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Curatorfest Qualifier 8! CURATED by Simon T
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— 6 May 2023 Tom

This group is curated by Simon T and as I understand it it’s a selection of Australian classics little known in the Northern Hemisphere – Models, Screamfeeder, Rocket Science and Thelma Plum, your time is now!

RESULTS: Thelma Plum enters the MODERN poll Round 1, while Screamfeeder make their way into ANCIENT Round 1.

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Latest comments (of 20)

Simon Topper   19 months ago

Well that’s bloody lovely of you, thanks! Glad people seem to be enjoying & discovering. It’s always driven me bananas that it tends to be only the most obvious Aust artists to get out of the […]

di qualcosa di sinistra   19 months ago

Didn't know about any of these acts before - now I got 4 GBs. Total group of death for me, kudos to the curator

Cumbrian   19 months ago

Better in Blak a new one on me and probably on my GB list. An easy vote for me here.

healingandy   19 months ago

Trent Reznor was listening to Models, eh?

Curatorfest Qualifier 7! CURATED by Sarah C
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— 6 May 2023 Tom

Curated Group #7 in this tournament is on the theme of WORK, and comes from Sarah C. Heaven 17 are slaves to the grind; Tetsuya Kimoro gives a more optimistic spin; the Ramones embrace flexible working and Sparks quiet quit. Two will find themselves unemployed next round…

RESULTS: It’s one into the ANCIENT poll (Heaven 17!) and one into the MODERN poll (Sparks!)

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Cumbrian   19 months ago

Knowing there's a Sparks hive I had to go for Heaven 17 in case they weren't going to get out of this group. Otherwise I'd have voted for Tetsuya Komuro who is languishing sadly.

TheHarderLine   19 months ago

Ahh I bailed on Sparks and Ramones but enjoyed the other two a lot!

ajjr82   19 months ago

I feel like Owen Pallet listened to a lot of Sparks (I voted Ramones).

j_e_l   19 months ago

I have a hot take. Sparks are kinda like They Might Be Giants for grown-ups. I quite like this song. All around, a good group! I’m voting for the Ramones for expressing one of my fundamental feelings.

Curatorfest Qualifier 6! CURATED by Spimtobley
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— 6 May 2023 Tom

Here’s our 6th curated group, from Twitter’s own @spimtobley, and the theme is SISTER ACTS – four groups made up of sisters. Not only is there a wild genre mix here, it’s a pretty globe-spanning bunch too – the Lijadu Sisters from Nigeria, Ireland’s Nolans, and from America there’s 702 (Nevada) and P.S.Eliot (Alabama).

RESULTS: The sisters who progress are The Nolans and 702 – both into the ANCIENT Poll Round 1.

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Latest comments (of 7)

Matt   19 months ago

New site, same old being charmed by a song, voting for it and seeing that it's miles behind the others.

Tom   19 months ago

This one has turned into a real nail biter (except for poor PS Eliot)

Pop-o-matic   19 months ago

These are all great and normally I'd have voted for Lijadu Sisters, but thought P.S. Eliot probably needed it more. Another good group! […]

bartlebooth45   19 months ago

Four very nice tunes. I was never much of a PS Eliot fan despite being very much into that scene at the time when they were around but this song hits in a way it didn't 15 odd years ago for some […]

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