Squawkatiel Madness: Final Round!

So here we are! We started out with 64 Flight of the Squawkatiel artists competing for the grand prize, and now we are down to just 2. One of these bands will get the second hour of this Saturday's episode of Flight of the Squawkatiel dedicated to their music, their side projects, remixes, covers of their songs by other artist, songs by similar artists, and more!

The first band in the final is of course, Beach House. They have dominated most of their matches, with the only close call being their match against Dirty Projectors in the 3rd round which they won by one vote. Beach House won their match against Beach Fossils by a landslide once again, with 100% of the vote.

The second match, however, was a lot closer. The Strokes and The Shins were only separated by one vote in this round, but in the end, it went to The Strokes.

Now it is time for you to decide which of these two bands will win the grand prize. Will it be The Strokes or will it be Beach House? Place your vote at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/HDRND9W

Beach House seems to be the favorite to win at this point. But don't count The Strokes out just yet. Luckily for them, their latest album, Comedown Machine, was released today. Will that work in their favor?

This time, we're doing something special. You will have until 7 pm on March 30 to vote, so that means there will be live voting during the first hour of the show, and call-in votes will be counted as well. I will prepare two different playlists for the second hour. The one that gets played will be the one for the winning band! Please only vote once.

If you need help making up your mind, check out this Soundcloud set which features music from both The Strokes and Beach House.

Squawkatiel Madness: The Feathered Four!

The votes are in, and the four artists moving on to the semi-finals in Squawkatiel Madness 2013 are:

The Strokes
The Shins
Beach House
Beach Fossils

Three of these matches were decided by one vote. You can see how it has all gone down so far at http://challonge.com/squawkatiel2013

All four of these artists have won at least one of their matches by one vote, so every vote counts! Vote here for who you would like to move on to the finals, where either The Strokes or The Shins will be facing Beach House or Beach Fossils for the championship title. The overall winner will get an hour of next week's show dedicated to their music, their side projects, and more fun stuff related to them.

Please only vote once per round.

While you're voting, you can listen to music from all four of the remaining bands at this Soundcloud set.

Squawkatiel Madness - Round 3: The Squawky Sixteen!

And the votes are in! Thanks to everyone who voted, there were twice as many votes for this round compared to the first one. The artists who advanced to the Squawky Sixteen are:

Smile Smile
Yo La Tengo
The Strokes
Cloud Nothings
Dinosaur Jr.
The Shins
Ducktails
Jens Lekman
Beach House
Dirty Projectors
Reptar
Stars
Deerhoof
Minus the Bear
Japandroids
Beach Fossils

CLICK HERE TO VOTE for who you would like to advance to Round 4. Please only vote once per round.

You have until 8 pm on Tuesday, March 19th to vote, and then Round 4 will begin.

If you are not sure who to vote for, you can listen to tracks from all 16 remaining artists at https://soundcloud.com/flight-of-the-squawkatiel/sets/squawkatiel-madness-2013

You can also check out the tournament bracket at http://challonge.com/squawkatiel2013

The votes are in, Round 2 begins!

Thanks to everyone who voted in the 1st round of Squawkatiel Madness! The votes are in and the 32 artists who are moving on to Round 2 are:

Cheers Elephant, Smile Smile, Husky, Yo La Tengo, Savoir Adore, The Strokes, Pretty & Nice, Cloud Nothings, Rubblebucket, Dinosaur Jr., Thao & the Get Down Stay Down, The Shins, Ducktails, The Helio Sequence, Jens Lekman, Tanlines, Beach House, Wild Nothing, Dirty Projectors, Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, Reptar, State Radio, Stars, Toro Y Moi, Deerhoof, Yeasayer, Minus the Bear, Japandroids, Tennis, Beach Fossils, and Sleigh Bells. Congrats to all!

Voting has now opened for Round 2. You can vote at http://kwiksurveys.com/s.asp?sid=m5y7rn2eodgrcge110818

You have until 4 pm on Saturday, March 16th to vote, and then the "Squawky Sixteen" will be revealed on that night's show.

You can listen to tracks from the 32 remaining artists at https://soundcloud.com/flight-of-the-squawkatiel/sets/squawkatiel-madness-2013 and view the tournament bracket at http://challonge.com/squawkatiel2013

Please only vote once per round.

Last chance - vote for Round 1 of Squawkatiel Madness!

Today is the last day you can vote for the first round of Squawkatiel Madness, so be sure to get your votes in!

CLICK HERE TO VOTE.

You have until 8pm tonight to get your votes in, and then the votes will be counted and the 32 artists moving on to Round 2 will be announced.

If you're not sure who to vote for, you can check out tracks from each of the 64 artists in this Soundcloud set.

Flight of the Squawkatiel presents Squawkatiel Madness 2013!

This month, Flight of the Squawkatiel will be holding a little tournament in honor of March Madness called "Squawkatiel Madness", where 64 artists who have been featured during the new music hour on Flight of the Squawkatiel will go head to head and you will decide who moves on. The winner will get an hour of my March 30th show dedicated to their music, any side projects if applicable, similar artists, artists who are on the same record label or they have toured with, etc.

The artists who will be competing for the title are:

A.C. Newman, Animal Collective, Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti, Beach Fossils, Beach House, Bloc Party, Cat Power, Cheers Elephant, Circa Survive, Cloud Nothings, Coheed & Cambria, Darlingside, David Byrne & St. Vincent, Deerhoof, Deftones, DIIV, Dinosaur Jr., Dirty Projectors, Ducktails, Foals, Frank Turner, Freelance Whales, The Gaslight Anthem, Gold Motel, The Helio Sequence, Husky, Japandroids, Jeff the Brotherhood, Jens Lekman, Jonquil, Kitten, Local Natives, Manicanparty, Matt & Kim, Memory Tapes, Metric, Minus the Bear, Orbital, Pinback, Pretty & Nice, Reptar, Rubblebucket, Savoir Adore, The Shins, Silversun Pickups, Sleigh Bells, Smile Smile, The Spinto Band, Stars, State Radio, The Strokes, Sun Airway, Tanlines, Tennis, Thao & the Get Down Stay Down, This Town Needs Guns, Toro Y Moi, Twin Shadow, Veronica Falls, Wild Nothing, Wintersleep, Yeasayer, Yo La Tengo, and Yppah.

This is just for fun and to find out which artists listeners would like to hear more of on the show.

CLICK HERE TO CAST YOUR VOTES FOR THE FIRST ROUND

You have through Tuesday, March 12 to vote, and then voting for Round 2 will begin on Wednesday, March 13. Please only vote once.

If you are unfamiliar with any of the artists listed, I have compiled a Soundcloud set where you can hear songs from all the artists who are in the running, in order they appear on the bracket.

Good luck to all, and have fun!