Many thanks to everyone who voted in Round 2.  For a brief summary of the results, please check out this blog's previous post.  16 albums remain, but the time has come to cut that number in half once again.

Voting for Round 3 Ends March 30th at 10am EST.

Please note: If you are unfamiliar with any of the bands or would like a refresher on what their debut sounded like, I have provided sample links for each of the 16 remaining albums below:

ONE VOTE PER PERSON PLEASE

DUPLICATE VOTES WILL BE VOIDED

Editors - The Back Room

vs.

Kanye West - The College Dropout

Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend

vs.

Audioslave - Audioslave

Gorillaz - Gorillaz

vs.

Arcade Fire - Funeral

Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand

vs.

LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem

The Shins - Oh, Inverted World
vs.
MGMT - Oracular Spectacular

Iron & Wine - The Creek Drank the Cradle
vs.
The Decemberists - Castaways and Cutouts


The Strokes - Is This It
vs.
The Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium

TV on the Radio - Desperate Youth...
vs.
Interpol - Turn On the Bright Lights