvey - "The Wheel" (6)
3. Savages - "Adore" (8)
4. Radiohead - "Spectre" (8)
5. FKA twigs - "Good to Love" (1)
6. Kanye West feat. Chance the Rapper - "Ultralight Beam" (2)
7. Courtney Barnett - "Three Packs a Day" (3)
8. Grimes - "Artangels" (5)
9. Lush - "Out of Control" (1)
10. School of Seven Bells - "Open Your Eyes" (1)
11. Anderson .Paak - "Put Me Thru" (3)
12. Dylan LeBlanc - "Look How Far We've Come" (1)
12. Jain - "Come" (1)
14. Lucinda Williams - "Ghosts of Highway 20" (2)
15. Triángulo de Amor Bizarro - "Baila Sumeria" (4)
16. Emma Pollock - "Parks and Recreation" (1)
16. The Magnettes - "Killers in a Ghost Town" (1)
16. Salad Boys - "No Taste Bomber" (1)
19. Car Seat Headrest - "Vincent" (1)
20. Ra Ra Riot feat. Rostam - "Water" (1)
Total Votes: 118

The top 10 songs from last week's chart went through to this week's. As mentioned in last week's topic, we will be trying out the new voting system for this Chart - you may now vote for up to 10 songs rather than the previous 5! Will this boost up votes for newer songs and lesser-known artists? Who's to say. But I know one thing for sure, this is going to be quite interesting for the new selections gracing our ranks...

2016 Chart-Toppers by Week (by vote count, not chart position; total weeks atop chart in parentheses):
1. David Bowie - "Blackstar" (2)
2. David Bowie - "Blackstar" (3)
3. David Bowie - "Blackstar" (4)
4. David Bowie - "Blackstar" (5)
5. PJ Harvey - "The Wheel"
6. PJ Harvey - "The Wheel" (2)
7. PJ Harvey - "The Wheel" (3)
8. David Bowie - "Lazarus"
9. David Bowie - "Lazarus" (2)

2016 Hall of Fame (10 weeks of advancing votes; automatically retired from chart):
None so far...

Here is this week's 17-song Spotify chart (with 2 songs included below via YouTube link, and 1 via external link):


Kanye West - "Ultralight Beam" (streaming on Tidal)
Here is your 2016 AMF Chart playlist of all songs on the chart so far this year:


Thank you all for voting and nominating continuously every week! Please don't be afraid to supply us with nominations - all songs six months old and younger (or who have received promotion via album/video/single in the last six months) are accepted! And seconding nominations by others gives those songs a better chance at making the next poll!

As per usual, the next poll will be created as close to Sunday at 20:00 UTC as I can make it. Best of voting!

In enacting the new 10 votes per user rule for this week, I must acknowledge that this wasn't necessarily an agreed-upon change by everyone, and some others in fact even had more suggestions to give towards improving the chart (such as Otis and luney). I just wanted to be clear that you are all not being ignored, I just feel that one change at a time would be a steadier way of moderating whether our proposed changes are garnering positive reception or just dragging things into the ground. As we see how this one is received, then perhaps we'll go forward with looking into more improvements.

And in celebration of our new rule, a tribute to AMF Chart history, and the 66 songs that received a total of 0 votes of support. Perhaps, with so many voting options, no song will ever join their ranks again. Only time will tell.

