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.
Lower Dens
Ranks
2016 
2015#147 of 2068
2014 
2013 
2012#123 of 2213
2011#2052 of 2725
2010#254 of 2582
2009 
2008 
Albums
AlbumYearRankPointsVotesEnthusiasmKvltosisHipnessMetalismMonolithityVitality
Lower Dens · Escape From Evil2015#1565377.6.631.792.000 .000
Camille Dodero · David Malitz · Jaime-Paul Falcon · Katie Moulton · Kim Taylor Bennett · Martin Douglas · Max Blau
Similar Albums
.0862Roc Marciano · Reloaded  (2012)
.0722Ka · Honor Killed the Samurai  (2016)
.0654Parquet Courts · Sunbathing Animal  (2014)
.0542Destroyer · Poison Season  (2015)
.0512Julianna Barwick · The Magic Place  (2011)
.0512Sylvan Esso · Sylvan Esso  (2014)
.0484Angel Olsen · Burn Your Fire for No Witness  (2014)
.0473Real Estate · Days  (2011)
.0442Bill Callahan · Dream River  (2013)
.0302No Age · Everything in Between  (2010)
.0252Kacey Musgraves · Pageant Material  (2015)
Lower Dens · Nootropics2012#11875710.7.590.920.000  
Andrew Dansby · Audra Schroeder · Brett Koshkin · Colin St. John · Jonathan Fischer · Justin Spicer · Michael Azerrad
Similar Albums
.1212Grass Widow · Internal Logic  (2012)
.1212Ty Segall & White Fence · Hair  (2012)
.0983Phosphorescent · Muchacho  (2013)
.0683Tim Hecker · Virgins  (2013)
.0672Jim O'Rourke · The Visitor  (2009)
.0672Ty Segall · Goodbye Bread  (2011)
.0622Jim O'Rourke · Simple Songs  (2015)
.0553Sharon Van Etten · Tramp  (2012)
.0523Perfume Genius · Too Bright  (2014)
.0422Julia Holter · Ekstasis  (2012)
.0422tUnE-yArDs · BiRd-BrAiNs  (2009)
.0352Deerhunter · Monomania  (2013)
.0342Iceage · New Brigade  (2011)
.0303The Flaming Lips · Embryonic  (2009)
.0292Wye Oak · Civilian  (2011)
.0234tUnE-yArDs · w h o k i l l  (2011)
Lower Dens · Twin-Hand Movement2010#2474977.0.690.490.029  
Ben Donnelly · Brett Koshkin · Candice Jones · Carter Maness · Chad Radford · Eric Elbogen · James Bradley
Similar Albums
.1672Bear in Heaven · Beast Rest Forth Mouth  (2009)
.1264Deerhunter · Monomania  (2013)
.1153Demdike Stare · Tryptych  (2011)
.0952Thee Oh Sees · Help  (2009)
.0782Menomena · Mines  (2010)
.0763Iceage · New Brigade  (2011)
.0672The Field · Looping State of Mind  (2011)
.0622Liars · Sisterworld  (2010)
.0442Bill Callahan · Dream River  (2013)
.0383Swans · The Seer  (2012)
.0353Deerhunter · Microcastle/Weird Era Continued  (2008)
.0352Atlas Sound · Logos  (2009)
.0342Surfer Blood · Astro Coast  (2010)
.0333Ex Hex · Rips  (2014)
.0323My Bloody Valentine · m b v  (2013)
.0302Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds · Push the Sky Away  (2013)
.0302Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings · I Learned the Hard Way  (2010)
.0284Beach House · Teen Dream  (2010)
.0282Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks · Mirror Traffic  (2011)
.0282Swans · My Father Will Guide Me Up a Rope to the Sky  (2010)
Songs
SongYearRankVotesRemixSingularity
Lower Dens · "To Die in L.A."2015#13240 
Andrew Miller · David Sikorski · Lindsey Rhoades · Pat Levy
Similar Songs
.1072Ought · "Beautiful Blue Sky"  (2015)
Lower Dens · "Ondine"2015#46510 
Michael Azerrad
Lower Dens · "Sucker's Shangri-La"2015#46510 
Mike Greenhaus
Lower Dens · "Brains"2012#10450.400
Brett Koshkin · Jonathan Fischer · Justin Spicer · Luis Paez-Pumar · Martin Douglas
Lower Dens · "Deer Knives"2011#62710 
Martin Douglas
Lower Dens · "I Get Nervous"2010#33120 
Collin Anderson · Joshua Mann
Lower Dens · "Truss Me"2010#57710 
Aaron Norman
Similar Artists
.1883Missy Elliott
.1866Ought
.1675Dirty Beaches
.1607Liars
.1484Amen Dunes
.1463Nat Baldwin
.1304Cate Le Bon
.1283Cold Beat
.12010Perfume Genius
.1157Thee Oh Sees
.1133Beach Fossils
.1133Intelligence
.1125Women
.1118Tim Hecker
.1095Woods
.1084Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam
.1077Shamir
.1073Grass Widow
.10411Parquet Courts
.1044Demdike Stare
Poll administered by the Village Voice  ·  Tabulation and analysis by glenn mcdonald / furia.com