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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   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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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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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 […]

Curatorfest Qualifier 5! CURATED by Andy H
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— 5 May 2023 Tom

Our fifth group comes from Andy R and it’s a broadly refugee-themed group for a poll raising money for refugee and international aid charities. 2016’s “Running (Refugee Song)” was written specially to bring awareness to the issue – it’s joined here by thematically linked tracks from Depeche Mode, R.E.M. and Tears For Fears, all of whom we last saw in our 1985 tournament!

RESULTS: A pretty clear win for Tears For Fears and REM sees both bands into the ANCIENT poll Round 1.

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j_e_l   3 years ago

Yes, went with TFF’s Duran impression. Wherever you go, you can’t hide from the dominance of Tears for Fears

Tom   3 years ago

I've played about 20 minutes of GTA games in my life, but in those 20 minutes my character did pull onto a freeway just as the intro to "Pale Shelter" segued into the beats and I thought "OK, now I […]

healingandy   3 years ago

Ah, here we are! No-theme poll? No, I'm institutionalised now. Themes are mandatory, so this one I thought was appropriate. Interesting test of whether name recognition was still a thing in the […]

ajjr82   3 years ago

I like this TFF song more than their later stuff, much more in that early New Romantic style, a bit softer take on early Duran Duran.

Curatorfest Qualifier 4! CURATED by Dan Popomatic
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— 4 May 2023 Tom

Our fourth Curated Group comes from @danpopomatic and I am delighted to announce that the theme is DISCO. There may be more to it I admit but that’s very strongly the vibe I’m getting here. We have soulful disco from Jimmy Ross, Ghanaian disco from Kiki Gyan, anthemic gay disco from Macho and a modern take from Purple Disco Machine. Get down (and vote).

RESULTS: Jimmy Ross and Kiki Gyan advance to ANCIENT Round 1 – we won’t be seeing them for a while.

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Latest comments (of 18)

Tom   3 years ago

Ok I have clearly disabled some setting that actually shows the results of completed polls… hold on.

Pop-o-matic   3 years ago

Yay! Glad you enjoyed it!

Steffen Rayburn-Maarup ?   3 years ago

4 golden beats! Well done.

Kat but logged out innit   3 years ago

Love all these! Kiki Gyan is my favourite though, it's the Golden Beat playlist for you, my dude

Curatorfest Qualifier 3! CURATED by Andrew R!
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— 4 May 2023 Tom

Our third curated group is from Andrew R and has an awesome theme – it’s the best songs he’s found while curating clip quizzes for Sporcle. Blessed are the quizmakers – here’s a link to all Andrew’s quizzes.

RESULTS: 10,000 Maniacs and The Sharades both progress to ANCIENT Round 1 – we’ll see them again in June.

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ajjr82   3 years ago

That one's the one that had the most genre quibbling in the comments/messages, weirdly.

Tom   3 years ago

Loved the quizzes - a source of consolation during a tricky week (I almost had to step away from the internet)

ajjr82   3 years ago

If anyone wants the quizzes these songs were from: The Sharades: Girl Group Sounds, 1960-1968 (https://www.sporcle.com/games/ajjr8/girlgroups) 10000 Maniacs: Modern Rock, 1985-1989 (https://www […]

katstevens   3 years ago

Dumb Head gets my vote despite swimming content elsewhere

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