My order from best to worst of the first round (my track excluded)
1. The Avalanches - Because I'm Me (I always liked this much more than fnord did
.. I still think it's pretty decent, though I haven't heard it much in the interim)
2. Oliver Mtukudzi - Tozeza Baba (maybe I give "this kind of thing" too much slack, he's nowhere near some of the better Zimbabwe artists from his period, but I can't diss it too much - and I kinda like his gruff vocal style)
3. The Seatbelts - Space Lion (haven't seen the film, so not influenced by that, maybe a bit meandering)
4. tricot - Ochansensu-su (not as good when I was able to listen all the way through as I had hoped/it seemed hinted at. there are bits and pieces that it might be possible assemble into something good - I'll follow fnord's hint and look up some of their other tracks later. and it
is decently racous. but overall a little disappointing)
5. Mad Capsule Markets - Tribe (the version submitted is notably worse, imo, than the remix. too rockist for me, but not terrible, and the remix version, at least, is bearable)
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6. Santo & Johnny - Sleep Walk (epitome of meh. I guess in a minor way culturally interesting to see what was on offer literally besides rawk in the late 50s in the US)
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7. Yes - Then (I hate "Yes". I hate everything they ever did. Nuke it from orbit. This fits right in to my understanding of them.)
8. Roger Glover & Guests - Love Is All (late sub-(late)-Beatles pap. Just garbage. At least this sort of thing was shortly thereafter washed away by punk.* *caveat: "Just Like Punk Never Happened".)
9. Rhiannon Giddens - At The Purchaser's Option (I'm not going to be a fan of this kind of thing any day of the week, so :shrug: )
10. Toto Cutugno - L'Italiano (good grief)
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good work everyone, see you all next Sunday for Round 2