Pitch Rec Results
You might actually be surprised by my choices. I will explain why I didn't pick the other 24, but Top 5 are ranked and I shall listen to all of them in July. |
| 29 |  | The Amity Affliction
Youngbloods
Pitch #1: HeckToPay
I never had an emo phase and just the thought of "Emotional synth infused metelcore breakdowns" repels me completely. |
| 28 |  | Third Eye Blind
Third Eye Blind
Pitch #2: Conmaniac
Your pitch was good, but, I don't have the nostalgia for "Semi-Charmed Life" you claimed I need in your pitch and a lot of other pitches used the "great Summer album!" angle a bit better. |
| 27 |  | Brand New
Deja Entendu
Pitch #3: Funeralopolis
The whole "re-seeking youth" angle isn't honestly that appealing to me. |
| 26 |  | Ozric Tentacles
Arborescence
Pitch #4: JasonCarne
This pitch was actually really appealing to me, probably could have been a winner if there were so many pitches. I guess you were a little vaguer than some of the winners... |
| 25 |  | Ichiko Aoba
0%
Pitch #6: Toad
Most of this pitch sounded like nonsense honestly. I'm sure it's probably a wonderful live folk album, but you didn't really grab me. |
| 24 |  | Million Dead
A Song to Ruin
Pitch #7: Tunaboy45
Too much of an emotional/lyric based pitch. Like I had to look up the genre myself to even find out what this was. |
| 23 |  | Bomb the Music Industry!
Vacation
Pitch #8: SnakeDelilah
Don't be too disappointed that this didn't, this one was in the top 10 when I was rounding them down. you explained the album well and the Billy Mays approach was amazing. I guess there were just some that were slightly more appealing. |
| 22 |  | The Wytches
Annabel Dream Reader
Pitch #9: PattBraderson
A lot of the punk pitches were good, but there weren't so many that most just melded together and while this pitch was fine, I can't really say it stood out. |
| 21 |  | Order From Chaos
An Ending In Fire
Pitch #10: pissbore
This pitch was just short of the rule about length (Had to be at least 3 sentences) but I decided to include it anyway... still the pitch didn't say enough to top the list. |
| 20 |  | The Dillinger Escape Plan
Irony Is a Dead Scene
Pitch #11: TVC15
Wow this pitch was lengthy. I almost felt like it made it shoe in, but honestly I just heard Peeping Tom in June and aren't really in a new Patton kind of mood. I also felt like this choice was a little too safe and the fact that the EP is so short, I felt like I was cheating the other pitches. |
| 19 |  | Local H
Whatever Happened to P.J. Soles?
Pitch #12: Supercoolguy64
"Local H prove themselves to be the modern day equivalent to The Led Beatles,"
You make them sound like their behind their time... anachronistic.
"A concept album about a once famous individual who now lives as some washed up, cynical celebrity,"
Makes me think of Ziggy Stardust for some reason... |
| 18 |  | Scott Kelly
The Wake
Pitch #13: AdolfChrist
If I was SICK AND FUCKING TIRED OF ALL THOSE INDIE FOLK LOVIN' HIPSTERS, this might have been the perfect pitch. Too bad that that's not me at all. |
| 17 |  | Melt-Banana
Fetch
Pitch #15: JigglyPDiddy
I've never snorted meth, sorry. |
| 16 |  | The National
Alligator
Pitch #16: MistaCrave
Again with the emotional appeal. I feel like the problem with this direction is that no one knows how to emotionally appeal to me so it usually ends up failing. Like your pitch doesn't describe me like it's hoping it does. |
| 15 |  | Iggy Pop
The Idiot
Pitch #17: Frippertronics
Your frequent mention of Bowie did make me think this one might be one of the winners, but I preferred at least 5 pitches to this so I don't know... it was close, like top 10. |
| 14 |  | Kyuss
Welcome to Sky Valley
Pitch #18: CaimanJesus
A solid pitch, but yet again a lot of the pitches were more personally appealing to me than this. Josh Homme is seemingly a cool dude though. |
| 13 |  | Nas
Illmatic
Pitch #19: EvilEyez
Your pitch was directly copy/pasted from another list, a troll list nonetheless. lol |
| 12 |  | The Boo Radleys
C'mon Kids
Pitch #21: zakalwe
