IH Charity

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A-ha - Take On Me: 9 An unforgettable song, instantly recognizable. Anyway who could've submitted this? It is a mystery

ABAO - kinakaian (Mother Tongue): 9 Glad I have the good headphones on for this

Bic Runga - Sway: 7 I can certainly see why it was voted 6th best New Zealand song in 2001, even if it's not really in my lane. Like how twinkly it gets at around the three minute mark

Bon Iver - Heavenly Father: 9 Ooh, I can smell the rate villain potential from here

Brenda Kahn - I Don't Sleep, I Drink Coffee Instead: 7 Nice bit of 90s rock

Creed - Higher: 8 I was not here for buttrock rate. But life finds a way

Daisuke Ishiwatari & Naoki Hashimoto - Smell of the Game (Guilty Gear Strive Opening Theme): 8 👈🐬 👈🐬 👈🐬

Dire Straits - Romeo & Juliet: 8 Would probably kill if it came out for early-mid 20s me. Got a nice mix of intimate and emotional but big

Drive-By Truckers - Decoration Day: 7 Ooh, a song and a small history lesson all in one

Ecco2k - Play Em Like Atari: 5 Maybe you should bury this one in the desert too

Echo & the Bunnymen - The Killing Moon: 10 Hey, how'd all this black clothing get on me? And why do I have the sudden urge to stare wistfully at the full moon atop this lonesome cliff, wishing for the long but unforgotten touch of my lover to come this night

Enji - Zavkhan: 7 I feel so sophisticated rn

Fightmilk - Overbite: 9 Oh man who would've guessed the bubblegrunge host would've enjoyed the emo power pop song no way

Flume - Rushing Back (ft. Vera Blue): 7 I spent too much time people watching at Perrys EDM stage to be annoyed by this

Gang Gang Dance - Glass Jar: 9 Okay I see The Vision

Guns N' Roses - Paradise City: 10 To all reading this! I gave this song a 10! If this number is an 11, you are being lied to by Big Rates! This is a conspiracy, we cannot be silent, we must band together to stop this colossal rate fraud. THEY CAN'T KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH THIS! If I go missing or my account sounds weird and ratcom says "he's taking a trip to Paradise City" THEY ARE LYING!!! Paradise City isn't real, they just shove you off a

Haschak Sisters - Daddy Says No: 10 Don't worry, I'll help bring this controversy score up (UH!)

ITZY - 24HRS: 7 I can handle like 8HRS max

Japandroids - Younger Us: 10 My kingdom for the person who helps me find the other two for a good Japandroids/Cloud Nothings rate. Anyway, godDAMN I do declare that dudes do rock. What a youthful & nostalgic rush

Jason Isbell - Elephant: 9 Think I'm just gonna lie here for a bit

Kayoko Yoshizawa – Utopia: 10 Relistened to this for funsies the most out of the new charity discoveries

Kyu Sakamoto - Ue o Muite Arukō (Sukiyaki): 8 Super neat retro ditty

Labi Siffre - I Got The...: 9 Been sitting here for twelve minutes trying not to make a comment mentioning the giant white rapper elephant in the room and I failed. Will say this sounds fantastic. And the outro!

Lil Wayne - The Price Is Wrong: 5 If this was a popheads reveal would the intro hint video be the Price Is Right losing horn or the Bob Barker scene in Happy Gilmore

Lips - Heave Ho!: 9 Dangerously near my niche. Love the background vocals.

Lord Huron - I Lied (ft. Allison Ponthier): 6 Lord Huron is a case of "there's an alternative version of me that super clicks with this sound and this band but unfortunately you're stuck with this me"

Los Jaivas - Mira Niñita: 8 Really enjoyed when it picks up after the first third. Instruments sound gorgeous

Lost In the Trees - Past Life: 6 The guitar tone sounds nice towards the end

Mark Hollis - The Daily Planet: 6 Not in my zone but I can see the beauty inside

Mdou Moctar - Afrique Victime: 10 Alright I gotta get back to this album sometime, this rips

Mess Esque - Sweetspot: 8 Much like sweets I can't have too much of this, except in this case it's because I'm lying in my bed and this sound will relax me all the way to an out of body experience

Mr. Blobby - Mr. Blobby: 8 The proper answer to "What if Gritty turned on all of mankind?" I pray that day does not come

