March Music Madness - First Weekend Wrap-Up, Pt. 1

A lot happened this weekend, so in an effort to bring everyone up to speed... a summary of sorts:

Results from the First Weekend (It's A Bit Complicated)
Because our results differ from the We Listen For You reader results, here's how we'll break this down. Our picks will come first, and the WLFY results will be parentheses. Here's where it gets really complicated... if a band has advanced to the Sweet 16, they'll have an asterisk (*) next to their name. Unnecessarily confusing? Likely. Make sense? Probably not. Here they are anyway.

Radiohead Region
Animal Collective* (Animal Collective*)
Deerhunter (Bloc Party)
Grizzly Bear (Grizzly Bear)
Spoon (Spoon*)
Lil' Wayne* (The Avett Brothers)
The National* (The National*)
Franz Ferdinand* (Franz Ferdinand*)
M83 (M83)

Flaming Lips Region
Fleet Foxes* (Fleet Foxes*)
Wolf Parade (Wolf Parade)
Andrew Bird (Andrew Bird*)
M. Ward* (M. Ward)
Of Montreal (Of Montreal*)
M.I.A.* (M.I.A.)
Beirut* (Beirut*)
The Mountain Goats (The Fiery Furnaces)

LCD Soundsystem Region
Kanye West* (Kanye West)
No Age (Cat Power*)
The Walkmen (Arcade Fire*)
Cut Copy (Cut Copy)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs* (Yeah Yeah Yeahs)
The Decemberists* (The Decemberists*)
The Cool Kids* (Feist*)
Beach House (Beach House)

Wilco Region
TV on the Radio* (TV on the Radio*)
Bon Iver* (Bon Iver)
The Mae Shi (MGMT*)
Antony and the Johnsons* (Antony and the Johnsons)
Sufjan Stevens (Sufjan Stevens*)
Joanna Newsom* (Joanna Newsom)
Girl Talk (Girl Talk*)
Blitzen Trapper (Blitzen Trapper)


The Sweet 16 (You Could Have It So Much Better)
A simple listing of who will be competing in the Sweet 16 (Duke not included). Again, our picks come first, with WLFY reader picks in parentheses.

Radiohead Region
Animal Collective (Animal Collective)
Lil' Wayne (Spoon)
The National (The National)
Franz Ferdinand (Franz Ferdinand)

Flaming Lips Region
Fleet Foxes (Fleet Foxes)
M. Ward (Andrew Bird)
M.I.A. (Of Montreal)
Beirut (Beirut)

LCD Soundsystem Region
Kanye West (Cat Power)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs (Arcade Fire)
The Decemberists (The Decemberists)
The Cool Kids (Feist)

Wilco Region
TV on the Radio (TV on the Radio)
Bon Iver (MGMT)
Antony and the Johnsons (Sufjan Stevens)
Joanna Newsom (Girl Talk)

Note: Just as a reminder, we reorganized the brackets from WLFY so that they mimic the actual NCAA brackets. This resulted in different Second Round match-ups, but it'll still be fun to debate winners!