#180 Best Album of 2000 Tournament: Week #24 Wrap-Up
Hey folks!
Welcome to the end of Week #24! The most important thing to know is that the last match of Round 3 is on Wednesday, and Round 4 begins on Thursday. I said it would start to go by fast; hope you believed me.
Otherwise, nothing unusual to report — all the higher seeds won their matches handily. That said, I see two matches next week that could be upsets. (I should note that last week, I thought there was a match that could be an upset. I didn’t name it, but it was #10 FIGURE 8 vs. #23 VENI VIDI VICIOUS. FIGURE 8 won handily by 46 votes. This is why I’m currently in [checks notes] 16th place in the Prediction Bracket.) (Hey wait, that’s pretty good for me.)
THE BEST ALBUM OF 2000 PREDICTION BRACKET TOP 20 COUNTDOWN
Welcome to the most boring Top 20 countdown in ages! I’ll make this quick. Not only are the top three are the same, the top seven are the same. Your Grandchild is a Bracket, Not a Pay Check fell off the chart from #8 last week, and everything moved up just a bit to take up the slack. (Also falling off: sctttnnnt, last week #16.) Furthermore, The Votes Made by Sheeple redebuted at #20. Otherwise, that’s pretty much it. It can’t all be waterfalls and penny whistles.
LAST WEEK’S RESULTS
On Monday, #2 PJ Harvey, STORIES FROM THE CITY, STORIES FROM THE SEA defeated #31 Shellac, 1000 HURTS, 84-20-1 (105 votes, +64).
On Tuesday, #15 Aimee Mann, BACHELOR NO. 2 (OR, THE LAST REMAINS OF THE DODO) defeated #82 Dead Prez, LET'S GET FREE 59-34-1 (94 votes, +25).
On Wednesday, #7 Modest Mouse, THE MOON & ANTARCTICA defeated #26 Clinic, INTERNAL WRANGLER, 73-50. (123 votes, +23).
On Thursday, #10 Elliott Smith, FIGURE 8 defeated #23 The Hives, VENI VIDI VICIOUS, 80-34 (114 votes, +46).
On Friday, #3 The New Pornographers, MASS ROMANTIC defeated #30 Billy Bragg & Wilco, MERMAID AVENUE VOL. II, 80-22 (102 votes, +58).
NEXT WEEK’S MATCHES
Monday, February 3rd: #14 Neko Case & Her Boyfriends, FURNACE ROOM LULLABY vs. #19 Deltron 3030, DELTRON 3030.
Tuesday, February 4th: #6 Sleater-Kinney, ALL HANDS ON THE BAD ONE vs. #27 At the Drive-In, RELATIONSHIP OF COMMAND.
Wednesday, February 5th: #11 Godspeed You! Black Emperor, LIFT YOUR SKINNY FISTS LIKE ANTENNAS TO HEAVEN vs. #22 Queens of the Stone Age, RATED R.
Round 3 ends! Godspeed you! Round 3
Round 4 begins!
Thursday, February 6th: #1 OutKast, STANKONIA vs. #16 Grandaddy, THE SOPHTWARE SLUMP.
Friday, February 7th: #8 The White Stripes, DE STIJL vs. #9 The Avalanches, SINCE I LEFT YOU.
If you haven’t heard these 10 albums yet, buddy, time’s running out.
Kent