Alcest - "Opale" (Week 1 2014)
Javeon - "Intoxicated" (Week 11 2014)
Jhené Aiko feat. Cocaine 80s - "To Love & Die" (Week 21 2014)
The Hotelier - "Introduction to an Album" (Week 22 2014)
FKA twigs - "Two Weeks" (Week 23 2014)
Manic Street Preachers feat. Nina Hoss - "Europa Geht Durch Mich" (Week 23 2014)
Sleeper Agent - "Waves" (Week 23 2014)
Vandenberg's MoonKings - "Love Run Outs" (Live) (Week 24 2014)
Bleachers - "Wake Me" (Week 25 2014)
Shabazz Palaces - "Forerunner Foray" (Week 26 2014)
Pye Corner Audio - "Black Mist" (Week 29 2014)
Vince Staples - "Hands Up" (Week 32 2014)
The Bad Plus - "Adopted Highway" (Week 33 2014)
Two Inch Astronaut - "Foulbrood" (Week 34 2014)
Tinashe feat. Dev Hynes - "Bet" (Week 35 2014)
Pix - "A Way to Say Goodbye" (Week 36 2014)
Nude Beach - "I Can't Keep the Tears from Falling" (Week 39 2014)
Scott Walker + Sun O))) - "Bull" (Week 39 2014)
QT - "Hey QT" (Week 45 2014)
Charli XCX - "Boom Clap" (Week 46 2014)
Tinashe feat. Schoolboy Q - "2 On" (Week 46 2014)
TV on the Radio - "Careful You" (Week 46 2014)
All Dogs - "Georgia" (Week 1 2015)
Chastity Belt - "Time to Go Home" (Week 2 2015)
Raury feat. Malik Shakur - "Fly" (Week 3 2015)
Napalm Death - "Hierarchies" (Week 5 2015)
Mount Eerie - "Boat" (Week 9 2015)
Of Montreal - "Apollyon of Blue Room" (Week 9 2015)
Måns Zelmerlöw - "Heroes" (Week 12 2015)
Turnover - "Cutting My Fingers Off" (Week 12 2015)
Crying - "Patriot" (Week 13 2015)
Matthew E. White - "Rock & Roll Is Cold" (Week 13 2015)
Rihanna - "Bitch Better Have My Money" (Week 13 2015)
Ringo Starr - "Postcards from Paradise" (Week 13 2015)
Brian Wilson feat. Al Jardine & Blondie Chaplin - "Sail Away" (Week 14 2015)
Speedy Ortiz - "Puffer" (Week 14 2015)
Johanna Warren - "True Colors" (Week 15 2015)
Towkio feat. Chance the Rapper, Lido & Eryn Allen Kane - "Heaven Only Knows" (Week 15 2015)
Róisín Murphy - "Unputdownable" (Week 20 2015)
Diplo x CL x Riff Raff x OG Maco - "Doctor Pepper" (Week 22 2015)
Dux Content - "Snow Globe" (Week 23 2015)
jj - "Truce" (Week 24 2015)
Scuba - "Why You Feel So Low" (Week 25 2015)
Samantha Urbani - "U Know I Know" (Week 26 2015)
Titus Andronicus - "Come On, Siobhan" (Week 26 2015)
David Gilmour - "Rattle That Lock" (Week 30 2015)
Lana Del Rey - "Honeymoon" (Week 30 2015)
Future - "Blow a Bag" (Week 31 2015)
Joan Shelley - "Over and Even" (Week 32 2015)
Lil B x Chance the Rapper - "Amen" (Week 32 2015)
Foxing - "The Magdalene" (Week 35 2015)
GEoRGiA - "Move Systems" (Week 36 2015)
Royal Headache - "Another World" (Week 36 2015)
Tinashe feat. Young Thug - "Party Favors" (Week 37 2015)
Drake & Future - "Diamonds Dancing" (Week 39 2015)
Girl Band - "Paul" (Week 40 2015)
Annie - "Cara Mia" (Week 41 2015)
Kill J - "You're Good But I'm Better" (Week 41 2015)
Katy B x Four Tet x Floating Points - "Calm Down" (Week 51 2015)
DIIV - "Under the Sun" (Week 52 2015)
YG feat. Nipsey Hussle & 50 Cent - "I Wanna Benz" (Week 52 2015)
One Direction - "History" (Week 1 2016)
Prince Rama - "Bahia" (Week 1 2016)
Japanese Breakfast - "In Heaven" (Week 4 2016)
Cavern of Anti-Matter feat. Bradford Cox - "liquid gate" (Week 6 2016)
Julie Doiron - "Thought of You" (Week 7 2016)

As well as the 67th, School of Seven Bells' "Open Your Eyes," which was later re-entered on the Chart where it still stands today.

