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Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND ONE
« Reply #100 on: 25 Mar 2009, 11:00 »

BLUE:
NMH
Pixies
Mtn. Goats
Radiohead
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Agalloch
Slint
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YELLOW:
Sonic Youth
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Radiohead
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Refused
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GREEN:
EitS
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Mogwai
Belle and Sebastian
Dylan
--
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RED:
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Kyuss
GYBE
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Clash
Modest Mouse
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Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND ONE
« Reply #101 on: 25 Mar 2009, 11:16 »

Man. This is going to take ages. Listening to all the things I don't know yet.
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Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND ONE
« Reply #102 on: 25 Mar 2009, 15:46 »

Disappointed by the lack of These Estates records.

Oh wait, that band is really lazy and should go and record a damn album.
um we have an album
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Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND ONE
« Reply #103 on: 25 Mar 2009, 15:58 »

Isn't it just an ep?  And isn't it just on MySpace at the moment?
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Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND ONE
« Reply #104 on: 25 Mar 2009, 18:16 »

disappointed by the lack of any kinks or stones records yall

Yeah, that kinda bothered me too, but I don't really have any excuses since I knowingly used a couple of noms on things I didn't think had chance in hell considering this forum. Plus, both bands are alike in the sense that they always seem to have a couple songs per album that I don't much care for. But in terms of individual song picks, I'd put the Kinks and the Stones up against damn near anyone.
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Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND ONE
« Reply #105 on: 25 Mar 2009, 18:41 »

I knowingly used a couple of noms on things I didn't think had chance in hell considering this forum.

Yeah I made that same exact mistake
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Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND ONE
« Reply #106 on: 25 Mar 2009, 18:57 »

A couple? That was my entire nomination process! Actually my nominations were more "protest nominations" than ones that I really expected to get any votes.
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Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND ONE
« Reply #107 on: 25 Mar 2009, 20:00 »

Most of my nominations were ones I knew weren't going anywhere (for example, four people had done paranoid, and I was the only vote for Masters of Reality), but I picked a few that I had seen other people nominate. I need to listen to a lot of the albums still, but I doubt any of the bands I really like are getting past the first round. Because you guys (mostly) fail at music taste.
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Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND ONE
« Reply #108 on: 25 Mar 2009, 22:33 »

Whew. Listened to the 5-6 albums I hadn't heard.

Blue

NMH-Aeroplane
Pixies-Doolittle
Mountain Goats- All Hail W. Texas
Radiohead- Kid A
Sigur Ros - ()
Husker DU - Zen Arcade
Slint - Spiderland
Owls-Owls

Yellow

Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
Public Enemy- It Takes a Nation
Mountain Goats- Sunset Tree
Radiohead - Okay computer
John Coltrane - Blue Trane
The Decemberists - THe Crane Wife
Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue

Green

The Velvet Underground - S/T
Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Neil Young - On the Beach
John Coltrane - Giant Steps
Iron & Wine - Our Endless #'d Days
The Wrens - Meadowlands
The Beatles - Abbey road

Orangeish (Flesh?)

Low - Things we Lost in the Fire
BSS - You forget it in People
David Bowie - Low
The Pixies - Surfer Rosa (AGH HARD DECISION)
Sigur Ros - Agaetix Byrjun
The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
Nick Cave/Bad Seeds - Ab/Lyre
Modest Mouse - Lonesome Crowded West
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Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND ONE
« Reply #109 on: 25 Mar 2009, 22:37 »

Isn't it just an ep?  And isn't it just on MySpace at the moment?

baby steps, man
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Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND ONE
« Reply #110 on: 25 Mar 2009, 22:50 »

Baby steps are for babies. Take man steps, dammit!
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Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND ONE
« Reply #111 on: 26 Mar 2009, 03:44 »

BLUE

NMH - In the Aeroplane, Over the Sea
The Pixies - Doolittle
Opeth - Blackwater Park
Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Sigur Ros - ( )
Agalloch - Ashes Against the Grain
Slint - Spiderland
Owls - Owls

