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Modern Qualifier 22 – PRIDE MONTHS STONEMILKER DAY
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— 16 May 2023 Tom
  1. From the 2017 LP DAMN. Nominated by therealbreadco.
  2. Single from 2002’s 100 Days Off LP. Nominated by Ed S.
  3. Single from 2015’s Vulnicura LP. Nominated by Bec.
  4. Title track from a 2003 EP which reworks a track from the Summer Sun LP. Nominated by Daniel W.
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ismathers   19 months ago

some of those synths interact weirdly with my nervous system, I think

ismathers   19 months ago

"Two Months Off" is still the only song that has ever made me feel like I'm coming up on something when I was just walking around, dead sober, on a warm, sunshower-y day. Incredibly easy vote for it […]

ajjr82   19 months ago

I feel bad about picking another indie song, but that specific YLT feedback sound just does something to me.

Derrick Harder   19 months ago

I’ve kept up with Yo La Tengo but haven’t really listened to anything from Bjork or Underworld since Vespertine and Beaucoup Fish respectively. Very very easy vote for Underworld here, this tune is […]

Modern Qualifier 23 – CURATED by Dan B
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— 16 May 2023 Tom

First of today’s Curated Groups comes from Dan B – it’s a terrific collection of recent dance/electronic tracks, if there’s a wider theme I’ll let him elaborate!

  1. Techno remix of the Manchester outfit’s 2021 track.
  2. A 2022 track from the Italian DJ/Producer, on Factory 93 Records.
  3. A 2021 collaboration between the French twin sisters and the Coventry rapper.
  4. From the EDM duo’s 2022 LP Wet Tennis.
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Ed Still   19 months ago

I think it helped that they all had hints of other songs I really like, Rosso Profundo in particular have me a strong flavour of former Golden Beat winner Poni Hoax.

Dan Bright-Amaya   19 months ago

Very much (pleasantly) surprised by how the voting is going. One of these artists is an order of magnitude more popular on Spotify so half expected them to run away with it, but not going that way […]

vinnycrackers   19 months ago

Agree, I had to listen twice, and it wasn't even a chore, I was glad to do it.

Ed Still   19 months ago

Top to bottom one of the best Curated Groups I've ever heard. Not a clue what I'm voting for except it's one of the first 4

Modern Qualifier 24 – CURATED by George O
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— 16 May 2023 Tom

It’s a Curated Group – this one’s from George O, they’re chronologically pretty tight but I don’t think there’s a particular theme, it’s a great group though.

  1. From the UK indie rockers’ self-titled 2018 debut. Stands for “Fuck U Up”
  2. The closing track from her 2018 LP Record.
  3. From the Spanish indie poppers’ 2019 Agosto 7″ on Elefant Records.
  4. A track from Could It Be Different?, the Scottish band’s final LP from 2018.
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itinerantgeoff   19 months ago

This is a wonderful group - thank you George! I know the Tracey Thorn one, and love it too - one of my favourite records of the past few years, probably shows my age that I relate to it so much. […]

stabilimentum   19 months ago

Delightful group! As a Spanish language speaker Linda Guilala strikes some deep chords here. A beautiful mixture of delicacy and angst. Spanish dreampop is really something special.

Matt   19 months ago

The Spook School were on my list of things I might nominate until I saw someone had beaten me to it; had to vote for them here, although it was tough not to vote for FUU. Linda Guilala is new to me […]

Baltimore Jacks   19 months ago

I wasn't familiar with their work at all, but enjoyed this enough to vote for it despite the presence of a good Spanish language song (which I'm always going to be inclined to vote for) and "F.U.U." […]

Modern Qualifier 25 – UNTETHERED BABY DRIFT FRONT
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— 16 May 2023 Tom
  1. A track from the South London group’s 2022 debut LP BLUSH. Nominated by Aidan B.
  2. From the Maryland rapper’s 2022 LP learn 2 swim. Nominated by Jamie W.
  3. A 2023 track from the K-Pop band’s mini-album seOul cOllectiOn. Nominated by Isabel E.
  4. From the Birmingham band’s 2011 LP The Family Amusement Centre. Nominated by Matt.
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Tom   19 months ago

This one’s still open and still very close (err for second place, PVA has first in the bag)

vinnycrackers   19 months ago

That said, I'm not mad at any of these songs, good stuff. Still, vote redveil! :-)

vinnycrackers   19 months ago

I am redveil's nominator and also one of the Shazams! The first time I heard this I loved it and was delighted he was from my neck of the woods. He just turned 19 and has produced everything. […]

qosephine   19 months ago

It's a nice song! I've always had them mixed up with Misty In Roots, but this is exactly the kind of thing my boyfriend would enjoy listening to and I should send it his way!

Modern Qualifier 16 – BREEZEBLOCKS CHANGE DAKOTA VICARIOUS
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— 15 May 2023 Tom

Going some distance outside the People’s Pop comfort zone with this headline group but that’s a good thing… right?

  1. Second single from the Leeds indie-rockers’ 2012 debut An Awesome Wave. Nominated by Ed S in memory of his Dad, Clive Still.
  2. First single from the alternative metal band’s 2000 LP White Pony and their biggest US hit. A Bracket Balancer.
  3. Lead single from the Welsh rockers’ 5th LP Language. Sex. Violence. Other? and their only UK No.1. Nominated by Kate.
  4. Lead single from the prog-metal veterans’ 2006 LP 10,000 Days. Nominated by horizontalhold.
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Tom   19 months ago

It was a tie between Stereophonics and Deftones for 2nd so for the first time the Bracket Balancer rule is invoked and Deftones lose out for being one.

Hunter Felt   19 months ago

Cannot believe I'm voting for Stereophonics, but hey it's the best song in the bunch. Fair is fair.

ajjr82   19 months ago

That Alt-J voice sounds like a parody of early-10s indie, just awful. Deftones, on the other hand, is probably the single best song from the sludgepit of late-90s/early-00s nu-metal and post, […]

RobertK   19 months ago

I don't think I've ever heard Alt-J before but I wasn't expecting them to sound so much like Devendra Banhart.

Modern Qualifier 17 – HEY UBU DRUNK CRUSH
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— 15 May 2023 Tom
  1. Remix of a track from the Nottingham band’s 2013 debut LP, If You Wait. Nominated by Tom H.
  2. Breakout track from the Australian art-rocker’s 2017 LP Everything Is Forgotten. Nominated by Jo.
  3. Single from 2016’s Teens Of Denial, their first all-new studio LP for Matador. Nominated by Neal D.
  4. A single from 2012 and the Brooklyn band’s sole LP Manifest! Nominated by machotrouts.
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Tom   19 months ago

Also a tie for 2nd! London Grammar takes it over Car Seat Headrest on the "unpolled artist" tie-break clause (harsh on CSH I admit as their sole qualifier appearance in the 2020 poll dooms them here!)

Tom H   19 months ago

I didn't think London Grammar had been polled before. I love Hannah Reid's voice, and this mix is special, somehow turning the melancholy into something a lot more uplifting!

Baltimore Jacks   19 months ago

Friends are good. I think that's universally understood, vote totals here notwithstanding.

I miss the bees   19 months ago

I'd argue London Grammar is an even worse name than Car Seat Headrest ("rock'n'roll isn't about education, let alone selective education FFS" - some angry rock critic somewhere). I ended up voting […]

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