Because I was too late in seconding Setherex's nomination for M83's 'Do It,Try It' from last week I'd like to nominate it again now! (with a shout out to Seth for seconding my nom for Sturgill! )

And ... how 'bout Gwen Stefani - 'Make Me Love You'.

No! Anderson Pakk is out?! Oh, well.

And Lana Del Rey's Honeymoon, I believe, got four votes. Last time I checked at least.

babydoll wrote:No! Anderson Pakk is out?! Oh, well.

And Lana Del Rey's Honeymoon, I believe, got four votes. Last time I checked at least.

Nope, a big goose egg for "Honeymoon" back in mid-2015. Great song too, though not the most surprising entry on that 0 votes list for me.

Setherex wrote:

babydoll wrote:No! Anderson Pakk is out?! Oh, well.

And Lana Del Rey's Honeymoon, I believe, got four votes. Last time I checked at least.

Nope, a big goose egg for "Honeymoon" back in mid-2015. Great song too, though not the most surprising entry on that 0 votes list for me.

Wow... Awkward. Maybe High by the Beach or Terrence Loves You was what I was thinking of. Yeah, I liked that album. Sadly barely anyone liked the songs on it a lot. At least that's what it feels like.

Setherex, did you forget my nomination ????

spiritualized wrote:Setherex, did you forget my nomination ????

Of course not, spiritualized! It's just that nominations during MegaCritic weeks are a bit hectic. Last week, the songs selected went in the order of:

- Songs that received seconding nominations (of which there were 6).

- The first 'highlight' songs from new albums on the MegaCritic Chart that haven't had entries on the AMF Chart before (of which there were 3).

- The first nominations from posters in last week's thread, in chronological order of posting (of which there were 2 before you).

So unfortunately, there just wasn't enough room. But please, feel free to nominate as many songs as you wish again this week!

ah OK I get it, many thanks ! Looks like getting in early is not enough any longer Nevermind ! I can see the chart was very popular last week, with all this palava about the rules

Great going nonetheless, looking forward to the chart every week !

I would like to nominate these songs ("highlights" in Mega Critic Chart 2016)

Tindersticks - We Are Dreamers!
Daughter - Alone/With You
Suede - Outsiders

Setherex wrote:
And in celebration of our new rule, a tribute to AMF Chart history, and the 66 songs that received a total of 0 votes of support. Perhaps, with so many voting options, no song will ever join their ranks again. Only time will tell.

FKA twigs - "Two Weeks" (Week 23 2014)

Well that one is a surprise !

The Hotelier - "Introduction to an Album" (Week 22 2014)
QT - "Hey QT" (Week 45 2014)
Girl Band - "Paul" (Week 40 2015)

And those are proves I don't vote on a regular enough basis

Can I nominate my nominations from last week again ?
Promise and the Monster - Time of the Season : really quite impressive track from this Swedish band, there are some real whiffs of PJ Harvey, I think.

Undergrunnen - Blokkunge - whilst we are in the Nordic countries, let's try this Norwegian band - album released on Sep 4 2015, so within days of ineligibility (is that a word ?), which reminds me strongly of the best tracks of Amon Düul and Neu....

Let's stay in Sweden.

I nominate MaidaVale - Standby Swing

A colleague at work told me his daughter plays in a rock band that were nominated for an award for the best upcoming band or something like that, and if I liked them I could vote for them. I wasn't expecting much, but thought I could give them a vote anyhow. However, I listened and found that they are really good! Really heavy!

This may sound like a private matter, but I "objectively love" this too much to not make a nomination here. They haven't released any studio material yet, but there are a few live recordings with good sound on youtube and a couple of them (including this nomination) is now on Spotify as well.

Remember where you first heard about this band!

I'll re-nominate again songs from last week:
Azealia Banks - The Big Big Heat
Esperanza Spalding - Earth to Heaven
White Lung - Hungry

Henrik wrote:Let's stay in Sweden.

