Le Battle

1,024 bands/artists competing for supremacy

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Round 4, Week 1 Results!!!

This week was incredible!!  We have far surpassed our record for most voters in a week.  All of our matches this week had between 27-29 votes, so I personally want to thank everyone who is buckling down and gearing for the conclusion of Le Battle.  We currently have a handful of new voters, some old voters who lapsed at some point over the last year, and of course both our regular and periodic voters.  Can you guess what type of voter you are?

Anyway, this week saw a lot of beatdowns.  A LOT OF BEATDOWNS.  Our closest match was only separated by 3 votes.  Our second closest was divided by 7.  I guess that is the downside of the ranked bracket system, though this culling should set up nicely for next round.  And a bunch of bands I love got eliminated.  So it goes.  Let’s look at the carnage.

Radiohead (1) electrified The A.K.A.s (128), 19-9. New Found Glory (65) toppled Atreyu (65), 18-10. Johnny Cash (32) soared above Hawthorne Heights (97), 21-7. Elliott Smith (33) cleaned up Dirty Projectors (96), 17-10. David Bowie (16) throttled Vertical Horizon (113), 23-5. AFI (49) set fire to OK Go (80), 19-9. Gorillaz (17) went all Clint Eastwood on Cloud Nothings (112), 19-9. Bad Religion (48) made Something Corporate (81) suffer, 19-10. Eminem (8) brought an end to The Movielife (121), 20-8. The Raconteurs (72) upset The Mars Volta (57), 16-13. Modest Mouse (25) put the Bouncing Souls (104) to rest, 20-8. Brand New (40) slaughtered Descendents (89), 23-5. Blink-182 (9) conquered Desaparecidos (120), 20-9. Creedence Clearwater Revival (56) stomped on Anti-Flag (73), 22-7. The White Stripes (24) bested Title Fight (105), 19-10. Blur (41) blew past Manchester Orchestra (88), 18-10.

This week we had 4 different voters with 14/16 “correct” votes.  Tim missed out on The Movielife and Desaparecidos, Carlee voted OK Go and Desaparecidos, Greg voted Manchester Orchestra and Dirty Projectors, and Jesse missed Atreyu and Manchester Orchestra.  Matt was our voice of dissent, only agreeing on 6 of the winning acts, narrowly beating me out at 7.  Speaking of me, both Dan and Anghel lined up 12/16 with my ballot.  Good job, guys!

We will be back with Week 2 of 4 in Round 4 while all of the winning bands will advance onto Round 5.  The bracket is posted on Challonge.com.  Check it out.

http://challonge.com/LeBattle15

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Round 4, Week 1, Days 3 & 4

Days 3 & 4 are upon us and with them some of my favorite bands.  Hopefully they don’t lose.  Also, one of these very bands will find themselves in the Quarter Finals.  Fancy that.

Day 3

1) Eminem (8) vs The Movielife (121)

This is a match between a skinny white guy and a band fronted by a skinny white guy.  It’s also where I give Vinnie a hug because people fucking love Eminem.

Eminem is a rapper straight outta Detroit.  He’s monopolized hip-hop at the Grammys, but everyone knows they suck anyway.  People fucking love Eminem.  He’s beat down Vacant Andys (10-1), Frank Zappa (13-3), and Coheed & Cambria (9-6).  My favorite Eminem song... we’ll say is “Criminal”.

The Movielife are a Long Island pop-punk/melodic hardcore act whose fingerprints can be seen all over pop-punk today in bands like The Story So Far, Knuckle Puck, Four Year Strong, and Such Gold.  They’ve hacked through The Jonbenet (9-1), Nothing (9-6), and Breaking Benjamin (11-5).

2) The Mars Volta (57) vs The Raconteurs (72)

This match is our closest ranked bout of the day, featuring two bands that grew out of other bands that are still in this competition!

The Mars Volta are a progressive/experimental rock band from El Paso, forming from the ashes of At the Drive-In.  They have been more successful commercially, critically, and in this very tournament than fellow At the Drive-In spawn Sparta.  They have beaten down New Politics (12-4), I Am the Avalanche (11-8), and Tilt (10-4).  My favorite The Mars Volta song is “Intertiatic ESP”.

The Raconteurs are a Jack White (of The White Stripes) blues rock supergroup based in Detroit.  People really like Jack White.  They took down eatmewhileimhot! (14-2), Cap’n Jazz (9-7), and Millencolin (8-5).  I have never voted for The Raconteurs.

3) Modest Mouse (25) vs Bouncing Souls (104)

This is a match of east vs west because that’s the best thing I can come up with.

Modest Mouse are an Issaquah, Washington based alternative/indie rock band.  They just released a new album Strangers to Ourselves which I haven’t listened to yet.  I should get on that.  They’ve devoured Tides of Man (12-5), Gerard Way (12-5), and Emery (10-4).  My favorite Modest Mouse song is “Guilty Cocker Spaniels”.

Bouncing Souls are a New Brunswick, NJ pop-punk/punk rock band.  They like you mom and it’s no fad.  They wanna marry her and be your dad.  They’ve already taken down Dave Navarro (11-5), Paramore (7-6), and Chiodos (10-4).  My favorite Bouncing Souls song is “True Believers“.

