SpinTunes 26 Round 1 Results

Our judges have ranked all 44 of your Round 1 songs against each other, and we have our completed rankings.

There was plenty of disagreement among our judges, but a few songs stood out as excellent. Specifically, three entries received top-ten rankings from all five judges, which earned their artists spots on the podium. The top score went to SpinTunes 17 Champion Also In Blue for "Vicious Circle". Congratulations to our Round 1 winner!

Competing in SpinTunes for the first time as a solo artist, Carrie Spillane earns second place for "The Shape of Our Goodbye". And two-time SpinTunes Champion Ironbark rounds out the podium, with "Hourglass" earning him third place.

Read on for the full Round 1 rankings!

ST26 R1 Reviews - Micah Sommersmith

What an incredible round. I'm glad I didn't have to rank any of these songs against each other, because it would have been a difficult job indeed. Thanks to all the judges who took on that responsibility!

Since I don't have rankings, I don't have to justify liking any one song more than any other. Thus, rather than comparing the songs to each other, in my reviews I try to zero in on my strongest impressions of the song, whether positive or negative, and/or focus on the feedback I hope is most helpful for each contestant to hear, whether it deals with big-picture conceptualizing or mechanical details like syllable stress, rhyme scheme, and mixing.

Read on for my reviews!

ST26 R1 Rankings and Judging Thoughts - Travis Norris

Here are your Round 1 rankings from SpinTunes 5 and SpinTunes 25 Champion Travis Norris:

1	David Taro
2	The Pannacotta Army
3	Hot Pink Halo
4	Ironbark
5	Also In Blue
6	Sober
7	Carrie Spillane
8	Stacking Theory
9	Vom Vorton
10	miscellaneous owl
11	Boo Lee Crosser
12	the profane bells
13	Sunflower Bastard
14	Flintsteel
15	Nathan Joe Long
16	Stefan Szabo
17	West Of Vine
18	Jealous Brother
19	traumadolls
20	The Moon Bureau
21	Berkeley Social Scene
22	Huge Shark
23	Pigfarmer Jr
24	Best Dad In Yorkshire
25	glennny
26	Boffo Yux Dudes
27	Cheslain
28	Brother Baker
29	chewmeupspitmeout
30	Star Bear
31	Siebass
32	Jennifer Lynne and the Dandelion Rebellion
33	Ross Durand
34	Ominous Ride
35	Cosmic Ray Corruption
36	Paul Dermody
37	So Then I Says to Mabel, I Says
38	N/A
39	Betty and the Rubble
40	David Dolan
41	Falcon Artist
42	The Dreams Corporation
43	▷
44	Christine Fanning

Travis's full reviews are coming soon; in the meantime, read on for some words from Travis about their judging philosophy and process.

ST26 R1 Reviews and Rankings - Paul R. Potts

Here are your Round 1 rankings from Paul R. Potts:

1	Also In Blue
2	Carrie Spillane
3	Stefan Szabo
4	Ironbark
5	West Of Vine
6	Cosmic Ray Corruption
7	Jennifer Lynne and the Dandelion Rebellion
8	The Moon Bureau
9	Nathan Joe Long
10	Pigfarmer Jr
11	Brother Baker
12	Jealous Brother
13	David Taro
14	Cheslain
15	miscellaneous owl
16	The Pannacotta Army
17	Ominous Ride
18	the profane bells
19	Sober
20	Best Dad In Yorkshire
21	Vom Vorton
22	Ross Durand
23	Betty and the Rubble
24	Berkeley Social Scene
25	David Dolan
26	chewmeupspitmeout
27	Flintsteel
28	Stacking Theory
29	Hot Pink Halo
30	Star Bear
31	Falcon Artist
32	traumadolls
33	Sunflower Bastard
34	Paul Dermody
35	Boo Lee Crosser
36	Huge Shark
37	Boffo Yux Dudes
38	So Then I Says to Mabel, I Says
39	glennny
40	Siebass
41	Christine Fanning
42	N/A
43	▷
44	The Dreams Corporation

Read on for Paul's reviews, which are also published on his own website.

