The Battle of the Bands: 2007

The preliminary grinders of the Battle of the Bands is complete. Below you can find the results of each grinder. The top two bands in each pod advance to the tournament:

Grinder A1/A2: Immanu El – 21% Te’ – 19% Maserati 17% Ours to Alibi – 11% Redlightchamberchoir -10% Small Sails – 9% Long Distance Calling – 7% Motion Turns it On – 2%	Grinder A3/A4: Giants – 19% Signal Hill – 19% The Bird Ensemble – 16% Cue – 13% Rosetta – 13% Pelican – 10% People for Audio – 4% Meniscus – 3%	Grinder A5/A6 : Mono – 24% johnnytwentythree – 20% Tunturia – 18% Carta – 10% The Shadow Project – 10% The Weak Men – 8% Souvaris – 4% Austin TV – 2%	Grinder A7/A8 : God is an Astronaut – 20% The Allstar Project – 20% Destroyalldreamers – 17% Pg.lost – 14% Aerial – 9% Japancakes – 7% Ghastly City Sleeps – 5% Things Falling Apart – 5%
Grinder A9/A10 : Explosions in the Sky – 22% Scraps of Tape – 21% 65daysofstatic – 21% I Hear Sirens – 9% And so I Watch… – 8% Tuna Laguna – 7% Omega Massif – 5% Troubles – 4%	Grinder B1/B2 : Daft Punk – 24% Feedle – 19% LCD Soundsystem – 18% Apparat – 11% Black Dice – 9% Ricardo Villalobos – 6% Bola – 5% D’arcangelo – 4%	Grinder B3/B4 : Kiln – 25% The Tuss – 15% Simian Mobile Disco – 15% Pantha du Prince – 11% Gui Boratto – 10% Thomas Fehlmann – 9% Modeselektor – 9% Vibert & Perrey – 2%	Grinder C1/C2 : The Ansion – 22% Hrsta – 21% Budd/Guthria – 18% Boy is Fiction – 12% Worrytrain – 12% Motoro Faam – 5% Ciaran Farrell – 5% Beneva vs. Clark Nova – 1%
Grinder C3/C4: Port-Royal – 20% Amiina – 18% Marsen Jules – 15% Invert – 15% no.9 – 10% William Basinski – 9% Bosques de mi Mente – 5% Josiah Wordsworth – 3%	Grinder C5/C6: Lights Out Asia – 17% 3epkano – 16% Thisquietarmy – 14% Mico Nonet – 11% Epic45 – 11% Goldmund – 10% Last Days – 10% Fennesz/Sakamoto – 7%	Grinder C7/C8: The American Dollar – 23% French Teen Idol – 16% Kosemura/Nakamura – 14% Jatun – 11% Sylvain Chauveau – 10% Le ChatBlanc Orchestra – 9% Hauschka – 7% MWVM – 6%	Grinder C9: Hannu – 37% Julia Kent – 24% Swod – 20% Peter Broderick – 17% Grinder D9: Do Make Say Think – 54% Mum – 25% Shining – 12% Elegi – 7%
Grinder D1/D2: Efterklang – 33% Jesu – 21% Exploding Star Orchestra – 12% Roam the Hello Clouds – 12% Colleen – 9% Erik Enocksson – 3% Grouper – 3% Alva Noto – 2%	Grinder D3/BD: Holy Fuck – 24% To be a High… – 21% Souvenir’s Young… – 18% Romance of Young..- 15% Om – 7% Jasper TX – 6% KTL – 3% Ramses III – 2%	Grinder D5/D6: Saddleback – 20% Library Tapes – 18% Mt. Fuji Doomjazz… – 16% Kammerflimmer … – 11% Octopus Project – 11% Banjo Consorsium – 11% James Blackshaw – 5% Oren Ambarchi – 4%	Grinder D7/D8: Tim Hecker – 26% Fridge – 15% Lichens – 13% Rhys Chatham – 11% Alamaailman Vasarat – 10% Martin/Machinefabriek – 9% Raphael Anton Irissarri – 7% Early Songs – 5%

Of course, no battle of the bands would be complete without some prizes to be handed away, and for that to happen, brackets must be filled out. Here’s what you need to do: Download a bracket here (.xls) or here (.ods). Fill out the bracket. Email the completed bracket to The Silent Ballet. You can also view a pdf file here.

Brackets must be submitted by 12 PM EST Sunday, February 3rd, 2008. Any bracket that is submitted after this date will not be included. The first round of voting will begin on Monday, February 4th, 2008. Voting will be limited to registered users of our forums, so be sure to sign up if you are already not a member. Any questions or comments can be directed here.