ST23 Round 2 Results and Album

The judges have submitted their Round 2 rankings. In Round 1 every judge agreed on their favorite song; this time every judge gave the top spot to a different entry. One of those entries, however, earned second or third place from every other judge and thus easily took the top spot in the aggregate rankings. Congratulations to My Broken Demo Tape, who won the round with their heartfelt song "Die Happy".

Sober took second place with "Plastic Paddy", and Also In Blue's "Tenebrae" earned them third place.

The full album is now in ranked order, and can be streamed or downloaded on Bandcamp or embedded below, with cover art by Matt "Shoobs" Schubbe.

Read on for the full rankings and links to each judge's reviews!

ST23.2 Reviews and Rankings - Chumpy

Here are your rankings from SpinTunes 13 Champion Chumpy:

Cavedwellers	1
My Broken Demo Tape	2
The Alleviators	3
Also In Blue	4
Sober	5
Celestial Drift	6
glennny	7
Governing Dynamics	8
With Joe	9
cardamom seed	10
Stacking Theory	11
The Moon Bureau	12
The Pannacotta Army	13
Flintsteel	14
See-Man-Ski	15
Definitely Not Secretly Glennny	16
SpinTown & Company	17
West of Vine	18
Profestriga	19
Berkeley Social Scene	20
▷	21
Siebass	22
Boffo Yux Dudes	23

Chumpy and Ryan offer their reviews on their podcast Two Jerks One Vote. 

ST23.2 Reviews and Rankings - Ryan Finholm

Here are your rankings from SpinTunes 13 Champion Ryan Finholm:

My Broken Demo Tape	1
Also In Blue	2
Sober	3
cardamom seed	4
Cavedwellers	5
Celestial Drift	6
The Moon Bureau	7
The Pannacotta Army	8
glennny	9
Stacking Theory	10
The Alleviators	11
Governing Dynamics	12
Flintsteel	13
See-Man-Ski	14
With Joe	15
West of Vine	16
SpinTown & Company	17
Berkeley Social Scene	18
Definitely Not Secretly Glennny	19
Siebass	20
▷	21
Boffo Yux Dudes	22
Profestriga	23

Ryan and Chumpy offer their reviews on their podcast Two Jerks One Vote. 

ST23.2 Reviews and Rankings - ChasRock

Here are your rankings from ChasRock:

Sober	1
Stacking Theory	2
My Broken Demo Tape	3
Celestial Drift	4
Also In Blue	5
glennny	6
Definitely Not Secretly Glennny	7
cardamom seed	8
With Joe	9
▷	10
Flintsteel	11
The Pannacotta Army	12
Siebass	13
SpinTown & Company	14
Cavedwellers	15
The Moon Bureau	16
West of Vine	17
See-Man-Ski	18
The Alleviators	19
Berkeley Social Scene	20
Governing Dynamics	21
Profestriga	22
Boffo Yux Dudes	23

Read on for Chas's reviews!

ST23.2 Reviews and Rankings - Leonie Connellan

Here are your rankings from Leonie Connellan of Hot Pink Halo:

Stacking Theory	1
My Broken Demo Tape	2
Sober	3
West of Vine	4
cardamom seed	5
Cavedwellers	6
The Alleviators	7
Also In Blue	8
▷	9
Siebass	10
With Joe	11
The Moon Bureau	12
Celestial Drift	13
Berkeley Social Scene	14
glennny	15
Profestriga	16
SpinTown & Company	17
The Pannacotta Army	18
Governing Dynamics	19
Definitely Not Secretly Glennny	20
Flintsteel	21
See-Man-Ski	22
Boffo Yux Dudes	23

Read on for Leonie's reviews!

ST23.2 Reviews and Rankings - Edric Haleen

Here are your rankings from SpinTunes 10 Champion Edric Haleen:

Siebass	1
My Broken Demo Tape	2
Cavedwellers	3
Also In Blue	4
SpinTown & Company	5
Definitely Not Secretly Glennny	6
The Pannacotta Army	7
Sober	8
Stacking Theory	9
The Moon Bureau	10
▷	11
Flintsteel	12
The Alleviators	13
West of Vine	14
Celestial Drift	15
With Joe	16
See-Man-Ski	17
Profestriga	18
glennny	19
Governing Dynamics	20
Boffo Yux Dudes	21
cardamom seed	22
Berkeley Social Scene	23

Read on for a description of Edric's process and a link to his full reviews:

ST23 Round 3 Challenge

Here's a modest proposal: While the judges finalize their Round 2 rankings and reviews, why don't you get a head start on your Round 3 entries?

Read on for your Round 3 challenge:

ST23.2 Listening Party and Deadline News

The Round 2 deadline has passed, and the judges have received the songs. But your first chance to hear these songs is tonight at 9 pm at the Listening Party hosted by Tommy G. Join us on YouTube or embedded below!

A brief bit of housekeeping: I made an error in the Round 1 results post when I indicated that the top 22 songs would move on to Round 2. The elimination schedule actually calls for the top 23 to move on. The two artists tied for 23rd place, ▷ and Berkeley Social Scene, were eliminated in error. However, they were both notified of the mistake and were both able to submit competing entries.

Other competitors missing the deadline also resulted in one vacancy for a shadow reinstatement. Welcome back to the competition, Boffo Yux Dudes!