4) Brand New (40) vs Descendents (89)

This is the match that I will struggle most with all week.  They’re both so good!

Brand New are a Long Island indie rock/emo act.  They shroud themselves in mystery, almost never release new music, and are completely adored for this behavior.  Brand new is a cult, and I’m sipping the Kool Aid.  They’ve converted Blondie (11-2), Rush (11-3), and Foo Fighters (11-8).  My favorite Brand New song changes, but right now I will say “Luca”.

Descendents are a Manhattan Beach, CA pop-punk/hardcore punk band.  They were clear influences for The Movielife, Bouncing Souls, Brand New, and Blink-182.  And that’s just bands that appear today.  Milo Goes to College all day.  They have nailed Tidemouth (11-0), Man Overboard (12-2), and The Anniversary (9-5).  My favorite Descendents song is “Myage”.

Day 4

1) Blink-182 (9) vs Desaparecidos (120)

Another match, another particularly difficult decision.  This round could be the death of me.

Blink-182 is a pop-punk/alternative rock band from Poway, CA.  They were my favorite band for years and led me down the rabbit hole that is punk rock.  Thanks, Blink, for everything.  They had fun at the expense of Emmure (12-3), Envy on the Coast (14-0), and More Than Life (18-1).  My favorite Blink-182 song is, hmm, I’ll say “Voyeur”.

Desaparecidos are a Conor Oberst led indie rock/punk side project out of Omaha.  Read Music/Speak Spanish is quite possibly in my Top 5 records of all-time.  They have rallied against Mono (11-3), The Fall of Troy (8-5), and The Decemberists (6-5).  My favorite Desaparecidos song is “Hole in One”.  I always have to listen a second time.

2) Creedence Clearwater Revival (56) vs Anti-Flag (73)

This is a match of two bands who both have/had a lot to say about our political and social landscape, only separated by two-and-a-half decades, being on opposing sides of the country, and their style of music.  So a lot.

Creedence Clearwater Revival hail from El Cerrito, CA despite sounding like they’re from the deep south.  The only artist who sounds more distinctly American is Tom Petty, and that’s debatable.  They have protested Archipelago (12-2), My Bloody Valentine (11-4), and All Time Low (14-2).  My favorite CCR song is “Born on the Bayou”.

Anti-Flag are a crew of Pittsburgh politico-social punk rockers.  They serve as the modern torchbearers of The Clash, a band the Anti-Flag wears all over their tattered sleeves.  They usurped Dowsing (12-6), Garbage (10-5), and Jawbreaker (8-7).  My favorite Anti-Flag song is “Sodom, Gamorrah, Washington D.C. (Sheep in Shepherd’s Clothing)”.

3) The White Stripes (24) vs Title Fight (105)

This is a battle of bands who started in garages, right?  Jack White battles for the second time today.  Which match seems like a bigger mismatch?

The White Stripes are a Detroit blues rock/garage rock band.  You know who they are.  They have defeated A Wilhelm Scream (11-4), Knuckle Puck (13-3), and Rites of Spring (14-3) just last week.  My favorite Stripes song is “Fell in Love With a Girl”.

Title Fight is a pop-punk/melodic hardcore turned shoegaze/indie rock band from Kingston, PA.  Shed was my #2 Album of 2011 and Floral Green was my #1 Album of 2012.  Title Fight is legit.  They have knocked out Riverboat Gamblers (11-3), Lorde (9-8), and Oberhofer (15-0).  My favorite Title Fight song is “Leaf”.

4) Blur (41) vs Manchester Orchestra (88)

This is a battle of bands with prolific front men, though only Damon has another act standing.  I guess it’s also a good England vs The States battle of something.  Whichever.

Blur are a London indie rock/Brit-pop band.  They recently released their first new album in 12 years, The Magic Whip.  They’ve taken down The Front Bottoms (9-3), Everclear (10-8), and Single Mothers (7-3).

Manchester Orchestra are an Atlanta based indie/alternative rock band.  Andy Hull’s solo act Right Away, Great Captain! and the Manchester/Kevin Devine group Bad Books were both eliminated in earlier rounds.  They made it through We Were Skeletons (13-4), Kid Dynamite (10-5), and Modern Baseball (10-4).  My favorite Manchester Orchestra song is “I’ve Got Friends”.

That wraps Week 1 and puts us 25% of the way through Round 4.  Shit is getting real.

Voting ends Sunday.

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Round 4, Week 1, Day 2

Welcome back to Round 4!  Today puts us halfway through the week since we’re only LeBattleing 4 days now.  We have a good one today, but they should all be good now!  Some of those days back in Round 1 were dreadful though.  Let’s be honest.

1) David Bowie (16) vs Vertical Horizon (113) This is the most mismatched battle of the day, both based on ranking and likelihood for anything resembling a close match. David Bowie hails from London and is a rock and roll chameleon, always shedding skins to reveal newer unexplored layers beneath.  You may also know his as The Goblin King.  He took down Seahaven (11-2), Poison the Well (6-5), and Korn (12-4).  My favorite Bowie song is “Rebel, Rebel”. Vertical Horizon are a Washington, D.C. alternative rock/post-grunge band.  They’ve managed to defeat Man Man (9-6), River City Rebels (7-5), and Crosses (12-7).  Nope.