YELLOW

Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation...
Mountain Goats - Sunset Tree
Radiohead - OK Computer
Sigur Ros - Takk...
The Decemberists - The Crane Wife
Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run
Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks

GREEN

The Velvet Underground - s/t
Paul Simon - Graceland
Mogwai - Happy Songs for Happy People
Neil Young - On the Beach
Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
Iron & Wine - Our Endless Numbered Days
Okkervil River - Black Sheep Boy
The Beatles - Abbey Road

ORANGE

Low - Things We Lost in the Fire
Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It In People
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists...
The Pixies - Surfer Rosa
Sigur Ros - Agaetis Byrjun
Electric Wizard - Dopethrone
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - AB/Lyre
Modest Mouse - Lonesome

And then we sang Christmas carols.
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Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND ONE
« Reply #112 on: 26 Mar 2009, 08:44 »

Man, I just realized 7 of the albums I picked made it onto the brackets and 9 of the bands I nominated are represented. I think my rationale was to pick albums that I loved/thought had a shot of making it but still, I feel so non-Indie right now.
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Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND ONE
« Reply #113 on: 26 Mar 2009, 09:27 »

BLUE

Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
The Pixies - Doolittle
Opeth - Blackwater Park
The Beatles - Seargeant Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band
Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home
Agalloch - Ashes Against the Grain
VFNBAC (Vote for neither, both albums crap)
Jawbreaker - 24hr Revenge Therapy

GREEN

Explosions in the Sky - Earth is Not a Cold Dead Place
Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
VFNBAC
VFNBAC
Bob Dylan - Highway 61 revisited
VFNBAC
VFNBAC
The Beatles - Abbey Road

YELLOW

Black Sabbath -  Paranoid
VFNBAC
VFNBAC
VFNBAC
Sigur Ros  Takk...
Refused - Shape of Punk to Come
Television - Marquee Moon
Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks


ORANGE

Low - Things We Lost in the Fire
VFNBAC
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists...
The Pixies - Surfer Rosa
Agalloch - The Mantle
Electric Wizard - Dopethrone
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - AB/Lyre
Boris - Pink

Almost felt like not voting due to the essentially arbitrary, annoying and inherently conservative way the choices were decided from the votes, but whatever.

Lot of crap albums, lots of stuff I've not heard. Might go on a downloading spree when I get back to England, see what I can dig up.
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Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND ONE
« Reply #114 on: 26 Mar 2009, 12:45 »

Suppose I should vote myself...

BLUE
NMH
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Sgt. Pepper's
( )
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Spiderland
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GREEN
EitS
Graceland
Mogwai
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Giant Steps
I+W
Wrens
Abbey Road

YELLOW
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Takk...
Crane Wife
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Kind of Blue

ORANGE
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BSS
GY!BE
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Agćtis Byrjun
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-

Lots of music I haven't listened to, so I abstained from a number of them. If it becomes an issue on down the line, I'll listen to stuff. I don't want to kill my waffles ratio right now, though.

Man, the Green bracket is going to kick my ass...
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Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND ONE
« Reply #115 on: 26 Mar 2009, 13:03 »

Man, I just realized 7 of the albums I picked made it onto the brackets and 9 of the bands I nominated are represented. I think my rationale was to pick albums that I loved/thought had a shot of making it but still, I feel so non-Indie right now.

I think I got 1 album and 2 bands. Take that, conformists.
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Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND ONE
« Reply #116 on: 26 Mar 2009, 13:24 »

I got every album I nominated... I guess I'm the least indie of them all.

