Hey folks—

Today’s Best Album of 2000 match is:

#23 The Hives, VENI VIDI VICIOUS

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vs.

#87 Explosions in the Sky, HOW STRANGE, INNOCENCE

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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.

Yesterday, #10 Elliott Smith, FIGURE 8 defeated #55 Jill Scott, WHO IS JILL SCOTT? WORDS AND SOUNDS VOL. 1, 61-33.

Thanks for all the voting! Only 9 more matches (counting this one) until Round Three!

Kent