2) AFI (49) vs OK Go (80)

This is a battle between bands with more capitalized letters than words in their names.  It’s also our tightest match of the day rank-wise.

AFI is from Ukiah, CA and has essentially progressed like a punk version of David Bowie.  Never forget “I Wanna Get a Mohawk (But Mom Won’t Let Me Get One)”.  They have flushed out Adema (17-1), La Dispute (12-6), and +44 (13-2).  My favorite AFI song is “Totalimmortal”.

OK Go is a Chicago alternative rock/power pop band.  They’ve made some pretty recognizable videos.  You know ‘em.  They put a hurt on Rust Belt Lights (7-4), Cave Bear (11-2), and The Matches (8-7).  “WTF?” is my favorite.

3) Gorillaz (17) vs Cloud Nothings (112)

This is a battle that is bound top break my heart.

Gorillaz is an Essex based animated electronic rock/trip hop band/Blur Damon Albarn side project.  They win by wide margins.  They shot dead Body Count (10-2), Koufax (15-3), and Moneen (12-3).  My favorite Gorillaz song is “Slow Country”.

Cloud Nothings are an indie rock/noise/punk band from Cleveland.  They’re really fucking cool.  They took down Right Away, Great Captain! (11-5), Minus the Bear (8-7), and Secret Lives of the Freemasons (8-5).  Check out “Wasted Days”.

4) Bad Religion (48) vs Something Corporate (81)

It’s a California showdown!!  It’s LA vs The OC, oh boy!!

Bad Religion is a punk rock/melodic hardcore band from the San Fernando Valley.  Bad Religion might be the most important punk band of all time.  They toppled Cage (11-3), Paint it Black (14-1), and Comeback Kid (12-5).  My favorite Bad Religion song is “Automatic Man”. Something Corporate is an Orange County alternative rock/pop-punk act who were signed to Drive-Thru.  Who remembers Drive-Thru Records?  New Found Glory, Halifax, Finch, and The Movielife are all still alive.  That’s enough for a package tour.  Something Corporate bested I Wrote Haikus About Cannibalism in Your Yearbook (8-4), Grouplove (9-7), and The Bled (10-8).  My favorite SoCo song is “Hurricane”. 

Go, check the bands, vote!!!

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Round 4, Week 1, Day 1

Round 4 begins here.  We started with 1024 bands and we’ve whittled down to a mere 128.  The remaining bands have been ranked based on number of plays on last.fm and have been bracketed accordingly.  To peep the whole list visit http://challonge.com/LeBattle15.

Round 4 will last four weeks, with four matches a day, four days a week.  Sunday will still be the last day for voting each week, unless otherwise noted.  I will do my best to update on a daily basis, although life can make a passion project like this difficult to tend to each day.  Remember: check the bands, vote with your heart.  Pick who you would rather listen to, not who is classically “better”.

Without further ado, our first set of matches... 1) Radiohead (1) vs The A.K.A.s (128)

This is a match of our top seed against our bottom. Radiohead are an alternative/experimental rock band hailing from Abingdon, Oxfordshire.  To get here they defeated Portugal. The Man (13-4), 36 Crazyfists (12-1), and Queens of the Stone Age (8-5).  My favorite Radiohead song is “Paranoid Android”.

The A.K.A.s are a somewhat political dance punk band from Philadelphia.  Their hit list includes Dolarhyde (10-4), Into It. Over It. (10-5), and Bullet For My Valentine (11-5).  My favorite A.K.A.s song is “In Case I Die Tonight”.

2) Atreyu (64) vs New Found Glory (65) This is a match of our two middle ranked bands.  None could be closer.  Both bands also got big while I was in high school.  Though Atreyu peaked it seems just after.  Guess how old I am?!? Atreyu is an Orange County metalcore band.  They nixed Bratmobile (13-4), The Velvet Underground (8-7), and Grizzly Bear (8-6).  My favorite Atreyu song is “My Own Summer (Shove It)”.  I’m aware it’s a Deftones cover.

New Found Glory is a pop-punk/melodic hardcore band from Coral Springs, Florida.  They took down Pianos Become the Teeth (12-5), Small Brown Bike (14-2), and Best Coast (10-3).  I really thought Best Coast would have gotten more than 3 votes.  Oh well.  I still love you, Bethany.  Oh, and my favorite New Found Gory song is, ooh, this is hard.  Fuck it, “Tip of the Iceberg”.

3) Johnny Cash (32) vs Hawthorne Heights (97)

Hawthorne Heights are from Ohio.  I’m sure Johnny Cash song a song about Ohio. Johnny Cash was an Arkansas-born county artist.  When I close my eyes and picture him I think of Joaquin Phoenix.  He shot the following bands just to watch them die: Two Tongues (13-8), Circa Survive (12-3), and No Doubt (10-9).  My favorite Johnny Cash song is “Ring of Fire”.

