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Post by Devin on Aug 28, 2014 11:58:23 GMT -5
Oops, forgot to vote haha. Will post results soon
Royal Blood - "Figure It Out" (Lordeftones, #2) Demon Hunter - "The Last One Alive" (Mandrakegray, #7)
Arctic Monkeys - "R U Mine?" (Cody, #2) Godsmack - "1000hp" (Invince, #7)
Vampire Weekend - "Step" (Shakermaker, #2) Kongos - "I'm Only Joking" (cm7com, #7)
Orwells - "Who Needs You" (Mike the Moose, #2) Cage the Elephant - "Take It or Leave It" (dm2081, #7)
Redlight King - "Times Are Hard" (Mandrakegray, #2) Weezer - "Back to the Shack" (Green Baron, #7)
Man Man - "Head On (Hold On to My Heart)" (Popstop, #2) Lana Del Rey - "West Coast" (Lahey, #7)
Morning Parade - "Alienation" (Mike the Moose, #3) Young Rising Sons - "High" (Popstop, #7)
Agent Fresco - "Dark Water" (Devin, #3) Three Days Grace - "Painkiller" (dm2081, #6)
The War on Drugs - "Red Eyes" (Green Baron, #3) Theory of a Deadman - "Drown" (cm7com, #6)
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Post by Devin on Aug 28, 2014 12:21:14 GMT -5
Preliminary Round Four - ResultsRoyal Blood - "Figure It Out" (Lordeftones, #2) Demon Hunter - "The Last One Alive" (Mandrakegray, #7) Arctic Monkeys - "R U Mine?" (Cody, #2) Godsmack - "1000hp" (Invince, #7) Vampire Weekend - "Step" (Shakermaker, #2) Kongos - "I'm Only Joking" (cm7com, #7) Orwells - "Who Needs You" (Mike the Moose, #2) Cage the Elephant - "Take It or Leave It" (dm2081, #7) Redlight King - "Times Are Hard" (Mandrakegray, #2) Weezer - "Back to the Shack" (Green Baron, #7) Man Man - "Head On (Hold On to My Heart)" (Popstop, #2) Lana Del Rey - "West Coast" (Lahey, #7) Morning Parade - "Alienation" (Mike the Moose, #3) Young Rising Sons - "High" (Popstop, #7) Agent Fresco - "Dark Water" (Devin, #3) Three Days Grace - "Painkiller" (dm2081, #6) The War on Drugs - "Red Eyes" (Green Baron, #3) Theory of a Deadman - "Drown" (cm7com, #6) {NOTES}1. Royal Blood wins another one; vote count was 13-4.
2. Arctic Monkeys prevail against the newest Godsmack single. "R U Mine?" wins by a vote of 12-5.
3. Tied for biggest blow-out for this round! Kongos wipe out Vampire Weekend by a vote of 14-3.
4. This one was pretty close. Cage the Elephant take it with a vote of 10-7.
5. This one was also close in the beginning, but Weezer slowly established their lead. "Back to the Shack" wins by a vote of 11-6.
6. Man Man enjoy a healthy win against Lana Del Rey by a vote of 11-6.
7. The other blow-out of the round (I kind of expected it, too). "Alienation" beats "High" by a vote of 14-3.
8. This pair were constantly tied throughout the whole round, but happily "Dark Water" beats out "Painkiller" by a vote of 9-8.
9. Theory of a Deadman drowns The War on Drugs with their newest single. "Drown" wins by a vote of 12-5.
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Post by Devin on Aug 28, 2014 12:43:43 GMT -5
Preliminary Round FiveA Day to Remember - "End of Me" (American Idiot, #3) Foster the People - "Are You What You Want to Be?" (Shakermaker, #7) Big Data - "Dangerous" f/ Joywave (dm2081, #3) Fitz & the Tantrums - "Fool's Gold" (Popstop, #7) Kongos - "Come With Me Now" (cm7com, #3) Slipknot - "The Negative One" (Lordeftones, #6) Foster the People - "Best Friend" (Lahey, #3) alt-J - "Left Hand Free" (The Webinator, #7) Joywave - "Somebody New" (Invince, #3) Hozier - "Take Me to Church" (Devin, #7) Big Wreck - "Ghosts" (Pipa, #3) Arctic Monkeys - "Do I Wanna Know?" (Invince, #7) Max Frost - "White Lies" (The Webinator, #3) Devour the Day - "Move On" (Mandrakegray, #7) Slash - "World On Fire" f/ Myles Kennedy & the Conspirators (Shadowscorp, #3) The 1975 - "The City" (Cody, #7) Nonpoint - "Breaking Skin" (Lordeftones, #3) 311 - "Sand Dollars" (American Idiot, #6) NOTE: Please listen to both songs in each bracket before voting if you have not heard of one of both of the songs before. If you feel the need to not listen to either song in a bracket, please don't vote.
