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‘Tis the season to be voting

For the last 3 years Wears The Trousers has dutifully compiled year-end best-ofs that go against the grain of most other music press listmakers, and this year we’re bringing it back to our readers with our most comprehensive polls yet…

We like the Fleet Foxes, Bon Iver and Sigur Rós albums as much as the next person, but they’re already clogging up the top 10 lists of music writers everywhere, and there’s precious little room for the ladies we love. Out of the potential 40 top 10 places in the already published lists of Q, Uncut, Mojo and Paste magazines, only 4 female/female-fronted acts have won one of those prestigious slots: Duffy, She & Him, Lucinda Williams and Portishead.

This is your chance to make your voice heard and redress the gender imbalance once more as Wears The Trousers prepares to bring you its 2008 yearbook issue at the end of the month. You have until midnight on December 9th to vote in all polls.

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Poll #1: Albums of the year

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We’ve picked out 99 of the year’s most notable full-length releases and you can pick up to 10 albums you think deserve a place in our final top 50. We’ve even left a blank space at the bottom for you to add your own choice if it’s not already there.

Previous winners (and runners-up)
2007 Meg Baird – Dear Companion // Alela Diane – The Pirate’s Gospel
2006 Joanna Newsom – Ys // Neko Case – Fox Confessor Brings The Flood
2005 Kate Bush – Aerial // Fiona Apple – Extraordinary Machine

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Poll #2: EPs of the year

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We’ve picked out 49 of the year’s best EPs. Pick up to 5 you’d like to see in our final top 25. Again, there’s a blank space at the bottom for you to add your own choice if it’s not already there.

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Poll #3: Singles of the year

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We’ve picked out 49 of the year’s most notable singles. Pick up to 5 you’d like to see in our final top 25. And yep, you guessed it, there’s a blank space at the bottom for you to add your own choice if it’s not already there.

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Poll #4: Live act of the year

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We’ve picked out 20 artists, both old and new, who we feel deserve an encore for their live performances this year. Pick only one from the list or add your own choice in the blank space provided.

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Alan Pedder