Brackets and News- Best New Millenial Album Tournament

[Saoirse]

Edit: here's the order of the matches to be played


Slate 1:

5/1

Boredoms - Seadrum/House of Sun (The Poe)
Tremolo - Love is the Greatest Revenge (Gtroda)

The Antlers- Burst Apart (Silver Walrus)
Flying Lotus- Cosmogramma (Ptaylor1989)

Bjork - Vespertine (CDQ)
Dax Riggs- We Only Sing Of Blood Or Love (Robert Anton Wilson)

Feiry Furnaces- Gallowsbird’s Bark (L Lawliet)
Deerhoof - Friend Opportunity (420bongritsu69)


5/3

Green Day- American Idiot (JMan)
Modest Mouse- The Moon and Antarctica (SilverWalrus)

LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver (JoyofDivision)
Air - virgin suicides (Thursdayeno)

Beirut- The Flying Cub Cup (They Call Me Stacey)
Supersilent – 6 (Tekin)

The Horrors - Primary Colours (Drakonium)
The Strokes- Is This It (Ptaylor1989)


5/7

Midian - Cradle of Filth (JasonConfused)
Robert Rich – Somnium (Eggman/Walrus/Taxman)

Yuck- Yuck (Itsit)
Arcade Fire- The Suburbs (JMan)

Have A Nice Life- Deathconsciousness (L Lawliet)
The Knife - Deep Cuts (HigherthantheSun)

Tim Hecker- Ravedeath 1972 (Harkan)
Colleen- The Golden Morning Breaks (Brandon Meow)


5/9

Stars Of The Lid - The Tired Sounds Of Stars Of The Lid (Tekin)
Santogold – Santogold (HigherthantheSun)

The Antlers – Hospice (CDQ)
Kanye West- My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (JMan)

Shearwater- The Golden Archipelago (Necharsian)
Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel... (Itsit)

Autechre- Cornfield (Yourself)
Grizzly Bear- Shields (MrFrogger)



Slate 2


5/17

Agalloch - The Mantle (Necharsian)
Radiohead - In Rainbows (Harkan)

Colin Stetson - New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges (Madadude)
Sun Kil Moon- Ghosts of the Great Highway (Saoirse)

Peste Noire- Les Sanie des Siècles– Panégyrique de la dégénérescence (Yourself)
Joanna Newsom - Have One On Me (Puncture Repair)

Koenjihyakkei- Angherr Shispa (Brandon Meow)
Cat Power, You Are Free (Norman Bates)


5/19

TV on the Radio - Young Liars (Eggman)
Radiohead – Amnesiac (Madadude)

Natural Snow Buildings- The Dance of the Sun and the Moon (Defago)
Ryan Adams- Heartbreaker (Mercurydylan89)

EMA- Past-Life Martyred Saints (Saoirse)
Boxhead Ensemble- Nocturnes (Yourself)

Iron And Wine- The Creek Drank The Cradle (Pearljammer13)
of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? (Drakonium)


5/23

Beach House - Bloom (Revolver94)
Leila, Courtesy of Choice (Norman Bates)

Antony and the Johnsons - I Am A Bird Now (Puncture Repair)
The Avalanches - Since I Left You (Patman 360)

Robert Randolph & the Family Band - Colorblind (Gtroda)
Feiry Furnaces- Blueberry Boat (Defago)

Tame Impala - Lonerism (Mod)
Deerhunter- Halcyon Digest (Pearljammer13)


5/25

Swans - The Seer (Tekin)
Jay Reatard- Blood Visions (Happymeal)

My Morning Jacket – Z (Mod)
Good Kid, mAAd City by Kendrick Lamar (Mercurydylan89)

Angels of Light- Everything is Good Here/Please Come Home (Yourself)
Foxegyn- We are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace and Magic (JasonConfused)

Bruce Springsteen- Wrecking Ball (gtroda)
The National – Boxer (JoyofDivision)



Slate 3

5/31

The National- High Violet (Harkan)
Grouper- Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill (Saoirse)