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Post by American Idiot on Aug 28, 2014 12:46:11 GMT -5
A Day to Remember - "End of Me" (American Idiot, #3) Foster the People - "Are You What You Want to Be?" (Shakermaker, #7)
Big Data - "Dangerous" f/ Joywave (dm2081, #3) Fitz & the Tantrums - "Fool's Gold" (Popstop, #7)
Kongos - "Come With Me Now" (cm7com, #3) Slipknot - "The Negative One" (Lordeftones, #6)
Foster the People - "Best Friend" (Lahey, #3) alt-J - "Left Hand Free" (The Webinator, #7)
Joywave - "Somebody New" (Invince, #3) Hozier - "Take Me to Church" (Devin, #7)
Big Wreck - "Ghosts" (Pipa, #3) Arctic Monkeys - "Do I Wanna Know?" (Invince, #7)
Max Frost - "White Lies" (The Webinator, #3) Devour the Day - "Move On" (Mandrakegray, #7)
Slash - "World On Fire" f/ Myles Kennedy & the Conspirators (Shadowscorp, #3) The 1975 - "The City" (Cody, #7)
Nonpoint - "Breaking Skin" (Lordeftones, #3) 311 - "Sand Dollars" (American Idiot, #6)
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Post by Lahey's Lucky Star on Aug 28, 2014 12:48:33 GMT -5
A Day to Remember - "End of Me" (American Idiot, #3) Foster the People - "Are You What You Want to Be?" (Shakermaker, #7)
Big Data - "Dangerous" f/ Joywave (dm2081, #3)
Fitz & the Tantrums - "Fool's Gold" (Popstop, #7)
Kongos - "Come With Me Now" (cm7com, #3)
Slipknot - "The Negative One" (Lordeftones, #6)
Foster the People - "Best Friend" (Lahey, #3)
alt-J - "Left Hand Free" (The Webinator, #7)
Joywave - "Somebody New" (Invince, #3)
Hozier - "Take Me to Church" (Devin, #7)
Big Wreck - "Ghosts" (Pipa, #3) Arctic Monkeys - "Do I Wanna Know?" (Invince, #7)
Max Frost - "White Lies" (The Webinator, #3)
Devour the Day - "Move On" (Mandrakegray, #7)
Slash - "World On Fire" f/ Myles Kennedy & the Conspirators (Shadowscorp, #3) The 1975 - "The City" (Cody, #7)
Nonpoint - "Breaking Skin" (Lordeftones, #3) 311 - "Sand Dollars" (American Idiot, #6)
"Somebody New" for everybody because it's hella flawless:
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Post by Devin on Aug 28, 2014 12:50:14 GMT -5
A Day to Remember - "End of Me" (American Idiot, #3) Foster the People - "Are You What You Want to Be?" (Shakermaker, #7)
Big Data - "Dangerous" f/ Joywave (dm2081, #3) Fitz & the Tantrums - "Fool's Gold" (Popstop, #7)
Kongos - "Come With Me Now" (cm7com, #3) Slipknot - "The Negative One" (Lordeftones, #6)
Foster the People - "Best Friend" (Lahey, #3) alt-J - "Left Hand Free" (The Webinator, #7)
Joywave - "Somebody New" (Invince, #3) Hozier - "Take Me to Church" (Devin, #7)
Big Wreck - "Ghosts" (Pipa, #3) Arctic Monkeys - "Do I Wanna Know?" (Invince, #7)
Max Frost - "White Lies" (The Webinator, #3) Devour the Day - "Move On" (Mandrakegray, #7)
Slash - "World On Fire" f/ Myles Kennedy & the Conspirators (Shadowscorp, #3) The 1975 - "The City" (Cody, #7)
Nonpoint - "Breaking Skin" (Lordeftones, #3) 311 - "Sand Dollars" (American Idiot, #6)
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Post by maine on Aug 28, 2014 13:38:03 GMT -5
A Day to Remember - "End of Me" (American Idiot, #3) Foster the People - "Are You What You Want to Be?" (Shakermaker, #7) -I like A Day To Remember's latest album, but this was one that I didn't care for. "Are You What You Want to Be?" is interesting...
Big Data - "Dangerous" f/ Joywave (dm2081, #3) Fitz & the Tantrums - "Fool's Gold" (Popstop, #7) -I LOVE "Dangerous" and like "Fool's Gold". This was a tougher one, but "Dangerous" is one of my favorite Alt hits of the year.
