The glorious day has finally arrived: After the painstaking tabulation of over 500 ballots, the kids at Idolator, with the invaluable assistance of Michaelangelo Matos, are ready to rip the rotted corpse of the Voice's music section from its fetid tomb and violate it like they were Canadian butt-burgling specters. That's right, Jackin' Pop is here! Featuring fresh faces alongside the usual suspects, five brilliant essays (Jason King on Gnarls Barkley; Daphne Carr on TV on the Radio, Mr. Matos on the poll itself; Rod Smith on metal and critics; Maura Johnston on fugitive number-ones), and the stunning MS Paint artistry of Jess Harvell, Jackin' Pop is the only look back at the last year in music that you'll need. Plus, you're spared the embarrassment of being seen holding the Voice. Go forth and enjoy.

Remember how, even when the rest of the paper sucked, you would still excitedly anticipate the Village Voice's Pazz & Jop music-critic survey each year? How it either confirmed your prejudices or made you think differently about something you had dismissed out of hand? How it served as a scouting report for fresh critical voices nationwide that (especially in the pre-Internet days) you might never have heard of otherwise? No? Just us? Well, whatever, we loved it. And one of our biggest worries when the new ownership came in and fired pretty much anyone with talent in the music section (Chuck Eddy and Bob Christgau in particular) was what would happen this year. We're not sure whether or not they'll even do a Pazz & Jop, but we are sure that if they do it'll blow (and be written mainly by music critics from the Columbia School of Journalism). That's why we're thrilled that the kids over at Idolator have picked up the ball and run with it. Curated by the brilliant Michaelangelo Matos, Idolator's Jackin' Pop (haha, get it?) Critics Poll "will maintain the Voice's thoughtfully anarchic approach to music criticism, merging it with the technological reach of Gawker Media." (Don't let that last part scare you.) Full details after the jump.