The Battle

Welcome back to Season 4 of The Battle with hosts Matt Sidhom and Jenn Tully! This season, we’re heading to the movies to crown the ultimate music biopic champion. In Round 1, each matchup faces off across two core criteria: historical accuracy and lead performance. This week in the Groups & Bands Division, we feature the "Paul Giamatti Battle"—a showdown between F. Gary Gray’s explosive 2015 hip-hop epic Straight Outta Compton and Bill Pohlad’s deeply moving 2014 Beach Boys biopic ...

Welcome back to Season 4 of The Battle! Hosts Matt Sidhom and Jenn Tully kick off the Groups or Bands Division as they continue their journey through the ultimate music biopic tournament. In Round 1, each movie is judged on two primary criteria: historical accuracy and lead performance. Here's the mixtape: https://my.superawesomemix.com/mix/the-doors-vs-sid-nancy-1389 First up, Matt and Jenn dive into Oliver Stone’s stylized 1991 rock epic, The Doors, starring Val Kilmer in a career-def...

Matt Sidhom and Jenn Tully are back at it on Season 4 of the Battle looking for the music biopic! This week’s matchup in the Gone Too Soon division features two iconic pioneers of rock 'n' roll told in radically different cinematic styles: 1978’s classic The Buddy Holly Story facing off against Baz Luhrmann’s 2022 dazzling fever dream, Elvis. Check out the mixtape: https://my.superawesomemix.com/mix/the-buddy-holly-story-vs-elvis-87fc Matt and Jenn break down: Gary Busey’s O...

The tournament continues on The Battle! Hosts Matt Sidhom and Jenn Tully kick off the Gone Too Soon Division, putting two legendary music biopics to the ultimate test: 2018’s Oscar-winning Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody vs. 1987’s iconic Richie Valens story La Bamba. Here's the mixtape: https://my.superawesomemix.com/mix/bohemian-rhapsody-vs-la-bamba-073a In this Round 1 matchup, Matt and Jenn judge both films against two strict criteria: historical accuracy and lead performance: ...

Loretta Lynn vs. Joan Jett: Coal Miner’s Daughter vs. The Runaways The All-Women Division of the Ultimate Music Biopic Tournament continues on The Battle! Hosts Matt Sidhom and Jenn Tully dive headfirst into a matchup between two generations of trailblazing women who broke the rules of male-dominated music genres: 1980’s Oscar-winning classic Coal Miner’s Daughter vs. 2010’s cult-favorite rock biopic The Runaways. Check out the mixtape: https://my.superawesomemix.com/mix/coal-miners-dau...