Monday, January 22, 2007

And the winner for 2007 is...

The moment you've all been waiting for...

and James takes it by a Digitalism! We'll email you guys offline about awarding prizes, but for now, check out the final tallies and curse yourself for not thinking of this or that band.

WINNER!

James:
  1. LCD Soundsystem (30)
  2. Hot Chip (24)
  3. Lupe Fiasco (7)
  4. Digitalism (17)
  5. Silversun Pickups (10)
  6. Arcade Fire (38)
  7. Air (34)
  8. Lily Allen (21)
  9. Bloc Party
  10. We Are Scientists (18)
  11. Klaxons (10)
  12. Lavender Diamond
  13. Arctic Monkeys (30)
  14. Spank Rock (18)
  15. Modest Mouse
Number right = 12

FINAL SCORE = 257		Jessica:
  1. REM
  2. Wilco
  3. Arcade Fire (38)
  4. Lemonheads
  5. The Shins
  6. The Decemberists (36)
  7. LCD Soundsystem (30)
  8. Modest Mouse
  9. Silversun Pickups (10)
  10. Lupe Fiasco (7)
  11. Portishead
  12. Hot Chip (24)
  13. Sonic Youth (28)
  14. Air (34)
  15. The Good, The Bad, and the Queen (35)
Number right = 9

FINAL SCORE = 242		Lawrence:
  1. David Bowie
  2. REM
  3. Smashing Pumpkins
  4. LCD Soundsystem (30)
  5. Hot Chip (24)
  6. Modest Mouse
  7. Arcade Fire (38)
  8. Portishead
  9. Regina Spektor (25)
  10. Air (34)
  11. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
  12. Lupe Fiasco (7)
  13. Beck
  14. Silversun Pickups (10)
  15. Rodrigo y Gabriela (17)
Number right = 8

FINAL SCORE = 185		Joe:
  1. LCD Soundsystem (30)
  2. The Hold Steady
  3. The Shins
  4. Of Montreal
  5. Cold War Kids
  6. Modest Mouse
  7. The Decemberists (36)
  8. CSS (11)
  9. Band of Horses
  10. Air (34)
  11. Arcade Fire (38)
  12. Islands
  13. Hot Chip (24)
  14. Silversun Pickups (10)
  15. Smashing Pumpkins
Number right = 7

FINAL SCORE = 183
Brian:
  1. The Decemberists (36)
  2. LCD Soundsystem (30)
  3. Maximo Park
  4. Arcade Fire (38)
  5. The Thermals
  6. Tapes n' Tapes (9)
  7. Voxtrot
  8. Hot Chip (24)
  9. The Shins
  10. Islands
  11. Asobi Seksu
  12. Raconteurs
  13. The Hold Steady
  14. CSS (11)
  15. Arctic Monkeys (30)
Number right = 7

FINAL SCORE = 178		Alex:
  1. Air (34)
  2. Arcade Fire (38)
  3. Bad Brains
  4. Beck
  5. Bjork (33)
  6. Blur
  7. Interpol (32)
  8. LCD Soundsystem (30)
  9. Mercury Rev
  10. Spoon
  11. Sufjan Stevens
  12. Ted Leo
  13. The Fall
  14. Ween
  15. White Stripes
Number right = 5

FINAL SCORE = 167		Jen M:
  1. LCD Soundsystem (30)
  2. Rodrigo y Gabriela (17)
  3. Konono #1 (25)
  4. Lupe Fiasco (7)
  5. Air (34)
  6. Digitalism (17)
  7. RJD2
  8. Hot Chip (24)
  9. Modest Mouse
  10. The Shins
  11. Klaxons (10)
  12. Van She
  13. Cornelius
  14. Underworld
  15. Portishead
Number right = 8

FINAL SCORE = 164		Stacey:
  1. Morrissey
  2. Arcade Fire (38)
  3. Gorillaz
  4. Silversun Pickups (10)
  5. Shiny Toy Guns
  6. Nelly Furtado
  7. Gwen Stefani
  8. The Stooges
  9. The Shins
  10. Oasis
  11. Regina Spektor (25)
  12. Lily Allen (21)
  13. Cold War Kids
  14. Mickey Avalon
  15. Muse
Number right = 4

FINAL SCORE = 94		 


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[UPDATE: Just a few more places that found our blog, which I still find highly amusing. A thread on the Coachella forums picked up the game for themselves (minus the complicated math), and another LA-centric blog, Franklin Avenue also mentioned us. Thanks for the links all -- if any of you make it back here, you should enter next year!]

posted by Brian at 11:19 AM |  

Here I come, penguin.

Looks like the list of quote/unquote confirmed bands is starting to trickle out, and a lot of us have done pretty well for ourselves so far. Obviously nothing can be decided until we can start assigning points to correct picks, but a few of you are looking pretty hot right now...

If you guys want to help me put together a list here of who's confirmed, we can keep it updated for easy reference and further talking of the smack. Of course since anything can change up until they post, it could still come back to bite someone in the ass.

So far (in no particular order)...

[Update 1: a very long list i will cross post for easy reference from the LATimes.com Buzz Bands blog.]

The preliminary lineup, subject to changes and additions: Tiesto, the Arcade Fire, Interpol, Manu Chao, Willie Nelson, Air, Happy Mondays, Decemberists, Faithless, Gotan Project, the Good, the Bad and the Queen, Paul Van Dyk, Arctic Monkeys, Roots, Jarvis Cocker, Sonic Youth, Crowded House, Placebo, Satellite Party, Stephen Marley feat Jr. Gong, Kings of Leon, DJ Shadow, Kaiser Chiefs, Kokono No. 1, LCD Soundsystem, Nickel Creek, Travis, Damien Rice, Black Keys, Blonde Redhead, Infected Mushroom, New Pornographers, Peeping Tom, Placebo, Rufus Wainwright, the Rapture, Explosions in the Sky, Richie Hawtin, !!!, Benny Benassy, Felix Da Housecat, Hot Chip, Jacks Mannequin, Julieta Venegas, Lily Allen, Lupe Fiasco, Ozomatli, Peaches, Ghostface Killah, Jose Gonzales, Amos Lee, Brazilian Girls, Fountains of Wayne, Regina Spektor, VNV Nation, Coco Rosie, Cornelius, Gillian Welch, Junior Boys, Pharaohe Monche, Roky Erickson and the Explosives, Soulwax, Sparklehorse, the Kooks, Tilly and the Wall, Andrew Bird, Peter, Bjorn & John, the Frames, Gogol Bordello, Comedians of Comedy, Justice, MSTRKRFT, We Are Scientists, Yeva, Grizzly Bear, Amy Winehouse, Avett Brothers, Circa Survive, the Coup, the Cribs, CSS, Digitalism, Erol Alkan, Evil Nine, Girl Talk, Klaxons, the Noisettes, Spank Rock, Tapes 'n Tapes, Fields, Tokyo Police Club, Rodrigo Y Gabriella, DJ Heather, the Feeling, Fratellis, Mike Relm, Silversun Pickups, Busdriver, Brother Ali, Nightwatchman, Bojones, Mika, Pop Levi, Anathallo and Fair to Midland.

posted by Brian at 9:24 AM |  

Wednesday, January 3, 2007

Fame: imminent

Just a quick little note: thanks to Liz at The People's Dance Party" for being the first outsider to notice and link to our little game.

To her and anyone else who stumbles this way: remember us next year and you're absolutely invited to play too. And until then feel free to join in the banter leading up to and following this year's lineup announcements.

posted by Brian at 3:53 PM |