Tuesday, January 22, 2008

2008 Lineup (and Winners) announced...

The moment you've been waiting a month for has arrived!

Everything changed this year. Last year's winner had a big fall. Two rookies had a strong showing. Portishead actually scored points for a lot of people. The only thing that hasn't changed is my ability to continuously fail to even break into the upper 50 percent. But the contest marches on! Here are the winners...

WINNER!

Omar:
  1. REM
  2. Portishead (46)
  3. Underworld
  4. The Breeders (40)
  5. The Verve (42)
  6. Death Cab for Cutie (44)
  7. My Bloody Valentine
  8. Simian Mobile Disco (26)
  9. Rabbit in the Moon
  10. Okkervil River
  11. Magnetic Fields
  12. VHS or Beta (22)
  13. A Tribe Called Quest
  14. Cafe Tacuba (43)
  15. The National (35)
Number right = 8

FINAL SCORE = 298		Brad:
  1. Coldplay
  2. The Verve (42)
  3. Death Cab for Cutie (44)
  4. Simian Mobile Disco (26)
  5. Chemical Brothers
  6. Love & Rockets (35)
  7. The Breeders (40)
  8. Portishead (46)
  9. My Bloody Valentin
  10. Mogwai
  11. Broken Social Scene
  12. Animal Collective (34)
  13. A Tribe Called Quest
  14. Caribou
  15. The Knife
Number right = 7

FINAL SCORE = 267		Jessica:
  1. Death Cab for Cutie (44)
  2. REM
  3. My Bloody Valentine
  4. Portishead (46)
  5. PJ Harvey
  6. The Verve (42)
  7. Feist
  8. VHS or Beta (22)
  9. The Breeders (40)
  10. Band of Horses
  11. Dwight Yoakam (40)
  12. Autolux (22)
  13. Chemical Brothers
  14. Moby
  15. Rabbit in the Moon
Number right = 7

FINAL SCORE = 256		Alex:
  1. The National (35)
  2. Spoon
  3. Death Cab for Cutie (44)
  4. Portishead (46)
  5. Radiohead
  6. Besnard Lakes
  7. MIA (39)
  8. Okkervil River
  9. Les Savy Fav (19)
  10. Beirut
  11. Caribou
  12. Jens Lekman (18)
  13. Goldfrapp
  14. Stephen Malkmus (36)
  15. My Bloody Valentine
Number right = 7

FINAL SCORE = 237
Brian:
  1. The National (35)
  2. Feist
  3. Spoon
  4. Menomena
  5. Band of Horses
  6. Okkervil River
  7. Beirut
  8. Dinosaur Jr.
  9. The Breeders (40)
  10. Muscles
  11. Battles (28)
  12. Justice (32)
  13. Chromeo (30)
  14. The Verve (42)
  15. Smashing Pumpkins
Number right = 6

FINAL SCORE = 207		Stacey:
  1. Radiohead
  2. REM
  3. Stone Temple Pilots
  4. Smashing Pumpkins
  5. The Breeders (40)
  6. Tegan and Sara (38)
  7. MIA (39)
  8. My Bloody Valentine
  9. Queens of the Stone Age
  10. Eagles of Death Metal
  11. Rilo Kiley (41)
  12. Portishead (46)
  13. PJ Harvey
  14. Kenna
  15. The Mars Volta
Number right = 5

FINAL SCORE = 204		James:
  1. Portishead (46)
  2. My Bloody Valentine
  3. Les Savy Fav (19)
  4. Los Campesinos!
  5. The Wombats
  6. Wale
  7. Boys Noize (27)
  8. The Dodos
  9. Kate Nash
  10. SebastiAn (10)
  11. Justice (32)
  12. Foals
  13. Chromeo (30)
  14. Erol Alkan (20)
  15. Muscles
Number right = 7

FINAL SCORE = 184		Jen & Lawrence:
  1. Are
  2. Probably
  3. Glad
  4. They
  5. Sat
  6. Out
  7. This
  8. Year
  9. Full
  10. Of
  11. Upsets,
  12. But
  13. Are
  14. Still
  15. Kinda Lame
Number right = 0

FINAL SCORE = LAZY		 


click to enlarge.


Congratulations to Omar, whose unique Cafe Tacuba pick put him ahead by a wide margin, and to Brad for pulling out Love and Rockets' headlining spot for just a few more points than Jessica's third place list. Hope everyone had fun and comes back next year. Winners will receive prizes promptly.

Some further thoughts/analysis... we had a much tighter points race, and higher points overall this year, but the top three all had a lot fewer correct picks than last year's winners. is that fewer leaks, or just weirder band choices?

Also on a personal note, I think future lists will all have to lean a little more heavily on electronic acts, not necessarily the indie-pop or indie-folk du jour. I suppose in my heart I didn't really see Beirut or Spoon playing a festival with such deep roots in rave culture and could have gone with safer bets like Simian Mobile Disco, Calvin Harris, or Dan Deacon, who all got switched out at the last minute. Oops. Maybe '09 will be my year.

Thanks for playing everybody!

posted by Brian at 10:12 AM |