#151 The Best Album of 2000, Round 2, Match #85: Modest Mouse vs. Sunny Day Real Estate
Hey folks!
Welcome back from the holidays! If you were missing this newsletter and were confused about what was going on, my apologies — after the lackluster turnout for last Monday’s match, I didn’t think the match right before Christmas was going to do much better. So I canceled that week’s matches. We all had better things to do! But now it’s almost a new year, so here’s a week of new matches. Check out this week’s revised schedule below.
Today’s Best Album of 2000 match is:
#7 Modest Mouse, THE MOON & ANTARCTICA
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vs.
#71 Sunny Day Real Estate, THE RISING TIDE
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To vote, follow this link to the Google Form. You will need a Google login to vote. If you can’t or won’t have one, let me know ASAP (either through this newsletter, my email (kentmbeeson@hey.com) or on the Best Album Brackets Bluesky account) and I’ll see what I can do.
As always, click here to see the current results for the entire tournament, and click here to see the current results for the prediction bracket contest.
THIS WEEK’S MATCHES
Monday, December 30th: It’s happening right now! Click on this link!
Tuesday, December 31st: #26 Clinic, INTERNAL WRANGLER vs. #39 The Dandy Warhols, 13 TALES FROM URBAN BOHEMIA. I’m hoping people don’t have New Year’s Eve plans like they have Christmas Eve plans.
Wednesday, January 1st, 2025: #10 Elliott Smith, FIGURE 8 vs. #55 Jill Scott, WHO IS JILL SCOTT? WORDS AND SOUNDS VOL. 1. Happy New Year!
Thursday, January 2nd: #23 The Hives, VENI VEDI VICIOUS vs. #87 Explosions in the Sky, HOW STRANGE, INNOCENCE. Oh, is it 2025 still?
Friday, January 3rd: #3 The New Pornographers, MASS ROMANTIC vs. #62 Björk, SELMASONGS: MUSIC FROM THE MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK 'DANCER IN THE DARK’.
LAST WEEK’S RESULTS
A week ago, #82 Dead Prez, LET’S GET FREE and #111 Juana Molina, SEGUNDO, tied with 37 votes apiece. The Best Album Bracket bylaws state that, in the event of a tie, the album with the higher seed prevails. #82 Dead Prez, LET’S GET FREE defeated #111 Juana Molina, SEGUNDO, 37-37.
Thanks everyone, and hope you all have a great 2025.
Kent