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The votes are in and the Squawky Sixteen have been chosen! Round 2 of Squawkin’ Good Showdown starts now and the matches this round are:

Fire Division:

Match #1: (1) Radiohead vs. (4) Glass Animals

Match #2:  (7) And the Kids vs. (3) STRFKR

Earth Division:

Match #1: (1) Wilco vs. (5) The Shins

Match #2: (2) Dr. Dog vs. (3) Whitney

Air Division:

Match #1: (1) Bon Iver vs. (4) Local Natives

Match #2:  (2) Angel Olsen vs. (3) Iron & Wine

Water Division:

Match #1: (1) The Avalanches vs. (4) Tycho

Match #2: (7) Sylvan Esso vs. (3) The xx

Vote below for which artists you want to move on to Round 2 in each match (and be played on next Wednesday’s show. Click here to vote (if you can’t see the form below). You can find the bracket here (complete with voting results for each round) and see the full list of artists competing at the official Squawkin’ Good Showdown page.

Your votes are in and the Top 32 artists competing in Squawkin’ Good Showdown have been selected! Round 1 is open for voting. The 32 artists are split into four divisions: Fire (indie rock/alternative), Earth (folk-rock and guitar bands), Air (folk-pop that leans a little more electronic) and Water (electronic-based artists). Vote below for which artists you want to move on to Round 2 in each match (and be played on next Wednesday’s show. Click here to vote (if you can’t see the form below). You can find the bracket here, and see the full list of artists competing at the official Squawkin’ Good Showdown page.

On this past Wednesday’s show, James Allison of Digisaurus stopped by before his show that night at Radio Bean. Here is the interview (with a couple songs from the latest Digisaurus EP No More Room For Love.

Dr. Dog 46.2% / Toro Y Moi 53.8%

Alabama Shakes 76.9% / Beach House 23.1%

Animal Collective 69.2% / Kurt Vile 30.8%

Death Cab For Cutie 30.8% / Tame Impala 69.2%

 

Round 4 has begun! The matches this round are:

(3) Toro Y Moi vs. (1) Alabama Shakes

(1) Animal Collective vs. (2) Tame Impala

Vote for which two artists you want to move on to the final championship match below. (You can also vote here if link doesn’t show up)

 

Voting has now opened for Round 3 of Squawkin’ Good Showdown! We are down to the Avian Eight and only four of these artists will come back to battle on next Wednesday’s show. The matches this week are:

Match #1: (1) Dr. Dog vs. (3) Toro Y Moi

Match #2: (1) Alabama Shakes vs. (2) Beach House

Match #3: (1) Animal Collective vs. (3) Kurt Vile

Match #4: (1) Death Cab For Cutie vs. (2) Tame Impala

The winner in each match will get TWO of their songs played on next Wednesday’s show. The loser will get NONE. Decide you you want to make the Feathered Four below! (You can vote here if the form below doesn’t show up)