Kongos - "Come With Me Now" (cm7com, #3) Slipknot - "The Negative One" (Lordeftones, #6) -Obviously "Come With Me Now" for me. "Before I Forget" is still the only Slipknot song I can tolerate.
Foster the People - "Best Friend" (Lahey, #3) alt-J - "Left Hand Free" (The Webinator, #7) -Don't really like alt-J. So Foster the People will win this one also.
Joywave - "Somebody New" (Invince, #3) Hozier - "Take Me to Church" (Devin, #7) -It was about to be "Take Me to Church" easily, but with my first listen to "Somebody New", I LOVE IT. This is really good, and miles better than "Tongues". Hozier will probably win though due to the praise here on Pulse.
Big Wreck - "Ghosts" (Pipa, #3) Arctic Monkeys - "Do I Wanna Know?" (Invince, #7) -I said this in the last round, I don't get all the hooplah about Arctic Monkeys. So I'm going with "Ghosts".
Max Frost - "White Lies" (The Webinator, #3) Devour the Day - "Move On" (Mandrakegray, #7) -First time listening to both, I really liked "Move On" where "White Lies" was just alright.
Slash - "World On Fire" f/ Myles Kennedy & the Conspirators (Shadowscorp, #3) The 1975 - "The City" (Cody, #7) -Both are just okay to me. I'll go with The 1975 since I like it a bit more.
Nonpoint - "Breaking Skin" (Lordeftones, #3) 311 - "Sand Dollars" (American Idiot, #6) -Through first listens, I liked "Breaking Skin" and "Sand Dollars" was just okay.
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Post by Web on Aug 28, 2014 13:46:44 GMT -5
The bracket that has probably my Top 3 songs of the summer (Dangerous, Take Me To Church, and Best Friend) I would count Stolen Dance but I got into that in the late winter/early spring so....
A Day to Remember - "End of Me" (American Idiot, #3) Foster the People - "Are You What You Want to Be?" (Shakermaker, #7) Though the new FtP song made the Top 15 of my chart and End of Me hasn't charted, it's burned out on me and I've enjoyed A Day to Remember's song with multiple listens. I wonder why it's not charting, I might have to fix that. I guess that's one point to a newer song over an established one.
Big Data - "Dangerous" f/ Joywave (dm2081, #3) Fitz & the Tantrums - "Fool's Gold" (Popstop, #7) Whatever song faced Dangerous would have lost. Favorite song of the year, still in heavy rotation and I'm still hoping for some sort of CHR crossover. Fool's Gold is a good song but I enjoy several others on More Than Just A Dream more so it wasn't too hard to bump it out.
Kongos - "Come With Me Now" (cm7com, #3) Slipknot - "The Negative One" (Lordeftones, #6) First match with a new listen. The Slipknot track was alright I guess but I'm not much of a metal fan so it didn't really do much for me. Come With Me Now, though overplayed at this point is still a very solid song that I've enjoyed for months.
Foster the People - "Best Friend" (Lahey, #3) alt-J - "Left Hand Free" (The Webinator, #7) First vote against myself. I enjoy Left Hand Free as a song but not necessarily as an alt-J song. Best Friend was fantastic in my opinion and made it to #3 on my chart. So the choice was pretty clear even though I like both songs.
Joywave - "Somebody New" (Invince, #3) Hozier - "Take Me to Church" (Devin, #7) If this match was a month down the road maybe this would be different, but I've only heard the new Joywave song a few times. I really enjoy it, but not enough to unseat my 3-week #1 song Take Me To Church. Probably another case of both songs going through if they had different matchups. The haunting vocals and instrumentation really make Hozier's track and I hope this can make a HAC/CHR crossover soon.
Big Wreck - "Ghosts" (Pipa, #3) Arctic Monkeys - "Do I Wanna Know?" (Invince, #7) Hadn't heard the Big Wreck track before. Bit of a nice pallet cleanser after Slipknot though. Though I'm a little burned out on AM at this point, Do I Wanna Know is simple but powerful. Ghosts, while a fine song (though a bit long) didn't grab me on first listen. Might be a bit of a problem that it usually takes me a few listens for a song to form a full opinion but in this case the Arctic Monkeys were going to be hard to beat.
Max Frost - "White Lies" (The Webinator, #3) Devour the Day - "Move On" (Mandrakegray, #7) White Lies is a song I'm kind of sad didn't do better than I think 35 or so on Alt since I enjoyed it thoroughly. Move On was a new listen and decent, but not grabbing enough for the win.
