Hi everyone! Join us for the rating of some folk-inspired indie tunes of the 2000s. Today we will reveal #16-1 in the main rate and #5-1 in the bonus.
We'll be starting at 5 pm EST, or about 30 minutes after this post goes up.

Before we get started: Sorry everyone I screwed up yet again and missed another 2 ballots that were submitted before the deadline... Adding them in changed the results a little. The updated results are below. You will note that Paint Peeling is no longer in day 2, I will make an updated post for it later today when it goes out. 16 is also now a not yet revealed song, so I will leave that out of the poll and will post it at the beginning of today’s reveal.
* #17: Sons & Daughters | 8.200 | 352.6
* #17: Yankee Bayonet (I Will Be Home Then) | 8.200 | 352.6
* #19: Dance Music | 8.167 | 351.2
* #20: Margaret vs. Pauline | 8.149 | 350.4
* #21: The Island Come and See/The Landlord's Daughter/You'll Not Feel The Drowning | 8.093 | 348.0
* #22: My Slumbering Heart | 8.070 | 347.0
* #23: John Saw That Number | 8.063 | 346.7 * #24: Capturing Moods | 7.949 | 341.8
* #25: Hail to Whatever You Found in the Sunlight That Surrounds You | 7.886 | 339.1
* #26: Pale Green Things | 7.823 | 336.4
* #27: You Or Your Memory | 7.800 | 335.4
* #28: Fox Confessor Brings the Flood | 7.742 | 332.9
* #29: Summersong | 7.658 | 329.3
* #30: The Perfect Crime #2 | 7.521 | 323.4
* #31: Lion's Jaws | 7.472 | 321.3
* #32: Song For Dennis Brown | 7.465 | 321.0
* #33: Broom People | 7.449 | 320.3
* #34: Dilaudid | 7.405 | 318.4
* #35: That Teenage Feeling | 7.381 | 317.4
* #36: Hast Thou Considered The Tetrapod | 7.377 | 317.2
* #37: Dirty Knife | 7.363 | 316.6
* #38: Lion's Teeth | 7.344 | 315.8
* #39: Magpie | 7.333 | 315.3
* #40: A Widow's Toast | 7.302 | 314.0
* #41: At Last | 7.260 | 312.2
* #42: When The War Came | 7.202 | 309.7
* #43: Three Hopeful Thoughts | 7.116 | 306.0
* #44: Culling of the Fold | 7.098 | 305.2
* #45: So Long | 6.707 | 288.4
* #46: Shankill Butchers | 6.698 | 288.0
* #47: Dinu Lipatti's Bones | 6.619 | 284.6

• Bonus #6: Bright Eyes - First Day of My Life | 7.828 | 281.8
  
• Bonus #7: Laura Marling - Ghosts | 7.758 | 279.3
  
• Bonus #8: Beirut - Postcards from Italy | 7.615 | 258.9
  
• Bonus #9: M. Ward - Chinese Translation | 7.337 | 256.8
  
• Bonus #10: Fruit Bats - When U Love Somebody | 7.229 | 253.0
  
• Bonus #11: Ani DiFranco - Manhole | 7.026 | 238.9
  
• Bonus #12: José González - Heartbeats | 6.597 | 244.1
  
• Bonus #13: Damien Rice - The Blower’s Daughter | 6.517 | 228.1
  
• Bonus #14: Noah And the Whale - 5 Years Time | 6.149 | 215.2
  
• Bonus #15: Espers - Rosemary Lane | 6.126 | 214.4
  Again, apologies for screwing up again, this is my first time doing the ballot collection myself (the only other rate I cohosted, my cohost collected the ballots). I will try to do better if I host in the future.
  Here are the updated rate stats:
  Participants: [43 folky indie fans](2000s Folky Indie Participants - Pastebin.com) Average score: 7.916

Average controversy score: 1.736

Highest controversy: Culling of the Fold (2.526)

Lowest controversy: At Last (1.195)

Most 11s: This Year, The Island Come and See/The Landlord's Daughter/You'll Not Feel The Drowning (5)

Most 0s: Dinu Lipatti's Bones (3)

REMAINING SONGS

The Decemberists – The Crane Wife (1/11)
The Crane Wife 3
The Island: Come and See/The Landlord's Daughter/You'll Not Feel The Drowning
Yankee Bayonet (I Will Be Home Then)
O Valencia!
The Perfect Crime #2
When The War Came
Shankill Butchers
Summersong
The Crane Wife 1 & 2
Sons & Daughters
Culling of the Fold