Decent for such a short pitch, but there wasn't enough here to hook me as much as the top 5. It was top 10 though. |
| 11 |  | Anal Cunt
Picnic of Love
Pitch #23: ConcubinaryCode
Hilarious, but I'm not choosing this one over the others since I don't have any faith that i'll give this anything higher than a 3.5. |
| 10 |  | Spiritualized
Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space
Pitch #24: TheSpaceMan
Don't worry I've already alerted the authorities of your plan. ;) |
| 9 |  | Slipknot
Iowa
Pitch #25: oltnabrick
You copied this from your Slipknot ranked list. C'mon man. Also the heaviest album of all time doesn't really sound like my thing either. |
| 8 |  | Napalm Death
The Peel Sessions
Pitch #26: rabidfish
"screeches and groans that just exude with the purest form of anger"
"The HATE you, they hate themselves and they will forever hate everything forever. More than any other Grind or power violence band"
Not appealing to me in the slightest. |
| 7 |  | The God Machine
Scenes from the Second Storey
Pitch #27: Willie
When I saw Willie pitched something I was excited. Wow a mod! And a like Jane's Addiction's earlier stuff so I had a hook. Unfortunately, I still like 5 more pitches than this, and maybe even 10 more than this. Oh well. |
| 6 |  | Los Jaivas
Alturas de Machu Picchu
Pitch #28: MrSirLordGentleman
This sounds really cool, very similar approach to the Ozric Tentacles pitch and the Andes prog thing made me think of Zappa, but overall it wasn't my favorite pitch. Another top 10 one. |
| 5 |  | Thank You Scientist
Maps of Non-Existent Places
5TH PLACE WINNER: Pitch #22: DinosaurJones
"Ever been confused about what genre you wanted to be?" This makes no sense, but I'm intrigued.
"Do you have part of an orchestra in your band?" I'm not in a band, but I'm still intrigued.
"Well, if horns worked for ska, and violin worked for Yellowcard, then why not combine them?" This worries me, but somehow I'm still excited!
"Thank You Scientist's Maps of Non-Existent Places features tapping solos, jazzy bridges, and toe-tapping, infectious, venereal disease-like choruses. But you'll be okay catching this one!" Fuck it, WINNER. Bring on the venereal disease confused jazzy whatever this is! |
| 4 |  | Gotye
Like Drawing Blood
4TH PLACE WINNER: Pitch #14: theNateman
Someone That I Used to Know is a decent little pop song, so when you said that Gotye has an album that "takes the best out of 60's pop vocals, funky sampling and groovy dance tunes to the next fucken level!" I could only ever wonder what the hell that meant. Samples? 60s pop? Funk? I'm ready. |
| 3 |  | Pavement
Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
3RD PLACE WINNER: Pitch #29: danielcardoso
The last pitch was a great one. Congratulations on being the only review to use the word "experimental." You basically implied that this genre-hops within 1 album which I'm a sucker for. And while the "summer band" pitch had been used before, I was actually invested more here because of the other information. Also the fact that you mentioned that they incorporate humor into the music also hooked me. |
| 2 |  | The Dismemberment Plan
Emergency & I
2ND PLACE WINNER: Pitch #20: SurfWaxAmerica
"Ever been distraught about people who you call your friends going to social interactions without you? How about feeling generally jaded and feeling a little pent up as you enter your early 20s?" The only emotional pitch that actually made me relate... jaded, pent up yeah. The descriptions of the instrumentation also seemed incredibly cool. It probably helps that I was interested in checking this band before the pitch, but hey. |
| 1 |  | Standish/Carlyon
Deleted Scenes
1ST PLACE WINNER: Pitch #5: THeGreatQ
The haunting sexual sci-fil novel approach really caught my eye. Not only was this one of the most unique pitches, but it kept me at the edge of my seat. If I had a night even reminiscent of this, it'd be wonderful and if this album actually reminds of the description, it'll be a very hard 5. |
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