Slash - "World On Fire" f/ Myles Kennedy & the Conspirators (Shadowscorp, #3) The 1975 - "The City" (Cody, #7) Two new listens here. The Slash song was kind of mediocre imo, sort of all adrenaline with no memorable music (in the vein of 1000hp). I'm not particularly a fan of The 1975 (hard for me to understand what they're saying sometimes, but I like alt-J so whatever), but The City was pretty solid. Maybe I have to go back and give their catalog another try.
Nonpoint - "Breaking Skin" (Lordeftones, #3) 311 - "Sand Dollars" (American Idiot, #6) Both of these songs I had heard before but not enough to be really familiar with them. Neither was fantastic but the 311 song was what my gut told me to go for so there's that match.
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Post by shakermaker on Aug 28, 2014 13:50:46 GMT -5
A Day to Remember - "End of Me" (American Idiot, #3) Foster the People - "Are You What You Want to Be?" (Shakermaker, #7)
Big Data - "Dangerous" f/ Joywave (dm2081, #3) Fitz & the Tantrums - "Fool's Gold" (Popstop, #7)
Kongos - "Come With Me Now" (cm7com, #3) Slipknot - "The Negative One" (Lordeftones, #6)
Foster the People - "Best Friend" (Lahey, #3) alt-J - "Left Hand Free" (The Webinator, #7)
Joywave - "Somebody New" (Invince, #3) Hozier - "Take Me to Church" (Devin, #7)
Big Wreck - "Ghosts" (Pipa, #3) Arctic Monkeys - "Do I Wanna Know?" (Invince, #7)
Max Frost - "White Lies" (The Webinator, #3) Devour the Day - "Move On" (Mandrakegray, #7)
Slash - "World On Fire" f/ Myles Kennedy & the Conspirators (Shadowscorp, #3) The 1975 - "The City" (Cody, #7)
Nonpoint - "Breaking Skin" (Lordeftones, #3) 311 - "Sand Dollars" (American Idiot, #6)
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Post by H. on Aug 28, 2014 15:19:22 GMT -5
Foster the People - "Are You What You Want to Be?" (Shakermaker, #7)
Big Data - "Dangerous" f/ Joywave (dm2081, #3)
Kongos - "Come With Me Now" (cm7com, #3)
Foster the People - "Best Friend" (Lahey, #3)
Joywave - "Somebody New" (Invince, #3)
Arctic Monkeys - "Do I Wanna Know?" (Invince, #7)
Max Frost - "White Lies" (The Webinator, #3)
The 1975 - "The City" (Cody, #7)
311 - "Sand Dollars" (American Idiot, #6)
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Post by Deleted on Aug 28, 2014 15:36:50 GMT -5
A Day to Remember - "End of Me" (American Idiot, #3) Foster the People - "Are You What You Want to Be?" (Shakermaker, #7)
Big Data - "Dangerous" f/ Joywave (dm2081, #3) Fitz & the Tantrums - "Fool's Gold" (Popstop, #7)
Kongos - "Come With Me Now" (cm7com, #3) Slipknot - "The Negative One" (Lordeftones, #6)
Foster the People - "Best Friend" (Lahey, #3) alt-J - "Left Hand Free" (The Webinator, #7)
Joywave - "Somebody New" (Invince, #3) Hozier - "Take Me to Church" (Devin, #7)
Big Wreck - "Ghosts" (Pipa, #3) Arctic Monkeys - "Do I Wanna Know?" (Invince, #7)
Max Frost - "White Lies" (The Webinator, #3) Devour the Day - "Move On" (Mandrakegray, #7)
Slash - "World On Fire" f/ Myles Kennedy & the Conspirators (Shadowscorp, #3) The 1975 - "The City" (Cody, #7)
Nonpoint - "Breaking Skin" (Lordeftones, #3) 311 - "Sand Dollars" (American Idiot, #6)
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Post by popstop on Aug 28, 2014 15:55:17 GMT -5
A Day to Remember - "End of Me" (American Idiot, #3) Foster the People - "Are You What You Want to Be?" (Shakermaker, #7)
Big Data - "Dangerous" f/ Joywave (dm2081, #3) Fitz & the Tantrums - "Fool's Gold" (Popstop, #7)
Kongos - "Come With Me Now" (cm7com, #3) Slipknot - "The Negative One" (Lordeftones, #6)
Foster the People - "Best Friend" (Lahey, #3) alt-J - "Left Hand Free" (The Webinator, #7)
Joywave - "Somebody New" (Invince, #3) Hozier - "Take Me to Church" (Devin, #7)
Big Wreck - "Ghosts" (Pipa, #3) Arctic Monkeys - "Do I Wanna Know?" (Invince, #7)
Max Frost - "White Lies" (The Webinator, #3) Devour the Day - "Move On" (Mandrakegray, #7)
Slash - "World On Fire" f/ Myles Kennedy & the Conspirators (Shadowscorp, #3) The 1975 - "The City" (Cody, #7)
Nonpoint - "Breaking Skin" (Lordeftones, #3) 311 - "Sand Dollars" (American Idiot, #6)
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Post by Mandrakegray on Aug 28, 2014 16:34:16 GMT -5
A Day to Remember - "End of Me" (American Idiot, #3) I love this song. One of my favorites currently charting.
