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Sputnik Music League WINNER THREAD

On the 2nd June 2023 the biggest thing ever to happen ever has happened. Sputnik Music League commences. Whom will be victorious?
1Silverchair
Frogstomp

❗❗ SPUTNIK MUSIC LEAGUE STANDINGS ❗❗

1. Milo [174 Points]
2. Deez [173 Points]
3. anat [167 Points]
4. Sinternet [161 Points]
5. Pitchfork [154 Points]
6. Phero [148 Points]
7. Conmaniac [145 Points]
8. Johnny [142 Points]
9. Muppelope [139 Points]
10. Fogza [138 Points]
11. Mort [131 Points]
12. gschwen [117 Points]
13. Shemson [107 Points]
14. Sloth [104 Points]
15. Tundra [92 Points]
16. Jalapeno [88 Points]
17. Pangea [80 Points]
18. Vercetti [63 Points]
19. MoM [51 Points]
20. Someone [46 Points]
2The Prodigy
The Fat of the Land

Round 1 - Songs that remind you of other Sput users

Round playlist - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4BHd5GXWy9X8ptxa9QcAAq

TOP FIVE:

1. The Prodigy - Narayan [By MiloRuggles] [20 POINTS, 11 Voters]

"This came on shuffle and park's unadulterated passion for BIG fucking beats comes to mind, lock'er in (shit sorry its 9 mins long uh)"

2. Fear Before The March Of Flames - My (F*****) Deer Hunter [By Mort] [17 Points, 10 Voters]

"remind me of phero cos i showed it to him, innit"

3. Feu! Chatteron - Écran Total [By Anat] [16 Points, 6 Votes]

"IT REMINDS ME OF DEDEX"

4. Opeth - Demon Of The Fall [By Sinternet] [15 Points, 10 Voters]

"Like the sput guy lolllll! Ngl i hear these riffs ov trvth every time I see him comment, best peth track."

5. Against Me! - True Trans Soul Rebel [By Koris] [15 Points, 9 Voters]

"I'm going to cheat a bit by singling out multiple users, but: Seeing as it's Pride Month, I'd like to submit this song to highlight our transgender users, including Yuli, Veninblazer, Valzentia, and Paralells. On a side note, this was also the album that gave me the courage to publicly come out as bisexual back in 2014.
3moshimoshi
GREEN LP

Round 2 - New Hotness [songs from 2023]

Round playlist - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5mtkQVdIHDU6krERojLBrz?si=f256fc719c734659

1. moshimoshi - Is It Still Called Sailing [By anat] [18 POINTS, 10 Voters]

"trawling through bandcamp pays off 1/7th of the time (mathematics unsubstantiated)"

2. Chat Pile - Cut [By Deez] [17 Points, 12 Voters]

3. yune pinku - Night Light [By Sinternet] [17 Points, 11 voters]

"Definitely my most replayed of the year. Addictive as hell - I love how her kinda monotonous delivery floats over the song. Whole thing is a jolt of sugar longing."

4. Lotus Eater Machine - Scrapmental Dermatologist [By Pitchfork] [17 Votes, 8 Voters]

"Obscene heaviness and sludge after a bit of first act frenetics. I do not have a care in the world about winning this league, obviously."

5. Yussef Dayes - Black Classical Music [By MiloRuggle] [16 Points, 11 Voters]

"Yussef Dayes (world's dopest drummer that somehow married stoopid technicality with pure FEEL) bout to drop the best jazz album of 2023 get around to this shit"
4Lianne La Havas
Lianne La Havas

Round 3 - Covers

Round playlist - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/52gFKo3V7DFtVwjvWnUBdB?si=c7c70e4248da4646

1. Liane La Havas - Weird Fishes [By gschwen] [22 POINTS, 14 Voters]

"Watch with the music video. She really makes this her own."