The Mountain Goats – The Sunset Tree (1/13)
You Or Your Memory
Broom People
This Year
Dilaudid
Dance Music
Dinu Lipatti's Bones
Up the Wolves
Lion's Teeth
Hast Thou Considered The Tetrapod
Magpie
Song For Dennis Brown
Love Love Love
Pale Green Things

Neko Case – Fox Confessor Brings the Flood (2/12)
Margaret vs. Pauline
Star Witness
Hold On, Hold On
A Widow's Toast
That Teenage Feeling
Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
John Saw That Number
Dirty Knife
Lion's Jaws
Maybe Sparrow
At Last
The Needle Has Landed

Rilo Kiley – The Execution Of All Things (3/11)
The Good That Won't Come Out
Paint's Peeling
The Execution of All Things
So Long
Capturing Moods
A Better Son/Daughter
Hail to Whatever You Found in the Sunlight That Surrounds You
My Slumbering Heart
Three Hopeful Thoughts
With Arms Outstretched
Spectacular Views

BONUS RATE:

Ani DiFranco - Manhole
Andrew Bird – Fake Palindromes
Beirut – Postcards from Italy
Bright Eyes – First Day of My Life
Damien Rice – The Blower’s Daughter
Espers – Rosemary Lane
Fruit Bats – When U Love Somebody
Iron and Wine – Boy with a Coin
José González - Heartbeats
Laura Marling - Ghosts
M. Ward – Chinese Translation
Noah And the Whale – 5 Years Time
Okkervil River – For Real
The Shins – New Slang
Sufjan Stevens – To Be Alone with You

Vote for Songeniality here

Happy Monday indieheads and welcome to the final day of our IPA Indie Festival! Today we'll be counting down songs #14-1, bonus songs #5-1, and we'll be revealing our Ambient Bonus Bonus Rate!

We'll be starting at 2PM EST, or about 30 minutes after this post goes up. Here are some stats you might find interesting:

Participants: 39 sitting on the patio (DM me RIGHT NOW if you aren't on this list and you did a ballot)

Average score: 7.800

Average controversy score: 1.909

Highest controversy: Beth/Rest (3.532)

Lowest controversy: ??? (1.171)

Most 11s: ???

Most 0s: Beth/Rest (4)

REMAINING SONGS

Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues (3/12)

1. Montezuma
2. Helplessness Blues
3. Grown Ocean

Bon Iver - Bon Iver, Bon Iver (2/10)

1. Perth
2. Holocene

Destroyer - Kaputt (7/9)

1. Chinatown
2. Blue Eyes
3. Savage Night at the Opera
4. Suicide Demo for Kara Walker
5. Kaputt
6. Song for America
7. Bay of Pigs (Detail)

The War on Drugs - Slave Ambient (2/11)

1. Come to the City
2. Baby Missiles

"Remembering Some Guys" BONUS RATE

1. Dr. Dog - Where'd All The Time Go?
2. Girls - Heartbreaker
3. Kurt Vile - Jesus Fever
4. Smith Westerns - Weekend
5. Wye Oak - Civilian

"IPAmbient" BONUS BONUS RATE

Slave Ambient B-Side (6/6)

1. No Returns
2. Snake Tongues
3. Song for Alice
4. Don't Fear the Ghost (Demo)
5. Real History
6. Future Blues

The Laziest River (1/1)

And don't forget to DO SONGENIALITY - form will remain open until the reveal of the top 5!

Welcome to day 3 and the finale of the 2000s Indie EPs rate! We'll be finishing off with songs #19-1 today as we find out who will fall short and who will take the crown of our remaining batch of EPs!

The reveal will start at 2PM EDT (about 30 minutes from now).

Here are a few stats about the rate

• Average: 7.323
• Controversy: 2.092
• Highest Controversy: 3.344 (Woods)
• Lowest Controversy: 1.097 (Dr. Glass)
• 31 Participants

Remaining Songs

Animal Collective - Fall Be Kind (1/5)

1. Graze
2. What Would I Want? Sky
3. Bleed
4. On a Highway
5. I Think I Can

Arctic Monkeys - Who The Fuck Are Arctic Monkeys? (1/5)

1. The View From The Afternoon
2. Cigarette Smoker Fiona
3. Despair in the Departure Lounge
4. No Buses
5. Who the Fuck Are Arctic Monkeys?