Big Data - "Dangerous" f/ Joywave (dm2081, #3) This was my favorite song at Alternative over the Summer. Wore this one out.
Slipknot - "The Negative One" (Lordeftones, #6) alt-J - "Left Hand Free" (The Webinator, #7)
Joywave - "Somebody New" (Invince, #3) I dig both songs in this matchup a lot...but lean towards the fun of the Joywave track.
Big Wreck - "Ghosts" (Pipa, #3) I'm a fan of everything Ian Thornley releases. This should have been the US rock radio single instead of "Come What May".
Devour the Day - "Move On" (Mandrakegray, #7) This duo (both formerly of Egypt Central) has placed 3 singles into the Top 30 of Active Rock over the past year (including the Top 10 "Good Man"). This was one of my "car songs" over the summer. Love the production. The Max Frost song is ok.
The 1975 - "The City" (Cody, #7)
Nonpoint - "Breaking Skin" (Lordeftones, #3) See comments to "End of Me". Same applies to this uptempo gem.
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Post by Pipa on Aug 28, 2014 19:09:01 GMT -5
A Day to Remember - "End of Me" (American Idiot, #3) Foster the People - "Are You What You Want to Be?" (Shakermaker, #7)
Big Data - "Dangerous" f/ Joywave (dm2081, #3) Fitz & the Tantrums - "Fool's Gold" (Popstop, #7)
Kongos - "Come With Me Now" (cm7com, #3) Slipknot - "The Negative One" (Lordeftones, #6)
Foster the People - "Best Friend" (Lahey, #3) alt-J - "Left Hand Free" (The Webinator, #7) (What a horrible pairing.)
Joywave - "Somebody New" (Invince, #3) Hozier - "Take Me to Church" (Devin, #7)
Big Wreck - "Ghosts" (Pipa, #3) (This is gonna get creamed.) Arctic Monkeys - "Do I Wanna Know?" (Invince, #7)
Max Frost - "White Lies" (The Webinator, #3) Devour the Day - "Move On" (Mandrakegray, #7)
Slash - "World On Fire" f/ Myles Kennedy & the Conspirators (Shadowscorp, #3) The 1975 - "The City" (Cody, #7)
Nonpoint - "Breaking Skin" (Lordeftones, #3) 311 - "Sand Dollars" (American Idiot, #6)
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Post by Green Baron on Aug 28, 2014 19:33:48 GMT -5
27 Notifications?
Jesus, I love you all, but damn...
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Post by Walking Contradiction on Aug 28, 2014 21:03:30 GMT -5
A Day to Remember - "End of Me" (American Idiot, #3) Foster the People - "Are You What You Want to Be?" (Shakermaker, #7) - NOT the result I expected before listening to both of these songs... guess that's why it's important to listen to everything
Big Data - "Dangerous" f/ Joywave (dm2081, #3) Fitz & the Tantrums - "Fool's Gold" (Popstop, #7) Kongos - "Come With Me Now" (cm7com, #3) Slipknot - "The Negative One" (Lordeftones, #6) Foster the People - "Best Friend" (Lahey, #3) alt-J - "Left Hand Free" (The Webinator, #7) Joywave - "Somebody New" (Invince, #3) Hozier - "Take Me to Church" (Devin, #7) Big Wreck - "Ghosts" (Pipa, #3) Arctic Monkeys - "Do I Wanna Know?" (Invince, #7) Max Frost - "White Lies" (The Webinator, #3) Devour the Day - "Move On" (Mandrakegray, #7) Slash - "World On Fire" f/ Myles Kennedy & the Conspirators (Shadowscorp, #3) The 1975 - "The City" (Cody, #7) Nonpoint - "Breaking Skin" (Lordeftones, #3) 311 - "Sand Dollars" (American Idiot, #6)
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Post by Green Baron on Aug 28, 2014 21:06:46 GMT -5
End of Me Dangerous Come With Me Now uhh... both are shit but Left Hand Free Take Me to Church (my dad likes this LOL) Do I Wanna Burn Out Move On The City Sand Dollars
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Post by Lordefâ ones on Aug 28, 2014 21:07:48 GMT -5
A Day to Remember - "End of Me" (American Idiot, #3) - I can only tolerate Foster the People sometimes. Foster the People - "Are You What You Want to Be?" (Shakermaker, #7)
Big Data - "Dangerous" f/ Joywave (dm2081, #3) - Fitz is great but this is one of the best songs in the Top 10. Fitz & the Tantrums - "Fool's Gold" (Popstop, #7)
Kongos - "Come With Me Now" (cm7com, #3) - Sorry Slipknot but even after hearing it so much I still love it. Slipknot - "The Negative One" (Lordeftones, #6)
Foster the People - "Best Friend" (Lahey, #3) - I can tolerate Foster the People sometimes. I can't tolerate Alt-J at all. alt-J - "Left Hand Free" (The Webinator, #7)
Joywave - "Somebody New" (Invince, #3) Hozier - "Take Me to Church" (Devin, #7) - Good Joywave song but Take Me To Church is utterly amazing.
