ST 23 Results

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ST23 Round 1 Results and Album
The judges have made their decisions, and Round 1 of SpinTunes 23 is in the history books. In every round, we expect quite a bit of discrepancy in the judges' rankings, as each judge brings their own ideas of what makes a good song. This is as it should be; each judge is imperfect, and we hope and trust that their individual preferences balance out when the rankings are combined.

Sometimes, though, a song is so compelling, so finely crafted and so skillfully executed, that the judges, with all their tics and biases, find themselves in perfect agreement about the place it deserves. This is one of those very rare times. By unanimous decision, Also in Blue takes the top spot this round with the song "A Mile and a Half".

Also receiving plenty of love from the judges were Definitely Not Secretly Glennny, whose eponymous meta-textual anthem winked its way to second place, and The Moon Bureau, whose clever love song "Girl with the Eyeliner" was close behind in third.

The full album is now in ranked order, and can be streamed or downloaded on Bandcamp or embedded below, with cover art by Matt "Shoobs" Schubbe.

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Contestants who scored in 1st to 22nd place advance to Round 2. The following artists scored below the elimination cutoff, but could be still reinstated if they submit a shadow entry and a qualifying artist misses the deadline:

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Berkeley Social Scene
Boffo Yux Dudes
chewmeupspitmeout
Falcon Artist
James Young
Menage a Tune
Night Sky
Ominous Ride
Sharquin
Thorsten Nesch

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ST23 Round 2 Results and Album

The judges have submitted their Round 2 rankings. In Round 1 every judge agreed on their favorite song; this time every judge gave the top spot to a different entry. One of those entries, however, earned second or third place from every other judge and thus easily took the top spot in the aggregate rankings. Congratulations to My Broken Demo Tape, who won the round with their heartfelt song "Die Happy".

Sober took second place with "Plastic Paddy", and Also In Blue's "Tenebrae" earned them third place.

The full album is now in ranked order, and can be streamed or downloaded on Bandcamp or embedded below, with cover art by Matt "Shoobs" Schubbe.

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Contestants who scored in 1st to 13th place advance to Round 3. The following artists scored below the elimination cutoff, but could be still reinstated if they submit a shadow entry and a qualifying artist misses the deadline:

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Berkeley Social Scene
Boffo Yux Dudes
Definitely Not Secretly Glennny
Flintsteel
Governing Dynamics
Profestriga
See-Man-Ski
SpinTown & Company
West of Vine

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ST23 Round 3 Results and Album

Your Round 3 results are in. As in Round 2, all five judges gave their number one spot to a different entrant. But one song earned consistently high scores from all five judges: Cavedwellers takes the top spot with their song "In Prypiat" celebrating the new Chernobyl Power Plant.

Looking at the podium, you'd think the challenge was "Write a song about an impending disaster": The Alleviators take second place with "Only Human", their depiction of Eve with her teeth hovering over the apple; and Celestial Drift comes in third with "It'll Be Okay", the story of a man hunkering down in the face of a hurricane. Rounding out the Final Round slate, fourth place goes to The Pannacotta Army for their celebration of the narrator's disaster of a "Cool Dad".

The full album is now in ranked order, and you can listen on Bandcamp or embedded below.

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Artists ranked in 1st through 4th place advance to the Final Round. The following artists have scored below the elimination cutoff, but could still be reinstated if one of the top four misses the submission deadline:

cardamon seed
glennny
My Broken Demo Tape
Siebass
Sober
SpinTown & Company
Stacking Theory
The Moon Bureau
With Joe

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SpinTunes 23 Final Results
The contestants have cast their votes, and the results of the SpinTunes 23 Final Round have been determined. Congratulations to our SpinTunes 23 Champions, Cavedwellers!

Listen to Cavedwellers' winning entry, "The Only Way Out", the three other finalists' songs, and 13 shadow entries on Bandcamp

It was a tight race, with Celestial Drift just two points behind Cavedwellers in second place. The Pannacotta Army took third place, with The Alleviators in fourth.

Eleven SpinTunes 23 participants cast ballots; their zoonymized votes are below.

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This round, the judges cast votes in case they were needed as a tiebreaker. Their votes are also included below. The race for the judges' favor was even tighter, with Celestial Drift besting Cavedwellers by just a single point.

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Many, many thanks to our judges, ChasRock, Edric Haleen, Leonie Connellan, Chumpy, and Ryan Finholm for giving their time and attention to SpinTunes 23.

Thanks as well to Tommy G for faithfully running our Listening Parties and to our talented graphic designer Matt "Shoobs" Schubbe for providing brand-new custom cover art each round.

And of course, thank you to all the participants in SpinTunes 23 who helped make it another successful tournament. I hope you will join us next time for SpinTunes 24!