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Tournament Bound?
Drive-By Truckers - Brighter Than Creation’s Dark 34%  34%  [ 17 ]
The Hold Steady - Separation Sunday 52%  52%  [ 26 ]
Jolie Holland - Escondida 6%  6%  [ 3 ]
Reigning Sound - Too Much Guitar 2%  2%  [ 1 ]
Two Lone Swordsmen - Tiny Reminders 6%  6%  [ 3 ]
Total votes : 50
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This is the first part (the group stage) in Obner's efforts to pick the best album released in the 2000s. In the group stage, there will be 64 groups of 5 albums. The top vote-getter in each group will advance to the 64-album tournament.

Please vote for the album that you feel deserves to be in the tournament. The deadline for this group is Wednesday, July 29 at 1:00PM Eastern Time.
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Last group for today. :)
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how many drive by truckers records were nominated in this tournament?
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oooh, lets try to get 4 DBT albums in the next round!

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hold steady in a close battle over DBT

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Spade Kitty Wrote:
how many drive by truckers records were nominated in this tournament?


4

Two of them have already made the tourney at the expense of much better indie rock, electronic and hip hop albums.
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Spade Kitty Wrote:
how many drive by truckers records were nominated in this tournament?


not enough because I dont think Southern Rock Opera was.

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Opa seems to be purposely limiting the amount of "regular rock" that can advance by including them all together and hoping their vote is split.

Hold Steady is probably the best but not by enough that I really care who takes this. I'm gonna hold off voting for now and will be a spoiler for whatever one of the handful I like stands the best chance of winning.
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Easily their best.

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hold steady.

really don't think i've heard the others.

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DBT...I haven't heard that Hold Steady but I kind of want to now. I only have their last 2 proper full lengths.
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Nothing here for me.

DBT are okay, but their sound is better than their songs.

The Hold Steady are a fucking joke.

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DBT here.

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billy g Wrote:
Opa seems to be purposely limiting the amount of "regular rock" that can advance by including them all together and hoping their vote is split.


And, he as much as said he's annoyed that 2 DBT's records have advanced over "more deserving indie rock, hip hop, and elecronic albums".

Far be it from me to bitch about this exercise when I'm not taking on the responsibility but something does feel rotten in Denmark when two obviously popular reg-rock bands get thrown in the same bracket together and are arguably their respective best albums.

Especially given some of the brackets that have featured 3, sometimes 4 obscure records that were voted on by the person that nominated them and maybe one other person.

Seems like if we want to give other genres their fair shot then put a indie rock album, electronic album, reg rock album, singer songwriter all in the same bracket when possible.


Just a suggestion.
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The Hold Steady - Separation Sunday
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