2. Mack The Knife [By Pitchfork] [21 POINTS, 13 Voters]

"Bobby Darin ain't got shit on these feels"

3. Touche Amore - Hard to Explain [By Mort] [17 POINTS, 11 Voters]

"originally by the stokes" - eloquently put, morty

4. The Futureheads - Hounds of Love [By anat] [17 POINTS, 10 Voters]

"Ticks all the Best Cover Song boxes - retains enough elements of the original to call itself a cover, justifies its existence with creative spins, and is just a pure banger in its own right"

5. Gil Scott-Heron - I'm New Here [By someone] [13 POINTS, 10 Voters]

"Makaya McCraven arranges some absolutely intricate and intimate loveliness around Gil Scott-Heron's cover of a Smog track."
5Exuma
Exuma

Round 4 - Songs That are Fucking Raw

Round playlist - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2NK7ox7rwUbckHEaXMGHCW

1. Exuma - Dambula [By anat] [25 POINTS, 14 Voters]

2. Ol' Dirty Bastard - Shimmy Shimmy Ya [By Shemson] [19 POINTS, 15 Voters]

"ODB likes it raw"

3. Jackson C. Frank - Marlene [By Phero] [16 POINTS, 12 Voters]

"Jackson was a student at Cleveland Hill Elementary School, in music class, when the school's boiler exploded. 15 Children were killed, one of which was a girl named Marlene (Jackson's girlfriend). This was written about her, a beautiful (raw) depiction of that horrific event. Haunting. Lyrics necessary probably. Jackson's entire life is about as tragic a tale as you can get."

4. Eyelet - When I Am Turned to Stone [By Muppelope] [14 POINTS, 11 Voters]

"Super overlooked album from the end of 2020, post metal/screamo hybrid album with some really cool little riffs sprinkled throughout. It's loud, pretty chaotic, and a bit sludgy. In a word, raw."

5. Dead Kennedys - Nazi Punks Fuck Off [By Pitchfork] [12 POINTS, 9 Voters]

"fr fr on god"
6Team Dresch
Personal Best

Round 5 - Shorties (less than 2 mins)

Round playlist - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0xkVBuufCrNlBBqNO5z42E

1̶.̶ ̶W̶h̶i̶t̶e̶ ̶L̶u̶n̶g̶ ̶-̶ ̶I̶ ̶B̶e̶l̶i̶e̶v̶e̶ ̶Y̶o̶u̶ ̶[̶B̶y̶ ̶P̶a̶n̶g̶e̶a̶]̶ ̶[̶2̶2̶ ̶P̶O̶I̶N̶T̶S̶,̶ ̶1̶3̶ ̶V̶o̶t̶e̶r̶s̶]̶

1. Team Dresch - Screwing Yer Courage [By Phero] [16 POINTS, 11 Voters]

"queer punk opus closer"

2. Madvilliany - Accordion [By Deez] [15 POINTS, 10 Voters]

"Living off borrowed time, the clock tick faster"

3. Kaizo Slumber - REUBEN'S WALTZ [By mortimusprime] [14 POINTS, 11 Voters]

"it's music"

4. El-P - Dear Sirs [By MiloRuggles] [14 POINTS, 10 Voters]

5. Rx Papi - 12 Stout Street [By Sinternet] [12 POINTS, 7 Voters]

"One of those songs I remembered just after I submitted last round that luckily works here too! The track is so real and depressing and haunting in just two minutes it's crazy."
7Konono No 1
Congotronics

Round 6 - Songs From Genres not on Sput

Round playlist - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5IP1P4OjsTwK3BIlFbwYlU

1. Konono N°1 - Ungudi Wele Wele [By Deez] [18 POINTS, 11 Voters]

"Tradi-Modern/Congotronics. From Kinshasa, DRC. Known for their DIY aesthetic, combining electric likembé (a traditional instrument similar to the mbira) with vocals, dancers, and percussion instruments that are made out of items salvaged from a junkyard. The group's amplification equipment is equally rudimentary, including a microphone carved out of wood fitted with a magnet from an automobile alternator and a gigantic horn-shaped amplifier."