Oh well. I'd also like to thank Matt for putting this all together, it's really fun.
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Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND ONE
« Reply #117 on: 26 Mar 2009, 19:45 »

Blue
NMH
Pixies
Mountain Goats
Radiohead
Bob Dylan
Husker Du
Slint
Owls

Green
The Velvet Underground
Paul Simon
Wilco
Neil Young
Bob Dylan
Iron & Wine
The Wrens
The Beatles

Yellow
Sonic Youth
Public Enemy
Mountain Goats
Radiohead
Sigur Ros
Decemberists
Bruce Springsteen
Bob Dylan

Orange
Ted Leo
Kyuss
GY!BE
Silkworm
Sigur Ros
Beach Boys
The Clash
Boris
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Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND ONE
« Reply #118 on: 26 Mar 2009, 22:01 »


BLUE

I hope both lose.
Mclusky
Opeth
Beatles
Sigur Ros
Agalloch
Slint
Owls

YELLOW

Black Sabbath
Public Enemy
Bedhead
Fugazi
Sigur Ros
Refused
I hope both lose.
Miles Davis

GREEN

EitS
I hope both lose.
Mogwai
Neil Young
John Coltrane
Iron & Wine
The Wrens
Mono

ORANGE

Low
Kyuss
GY!BE
SKWM
Agalloch
Electric Wizard
The Clash
Boris
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Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND ONE
« Reply #119 on: 27 Mar 2009, 03:51 »

Yeah I basically just voted for Pavement in the hopes that NMH wouldn't make it past the first round. I care for neither band.

The irrational My Bloody Valentine hate was fun, too.

My Bloody Valentine? Fuck My Bloody Valentine

for example, four people had done paranoid, and I was the only vote for Masters of Reality

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Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND ONE
« Reply #120 on: 27 Mar 2009, 07:07 »

Yeah I basically just voted for Pavement in the hopes that NMH wouldn't make it past the first round. I care for neither band.

I voted Pavement because I like them... and I am so sick of hearing about how awesome NMH is.
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Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND ONE
« Reply #121 on: 27 Mar 2009, 07:31 »

NMH won't win. I mean, it'll win this bracket and maybe even the next but I don't see it going all the way, especially when The Beatles and Bob Dylan are running against it. More people like the two latter and enough people will vote for something else on principal. Of course, then you could say "C'mon guys, don't vote The Beatles/Bob Dylan for president like every other website and magazine and music TV show and book on music ever."

On an unrelated note, anyone else a little surprised no Bonnie 'Prince' Billy made it onto the brackets? I thought everybody had a boner for Will Oldham.
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Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND ONE
« Reply #122 on: 27 Mar 2009, 09:58 »

I don't know, I'd heard a little NMH before this contest, but I went and listened to Aeroplane before casting my vote (or a decent amount of it, anyhow) and I kinda liked it.  Agreed, though, definitely not going to win it all in my book, but I liked it better than Wowee Zowee, at any rate.

Also, with all the hype I see it get on this forum I really wanted to enjoy it, but goddamn I just cannot bring myself to like Spiderland.  Seriously grating music, to me.
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Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND ONE
« Reply #123 on: 27 Mar 2009, 10:26 »

^ ^
This

(Though I didn't need to think too hard about Pixies/Silkworm)
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Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND ONE
« Reply #124 on: 27 Mar 2009, 10:34 »

A lot of the stuff this forum seems to love almost never attracts me on first listen.  I listened to Spiderland 2 years ago and thought it sucked.  But then I started listening to a bunch of post-rock, and I actually really liked it the second time I listened to it.  Same thing with Agalloch and Kyuss.  


As far as NMH goes, I might vote it through next round, but no further.  