Big Wreck - "Ghosts" (Pipa, #3) Arctic Monkeys - "Do I Wanna Know?" (Invince, #7) - On first listen, Ghosts is alright. Do I Wanna Know? is fantastic though.
Max Frost - "White Lies" (The Webinator, #3) Devour the Day - "Move On" (Mandrakegray, #7) - White Lies doesn't do anything for me and Devour the Day are somewhat of a guilty pleasure for me.
Slash - "World On Fire" f/ Myles Kennedy & the Conspirators (Shadowscorp, #3) - Both of these songs are mediocre. I'll give Slash some love. The 1975 - "The City" (Cody, #7)
Nonpoint - "Breaking Skin" (Lordeftones, #3) - This was the hardest bracket so far for me. I love both of these songs and both of these are extremely underrated and deserve as much love as possible. I'll give it to Nonpoint since I picked them but 'Stereolithic' was a great record, go listen to it. 311 - "Sand Dollars" (American Idiot, #6)
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Post by dm2081 on Aug 28, 2014 22:45:22 GMT -5
A Day to Remember - "End of Me" (American Idiot, #3) Foster the People - "Are You What You Want to Be?" (Shakermaker, #7) End Of Me was just ok, kind of generic. I've been a big fan of Foster The People, although this is my least favorite single by them.
Big Data - "Dangerous" f/ Joywave (dm2081, #3) Fitz & the Tantrums - "Fool's Gold" (Popstop, #7) This one was not even close.
Kongos - "Come With Me Now" (cm7com, #3) Slipknot - "The Negative One" (Lordeftones, #6) I really like Come With Me Now, but aggressive Slipknot is pretty hard to beat.
Foster the People - "Best Friend" (Lahey, #3) alt-J - "Left Hand Free" (The Webinator, #7) Best Friend is a great song and Left Hand Free is boring as can be.
Joywave - "Somebody New" (Invince, #3) Hozier - "Take Me to Church" (Devin, #7) I'm not getting what all the buzz about Hozier is to me, is sounds pretty dull to my ears. Somebody New was decent, could definitely see it growing on me.
Big Wreck - "Ghosts" (Pipa, #3) Arctic Monkeys - "Do I Wanna Know?" (Invince, #7) Not a big Arctic fan, but theirs was slightly better.
Max Frost - "White Lies" (The Webinator, #3) Devour the Day - "Move On" (Mandrakegray, #7) Max Frost was just no. Just no.
Slash - "World On Fire" f/ Myles Kennedy & the Conspirators (Shadowscorp, #3) The 1975 - "The City" (Cody, #7) Slash solo = sucks. Slash in Velvet Revolver or GNR = legendary. Not a big fan of 1975 either.
Nonpoint - "Breaking Skin" (Lordeftones, #3) 311 - "Sand Dollars" (American Idiot, #6) I live in Florida, Sand Dollars is our s**t down here.
