I've heard YLB's list and am halfway through Vlad's. Reviews coming in the morning.
...let's pretend I wake up at 8 PM.
YLB:
As always with his lists, I really enjoyed the song choices for the most part. He referred to this playlist as something of a compilation of other mixes he had done and it comes across that way as far as song quality goes. Thee Oh Sees, Prince, HAIM, Talking Heads, Ariel Pink, Angelo Badalamenti, Replacements, Ike & Tina, Yeezy, Flamingos, Nina Simone...great shit all around.
My complaints concern how this playlist was constructed. My favorite lists are the ones that have a singular vibe about them (Peef got a lot of compliments about this) and honestly, this list does feel like a compilation of other lists. It's very short and doesn't stick to one sound long enough to develop a vibe that sticks with me. The individual transitions are usually fine, but some fidelity/volume/production differences led to some ugly transitions (quiet Wagner to loud Thee Oh Sees, same issue in reverse with Tony Molina--->Prince, and it's nearly impossible to make anything transition into Ariel Pink without noticing the change in production).
Overall, not my favorite list of his, but it was one of the more fun listens I had this tournament. Some volume adjustments would have cleaned this up a lot.
Vlad:
I really liked this. It jumped from nation to nation and genre to genre without breaking the spell it casts early on with the two 15+ minute tracks, both of which are very good (fuckyeah Stereolab). This felt like one 96 minute album. I had no issues with the flow anywhere.
Other than the Manic Street Preachers track, which I thought was painfully on the nose lyrically, I had few problems with the song choices either. I need to go back and check on which bands did which tracks (I didn't have the track listing handy when I heard this), but I was pleasantly surprised by the Midnight Oil and Kent tracks in particular. And Mansun is always awesome.
I hope this entry does well. Having now heard all the lists, I can confidently say it's one of my favorites of the tournament. Though I'm not sure this is a vibe that will work for me every day, I could see this being a list I listen to in the future.