SpinTunes 26 Round 2 Album

Round 2 is full of excellent music, which we had the pleasure of hearing for the first time at last night's Listening Party. If you missed it or you just need to hear these songs again (and who could blame you?), the full Round 2 album is now available to download or stream on Bandcamp or embedded below. As usual, the charming cover art is provided by our faithful and talented graphic designer, Matt "Shoobs" Schubbe.

ST26 Round 2 Listening Party and Deadline News

The Round 2 deadline has passed. We received entries from 29 of our 31 eligible contestants, which left two spots open for shadow reinstatement. The two shadowing artists who received the highest ranks in Round 1 have been reinstated and will compete on an equal footing with the rest of the contestants. Welcome back to the competition, Paul Dermody and Star Bear!

Your first chance to hear all 31 competing entries and six shadow entries is at tonight's Listening Party hosted by Tommy G at 9 pm EDT. Join us on YouTube or embedded below!

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!