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Welcome to the fourth March Madness of SONiC 1029. 64 bands will battle it out in 4 regions: True North, Across the Pond, West Side, and East Bound. Will the Foo Fighters continue their unbeaten streak and go for FOUR titles in a row!? That was all up to you. The results are in:

RESULTS – FINAL ROUND

Madness Final

It was a great year, with the biggest upset we’ve seen yet. Foo Fighters were knocked out in the Final Four, and we were guaranteed to have a new champion. The winner of March Madness of SONiC 2015 is…

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July Talk (60.91%) over Jack White

Peter from July Talk called to talk about giving it 110%, playing as a team and winning March Madness of SONiC:

HUGE thank you to everyone who voted, commented, shared, liked, retweeted, moaned about this year’s bracket. Can’t wait to do it all again next year!

 

 

 

RESULTS – FINAL FOUR

July Talk (63.09%) over Foo Fighters

Jack White (51.43%) over Arctic Monkeys

RESULTS – ELITE EIGHT

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TRUE NORTH
July Talk (51.94%) over Mother Mother

ACROSS THE POND
Arctic Monkeys (69.19%) over Gorillaz

WEST SIDE
Foo Fighters (52.38%) over Modest Mouse

EAST SIDE
Jack White (59.61%) over Beastie Boys

RESULTS – SWEET SIXTEEN

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TRUE NORTH
Mother Mother (55.25%) over USS
July Talk (52.14%) over Metric

ACROSS THE POND
Arctic Monkeys (61.3%) over Muse
Gorillaz (51.78%) over alt-J

WEST SIDE
Foo Fighters (51.75%) over Weezer
Modest Mouse (55.67%) over Queens of the Stone Age

EAST BOUND
Jack White (56.2%) over The Black Keys
Beastie Boys (62.99%) over Yeah Yeah Yeahs

 

RESULTS – ROUND OF 32

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TRUE NORTH
USS (62.09%) over Sam Roberts
Mother Mother (64.25%) over City and Colour
July Talk (61.03%) over Death From Above 1979
Metric (63.71%) over Tegan and Sara

ACROSS THE POND
Muse (59.46%) over Radiohead
Arctic Monkeys (61.76%) over Florence + The Machine
Gorillaz (61.63%) over Hozier
alt-J (52.09%) over Oasis

WEST SIDE
Foo Fighters (54.86%) over Red Hot Chili Peppers
Weezer (55.98%) over Blink 182
Queens of the Stone Age (53.56%) over The Killers
Modest Mouse (53.89%) over Foster the People

EAST BOUND
The Black Keys (66.51%) over Kings of Leon
Jack White (59.02%) over Cage the Elephant
Beastie Boys (60.87%) over Nine Inch Nails
Yeah Yeah Yeahs (50.69%) over The Smashing Pumpkins

 

 

RESULTS – ROUND OF 64

TRUE NORTH
USS (66.53%) over Billy Talent
Sam Roberts (52%) over The Tragically Hip
Mother Mother (56.46%) over Arcade Fire
City and Colour (58.13%) over Alexisonfire
Death from Above 1979 (51.44%) over Tokyo Police Club
July Talk (68.9%) over Hollerado
Metric (56.72%) over Arkells
Tegan and Sara (55.96%) over The Rural Alberta Advantage

ACROSS THE POND
Muse (60.5%) over Royal Blood
Radiohead (56.32%) over Coldplay
Arctic Monkeys (59.63%) over Mumford and Sons
Florence + The Machine (58.97%) over Franz Ferdinand
Gorillaz (70.73%) over Blur
Hozier (50.34%) over Vance Joy
Oasis (53.45%) over The Clash
alt-J (58.06%) over Lorde

WEST SIDE
Foo Fighters (60.92%) over Nirvana
Red Hot Chili Peppers (62.13%) over Pearl Jam
Blink 182 (52.9%) over AWOLNATION
Weezer (56.64%) over Death Cab for Cutie
Queens of the Stone Age (63.53%) over Soundgarden
Killers (52.65%) over Green Day
Foster the People (58.21%) over Beck
Modest Mouse (55.41%) over Imagine Dragons

EASTBOUND
Kings of Leon ( 51.46%) over Vampire Weekend
The Black Keys (57.71%) over Rise Against
Cage the Elephant ( 65.98%) over The Strokes
Jack White (77.41%) over Walk the Moon
Beastie Boys (61.36%) over MGMT
Nine Inch Nails (59.32%) over Bleachers
Yeah Yeah Yeahs (56.25%) over Ramones
The Smashing Pumpkins (57.66%) over Passion Pit

Any predictions?

HUGE thanks to Tyler Sean and his photoshop/counting to 64 skills.