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Winners Advance in Spin's Hot Pursuit
500 bands move into the head-to-head round, vying for a record deal in Spin, Hennessy, and Music Nation's talent search.
By Spin Staff 06.20.08 5:12 PM
After over two months of voting in the second annual installment of the Hot Pursuit, a talent search presented by Spin magazine, Hennessy, and Music Nation, 500 bands have graduated from general voting into the head-to-head competition, and now battle for 24 slots in the next round.
Join this year's judges -- songwriter Butch Walker, Peter Bjorn & John's Peter Moren, the Dresden Dolls' Amanda Palmer, comedian Michael Showalter, and Spin editor Doug Brod -- and cast your vote for the best band. The winner of the Hot Pursuit will earn a record deal with Original Signal/Epic Records, a brand-new Gibson SG guitar and bass, national press coverage in Spin, and a slot to perform at Spin's Year in Music party.
Head over to the Hot Pursuit website, check out the head-to-head player pitting artists against each other, and vote for your favorite act!
This is a great great contest, I can't help but thank spin magazine for giving new bands a chance to get known around there. Too bad its only for the U.S though, I had some friends in Colombia, south america I am sure would have a good chance of getting some interesting reception-
www.myspace.com/danterockband and www.myspace.com/mmodcats definitely deserve a listen.