I nominate MaidaVale - Standby Swing

A colleague at work told me his daughter plays in a rock band that were nominated for an award for the best upcoming band or something like that, and if I liked them I could vote for them. I wasn't expecting much, but thought I could give them a vote anyhow. However, I listened and found that they are really good! Really heavy!

and you had me at "daughter" and "heavy" => good combination if you ask me. I'll second this.

I'm interested to see if the voting change could help the new songs; and it would be good if you could give us the stats of the week like: how many people voting; and the number of vote that occurs most often (mode).

It's so weird that FKA Twigs "Two Weeks" received no vote here; so I will nominate it again (not sure about the time rules though).

spiritualized wrote:Can I nominate my nominations from last week again ?
Promise and the Monster - Time of the Season : really quite impressive track from this Swedish band, there are some real whiffs of PJ Harvey, I think.

Undergrunnen - Blokkunge - whilst we are in the Nordic countries, let's try this Norwegian band - album released on Sep 4 2015, so within days of ineligibility (is that a word ?), which reminds me strongly of the best tracks of Amon Düul and Neu....

Darn, just realised that Blokkunge is now off the eligible tracks...nevermind !!!

tombeet wrote: I'm interested to see if the voting change could help the new songs; and it would be good if you could give us the stats of the week like: how many people voting; and the number of vote that occurs most often (mode).

I vote for all the songs I like this week (7), so, for me, it's give more chance for outsiders. I finally think the change is a good idear.

And I nominate The Kills - Doing It To Death. I'm so happy to see a new album by thos great band.

Otisredding wrote:I would like to nominate these songs ("highlights" in Mega Critic Chart 2016)

Tindersticks - We Are Dreamers!

Apologies Otis - this song appears to have already entered the Chart a couple weeks back. But of course, if the song receives at least two seconding nominations, it may re-enter next week

tombeet wrote:It's so weird that FKA Twigs "Two Weeks" received no vote here; so I will nominate it again (not sure about the time rules though).

Though as much as I love the song and think its 0 votes are an anomaly, it does fall a tad outside of our 6-month limit

Romain wrote:And I nominate The Kills - Doing It To Death. I'm so happy to see a new album by thos great band.

Why can't you support my nominations on the week I nominate them, Romain?

Of course, I'd be happy to second.

Setherex wrote:

Otisredding wrote:I would like to nominate these songs ("highlights" in Mega Critic Chart 2016)

Tindersticks - We Are Dreamers!

Apologies Otis - this song appears to have already entered the Chart a couple weeks back. But of course, if the song receives at least two seconding nominations, it may re-enter next week

Oh sorry. I have checked every week of 2016, but We Are Dreamers was on AMF Chart Week 45 2015.

Setherex wrote:

Romain wrote:And I nominate The Kills - Doing It To Death. I'm so happy to see a new album by thos great band.

Why can't you support my nominations on the week I nominate them, Romain?

Of course, I'd be happy to second.

My bad! I clearly not listen the nomination of the other forumers for second them... it's a mistake I have to correct

But I just enter his this "game" with a funny futur hit (that nobody liked ) of Mr Oizo - "Hand in the fire" four weeks ago.

tombeet wrote:It's so weird that FKA Twigs "Two Weeks" received no vote here; so I will nominate it again (not sure about the time rules though).

tombeet, it's two years old, a year and a half over eligibility limit. Can't you just be satisfied with the awesome fact that you were far ahead of your time? Granted, if Setherex is up to it, it could be in the Should've-Been-In-the-Hall-of-Fame Hall of Fame.

In fact, because six months are not up yet, I'll nominate Lana Del Rey's Music to Watch Boys To.

Setherex wrote:

Romain wrote:And I nominate The Kills - Doing It To Death. I'm so happy to see a new album by thos great band.

Why can't you support my nominations on the week I nominate them, Romain?

Of course, I'd be happy to second.

I'll third it.

