Let's Get Ready To Rumble

32 bands. Five weeks. One Band of the Year

Spin.com's Band of the Year voting begins January 4. As aforementioned, The Upwelling are up, as well as a bunch of other bands I really like.

Round One Matchups:

BRIT ROCK - Round 1
Bloc Party vs. Nine Black Alps
Tom Vek vs. The Magic Numbers
Art Brut vs. The Go! Team
Hard-Fi vs. The Cribs

INDIE - Round 1
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah vs. The Greenhornes
Blood on the Wall vs. Imogen Heap
Be Your Own Pet vs. Shout Out Louds
Wolf Parade vs. Feist

UNDERGROUND - Round 1
The Oranges Band vs. The Upwelling
Matson Jones vs. Smoosh
Mobius Band vs. Goblin Cock
MC Chris vs. Demander

ALL-AGES - Round 1
Panic! at the Disco vs. The Fall of Troy
Alexisonfire vs. Nightmare of You
Motion City Soundtrack vs. Boys Night Out
The Academy Is… vs. Valencia

It's a toughie, I mean my secret lover Tom Vek is up there, as well as Nightmare of You and you know I love Bloc Party, The Cribs, and Clap Your Hands Say Yeah.

I'm always one for the underdog, and no one deserves it more than Brooklyn's own and Underrated favorites The Upwelling. So January 4, get ready to vote. There's my endorsement. Let's blow this ship out of the water.

Issue 7 cover story the Five O'Clock Heroes were Spin.com's Band of The Day yesterday. They are playing at Spin's Music of the Year party tonight at Rothko with We Are Scientists and The Spinto Band. Apparently it is invite only, and my invite must have gotten lost in the mail. C'est la vie.