Folks, we are SO close to the most Northwest-y rate our sub has ever held! (Sorry grunge rate, but you had non-northwesterners in the bonus.) This post is just a friendly reminder that ballots are due in just one week so finalize those scores! Below is the link to the main announcement post, which will give you all the information you need on the four classic PNW albums we’re rating (XO, Transatlanticism, The Woods, and Celebration Rock), the chaotic bonus rate, and how to submit your ballot!
[Link to announcement post] ()
Ballot Due Date: Friday, May 24, 11:59 p.m. Pacific time
I will also give late extensions until the end of Tuesday, May 28th if you message me or comment here or on any of my posts asking for one. If you think you can't make it for Friday, please don't hesitate to ask for one. I'd be more than happy cause that means another potential ballot is back in play. BUT -- I’d much prefer ballots by the 24th!
Here are some fun facts:
*We have 15 folks who’ve turned in ballots so far! Thank you so much to all of you for getting those in early. [Here’s the list of participants.] ()
*Obviously things are still early, but there are currently two songs that are WAY ahead of the pack in the main rate, and they’re neck-and-neck for that gold medal. One of them is unsurprising…the other is a bit of a wild card!
*The overall controversy score is quite low -- about 1.41. So if you’ve got some hot takes, send them my way!
*The bonus rate has already received plenty of incredulous comments and some wild ballots! THIS is where the high controversy scores come in. Folks, if there’s one big selling point for this rate, it’s that this is quite possibly the strangest, most eclectic bonus rate in indieheads history. You won’t want to miss it.
Which album will be crowned the rulers of the Northwest?
Will Elliott Smith notch a victory for Oregon with his soft-spoken, angsty folk-rock?
Will Death Cab overcome its dedicated antis with their anthemic arena-emo magnum opus?
Sleater-Kinney is certainly the most beloved of these four artists and there’s no PNW music scene more legendary than Olympia -- will that be enough to propel the Northwest’s greatest trio to the top?
Or will the sub’s noted nostalgia for Pitchfork-era Millennial indie rock (and love of dudes rock) deliver the win for Japandroids?
You’ve got one week, raters! Send those ballots in!
The rate reveal will be the weekend after Memorial Day weekend: May 31-June 2 (exact time TBD). See you there!
