The inaugural ToR presented S&R’s readers with a diverse amalgam of contemporary bands – some up-and-comers and others with more established reputations – and asked them to tell us who they liked. In the end, 20 year-old British Pop Underground wunderkind Paul Steel bested the rest and was named our first ToR Champion.

• The Well Wishers vs. Andrew Bird
• IAMX vs. Animal Collective
• Gogol Bordello vs. Epsilon Zero
• Black Mountain vs. Bon Iver
• Asobi Seksu vs. The Dreaming
• Antony & the Johnsons vs. Rose Hill Drive
• Doco vs. Food Will Win the War
• IAMX vs. The Well Wishers
• Paul Steel vs. Gogol Bordello
• Asobi Seksu vs. Black Mountain
• Food Will Win the War vs. Rose Hill Drive
• IAMX vs. Paul Steel
• Asobi Seksu vs. Rose Hill Drive
• Asobi Seksu vs. Paul Steel – finals
• Paul Steel is the champion!

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