Welcome to day three of the voting. The DJ Shadow and Nirvana regions are still open.
Directions: Click on the album title to listen to that album. Select Blog Poll to vote on that match-up.
Game 1: #1 Stankonia by Outkast vs. #16 Silent Alarm by Bloc Party
Game 2: #8 Bows & Arrows by the Walkmen vs. #9 Her Majesty the Decemberists by the Decemberists
Game 3: #5 Turn on the Bright Lights by Interpol vs. #12 Franz Ferdinand by Franz Ferdinand
Game 4: #4 Merryweather Post Pavilion by Animal Collective vs. #13 Someone to Drive You Home by the Long Blondes
Game 5: #6 Blueberry Boat by the Fiery Furnaces vs. #11 The Life Pursuit by Belle & Sebastian
Game 6: #3 Is This It by the Strokes vs. #14 They Threw Us in a Trench and Stuck a Monument on Top by the Liars
Game 7: #7 Come On Feel the Illinoise by Sufjan Stevens vs. #10 Shut Up I Am Dreaming by Sunset Rubdown
Game 8: #2 Discovery by Daft Punk vs. #15 Leviathan by Mastodon
This is the nerdiest region in the tournament, what with the concept albums and the prog rock and the Decemberists. On the plus side, this region probably represents the widest swath of tastes of the collective Merry Swanskter dot com writers. I’m sure some of my co-writers aren’t crazy about that #15 seed up there, but I stand by my claim.
Randall Monty- March 15, 2010 @ 3:10 pm