Nina Simone - Sinnerman: 10 This song makes me wish I had the musical knowledge and writing skill needed to talk about the incredible ten minutes I just heard, but no, instead I'm just here to make references to the lyrics saying The Rock by typing "I smell what Nina Simone is cooking"

Ochre - Whispers: 7 This really needs a dope lightshow or for me not to be stone cold sober

Okkyung Lee - One Bright Lazy Sunday Afternoon (You Whispered That Name: 7 Really needed this calm track doing this rate on Wild Card Sunday, like I can promise you I did no whispering after any of those games

Patea Maori Club - Poi E: 9 Alright I was worried I was gonna have to tank the New Zealand anthem but nah this is delightful

Prince - When Doves Cry: 10 If James Murphy falls today, I know the record will rest in the best possible hands (if it doesn't or if it loses somehow, sickos hahaha yes). All-timer song, no doubt about it. If I wasn't 11ing my own submission, this is probably the predictable but ultimately honest pick

Rodan - The Everyday World of Bodies: 8 🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸 One guitar for every point for my good friend Wane

Sampa the Great - Final Form: 10 In a just rate this is at least day three

Santigold - Disparate Youth: 10 The sound of Santigold smashes such a nostalgia button for me, even if I'm only really familiar with her self-titled

Say Sue Me - Just Joking Around: 9 Really enjoyed their album last year. This is so calming and peaceful, but then kicks into overdrive exactly when it needs to

Sleater-Kinney - Jumpers: 11 These three are just a well-oiled machine here, all of em completely in their element. Jaw-dropping second half. Manages to be the biggest damn ripper & an utter heartbreaker at the same time. Not much I can say tbh other than one of my favorite all-time tunes, a straight-up perfect song for me.

Sleigh Bells - Crown on the Ground: 10 Makes me feel like draping a baseball bat on my shoulder and going out for a night of property damage

Stevie Wonder - Superstition: 10 I regret to inform you all that as much as this is an all-timer song, one of the most infectious grooves I know, the very first thing I think of is a monkey playing this in Kenan & Kel

Sultans Of Ping F.C. - Where's Me Jumper?: 6 This guy is a clear goof, but when you're in a rate with the Ultimate Pink Goof, you can only pale in comparison

Susumu Hirasawa - Byakkoya no Musume: 9 Alright I needed a minute to adjust my expectations but yeah this definitely held my rapt attention the whole way through

Tablo - Try (ft. BUMKEY): 6 Goes down kinda smooth, like a Diet Coke that was in the fridge for an hour

The Blue Nile - The Downtown Lights: 10 Finally, I now no longer mix up Hats and Bats. Knew I needed to save this for rating at night and uh yeah next time I go into the city I'm gonna put this on and pretend I'm in love for the next six minutes

The Capricorns - The New Sound: 8 Charming, actually. Feels like the hippest kid I know would send me this if I asked what kind of music they liked, and I'd be like "?" but two weeks later it'd be on repeat

The Cleaners From Venus - Wivenhoe Bells (II): 9 Throughout I was "yeah this sounds gorgeous but I need to hear those bells where are the bells at" and then when they hit I went "yeeeeaaaaahhhhhhh baby it's bell time"

The J. Arthur Keenes Band - The Doors: 7 Got some good horns

The Kings - This Beat Goes On / Switchin To Glide (Original Radio Segue): 7 I don't know if this is dad rock, but these fellas sure have dad energy

The Middle East - Blood: 9 This is a song that could easily have been too sleepy but instead went very full and it sounds fantastic

The Mike Flowers Pops - Wonderwall: 6 Britpop rate happened less than a year ago are you kidding me

The Naked And Famous - Punching In A Dream: 9 Feels like if you weren't in the wave of people going to uber popular music festivals in the late 00s & early to mid 10s this has a much lower chance of clicking. I think everyone needs to put their opinion of like Sweet Disposition next to their scores for context (for the record, a 10 on a meh album)

The Naked And Famous - Hearts Like Ours: 7 Motherfucker this is just a lost cut of CHVRCHES sellout era

Ulver - Hymne III - Wolf & Hatred: 8 Do you think they blast this on the Vengabus?

Vengaboys - We Like To Party!: 8 The Vengaboys truly put their whole Vengabussy into this one

Walrus - Dyed: 8 Would not surprise me if like a ton of people swear by this as their favorite song, it's got that kind of sound

Xiu Xiu - The Call: 7 I deadass don't know how to rate this, this feels Frankensteined together from like eight different songs

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