This is a statistical index to the Village Voice Pazz & Jop music critics poll, generated in the process of its tabulation for the last few years.
 
Click any linked column-heading to sort a table by that column. Click any album or song for an artist profile, or any voter for a voter profile.
 
Some explanation of the various esoteric metrics:
Similarity is calculated for albums, songs and artists based on voter overlap, and for ballots and voters based on album+song+artist overlap. The ballot and voter scores are weighted by album/song/artist popularity.
Panda Bear
Ranks
2016 
2015#92 of 2068
2014#803 of 2567
2013 
2012 
2011#66 of 2725
2010#1023 of 2582
2009 
2008#1749 of 2244
Albums
AlbumYearRankPointsVotesEnthusiasmKvltosisHipnessMetalismMonolithityVitality
Panda Bear · Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper2015#9886117.8.488.884.012.513.000
Daniel Kreps · Eric Harvey · Jon Jon Scott · Lindsey Rhoades · Marissa Muller · Mark Zepezauer · Maureen Miller · Robert Bishop · Roy Trakin · Saxon Baird · Zach Schonfeld
Similar Albums
.1572Hamilton Leithauser · Black Hours  (2014)
.1363Erykah Badu · But You Caint Use My Phone  (2015)
.1073Nas · Life Is Good  (2012)
.1032Django Django · Django Django  (2012)
.1023Cults · Cults  (2011)
.0973Blood Orange · Cupid Deluxe  (2013)
.0853Ariel Pink · Pom Pom  (2014)
.0853Beach House · Depression Cherry  (2015)
.0813Earl Sweatshirt · Doris  (2013)
.0762James Blake · The Colour in Anything  (2016)
.0762The Men · New Moon  (2013)
.0754Radiohead · The King of Limbs  (2011)
.0735Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds · Skeleton Tree  (2016)
.0702Azealia Banks · 1991  (2012)
.0653Parquet Courts · Human Performance  (2016)
.0644Sky Ferreira · Night Time, My Time  (2013)
.0633Kendrick Lamar · Section.80  (2011)
.0613Kurt Vile · B'lieve I'm Goin Down  (2015)
.0606Radiohead · A Moon Shaped Pool  (2016)
.0593The Weeknd · Beauty Behind the Madness  (2015)
Panda Bear · Tomboy2011#69176199.3.656.625.034.545 
Andrew Bartlett · Andy Beta · Andy Dubbin · Ben Schumer · Chad Radford · Chris DeVille · Colin St. John · Daniel Hopkins · Daniel Kreps · Jamieson Cox · Martin Douglas · Michael Ayers · Nate Seltenrich · Nick Spacek · Rob Hatch-Miller · Sam Hockley-Smith · Saul Austerlitz · Scott Cohen · Sean Brady
Similar Albums
.1324Phosphorescent · Muchacho  (2013)
.1264Atlas Sound · Parallax  (2011)
.1236Real Estate · Days  (2011)
.1224Tame Impala · Innerspeaker  (2010)
.1159Deerhunter · Halcyon Digest  (2010)
.1094Deerhunter · Monomania  (2013)
.1094Real Estate · Atlas  (2014)
.1072King Tuff · Was Dead  (2008)
.1033Andrew Bird · Noble Beast  (2009)
.1024Gang Gang Dance · Eye Contact  (2011)
.0983Dan Deacon · Bromst  (2009)
.0952La Luz · Weirdo Shrine  (2015)
.0943Julianna Barwick · The Magic Place  (2011)
.09313Animal Collective · Merriweather Post Pavilion  (2009)
.0903Sunset Rubdown · Dragonslayer  (2009)
.0862Destroyer · Trouble in Dreams  (2008)
.0855Girls · Father, Son, Holy Ghost  (2011)
.0793Titus Andronicus · The Most Lamentable Tragedy  (2015)
.0782Amen Dunes · Through Donkey Jaw  (2011)
.0782Omni · Deluxe  (2016)
Songs
SongYearRankVotesRemixSingularity
Panda Bear · "Tropic of Cancer"2015#10750.400
Daniel Kreps · Marissa Muller · Marvin Lin · Steven Arroyo · Zach Schonfeld
Similar Songs
