Bye Bye Bye

Last night at the Editors shows at Webster, Nora brought up a valid point: what ever happened to the Spin.com Band of the Year?

Answer: Nothing.

Given what's going on with the print version, I could feel sympathetic for the staff and understand that the contest may be delayed. But I'm not. There's been far too many borderline lazy aspects of both the magazine and the website in the last few years that they can't start something and not finish. Bands are waiting on this. Weird fans (like me) want to vote and have their favorite band win the unnecessary title.

Don't start something you can't finish.

Last we heard, these were the finals:

ROUND THREE MATCH-UPS: REGIONAL FINALS
Check back soon for Round 3 results!

BRIT ROCK
Nine Black Alps vs. The Cribs

INDIE
Imogen Heap vs. Feist

UNDERGROUND
The Upwelling vs. Demander

ALL-AGES
Nightmare of You vs. Valencia

The "check back soon" has been up for over a month now. Don't even get me started on how it wouldn't let me vote 99% of the time. 2006 is going to be over before they proclaim 2005's Band of the Year.

Nice knowing you, Spin.