2. Ukandanz - Tchuhetén betsèmu [By Conmaniac] [17 POINTS, 13 Voters]

"Ethio-Jazz"

3. Busi Mhlongo - Yapheli'mali Yami [By fogza] [17 POINTS, 11 Voters]

"Maskandi / Mbaquanga"

4. Dead Can Dance - The Host of Seraphim [By Johnny] [16 POINTS, 11 Voters]

"neoclassical darkwarve! RIP to sput's world music tag"

5. Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five - Salt Pork, West Virginia [By Pitchfork] [14 POINTS, 11 Voters]

"Jump Blues - characterized by a mostly up-tempo fusion of jazz and an untraditionally cheery and dance-focused boogie approach to blues, countering the more traditional blues which took much inspiration from very early southern folk musics. An extremely important genre-step in the path towards what would become contemporary rock’n’roll and pop musics that was pioneered by many powerfully soulful African American artists such as Louis Jordan, Wynonie Harris, and Roy Brown. Party up."
8Angelo Badalamenti
Twin Peaks

Round 7 - Movie, Film or Game OST

Round playlist - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/18Ss490mDk1PtvsmNCEb2z

1. Angelo Badalamenti - Twin Peaks Theme [By Johnny] [21 POINTS, 12 Voters]

2. John Murphy - In the House - In a Heartbeat [By anat] [19 POINTS, 13 Voters]

"From 28 Days Later, quintessential virus-zombie flick with zombies that RUN!"

3. Meiko Kaji - The Flower Of Carnage [By Vercetti] [17 POINTS, 12 Voters]

"Created for Lady Snowblood (1973), later also used in Kill Bill (2003)"

4. Ed Harrison - Annul [By Sinternet] [15 POINTS, 10 Voters]

"Instantly knew what my pick would be here, it's a bit of a cult classic but a fun story anyway. Neotokyo was a multiplayer Half Life 2 mod with an aesthetic based on films like Ghost in the Shell and other cyberpunkish anime. The game itself was alright, I vaguely remember playing it, but the one thing that stood out was the incredible soundtrack from this completely unknown producer who did not have to go this hard. Very Amon Tobin-ish and deserving of even more acclaim than it gets."

5. Seatbelts - Tank! [By Phero] [14 POINTS, 10 Voters]
9Tortoise
Millions Now Living Will Never Die

Round 8 - Instrumentals

Round playlist - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/04dzyNppJxzvyEnQtxmYF9

1. Tortoise - Glass Museum [By Jalapeno] [19 POINTS, 12 Voters]

2. The Field - A Paw In My Face [By Johnny] [17 POINTS, 10 Voters]

3. James Holden - Renata [By Deez] [16 POINTS, 10 Voters]

4. maudlin of the Well - Interlude 3 [By Mort] [15 POINTS, 12 Voters]

"its pastoral and i like that"

5. Russian Circles - Death Rides a Horise [By Pitchfork] 15 POINTS, 9 Voters]

"That drum groove into that drop in the last two minutes is just infinitely cool."
10Duster
Stratosphere

Round 9 - Location

Round playlist - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/19QsK4nXU8nEJc5cddwM7U

1. Duster - Reed to Hillsborough [By Conmaniac] [19 POINTS, 12 Voters]

"Reed and Hillsborough are both towns in/near Duster’s home of San Jose, CA."

2. foxtails - Every Window in Alcatraz Has a View of San Francisco [By Sinternet] [19 POINTS, 11 Voters]

"Absolutely ripping screamo catharsis. Get therapied losers"

3. Flying Lotus - Galaxy in Janaki [By Deez] [17 POINTS, 13 Voters]

4. Botch - Japam [By Muppelope] [15 POINTS, 10 Voters]

5. Courtney Barnett - Depreston [14 POINTS, 11 Voters]
11Gospel
The Moon Is a Dead World

Round 10 - Bookends

Round playlist - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5DF7iJLak0KBdr0INmyFUg

1. Gospel - Congratulations... You've Hit Bottom! [By Muppelope] [18 POINTS, 14 Voters]

"Perhaps not the most original pick, but if this isn't one of the greatest openers of all time..."