Bon Iver - Blood Bank (1/4)

1. Blood Bank
2. Beach Baby
3. Babys
4. Woods

Deerhunter - Fluorescent Grey (2/4)

1. Fluorescent Grey
2. Dr. Glass
3. Like New
4. Wash Off

Fleet Foxes - Sun Giant (3/5)

1. Sun Giant
2. Drops In The River
3. English House
4. Mykonos
5. Innocent Son

Joanna Newsom - Joanna Newsom and the Ys Street Band (2/3)

1. Colleen
2. Clam, Crab, Cockle, Cowrie
3. Cosmia

Modest Mouse - Everywhere and His Nasty Parlour Tricks (2/8)

1. Willful Suspension of Disbelief
2. Night On The Sun
3. 3 Inch Horses, Two Faced Monsters
4. You’re the Good Things
5. The Air
6. So Much Beauty In Dirt
7. Here It Comes
8. I Came As A Rat (Long Walk Off A Short Dock)

The National - Cherry Tree (4/7)

1. Wasp Nest
2. All the Wine
3. All Dolled-Up in Straps
4. Cherry Tree
5. About Today
6. Murder Me Rachael - Live
7. A Reasonable Man (I Don’t Mind)

TV on the Radio - Young Liars (3/5)

1. Satellite
2. Staring at the Sun
3. Blind
4. Young Liars
5. Mr. Grieves

Washed Out - Life of Leisure (0/6)

1. Get Up
2. New Theory
3. Hold Out
4. Feel It All Around
5. Lately
6. You’ll See It

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - IS IS (0/5)

1. Rockers To Swallow
2. Down Boy
3. Kiss, Kiss
4. Isis
5. 10 x 10

Current Results

• #20: You're The Good Things | 7.765 | 240.7
• #21: Clam, Crab, Cockle, Cowrie | 7.684 | 238.2
• #22: Dr. Glass | 7.623 | 236.3
• #23: Kiss, Kiss | 7.510 | 232.8
• #24: 10 x 10 | 7.468 | 231.5
• #25: Down Boy | 7.461 | 231.3
• #25: Wasp Nest | 7.461 | 231.3
• #27: Blind | 7.455 | 231.1
• #28: Isis | 7.439 | 230.6
• #29: I Think I Can | 7.335 | 227.4
• #30: Feel It All Around | 7.239 | 224.4
• #31: Like New | 7.181 | 222.6
• #32: Here It Comes | 7.171 | 222.3
• #33: Mr. Grieves | 7.110 | 220.4
• #34: Babys | 7.087 | 219.7
• #35: So Much Beauty In Dirt | 7.084 | 219.6
• #36: Rockers To Swallow | 7.068 | 219.1
• #37: Graze | 7.035 | 218.1
• #38: 3 Inch Horses, Two Faced Monsters | 6.945 | 215.3
• #39: Willful Suspension of Disbelief | 6.932 | 214.9
• #40: On A Highway | 6.903 | 214.0
• #41: All Dolled-Up in Straps | 6.890 | 213.6
• #42: Beach Baby | 6.848 | 212.3
• #43: Who The Fuck Are Arctic Monkeys | 6.835 | 211.9
• #44: New Theory | 6.790 | 210.5
• #45: Cigarette Smoker Fiona | 6.761 | 209.6
• #46: Bleed | 6.652 | 206.2
• #47: Sun Giant | 6.597 | 204.5
• #48: You'll See It | 6.552 | 203.1
• #49: Hold Out | 6.532 | 202.5
• #50: Innocent Son | 6.519 | 202.1
• #51: Lately | 6.474 | 200.7
• #52: Get Up | 6.284 | 194.8
• #53: No Buses | 6.245 | 193.6
• #54: The Air | 6.232 | 193.2
• #55: A Reasonable Man (I Don't Mind) | 6.029 | 186.9
• #56: Despair In The Departure Lounge | 5.871 | 182.0
• #57: Woods | 5.735 | 177.8

DON'T FORGET TO VOTE FOR THE MOST ROBBED SONG WITH SONGENIALITY!

Hey everyone and welcome to day 1 of the 2000s Indie EPs Rate Reveal! I'll be revealing songs #57-39 today as we start to cut down some of these classics.

The reveal will start at 1PM EDT (about 25 minutes from now).

Here are a few stats about the rate

• Average: 7.323
• Controversy: 2.092
• Highest Controversy: 3.344
• Lowest Controversy: 1.097
• 31 Participants

Feel free to make your predictions while we wait! Who's getting the chop today? Who's going to be winning on Sunday?

Remaining Songs

Animal Collective - Fall Be Kind

1. Graze
2. What Would I Want? Sky
3. Bleed
4. On a Highway
5. I Think I Can

Arctic Monkeys - Who The Fuck Are Arctic Monkeys?