Hawthorne Heights are a post-hardcore/pop-punk quartet (formerly quintet) from Dayton, Ohio.  They cut the wrists of Stolas (12-7), blacked the eyes of The New Amerdams (8-4),  and caused either either Dear & the Headlights to fall asleep or die (10-4).  My favorite Hawthorne Heights song is “Niki FM”.

4) Elliott Smith (33) vs Dirty Projectors (96)

This is a match of artists I was introduced to by people who are voting.  Thanks, Tim, for showing me Elliot Smith.  Greg, shame on you.

Elliot Smith was an Omaha-born indie rock singer/songwriter.  He took down Animals On Coke (9-5) [What?], Stone Temple Pilots (9-7), and Hit the Lights (12-8).  My favorite Elliott Smith song is “Needle in the Hay”. Dirty Projectors are a Brooklyn indie/experimental rock band.  They conquered The Kinison (11-4), Monster Magnet (11-5), and Nation of Ulysses (7-6).  I do not have a favorite Dirty Projectors song.

That wraps up the day.  Let’s hope I’m back tomorrow.

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Round 3, Weeks 6 & 7 Results!!!

The final push to Round 4 is complete.  This is our last set of bands advancing.

Rise Against throttled Sublime, 12-7. Hot Water Music boiled Jets to Brazil, 13-5. Nirvana took down The Killing Moon, 17-2. The Lonely Island dethroned Prince, 11-8. The Walkmen strode on against Free Throw, 9-8. Good Charlotte stung Injected, 10-8. The Wonder Years usurped Kanye West, 12-7. The Clash did in The Color Red, 17-2. Cursive survived The Vandals, 10-7. Blue Oyster Cult sacrificed Neko Case, 13-4. Something Corporate exsanguinated The Bled, 10-8. Blink-182 capsized More Than Life, 18-1. Glassjaw shattered Lostprophets, 13-3. Against Me! hunted down Mastodon, 13-4. Fleetwood Mac tore the wings off Pixies, 9-7. Creedence Clearwater Revival brought low All Time Low, 14-2. Rancid poisoned Diamond Youth, 8-7. Jane’s Addiction thwarted Memphis May Fire, 12-3. Jimmy Eat World plucked Orchid, 16-0. Eve 6 edged out Pavement, 9-7. The Killers slaughtered Roanoke, 17-0. The Smiths beat up The Cardigans, 13-5. Childish Gambino blew up Black Star, 13-4. The Beach Boys ebbed away Nerf Herder, 15-2 Bad Religion dominated Comeback Kid, 12-5. Ramones overcame MGMT, 10-8. The Used defeated Muse, 13-4. The White Stripes rained down upon Rites of Spring, 14-3.

Tomorrow begins Round 4.  Aww yeah.

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Round 3, Week 7

Day 1

1) Roanoke (00s Rockford, IL post-hardcore/screamo) vs The Killers (00s/10s Las Vegas alternative rock/new wave)

2) The Cardigans (90s/00s Swedish alternative rock/indie pop) vs The Smiths (80s Manchester indie rock/pop)

3) Black Star (90s Brooklyn hip-hop duo) vs Childish Gambino (10s Stone Mountain hip-hop)

4) The Beach Boys (60s-90s/10s Hawthorne, CA surf pop) vs Nerf Herder (90s/00s Santa Barbara pop-punk/alternative rock)

Day 2

1) Bad Religion (80s-10s San Fernando punk rock/melodic hardcore) vs Comeback Kid (00s/10s Winnepeg hardcore/hardcore punk)

2) MGMT (00s/10s Middletown, CT indie pop/psychedelic) vs Ramones (70s/80s/90s Queens punk rock)

3) Muse (90s/00s/10s English alternative rock/prog) vs The Used (00s/10s Orem, UT post-hardcore/alternative rock)

4) The White Stripes (90s/00s Detroit blues rock/alternative rock) vs Rites of Spring (80s DC post-hardcore/emo)

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Round 3, Week 6

Day 1

1) Sublime (90s Long Beach ska-punk/alternative rock) vs Rise Against (00s/10s Chicago punk rock/alternative rock)

2) Hot Water Music (90s/00s/10s Gainesville punk rock/orgcore) vs Jets to Brazil (90s/00s Brooklyn indie rock/emo) 3) Nirvana (80s/90s Aberdeen grunge/alternative rock) vs The Killing Moon (00s Hampden, ME post-hardcore)

4) Prince (70s-10s Minneapolis funk/r&b) vs The Lonely Island (00s/10s LA comedy rap)

Day 2

1) The Walkmen (00s/10s NYC indie rock/post-punk) vs Free Throw (10s Nashville emo revival)

2) Injected (00s Atlanta alternative metal/post-grunge) vs Good Charlotte (00s/10s Waldorf, MD pop-rock/pop-punk)

3) Kanye West (00s/10s Atlanta-born hip-hop) vs The Wonder Years (00s/10s Lansdale pop-punk/melodic hardcore)

4) The Clash (70s/80s London punk rock) vs The Color Red (00s Riverside alternative rock/post-grunge)

Day 3

1) Cursive (90s/00s/10s Omaha emo/indie rock) vs The Vandals (80s/90s/00s Huntington Beach humorous punk rock)