.1332Kanye West · "Hold My Liquor"  (2013)
.1283Radiohead · "Daydreaming"  (2016)
.1162Daft Punk (ft. Panda Bear) · "Doin' It Right"  (2013)
.1162Erykah Badu (ft. AndrĂ© 3000) · "Hello"  (2015)
.0832Panda Bear · "Mr Noah"  (2014)
.0762Tame Impala · "'Cause I'm a Man"  (2015)
.0502Angel Olsen · "Sister"  (2016)
.0502ILoveMakonnen · "Club Goin' Up on a Tuesday"  (2014)
.0292Big Boi (ft. Gucci Mane) · "Shine Blockas"  (2009)
.0202Jamie xx (ft. Young Thug & Popcaan) · "I Know There's Gonna Be (Good Times)"  (2015)
Panda Bear · "Boys Latin"2015#23320 
Colin St. John · Tim Grierson
Similar Songs
.0222Robin Thicke (ft. T.I. and Pharrell) · "Blurred Lines"  (2013)
Panda Bear · "Selfish Gene"2015#46510 
Jordan Cronk
Panda Bear · "Mr Noah"2015#23320 
 2014#94701.000
Aaron Frank · Brennan Carley · Colin St. John · Daniel Kreps · Eric Harvey · Marissa Muller · Mark Zepezauer · Philip Sherburne · Raymond Cummings
Similar Songs
.1482The Knux · "Bang! Bang!"  (2008)
.1112Panda Bear · "Tropic of Cancer"  (2015)
.1112Schoolboy Q · "There He Go"  (2012)
.0992Panda Bear · "Last Night at the Jetty"  (2011)
.0892Dirty Projectors and David Byrne · "Knotty Pine"  (2009)
.0892Gang Gang Dance · "Mindkilla"  (2011)
.0812Carly Rae Jepsen · "All That"  (2015)
.0812Erykah Badu · "Cel U Lar Device"  (2015)
.0812Spoon · "The Mystery Zone"  (2010)
.0742Drake · "Know Yourself"  (2015)
.0592D'Angelo · "Sugah Daddy"  (2014)
.0533Perfume Genius · "Queen"  (2014)
.0422The xx · "Crystalised"  (2009)
.0312Run the Jewels (ft. Zack de la Rocha) · "Close Your Eyes (and Count to Fuck)"  (2014)
.0302ILoveMakonnen (ft. Drake) · "Tuesday"  (2014)
.0293Kendrick Lamar · "Alright"  (2015)
.0222LCD Soundsystem · "I Can Change"  (2010)
.0202Sleigh Bells · "Rill Rill"  (2010)
Panda Bear · "Last Night at the Jetty"2011#11940 
 2010#33120 
Andy Dubbin · Daniel Kreps · Grant Purdum · Jamieson Cox · Mark Zepezauer · Saul Austerlitz
Similar Songs
.0812Panda Bear · "Mr Noah"  (2014)
.0632James Blake · "The Wilhelm Scream"  (2011)
.0592Spoon · "Written in Reverse"  (2010)
.0562Speedy Ortiz · "Raising the Skate"  (2015)
.0524Haim · "The Wire"  (2013)
.0492Angel Olsen · "Sister"  (2016)
.0472Sky Ferreira · "I Blame Myself"  (2013)
.0212Sleigh Bells · "Rill Rill"  (2010)
.0202Phoenix · "Lisztomania"  (2009)
Panda Bear · "You Can Count on Me"2011#18730 
 2010#57710 
Grant Purdum · Jon Jon Scott · Nick Spacek · Sean Brady
Similar Songs
.0542Tame Impala · "Feels Like We Only Go Backwards"  (2012)
.0482James Blake · "Retrograde"  (2013)
Panda Bear · "Alsatian Darn"2011#23530 
Kasia Galazka · Martin Douglas · Susan Moll
Similar Songs
.0892David Byrne & St. Vincent · "Who"  (2012)
.0292Angel Olsen · "Shut Up Kiss Me"  (2016)
Panda Bear · "Attiba Song"2011#62710 
Justin Spicer
Panda Bear · "Tomboy"2010#33120 
Grant Purdum · Rob Hatch-Miller
Panda Bear · "Take Pills"2008#45010 
Adam Gold
Similar Artists
.2028Viet Cong
.19718Real Estate
.1847ILoveMakonnen
.17610Atlas Sound
.1698Majical Cloudz
.1684Tweens
.16711Phosphorescent
.15313Daft Punk
.14220Kurt Vile
.1333Missy Elliott
.1288Thee Oh Sees
.12722Beach House
.12713James Blake
.12710Blood Orange
.12522Animal Collective
.1253Gotye
.1237Jay-Z
.1237Queens of the Stone Age
.1235Jim O'Rourke
.1234Amen Dunes
Poll administered by the Village Voice  ·  Tabulation and analysis by glenn mcdonald / furia.com