2. The Hotelier - Dendron [By Pitchfork] [18 POINTS, 8 Voters]

3. Tropical Fuck Storm [By Milo] [16 POINTS, 13 Voters]

4. Porishead - Glory Box [By Conmaniac] [15 POINTS, 11 Voters]

5. Jawbox - Mirrorful [By Mort] [13 POINTS, 12 Voters]
12Violent Soho
Hungry Ghost

Round 11 - Big big chorus

1. Violent Soho - Covered in Chrome [By Sloth] [19 POINTS, 11 Voters]

2. School Of Seven Bells - Half Asleep [By Johnny] [16 POINTS, 10 Voters]

"The best melt-in-your-mouth chorus in the game"

3. My Chemical Romance - Famous Last Words [By Phero] [16 POINTS, 8 Voters]

"get chorused"

4. Mitski - Your Best American Girl [By Sinternet] [14 POINTS, 10 Voters]

"I mean can you GET bigger than this? Spoiler: No you can't. Take the Mitski pill."

5. Jeff Rosenstock - Nausea [By Pitchfork] [14 POINTS, 9 Voters]
13Midori
Aratame Hajime Mashite Midori Desu

Round 12 - Songs in a Foreign Language

Round playlist - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1P6tDkZdlUglJ9BnIBzi8s

1. ゆきこさん - ミドリ [By Phero] [24 POINTS, 14 Voters]

"the language i do not speak is squeal n scream"

2. Mabe Fratti - Cada Músculo [By Fogza] [20 POINTS, 15 Voters]

3. Rubio - Compañera [By Milo] [20 POINTS, 13 Voters]

4. MASS OF THE FERMENTING DREGS - Aoi, Koi, Daidaiiro No Hi [By Muppelope] [17 POINTS, 13 Voters]

"Probably the most obvious Dregs cut, but it's hard to argue against, language be damned."

5. Raein - 5 di 6 [By Mort] [16 POINTS, 11 Voters]

"italiano (pizza people)
14ISIS
In the Absence of Truth

Round 13 - Great songs from albums you don't love

Round playlist - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5GuwWCFV90pXq5gfZwmgdJ?si=72773a08cfb345d9

1. ISIS - Dulcinea [By Deez] [18 POINTS, 12 Voters]

"I adore early ISIS. Life changing as a buck but this never really had me, Neither did the next. which I like even less. Sacrilege to some I know...sorry. I always see Isis as pre ITAOT and Post. Theres still plenty to admire on this record I get that but for me the whole thing just feels weak in comparison to what was before it. When I saw them before this album dropped they Played this track and I was HYPE for the record. Alas, much of it just don't hit for me."

2. Shocking Blue - Send Me A Postcard [By Sloth] [15 POINTS, 9 Voters]

"If only the rest of the album was like this, it would have been a garage rock classic, instead it's just mid Nederbeat"

3. USHER - Climax [By Sinternet] [15 POINTS, 9 Voters]

"Climax is an absolutely incredible track from a man who hasn't been able to put together a consistently good album since Confessions. The rest of this album is quite heavily dated, but this is a timeless slice of r&b/future garage that showcases his incredible vocal talents, which too often have suffered against lacklustre at best songwriting, an issue which continues to this day."

4. Ovlov - Where's My Dini? [By Conmaniac] [13 POINTS, 10 Voters]

"Other than the fact I’ve rated the album a 3, this is a really good case of an album that’s very samey and overall “meh” yet this track makes the entire effort worth it. Such a great blend of shoegaze and slowcore and emo tinged influences. This band is somewhat legendary in their own respect but I think the general consensus is they’ve never been truly able to create an “amazing” full length effort. This album is a clear example and this track is a clear highlight."

5. cLOUDDEAD [By Milo] [13 POINTS, 8 Voters]

"There's only one cLOUDDEAD album that I return to frequently and it ain't this one"
15ABBA
The Winner Takes It All

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PLEASE CONGRATULATE OUR WINNER......... MILOOOOOOOOO
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