And while, everyone's on re-nominating whim, I'll re-nominate Anderson .Paak's The Seasons | Carry Me.

babydoll wrote:

tombeet wrote:It's so weird that FKA Twigs "Two Weeks" received no vote here; so I will nominate it again (not sure about the time rules though).

tombeet, it's two years old, a year and a half over eligibility limit. Can't you just be satisfied with the awesome fact that you were far ahead of your time? Granted, if Setherex is up to it, it could be in the Should've-Been-In-the-Hall-of-Fame Hall of Fame.

In fact, because six months are not up yet, I'll nominate Lana Del Rey's Music to Watch Boys To.

Haha; but I'm still not happy though. NOT HAPPY AT ALL

I've pretty much ignored this whole thing so far, but I need to nominate this one, to honor a personal favorite show of mine that recently finished in first season, which will probably be its last season...

Jack White - You Are the Sunshine of My Life

Sweepstakes Ron wrote:I've pretty much ignored this whole thing so far, but I need to nominate this one, to honor a personal favorite show of mine that recently finished in first season, which will probably be its last season...

Jack White - You Are the Sunshine of My Life

Pardon my ignorance, but I am curious, which one is that ?

spiritualized wrote:

Sweepstakes Ron wrote:I've pretty much ignored this whole thing so far, but I need to nominate this one, to honor a personal favorite show of mine that recently finished in first season, which will probably be its last season...

Jack White - You Are the Sunshine of My Life

Pardon my ignorance, but I am curious, which one is that ?

The Muppets (2015). Jack White is a guest star in the season finale and performs the song.

I'd like to second the nomination for "Do It, Try It" by M83 and toss another one in for this morning's "Nebula" by Julianna Barwick.

I'd like to nominate 'Easier Said' by Sunflower Bean.

I nominate : Anohni - 4 degrees (the new name of Anthony (Anthony and the Johnson))

Wow! Check this one out! I'd like to nominate 'Atomic Number' by Case/Lang/Veirs.

Rdwdbob wrote:Wow! Check this one out! I'd like to nominate 'Atomic Number' by Case/Lang/Veirs.

Oh, Rdwdbob. You must be sure to look at the poll before nominating

Setherex wrote:

Rdwdbob wrote:Wow! Check this one out! I'd like to nominate 'Atomic Number' by Case/Lang/Veirs.

Oh, Rdwdbob. You must be sure to look at the poll before nominating

OMG! Egg on face!!

I also nominate PJ Harvey 'The Community of Hope'.

JohnnyBGoode wrote:I also nominate PJ Harvey 'The Community of Hope'.

Sorry if it's an obvious question Johnny, but could you link me to a stream of the full song? I can't seem to find it anywhere, and the album does not seem to have leaked yet.

And my third and last nomination for this week :
Keren Ann - Where did you go?

Setherex wrote:

JohnnyBGoode wrote:I also nominate PJ Harvey 'The Community of Hope'.

Sorry if it's an obvious question Johnny, but could you link me to a stream of the full song? I can't seem to find it anywhere, and the album does not seem to have leaked yet.

It was played about 50 minutes in on Breakfast show on BBC Radio 6 music. Here's a link to the show on Pitchfork so presumably available outside UK http://pitchfork.com/news/64039-pj-harv ... y-of-hope/

Otisredding wrote: Suede - Outsiders

I second this.

I support "Lana del Rey - Music to Watch Boys to"
I nominate "Minor Victories - A Hundred Ropes". Phenomenal song, really looking forward to their debut due early June

Lots of nominations for next week.

JohnnyBGoode wrote:It was played about 50 minutes in on Breakfast show on BBC Radio 6 music. Here's a link to the show on Pitchfork so presumably available outside UK http://pitchfork.com/news/64039-pj-harv ... y-of-hope/

Why then, I'd be happy to second ^_^

My weekly reminder to get your votes, nominations, and seconding nominations in before the new poll tomorrow. My noms for next week:

Kendrick Lamar - "Untitled 7"
ANOHNI - "Drone Bomb Me"
Diarrhea Planet - "Life Pass"

Is the next one going up later?