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Week 2: The Manics vs. FLOOZIE

CONGRATULATIONS, KRYSZT! You collected the most votes this past week, so you proceed to our live quarterfinal at Nietzsche’s on December 26. Musicians, there’s still time to enter BOOM, even if you’ve entered before. To prove it, this week we’re pairing new contestants The Manics vs. FLOOZIE. Floozie took part in our first live show over a year ago.

How can I, as a music fan, participate, you ask? Simple. Start with our selections below for week two - visit and bookmark boom.artvoice.com to check out last week's bands, and watch the contest as it moves forward. Each week, simply place your vote for your favorite. The power, as we just learned on November 4, is in the hands of the people. Bands are encouraged to get out the vote any way they can short of stuffing the ballot box. Our IT guy is very savvy, and he’ll be monitoring the votes more closely than an election lawyer in Ohio. If you’re caught cheating, you can be disqualified. And there’s nowhere to appeal our decision.

The rewards for the winners are great. By next week, one of the two bands below will have collected enough votes to proceed to our first live quarterfinal—scheduled for December 26 at Nietzsche’s. There, each audience member will be issued one ballot, which they can use to vote for their favorite band. At the end of the night, one band will emerge victorious. They will receive a recording package from Audio Magic, and 100 CDs of that recording from ESP CD & DVD Manufacturing. In addition, they will be profiled on WBFO as part of their “Buffalo Avenues” program. We’ll do this four times.

The four winners of our live quarterfinals will face off in our Grand Finale in May. The winner that night will win a slot on WBFO’s Wednesday night concerts live from Allen Hall, a video produced by Artvoice, and a nice cash prize as well.

We’re happy to present this contest with the help of our great sponsors: Audio Magic, ESP, WBFO and Neitzsche's. They all play a vital role in making our town a hotspot of original music.

But we can’t make msic without u. May the best band win.


Voting is closed for these two bands. Visit boom.artvoice.com to see who's currently up!

The Manics

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Listen to She Ran Away by The Manics


When did the band form? 2005

You might like us if you like: Smashing Pumpkins, Nirvana, Arctic Monkeys, Queens of the Stone Age

List of recorded releases:

Grungewhale (LP) 2008

Worst show ever played: Every opportunity we have had to play a show has been great. Whether it be a small room of ten people, or our CD release show full of 200-250 people, we love the opportunity to play in front of fans more than anything.

Best show ever played: Our CD release for our debut record was held on August 15th, 2008 at the Town Ballroom in Buffalo, NY. The crowd was awesome, and we had more fun than we have ever had that night. We had the pleasure of sharing the stage with our good friends Phantasm, Reaction, and Inlite.

Why you should win the Artvoice.com Online Battle of Original Music: We truly believe that the music we write play has the ability to turn around the music scene in Buffalo, and allow listeners and fans something fresh and original.

Contact information:

www.myspace.com/themanics1

FLOOZIE

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Listen to Do You Have a Soul by FLOOZIE


When did the band form? The short version is we formed in 2000 in Niagara Falls.

You might like us if you like: Jet, Oasis, Beatles, Raconteurs

List of recorded releases:

She Wants to Be Some Body

Why you should win the Artvoice.com Online Battle of Original Music: Why we deserve to win huh? Well I suppose one reason is because we almost won it the first time we entered but didn’t have enough people to vote so this time we’ll bring more people. Also we have been practicing the crap out of our music for a while so we should be on our game!

Contact information:

www.myspace.com/floozie


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