2) Blue Oyster Cult (70s-00s Long Island hard rock/heavy metal) vs Neko Case (90s/00s/10s Tacoma indie rock/alt country)

3) The Bled (00s/10s Tuscon post-hardcore/metalcore) vs Something Corporate (00s Orange County pop-rock/alternative rock)

4) Blink-182 (90s/00s/10s Poway, CA pop-punk/alternative rock) vs More Than Life (00s/10s South West, UK hardcore)

Day 4

1) Lostprophets (00s/10s Welsh alternative rock) vs Glassjaw (00s/10s Long Island post-hardcore)

2) Mastodon (00s/10s Atlanta prog metal/sludge metal) vs Against Me! (00s/10s Gainesville punk rock/alternative rock)

3) Fleetwood Mac (60s-00s London pop-rock) vs Pixies (80s/90s/10s Boston indie rock/alternative rock)

4) Creedence Clearwater Revival (60s/70s El Cerrito, CA roots rock/southern rock) vs All Time Low (00s/10s Baltimore pop-punk)

Day 5

1) Rancid (90s/00s/10s Berkeley punk rock) vs Diamond Youth (10s Baltimore indie rock/pop-rock)

2) Jane’s Addiction (80s-10s LA alternative rock) vs Memphis May Fire (00s/10s Dallas post-hardcore/metalcore)

3) Jimmy Eat World (90s/00s/10s Mesa emo/alternative rock) vs Orchid (90s/00s Amherst, MA screamo/powerviolence)

4) Pavement (90s Stockton, CA indie rock) vs Eve 6 (90s/00s/10s La Crescenta-Montrose, CA alternative rock)

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Round 3, Week 5 Results!!!

Lots of close matches this past week and some big upsets as well.

Alexisonfire desecrated Scatter the Ashes, 15-3. Incubus lured The Beatles to an untimely fate, 10-9. Jay Z & Kanye West caged Tiger Army, 10-9. Bayside slaughtered Monument, 11-2. Pink Floyd took down The Queers, 15-4. Motion City Soundtrack eliminated A Tribe Called Quest, 12-8. Harvey Danger bashed N.E.R.D., 10-9. Angels & Airwaves shot Of Mice & Men from behind, 10-9. Third Eye Blind annihilated Tigers Jaw, 17-3. NOFX bested Rx Bandits, 11-8. Dashboard Confessional out cried The All-American Rejects, 12-8. My Chemical Romance schooled Marilyn Manson, 16-3. Green Day sent Alkaline Trio to hell, 12-6. Operation Ivy out skanked Matchbook Romance, 9-8. Interpol arrested Polaris, 9-8. Dead Kennedys sent Shinobu on holiday, 10-7. Finch knocked out Danzig, 8-7. The A.K.A.s put a bullet in Bullet For My Valentine, 11-5. The Menzingers sunk American Armada, 11-5. The Movielife broke Breaking Benjamin, 11-3.

Nick and Mary were both on top of this week’s winners each with 16/20 winning votes.  Nick missed out on The Beatles, N.E.R.D., Polaris, and Danzig.  Mary missed The Beatles, The All-American Rejects, Matchbook Romance, and American Armada.  Jesse was our voice of dissent with only 7 winning votes.

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Round 3, Week 5

Day 1

1) Scatter the Ashes (00s Nashville post-hardcore) vs Alexisonfire (00s St. Catherines post-hardcore)

2) The Beatles (60s Liverpool pop-rock) vs Incubus (90s/00s/10s Calabasas alternative rock)

3) Jay Z & Kanye West (The Throne) vs Tiger Army (90s/00s Berkeley psychobilly)

4) Bayside (00s/10s Long Island alternative rock) vs Monument (10s DC emo revival)

Day 2

1) Pink Floyd (60s-90s/10s London progressive rock) vs The Queers (90s/00s/10s Portsmouth pop-punk)

2) A Tribe Called Quest (90s Queens hip-hop) vs Motion City Soundtrack (00s/10s Minneapolis pop-punk)

3) Harvey Danger (90s/00s Seattle alternative rock) vs N.E.R.D. (00s Virginia Beach alternative hip-hop)

4) Of Mice & Men (10s Costa Mesa metalcore) vs Angels & Airwaves (00s/10s San Diego alternative rock)

Day 3

1) Tigers Jaw (00s/10s Scranton indie rock) vs Third Eye Blind (90s/00s/10s San Francisco alternative rock)

2) NOFX (80s-10s LA punk rock) vs Rx Bandits (90s/00s/10s Seal Beach progressive rock)

3) Dashboard Confessional (90s/00s/10s Boca Raton indie rock) vs The All-American Rejects (00s/10s Stillwater pop-rock)

4) My Chemical Romance (00s/10s Jersey City alternative rock) vs Marilyn Manson (90s/00s/10s Ft. Lauderdale industrial metal)

Day 4

1) Green Day (90s/00s/10s Easy Bay pop-punk) vs Alkaline Trio (90s/00s/10s Chicago pop-punk)

2) Matchbook Romance (00s Poughkeepsie emo) vs Operation Ivy (80s Berkeley ska-punk)

3) Polaris (90s New Haven alternative rock) vs Interpol (00s/10s NYC post-punk)

4) Dead Kennedys (80s San Francisco hardcore punk) vs Shinobu (00s/10s San Jose indie rock)

Day 5

1) Danzig (80s-10s Lodi metal) vs Finch (00s/10s Temecula post-hardcore)

2) Bullet For My Valentine (00s/10s Welsh metalcore) vs The A.K.A.s (00s Philly dance punk)

3) American Armada (00s Pittsburgh punk rock) vs The Menzingers (00s/10s Scranton punk rock)

4) Breaking Benjamin (00s/10s Wilkes-Barre alternative rock) vs The Movielife (00s Long Island pop-punk)

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Round 3, Week 4 Results!!!

