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| Folk Elimination Round
OK, time to match up our eight winners from the first round. The format is 1 vs. 2, 3 vs. 4, etc. You should be familiar with all of these albums now, but if you can, maybe give them each another listen before voting on the four matchups. Voting will end at 12 midnight ET next Thursday night, 6/11. | | 1 |  | Amigo the Devil
Everything Is Fine
dmathias52
Really fun and dark "Murderfolk" with a bluegrass twinge
https://open.spotify.com/album/59vkWqeq9otcDeUaLGKqfO | | 2 |  | Ksiezyc
Ksiezyc
Sinternet
do you like your folk medieval, polish and like you're in some kind of apocalyptic luddite church? jam hard or die
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUEuajM4Geg | | 3 |  | Augie March
Sunset Studies
SlothcareSam
It's Chamber Folk/ Indie Folk. An Australian band, this was their debut, and had some cracking tracks.
https://open.spotify.com/album/7tEwWmdqrQk7LcOeWKzvt7?si=WSkEmwMOQxWVjVerv1jsBQ | | 4 |  | Clem Snide
Forever Just Beyond
DoofDoof
As I'm obsessed with it right now, a new release:
https://clemsnideband.bandcamp.com/releases
Also available on YouTube | | 5 |  | Matt Elliott
Farewell to All We Know
Northern Skylark
Do you believe in resurrection? You don't? Well, I did when I first heard this. This is the second coming of Leonard Cohen, I mused. He breathes throughout this album somehow. How very odd, how wonderful! It is probably not true, but damn it, he used to play a mean guitar, too. Enjoy!
https://mattelliott.bandcamp.com/album/farewell-to-all-we-know
or spotify | | 6 |  | Gordon Bok
A Tune for November
Wham49
My pick is on YouTube, I saw it there. He is old school sea shanty New England type stuff pretty cool.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6n6v45J3vGk | | 7 |  | The Trees Community
Christ Tree
Friday13th
An early "freak folk" album mixing Christian liturgical music, psychedelia, and world music. This is probably the only album I could describe as simultaneously experimental harmonically (microtones in the Asian influences) and instrumentally (sitars, harps, weird percussion), yet quaintly old-fashion and homey (mainly their singing tone). The group's website states their influences "ranged from the Incredible String Band and Moody Blues to Indian Raga and Balinese Monkey Chant, from traditional American sacred folk music to Terry Riley, Steve Reich, Charles Ives, Bela Bartak and Claude Debussy."
https://youtu.be/kdeYjCq1poY | | 8 |  | Fire On Fire
The Orchard
aydross121
Very accessible spin on this sort of apocalyptic folk subgenre. Think a less evil sounding Comus.
On Spotify and Google Play. | |
Divaman
06.05.20 | So we've got Amigo the Devil vs. Ksiezyc, Augie March vs. Clem Snide, Matt Elliot vs. Gordon Bok, and The Trees Community vs. Fire On Fire.
Happy folking everybody. | garas
06.05.20 | Ksiezyc, ---, Gordon Bok, The Trees Community | Divaman
06.05.20 | Does "---" mean you're not voting on that one, or that you're still deciding? | garas
06.05.20 | I mean, I can't really decide on that one. | Divaman
06.05.20 | 0-1
Amigo the Devil -
Ksiezyc - garas
0-0
Augie March
Clem Snide
0-1
Matt Elliot -
Gordon Bok - garas
1-0
The Trees Community - garas
Fire On Fire | DoofDoof
06.05.20 | I'll try and revisit these - I think 5 of my favourites from the first round progressed | Divaman
06.05.20 | Yeah, I have a pretty good idea of where I'm gonna vote in 3 of these 4 contests, but I'm going to revisit all of the albums this week just to be sure (and to give each one a fair shot.) | DoofDoof
06.05.20 | The first two are the weakest group for me and...everyone said the Amigo was my thing and it'd grow so now we get to see. As it is I feel I'll most likely vote for Ksiezyc | neekafat
06.05.20 | 1,3,5,8 | Divaman
06.05.20 | 1-1
Amigo the Devil - neeka
Ksiezyc - garas
1-0
Augie March - neeka
Clem Snide -
1-1
Matt Elliot - neeka
Gordon Bok - garas
1-1
The Trees Community - garas
Fire On Fire - neeka | Divaman
06.05.20 | Wow, totally cancelled out garas' votes. It's like you just wanted to erase the man from existence. Unexpected. | neekafat
06.05.20 | I'm beginning to think me and garas have slightly different tastes (; | Divaman
06.05.20 | lol | dmathias52
06.05.20 | I have basically not been on Sputnik the past two weeks due to work/life commitments - If I catch up on the listening, is it cool if I jump back in? | Divaman
06.05.20 | Absolutely. You can't vote on the earlier matchups - those have already been finalized (although if you want to tell us who you would have voted for, that's fine). But if you want to vote on this current round, that would be great, as long you listen to both albums in any of these four matchups where you're going to vote. | Jethro42
06.05.20 | I'm really not sure for 5,6 - 7,8. The rest is settled. | aydross121
06.06.20 | 1,3,5,8 for me | neekafat
06.06.20 | Aydross fuck yeah | aydross121
06.06.20 | Lol didn't realize | Divaman
06.06.20 | 2-1
Amigo the Devil - neeka, aydross
Ksiezyc - garas
2-0
Augie March - neeka, aydross
Clem Snide -
2-1
Matt Elliot - neeka, aydross
Gordon Bok - garas
1-2
The Trees Community - garas
Fire On Fire - neeka, aydross | bgillesp
06.06.20 | I vote for:
Amigo the Devil (I love both but amigo is my overall fav)
Clem Snide (didn’t like Augie really)
Matt Elliott
...and I’m gonna need to relisten to these two to decide | Friday13th
06.06.20 | The first two matches are hard to decide for me. | Divaman
06.06.20 | 3-1
Amigo the Devil - neeka, aydross, bgillesp
Ksiezyc - garas
2-1
Augie March - neeka, aydross
Clem Snide - bgillesp
3-1
Matt Elliot - neeka, aydross, bgillesp
Gordon Bok - garas
1-2
The Trees Community - garas
Fire On Fire - neeka, aydross | wham49
06.06.20 | 1, 3, 6, 7 | SlothcoreSam
06.06.20 | OK.
