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Winners in red: 1. The Postal Service - Give Up vs. Dr. Feelgood - Down By The Jetty 2. Grinderman - Grinderman vs. Boredoms - Vision Creation Newsun 3. Arthur Brown - The Crazy world of Arthur Brow n vs. Jackson C. Frank - Jackson C. Frank 4. Love/Hate - Blackout in the Red Room vs. Morrissey - Yea...

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Best albums of 2003: 1. The White Stripes - Elephant 2. Wrens - The Meadowlands 3. Radiohead - Hail to the Thief 4. The Knife - Deep Cuts 5. Four Tet - Rounds 6. The National - Sad Songs for Dirty Lovers 7. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever to Tell 8. Sufjan Stevens - Michigan 9. Aphex Twin - 26 Mixes for Cas...

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Winner in red:

The Jam - Setting Sons vs. The Knife - Shaking the Habitual

Yes, that 20 minute track almost grinds the album to a halt, but there's so much other good stuff to dig into!

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Out of town this week without a lot of listening time.

1. Kyuss - Welcome to Sky Valley vs. The 13th Floor Elevators - The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators

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Winners in red: 1. Sinead O'Connor - The Lion and the Cobra vs. Joan Baez - Joan Baez 2. Scott Walker - Scott 3 vs. Billy Bragg - Life's a Riot with Spy vs. Spy (EP) 3. Ben Folds Five - Ben Folds Five vs. Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood - Nancy & Lee 4. Yuzo Koshiro - Bare Knuckle vs. Weird Al...

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Honorio wrote:Mmm, weekus horribilis… Three of my nominations butchered on the same week. But it's OK, to each his own.

All five of my nominations have already been eliminated, so I sympathize...

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I nominate:
Sylvan Esso - Radio

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Winners in red: 1. Teenage Fanclub - Bandwagonesque vs. Big Black - Atomizer Both of these are very well acclaimed within their narrower genres, but perhaps not very well-known outside of them. It was an interesting pairing. Big Black can feel overly abrasive when I listen sometimes, but I listened ...

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I thought I posted last night but I guess I didn't? Anyway, I can break the tie, because I listened to the first two rounds of albums> My vote wouldn't have changed Bracket 1. 1. The Antlers - Hospice vs. The Beach Boys - Sunflower 2. Prefuse 73 - One Word Extinguisher vs. The Books - Thought for Fo...

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Best Albums of 2002: 1. Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots 2. The Street - Original Pirate Material 3. Boards of Canada - Geogaddi 4. Beck - Sea Change 5. The Notwist - Neon Golden 6. Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights 7. Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot 8. Mountain Goats - Tallahassee 9. ...

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I nominate The War on Drugs - "Thinking of a Place"

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Winners in red: 1. Mano Negra - Puta's Fever vs. David Bowie - The Next Day 2. Peter Gabriel - Passion vs. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - No More Shall We Part 3. Los Lobos - La pistola y el corazón vs. Roy Orbison & Friends - A Black and White Night 4. Sun Electric - 30.7.94 Live vs. Godspeed!...

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Winners in red: 1. Neneh Cherry - Raw Like Sushi vs. The Kinks - Face To Face 2. Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare vs. 808 State - 90 3. Dead Can Dance - Spleen and Ideal vs. Arthur Russell - Another Thought 4. Manuel Göttsching - Inventions for Electric Guitar vs. La Femme - Mystère Bracke...

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Winners in red: 1. Steely Dan - Can't Buy a Thrill vs. Ride - Nowhere I went into this round having already listened to both albums before. I thought I would vote for Ride for sure. But after a relisten of both, I can't deny that Can't Buy a Thrill dispatches catchy hook after catchy hook and makes ...

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I hope people aren't too mad about my Colorseries nomination. I don't think of the individual parts as EPs; they're really 12" singles (which I don't think are eligible in an albums contest) that have been packaged together as a digital album (which is what the Bandcamp website calls it). I was...

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The entire Colourseries album is also available to listen to on the artist's Bandcamp page:

https://donnachacostello.bandcamp.com/a ... olorseries

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Winners in red: 1. Prince & the Revolution - Parade vs. The Cramps - Songs The Lord Taught Us 2. St Germain - Tourist vs. Jorge Ben - A Tábua de Esmeralda 3. John Fahey - America vs. John Adams - Nixon in China (performed by Orchestra of St. Luke's) I think Nixon in China should be eligible...af...

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Best Albums of 2001: 1. Radiohead - Amnesiac 2. Daft Punk - Discovery 3. Jay-Z - The Blueprint 4. White Stripes - White Blood Cells 5. Aphex Twin - Drukqs 6. Royksopp - Melody A.M. 7. The Strokes - Is This It 8. Ted Leo and the Pharmicists - The Tyranny of Distance 9. R.E.M. - Reveal 10. Drive-By Tr...

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Winners in red. 1. Ghostface Killah - Fishscale vs. The Undertones - The Undertones 2. John Zorn - Naked City vs. Kylie Minogue - Fever 3. Queen - The Game vs. Labradford - Mi Media Naranja 4. Various Artists - I'm Your Fan vs. Avenged Sevenfold - City of Evil Matches 2 and 3 were particularly tough...

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Winners in red: 1. Bill Callahan - Sometimes I Wish We Were an Eagle vs. The Dismemberment Plan - Emergency & I 2. Novos Baianos - Acabou chorare vs. Janet Jackson - The Velvet Rope 3. Los Fabulosos Cadillacs - Chau vs. Almendra - Almendra 4. Soda Stereo - Sueño Stereo vs. Fishmans - Long Season

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Winners in red. 1. Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go vs. The Jam - Sound Affects I've listened to enough Manic Street Preachers to admit that I just don't understand what's so big about them. Maybe there's something lost in translation for me on this side of the Atlantic. But if the Manic ...