Blu and Exile- Below the Heavens (Puncture Repair)
Caribou- Swim (Ptaylor 1989)

Diablo Swing Orchestra- Sing Along Songs For The Damned And Delirious (RAW)
The Wrens- The Meadowlands (Pearljammer13)

Mount Kimbie - Crooks & Lovers (DLGGLD)
Jurassic 5 - Quality Control (Drakonium)


6/2

Panda Bear- Person Pitch (Ptaylor 1989)
Broken Social Scene- You Forgot it in People (Silver Walrus)

Roc Marciano - Reloaded (Lethalnezzle)
Primitive Radio Gods - White Hot Peach (Happymeal)

The Knife - Silent Shout (CDQ)
Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (Revolver94)

The Streets - Original Pirate Material (HigherthantheSun)
Immolation - Unholy Cult (Necharsian)


6/6

jay-z - the blueprint (Jhereko)
Youth Lagoon- Wonderful Bughouse (Silver Walrus)

Black Moth Super Rainbow - Eating Us (Madadude)
Kings of Leon- Youth and Young Manhood (HigherthantheSun)

Animal Collective-Strawberry Jam (Mr Frogger)
And So I Watch You From Afar - And So I Watch You From Afar (Patman360)

Scissor Sisters- Scissor Sisters (JoyofDivision)
Sachiko M / Otomo Yoshihide / Toshimaru Nakamura - Good Morning Good Night (The Poe)


6/8

Burial - Untrue (LethalNezzle)
Owen Pallat- Heartland (Dividesbyzero)

J Dilla, Donuts (Norman Bates)
The Flaming Lips- Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (Mod)

Natural Snow Buildings - Daughter of Darkness (The Poe)
The Shins- Chutes Too Narrow (Pearljammer13)

Neil Weaver - A vessel For My Ineptitude (Itsit)
Ty Segall Band – Slaughterhouse (420bongritsu69)


Slate 4


6/14

Radiohead- Kid A (Mr Frogger)
Vektor - Black Future (Happmeal)

Bon Iver - Bon Iver, Bon Iver (Jhereko)
Final Fantasy- He Poos Clouds (Brandon Meow)

The Shins - Oh, Inverted World (Patman 360)
Destroyer – Kaputt (CDQ)

A$AP Rocky- LiveLoveA$AP (DLGGLD)
Muse – Absolution (Harkan)


6/16

Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca (Revolver94)
Joanna Newsom- Ys (MrFrogger)

Gas- Pop (Necharsian)
Grimes – Visions (itsit)

Arcade Fire- Funeral (JMan)
The Black Tomato - Øresund Space Collective (Robert Anton Wilson)

The White Stripes- Elephant (JasonConfused)
Ben Frost - By the throat (420bongritsu69)


6/20

The Wild Hunt by The Tallest Man on Earth (Mercurydylan89)
Amon Tobin- Supermodified (dividesbyzero)

The Vaccines - What Did You Expect From The Vaccines? (Mod)
Pearl Jam- Riot Act (Robert Anton Wilson)

World's End Girlfriend- Hurtbreak Wonderland (420bongritsu69)
Microphones- The Glow Pt 2 (Defago)

Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele (Lethalnezzle)
Canibus - Rip The Jacker (Happymeal)


6/22

Forest Swords - Dagger Paths (DLGGLD)
Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes (Revolver94)

The Decemberists- The Crane Wife (dividesbyzero)
The Books - The Lemon of Pink (Eggman)

The Odd Couple by Gnarls Barkley (Mercurydylan89)
Cut Copy - in ghost colours (Jhereko)

Vashti Bunyan- Lookaftering (Brandon Meow)
Geogaddi - Boards Of Canada (L Lawliet)






And for those playing at home, here's the actual bracket:

Bracket 1


Group 1

Boredoms - Seadrum/House of Sun (The Poe)
Tremolo - Love is the Greatest Revenge (Gtroda)

TV on the Radio - Young Liars (Eggman)
Radiohead – Amnesiac (Madadude)


