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#1 Seed: Mavis Staples
First Round Song: "I'll Take You There"
Why She Should Win: The only artist in this tournament to have, and deserve, her own throne.
Why She Might Lose: [This space left intentionally blank]
#8 Seed: Flesh Panthers
First Round Song: "Hard Milk"
Why They Should Win: Their name sounds like one of the tougher gangs from The Warriors.
Why They Might Lose: Voters upset by the mental image conjured by the phrase "hard milk"
#4 Seed: Mucca Pazza
First Round Song: "Boss Taurus"
Why They Should Win: There's like, 80 of them, so they have the quantity vote locked up.
Why They Might Lose: Freak sousaphone accident.
#5 Seed: Kelly Hogan
First Round Song: "We Can't Have Nice Things"
Why She Should Win: In addition to putting out great country-fried tunes, Hogan also does a mean Chewbacca impersonation.
Why She Might Lose: Beating an individual is one thing; beating an entire marching band is quite another.
#3 Seed: The Orwells
First Round Song: "Dirty Sheets"
Why They Should Win: In a sonic arms race with Twin Peaks for Chicago's best rock band, which benefits all of us.
Why They Might Lose: Chance they've grown fat and complacent on all of their Apple money.
#6 Seed: Owls
First Round Song: "I'm Surprised..."
Why They Should Win: Powered by emo bonafides, years on the road, and an inexhaustible supply of Kinsellas.
Why They Might Lose: In the time it's taken to write this post, the Kinsellas have started three new bands.
#2 Seed: Lupe Fiasco
First Round Song: "Kick, Push"
Why He Should Win: Always says what he thinks, even at the President's party.
Why He Might Lose: Latest album loosely inspired by Akira villain Tetsuo Shima, and we all know what happened to him.
#7 Seed: Willis Earl Beal
First Round Song: "Too Dry to Cry"
Why He Should Win: Earned a cult following by scattering CD-Rs around public places in Albuquerque.
Why He Might Lose: Despite best efforts, the nickname "Johnny Recordseed" never caught on.
#1 Seed: Smashing Pumpkins
First Round Song: "Bullet With Butterfly Wings"
Why They Should Win: Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness: getting drama club kids laid since 1995.
Why They Might Lose: Billy Corgan distracted by work on new 13-hour performance piece on Andre the Giant.
#8 Seed: Bare Mutants
First Round Song: "Crying with Bob"
Why They Should Win: Having never seen them live, I just imagine they all look like the Toxic Avenger, which is a neat image.
Why They Might Lose: They probably don't really look like that.
#4 Seed: How to Dress Well
First Round Song: "& It Was U"
Why He Should Win: Music's so good, it transcends the requirements of standard spelling and punctuation.
Why He Might Lose: Despite the name, doesn't offer much in the way of fashion tips.
#5 Seed: Psalm One/Hologram Kizzie
First Round Song: "Need Love Too"
Why She Should Win: Dual personas make her one-woman tag team.
Why She Might Lose: Too busy conquering SXSW.
#3 Seed: Twin Peaks
First Round Song: "I Found A New Way"
Why They Should Win: Singer-guitarist Cadien James played PItchfork last summer with a broken leg.
Why They Might Lose: Manager revealed to be the Log Lady (I've never seen Twin Peaks, but I'm confident this reference is funny.)
#6 Seed: The Tossers
First Round Song: "Siobhan"
Why They Should Win: It's almost St. Patrick's Day, which means the city's approaching Peak Irish.
Why They Might Lose: It's almost St. Patrick's Day, which means you're already tired of any music remotely resembling "Shipping Up to Boston"
#2 Seed: Chance the Rapper
First Round Song: "Good Ass Intro"
Why He Should Win: Will have put out the decade's best mixtape (so far) and headlined Pitchfork before he's old enough to rent a car.
Why He Might Lose: Youthful genius a grim reminder of own compromised dreams and unreached potential.
#7 Seed: Advance Base
First Round Song: "Summer Music"
Why He Should Win: Former owner of the twee-est band name ever recorded anywhere ever.
Why He Might Lose: Winter's almost over, which means his sadness magicks have entered their annual wane.
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