Playlist for 4/9/14: Sigur Rós wins Squawkatiel Madness 2014

This week's show saw the end of Squawkatiel Madness. After 3 weeks of voting, it came down to Real Estate and Sigur Rós as the final two bands left standing, and Sigur Rós claimed the victory by 1 vote. The second hour of the show was dedicated to their music, including a remix and a couple songs from their lead vocalist Jonsi's solo album Go.

If you missed the show, you can listen to it online at http://wruv.org/thisweek?2014-04-09_2000h_Wed-Flight_of_the_Squawkatiel_with_McSquawk.m3u or http://wruv.org/schedule/wednesday

Here is the playlist:

Time ∧	Title	Artist	Album	Label	Genre
08:02 pm	Tachycardia	Roman Remains	Zeal	Hot	Rock
08:05 pm	A Beginner's Guide to Destroying the Moon	Foster the People	Supermodel	Columbia	Rock
08:10 pm	The Only Thing	The Hold Steady	Teeth Dreams	Razor & Tie	Rock
08:16 pm	Shriek	Wye Oak	Shriek	Merge	Rock
08:20 pm	Canary Wharf	Chirping	Lux	s/r	Rock
08:24 pm	Rome	Snowmine	Dialects	Mystery Buildings	Rock
08:28 pm	Breaking the Spell Against the Tide	Craft Spells	Nausea	Captured Tracks	Rock
08:34 pm	Apogee	Tycho	Awake	Ghostly International	RPM
08:39 pm	Fortune	William Fitzsimmons	Lions	Nettwerk	Rock
08:42 pm	By the River	The Honey Trees	Bright Fire	s/r	Rock
08:49 pm	Minha Menina	Donovan Blanc	Donovan Blanc	Captured Tracks	Rock
08:51 pm	Let Her Go	Mac DeMarco	Salad Days	Captured Tracks	Rock
08:54 pm	Unbelievable	Blitzen Trapper	Bob Dylan In The 80's: Volume One	ATO	Rock
08:57 pm	Blackbird Chain	Beck	Morning Phase	Capitol	Rock
09:10 pm	Við spilum endalaust	Sigur Rós	Með suð i eyrum við spilum endalaust	XL	Rock
09:14 pm	Navigator	Real Estate	Atlas	Domino	Rock
09:17 pm	Isjaki	Sigur Rós	Kveikur	XL	Rock
09:22 pm	Rembihnútur	Sigur Rós	Valtari	XL	Rock
09:29 pm	Saeglópur (ENiGMA Dubz Remix)	Sigur Rós	https://soundcloud.com/enigmadubz	s/r	RPM
09:34 pm	Go Do	Jónsi	Go	XL	Rock
09:39 pm	Around Us	Jónsi	Go	XL	Rock
09:45 pm	Sätt Att Se	Dungen	4	Kemado	Rock
09:50 pm	Gong	Sigur Rós	Takk	Geffen	Rock
09:55 pm	Untitled 4 (The Nothing Song)	Sigur Rós	()	MCA	Rock

And the 2014 Squawkatiel Madness Champion is...

After three weeks of voting and 64 Flight of the Squawkatiel artist competing for the title of the 2nd annual Squawkatiel Madness Champion, one band remains. Who did you vote as your favorite Flight of the Squawkatiel artist of the year?

And the winner is...

Congratulations to Sigur Ros! They are your 2014 Squawkatiel Madness champions, and received the second hour of this Wednesday's show dedicated to their music, side projects, and a remix. Honorable mention to runner-up Real Estate, who fought very hard to make it this far in the competition.

Thanks to everyone who voted! Be sure to listen to Flight of the Squawkatiel every Wednesday night from 8-10 on 90.1 WRUV or online at wruv.org

Squawkatiel Madness 2014: Round 4 Begins!

Voting for Round 4 of Squawkatiel Madness 2014 has begun! We are down to 8 bands left out of 64. One of these 8 will get the second hour of the April 9th show dedicated to their music, and you get to decide who that will be!

Click here to vote for who you want to advance to the Feathered Four.

