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.
Surfer Blood
Ranks
2016 
2015 
2014 
2013 
2012 
2011#2052 of 2725
2010#51 of 2582
2009#895 of 2591
2008 
Albums
AlbumYearRankPointsVotesEnthusiasmKvltosisHipnessMetalismMonolithityVitality
Surfer Blood · Astro Coast2010#54211248.8.632.687.015.929 
Ben Detrick · Ben Schumer · Brett Koshkin · Caryn Ganz · Chet Betz · Chris DeVille · Clayton Purdom · Daniel Levin Becker · Dan Strachota · David Hudnall · Dom Sinacola · Doree Shafrir · Drew Fortune · Erin Thompson · James Bradley · Jason Ferguson · Joe Tangari · John Everhart · Jonah Flicker · Leonard Pierce · Matthew Oshinsky · Saul Austerlitz · Stephen Haag · Todd Kristel
Similar Albums
.1684Mulatu Astatke and the Heliocentrics · Inspiration Information, Vol. 3  (2009)
.1595Tame Impala · Innerspeaker  (2010)
.1357Best Coast · Crazy for You  (2010)
.1235Das Racist · Sit Down, Man  (2010)
.1183Jeffrey Lewis & Los Bolts · Manhattan  (2015)
.1183Smith Westerns · Dye It Blonde  (2011)
.1113King Tuff · King Tuff  (2012)
.1034Deerhunter · Monomania  (2013)
.10211Beach House · Teen Dream  (2010)
.1006Superchunk · Majesty Shredding  (2010)
.0892Black Mold · Snow Blindness Is Crystal Antz  (2009)
.0892Passion Pit · Chunk of Change  (2008)
.0873Goat · World Music  (2012)
.0812Blue Hawaii · Blooming Summer  (2010)
.0812Intelligence · Fake Surfers  (2009)
.0812Lightning Bolt · Earthly Delights  (2009)
.0773Pains of Being Pure at Heart · Belong  (2011)
.0743Big KRIT · Return of 4Eva  (2011)
.0743Panda Bear · Tomboy  (2011)
.0743Whitney · Light Upon the Lake  (2016)
Songs
SongYearRankVotesRemixSingularity
Surfer Blood · "Miranda"2011#62710 
Reed Fischer
Surfer Blood · "Swim"2010#55901.000
 2009#145501.000
Arielle Castillo · Chris Conaton · Gary Chun · Joe Tangari · Jonathan Lundeen · Joshua Mann · Lauren Reskin · Marc Hawthorne · Michael Nelson · Noel Murray · Pete Freedman · Sean Fennessey · Shane Harrison · Shawn Anderson
Similar Songs
.1332Charlotte Gainsbourg · "I.R.M."  (2009)
.1332Field Music · "Them That Do Nothing"  (2010)
.1332Fountains of Wayne · "Someone's Gonna Break Your Heart"  (2011)
.1162Tegan and Sara (ft. the Lonely Island) · "Everything Is Awesome!!!"  (2014)
.1032Atlas Sound · "Quick Canal"  (2009)
.0922Jens Lekman · "An Argument With Myself"  (2011)
.0922Mumford & Sons · "The Cave"  (2011)
.0813The Big Pink · "Dominos"  (2009)
.0783Fun. · "Some Nights"  (2012)
.0783Yeasayer · "O.N.E."  (2010)
.0762Wavves · "King of the Beach"  (2010)
.0702David Bowie · "Love Is Lost (Hello Steve Reich Mix by James Murphy)"  (2013)
.0676Phoenix · "1901"  (2009)
.0572Belle and Sebastian · "I Didn't See It Coming"  (2010)
.0572Twin Shadow · "Five Seconds"  (2012)
.0482Basement Jaxx · "Raindrops"  (2009)
.0454M83 · "Midnight City"  (2011)
.0452Battles · "Ice Cream"  (2011)
.0433Phoenix · "Lisztomania"  (2009)
.0412Beach House · "Norway"  (2010)
Surfer Blood · "Take It Easy"2010#23430 
Scott Cohen · Sean Brady · Susan Moll
Surfer Blood · "Floating Vibes"2010#33120 
Erin Thompson · Trevor Kelley
Surfer Blood · "Catholic Pagans"2009#58510 
Justin Gage
Surfer Blood · "Fast Jabroni"2009#58510 
Chris Ryan
Similar Artists
.17410Atlas Sound
.1748Santigold
.1727Jay Electronica
.1615Mulatu Astatke and the Heliocentrics
.1558Crystal Castles
.15314Pains of Being Pure at Heart
.1484Mark Ronson & the Business International
.1448Jay-Z
.1429Los Campesinos!
.1414Beach Fossils
.1414DJ Shadow
.1365Bibio
.1337The Big Pink
.1286Women
.12613Best Coast
.1229Passion Pit
.1218Rick Ross
.1217Gorillaz
.11917Sleigh Bells
.1164Friendly Fires
Poll administered by the Village Voice  ·  Tabulation and analysis by glenn mcdonald / furia.com