#57 The Best Album of 2000 Match #10: Smog vs Destroyer
Hey folks! Smog, DONGS OF SEVOTION vs. Destroyer, THIEF Today’s Best Album of 2000 match is: #57 Smog, DONGS OF SEVOTION vs. #72 Destroyer, THIEF To vote,...
#56 The Best Album of 2000 Match #9: The White Stripes vs A Silver Mt. Zion
Hey folks! The White Stripes, DE STIJL vs. A Silver Mt. Zion, HE HAS LEFT US ALONE BUT SHAFTS OF LIGHT SOMETIMES GRACE THE CORNER OF OUR ROOMS... Today’s...
#55 The Best Album of 2000 Match #8: The 6ths vs Kylie Minogue
Hey folks! The 6ths, HYACINTHS AND THISTLES vs. Kylie Minogue, LIGHT YEARS Today’s Best Album of 2000 match is: #48 The 6ths, HYACINTHS AND THISTLES vs. #81...
#54 The Best Album of 2000 Match #7: O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack vs Les Savy Fav
Hey folks! Various Artists, O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU?: MUSIC FROM A FILM BY JOEL & ETHAN COEN vs. Les Savy Fav, EMOR: ROME UPSIDE DOWN ep Today’s Best Album...
#53 The Best Album of 2000 Match #6: Fatboy Slim vs The Sea & Cake
Hey folks! Fatboy Slim, HALFWAY BETWEEN THE GUTTER AND THE STARS vs The Sea & Cake, OUI Today’s Best Album of 2000 match is: #49 Fatboy Slim, HALFWAY BETWEEN...
#52 Best Album of 2000 Tournament: Week #1 Wrap-up
Hey folks! Pull up your pants, dude. We’ve made it through the first week of the Best Album of 2000 tournament! Congratulations everyone! Thanks again for...
#51 The Best Album of 2000 Match #5: Grandaddy vs Animal Collective
Hey folks! Grandaddy, THE SOPHTWARE SLUMP vs Animal Collective, SPIRIT THEY’RE GONE, SPIRIT THEY’VE VANISHED Today’s Best Album of 2000 match is: #16...
#50 The Best Album of 2000 Match #4: Death Cab for Cutie vs The Cure
Hey folks! Death Cab for Cutie, WE HAVE THE FACTS AND WE’RE VOTING YES vs The Cure, BLOODFLOWERS Today’s Best Album of 2000 match is: #33 Death Cab for...
#49 The Best Album of 2000 Match #3: Bright Eyes vs Quasimoto
Hey folks! Another day, another match. Bright Eyes, FEVERS AND MIRRORS vs. Quasimoto, THE UNSEEN Today’s Best Album of 2000 match is: #32 Bright Eyes, FEVERS...
#48 The Best Album of 2000 Match #2: Mary Timony vs Eels
Hey folks! A little over four hours ago, Match #2 of the Best Album of 2000 started! Mary Timony, MOUNTAINS vs Eels, DAISIES OF THE GALAXY #64 Mary Timony,...
#47 The Best Album of 2000 Match #1: OutKast vs Compulsive Gamblers
Hey folks! OutKast, STANKONIA vs Compulsive Gamblers, CRYSTAL GAZING LUCK AMAZING Here is Match #1 of the Best Album of 2000 Tournament: #1 Outkast,...
#46 The Best Album of 2000 Tournament Starts Monday! Oh My God It’s Happening!
Hey folks! With eldritch incantations, the tournament is summoned… That’s right, it’s finally happening. The Best Album of 2000 Tournament is starting this...
#45 Last Call for Prediction Brackets - Closing Tonight
Hey folks! This email is just doing what it says on the tin — telling you that the Prediction Brackets are closing tonight at 11:59pm CST. The winner of the...
#44 Prediction Brackets Close This Sunday!
Hey folks! Apologies for my radio silence of late. I have some family stuff I’m dealing with, and part of that is driving back and forth from my home to my...
#43 Prediction Brackets for the Best Album of 2000 Tournament now open!
Hey folks! If you had a hankerin’ for making a Prediction Bracket for the upcoming Best Album of 2000 tournament, then today’s your lucky day, as it is now...