The Streets - Original Pirate Material (HigherthantheSun)
Immolation - Unholy Cult (Necharsian)

The Wild Hunt by The Tallest Man on Earth (Mercurydylan89)
(thursdayeno)


Group 2

Agalloch - The Mantle (Necharsian)
Radiohead - In Rainbows (Harkan)

Autechre- Confield (Yourself)
Grizzly Bear- Shields (Mr Frogger)


Natural Snow Buildings - Daughter of Darkness (The Poe)
The Shins- Chutes Too Narrow (Pearljammer13)

Vashti Bunyan- Lookaftering (Brandon Meow)
Geogaddi - Boards Of Canada (L Lawliet)


Bracket 2


Group 1

The Antlers- Burst Apart (Silver Walrus)
Flying Lotus- Cosmogramma (Ptaylor1989)

Bruce Springsteen- Wrecking Ball (gtroda)
The National – Boxer (JoyofDivision)


Black Moth Super Rainbow - Eating Us (Madadude)
Kings of Leon- Youth and Young Manhood (HigherthantheSun)

The Vaccines - What Did You Expect From The Vaccines? (Mod)
Pearl Jam- Riot Act (Robert Anton Wilson)


Group 2

Tim Hecker- Ravedeath 1972 (Harkan)
Colleen- The Golden Morning Breaks (Brandon Meow)

Angels of Light- Everything is Good Here/Please Come Home (Yourself)
Foxegyn- We are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace and Magic (JasonConfused)


J Dilla, Donuts (Norman Bates)
The Flaming Lips- Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (Mod)

Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele (Lethalnezzle)
Canibus - Rip The Jacker (Happymeal)


Bracket 3


Group 1

Bjork - Vespertine (CDQ)
Dax Riggs- We Only Sing Of Blood Or Love (Robert Anton Wilson)

Colin Stetson - New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges
Sun Kil Moon- Ghosts of the Great Highway (Saoirse)


jay-z - the blueprint (Jhereko)
Youth Lagoon- Wonderful Bughouse (Silver Walrus)

World's End Girlfriend- Hurtbreak Wonderland (420bongritsu69)
Microphones- The Glow Pt 2 (Defago)


Group 2

Shearwater- The Golden Archipelago (Necharsian)
Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel... (Itsit)

My Morning Jacket – Z (Mod)
Good Kid, mAAd City by Kendrick Lamar (Mercurydylan89)


Burial - Untrue (LethalNezzle)
Biosphere - autour de la lune (thursdayeno)

The Odd Couple by Gnarls Barkley (Mercurydylan89)
Cut Copy - in ghost colours (Jhereko)


Bracket 4


Group 1

Feiry Furnaces- Gallowsbird’s Bark (L Lawliet)
Deerhoof - Friend Opportunity (420bongritsu69)

Peste Noire- Les Sanie des Siècles– Panégyrique de la dégénérescence (Yourself)
Joanna Newsom - Have One On Me (Puncture Repair)


Animal Collective-Strawberry Jam (Mr Frogger)
And So I Watch You From Afar - And So I Watch You From Afar (Patman360)

air - talkie walkie (thursdayeno)
The Books - The Lemon of Pink (Eggman)


Group 2

Yuck- Yuck (Itsit)
Arcade Fire- The Suburbs (JMan)

Tame Impala - Lonerism (Mod)
Deerhunter- Halcyon Digest (Pearljammer13)


Scissor Sisters- Scissor Sisters (JoyofDivision)
Sachiko M / Otomo Yoshihide / Toshimaru Nakamura - Good Morning Good Night (The Poe)

Forest Swords - Dagger Paths (DLGGLD)
Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes (Revolver94)


Bracket 5


Group 1

The Shins - Oh, Inverted World (Patman 360)
Destroyer – Kaputt (CDQ)

Mount Kimbie - Crooks & Lovers (DLGGLD)
Jurassic 5 - Quality Control (Drakonium)

Beach House - Bloom (Revolver94)
Leila, Courtesy of Choice (Norman Bates)

