Vote for your winner, results posted tomorrow:
#1 Arcade Fire vs. #16 Ice Cube
#8 Bloc Party vs. #9 Alanis Morrisette
#5 Rage Against The Machine vs. #12 Stone Temple Pilots
#4 Elliott Smith vs. #13 Jimmy Eat World
#3 Portishead vs. #14 OK Go
#6 Missy Elliott vs. #11 Garbage
#7 Justin Timberlake vs. #10 Common
#2 Massive Attack vs. #15 My Chemical Romance

#1 Arcade Fire
#8 Bloc Party
#5 Rage Against The Machine
#4 Elliott Smith
#3 Portishead
#6 Missy Elliott
#7 Justin Timberlake
#2 Massive Attack

4 of my top 20 albums of all time represented today : Either/Or, Dummy, Funeral and XO
6 of those artists have songs in my top 100 of all time, Justin and Missy miss the cut but would put a song in my top 100 of the 00s though. Great bracket !

#1 Arcade Fire
pass
#5 Rage Against The Machine
#4 Elliott Smith
#3 Portishead
pass
pass
#2 Massive Attack

#1 Arcade Fire
#9 Alanis Morrisette
12 Stone Temple Pilots
#4 Elliott Smith
#3 Portishead
#11 Garbage
#7 Justin Timberlake
#2 Massive Attack

Thanks!

#1 Arcade Fire: 15 defeats #16 Ice Cube: 11
#8 Bloc Party: 11 defeats #9 Alanis Morrisette: 6
#12 Stone Temple Pilots: 13 defeats #5 Rage Against The Machine: 6
#4 Elliott Smith: 11 defeats #13 Jimmy Eat World: 7
#3 Portishead: 12 defeats #14 OK Go: 7
#6 Missy Elliott: 17 defeats #11 Garbage: 12
#10 Common: 8 defeats #7 Justin Timberlake: 0
#15 My Chemical Romance: 13 defeats #2 Massive Attack: 12

Arcade Fire
pass (haven't heard Bloc Party)
Stone Temple Pilots (pretty low seed for them)
Elliott Smith (too bad sentimental favorite Jimmy Eat World draws one of my favorite artists to begin with)
Portishead
pass
Justin Timberlake
Massive Attack

#1 Arcade Fire
#8 Bloc Party
PAss
#4 Elliott Smith
#3 Portishead
#11 Garbage
Pass
#2 Massive Attack

#1 Arcade Fire
#9 Alanis Morrisette
#5 Rage Against The Machine
#4 Elliott Smith
#3 Portishead
#11 Garbage
#7 Justin Timberlake
#2 Massive Attack

#1 Arcade Fire
#8 Bloc Party
#5 Rage Against the Machine (Not crazy about RATM, but, besides “Interstate Love Song,” I’d happily consign the rest of the STP catalog to the memory hole.)
#4 Elliott Smith
#3 Portishead
#11 Garbage (I’m warming up to Missy a little bit, but, as creepily Svengali-ish as Garbage is, I still love ‘em)
#7 Justin Timberlake
#2 Massive Attack

In the last year, I’ve achieved (if that’s the word) one degree of separation in my social life from members of two of these bands: Bloc Party and Jimmy Eat World. Luckily, I actually like both bands, so it’s not as awkward as when I met the bassist for the Spin Doctors.

Arcade Fire
Bloc Party
Rage Against the Machine
Elliott Smith
Portishead
Missy Elliott
Justin Timberlake
Massive Attack

#1 Arcade Fire
#9 Alanis Morrisette
#5 Rage Against The Machine
#4 Elliott Smith
#3 Portishead
pass
#7 Justin Timberlake
#2 Massive Attack

#1 Arcade Fire
#9 Alanis Morrisette
pass
pass
pass
#11 Garbage
pass
#15 My Chemical Romance

#1 Arcade Fire
#9 Alanis Morrisette
#12 Stone Temple Pilots
#4 Elliott Smith
#3 Portishead
#6 Missy Elliott
#7 Justin Timberlake
#2 Massive Attack

ARCADE FIRE -- 3 Unbelievable albums, and hopefully at least 3 more. One of the favorites in this region???

