Bumbershoot's Ultimate CD Design Competition
Congratulations to Ariel Bargewell of Bellingham, WA
We opened the polls to let the people decide who had the most Bumbertastic CD design and playlist, and you picked Ariel! She wins the Ultimate VIP Weekend at Bumbershoot, courtesy of The Seattle Times and Seattle Post-Intelligencer!
Bumbershoot
Theme: The Ultimate Soundtrack: Fresh Content
Tracks:
- Anberlin - Paperthin Hymn
- Paramore - Misery Business
- The Trucks - T*****s
- Gym Class Heroes - The Queen and I
- Kill Hannah - Crazy Angel
- The Receiving End of Sirens - Smoke and Mirrors
- Feist - 1234
- Bitter:sweet - The Mating Game
- Citizen Cope - Suns Gonna Rise
- Death Cab For Cutie - Soul Meets Body
- Band of Horses - No One's Gonna Love You
- Beck - Think I'm In Love
- Neko Case - I Wish I Was the Moon
- Adele - Hometown Glory
- Ingrid Michealson - The Way I Am
Producer's Picks
Here are three entries we couldn't let go unheralded. They each take home a pair of 3-day passes, so kudos to all!
Sophie Roach of Austin, TX
Leave Your Umbrellas at Home
Theme: indie favorites from the 2008 bumbershoot lineup
Tracks:
- St Augestine - Band of Horses
- Heart of Hearts - !!!
- Young Sensualists - Throw Me the Statue
- Hi-Fi - M.Ward
- Go It Alone - Beck
- Kookaburra - John Vanderslice
- The Ghost of Old Bull Lee - Arthur & Yu
- This is the Dream of Win and Regine - Final Fantasy
- Everything Must Go - The Weakerthans
Cale Skagen of Lake Tapps, WA
alternativehits
Theme: The cover design is Seattle-esque and the artists are all playing at Bumbershoot.
Tracks:
- The Funeral - Band of Horses
- Falling Out of Trees - Barcelona
- Paper Tiger - Beck
- When the Lights Go Out - The Black Keys
- 405 - Death Cab for Cutie
- The Lamb Sells Condos - Final Fantasy
- Handlebars - Flobots
- Will It Grow - Jakob Dylan
- Child Had to Catch a Train - Kinski
- Burying Luck - Minus the Bear
- Whose Authority - Nada Surf
- Hang Them All - Tapes 'N Tapes
- About to Walk - Throw Me the Statue
- We've Been Had - The Walkmen
- Hello? Is This Thing On? - !!!
Kiku Hughes of Bothell, WA
2008 and Years Beyond...
Theme: Based on retro World's Fair posters (specifically Chicago '33)
Tracks:
- Bit Rate Variations in B-Flat (Girl) - Beck
- Lolita - Throw Me the Statue
- Broken Records - Aqueduct
- Production City - The Whigs
- Sound of Settling - Death Cab for Cutie
- Formed a Band - Art Brut
- Daydreamin' - Lupe Fiasco
- So Says I - The Shins
- Beard Lust - Natalie Portman's Shaved Head
- All Night Diner - Modest Mouse
- Air Aid - Menomena
- Ones and Zeroes - "Awesome"
- Tell Me - Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings
- Sing Me Spanish Techno - The New Pornographers
- Raw Sugar - Metric
Congratulations to the winners, and thanks to everyone who participated.