MCIV: Results

Top 5 Mixes (Best Overall)
1) ctrl+z (60 pts)
2) Sixteen Delectible Dishes (54 pts)
3) FREE KATIE! (51 pts)
4) Sound Bites (50 pts)
5) Monkey Mix (49 pts)

Best Art & Packaging
1) An American Patchwork

Best Song/Qualifier Match Ups
——- 3 VOTES ——-
Fuck tha police – NWA
[Q10] Your favorite song that has expletives in it that’s not by Liz Phair.
Mix: Hal is Aware of You

Oblivious – Aztec Camera
[Q08] Song by a band with a really cool name.
Mix: Honey

Wichita Lineman – Glen Campbell
[Q26] A song you’ve been mocked by friends for liking.
Mix: ctrl+z

——- 2 VOTES ——-
Crazy in Love – Beyonce
[Q17] A fabulous dance song.
Mix: Swimming Through Frequencies

Everyday I Love you Less & Less – Kaiser Chiefs
[Q24] A song that reminds you of an ex.
Mix: FREE KATIE!

Home on Ice – Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
[Q08] A song from a band with a really cool name.
Mix: FREE KATIE!

Independent Women – Elbow
[Q03] A really good cover version you think no one else has heard.
Mix: ctrl+z

On a Sunday Afternoon – A Lighter Shade of Brown
[Q02] A song that reminds you of summer.
Mix: Cal State East Bay

Pink Moon – Nick Drake
[Q27] OK. So you still really like the song even though it’s been in a TV commercial or on a TV show.
Mix: ctrl+z / Hal is Aware of You

Tainted Love – Marilyn Manson
[Q03] A really good cover version you think no one else has heard.
Mix: Ax to the Head

Best Individual Songs

——- 4 VOTES ——-

Summer Guest – The Go Find
Mix: Kaiser Salad / ctrl+z

——- 3 VOTES ——-

Samson – Regina Spektor
Mix: ctrl+z

——- 2 VOTES ——-

16 Military Wives – The Decemberists
Mix: An American Patchwork

Across 110th Street – Bobby Womack
Mix: Cal State East Bay

Anecdote – Ambulance Ltd
Mix: FREE KATIE!

Bass Song – Hayden
Mix: ctrl+z

Drinking In LA – Bran Van 3000
Mix: Ax to the Head

Honest Mistake – The Bravery
Mix: Sixteen Delectible Dishes / Swimming Through Frequencies

Jolene – Dolly Parton
Mix: An American Patchwork

Kissing Families – Silverspun Pickups
Mix: Monkey Mix

Le Responsible – Jacques Dutronc
Mix: Monkey Mix

Mahna Mahna – The Muppets
Mix: FREE KATIE!