Tom Petty/The Heartbreakers broke the heart of John Nolan, 14-2. Joy Division sent off The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, 9-7. Silverstein conquered Polar Bear Club, 11-5. Saves the Day put an end to Weezer, 10-6. Halifax disarmed Cold War Kids, 7-5. Beastie Boys put a stomp on Piebald, 10-3. The Strokes put down Silversun Pickups, 7-5. Rage Against the Machine railed on The Jimi Hendrix Experience, 11-2. The Stooges deported Sigur Ros, 7-5. New Found Glory represented the East against Best Coast, 10-3. Cloud Nothings dismantled Secret Lives of the Freemasons, 8-5. Alien Ant Farm went cray on Five Iron Frenzy, 8-3. Black Sabbath crushed Indian School, 11-1. Taking Back Sunday cleansed The Germs, 14-0. Radiohead dethroned Queens of the Stone Age, 8-5. The Offspring erased Enemy You, 15-0. Blur disrespected Single Mothers, 7-3. The Misfits are the reason Texas is the Reason is dead, 7-3. Desaparecidos edged out The Decemberists, 6-5. 311 cancelled out Countdown to Life, 10-1. Ed was the voice of the populous with 17/20 “correct” votes, missing out only on The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Secret Lives of the Freemasons, and Queens of the Stone Age.  Cassidy was our voice of dissent, voting for only 12 of the winners.

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Round 3, Week 4

Day 1 1) John Nolan (00s Long Island indie rock solo project) vs Tom Petty/The Heartbreakers (70s-10s Gainesville America rock) 2) The Mighty Mighty Bosstones (80s-10s Boston ska punk) vs Joy Division (70s/80s English post-punk) 3) Silverstein (00s/10s Burlington, ON post-hardcore) vs Polar Bear Club (00s/10s Rochester/Syracuse punk rock/orgcore) 4) Weezer (90s/00/10s LA power-pop/alternative rock) vs Saves the Day (90s/00s/10s Princeton emo/pop-punk) Day 2 1) Halifax (00s Thousand Oaks, CA post-hardcore/pop-punk) vs Cold War Kids (00s/10s Long Beach indie rock/pop) 2) Beastie Boys (80s-10s NYC hip-hop legends) vs Piebald (90s/00s Andover, MA pop-punk/alternative rock) 3) The Strokes (00s/10s NYC indie rock/garage rock) vs Silversun Pickups (00s/10s LA indie rock/alternative rock) 4) The Jimi Hendrix Experience (60s London psychedelic rock/blues rock) vs Rage Against the Machine (90s/00s LA alternative metal/funk metal) Day 3 1) The Stooges (60s/70s/00s/10s Ann Arbor garage rock/protopunk) vs Sigur Ros (90s/00s/10s Reykjavik post-rock) 2) Best Coast (10s LA indie pop/surf rock) vs New Found Glory (90s/00s/10s Coral Springs, FL pop-punk/melodic hardcore) 3) Secret Lives of the Freemasons (00s Asheville, NC post-hardcore) vs Cloud Nothings (00s/10s Cleveland indie rock/post-hardcore) 4) Five Iron Frenzy (90s/00s/10s Denver Christian ska) vs Alien Ant Farm (90s/00s/10s Riverside, CA alternative rock/alternative metal) Day 4 1) Black Sabbath (70s/80s/90s/10s English heavy metal) vs Indian School (10s Rosemead, CA indie rock) 2) The Germs (70s LA hardcore punk) vs Taking Back Sunday (00s/10s Long Island emo/alternative rock) 3) Radiohead (90s/00s/10s English alternative rock/experimental) vs Queens of the Stone Age (90s/00s/10s Palm Desert, CA alternative rock/stoner rock) 4) Enemy You (90s/00s San Francisco pop-punk/punk rock) vs The Offspring (80s-10s Huntington Beach punk rock/alternative rock) Day 5 1) Single Mothers (10s London, ON hardcore punk) vs Blur (90s/00s/10s London, Eng alternative rock/Britpop) 2) The Misfits (80s-10s Lodi horror punk) vs Texas is the Reason (90s NYC emo/post-hardcore) 3) The Decemberists (00s/10s Portland indie rock/indie folk) vs Desaparecidos (00s/10s Omaha punk rock/emo) 4) 311 (90s/00s/10s Omaha alternative rock/reggae rock) vs Countdown to Life (00s Rainer, OR hardcore)