Here are the matches in the Avian Eight:

Beach Fossils, who made the Feathered Four last year, are looking to get there once again this year. But standing in their way is Stephen Malkmus, frontman of the beloved 90's band Pavement, and his current band The Jicks who have been going strong for over 10 years.

In what looks to be possibly the most competitive match this round, we have Washed Out, who appear to be popular with the same crowd who carried Beach House to victory last year, up against Real Estate, who just released their newest album Atlas that has been very popular on WRUV.

In the third match we have two of the more surprising artists in the Avian Eight fighting it out for a spot in the Feathered Four. We have Tennis, who have been quite busy with two albums and an EP in the last three years, versus Dr. Dog who are a really great live band.

Finally, in the last match we have two artists who couldn't be more different. Icelandic post-rock band Sigur Ros goes up against dance duo Daft Punk whose popularity has soared in the last year with a hit single and Grammy-winning album.

So who will make it to the Feathered Four? It's up to you. You have until Wednesday, April 2nd at 6 pm to vote for who you want to advance, and then the results will be announced on that night's show.

CLICK HERE TO VOTE!

Squawkatiel Madness Round 3: Results!

Round 3 of Squawkatiel Madness 2014 has ended! The votes are in, let's see who you voted through to the Avian Eight! Here are the final scores:

Beach Fossils 3
Yeah Yeah Yeahs 2

Dum Dum Girls 2
Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks 3

Washed Out 3
Kurt Vile 2

Real Estate 3
Polica 2

Broken Bells 2
Tennis 3

Phantogram 1
Dr. Dog 4

Gogol Bordello 1
Sigur Ros 4

Daft Punk 4
Rubblebucket 1

In the 4th round Beach Fossils, Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks, Washed Out, Real Estate, Tennis, Dr. Dog, Sigur Ros, and Daft Punk will compete for a place in the Feathered Four.

CLICK HERE TO VOTE FOR ROUND 4!

Squawkatiel Madness Round 2: Results!

Voting has ended for Round 2 of Squawkatiel Madness 2014! 32 of Flight of the Squawkatiel's favorite artists competed for your votes, and only 16 move on to the next round. Did your favorite band make it into the Squawky Sixteen? Here are the final scores:

Beach Fossils 6
Sleigh Bells 1

Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin 2
Yeah Yeah Yeahs 5

CocoRosie 2
Dum Dum Girls 5

They Might Be Giants 2
Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks 5

Vampire Weekend 1
Washed Out 6

Kurt Vile 5
Of Montreal 2

Real Estate 6
Cheatahs 1

Poliça 5
Iron & Wine 2

Broken Bells 4
Minus the Bear 3

Los Campesinos! 2
Tennis 5

Phantogram 5
Frank Turner 2

Dr. Dog 5
Franz Ferdinand 2

Gogol Bordello 4
Queens of the Stone Age 3

Arcade Fire 3
Sigur Ros 4

Daft Punk 6
The Fratellis 1

Rubblebucket 6
Portugal. The Man 1

CLICK HERE TO VOTE FOR ROUND 3!

Voting opens for Round 2 of Squawkatiel Madness 2014!

Thanks to everyone who voted in Round 1 of Squawkatiel Madness! To see how the voting went down, you can go to http://challonge.com/squawkatiel2014

Now it is time to vote on who you want to advance to the "Squawky Sixteen" for a chance to be the featured artist of the April 9th edition of Flight of the Squawkatiel.

CLICK HERE TO VOTE!

The matches for Round 2 are:

Beach Fossils (1) vs. Sleigh Bells (9)

Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin (4) vs. Yeah Yeah Yeahs (5)

CocoRosie (15) vs. Dum Dum Girls (10)

They Might Be Giants (3) vs. Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks (6)

Vampire Weekend (1) vs. Washed Out (8)

Kurt Vile (4) vs. Of Montreal (5)

Real Estate (2) vs. Cheatahs (10)

Poliça (14) vs. Iron & Wine (11)

Broken Bells (1) vs. Minus the Bear (9)

Los Campesinos! (4) vs. Tennis (5)

