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SPIN.com Artist of the Year: The Results So Far

SPIN.com’s Artist of the Year tournament, which pits 32 bands against each other over five weeks of no-holds-barred competition, is nearing the completion of Round One, and we’ve got some preliminary totals. We’ve already tallied 45,000 votes! Check and see if your favorite bands are running away with victories, or if they’re gonna need some extra help in the next two days to advance to Round Two. We counted the votes as of 3 P.M. EST today, and percentages are rounded to the nearest whole number.

ROUND ONE MATCHUPS
Voting began Feb. 1 at 9 A.M., ends Feb. 7 at 5 P.M.

ALL AGES VOTE ON THESE MATCHUPS
88% Hellogoodbye vs.
12% Young Love
73% Cute Is What We Aim For vs.
27% Permanent Me
69% Envy on the Coast vs.
31% Damone
42% The Hush Sound vs.
58% Boys Like Girls
INDIE VOTE ON THESE MATCHUPS
71% Cold War Kids vs.
29% Deadboy & the Elephantmen
69% Mute Math vs.
31% Silversun Pickups
68% The Rewinds vs.
32% Crystal Skulls
27% Bound Stems vs.
73% The Format
UNDERGROUND VOTE ON THESE MATCHUPS
40% Daughters vs.
60% Gil Mantera’s Party Dream
61% Ex-Boyfriends vs.
39% The Motion Sick
63% The Silent Years vs.
37% Office
77% Make Believe vs.
23% Controlling the Famous
INTERNATIONAL VOTE ON THESE MATCHUPS
70% The Trews vs.
30% White Rose Movement
54% Guillemots vs.
46% Serena Maneesh
69% Mew vs.
31% Klaxons
67% Sam Roberts Band vs.
33% The Subways
>> GO TO THE VOTING PAGE!