Gonna go with.
1, 3, 6, 8 | Divaman
06.06.20 | 5-1
Amigo the Devil - neeka, aydross, bgillesp, wham, Slothcore
Ksiezyc - garas
4-1
Augie March - neeka, aydross, wham, Slothcore
Clem Snide - bgillesp
3-3
Matt Elliot - neeka, aydross, bgillesp
Gordon Bok - garas, wham, Slothcore
2-3
The Trees Community - garas, wham
Fire On Fire - neeka, aydross, Slothcore | Divaman
06.06.20 | Some tough picks here. I'll go 2, 4, 6, 7. | Divaman
06.06.20 | 5-2
Amigo the Devil - neeka, aydross, bgillesp, wham, Slothcore
Ksiezyc - garas, Divaman
4-2
Augie March - neeka, aydross, wham, Slothcore
Clem Snide - bgillesp, Divaman
3-4
Matt Elliot - neeka, aydross, bgillesp
Gordon Bok - garas, wham, Slothcore, Divaman
3-3
The Trees Community - garas, wham, Divaman
Fire On Fire - neeka, aydross, Slothcore | garas
06.06.20 | Wow, are we in the same team or something, Diva?? | Divaman
06.06.20 | Think so. I was thinking that when you posted your votes, but I wanted to give them all a last listen first. | Jethro42
06.06.20 | 1, 3, 6, 7. | Jethro42
06.06.20 | I had hard times to choose Bok over Elliott. | neekafat
06.06.20 | you deserve them | Divaman
06.07.20 | 6-2
Amigo the Devil - neeka, aydross, bgillesp, wham, Slothcore, Jethro
Ksiezyc - garas, Divaman
5-2
Augie March - neeka, aydross, wham, Slothcore, Jethro
Clem Snide - bgillesp, Divaman
3-5
Matt Elliot - neeka, aydross, bgillesp
Gordon Bok - garas, wham, Slothcore, Divaman, Jethro
4-3
The Trees Community - garas, wham, Divaman, Jethro
Fire On Fire - neeka, aydross, Slothcore | Divaman
06.07.20 | Here's a brief commercial for Sharkattack's annual Continental contest. In each of 6 rounds, you'll be asked to pick an album by an artist from a different continent. It's one of these contests based on matching his taste, so if you hate that kind of contest, you won't like it. But I enjoy it myself, and it's just starting now and needs more participants. Here's the link: https://www.sputnikmusic.com/list.php?listid=192068 | Friday13th
06.07.20 | The first match is especially difficult. Both 1 and 2 are incredible albums. In the end, I have to vote 1 because this is a fairly unknown artist that has variety and what I would call “star power.” 1 is the only album here that really should make it big due to good, memorable songwriting and variety. 2 is a very absorbing and unique affair, but like my own pic, it was never intended for mainstream success and is for a niche audience like us.
Voting 1, 3, 5, and 7. | Divaman
06.07.20 | 7-2
Amigo the Devil - neeka, aydross, bgillesp, wham, Slothcore, Jethro, Friday
Ksiezyc - garas, Divaman
6-2
Augie March - neeka, aydross, wham, Slothcore, Jethro, Friday
Clem Snide - bgillesp, Divaman
4-5
Matt Elliot - neeka, aydross, bgillesp, Friday
Gordon Bok - garas, wham, Slothcore, Divaman, Jethro
5-3
The Trees Community - garas, wham, Divaman, Jethro, Friday
Fire On Fire - neeka, aydross, Slothcore | bgillesp
06.08.20 | Fire on Fire might be my favorite of the tourney now. Still need to relisten to the Trees Community though. | Jethro42
06.08.20 | Song''The Orchard'' reminds me so much of ''Kiev'' by Renaissance...Too much...