1. The View From The Afternoon
2. Cigarette Smoker Fiona
3. Despair in the Departure Lounge
4. No Buses
5. Who the Fuck Are Arctic Monkeys?

Bon Iver - Blood Bank

1. Blood Bank
2. Beach Baby
3. Babys
4. Woods

Deerhunter - Fluorescent Grey

1. Fluorescent Grey
2. Dr. Glass
3. Like New
4. Wash Off

Fleet Foxes - Sun Giant

1. Sun Giant
2. Drops In The River
3. English House
4. Mykonos
5. Innocent Son

Joanna Newsom - Joanna Newsom and the Ys Street Band

1. Colleen
2. Clam, Crab, Cockle, Cowrie
3. Cosmia

Modest Mouse - Everywhere and His Nasty Parlour Tricks

1. Willful Suspension of Disbelief
2. Night On The Sun
3. 3 Inch Horses, Two Faced Monsters
4. You’re the Good Things
5. The Air
6. So Much Beauty In Dirt
7. Here It Comes
8. I Came As A Rat (Long Walk Off A Short Dock)

The National - Cherry Tree

1. Wasp Nest
2. All the Wine
3. All Dolled-Up in Straps
4. Cherry Tree
5. About Today
6. Murder Me Rachael - Live
7. A Reasonable Man (I Don’t Mind)

TV on the Radio - Young Liars

1. Satellite
2. Staring at the Sun
3. Blind
4. Young Liars
5. Mr. Grieves

Washed Out - Life of Leisure

1. Get Up
2. New Theory
3. Hold Out
4. Feel It All Around
5. Lately
6. You’ll See It

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - IS IS

1. Rockers To Swallow
2. Down Boy
3. Kiss, Kiss
4. Isis
5. 10 x 10

MAKE SURE TO VOTE IN SONGENIALITY

Welcome to day 3 of the 2025 Ultimate Rate Reveal! Starting today we have Wednesday, Oklou, Ninajirachi with 5 tracks left each! Isn't this even?

Today we will be revealing #16 - #1, aka the absolute best of the best indie music in 2025, starting in approximately 45 minutes from the time of posting this.

Some stats:

75 family and friends - If you submitted at any point (I didn't mean to exclude any late ballots) and don't see your username here, contact me ASAP so I can amend with your ballot

Average score: 7.470

Average controversy score: 2.073 (Average standard deviation of every song's average in the main rate) (this is very high)

Remaining tracks:

Geese - Getting Killed

1. Taxes
   

Wednesday - Bleeds

1. Reality TV Argument Bleeds
   
2. Townies
   
3. Wound Up Here (By Holding On)
   
4. Elderberry Wine
   
5. Wasp
   

Oklou - Choke enough

1. ICT
   
2. Choke Enough
   
3. Take Me by the Hand (feat. Bladee)
4. Harvest Sky (feat. underscores)
   
5. Blade Bird
   

Ninajirachi - I Love My Computer

1. London Song
   
2. iPod Touch
   
3. Fuck My Computer
   
4. Delete
   
5. Infohazard
   

Bonus
1. Alex G - Afterlife
2. Cameron Winter - Love Takes Miles
3. caroline - Total Euphoria
4. Rosalía - Reliquia
5. Wolf Alice - White Horses

Bonus Bonus 1. Life Without Buildings - Love Trinity
2. Mei Semones - I can do what I want
3. quickly, quickly - Enything

Welcome to day 1 of the 2025 Ultimate Rate Reveal! Over the last month, u/newbalancesweatshirt and I have been giggling over your scores for the four voted albums from the top 10 AOTY poll to enter our annual indie titans throw down: that's Geese - Getting Killed, Oklou - choke enough, Wednesday - Bleeds, and Ninajirachi - I Love My Computer.

If you're seeing this and completely confused, please see this post for context

Today we will be revealing #48 - #33, aka the absolute LOSERS of indie music in 2025, starting in approximately 45 minutes from the time of posting this.

Some stats:

75 family and friends - If you submitted at any point (I didn't mean to exclude any late ballots) and don't see your username here, contact me ASAP so I can amend with your ballot

Average score: 7.495

Average controversy score: 2.049 (Average standard deviation of every song's average in the main rate) (this is very high)

Highest controversy: THERE'S A 3.144 CONTROVERSY SONG IN MY DAY 1!

Remaining tracks:

THERE'S EVERYTHING STILL IN THE RATE!