Phantogram (2) vs. Frank Turner (10)

Dr. Dog (3) vs. Franz Ferdinand (6)

Gogol Bordello (1) vs. Queens of the Stone Age (8)

Arcade Fire (4) vs. Sigur Ros (5)

Daft Punk (2) vs. The Fratellis (7)

Rubblebucket (3) vs. Portugal. The Man (11)

Voting for Round 2 ends on Wednesday, March 26 at 6 pm, and then the "Squawky Sixteen" will be announced on that night's Flight of the Squawkatiel on 90.1 WRUV. Voting for Round 3 will begin shortly after that. Please only vote once per round. DJ McSquawk will only vote if there are an even number of voters and we need to break any ties.

Below, you can find a playlist with all 32 artists in Round 2 in case you're unfamiliar with any of them.

Squawkatiel Madness - Round 1 Results!

We've reached the end of Round 1 of Squawkatiel Madness! Let's see how you voted:

The biggest upset in Round 1 was The Strokes, who made it all the way to the final round against Beach House last year, but were defeated in the 1st round this year by none other than CocoRosie. All the #1 seeds advanced to Round 2, but in the cases of Vampire Weekend and Gogol Bordello, it was by a very small margin. Votes came in strong for They Might Be Giants, Franz Ferdinand, Daft Punk and Dr. Dog, while many of the other matches were decided by one vote, including Frank Turner's victory over Phoenix, and Wild Nothing's defeat at the hands of Iron & Wine.

Here are the final scores:

Beach Fossils 4
Tera Melos 0

Foals 2
Sleigh Bells 4

Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin 3*
Superchunk 2

Yeah Yeah Yeahs 3
Frankie Rose 2

The Strokes 2
CocoRosie 3

Arctic Monkeys 1
Dum Dum Girls 4

They Might Be Giants 5
Shout Out Louds 0

Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks 2
Enter the Haggis 1

Vampire Weekend 3
Still Corners 2

Washed Out 4
Youth Lagoon 1

Kurt Vile 3
Marissa Nadler 1

Of Montreal 4
Speedy Ortiz 2

Real Estate 3
Minks 0

Bibio 1
Cheatahs 2

Tycho 1
Polica 2

Wild Nothing 2
Iron & Wine 3

Broken Bells 4
Saturday Looks Good to Me 1

Surfer Blood 1
Minus the Bear 3

Los Campesinos! 3
Warpaint 1

Tennis 3
The Notwist 1

Phantogram 4
The Melodic 1

Phoenix 2
Frank Turner 3

Dr. Dog 5
Generationals 0

Franz Ferdinand 5
Frightened Rabbit 0

Gogol Bordello 3*
Man Man 2

Queens of the Stone Age 3
Pretty & Nice 1

Arcade Fire 4
Adrian Roye & the Exiles 1

Sigur Ros 4
Kitten 1

Daft Punk 5
The Appleseed Cast 0

The Fratellis 3
Delorean 1

Rubblebucket 3
Home by Hovercraft 0

Bombay Bicycle Club 1
Portugal. The Man 2

*means this match was a tie, and DJ McSquawk cast the tiebreaker vote.


Click here to vote for Round 2!

Playlist for 3/19/14: The Cold Wave

Here in Burlington, we had unseasonably cold temperatures for March this week, so the theme for last night's show featured an of icy synth rock, vaguely "coldwave" playlist. I figured if I planned on having a cold themed show the weather would finally get warmer, as the weather never wants to cooperate with my show (like last week when we had the snowstorm that delayed Squawkatiel Madness).

In other news, last night's show marked the beginning of Squawkatiel Madness 2014! Voting for Round 1 has opened and you can vote for which artist you want to advance to Round 2 for an opportunity to have the April 9th edition of Flight of the Squawkatiel dedicated to their music. Click here to vote.