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Post by Shadows in the Dark on Aug 29, 2014 1:45:38 GMT -5
A Day to Remember - "End of Me" (American Idiot, #3)Foster the People - "Are You What You Want to Be?" (Shakermaker, #7) Big Data - "Dangerous" f/ Joywave (dm2081, #3)Fitz & the Tantrums - "Fool's Gold" (Popstop, #7) Kongos - "Come With Me Now" (cm7com, #3) Slipknot - "The Negative One" (Lordeftones, #6)Foster the People - "Best Friend" (Lahey, #3) alt-J - "Left Hand Free" (The Webinator, #7)Joywave - "Somebody New" (Invince, #3)Hozier - "Take Me to Church" (Devin, #7) Big Wreck - "Ghosts" (Pipa, #3) Arctic Monkeys - "Do I Wanna Know?" (Invince, #7)Max Frost - "White Lies" (The Webinator, #3) Devour the Day - "Move On" (Mandrakegray, #7)Slash - "World On Fire" f/ Myles Kennedy & the Conspirators (Shadowscorp, #3)The 1975 - "The City" (Cody, #7) Nonpoint - "Breaking Skin" (Lordeftones, #3) 311 - "Sand Dollars" (American Idiot, #6)No love for "World on Fire" from nearly everyone, I see. Le sigh. {Spoiler} 1. "Are You What You Want to Be?" was one of the highlights off "Supermodel", but "End of Me" was a really strong single from ADTR, so it beats out the former. 2. "Fools Gold" is the best out of the 3 Fitz and the Tantrums singles, but seeing as how I think Big Data are one of the better new Alternative acts to come out this year, "Dangerous" wins this one. 3. "Come With Me Now" is a good song, and Kongos are another good newbie from this year, but "The Negative One" nearly blew me away. Slipknot for this one. 4. "Best Friend" wasn't bad, but "Left Hand Free" I find catchy and quite enjoyable. Kinda surprised at all the hate for these guys. 5. "Somebody New" was actually quite impressive, better than "Tongues". Hozier has a pretty good voice, but "Take Me to Church", on the whole, was kinda boring. 6. "Ghosts" just seemed to drag on for a bit too long. Nothing too memorable about it either. 7. "White Lies" was rather annoying to listen to. "Move On" was actually pretty good. The latter for this round. 8. I don't get the near unanimous praise for the 1975 on this board. The instrumentals were pretty good, but the guy's voice is too high pitched for my liking. 9. The new Nonpoint song wasn't bad, but I just like the 311 one a little more.
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Post by Doc Indie Party Rock on Aug 29, 2014 5:53:45 GMT -5
A Day to Remember - "End of Me" (American Idiot, #3) Foster the People - "Are You What You Want to Be?" (Shakermaker, #7) Foster The People. No contest! third single is a good choice. A Day To remember just bored me to tears.
Big Data - "Dangerous" f/ Joywave (dm2081, #3) Fitz & the Tantrums - "Fool's Gold" (Popstop, #7) I would've chosen any song from Fitz and The Tantrums. Fool's Gold has that sweet 80s Hall & Oates that I really loved back in the day. "Dangerous" isn't aweful, but it just misses with me.
Kongos - "Come With Me Now" (cm7com, #3) Slipknot - "The Negative One" (Lordeftones, #6) Aside from it appearing on my favourite movie of the year, the Kongos song rubbed me the wrong way. Slipknot sounds good enough to my ears.
Foster the People - "Best Friend" (Lahey, #3) alt-J - "Left Hand Free" (The Webinator, #7) Two Foster the people songs? So I choose them again. Great psychedelic vibe from this song. "left hand Free" does nothing for me.
Joywave - "Somebody New" (Invince, #3) Hozier - "Take Me to Church" (Devin, #7) I really don't like either of these songs, but if I had to choose it would be Joywave for that somewhat uptempo chorus.
Big Wreck - "Ghosts" (Pipa, #3) Arctic Monkeys - "Do I Wanna Know?" (Invince, #7) See my Avatar. I love the Artic Monkeys. "Ghosts" is actually pretty good, but not up par to go against the Artic Monkeys.
Max Frost - "White Lies" (The Webinator, #3) Devour the Day - "Move On" (Mandrakegray, #7) I was actually introduced to a lot of new music on this round. "White Lies" is oozing Indie with a lot of mono sound. Good choice. I heard nothing special from "Move On" Needs more Cowbell.
Slash - "World On Fire" f/ Myles Kennedy & the Conspirators (Shadowscorp, #3) The 1975 - "The City" (Cody, #7) That's my kinda Rock. Anything Slash touches is gold. I love the 1975. You shoulda chosen the uptempo "Girls". "The City" sounds like a Third Eye Blind song ,but from thier boring side of songs.
Nonpoint - "Breaking Skin" (Lordeftones, #3) 311 - "Sand Dollars" (American Idiot, #6) two songs so different from each other. I like 311's song.. It kinda reminds me of a Scott Weiland song from one of his solo albums. Nonpoint is the exact opposit of the kind of Hard Rock I like. Needs more Cowbell.