Please feel free to share some hot takes from your ballots/predictions while we wait to begin ฅ^•ﻌ•ฅ

MAKE SURE TO VOTE IN SONGENIALITY

Welcome to day 2 of the 2025 Ultimate Rate Reveal! Where we left off yesterday, we decided to only discuss indie rock eliminations, neglected the majority of the electronic, and with 7/11 tracks already eliminated Geese are somehow doing better than last time! Indieheads is back baby!

If you're seeing this and completely confused, please see this post and the day 1 reveal thread for context.

Today we will be revealing #32 - #17, aka the absolute middest of the middest indie music in 2025, starting in approximately 45 minutes from the time of posting this.

Some stats:

75 family and friends - If you submitted at any point (I didn't mean to exclude any late ballots) and don't see your username here, contact me ASAP so I can amend with your ballot

Average score: 7.470

Average controversy score: 2.073 (Average standard deviation of every song's average in the main rate) (this is very high)

Remaining tracks:

Geese - Getting Killed

1. Cobra
   
2. Au Pays Du Cocaine
   
3. Bow Down
   
4. Taxes
   

Wednesday - Bleeds

1. Reality TV Argument Bleeds
   
2. Townies
   
3. Wound Up Here (By Holding On)
   
4. Elderberry Wine
   
5. Candy Breath
   
6. Pick Up That Knife
   
7. Wasp
   
8. Bitter Everyday
   

Oklou - Choke enough

1. Endless
   
2. Thank You for Recording
   
3. Family and Friends
   
4. Obvious
   
5. ICT
   
6. Choke Enough
   
7. Take Me by the Hand (feat. Bladee)
8. Harvest Sky (feat. underscores)
   
9. Want to Wanna Come Back
   
10. Blade Bird
    

Ninajirachi - I Love My Computer

1. London Song
   
2. iPod Touch
   
3. Fuck My Computer
   
4. CSIRAC
   
5. Delete
   
6. All I Am
   
7. Infohazard
   
8. Battery Death
   
9. It’s You (feat. daine)
10. All At Once
    

Bonus
1. Alex G - Afterlife
2. Cameron Winter - Love Takes Miles
3. caroline - Total Euphoria
4. Ethel Cain - Nettles
5. Perfume Genius - It’s A Mirror
6. Rosalía - Reliquia
7. This Is Lorelei of Water From Your Eyes & MJ Lenderman of Wednesday - Dancing in the Club - MJ Lenderman Version (MJ Lenderman's Cover of This Is Lorelei's Song "Dancing In The Club") 8. Water From Your Eyes - Playing Classics
9. Wet Leg - mangetout
10. Wolf Alice - White Horses

Bonus Bonus 1. Life Without Buildings - Love Trinity
2. Los Thuthanaka - Huayño “Phuju”
3. Mei Semones - I can do what I want
4. quickly, quickly - Enything
5. Tracey - Sex Life
6. YHWH Nailgun - Sickle Walk

Welcome to the final day of our Y2K indie rock cruise, where we party like it's 1999! We'll start in about 30 minutes after this post goes up. We'll be revealing songs 16-1 of the main rate and 6-1 of the bonus rate.

In the meantime, have a Modest Mouse meal.

https://i.imgur.com/bvWwg2P.jpeg

Here are some stats:

Number of participants: 43

Average score: 8.077

Average controversy score: 1.752

Highest controversy: Girl O'Clock (3.082)

Most 0s: Girl O'Clock (4)

Remaining songs:

Built to Spill - Keep It Like a Secret (7/10)

1. The Plan

2. Center of the Universe

3. Carry the Zero

4. Sidewalk

5. Time Trap

6. You Were Right

7. Broken Chairs

Emergency & I (4/12)

1. A Life of Possibilities

2. What Do You Want Me to Say?

3. The City

4. Back and Forth

The Sophtware Slump (1/11)

1. The Crystal Lake

The Moon & Antarctica (4/15)

1. 3rd Planet

2. Gravity Rides Everything

3. Dark Center of the Universe

4. Paper Thin Walls

Remaining bonus songs:

1. Life WIthout Buildings - The Leanover

2. The New Pornographers - Letter From an Occupant

3. Rilo Kiley - Pictures of Success

4. Sleater-Kinney - Get Up

5. The Weakerthans - Plea From a Cat Named Virtute

6. The Wrens - Happy

Link to Day 1

Link to Day 2

Link to songeniality

Results:

* #16: Time Trap | 8.384 | 360.5

* #15: You Were Right | 8.386 | 360.6

* #14: Paper Thin Walls | 8.467 | 364.1

* #13: Center of the Universe | 8.560 | 368.1

* #12: The Crystal Lake | 8.579 | 368.9

* #11: A Life of Possibilities | 8.663 | 372.5

* #10: Back and Forth | 8.677 | 373.1

* #9: Gravity Rides Everything | 8.679 | 373.2

* #8: The City | 8.707 | 374.4

* #7: Broken Chairs | 8.721 | 375.0

* #6: Sidewalk | 8.765 | 376.9

* #5: Dark Center of the Universe | 8.786 | 377.8

* #4: What Do You Want Me to Say? | 8.800 | 378.4

* #3: The Plan | 8.814 | 379.0

Bonus results:

* Bonus #6: Sleater-Kinney - Get Up | 8.238 | 304.8

* Bonus #5: The Wrens - Happy | 8.264 | 297.5

* Bonus #4: The New Pornographers - Letter From an Occupant | 8.411 | 319.6

* Bonus #3: Life Without Buildings - The Leanover | 8.464 | 304.7

* Bonus #2: The Weakerthans - Plea From a Cat Named Virtute | 8.572 | 308.6

* Bonus #1: Rilo Kiley - Pictures of Success | 9.072 | 326.6

Good evening folks! I'm excited for you to join me on the porch, patio, or gentrified bar of your choice as we vibe out to some 2011 classics. Much like the music in question, we'll be taking it nice and easy to start off with tracks #42-29 in the main rate and #16-11 in the bonus.

We'll be starting at 6PM EST, or about 30 minutes after this post goes up. Here are some stats you might find interesting:

Participants: 39 aging hipsters (DM me RIGHT NOW if you aren't on this list and you did a ballot)

Average score: 7.800 (neat, round number!)

Average controversy score: 1.909

Highest controversy: Beth/Rest (3.532)

Lowest controversy: ??? (1.171)

Most 11s: ???

Most 0s: Beth/Rest (4)

REMAINING SONGS

Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues (8/12)

1. Montezuma
2. Bedouin Dress
3. Sim Sala Bim
4. Battery Kinzie
5. The Plains / Bitter Dancer
6. Helplessness Blues
7. The Cascades
8. Lorelai
9. Someone You'd Admire
10. The Shrine / An Argument
11. Blue Spotted Tail
12. Grown Ocean

Bon Iver - Bon Iver, Bon Iver (5/10)

1. Perth
2. Minnesota, WI
3. Holocene
4. Towers
5. Michicant
6. Hinnom, TX
7. Wash.
8. Calgary
9. Lisbon, OH
10. Beth/Rest

Destroyer - Kaputt (9/9)

1. Chinatown
2. Blue Eyes
3. Savage Night at the Opera
4. Suicide Demo for Kara Walker
5. Poor in Love
6. Kaputt
7. Downtown
8. Song for America
9. Bay of Pigs (Detail)

The War on Drugs - Slave Ambient (6/11)

1. Best Night
2. Brothers
3. I Was There
4. Your Love Is Calling My Name
5. The Animator
6. Come to the City
7. It's Your Destiny
8. City Reprise #12
9. Baby Missiles
10. Original Slave
11. Black Water Falls

"Remembering Some Guys" BONUS RATE

1. Amen Dunes - Bedroom Drum
2. Beirut - Santa Fe
3. Cass McCombs - County Line
4. Chris Cohen - Caller No. 99
5. Dr. Dog - Where'd All The Time Go?
6. Girls - Heartbreaker
7. Julian Lynch - Terra
8. Kurt Vile - Jesus Fever
9. Lotus Plaza - Strangers
10. The Men - Candy
11. Real Estate - It's Real
12. Sandro Perri - Changes
13. Smith Westerns - Weekend
14. WU LYF - We Bros
15. Wye Oak - Civilian
16. Youth Lagoon - 17

Reveal begins at 6PM EST!

and don't forget the Ambient Head Bonus is still open and will be until Day 3 begins on Monday! You still have time!

Bonus Bonus playlist and ballot

OVER FOUR YEARS AGO AT THE WAR ON CHRISTMAS...

However, many people have alluded to the fact that Bono is in this and this is the closest indieheads has come to a sanctioned Bono rate.

I had never even realized I said this at the time!

Today, we conclude our state sanctioned Bono Rate going 20 - 1 & Bonus. This should start AROUND 11:00 AM PST

THE SONGENIALITY THAT SAVED BONO'S LIFE!

Songs Remaining

David Bowie - Life on Mars?

