Vague Space 2006 Best Of Music

...and the 3rd Vague Space contest... the prize in this one is a $10 iTunes music card, for you to purchase any songs you'd like, including some of the artists featured on this site, or some crappy ones like Justin Timberlake or Meatloaf.  The choice is yours, and if you don't use iTunes, you can always re-gift it.  Makes a perfect Christmas present for someone a little hipper than you in that case, like say, your 10-year-old nephew or something.

Anyway, how do you win?  Well in this post are the Vague Space nominees for Artist, Song, and Album of the year.  The winner will be whoever in the comments  comes closest to predicting who will win these categories. The total score of your guesses for Artist, Song, and Album will determine the winner, assuming that no one guesses all 3 correctly. Points for prediction will go in reverse order (8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1) of where your prediction actually finishes up.  A tie in total points goes to whoever commented first.  All you have to do is write down 1 artist, 1 song, and 1 album from the lists below, and you can win the $10 iTunes gift card. Prize winner will be announced when the winners of these awards are announced on Monday.  And one prediction per person, please. Additional predictions by some variation of LegFu Johnson will not be considered.  And now without further ado, the first category...

• VAGUE SPACE SONG OF THE YEAR 2006
  • Nominees:
  • "Another Radio Song" by Okkervil River
    • Download Okkervil River - "Another Radio Song".mp3
  • "Are You Swimming in Her Pools?" by Swan Lake
    • Download Swan Lake - "Are You Swimming in Her Pools".mp3
  • "Friend of the Night" by Mogwai
  • "Jeez Louise" by Grandaddy
  • "The Mistress Witch from McClure" by Sufjan Stevens
  • "Skateboarding Saves Me Twice" by Grandaddy
    • Download Grandaddy - "Skateboarding Saves Me Twice".mp3
  • "The Story of Yo La Tango" by Yo La Tengo
  • "Winged/Wicked Things" by Sunset Rubdown
    • Download Sunset Rubdown - "Winged/Wicked Things".mp3

• VAGUE SPACE ALBUM OF THE YEAR 2006
  • Nominees:
  • "The Avalanche: Outtakes and Extras from Illinois" by Sufjan Stevens
  • "The Crane Wife" by The Decemberists
  • "I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass" by Yo La Tengo
  • "Just Like the Fambly Cat" by Grandaddy
  • "Mr. Beast" by Mogwai
  • "Shut Up I Am Dreaming" by Sunset Rubdown
  • "You in Reverse" by Built to Spill
  • "Ys" by Joanna Newsom

• VAGUE SPACE ARTIST OF THE YEAR 2006
  • Nominees:
  • Bright Eyes (AOY '03, '04)
  • The Decemberists
  • Grandaddy
  • Mogwai
  • Okkervil River
  • Sufjan Stevens (AOY '05)
  • Sunset Rubdown
  • Yo La Tengo

Please leave a real email address in the comment field if you hope to have me contact you for the gift "card", which will be e-mailed by Apple directly to the winner.  Good luck!

Comments

[Bill]

Here's the first prediction (to show you an example of what I'm looking for). These are not the actual winners, so don't use these choices (see, now you have a 1 in 7 chance in each):

Song: "Jeez Louise" Grandaddy
Album: "You in Reverse" Built to Spill
Artist: The Decemberists

Those are actually the #5 song, the #8 album, and the #7 artist, so this entry would score (4+1+2)= 7 points. Try to beat 7 points and you could win some free tunes!

[LegFuJohnson]

But you announce the winners after you see all the choices. You can change the winners after the fact. Your opinion could sway if someone beats you in a fantasy football game this weekend but also chooses correctly... are the results sealed in a place where no one would look? Like maybe inside of [comment deleted]. Not a lot of integrity here, seems like a BBM contest.

But if I win, I'll sell the card back to you for $5.

Song: "Are you Swimming in her pools"
Album: "Mr. Beast"
Artist: Sufjan Stevens

[switsky]

Song- Mistress Witch from McCure
Album- Mr. Beast
Artist- Mogwai

[Dan]

Song: Winged/Wicked Things
Album: "The Avalanche: Outtakes and Extras from Illinois"
Artist: Sufjan Stevens (AOY '05)

[Calla]

song: another radio song
album: the avalanche
artist: sunset rubdown

[Ira]

I guess my competitive nature forces me to post a guess on this without ever hearing most of the nominees.

Song: "Friend of the Night"
Album: "The Crane Wife"
Artist: "Sufjan Stevens"

[LegFuJohnson]

Trust me, you aren't the only one who hasn't heard (of) any of the nominees.

[calla]

n00bz!!

I'm just kidding.
It's ok if you don't know the nominees.

[Ira]

Gee Thanks. I wouldn't want to offend the indie rock gods.

[Nikki]

1. Friend Of the Night
2."I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass" by Yo La Tengo
3.Okkervil River

[Nikki]

whooops

just kiddinggg