BRIAN CHILSON

I still can’t figure out whether this ramshackle duo is the band to beat or the finals’ dark horse upsetter to watch out for. The group swept the first night — the only decisive victory of all four rounds — and still stands out from the competition with its fantastically wrecked blues revisionism that’s reckless and sloppy and ear-bendingly musical all at once.

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Why Tyrannosaurus Chicken will win: Because accessibility isn’t a bad thing. The group’s “modern sounds in country and western music” are so good, they don’t need an angle.

Check out video of the Chicken after the jump.

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