Iron Heart Forum Music League

[SKT]

Votes submitted. This is awesome… getting into new music is a joy for me. Also that Cactus tune rocked my shit.

Thanks @mclaincausey

[Matt]

Dude, that one was standing out for me as well.

[SKT]

And totally new to me. How did I not know of them?! Damn

[goosehd]

That was a fun round and had some great music in it…thanks for doing this.

[mclaincausey]

SongShift does a good job of shifting playlists from Spotify to other services (in my case ) if you have a free account like me and can't handle the commercials or limited skips through songs you already know.

Side-note: my voting philosophy isn't "best" cover, but most interesting, which means something I may not have heard or a particularly creative reinterpretation. So there are some songs that I absolutely love that will not get an upvote in favor of a song I may like less but find a more interesting submission.

Amazed at how prompt y'all are in voting!

[SKT]

^ this was basically my criteria too

[mclaincausey]

Fuck man I think I failed to upvote that Cake War Pigs cover and meant to. Anyway my votes are in. Impressive first round playlist!

[SKT]

I put one in for Cake. Underrated band I believe

[mclaincausey]

I love them and the cover met my standard for creative reinterpretation but that one slipped.

It would be hard to vote for an undeserving song though, a strong round, which did not surprise me.

[Mizmazzle]

I 100% gave that Cake Sabbath cover top bill. Was saving three points to give but was limited to two. Two of my favorite bands coming together as one!!

[Mizmazzle]

Also glad to see that Sturgill In Bloom get the props it deserves!

[mclaincausey]

I am sure we will lose some of this momentum, but wow 18/19 votes are in and they aren’t due until Saturday; y’all are crushing it, team!

We do have one more slot if someone wants to join. You would not be able to participate in this first round though.

[Matt]

@Alex said in Iron Heart Forum Music League:

Not sure if this Phoebe Bridgers track will get my vote, but love that there’s another fan here. Punisher is one of my favourite recent albums

She’s about all I listened to while we were on the road. @Alex do you like boy genius too? They have a new one coming out very soon.

[T4920]

@mclaincausey damn I'm lagging behind

I blame the audiobook I'm listening to right now...

That Proud Mary cover hit me just right walking to work this morning, gave me chills! But that may also be the snow...

[Alex]

@Matt I hadn’t heard of them.. will check it out

[SKT]

@T4920 Agree about Proud Mary. Straight up fire

[mclaincausey]

@SKT we saw Billy Strings play it for their encore at Mishawaka, an incredibly scenic outdoor venue in the Poudre Canyon, in 2018.

One of several available pro shot cuts:

Set list: https://bmfsdb.com/setlist/955a5c44-9596-404f-82b9-7186ecc49108

Poster:

[SKT]

Bet that was amazing. And I love that poster

[mclaincausey]

'Twas!

Update: it struck me that tracking the results in-line was a bad idea, so I will be updating the initial post in this thread with playlist links and results as we go along.

Remember that you can easily reach this initial post by clicking the double up-arrows bottom right of the screen.

[GraemeE]

I know that "labels" are a slippery slope but how would you guys classify this recent emergence of country/bluegrass/americana artists?

I'm thinking folks like Sturgill Simpson, Billy Strings, Tyler Childers etc...

I'm ashamed to say that this version of in bloom was the first Sturgill track I've ever heard and I'm fairly ignorant to billy and Tyler's stuff as well