The battle of sonic dominance continues tonight at the EMP Museum for round 2 of the 11th annual Sound Off competition. Like last week, the same rules will apply. Four bands go in, only one comes out. It maybe tough, it maybe unfair, but it's exactly how cut-throat things are in the music industry. Tonight's audio assault will include organic hip-hop duo Brothers from Another, hometown folkster Honora, Spokane dream poppers Nude, and lastly, the ghostly shoegazing rock of Ulrich.

As we did for round 1, the Puget Playlist is throwing our support behind one of these candidates and declaring them to the be the most deserving of a W.

This weeks honors go out to local emcees Cole Deleon Jones and Isaiah Sneed, better known as Brothers from Another. This duo create some uplifting, buoyant beats that lay somewhere between the happy go-lucky rhymes of the early 90's (Digital Underground, Tribe) and the stream of consciousness nightlife rap of today (Kid Cudi, Mos Def). It's smooth and full of attitude, but not in a mean spirited, rap-about-money-all-the-time kind of way. The group is no stranger to the Seattle music scene having already opened for peers (can we say older brothers?) The Physics and being recognized in numerous publications like the Stranger & The Weekly. Above all, they get our head bouncing in a way the other groups can't compete with. They may not come out with a victory, but to us, they're already winners.