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Best Albums of 2000: 1. Radiohead - Kid A 2. Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP 3. The Avalanches - Since I Left You 4. OutKast - Stankonia 5. Yo La Tengo - And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out 6. PJ Harvey - Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea 7. Deltron 3030 - Deltron 3030 8. Gas - Pop ...

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I'll have my list in at the last minute tonight.

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If we're really confessing our guilty pleasures, I own Yanni's Live at the Acropolis, quite enjoy it, and have come close to nominating it in the Moderately Acclaimed contest several times.

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Europe's "The Final Countdown" and Styx's "Come Sail Away" are two songs I loved to listen to as a teenager, and still think are great. I like most of the Scorpions' output too, including "Wind of Change." In terms of really bad stuff, I have a soft spot for the Afroman...

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Thanks for being so candid with what's going on in your life, Henrik. Personal care should always come first. I'm glad to hear that you still find it enjoyable to continue to update the site but I'm sure you know that you're under no obligation to do anything else - you've given us enough musical da...

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Just sent my list in!

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I should have my ballot in by tomorrow - Wednesday at the latest.

My first impressions are that it's a very strong crop this year.

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I nominate:

Run the Jewels - A Report to the Shareholders: Kill Your Masters

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A UK-based publication devoted to Latin American music and culture. It seems to fit the Alexa criteria for inclusion, although perhaps it doesn't published enough music reviews per month? At any rate, I thought people might be interested in a list that's different from the usual suspects. http://sou...

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I nominate:
The Flaming Lips - The Castle

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Oh, well, I'll try again. I nominate:

DJ Shadow – “Bergschrund” (Feat. Nils Frahm)

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I nominate:

DJ Shadow – “Bergschrund” (Feat. Nils Frahm)

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Guys, I'm really happy to see Guillaume Perret have these 5 or 6 "likers" each week. Of all my nominations of the year, it's the one I thought it would be the one with the least success. That song rocks! And yes, I am also surprised by which of my nominees do well on this list and which o...

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Born Slippy.NUXX is the one that everybody knows, whereas the original Born Slippy is kind of obscure. I see those as two entirely different songs. Hmmm...I had always assumed that NUXX was a remix based on the name, but I had never actually listened to the original. You're right - the songs have a...

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Born Slippy.NUXX is the one that everybody knows, whereas the original Born Slippy is kind of obscure.

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Can someone explain to me the difference between "songs" and "performances" ? Never made sense... "Song" recognizes the songwriter/composer, while "Performance" recognizes the performer and their recorded performance. Similarly, "Song of the Year" g...

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If EPs are eligible, I nominate:

Mr. Fingers - Outer Acid EP

If EPs are not eligible, I nominate:

Roosevelt - Roosevelt

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I nominate:

Japandroids - Near to the Wild Heart of Life

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King Crimson - Red

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Winners in red.

1. King Crimson - Red vs. The Pentangle - Basket of Light
2. Tears For Fears - The Hurting vs. Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - Masterpieces by Ellington

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Winners in red: 1. King Crimson - Red vs. Miles Davis - On the Corner 2. The Cure - Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me vs. The Pentangle - Basket Of Light 3. Kashiwa Daisuke - Program Music 1 vs. Tears For Fears - The Hurting 4. Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - Masterpieces by Ellington vs. Saint Etienne -...

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I hope I'm not too late! 1. Super Furry Animals - Rings Around the World vs. Miles Davis - On The Corner 2. The Pentangle - Basket of Light vs. Tom Waits - Frank's Wild Years 3. First Aid Kit - Stay Gold vs. Tears For Fears - The Hurting 4. The Seatbelts/Yoko Kanno - Cowboy Bebop vs. Saint Etienne -...

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bonnielaurel wrote:
Other candidates for the future:
Medicine: Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show

Dr. Dre, Dr. John, Dr. Octagon, etc....

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I would support this, because I really miss this feature as well. (Hope you're doing well, Setherex!). What questions do you have about the rules? I think I have a pretty good grip on everything but some of the more detailed aspects of the nomination process...

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Winners in red: 1. King Crimson - Red vs. Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) 2. The Cure - Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me vs. Amon Düül II - Yeti 3. Kashiwa Daisuke - Program Music 1 vs. Julee Cruise - Floating into the Night 4. Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - Masterpieces by Ellington vs...

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Winners in red: 1. Miles Davis - On the Corner vs. The Soft Machine - Third 2. Tom Waits - Frank's Wild Years vs. Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air 3. Cortex - Troupeau Bleu vs. Tears for Fears - The Hurting 4. Saint Etienne - Tiger Bay vs. The Toure-Raichel Collective - The Tel Aviv Session

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Winners in red: 1. Super Furry Animals - Rings Around the World vs. Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense 2. The Pentangle - Basket of Light vs. Fleetwood Mac - Tusk 3. First Aid Kit - Stay Gold vs. Game Theory - Real Nighttime 4. The Seatbelts/Yoko Kanno - Cowboy Bebop vs. La Femme - Psycho Tropical Be...

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My wife and I went back and forth a lot on this one before the wedding. All the songs that we liked and that were meaningful to us in some way were either not great songs for dancing or completely lyrically inappropriate for a wedding. We ended up going with "Gospel" by the National, which...

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Winners in red: 1. Joni Mitchell - The Hissing of Summer Lawns vs. Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) 2. Amon Düül II - Yeti vs. The Go! Team - Thunder, Lightning, Strike 3. Julee Cruise - Floating into the Night vs. Lisa Germano - Geek the Girl 4. The Loud Family - Plants And Birds And...

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