Low post:  The Low album that was nominated is the only one I haven't heard.  I really liked Tyranny of Distance, so much that it would've beat every other Low album except for Trust.  Which wasn't nominated, hence my decision.
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Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND ONE
« Reply #125 on: 27 Mar 2009, 11:23 »

That's unfortunate, because Things We Lost in the Fire is better than Trust
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Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND ONE
« Reply #126 on: 27 Mar 2009, 11:47 »

If I get a chance to listen to it in the next week and that happens to be the case, I'll change my vote.
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Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND ONE
« Reply #127 on: 27 Mar 2009, 12:33 »

I think there's a little bit of conscious desire to not let the usual suspects win, but not enough of a desire to let relative newcomers *cough* Black Moth Super Rainbow *cough* Agalloch *cough cough* get very far.
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Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND ONE
« Reply #128 on: 27 Mar 2009, 13:08 »

It's sad that they're getting so destroyed since they are oh so awesome. Great stuff.
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Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND ONE
« Reply #129 on: 27 Mar 2009, 13:57 »

I have compiled every vote from this post and earlier.

Holy crap are there some tight races!
  • Nothing in the blue bracket is tight - the winners are nearly locked in.
  • There are two close races in the yellow bracket - each within one vote of each other.
  • The green bracket has two races each within two votes of each other, along with one race that is in a dead heat!
  • Orange has one one-vote race as well.


Again, you have until appx. 20:00GMT on 30 March 2009 to get your votes in. However, if you change your votes between now and then, and you are above this post, please PM me to inform me that you've edited your post. Otherwise I won't know you edited it, and your old vote will be counted.

I'm compiling these votes differently than I did the initial nominations. It's a bit more time-consuming, but it ensures me that all votes are counted (whereas I missed a few [see page one] for the initial nominations).

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Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND ONE
« Reply #130 on: 27 Mar 2009, 14:11 »

I think I have a pretty good idea of what albums are in the tight races, so it'll be interesting to see how this turns out.  Once again, thanks for all the work you're putting into this man.
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Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND O--NE
« Reply #131 on: 27 Mar 2009, 15:57 »

Blue:
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Doolittle
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Kid A
()
Zen Arcade
Spiderland
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Green:
The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place      (toughest choice!!)
Unknown Pleasures
Happy Songs for Happy People
On the Beach
Giant Steps
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You Are There

Yellow:
Daydream Nation
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OK Computer
Blue Train
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Marquee Moon
Kind of Blue

Red:
Things We Lost in the Fire
You Forget It in People
Low
Surfer Rosa
Agaetis Byrjun
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London Calling
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Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND ONE
« Reply #132 on: 27 Mar 2009, 15:59 »

more people should be voting for Black Moth Super Rainbow.

...or just listening to them, at the very least.  :|
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Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND ONE
« Reply #133 on: 27 Mar 2009, 16:08 »

I agree, that was pretty much the hardest pick for me.
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Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND ONE
« Reply #134 on: 27 Mar 2009, 19:23 »

Blue
Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
The Pixies - Doolittle
The Mountain Goats - All Hail West Texas
Radiohead - Kid A
Bob Dylan
can not decide yet
Slint - Spiderland
Owls - Owls

Yellow
Fuck you for making me choose, but Paranoid is what got me into music, so that.
Public Enemy
Radiohead - Ok computer
Sigur ros - takk
The Decemberists - The Crane Wife
Bruce Springsteen - born to run
Why must you make me choose? Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue.

Green
The Velvet Underground - Self Titled
Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
Mogwai - Happy Songs for Happy People
Belle and Sebastian - Feeling Sinister
Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
The Unicorns
The Wrens - Meadowlands
Mono - You Are There

Orange

I can not speak for most of these sorry.
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GYBE - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven
Silkworm - Firewater
Sigur Ros
The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
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Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND ONE
« Reply #135 on: 27 Mar 2009, 20:25 »

I wish Black Moth Super Rainbow well and all, but aside from some of the beats they use I'm just really not into it. It's a timbre thing; it's like someone took some talented people and then paid them money to create an album while only using sounds I find irritating.

Also, I actively like Public Enemy quite a bit.
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« Reply #136 on: 27 Mar 2009, 20:56 »

Yeah, it's probably too much to expect them to win, but I was hoping some of the more edgy kinds of music would make it far.  Most of this stuff is relatively inoffensive-sounding until you get to Dopethrone, Agalloch, BMSR, Opeth, Black Sabbath, and a couple of the punk albums. 