If you missed last night's show, you can listen to it for up to a week at http://wruv.org/thisweek?2014-03-19_2000h_Wed-Flight_of_the_Squawkatiel_with_McSquawk.m3u or http://wruv.org/schedule/wednesday

Here is the playlist:

Time ∧	Title	Artist	Album	Label	Genre
08:02 pm	Simple and Sure	The Pains of Being Pure at Heart	Days of Abandon	Yebo Music	Rock
08:05 pm	Erosion	Cymbals	The Age of Fracture	Tough Love	Rock
08:09 pm	Horizon	Real Estate	Atlas	Domino	Rock
08:12 pm	Beetle	Run River North	Run River North	Nettwerk	Rock
08:17 pm	Suffering	The War on Drugs	Lost in the Dream	Secretly Canadian	Rock
08:23 pm	Monday	NO	El Prado	Arts & Crafts	Rock
08:27 pm	Miles Away	Ghost Modern	https://soundcloud.com/ghost-modern-1	s/r	Rock
08:32 pm	Sprinkles	We Are Scientists	TV En Francais	Dine Alone	Rock
08:36 pm	Le Sigh	Johnny Foreigner	You Can Do Better	Alcopop!	Rock
08:39 pm	So You Know	Bleeding Rainbow	Interrupt	Kanine	Rock
08:42 pm	Tired Step	Ten Sleep	Departure EP	s/r	Rock
08:47 pm	Somebody New	Joywave	How Do You Feel?	Cultco	Rock
08:51 pm	Sound of Screams	Thumpers	Galore	Sub Pop	Rock
08:54 pm	Harakiri	CEO	Wonderland	Modular	Rock
09:03 pm	Villains of the Moon	Cold Cave	Cherish the Light Years	Matador	Rock
09:10 pm	Lightbringer	Covenant	Modern Ruin	Metropolis	Rock
09:16 pm	Doubt	Kitten	Like a Stranger EP	Elektra	Rock
09:22 pm	Vanished	Crystal Castles	Crystal Castles	Last Gang	Rock
09:26 pm	Couer Hante	Frank (Just Frank)	The Brutal Wave	Wierd	Rock
09:31 pm	Western Rust	Blume	Autumn Ruins	WTII	RPM
09:35 pm	Sabotage	Four Phonica	Four Phonica	H.R.M.	Rock
09:39 pm	USA Boys	HEALTH	:DISCO2	Lovepump United	RPM
09:44 pm	Dear Ophelia	Abney Park	The Death of Tragedy	s/r	Rock
09:50 pm	It's Time	Butterfly Messiah	Eternal	The Fossil Dungeon	RPM
09:56 pm	Into the Night	Isgaard & Loic	Ninthwave Records Presents Electropop 2012	Ninthwave Media	RPM

Squawkatiel Madness 2014: Voting Opens!

The madness has begun! The time has come to vote for which artists you want to move on to Round 2 of Squawkatiel Madness, and which artists you want to give a chance to win a special April 9th edition of Flight of the Squawkatiel dedicated to their music. Click here for details on which artists are in the running (and more info on Squawkatiel Madness).

CLICK HERE TO VOTE FOR ROUND 1!

The above link will take you to a survey where you can vote for all 32 matches in Round 1. This time, you don't have to vote for every single match, just the ones you care about. But please do vote for as many matches as possible!

Voting for Round 1 ends at 10 pm on Saturday, March 22nd. Please only vote once per round.

Below, you can listen to a Soundcloud playlist of all 64 artists in Squawkatiel Madness, in case you're unfamiliar with any of them.

Squawkatiel Madness Delayed Due to Winter Storm

Bad news - today was supposed to be day the voting would begin for the first round of Squawkatiel Madness, but a bad winter storm has hit vermont and Burlington is expected to get up to 2 feet of snow between Wednesday morning and Thursday afternoon, and I am unable to get to WRUV to do my show.

Flight of the Squawkatiel will return on March 19th, and you will be able to vote for the first round of Squawkatiel Madness that night.

The return of Squawkatiel Madness!

Flight of the Squawkatiel presents the 2nd annual Squawkatiel Madness! In honor of NCAA's March Madness, 64 artists who have been played on Flight of the Squawkatiel in the past year will go head to head in a similar style tournament for the title of your favorite Flight of the Squawkatiel artist of the year. The winner will get a special show dedicated to their music on the April 9th episode of Flight of the Squawkatiel (plus a cool banner that will be displayed on this blog).