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Post by Juan Carlos on Aug 29, 2014 16:33:42 GMT -5
Preliminary Round Five
A Day to Remember - "End of Me" (American Idiot, #3) Foster the People - "Are You What You Want to Be?" (Shakermaker, #7)
Big Data - "Dangerous" f/ Joywave (dm2081, #3)
Fitz & the Tantrums - "Fool's Gold" (Popstop, #7)
Kongos - "Come With Me Now" (cm7com, #3)
Slipknot - "The Negative One" (Lordeftones, #6)
Foster the People - "Best Friend" (Lahey, #3)
alt-J - "Left Hand Free" (The Webinator, #7)
Joywave - "Somebody New" (Invince, #3)
Hozier - "Take Me to Church" (Devin, #7)
Big Wreck - "Ghosts" (Pipa, #3) Arctic Monkeys - "Do I Wanna Know?" (Invince, #7)
Max Frost - "White Lies" (The Webinator, #3)
Devour the Day - "Move On" (Mandrakegray, #7)
Slash - "World On Fire" f/ Myles Kennedy & the Conspirators (Shadowscorp, #3) The 1975 - "The City" (Cody, #7)
Nonpoint - "Breaking Skin" (Lordeftones, #3) 311 - "Sand Dollars" (American Idiot, #6)
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Post by Lordefâ ones on Aug 29, 2014 16:55:39 GMT -5
Kongos - "Come With Me Now" (cm7com, #3)Slipknot - "The Negative One" (Lordeftones, #6) Aside from it appearing on my favourite movie of the year, the Kongos song rubbed me the wrong way. Slipknot sounds good enough to my ears. I really hope your favorite movie of the year wasn't The Expendables 3...
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Post by Green Baron on Aug 29, 2014 17:27:17 GMT -5
Kongos - "Come With Me Now" (cm7com, #3)Slipknot - "The Negative One" (Lordeftones, #6) Aside from it appearing on my favourite movie of the year, the Kongos song rubbed me the wrong way. Slipknot sounds good enough to my ears. I really hope your favorite movie of the year wasn't The Expendables 3... Given his music taste, can we really be all that surprised?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 29, 2014 17:28:45 GMT -5
is this take pot shots at drindie week
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Post by Green Baron on Aug 29, 2014 17:30:18 GMT -5
is this take pot shots at drindie week The Artie Ziff comparisons don't lue
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Post by Deleted on Aug 29, 2014 17:32:13 GMT -5
is this take pot shots at drindie week The Artie Ziff comparisons don't lue ur telling me if drindie quits for a year suddenly everyone will praise him like a god when he comes back
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Post by Mandrakegray on Aug 29, 2014 17:58:40 GMT -5
Hey...what happened to the 24 hour cutoff for each round? Devour The Day had won its matchup! That said...while it was tied up 4 hours after the fact, the last thing I would suggest is to not count juanito's votes in this round. So mark it up as a tie and advance both? Or is there a re-match?
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Post by Cody on Aug 29, 2014 21:01:19 GMT -5
A Day to Remember - "End of Me" (American Idiot, #3) Foster the People - "Are You What You Want to Be?" (Shakermaker, #7) --> Decent matchup, but FTP
Big Data - "Dangerous" f/ Joywave (dm2081, #3) --> My seconds favourite song of the year wins, easily.
Fitz & the Tantrums - "Fool's Gold" (Popstop, #7)
Kongos - "Come With Me Now" (cm7com, #3) --> Not a contest, the Slipknot song is very "meh", and I liked "All Hope Is Gone" when it was released as a teaser.
Slipknot - "The Negative One" (Lordeftones, #6)
Foster the People - "Best Friend" (Lahey, #3) --> Two good songs, but once again FTP wins.
alt-J - "Left Hand Free" (The Webinator, #7)
Joywave - "Somebody New" (Invince, #3) --> I really like this one too, would love to see it be a single.
Hozier - "Take Me to Church" (Devin, #7)
Big Wreck - "Ghosts" (Pipa, #3) Arctic Monkeys - "Do I Wanna Know?" (Invince, #7) --> My #1 of the year.
Max Frost - "White Lies" (The Webinator, #3) --> Two mediocre songs IMO, but Max Frost wins for being less mediocre.
Devour the Day - "Move On" (Mandrakegray, #7)
Slash - "World On Fire" f/ Myles Kennedy & the Conspirators (Shadowscorp, #3) The 1975 - "The City" (Cody, #7) --> I really don't like the Slash song at all.
Nonpoint - "Breaking Skin" (Lordeftones, #3) --> 311 just doesn't do it for me anymore.
311 - "Sand Dollars" (American Idiot, #6)
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Post by Doc Indie Party Rock on Aug 29, 2014 22:54:37 GMT -5
@inquireing minds. If you must know; hell yes!!! Expendables 3 is my favourit movie of the year. Just below are Sabotage ,The Raid 2 ,l Marvel movies and anything with Depp, Cruise or Pitt.. I'm from the 80s. Horror and adventure are my prefered genres.
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