BLOC PARTY -- A couple of years back I was really listening to alot of these guys. Seem to have lost touch with them recently, lukewarm on Alanis.

STP -- I do like me some Rage, but in small doses. I have grown less and less fond of Stone Temple Pilots over the years, but I do still enjoy a good portion of their early catalogue.

JIMMY EAT WORLD -- Problem with each Jimmy album, half of it is really good, the other half... ahh! Never really have gotten into Elliott's stuff. The occasional song here and there sounds ok, just not big on him.

PORTISHEAD -- Hate to vote against OK Go, but it's Portishead!!!

GARBAGE -- Another band where I have every album and still enjoy each one of them. Never really got Missy, still don't.

COMMON -- I should mind JT, but I don't. Common is consitantly good.

MASSIVE ATTACK -- This is suprisingly difficult, if for only one reason... MCR is a true guilty pleasure of mine. There I said it.

#1 Arcade Fire
#9 Alanis Morrisette
#5 Rage Against The Machine
#4 Elliott Smith
#3 Portishead
#11 Garbage
#7 Justin Timberlake
#15 My Chemical Romance

#1 Arcade Fire
#9 Alanis Morrisette
Waaaay overhated because her first album oversold, resulting in her being stereotyped as an 'Angry female'.
#12 Stone Temple Pilots
#4 Elliott Smith
#3 Portishead
#11 Garbage
#10 Common
#2 Massive Attack

#1 Arcade Fire
#8 Bloc Party
#5 Rage Against The Machine
pass
#3 Portishead
#6 Missy Elliott
tie
#2 Massive Attack

Arcade Fire
pass
pass
elliott smith
portishead
missy
pass
massive attack

#1 Arcade Fire
#8 Bloc Party
#5 Rage Against The Machine
#13 Jimmy Eat World
#3 Portishead
#11 Garbage
#7 Justin Timberlake
#15 My Chemical Romance

#1 Arcade Fire
#9 Alanis Morrisette
#5 Rage Against The Machine
#4 Elliott Smith
#3 Portishead
#11 Garbage
#10 Common
#2 Massive Attack

I vote for Ice Cube. Yeah he should've stopped rapping a while ago, but he is the founder of that particular sub-genre (gangsta) so I'll give him some leeway. Amerikkkas Most Wanted, Death Certificate, & The Predator were released over the course of two and a half years! Daaaaaamn! All are perfect 10s to me.

I'm appalled by the affection for Justin Timberlake here!

Arcade Fire
Bloc Party
RATM
Elliott Smith
Portishead
Missy Elliott
Justin Timberlake
My Chemical Romance

Ice Cube
Bloc Party
Rage Against the Machine
Elliott Smith
OK Go
Missy Elliott
Justin Timberlake
Massive Attack

#1 Arcade Fire
#9 Alanis Morrisette
#5 Rage Against The Machine
#4 Elliott Smith
#3 Portishead
#11 Garbage
#7 Justin Timberlake
#2 Massive Attack

*Who knew so many people on here respected Timberlake,or maybe they just can't stand Common...

RESULTS:
Arcade Fire 81.3% / Ice Cube 18.7%
Alanis Morrisette 51.7% / Bloc Party 48.3%
Rage Against The Machine 63.3% / Stone Temple Pilots 36.7%
Elliott Smith 61.3% / Jimmy Eat World 39.7%
Portishead 81.3% / OK Go 18.7%
Garbage 65.5% / Missy Elliott 34.5%
Justin Timberlake 60.7% / Common 29.3%
Massive Attack 59.4% / My Chemical Romance 40.6%

Justin Timberlake 60.7% / Common 29.3%

not that it matters, but there seems to be 10% missing

#1 Arcade Fire
#8 Bloc Party
#5 Rage Against The Machine
#4 Elliott Smith
#3 Portishead
#6 Missy Elliott
#7 Justin Timberlake
#2 Massive Attack