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Curatorfest Qualifier 11! CURATED by Jamie R
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— 8 May 2023 Tom

Jamie R gives us a selection which he wasn’t going to make curated until he realised the tracks tell a story. Happy or sad? You be the judge. Owen Pallett, Me’shell NdegeoCello, Bobby Short and Umberto Tozzi are your narrators.

RESULTS: Another two tracks heading for ANCIENT Round 1 here. Me’Shell NdegeoCello dominated the group, but Umberto Tozzi managed to reel in his rivals to take second by a single vote.

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Latest comments (of 11)

ajjr82   3 years ago

The backing vocals on the Me'Shell song are delightfully petty and mean.

koganbot   3 years ago

We have not polled Me'Shell (unless as playing bass where a band or another performer is the name on the marquee). Tom has provided an extraordinary spreadsheet of what we've polled, which is up-to […]

j_e_l   3 years ago

Gloria is a great song, and even on a new site, even with a new beginning, even with the Twitter-refuseniks, outrage continues

RobertK   3 years ago

Surely we've polled Me'Shell before, no?

Curatorfest Qualifier 10! CURATED by groovypanda
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— 8 May 2023 Tom

Twitter’s own Groovypanda presents us with a lovely group which feels linked less by theme and more by… vibe. Golden Beat miners get ready – tracks here from Fragile, Love And Money, Marti Caine and the Quintus Project.

I’m actually sure that this should have been in the ANCIENT poll anyway – I was misled by the reissue date on the Quintus Project. In any case RESULTS: Marti Caine and her tiger progress, and so do the Quintus folks.

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Son of Mecha Mummy   3 years ago

Extremely good group. I've pretty much exclusively voted for songs in fourth place and that continued with Fragile, who are the first addition to my Golden Beat longlist. Marti Caine was my second, […]

Cumbrian   3 years ago

This is an excellent group that hasn't yet cracked 100 votes. Hopefully, people will get around to it, as there's lots to like here I think. Marti Caine was a real surprise - I vaguely remember her […]

healingandy   3 years ago

With Strange Kind Of Love, more is more, so in a Balearic spirit I can recommend this extended mix: https://open.spotify.com/track/6kvyePudesC51MFJRcbz7j?si […]

stabilimentum   3 years ago

Each track better than the one before! Had to vote for Marti Caine because I saw Quintus was winning. (Unsure if the ranked option order is intended or not, but its great!)

Curatorfest Qualifier 9! CURATED by Andy R
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— 8 May 2023 Tom

This group is from Andy R and it’s one where either there’s no theme or – just as possible – I don’t know the theme. But who needs a theme when you have bangers from Mission Of Burma, REM, Aimee Mann and the Real McCoy slugging it out?

RESULTS: Mission of Burma and the Real McCoy dodge the hives to land in the ANCIENT poll.

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komodomymanor   3 years ago

Real McCoy is a straight GB nomination, great track in a good group.

mitya   3 years ago

Academy Fight Song is one of those songs I'm generally going to vote for regardless of the competition, but all the comments about Real McCoy prompted me to listen (since I didn't recognise the name […]

David Belbin   3 years ago

I love REM's cover of Academy Fight Song and they do a good job on Crazy too, but for me this is an easy vote for one of my favourite singer/songwriters over my favourite group. 'Lost in Space', […]

Ben Wainless   3 years ago

I remain unconvinced that the two (current) leaders in Q1 would have been the same on Twitter. I remain thankful too :)

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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Simon Topper   3 years 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   3 years 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   3 years ago

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

healingandy   3 years 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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Latest comments (of 5)

Cumbrian   3 years 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   3 years ago

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

ajjr82   3 years ago

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

j_e_l   3 years 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   3 years ago

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

Tom   3 years ago

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

Pop-o-matic   3 years 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   3 years 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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