Est. MMXXVI · A league of ears

We built a clubhouse for ears.

Spinballot started as a group chat that got too good at arguing about music. We turned the argument into a game — one theme, one anonymous track, twenty points to spend, every week.
▸ Side A · The origin

It began as a fight about a Tuesday playlist.

Six friends, one shared playlist, and a running disagreement about who actually had taste. The thread never resolved — it just got funnier and meaner. So we made it official: a weekly theme, one anonymous submission each, and a twenty-point budget to score the rest.

Suddenly the quiet ones were winning. The loud ones were sweating. People started researching. The group chat went from a place you muted to a place you checked first.

That’s the whole idea. Spinballot is a record-store ritual you run with your people — paper ballots, vinyl sleeves, a leaderboard that remembers everything. We just gave it buttons.

33⅓ RPM · The numbers
4,210
Leagues pressed
61,800
Ears in rooms
MMXXVI
Est. — still spinning
1.2M
Ballots cast
Side B · What we believe

Three rules we press into every record.

01
Taste is a team sport.

Nobody gets better in a vacuum. A league is a standing invitation to put your ears on the line every week and answer for them.

02
The ritual is the product.

Theme drops Monday, ballots lock Sunday, reveal lands like a needle on wax. Same beat, every week. The calendar does the work.

03
Anonymous until it counts.

Submit blind, score blind, reveal loud. No follower counts, no clout — just whether the track moved the room.

★ The commissioners · 4 ears

The people behind the wall.

NIA
Commissioner-in-chief
DEX
Keeper of the catalog
ROSA
Head of the pressing plant
KOJI
Resident sleeve-designer
We’re hiring ears →Eight ears is the sweet spot. We’re a few short.