#17 Seeds for the Run-Off Tournament! Tournament starts Monday! Plus a NEW contest! Exclamation Point!
Hey folks!
In case you haven’t read the last couple newsletters, here’s the 411: this Monday, May 27th, we will begin a run-off tournament for one of the last remaining slots in the upcoming Best Album of 2000 tournament, AND I can now reveal the seeding for said tournament. In addition, there will be another contest to determine the final album in the tournament — see below.
Here are the seeds as presented in bracket form:
And here are the seeds in list form. (Please go here for links to listen to the albums, which I hope you do before the tournament starts.)
Papa Roach, INFEST
Super Furry Animals, MWNG
Crooked Fingers, CROOKED FINGERS
Lemon Jelly, LEMONJELLY.KY
Slum Village, FANTASTIC VOL. 2
The For Carnation, THE FOR CARNATION
Duster, CONTEMPORARY MOVEMENT
Enon, BELIEVO!
The Distillers, THE DISTILLERS
Modest Mouse, BUILDING NOTHING OUT OF SOMETHING
Phoenix, UNITED
The Apples in Stereo, THE DISCOVERY OF A WORLD INSIDE THE MOONE
Weakling, DEAD AS DREAMS
16 Horsepower, SECRET SOUTH
Limp Bizkit, CHOCOLATE STARFISH AND THE HOT DOG FLAVORED WATER
Pearl Jam, BINAURAL
Amon Tobin, SUPERMODIFIED
The run-off tournament will begin this Monday, May 27th, 10am CST, and each match will last 24 hours. The run-off tournament will go for about three weeks. Here’s the schedule as we know it so far:
Date | Match |
|---|---|
Monday, May 27th | Pearl Jam vs Amon Tobin |
Tuesday, May 28th | Enon vs The Distillers |
Wednesday, May 29th | Lemon Jelly vs Weakling |
Thursday, May 30th | Slum Village vs The Apples in Stereo |
Friday, May 31st | Super Furry Animals vs Limp Bizkit |
Monday, June 3rd | Duster vs Modest Mouse |
Tuesday, June 4th | Crooked Fingers vs 16 Horsepower |
Wednesday, June 5th | The For Carnation vs Phoenix |
Thursday, June 6th | Papa Roach vs Pearl Jam OR Amon Tobin |
A reminder: when this run-off tournament starts, you will get an newsletter from me every day, to announce the latest match and reveal the winner of the previous match. I don’t want to clog up your inbox, but right now this is the only way to do this.
This run-off tournament will add one album to the Best Album of 2000 tournament, leaving two slots left. One of those is an Editor’s Choice, which I will reveal on Monday, June 3rd. The final slot… will go to the winner of the Run-Off Tournament Prediction Bracket Winner!
That’s right, we’re doing this again. Please, take five minutes out of your day and click the link below to fill out a prediction bracket. Between the random seeds, the new, probably lower voter count, and the Prediction Bracket scoring being exponential (1 point for Round 1, 2 points for Round 2, 4 points for Round 3, etc.), this should be a chaotic, kooky tournament. Anyone could take it. (As of this writing, there have been six prediction brackets submitted, and everyone picked a different winner.)
Again, the winner will get to pick an eligible 2000 album to add to the Best Album of 2000. Want to pick a losing album from this run-off tournament? Be my guest. Want to pick an obscure prog-metal opus that only a handful of people even know? Hey, it’s your pick. Want to be the person who adds the first-ever video game soundtrack to one of these tournaments? You could do it! Want to add the rightful winner, BUILDING NOTHING OUT OF SOMETHING? Hey bud that’s my job.
Here is the link to check out the bracket, and look for the green button to add your own prediction bracket to the contest:
If you’re having problems, you can reply to this email or hit me up on Bluesky at @kentmbeeson.bsky.social.
Thanks everyone, and see you again Monday!
Kent