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Round 3, Week 3 Results

Suicide Machines bury Funeral For a Friend, 12-6. Sound the Alarm rang out past Such Gold , 11-9. Michael Jackson reigned supreme over Say Anything, 12-8. Vertical Horizon smashed Crosses, 12-7. Johnny Cash shot No Doubt just to watch them die, 10-9. Led Zeppelin closed the doors on Semisonic, 15-4. Story of the Year made a grouch of Osker, 14-5. Alice in Chains put Thin Lizzy in a box, 10-8. Every Time I Die broke apart Mineral, 12-7. Brand New bested Foo Fighters, 11-8. Elliott Smith blinded Hit the Lights, 12-8. Two Door Cinema Club freed A Lot Like Birds, 13-5. Shockwave blasted the hopes of A Loss For Words, 7-6. Modest Mouse sank Emery, 10-4. Bouncing Souls got more love than Chiodos, 10-4. From Autumn to Ashes overcame Punchline, 9-8. Jaws swallowed The Life & Times, 10-3. R.E.M. laid to rest Tokyo Police Club, 13-1. Queen extinguished Bauhaus, 14-0. Outkast unraveled Braid, 11-3. Greg was our Voice of the Populace with 18/20, missing out on only Foo Fighters and Punchline.  John was our Voice of Dissent, with only 8 winning votes.

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Round 3, Week 3

Day 1 1) Suicide Machines (90s/00s Detroit ska/punk/hardcore) vs Funeral For a Friend (00s/10s Welsh post-hardcore/melodic hardcore) 2) Sound the Alarm (00s Bangor, PA pop-rock/power-pop) vs Such Gold (10s Rochester melodic hardcore/pop-punk) 3) Michael Jackson (The King) vs Say Anything (00s/10s LA pop-punk/emo) 4) Vertical Horizon (90s/00s/10s DC alternative rock/post-grunge) vs Crosses (10s LA electronic rock side project) Day 2 1) No Doubt (90s/00s/10s Anaheim ska/alternative rock) vs Johnny Cash (50s-00s Arkansas born country legend) 2) Semisonic (90s/00s Minneapolis power-pop/alternative rock) vs Led Zeppelin (600s/70s/80s London hard rock/blues rock) 3) Osker (00s LA skatepunk/pop-punk) vs Story of the Year (00s/10s St. Louis post-hardcore/alternative rock) 4) Thin Lizzy (70s/80s Dublin hard rock/blues rock) vs Alice in Chains (90s/00s/10s Seattle grunge/metal) Day 3 1) Mineral (90s Austin second wave emo) vs Every Time I Die (00s/10s Buffalo metalcore) 2) Brand New (00s/10s Long Island indie rock/emo) vs Foo Fighters (90s/00s/10s Seattle alternative rock/post-grunge) 3) Elliott Smith (90s/00s Omaha indie folk/indie rock) vs Hit the Lights (00s/10s Lima, OH pop-punk/alternative rock) 4) A Lot Like Birds (00s/10s Sacramento progressive post-hardcore) vs Two Door Cinema Club (00s Irish indie rock/indie pop) Day 4 1) A Loss For Words (00s/10s Massachusetts pop-punk/melodic hardcore) vs Shockwave (00s Erie metalcore) 2) Emery (00s/10s Rock Hill, SC post-hardcore/alternative rock) vs Modest Mouse (90s/00s/10s Issaquah, WA indie rock/alternative rock) 3) Chiodos (00s/10s Davison, MI post-hardcore) vs Bouncing Souls (90s/00s/10s New Brunswick punk rock/pop-punk) 4) From Autumn to Ashes (00s Long Island post-hardcore/metalcore) vs Punchline (90s/00s/10s Belle Vernon pop-punk/pop-rock) Day 5 1) Jaws (10s Birmingham, Eng indie pop/alternative rock) vs The Life & Times (00s/10s Kansas City alternative rock/shoegaze) 2) R.E.M. (80s-10s Athens, GA indie rock/alternative rock) vs Tokyo Police Club (00s/10s Newmarket, ON indie rock/indie pop) 3) Queen (70s/80s/90s London operatic rock) vs Bauhaus (80s/00s Northampton, Eng gothic rock/post-punk) 4) Braid (90s/10s Champaign, IL second wave emo/post-hardcore) vs Outkast (90s/00s Atlanta hip-hop)

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Round 3, Week 2 Results!!!

So many results for you guys.

Silverchair muted a Voice Like Rhetoric, 9-5. Bush went to war with Certain People I Know, 11-3. AFI inflamed +44, 13-2. Title Fight shut out Oberhofer, 15-0. Red Hot Chili Peppers were too spicy for Anthony Green, 13-1. The Audition outgrew Adolescents, 9-6. System of a Down took the stand against Underoath, 13-2. Born Against took down No Use For a Name, 9-5. Dirty Projectors toppled Nation of Ulysses, 7-6. Atreyu swallowed up Grizzly Bear, 8-6. MxPx out prayed The O.C. Supertones, 11-2. Hawthorne Heights ran over Dear & The Headlights, 10-4. Refused pulled up The Roots, 10-4. Smashing Pumpkins walloped Thirce, 11-3. Quicksand sunk Hum, 7-6. Elton John shined brighter than Spoon, 10-4. Manchester Orchestra outlasted Modern Baseball, 10-4. Further Seems Forever pulled the plug on We Are Scientists, 8-5. The Raconteurs deported Millencolin, 8-5. Sum 41 contained Sleigh Bells, 7-6. Mary had the most winning votes this week at 18, missing out on No Use For a Name and Sleigh Bells.  John has the least at 9.

