KarmaDope
Hole - Skinny Little *****
Fem Vocals / Comeback(+2)
Not crazy about this. Mildly abrassive without anything that makes me want to listen. I think I know what it wants to be (or what I would want it to be), but it doesn't get there for me. It's not that I hate the song, it's just kind of mildly irritating without something to make me overlook that aspect. More irritating with re listens, the first bit just immediately puts me off.

Total Score: 3

CrimsonFox
Roy Brown - Butcher Pete Part 1
<1960 (+2) / Blues (+1)
Leaning pretty heavily on fallout, eh? This is ok I guess, not nearly as good as let's go sunning. There are a lot better examples of this style. Didn't really grow with future listens.

Total Score: 5

Walrein
Deep Purple - Burn
60-79 (+1) / Metal / Inst (+1)

I don't dislike it, but I don't terribly like it either. I like the riff around 2:50. I don't really know what to say about it, it doesn't make any strong impressions, but it does go on a long time. Idk
Total Score: 5

UD
Hetty & the Jazzato Band - Tu Vuo' Fa' L'Americano
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0ogqBcK9ow
Fem Vocals / 2000+

This is pretty nice. I like the arrangement and general style. It feels like they are trying keep things, umm, a bit too tight? Like in the solo section they cut loose a bit more, they should have more of that going on throughout I think. So I guess what I am trying to say is they feel a bit stiff (?), trying to keep things too clean (?), idk, something along those lines for most of the song and it takes away from it.

Total Score: 4

Zaccino
Sufjan Stevens - To Be Alone With You
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_paxKhWy3o

Folk (+1) / NA
Kind of pleasant, like the music more than the vocals. Holds up well on further listens, still don't like some of the voacals but pretty good overall.
Total Score: 6

eleanor60
Nena - 99 Luftballons
Non Eng (+1) / Fem Vocals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=La4Dcd1aUcE

Of course I know this song pretty well; it's a classic for a reason and that reason is that it embodies the cheesiest of the 80's music tropes while still being extremely entertaining. Also, I can't hear this without thiking of Gross Point Blank (this is a great soundtrack song). I struggled hard with where to put this because it is so familiar to me and has so much connotation. This is probably the lowest it would have gone, and that's just because I was listening to the song I was going to have 6th and thought "is this really lower than 99 LB?" there is a big pile up of songs that could go anywhere from here on out.

Edit - missed a song before the song that was going to be 6th, which is now below.
Total Score: 8

tchaz
Toshiko Akiyoshi - The Village
Asian (+2) / 60-79 (+1)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AElsKE48Gac
I do like piano jazz, though this isn't my favorite. For some reason she reminds me of Benny Green. She is on spotify, going to check out some of her stuff after this walrus. Even though this isn't my favorite piece, it is still pretty good the artist is clearly very talented.

Total Score: 9

Adam
Nina Simone - Rags and Old Iron
Fem Vocal / Blues (+1)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLqr_T04oMU

Nice simple old style blues. Good vocals, really emphasized by the small, and somewhat unusual, arrangement. This is really good, I am having a hard time ordering these last few.

Total Score: 9

JM3
GorDoN - Medical Treatment
Hip Hop / Asian (+2)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzcrzWr2654

This was two but the song that passed it is growing on me, and it started off really high.
A swing and a…hit. Dare I try to google translate this? Yeah, I didn't think that would go so well, couldn't even find the lyrics. Anyway, chill with vocals that add to it rather than kill it. Stands up well on further listening, this is really good. You might want to actually listen to the whole song you submitted here

Total Score: 12

Xander
Wolf Alice - Beautifully Unconventional
Fem Voc / 2000+
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etn4P80K5WU

First impression: I like this. I also love their aesthetic in this video (which wasn't the version that was submitted, but blocked in US, etc.) This has a clean, classic feel too it. Definitely feels like more than the sum of its parts. Reminds me a lot of something, I want to say the knack but I don't think that's it.
As noted above, I'm liking this more the more I listen to it. It feels oddly nostalgic to me. I'm pretty happy with this submission and will be checking out more of their stuff.

Total Points: 12