Stars Of The Lid - The Tired Sounds Of Stars Of The Lid (Tekin)
Santogold – Santogold (HigherthantheSun)


Group 2

A$AP Rocky- LiveLoveA$AP (DLGGLD)
Muse – Absolution (Harkan)

Panda Bear- Person Pitch (Ptaylor 1989)
Broken Social Scene- You Forgot it in People (Silver Walrus)


The National - High Violet (Harkan)
Grouper- Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill (Saoirse)

Beirut- The Flying Cub Cup (They Call Me Stacey)
Supersilent – 6 (Tekin)


Bracket 6


Group 1

Bon Iver - Bon Iver, Bon Iver (Jhereko)
Final Fantasy- He Poos Clouds (Brandon Meow)

Roc Marciano - Reloaded (Lethalnezzle)
Primitive Radio Gods - White Hot Peach (Happymeal)


Antony and the Johnsons - I Am A Bird Now (Puncture Repair)
The Avalanches - Since I Left You (Patman 360)

Midian - Cradle of Filth (JasonConfused)
Robert Rich – Somnium (Eggman/Walrus/Taxman)


Group 2

Thomas Koner - Nuuk (Necharsian)
Grimes – Visions (itsit)

Diablo Swing Orchestra- Sing Along Songs For The Damned And Delirious (RAW)
The Wrens- The Meadowlands (Pearljammer13)


Iron And Wine- The Creek Drank The Cradle (Pearljammer13)
of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? (Drakonium)

LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver (JoyofDivision)
Air - virgin suicides (Thursdayeno)


Bracket 7


Group 1

Arcade Fire- Funeral (JMan)
The Black Tomato - Øresund Space Collective (Robert Anton Wilson)

The Knife - Silent Shout (CDQ)
Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (Revolver94)


Robert Randolph & the Family Band - Colorblind (Gtroda)
Feiry Furnaces- Blueberry Boat (Defago)

The Antlers – Hospice (CDQ)
Kanye West- My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (JMan)


Group 2

Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca (Revolver94)
Joanna Newsom- Ys (MrFrogger)

Blu and Exile- Below the Heavens (Puncture Repair)
Caribou- Swim (Ptaylor 1989)


EMA- Past-Life Martyred Saints (Saoirse)
Boxhead Ensemble- Nocturnes (Yourself)

Green Day- American Idiot (JMan)
Modest Mouse- The Moon and Antarctica (Happymeal)


Bracket 8


Group 1

The White Stripes- Elephant (JasonConfused)
Ben Frost - By the throat (420bongritsu69)

Radiohead- Kid A (Mr Frogger)
Vektor - Black Future (Happmeal)


Natural Snow Buildings- The Dance of the Sun and the Moon (Defago)
Ryan Adams- Heartbreaker (Mercurydylan89)

The Horrors - Primary Colours (Drakonium)
The Strokes- Is This It (Ptaylor1989)


Group 2

Neil Weaver - A vessel For My Ineptitude (Itsit)
Ty Segall Band – Slaughterhouse (420bongritsu69)

Swans - The Seer (Tekin)
Jay Reatard- Blood Visions (Happymeal)


Koenjihyakkei- Angherr Shispa (Brandon Meow)
Cat Power, You Are Free (Norman Bates)

Have A Nice Life- Deathconsciousness (L Lawliet)
The Knife - Deep Cuts (HigherthantheSun)

[Defago]

Is it weird that I'm extremely excited for this?

We should set up bets.

[MrFrogger]

[Mercury]

No, I'm super stoked. I was gonna say "YAYAYAYAYAY!!!!"
But instead decided to okay it cool. I predict an upset (slightly) with Kid A going down against Elephant in round 2. And whoa! - where's Funeral?
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My Fave Metal - you won't believe #5!!!

[Defago]

[MrFrogger]

[Guest]

Really excited for this!

[MrFrogger]

[MrFrogger]

[Guest]

So, are we supposed to vote for the albums we nominated?