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The 12th Annual ATRL Critics Circle


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Started this and realized... all of ATRL was moved this year!

 

So, in the spirit of @supaspaz bringing back the ATRL Grammys, here we go again! 

 

Now is the time that film's award season is in full swing, and a big part of it consists of critics from major and regional markets gathering around and picking their favorite performances/films of the year. 

 

And we do that with music! So drop a line if you want to FYC, start discussion, or want to be a part of voting!

 

More will be explained, but here are the categories we (usually) choose from:

 

Album

Single

Song (lyrics/music)

Album Track

EP

 

Male

Female 

Group/Band

Breakthrough Artist

 

Pop

Dance/Electronic 

R&B

Progressive/Contemporary R&B

Rock

Alternative

Independent 

Country

Rap

Latin

World 

 

Comeback (for any artist who's been gone for more than five years)

Singles Run (for the artist who put out the best collection of singles this calendar year)

Collaboration

Music Video

Producer/Songwriter 

 

Adele and Beyoncé tied in our first year - one of these ladies released something new in 2022, and I think she will be very successful with our critics this time around.

 

But it's up to you!

 

Date of ceremony TBD.

 

Let's go!

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  • ATRL Moderator
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Renaissance will and probably should take album, but...there are actually men I want to support this year! I will be pushing "El Apagón" for single, even after it gets eliminated in the first round.

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Singles run is MUNA.

  • ATRL Moderator
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Actually hoping to participate this year :jonnycat:

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Comeback

Independent

Singles Run - High Priestess, Ain't Ready, Nothing, Shake, Fall First, My Horror

 

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Dance/Electronic

 

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Alternative

  • ATRL Moderator
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On 11/19/2022 at 12:12 AM, supaspaz said:

Renaissance will and probably should take album, but...there are actually men I want to support this year! I will be pushing "El Apagón" for single, even after it gets eliminated in the first round.

Is Alien Superstar going to run away with album track? 

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Oh ill participate in this but whats the criteria?

 

Is this same period as Grammys or Jan- Dec 2022?

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4 minutes ago, khalyan said:

Is Alien Superstar going to run away with album track? 

That should be Cozy :jonnycat:

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9 minutes ago, Insanity said:

Oh ill participate in this but whats the criteria?

 

Is this same period as Grammys or Jan- Dec 2022?

Jan-Dec!

 

7 minutes ago, Insanity said:

That should be Cozy :jonnycat:

My personal fave is Summer Renaissance or Pure Honey but I'm trying to find a track we can all unite behind :jonnycat:

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45 minutes ago, khalyan said:

Jan-Dec!

 

My personal fave is Summer Renaissance or Pure Honey but I'm trying to find a track we can all unite behind :jonnycat:

well Alien Superstar would be 2nd for me then so ill go with it

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2 hours ago, khalyan said:

Is Alien Superstar going to run away with album track? 

Ooh, loving that concept.

  • ATRL Moderator
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Pure/Honey people! Get with the program! (Or Virgo's Groove if we're really being HONEST.)

 

But she's taking Comeback, right? MJB and Bjork are also eligible, among others...

  • ATRL Moderator
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2 hours ago, Ace Reject said:

But she's taking Comeback, right? MJB and Bjork are also eligible, among others...

Is she technically eligible? She had projects since Lemonade.

  • ATRL Moderator
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A case to be argued!

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Adele and Beyoncé tied in our first year - one of these ladies released something new in 2022, and I think she will be very successful with our critics this time around.

If only I were there 

  • ATRL Moderator
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11 hours ago, Reverie said:

If only I were there 

Are you an OAH?

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32 minutes ago, supaspaz said:

Are you an OAH?

Nope but I certainly would've broken that tie!

  • ATRL Moderator
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Speaking of - and maybe this is a conversation for the DISCORD - but where are we placing Renaissance?

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Lord the way I don't want Ren to be in Dance/Electronic so that Confidence Man could at least get SOMETHING but that'd probably where I'd argue it should go.

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16 hours ago, Ace Reject said:

Speaking of - and maybe this is a conversation for the DISCORD - but where are we placing Renaissance?

 

1 hour ago, Ewan Chaos said:

Lord the way I don't want Ren to be in Dance/Electronic so that Confidence Man could at least get SOMETHING but that'd probably where I'd argue it should go.

Renaissance can go to pop since it's an eclectic mix of R&B, dance, and pop itself.  

 

Plus we really do want Confidence Man to something :jonny:

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How we doing this again?

  • ATRL Moderator
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15 hours ago, MP2K said:

How we doing this again?

On Discord! Links will be dropped closer to the date.

 

Since Classic ATRL is GONE, from my memory - here are our past winners:

 

2011: Adele, 21/BBeyoncé, 4 

2012: Fiona Apple, The Idler Wheel

2013: Lorde, Pure Heroine

2014: Run The Jewels, Run The Jewels 2**

2015: Carly Rae Jepsen, Emotion

2016: Mitski, Puberty 2 

2017: Lorde, Melodrama

2018: Robyn, Honey

2019: Tinashe, Songs for You

2020: Jessie Ware, What's Your Pleasure?/Dua Lipa, Future Nostalgia 

2021: Jazmine Sullivan, Heaux Tales 

 

*We voted a week before Beyoncé dropped

** We voted a week before Black Messiah (D'Angelo) dropped

 

To prevent 2013 and 2014 from happening again, we'll vote after SZA's second album drops. Whenever that is!

  • ATRL Moderator
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1 hour ago, Ace Reject said:

*We voted a week before Beyoncé dropped

** We voted a week before Black Messiah (D'Angelo) dropped

Only one of these would have made a difference!

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JID

Vince Staples

Soul Glo

Chat Pile

BabyTron

Alvvays

Bad Bunny
Black Country, New Road 

Zach Bryan

DJ Sabrina the Teenage DJ

Doechii

Fontaines D.C.

Alex G

Glorilla

The Isley Brothers

Jockstrap 

Ravyn Lenae 

Ari Lennox

Perfume Genius

Pusha T

Shygirl

 

Just some names that aren't Beyonce, even though Virgo's Groove should get all the awards.

  • ATRL Moderator
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13 hours ago, Wicked said:

JID

Vince Staples

Soul Glo

Chat Pile

BabyTron

Alvvays

Bad Bunny
Black Country, New Road 

Zach Bryan

DJ Sabrina the Teenage DJ

Doechii

Fontaines D.C.

Alex G

Glorilla

The Isley Brothers

Jockstrap 

Ravyn Lenae 

Ari Lennox

Perfume Genius

Pusha T

Shygirl

 

Just some names that aren't Beyonce, even though Virgo's Groove should get all the awards.

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