#42 Best Album of 2000: The Seeds
Hey folks! This newsletter is going to be big enough as it is, so no real introduction. Here are the 128 seeds in the upcoming Best Album of 2000 tournament....
#41 THIS FRIDAY: Announcing the Best Album of 2000 Seeds!
Hey folks! New technology being developed here at the Best Album Brackets home office. This Friday, I’ll be announcing the final, done, this-is-it seeds for...
#40 Last Day for Seed Voting in the Best Album of 2000 Tournament!
Hey folks! Today is the last day to fill out a ballot to determine the seeds for the upcoming Best Album of 2000 tournament. The deadline is tonight, 11:59PM...
#39 REMINDER: Seed voting ends this Friday!
Hey folks! Just a reminder that seed voting in the upcoming Best Album of 2000 tournament will end at 11:59pm CST on Friday, July 5th. This is your last week...
#38 Here are the 128 Albums in the Best Album of 2000 Tournament
Hey folks! In case you missed it, voting is now open to determine the seeds for the upcoming Best Album of 2000 tournament. It’s been open for a week now,...
#37 Seed Voting for the Best Album of 2000 is Now Open!
Hey folks! Like it says in the headers, seed voting for the upcoming Best Album of 2000 is now open: The Best Album of 2000 Seeding BallotHello! Welcome to...
#36 Run-Off Tournament Winner! Contest Winner Album Pick!
Hey folks! We have a winner in the Best Album of 2000 Run-Off Tournament! The Apples in Stereo, THE DISCOVERY OF A WORLD INSIDE THE MOONE The Apples in...
#35 The Final Match! Choose who moves on to the Best Album of 2000 Tournament!
Hey folks! Today is the day. Today we select one album to be entered into the upcoming Best Album of 2000 tournament. Will it be The Apples in Stereo’s THE...
#34 Yesterday’s Winner, Tomorrow’s* Champion? (*Monday's)
Hey folks! The fifteenth match of the Best Album of 2000 Run-Off has concluded and the winner is: The Apples in Stereo, THE DISCOVERY OF A WORLD INSIDE THE...
#33 The Best Album of 2000 Run-Off Tournament Match #15: The Apples in Stereo or Amon Tobin?
Hey folks! The fourteenth match of the Best Album of 2000 Run-Off has concluded and the winner is: Modest Mouse, BUILDING NOTHING OUT OF SOMETHING Modest...
#32 The Best Album of 2000 Run-Off Tournament Match #14: The For Carnation or Modest Mouse?
Hey folks! The thirteenth match of the Best Album of 2000 Run-Off has concluded and the winner is: Amon Tobin, SUPERMODIFIED Amon Tobin, SUPERMODIFIED...
#31 The Best Album of 2000 Run-Off Tournament Match #13: Enon or Amon Tobin?
Hey folks! The twelfth match of the Best Album of 2000 Run-Off has concluded and the winner is: The For Carnation, THE FOR CARNATION The For Carnation, THE...
#30 The Best Album of 2000 Run-Off Tournament Match #12: Crooked Fingers or The For Carnation?
Hey folks! The eleventh match of the Best Album of 2000 Run-Off has concluded and the winner is: Modest Mouse, BUILDING NOTHING OUT OF SOMETHING Modest...
#29 The Best Album of 2000 Run-Off Tournament Match #11: Super Furry Animals or Modest Mouse?
Hey folks! Hope everyone has a great weekend! We have one more week of matches, then a week from today will be the final! Later that week, there’ll be a...
#28 Yesterday’s Winner and Next Week’s Schedule
Hey folks! The tenth match of the Best Album of 2000 Run-Off has concluded and the winner is: The Apples in Stereo, THE DISCOVERY OF A WORLD INSIDE THE MOONE...
#27 The Best Album of 2000 Run-Off Tournament Match #10: Lemon Jelly or The Apples in Stereo?
Hey folks! The ninth match of the Best Album of 2000 Run-Off has concluded and the winner is: Amon Tobin, SUPERMODIFIED Amon Tobin, SUPERMODIFIED...
#26 The Best Album of 2000 Run-Off Tournament Match #9: Papa Roach or Amon Tobin?
Hey folks! The eighth match of the Best Album of 2000 Run-Off has concluded and the winner is: The For Carnation, THE FOR CARNATION The For Carnation, THE...