It's true, there are pretty much cool songs in Fire on Fire.
Sounds quite a bit like Sleepy Sun, and male vocals are kind a la Neil Young. Nice album!... | Divaman
06.10.20 | Just two more days for this round. (You guys probably knew that. I'm just bumping the thread so nobody forgets.) | Deathconscious
06.11.20 | Bump to remind | Divaman
06.11.20 | Thanks DC. Yep, get those votes in. The round ends in less than 24 hours. | aydross121
06.11.20 | To everyone who votes for 8 I'll 5 your bands discog | Divaman
06.11.20 | But didn't you vote against them last round, aydross? | aydross121
06.11.20 | Yeah lol just joking. The Trees albums is really good too. | Minushuman24
06.11.20 | I keep missing the deadline. So I'm gonna have a place holder vote.
Everything is Fine
Sunset Studies
Farewell to All We Know
Christ Tree | Sinternet
06.11.20 | 2 3 5 8 | Minushuman24
06.11.20 | Actually yeah no, I change my vote for Christ Tree to The Orchard | Divaman
06.11.20 | 8-3
Amigo the Devil - neeka, aydross, bgillesp, wham, Slothcore, Jethro, Friday, Minus
Ksiezyc - garas, Divaman, Sinternet
8-2
Augie March - neeka, aydross, wham, Slothcore, Jethro, Friday, Minus, Sinternet
Clem Snide - bgillesp, Divaman
6-5
Matt Elliot - neeka, aydross, bgillesp, Friday, Minus, Sinternet
Gordon Bok - garas, wham, Slothcore, Divaman, Jethro
5-5
The Trees Community - garas, wham, Divaman, Jethro, Friday
Fire On Fire - neeka, aydross, Slothcore, Sinternet, Minus | dmathias52
06.11.20 | One last spin of the final two albums and then I'll be voting! | dmathias52
06.11.20 | Ok
1, 4, 6, 8 for me | Divaman
06.11.20 | 9-3
Amigo the Devil - neeka, aydross, bgillesp, wham, Slothcore, Jethro, Friday, Minus, dmathias
Ksiezyc - garas, Divaman, Sinternet
8-3
Augie March - neeka, aydross, wham, Slothcore, Jethro, Friday, Minus, Sinternet
Clem Snide - bgillesp, Divaman, dmathias
6-6
Matt Elliot - neeka, aydross, bgillesp, Friday, Minus, Sinternet
Gordon Bok - garas, wham, Slothcore, Divaman, Jethro, dmathias
5-6
The Trees Community - garas, wham, Divaman, Jethro, Friday
Fire On Fire - neeka, aydross, Slothcore, Sinternet, Minus, dmathias | neekafat
06.11.20 | Finally some sense from this group | DoofDoof
06.11.20 | 2,4,5,8
Did try the Amigo again...probably liked it less a second time :-(
Augie March ahead of the Clem Snide?...ok, no way for me. If they win a ‘folk’ comp I don’t know what that says - they don’t seem very folk to me, more indie folk I guess leaning more on the ‘indie’.
Also surprised Matt Elliott isn’t more popular | neekafat
06.11.20 | people aren't voting for who they think is more folk lmao | Jethro42
06.12.20 | Fire on Fire > The Trees Community....I was wrong.
| Deathconscious
06.12.20 | 2, 3, 5, 7 | Emim
06.12.20 | What an unfortunate name | Divaman
06.12.20 | 9-5
Amigo the Devil - neeka, aydross, bgillesp, wham, Slothcore, Jethro, Friday, Minus, dmathias
Ksiezyc - garas, Divaman, Sinternet, Doof, Deathconscious
9-4
Augie March - neeka, aydross, wham, Slothcore, Jethro, Friday, Minus, Sinternet, Deathconscious
Clem Snide - bgillesp, Divaman, dmathias,Doof
8-6
Matt Elliot - neeka, aydross, bgillesp, Friday, Minus, Sinternet, Doof, Deathconscious
Gordon Bok - garas, wham, Slothcore, Divaman, Jethro, dmathias
5-8
The Trees Community - garas, wham, Divaman, Friday, Deathsconscious
Fire On Fire - neeka, aydross, Slothcore, Sinternet, Minus, dmathias, Jethro, Doof | Jethro42
06.12.20 | @Divaman, I figured it was too late for a replacement, I mean my vote was done already. | Divaman
06.12.20 | No, a switch was OK. The voting is still open for another 45 mins. Do you want it to be Fire on Fire? | Divaman
06.12.20 | Time to call it. The winners are Amigo the Devil, Augie March, Matt Elliott and Fire on Fire. The semi-final round has been posted. | bgillesp
06.12.20 | Why the early call? I vote Fire on Fire BTW | Divaman
06.12.20 | It wasn't early. I called it Thursday night at midnight ET. |
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