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Modern Qualifier 10 – CURATED by Tom E
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— 11 May 2023 Tom

A curated group by Tom E (hey that’s me!) mixing late UK garage, early grime and grime novelties.

  1. Ragga-garage 2002 single produced by Sticky. The only one to get any sort of official release.
  2. JME extemporises on the theme of Pokemon, from 2015. (YOUTUBE ONLY)
  3. White Label 12″ from 2003 from members of N.A.S.T.Y. Crew, much circulated on MP3 in the “blog era”. (YOUTUBE ONLY)
  4. Viral paean to Southern Fried Chicken’s meal deal. (YOUTUBE ONLY)
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j_e_l   20 months ago

I’m thinking that Red Hot Entertainment are the most influential song in the poll, just found myself asking my son if he wants a Junior Spesh from the fish and chip shop

Bob Burgoyne   20 months ago

'Gimmee some tissue in case of mess' surely?

Tom   20 months ago

The group has finally ended! Thanks to all voters :) All I was hoping when I went in was that one of the "novelty" tracks and one of the "serious" tracks would progress, and that's the result we've […]

Tom   20 months ago

Thank you kindly! And that was actually my pick too - partly cos I thought it would need more votes as it doesn't have the novelty appeal of the other two YT only ones. Of all of them it's the one […]

Modern Poll Day 2 Playlists
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— 11 May 2023 Tom

Playlist time for today’s matches, with more titans clashing in the headline group and no less than 3 Curated Groups too. One quirk of today is that a lot of tracks – 5 out of 20! – are only in the YT playlist.

In the comments to this post there’s an update on some current site issues/glitches…

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admin   20 months ago

what's that then?

admin   20 months ago

Oh yeah?

Alvin Stardust's Fuchsia Shark   20 months ago

gonna try a thing… the thing worked - email notifications (of replies and follow ups) are working

j_e_l   20 months ago

Not sure how I got lucky with the picture thing - iPhone 12, Latest update, Safari - Chrome isn’t so good for this site

Modern Qualifier 1 – CITY ZERO GIRL SHOUT
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— 10 May 2023 Tom
  1. The lead single from the French band’s Hurry Up We’re Dreaming in 2011 – nominated by Charlotte A.
  2. The lead single from the indie rockers’ 2009 LP It’s Blitz – nominated by Arron W.
  3. A heavyweight collab from Royksopp’s 2009 LP Junior – nominated by Al E.
  4. Rounding off our headline group, the title track from the Swedish’ electronic band’s 2006 LP – nominated by Graham M.
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Arron Wright   20 months ago

Semi-finalists in 4-letter-words (Aug/Sep 2021) and 2022 (Jan of this year). Only equal or better from C21 are: Wet Leg (2 RU, 1 QF) Outkast (1 RU, 1 SF) Beyonce (1 RU, 1 QF) MGMT (2 SF)

vinnycrackers   20 months ago

I just feel they've come so close to winning (getting in Polhalla) without getting there (unless they did win before I showed up)

Arron Wright   20 months ago

Not sure I get the bridesmaids reference... they're one of only five acts I can find with two C21 songs in Pollhalla already*. None of their opponents here have even one. Though three of those […]

vinnycrackers   20 months ago

The YYYs being bridesmaids so many times makes me vote their way (to likely be bridesmaids again.) That M83 song has been used in too many commercials/interstitial bits of music in the US to hold […]

Modern Qualifier 2 – RUMOUR DIANE BROTHER DEAD
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— 10 May 2023 Tom
  1. A medley from the “Mash Off” episode in Season 3 of Glee – sung by ‘The Troubletones’ and nominated by grapefruitzzz#
  2. An inversion of Dolly’s “Jolene” taken from country singer Cam’s 2020 LP The Otherside and nominated by Al E.
  3. A 2006 single by the Canadian post-punk band, nominated by Koen.
  4. A 2004 single from the hit Final Straw LP, nominated by Kate.
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Mic Waters   20 months ago

Me, a music expert: "Oh, this Someone Like You song's quite nice, I wonder who it's by."

jonathanb   20 months ago

I think I mentioned this in a previous poll, but there's an unrecognized but distinct Scottish Sound that forms a throughline in 21st century rock, encompassing the likes of Frightened Rabbit, The […]

Son of Mecha Mummy   20 months ago

Boy my relationship with Glee was a real rocky one but Amber Riley and Naya Rivera (RIP) could be relied on for strong performances long after the writing had completely fallen off a cliff (or maybe […]

Hunter Felt   20 months ago

If you needed any proof that "Rumor Has It" is Adele's all-time greatest banger, not even "Glee" could ruin it.

Modern Qualifier 3 – CLUB HOURS NAUGHTY PEDRO
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— 10 May 2023 Tom
  1. California rapper The BoyBoy West Coast hit viral fame on TikTok with this 2019 release. Nominated by jacobkupp.
  2. Taken from the indie hip-hop supergroup’s 2008 EP The Gathering, this closing cut is produced by The Grouch and nominated by Daniel C.
  3. One of the biggest Asian hits of 2004 and the lead single from the Thai singer’s I Believe LP. Nominated by Jonathan B.
  4. Lisbon-based producer Bullion released this hornpipe-themed jam in 2017. It’s a Bracket Balancer.
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Tom   20 months ago

I can… totally hear this! Wow.

jonathanb   20 months ago

This is precisely why I nominated this song.

stabilimentum   20 months ago

YES I VOTED BULLION.

wmterhaar   20 months ago

Bullion has a math rock vibe going on. I can specifically hear Battles covering this song.

Modern Qualifier 4: AWAY CYCLIC SWEATY ROBOT
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— 10 May 2023 Tom
  1. The title track of Stella Chronopoulou’s 2022 LP on Sub Pop, which draws inspiration from Greek folk (and other things). A Steve M nomination.
  2. The epic opener to 2003’s LP Pshychic on V2 Records – the Japanese rockers’ 5th LP. Nominated by mondosalvo.
  3. An early single from the Australian banger-monger which can also be found on his 2007 debut Guns Babes Lemonade. An anonymous nomination! (EDIT: No longer anonymous! It’s commenter Smoothbrain!)
  4. A standout from the Norwegian Idol graduate’s 2006 LP, Pretty Scary Silver Fairy. Nominated by actualeesimpson.
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Steve Mannion   20 months ago

Nice to see 'Up And Away' with a fighting chance here. It's mostly about that chord change on the third bar of the chorus elevating it substantially, up and away from my usual dislike of such […]

jonathanb   20 months ago

I think the mid-'00s marked a quiet revolution where the base Oz music sound ceased to be pub rock and turned into big-tune indie dance: all emerging around this time were Cut Copy, The Presets, Van […]

Kit   20 months ago

shout-out to Muscles for being the only act I have ever personally seen graduate from teenage message board troll to charting / internationally touring musician under the same login name* ** *one […]

j_e_l   20 months ago

I would strongly campaign against Metal Mickey as it’s just trying to woo the robot vote without actually being about robots or by robots. I guess in reality the Drake AI thing would win World Cup […]

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