Public Enemy is good and all, but take away their lyrics and you have an assortment of beats and samples that kind of form a song.  Do that for BMSR, and it makes me feel like I'm in a secret field that no one else knows about.  I was hoping more people would know what that felt like.  But the whole weirder music/lyric debate is not something I want to start.



How many other people have music transport their minds to some alien location, which you could spend hours describing every minute detail of?  I'm not talking about any kind of congruence between the music and a particular moment in time of your life, like in the 'I feel so happy' thread.  Maybe I have some kind of half-assed synesthaesia?
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« Reply #137 on: 27 Mar 2009, 21:10 »

My experience with them is more "Oh fuck, mellotrons and vocoders. I hate mellotrons and vocoders."
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Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND ONE
« Reply #138 on: 27 Mar 2009, 21:21 »

See, I've never had that problem with any sounds as long as they aren't too loud.





I think maybe I just listen to music the way Roger Ebert watches movies.  If that makes any sense to anyone besides myself.
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Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND ONE
« Reply #139 on: 29 Mar 2009, 14:10 »

BLUE
Neutral Milk Hotel - ITAPOTS
Mclusky - Mlusky do dallas
Mountain Goats - All Hail West Texas
Radiohead - Kid A
Sigur Ros - ( )
Husker Du - Zen Arcade
Slint Spiderland

Yellow
Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
Public Enemy - It takes a nation of millions to hold us back
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John Coltrane - Blue Train
The Decemberists - The Crane Wife
Television - Marquee Moon
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue


GREEN
Explosions In the Sky - The earth...
Paul Simon - Graceland
Mogwai - Happys songs/people
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Bob Dylan - Highway 61 revisited
Iron & Wine - Our Endless Numbered Days
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The Beatles - Abbey Road


ORANGE
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GY!BE - Skinny fists
Pixies - Surfer Rosa
Sigur Ros - Agaetis Byrjun
Electric Wizard - Dopethrone
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Boris - Pink





Couple of my non-votes were because I wasn't familiar with the music. Some others were just too hard to really choose.
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Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND ONE
« Reply #140 on: 29 Mar 2009, 17:15 »

I am actually surprised, shocked, and slightly appalled that no spiritualized album made it on.

Probably my fault for not nominating them.
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Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND ONE
« Reply #141 on: 29 Mar 2009, 18:44 »

I am actually surprised, shocked, and slightly appalled that no spiritualized album made it on.

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Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND ONE
« Reply #142 on: 29 Mar 2009, 19:23 »

ok, I tried to listen to some of the albums I hadn't really heard before, but fuckin' school, man. papers to write and shit, never got around to it. I still plan to get all the albums in the list I don't already have. oh, and I had two goddamn printers fuck up, in a row. anyway, I just skipped over the ones I didn't know well enough, or just couldn't decide.

BLUE

Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane, Over the Sea
Mclusky -Mclusky Do Dallas
Mountain Goats - All Hail West Texas
The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's
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Agalloch - Ashes Against the Grain
Slint - Spiderland
Owls - Owls

YELLOW

Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Black Moth Super Rainbow - Dandelion Gum
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Fugazi - Red Medicine
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Refused - The Shape of Punk to Come
Television - Marquee Moon
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue

GREEN

The Velvet underground - s/t
Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
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John Coltrane - Giant Steps
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Mono - You Are There

ORANGE

Ted Leo/Rx - Tyranny of Distance
Kyuss - Welcome to Sky Valley
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The Pixies - Surfer Rosa
Sigur Ros - Agaetis Byrjun
The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
The Clash - London Calling
Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West
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Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND ONE
« Reply #143 on: 30 Mar 2009, 01:31 »

Week is (almost?) up. I'm curious  :-D
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Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND ONE
« Reply #144 on: 30 Mar 2009, 02:14 »