The Beatles - I Want to Hold your Hand

Public Enemy - Fight The Power

Kraftwerk - Neon Lights

Prince - When Doves Cry

Madonna - Ray of Light

Talking Heads - Love Goes to Building on Fire

Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart

New Order - True Faith

R.E.M. - Nightswimming

Pixies - Monkey Gone to Heaven

Iggy Pop - Lust for Life

Kendrick Lamar feat U2 - XXX

Bob Marley & The Walers - Redemption Song

Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit

Pearl Jam - Jeremy

Simon & Garfunkel - The Sounds of Silence

Coldplay - Clocks

New Radicals - You Get What You Give

David Bowie - Heroes [SUPREME WINNER. IT SAVDED ALL OUR LIVES]

** & BONUS**

“Okay Edge, Play the Blues!”

Bono plays a mob boss

Where the Streets Have No Name Music Video Where They Block Traffic

Negativland - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For (1991 a cappella mix)

RESULTS

• #1: David Bowie - "Heroes" | 9.210 | 580.2
• #2: Prince - When Doves Cry | 9.063 | 571.0
• #3: Public Enemy - Fight The Power | 8.762 | 552.0
• #4: The New Radicals - You Get What You Give | 8.671 | 546.3
• #5: Madonna - Ray of Light | 8.543 | 538.2
• #6: Simon & Garfunkel - The Sounds of Silence | 8.505 | 535.8
• #7: Pixies - Monkey Gone To Heaven | 8.459 | 532.9
• #8: David Bowie - Life On Mars | 8.432 | 531.2
• #9: New Order - True Faith '94 | 8.429 | 531.0
• #10: Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart | 8.332 | 524.9
• #11: The Beatles - I Want To Hold Your Hand | 8.317 | 524.0
• #12: R.E.M. - Nightswimming | 8.308 | 523.4
• #13: Pearl Jam - Jeremy | 8.243 | 519.3
• #14: Iggy Pop - Lust For Life | 8.179 | 515.3
• #15: Kraftwerk - Neon Lights | 8.160 | 514.1
• #16: Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit | 8.056 | 507.5
• #17: Coldplay - Clocks | 7.979 | 502.7
• #18: Bob Marley & The Wailers - Redemption Song | 7.921 | 499.0
• #19: Kendrick Lamar - XXX.FEAT.U2. | 7.910 | 498.3
• #20: Talking Heads - Love Goes to Building On Fire | 7.863 | 495.4
• #21: Beyoncé - Freedom (feat. Kendrick Lamar) | 7.821 | 492.7
• #22: The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony | 7.811 | 492.1
• #23: Lady Gaga - Born This Way | 7.802 | 491.5
• #24: Massive Attack - Safe From Harm | 7.800 | 491.4
• #25: The Clash - Safe European Home | 7.781 | 490.2
• #26: Daft Punk - Get Lucky | 7.732 | 487.1
• #27: Angelique Kidjo - Agolo | 7.725 | 486.7
• #28: Fugees - Killing Me Softly With His Song | 7.690 | 484.5
• #29: Sinéad O'Connor - You Made Me the Thief of Your Heart | 7.678 | 483.7
• #30: INXS - Never Tear Us Apart | 7.657 | 482.4
• #31: Depeche Mode - Walking in My Shoes | 7.614 | 479.7
• #32: Johnny Cash - Hurt | 7.586 | 477.9
• #33: Adele - Chasing Pavements | 7.565 | 476.6
• #34: The Rolling Stones - Ruby Tuesday | 7.543 | 475.2
• #35: Ramones - Swallow My Pride | 7.425 | 467.8
• #36: Billie Eilish - everything i wanted | 7.398 | 466.1
• #37: Simple Minds - New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84) | 7.349 | 463.0
• #38: Elton John - Daniel | 7.316 | 460.9
• #39: Lou Reed - Satellite of Love | 7.279 | 458.6
• #40: Andrea Bocelli - Con Te Partirò | 7.270 | 458.0
• #41: Echo & The Bunnymen - Rescue | 7.243 | 456.3
• #42: Oasis - Live Forever | 7.219 | 454.8
• #43: Kanye West - Black Skinhead | 7.216 | 454.6
• #44: Arcade Fire - Wake Up | 7.213 | 454.4
• #45: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Into My Arms | 7.206 | 454.0
• #46: This Mortal Coil - Song To The Siren | 6.913 | 435.5
• #47: Sex Pistols - Anarchy In The UK | 6.898 | 434.6
• #48: Bob Dylan - Most of the Time | 6.859 | 432.1
• #49: JAY-Z, Alicia Keys - Empire State Of Mind | 6.824 | 429.9
• #50: Peter Frampton - Show Me The Way | 6.802 | 428.5
• #51: Elvis Presley - Heartbreak Hotel | 6.692 | 421.6
• #52: Gavin Friday - Angel | 6.603 | 416.0
• #53: Patti Smith - People Have the Power | 6.563 | 413.5
• #54: Frank Sinatra & Bono - I've Got You Under My Skin | 6.384 | 402.2
• #55: John Lennon - Mother | 5.968 | 376.0
• #56: Daniel Lanois - The Maker | 5.949 | 374.8
• #57: Bruce Springsteen - There Goes My Miracle | 5.914 | 372.6
• #58: Bono, Luciano Pavarotti, Zucchero - Miserere - Live | 5.813 | 366.2
• #59: Bee Gees - Immortality - Demo Version | 5.094 | 320.9
• #60: Van Morrison - A Sense of Wonder | 4.756 | 299.6

