Category Archives: Music Tournament

Last Band Standing: Game 5 Match-ups (and Game 4 Results)

Posted on February 28, 2012 by Janos Marton

Note (1:40 am/Thursday): Grooveshark is back up, but that was a scary few hours. The Shark’s days seem potentially numbered, and we’ll continue figuring out what service we should use instead (Spotify, PlayIt, YouTube.) Calling all coaches!   We’re on … Continue reading →

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Last Band Standing: Game 4 Match-ups (and Game 3 Results)

Posted on February 26, 2012 by Janos Marton

Music tournament strategizing is in full swing this weekend.   Some coaches see the first round slipping away, others try to lock it down, and a few in the middle are trying to navigate wins without pitching their big guns.   … Continue reading →

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Last Band Standing: Game 3 (and Game 2 results)

Posted on February 24, 2012 by Janos Marton

This is where it gets exciting, folks.   Coaches down 2-0 have to start fighting now to stay alive.    Those tied at 1-1 have to assess what worked and what didn’t heading into Game 3.   Listen to Game … Continue reading →

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Last Band Standing: Day 2 (and Day 1 results)

Posted on February 22, 2012 by Janos Marton

Past tournament participants will recall that we usually have a results post and match-ups post, but since I’m flying solo we’re going to combine the two. When you’re trying to win a best of seven series, it’s poison to fall … Continue reading →

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Last Band Standing: Day 1

Posted on February 20, 2012 by Janos Marton

Welcome to the first round of Last Band Standing, an exciting music tournament that we’re trying for the first time, in which fans like you “coach” artists to victories in a series of Best of Seven series. For a more … Continue reading →

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Last Band Standing- First Round Revealed!

Posted on February 18, 2012 by g-mo

So we’ve gotten a few months without returning to the hallowed structure that launched LTD popularity into the triple digits- the music tournament. I’m happy to announce that starting Monday, we will be launching our 4th tournament in history, and the … Continue reading →

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Covers Tournament Retrospective: The Originals

Posted on January 12, 2012 by g-mo

FEATURES

The original “With A Little Help From My Friends” crew

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Adrock Presents His World Cup Tournament

Posted on December 15, 2011 by Janos Marton

Few voters were more reliable during this year’s tournaments than Adrock of Mass., who has also held many personal music tournaments of his own since rooming with me freshman year of college.  This is his first crack at a World … Continue reading →

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How to hold your own World Cup Music Tournament

Posted on December 10, 2011 by Janos Marton

With LTD taking a break from large-scale music tournaments this winter, now is the perfect time to host your own personal tournament, and there’s no better personal music tournament format than the World Cup.   Just as in soccer, 32 … Continue reading →

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Hanukkah Song In Practice (Part 1 of 3)

Posted on December 9, 2011 by g-mo

I’m involved in this Secret Snowman thing at work. It’s what we call Secret Santa to make sure we aren’t alienating the one participant that is of the Judaic persuasion. But how excited was I to pick from this hat … Continue reading →

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