All-Request Listening Party Tonight!

Tonight at 9 pm EDT, Tommy G hosts an All-Request Listening Party!

If you have a favorite song from the SpinTunes archive, comment here with the title or send it to SpinTunesContest@gmail.com and Tommy G will play it tonight!

Join us on YouTube or embedded below.

ST23 Round 1 Results and Album

The judges have made their decisions, and Round 1 of SpinTunes 23 is in the history books. In every round, we expect quite a bit of discrepancy in the judges' rankings, as each judge brings their own ideas of what makes a good song. This is as it should be; each judge is imperfect, and we hope and trust that their individual preferences balance out when the rankings are combined.

Sometimes, though, a song is so compelling, so finely crafted and so skillfully executed, that the judges, with all their tics and biases, find themselves in perfect agreement about the place it deserves. This is one of those very rare times. By unanimous decision, Also in Blue takes the top spot this round with the song "A Mile and a Half".

Also receiving plenty of love from the judges were Definitely Not Secretly Glennny, whose eponymous meta-textual anthem winked its way to second place, and The Moon Bureau, whose clever love song "Girl with the Eyeliner" was close behind in third.

The full album is now in ranked order, and can be streamed or downloaded on Bandcamp or embedded below, with cover art by Matt "Shoobs" Schubbe.

Read on for the full rankings and links to each judge's reviews!

ST23.1 Reviews and Rankings - ChasRock

Here are your rankings from ChasRock:

Also In Blue	1
Sober	2
Definitely Not Secretly Glennny	3
SpinTown & Company	4
My Broken Demo Tape	5
C-00000291*.sys	6
The Moon Bureau	7
cardamom seed	8
Profestriga	9
West of Vine	10
Celestial Drift	11
With Joe	12
Cavedwellers	13
Governing Dynamics	14
OutLyer	15
See-Man-Ski	16
Menage a Tune	17
Berkeley Social Scene	18
▷	19
Flintsteel	20
Siebass	21
Stacking Theory	22
The Pannacotta Army	23
Night Sky	24
glennny	25
chewmeupspitmeout	26
Thorsten Nesch	27
Falcon Artist	28
James Young	29
Boffo Yux Dudes	30
Ominous Ride	31
Sharquin	32
The Alleviators	33

Read on for Chas's reviews!

ST23.1 Reviews and Rankings - Edric Haleen

Here are your rankings from SpinTunes 10 Champion Edric Haleen:

Also In Blue	1
SpinTown & Company	2
The Moon Bureau	3
Ominous Ride	4
Governing Dynamics	5
Definitely Not Secretly Glennny	6
Night Sky	7
glennny	8
Siebass	9
Flintsteel	10
Sober	11
Profestriga	12
Cavedwellers	13
Stacking Theory	14
Boffo Yux Dudes	15
The Alleviators	16
With Joe	17
cardamom seed	18
▷	19
West of Vine	20
Menage a Tune	21
Celestial Drift	22
Berkeley Social Scene	23
OutLyer	24
C-00000291*.sys	25
See-Man-Ski	26
The Pannacotta Army	27
Sharquin	28
Falcon Artist	29
James Young	30
My Broken Demo Tape	31
chewmeupspitmeout	32
Thorsten Nesch	33

Read on for a description of Edric's process and a link to his full reviews:

ST23.1 Reviews and Rankings - Leonie Connellan

Here are your Round 1 rankings from Leonie Connellan of Hot Pink Halo:

Also In Blue	1
The Moon Bureau	2
The Pannacotta Army	3
C-00000291*.sys	4
Siebass	5
Definitely Not Secretly Glennny	6
My Broken Demo Tape	7
The Alleviators	8
Stacking Theory	9
Cavedwellers	10
Sober	11
See-Man-Ski	12
With Joe	13
OutLyer	14
West of Vine	15
cardamom seed	16
SpinTown & Company	17
glennny	18
Boffo Yux Dudes	19
▷	20
Celestial Drift	21
Governing Dynamics	22
chewmeupspitmeout	23
Profestriga	24
Falcon Artist	25
Flintsteel	26
James Young	27
Berkeley Social Scene	28
Night Sky	29
Ominous Ride	30
Menage a Tune	31
Thorsten Nesch	32
Sharquin	33

Read on for Leonie's reviews!

ST23.1 Reviews and Rankings - Ryan Finholm

Here are your Round 1 rankings from SpinTunes 13 Champion Ryan Finholm:

Also In Blue	1
Definitely Not Secretly Glennny	2
The Moon Bureau	3
OutLyer	4
C-00000291*.sys	5
With Joe	6
Celestial Drift	7
cardamom seed	8
Governing Dynamics	9
SpinTown & Company	10
Sober	11
glennny	12
Flintsteel	13
West of Vine	14
Stacking Theory	15
The Alleviators	16
Cavedwellers	17
See-Man-Ski	18
The Pannacotta Army	19
Berkeley Social Scene	20
Boffo Yux Dudes	21
Profestriga	22
Siebass	23
My Broken Demo Tape	24
James Young	25
chewmeupspitmeout	26
Sharquin	27
▷	28
Night Sky	29
Menage a Tune	30
Thorsten Nesch	31
Falcon Artist	32
Ominous Ride	33

Ryan and Chumpy share their Round 1 reviews on their podcast Two Jerks One Vote.