NMH - Aeroplane
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Mountain Goats - All Hail...
Beatles - Sgt Pepper
Dylan - Bringing...
Agalloch - Ashes...
Slint - Spiderland
Owls


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Mountain Goats - Sunset Tree
Radiohead - OK Computer
Coltrane - Blue Train
Decemberists - Crane Wife
Springsteen - Born to Run
Davis - Kind of Blue


EITS - Earth...
Simon - Graceland
Mogwai - Happy Songs...
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Unicorns - Hair...
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Beatles - Abbey Road


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BSS - Forget it...
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Agalloch - The Mantle
Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
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Modest Mouse - Lonesome...
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Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND ONE
« Reply #145 on: 30 Mar 2009, 06:30 »

NMH - Aeroplane
Pixies - Doolittle
Mountain Ghosts - All Hail
Radiohead - Kid A
Sigur Ros - ()
Husker Du - Zen Arcade
Silkworm - Libertine
Owls - Owls


Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation
Bedhead - Transaction De Novo
Radiohead - OK Computer
Sigur Ros - Takk
Refused - Shape Of Punk
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Bob Dylan - Blood On The Tracks


EITS - Earth
Joy Division - CUnknown Pleasures
Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
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Okkervil River - Black Sheep Boy
Mono - You Are There



Low - Things We Lost In The Fire
BSS -  You Forget It In People
GY!BE - Lift
Pixies - Surfa Rosa
Sigur Ros - Agaetis Byrjun
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MM - Lonesome
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« Reply #146 on: 30 Mar 2009, 08:53 »

You all have FOUR HOURS to get your votes in! 20:00GMT today is the cutoff!
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Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND ONE
« Reply #147 on: 30 Mar 2009, 08:59 »

You can pull it out Low I believe in you
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Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND ONE
« Reply #148 on: 30 Mar 2009, 09:04 »

Blue

Neutral Milk Hotel - Aeroplane...
Pixies - Doolittle
Opeth - Blackwater Park
The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's...
Sigur Rós - ()
Agalloch - Ashes Against the Grain
Slint - Spiderland
Owls - Owls

Green

EitS - Earth is Not a Cold, Dead...
Paul Simon - Graceland
Mogwai - Happy Songs/People
Neil Young - On the Beach
Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
Iron & Wine - Our Endless Numbered Days
Okkervil River - Black Sheep Boy
Mono - You Are There

Yellow
Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation...
Mountain Goats - Sunset Tree
Radiohead - OK Computer
Sigur Rós - Takk...
Refused - Shape of Punk to Come
Television - Marquee Moon
Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks

Orange
Low - Things We Lost in the Fire
BSS - You Forget it in People
David Bowie - Low
Pixies - Surfer Rosa
Agalloch - The Mantle
Electric Wizard - Dopethrone
Nick Cave - AB/Lyre
Boris - Pink

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Lucky then I decided this was the day and time to take a look at the forum to see if the voting had started yet.
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Re: Album Nomination Game -- ROUND ONE
« Reply #149 on: 30 Mar 2009, 09:20 »

All votes up to this point have been counted. If you have changed your vote in between now and my post on Friday, you must PM me or your changes will not be taken into account.

Here's how things stand thus far:
  • BLUE - Pretty much locked up. The closest matchup is a nine-vote difference.
  • YELLOW - A few matches are locked up, but a few close ones. One has a one-vote difference, one has a two-vote difference.
  • GREEN - All but one locked up, but that one has a one-vote difference AND SO HELP ME GOD IF THE (currently) LOSING ALBUM DOESN'T WIN I'M GOING TO BE PISSED IT IS A BRILLIANT ALBUM AND YOU PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T VOTE FOR IT CAN GO TO HELL
  • ORANGE - All but one locked up also. There is currently a tie between two albums in one matchup! Your vote will count! One vote might take it all! THIS COULD BE YOU!!
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