ST26 R1 Reviews and Rankings - Mo

Here are your Round 1 rankings from Mo:

1	Sunflower Bastard
2	traumadolls
3	Cheslain
4	The Pannacotta Army
5	Hot Pink Halo
6	The Dreams Corporation
7	Stefan Szabo
8	Also In Blue
9	Carrie Spillane
10	Ironbark
11	Jennifer Lynne and the Dandelion Rebellion
12	Flintsteel
13	the profane bells
14	Paul Dermody
15	Boffo Yux Dudes
16	Nathan Joe Long
17	Sober
18	Stacking Theory
19	David Dolan
20	Ominous Ride
21	Huge Shark
22	Brother Baker
23	N/A
24	miscellaneous owl
25	Jealous Brother
26	Pigfarmer Jr
27	▷
28	The Moon Bureau
29	Cosmic Ray Corruption
30	Vom Vorton
31	West Of Vine
32	Best Dad In Yorkshire
33	David Taro
34	Christine Fanning
35	Berkeley Social Scene
36	glennny
37	chewmeupspitmeout
38	Siebass
39	So Then I Says to Mabel, I Says
40	Star Bear
41	Ross Durand
42	Betty and the Rubble
43	Falcon Artist
44	Boo Lee Crosser

Read on for Mo's reviews!

ST26 R1 Reviews and Rankings: Ian Blaylock

Here are your Round 1 rankings from Ian Blaylock:

1	Cheslain
2	Also In Blue
3	The Dreams Corporation
4	The Pannacotta Army
5	Ironbark
6	▷
7	Carrie Spillane
8	traumadolls
9	Sunflower Bastard
10	Flintsteel
11	Stacking Theory
12	Sober
13	Hot Pink Halo
14	Nathan Joe Long
15	West Of Vine
16	Stefan Szabo
17	the profane bells
18	David Taro
19	Brother Baker
20	Jealous Brother
21	Jennifer Lynne and the Dandelion Rebellion
22	N/A
23	Boffo Yux Dudes
24	glennny
25	The Moon Bureau
26	Ominous Ride
27	Vom Vorton
28	Cosmic Ray Corruption
29	Paul Dermody
30	miscellaneous owl
31	Huge Shark
32	Star Bear
33	Best Dad In Yorkshire
34	Berkeley Social Scene
35	chewmeupspitmeout
36	Pigfarmer Jr
37	Christine Fanning
38	David Dolan
39	So Then I Says to Mabel, I Says
40	Siebass
41	Ross Durand
42	Betty and the Rubble
43	Falcon Artist
44	Boo Lee Crosser

Read on for Ian's reviews!

ST26 R1 Rankings - Beka Gurney

Here are your Round 1 rankings from SpinTunes 25 Champion Beka Gurney:

1	David Taro
2	Carrie Spillane
3	Also In Blue
4	Flintsteel
5	Ironbark
6	The Pannacotta Army
7	Sunflower Bastard
8	Jennifer Lynne and the Dandelion Rebellion
9	traumadolls
10	chewmeupspitmeout
11	Stefan Szabo
12	Brother Baker
13	Jealous Brother
14	Vom Vorton
15	Stacking Theory
16	Ominous Ride
17	West Of Vine
18	Best Dad In Yorkshire
19	the profane bells
20	Sober
21	The Moon Bureau
22	miscellaneous owl
23	Nathan Joe Long
24	Star Bear
25	Huge Shark
26	glennny
27	Berkeley Social Scene
28	Boffo Yux Dudes
29	Hot Pink Halo
30	Pigfarmer Jr
31	Betty and the Rubble
32	Boo Lee Crosser
33	Ross Durand
34	David Dolan
35	Cheslain
36	Cosmic Ray Corruption
37	N/A
38	▷
39	So Then I Says to Mabel, I Says
40	Paul Dermody
41	Siebass
42	The Dreams Corporation
43	Falcon Artist
44	Christine Fanning

Beka's reviews are coming soon!