No Cars Go – Arcade Fire
Mix: Monkey Mix

Oblivious – Aztec Camera
Mix: Honey

Road to Joy – Bright Eyes
Mix: Swimming Through Frequencies

Space Age Love Song – Flock of Seagulls
Mix: Sound Bites

Straight Outta Compton – Nina Gordon
Mix: If No Answer

Too Big – Sweetest Thing Soundtrack
Mix: If No Answer

Trouble with Dreams – Eels
Mix: Swimming Through Frequencies

You’re My Disco – Fischerspooner
Mix: Pop Rocks

BEST SONG/QUALIFIER MATCH

——- 1 VOTE ——-

  • A Fond Farewell – Elliott Smith [Q18]
  • Battle Without Honor or Humanity – Tomoyasu Hotei [Q05]
  • Be Gentle With Me – The Boy Least Likely To [Q09]
  • C’mon C’mon – The Von Blondies [Q27]
  • Change The Locks – Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers [Q24]
  • Christ for President – Billy Bragg & Wilco [Q12]
  • Deep Talk in the Shallow End – Ben Lee [Q24]
  • Drinking in L.A. – Bran Van 3000 Q02
  • God Only Knows (Live) – Elvis Costello & Brodsky Quartet [Q03]
  • Going Back to Cali – LL Cool J [Q02]
  • Good Vibrations – Brian Wilson [Q02]
  • Happy Valley – Orange Pekoe [Q07]
  • Heartbeat – Tahiti 80 [Q07]
  • Holiday Road – Lindsay Buckingham   [Q16]
  • In Bloom – Nirvana [Q20]
  • Ivy & Neet – This Mortal Coil [Q23]
  • Just Like Fred Astaire – James [Q07]
  • Last Good Day of the Year – Cousteau [Q27]
  • Let’s Groove – Earth, Wind & Fire [Q07]
  • Little Wonder – Augie March [Q12]
  • Lost in the Plot – The Dears [Q11]
  • Love Will Tear Us Apart – Nouvelle Vague [Q03]
  • Moonshiner – Uncle Tupelo[Q03]
  • Mr. Brightside – The Killers [Q16] [Q25]
  • Nowhere Again – The Secret Machines [Q25]
  • One With the Freaks – The Notwist [Q18]
  • Perfect Day – Chris Whiteley [Q03]
  • Rock Your Body – Justin Tiberlake [Q26/ Q04]
  • Smoking the Edge – Dabrye    [Q05]
  • Spirit In The Sky – Norman Greenbaum [Q18]
  • Straight Outta Compton – Nina Gordon [Q03]
  • Take Me Out Scissor – Sisters [Q03]
  • The Way You Move – OutKast & Sleepy Brown [Q25]
  • This Woman’s Work – Kate Bush [Q23]
  • True Dreams Of Wichita – Soul Coughing [Q22]
  • Unsatisfied – The Replacements [Q30]
  • When You Sleep – My Bloody Valentine [Q09]

BEST INDIVIDUAL SONGS

——- 1 VOTE ——-

  • A Fond Farewell – Elliott Smith
  • Alive and Kicking – Simple Minds
  • Alphabet Aerobics – Blackalicious
  • Battle Without Honor or Humanity – Tomoyasu Hotei
  • Be Gentle With Me – The Boy Least Likely To
  • Bend and Break – Keane
  • C’mon C’mon – The Von Blondies
  • Dancing Queen – ABBA
  • Dare – Gorillaz
  • Do You Remember the First Time – Pulp
  • Emerald City – United States of Electronica
  • Empty Cans – The Streets
  • Fake Pallindromes – Andrew Bird
  • Fender Bender – Kid Koala
  • Fever – Peggy Lee
  • God Only Knows (Live) – Elvis Costello & Brodsky Quartet
  • Hard to beat – Hard-Fi
  • Here Comes The Sun – Peter Tosh
  • Hide, Run Away – B.C. Camplight
  • I Love the Rain – Real Tuesday Weld
  • I predict a riot – Kaiser Chiefs
  • I Want You to Want Me – Cheap Trick
  • If You Were Here – Thompson Twins
  • Impossible – Figurine
  • Jogi – Panjabi MC
  • July, July! – Decemberists
  • Just Like Fred Astaire – James
  • Ladyflash – The Go! Team
  • Lines In The Suit – Spoon
  • Little Bird (Are You Happy In Your Cage?) – Moose
  • Lost in the Plot – The Dears
  • Love Train – The O’Jays
  • Love Will Tear Us Apart – Nouvelle Vague
  • Moonshiner – Uncle Tupelo
  • Mr. Brightside – The Killers
  • One With the Freaks – The Notwist
  • Paradise City – Guns N’ Roses
  • Picture Book – The Kinks
  • Positive tension – Bloc Party
  • Rebel Rebel – Seu Jorge
  • Road Rage – Catatonia
  • Sabotage – Beastie Boys
  • Sandusky – Uncle Tupelo
  • Short Skirt, Long Jacket – Cake
  • Stand by Your Man – The Real Tuesday Weld
  • Stardust – Willie Nelson
  • Tripoli (peach remix) – Pinback
  • Una Paloma Blanca – Bobby Vinton
  • Wake Me Up When September Ends – Green Day
  • What’s my Scene – Hoodoo Gurus
  • Whitest Boy Alive (demo) – Erlend Oye
  • Wichita Lineman – Glen Campbell
  • Won’t You Come Again – Susie Suh