#25 The Best Album of 2000 Run-Off Tournament Match #8: The For Carnation or Phoenix?
Hey folks! The seventh match of the Best Album of 2000 Run-Off has concluded and the winner is: Crooked Fingers, CROOKED FINGERS Crooked Fingers, CROOKED...
#24 The Best Album of 2000 Run-Off Tournament Match #7: Crooked Fingers or 16 Horsepower?
Hey folks! The sixth match of the Best Album of 2000 Run-Off has concluded and the winner is: Modest Mouse, BUILDING NOTHING OUT OF SOMETHING Spotify:...
#23 The Best Album of 2000 Run-Off Tournament Match #6: Duster or Modest Mouse?
Hey folks! First off, an apology. How this is supposed to work is that on Saturday, you would get a newsletter announcing the winner of Friday’s match, and...
#22 The Best Album of 2000 Run-Off Tournament Match #5: Super Furry Animals or Limp Bizkit?
Hey folks! The fourth match of the Best Album of 2000 Run-Off has concluded and the winner is: The Apples in Stereo, THE DISCOVERY OF A WORLD INSIDE THE...
#21 The Best Album of 2000 Run-Off Tournament Match #4: Slum Village or The Apples in Stereo?
Hey folks! 71 is the vote count. The third match of the Best Album of 2000 Run-Off has concluded and the winner is: Lemon Jelly, LEMONJELLY.KY Lemon Jelly,...
#20 The Best Album of 2000 Run-Off Tournament Match #3: Lemon Jelly or Weakling?
Hey folks! 67 is the vote total for today. The second match of the Best Album of 2000 Run-Off has concluded and the winner is: Enon, BELIEVO! Enon, BELEIVO!...
#19 The Best Album of 2000 Run-Off Tournament continues! Vote now: Enon or The Distillers?
Hey folks! The first match of the Best Album of 2000 Run-Off has concluded and the winner is: Amon Tobin, SUPERMODIFIED SUPERMODIFED defeated Pearl Jam’s...
#18 The Best Album of 2000 Run-Off Tournament Begins! Vote now: Pearl Jam or Amon Tobin?
Hey folks! Pearl Jam, BINAURAL vs Amon Tobin, SUPERMODIFIED Yes, the Best Album of 2000 Run-Off Tournament is here! You should be familiar with the details...
#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...
#16 REMINDER: The Run-Off Tournament is coming May 27th!
Hey folks! This is just a reminder that we are having a run-off tournament to place one, possibly two, albums in the upcoming Best Album of 2000 tournament....
#15 UPDATE! New album added to the tournament + upcoming run-off tournament
Hey folks! The Best Album of 2000 Tournament is finally, to my mind, leaving the station and picking up speed. We have two updates today that push this thing...
#14 Try Out Another Polling Option! Plus New Albums Added to the Tournament!
Hey folks! It was radio silence in April, but we’re back with new information about the upcoming Best Album of 2000 tournament. First, three more albums have...
#13 Here are the first 121 albums in the Best Album of 2000 tournament!
Hey folks! This last Tuesday, March 26th, I revealed the first 121 albums entered into the upcoming Best Album of 2000 tournament on Bluesky. It took about...
#12 REMINDER: meet the first albums entered in the Best Album of 2000 tournament!
Hey folks! Just a reminder: TOMORROW, at 5pm CST, I’ll be revealing the first 121 albums entered into the upcoming Best Album of 2000 tournament on the Best...
#11 Find out which 121 albums are in the Best Album of 2000 tournament!
Hey folks! The nomination ballots to determine the first slate of entries into the upcoming Best Album of 2000 tournament have been counted. One thousand and...
#10 Remember the Best Album Brackets? Those were cool.
Hey folks! My apologies for my radio silence these last couple weeks. I caught some kind of virus that I don’t think was Covid that just made me not want to...
#9 The First Poll: The Results!
Hey folks! Assuming you aren’t just joining in, last week I dropped the very first Best Album Brackets newsletter poll! Buttondown has a “survey” feature,...
#8 The First Best Album Brackets Newsletter Poll! Please vote!
Hey folks! Ready to look at surveys a.k.a. polls here on Buttondown? So, if I did everything right, at the bottom you will see a survey that states, “Should...