All winners will be back in the bracketed Round 4.  We will proceed onto Round 3, Week 3.

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Round 3, Week 2, Days 3-5

Day 3 1) Dirty Projectors (00s/10s Brooklyn indie rock/experimental) vs Nation of Ulysses (90s DC post-hardcore/punk rock) 2) Grizzly Bear (00s/10s Brooklyn indie rock/psychedelic pop) vs Atreyu (00s Orange County metalcore/post-hardcore) 3) MxPx (90s/00s/10s Bremerton, WA Christian pop-punk/skate punk) vs The O.C. Supertones (90s/00s/10s Orange County Christian ska/punk) 4) Hawthorne Heights (00s/10s Dayton post-hardcore/pop-punk) vs Dear & The Headlights (00s Phoenix indie rock/pop) Day 4 1) The Roots (90s/00s/10s Philly hip-hop/neo soul) vs Refused (90s Umea post-hardcore/hardcore punk) 2) Thrice (00s/10s Irvine, CA post-hardcore/alternative rock) vs Smashing Pumpkins (90s/00s/10s Chicago alternative rock) 3) Quicksand (90s NYC post-hardcore/alternative metal) vs Hum (90s Champaign, IL alternative rock/post-hardcore) 4) Spoon (90s/00s/10s Austin indie rock/art rock) vs Elton John (60s-10s English pop-rock piano man) Day 5 1) Manchester Orchestra (00s/10s Atlanta indie rock/alternative rock) vs Modern Baseball (00s Philly pop-punk/emo) 2) Further Seems Forever (00s/10s Pompano Beach, FL Christian indie rock/emo) vs We Are Scientists (00s/10s Claremont, CA indie rock/power pop) 3) The Raconteurs (00s Detroit blues rock supergroup) vs Millencolin (90s/00s/10s Swedish skate punk/alternative rock) 4) Sleigh Bells (10s Brooklyn indie pop/noise pop) vs Sum 41 (00s/10s Ajax, ON pop-punk/alternative rock)

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Round 3, Week 2, Days 1 & 2

Day 1

1) Silverchair (90s/00s Australian alternative rock/post-grunge) vs A Voice Like Rhetoric (00s Pennsylvania progressive post-hardcore)

2) Bush (90s/00s/10s London alternative rock/post-grunge) vs Certain People I Know (10s Illinois indie rock/emo side project)

3) AFI (90s/00s/10s Ukiah, CA punk rock chameleons) vs +44 (00s LA alternative rock/pop-punk)

4) Title Fight (00s/10s Kingston, PA melodic hardcore/shoegaze) vs Oberhofer (00s Brooklyn indie rock/noise pop)

Day 2

1) Red Hot Chili Peppers (80s-10s LA alternative/funk rock) vs Anthony Green (00s/10s Doylestown, PA indie rock solo project)

2) The Audition (00s/10s Chicago pop-punk/pop-rock) vs Adolescents (80s/00s/10s Fullerton, CA hardcore punk/skate punk)

3) Underoath (00s/10s Tampa Christian metalcore/post-hardcore) vs System of a Down (90s/00s Glendale, CA alternative metal/nu metal)

4) No Use For a Name (90s/00s San Jose skate punk/pop-punk) vs Born Against (90s NYC hardcore punk)

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Round 3, Week 1 Results!!!

We had some really close matches, some massive blowouts, and a fantastic Round 3 so far.  This is how you voted: Ok Go set fire to The Matches, 8-7. Deftones threw fruit at Reggie & The Full Effect, 10-5. Mayday Parade nibbled on Prawn, 9-6. Iron Maiden bled out Kevin Devine, 10-5. David Bowie shucked Korn, 12-4. Gorillaz gobbled up Moneen, 12-3. Depeche Mode crashed Banner Pilot, 12-3. Descendents moved past The Anniversary, 9-5. Drake took down The Academy Is..., 8-6. The Mars Volta survived Tilt, 10-4. Duran Duran gave a house of suffering to I Against I, 9-5. The Cure out panicked Panic! At the Disco, 9-6. Fall Out Boy extinguished Smoke or Fire, 11-4. Pearl Jam breezed past Yellowcard, 10-5. Kings of Leon dominated Hank Jones, 12-3. Eminem eliminated Coheed & Cambria, 9-6. The Promise Ring uncorked Mustard Plug, 10-5. Anti-Flag narrowly beat out Jawbreaker, 8-7. At the Drive-In drove by Radkey, 13-2. Our voice of the populous was Noel voting for 16 of this week’s winners, missing out on Korn, I Against I, Panic! At the Disco, and Coheed & Cambria.  Our voice of dissent was Paul, voting for only 9 winners.

We will be back for Round 3, Week 2 while the winners will be bracketed for Round 4.