Last year's inaugural Squawkatiel Madness was a success and you, the listeners, voted Beach House as your Squawkatiel Madness champion for 2013. This year, Beach House is not in the running since they didn't release any new music, so who will your winner be for 2014?

The first round matches are:

Beach Fossils (1) vs. Tera Melos (16)

Foals (8) vs. Sleigh Bells (9)

Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin (4) vs. Superchunk (13)

Yeah Yeah Yeahs (5) vs. Frankie Rose (12)

The Strokes (2) vs. CocoRosie (15)

Arctic Monkeys (7) vs. Dum Dum Girls (10)

They Might Be Giants (3) vs. Shout Out Louds (14)

Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks (6) vs. Enter the Haggis (11)

Vampire Weekend (1) vs. Still Corners (16)

Washed Out (8) vs. Youth Lagoon (9)

Kurt Vile (4) vs. Marissa Nadler (13)

Of Montreal (5) vs. Speedy Ortiz (12)

Real Estate (2) vs. Minks (15)

Bibio (7) vs. Cheatahs (10)

Tycho (3) vs. Poliça (14)

Wild Nothing (6) vs. Iron & Wine (11)

Broken Bells (1) vs. Saturday Looks Good to Me (16)

Surfer Blood (8) vs. Minus the Bear (9)

Los Campesinos! (4) vs. Warpaint (13)

Tennis (5) vs. The Notwist (12)

Phantogram (2) vs. The Melodic (15)

Phoenix (7) vs. Frank Turner (10)

Dr. Dog (3) vs. Generationals (14)

Franz Ferdinand (6) vs. Frightened Rabbit (11)

Gogol Bordello (1) vs. Man Man (16)

Queens of the Stone Age (8) vs. Pretty & Nice (9)

Arcade Fire (4) vs. Adrian Roye & the Exiles (13)

Sigur Ros (5) vs. Kitten (12)

Daft Punk (2) vs. The Appleseed Cast (15)

The Fratellis (7) vs. Delorean (10)

Rubblebucket (3) vs. Home by Hovercraft (14)

Bombay Bicycle Club (6) vs. Portugal. The Man (11)

Click here for the Challonge bracket.

This year, there are seed rankings so you are more likely to know at least one of the artists in each match. Seeds were determined by a score of 2x who people are most likely to vote for + 1x my personal preference.
Stay tuned for details on how to vote: on this blog, on Facebook, and on Soundcloud.

VOTE FOR ROUND 1 HERE!

Playlist for 1/22/14: Global Grooves

This week's playlist had a theme I'll call "Global Grooves", electronic music with good beats and sounds from all over the world (plus a few other things mixed in I thought would sound good).

In other news, Flight of the Squawkatiel will be returning for the Spring semester on WRUV at the same time, 8-10 pm on Wednesdays. I have lots of great new stuff planned for you, including the return of Squawkatiel Madness in March - it will be even bigger and better this year! Also, stay tuned for a new feature on this blog called "Squawkatiel's Dozen" - this will be replacing Soundcloud Artist of the Week. On Squawkatiel's Dozen I will post 6 free downloads from Soundcloud that I really like and hope you will too, and 6 songs that aren't free downloads but are great songs you should check out.

If you missed this week's show, you can listen online at http://wruv.org/thisweek?2014-01-22_2000h_Wed-Flight_of_the_Squawkatiel_with_McSquawk.m3u or http://wruv.org/schedule/wednesday

Here is the playlist:

Time ∧	Title	Artist	Album	Label	Genre
08:02 pm	Thunder Clatter	Wild Cub	WRUV Rock Singles Jan Mix #2 2014	Mom + Pop	Rock
08:06 pm	Too High	Painted Palms	Forever	Polyvinyl	Rock
08:09 pm	Cybernautic	Low Frequency in Stereo	Pop Obskura	Long Branch	Rock
08:15 pm	Gold	James Vincent McMorrow	Post Tropical	Vagrant	Rock
08:19 pm	Drank and Kites and Tomorrow	Perth	What's Your Utopia	Hidden Shoal	Rock
08:22 pm	Lead Me Home	HeadShy	La Belle Epoque	Medicina	Rock
08:25 pm	Moon & Tide	Morning Arms	Moon & Tide EP	s/r	Rock
08:32 pm	Tough Crowd	Dios Mio	Tough Crowd	s/r	Rock
08:38 pm	Rotten Driver	Upstairs Downstairs	Upstairs Downstairs	20 Sided	Rock
08:40 pm	Blue Eyed Hexe	Pixies	WRUV Rock Singles Jan Mix #1 2014	Artemis	Rock
08:43 pm	Cannibal	Silversun Pickups	The Singles Collection	Dangerbird	Rock
08:48 pm	Hot Tonight	Tokyo Police Club	WRUV Rock Singles Jan Mix #2 2014	Mom + Pop	Rock
08:51 pm	Cherry On Top	Oh Land	Wish Bone	Federal Prism	Rock
08:55 pm	Ransom	Son Lux	Lanterns	Joyful Noise	Rock
09:07 pm	Mr. Brown	Ikarus	The Angkor Sessions	s/r	RPM
09:11 pm	Objet Petit A	Harouki Zombi	Objet Petit A	Polyvinyl	Rock
09:14 pm	Ready On The Line	Big Sir	Before Gardens After Gardens	Rodriguez Lopez Productions	Rock
09:18 pm	Zephyr	Photay	Photay	s/r	RPM
09:22 pm	No Time	Gaudi	No Prisoners	Six Degrees	International
09:27 pm	Fortress Europe	Asian Dub Foundation	Enemy of the Enemy	Naive	RPM
09:31 pm	Birthday	Dubstepler	Blot!	Vdoh/Lunateka	RPM
09:36 pm	Detroit Part 1	Shigeto	No Better Time Than Now	Ghostly	RPM
09:41 pm	Transistors	Isaac Delusion	Early Morning	Cracki	Rock
09:46 pm	The Hop	Radio Citizen	Berlin Serengeti	Ubiquity	RPM
09:50 pm	Bohemian Rhapsody in Blue (Guillotine Cuts Remix)	Federico Aubele	No One EP	ESL Music	RPM
09:54 pm	Ambient India	Zeropage	Ambient Pills	s/r	RPM

The return of Soundcloud Artist of the Week!

After a brief hiatus, I will be bringing back my "Soundcloud Artist of the Week" feature on Flight of the Squawkatiel, where I play you a song from an unsigned/independent artist that has a bunch of great music on Soundcloud. I have been sent tracks from a few different bands on Soundcloud so I will continue this feature through the end of 2013, and I have some great stuff to play for you.

Listen to this week's show on Wednesday from 8-10 pm to find out who the next Soundcloud Artist of the Week is!

As always, tune in at 90.1 FM in the Burlington, VT area or listen online at http://wruv.org/wruv128.m3u

Fall Semester - New Old Time Slot!

Flight of the Squawkatiel will be at the same time slot for the fall semester! Tune in every Wednesday from 8-10 pm, starting with this week's show on September 11th.

As always, you can stream the latest show at http://wruv.org/schedule/wednesday

Help choose the music for Flight of the Squawkatiel!

I've had a lot of fun discovering new music online and sharing it with you, but I would also like to hear what music you've been enjoying lately. I don't usually take requests during my show because I choose my playlists in advance, but you can help choose the music that gets played.

Please answer these two quick questions (both are optional).

Your input is appreciated, and will help make Flight of the Squawkatiel more enjoyable for all!

And the winner of Squawkatiel Madness 2013 is...

Congratulations to Beach House on winning Squawkatiel Madness 2013! It was close, but in the end they beat The Strokes by just one vote.

Beach House received a one hour special on last Saturday's episode of Flight of the Squawkatiel, which you can listen to here.

To celebrate their victory, here is their latest video for their song "Wishes":




Thanks to everyone who voted and made Squawkatiel Madness a success! Tune in next March for Squawkatiel Madness 2014!

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.