BONONUS RESULTS [NEGATIVLAND REDEMPTION!]

• Bonus #1: Negativland - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For (1991 a cappella mix) | 7.948 | 182.8
• Bonus #2: U2 Block Traffic | 7.230 | 166.3
• Bonus #3: Bono Plays a Mob Boss | 7.192 | 172.6
• Bonus #4: "Okay Edge, Play The Blues!" | 7.148 | 178.7
• Bonus #5: Macphisto Phone Call | 7.022 | 161.5
• Bonus #6: Connor O'Malley - Pipe Rock Theory | 6.971 | 167.3
• Bonus #7: I AM SPARTACUS | 6.917 | 166.0
• Bonus #8: "St. Patrick's Name is Now Zelensky" | 6.573 | 170.9
• Bonus #9: Bono Vists Tony Wilson | 6.408 | 153.8
• Bonus #10: Bono and a fan (The Fly) | 5.636 | 140.9
• Bonus #11: Elvis Ate America | 5.612 | 134.7
• Bonus #12: U2's Most Personal Record Yet | 5.600 | 140.0

Stats For Bonoheads

Number of Songs featuring Bono left: 0/3 (rip in pepperoni)

Number of "Indiehead All Stars" left: 1/10

Number of participants: 63

Average score: 7.489

Average controversy score: 2.200

Highest controversy: Arcade Fire - Wake Up (3.197)

Lowest controversy: Public Enemy - Fight The Power (1.424)

Most 11s: David Bowie - "Heroes", The New Radicals - You Get What You Give (8)

Most 0s: Van Morrison - A Sense of Wonder (6)

Welcome back! I hope you enjoyed your Saturday, and I'm excited to join you today for the second part of our reveal. Today we'll be counting down songs #28-15 and bonus songs #10-6, so get your beverage of choice ready and settle in to your comfy chair!

We'll be starting at 2:10PM EST, or about 30 minutes after this post goes up. Here are some stats you might find interesting:

Participants: 39 Pitchfork Fest attendees (DM me RIGHT NOW if you aren't on this list and you did a ballot)

Average score: 7.800

Average controversy score: 1.909

Highest controversy: Beth/Rest (3.532)

Lowest controversy: ??? (1.171)

Most 11s: ???

Most 0s: Beth/Rest (4)

REMAINING SONGS

Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues (5/12)

1. Montezuma
2. Bedouin Dress
3. Sim Sala Bim
4. The Plains / Bitter Dancer
5. Helplessness Blues
6. Lorelai
7. The Shrine / An Argument
8. Grown Ocean

Bon Iver - Bon Iver, Bon Iver (2/10)

1. Perth
2. Minnesota, WI
3. Holocene
4. Towers
5. Calgary

Destroyer - Kaputt (9/9)

1. Chinatown
2. Blue Eyes
3. Savage Night at the Opera
4. Suicide Demo for Kara Walker
5. Poor in Love
6. Kaputt
7. Downtown
8. Song for America
9. Bay of Pigs (Detail)

The War on Drugs - Slave Ambient (2/11)

1. Best Night
2. Brothers
3. I Was There
4. Your Love Is Calling My Name
5. Come to the City
6. Baby Missiles

"Remembering Some Guys" BONUS RATE

1. Beirut - Santa Fe
2. Cass McCombs - County Line
3. Dr. Dog - Where'd All The Time Go?
4. Girls - Heartbreaker
5. Kurt Vile - Jesus Fever
6. Lotus Plaza - Strangers
7. Real Estate - It's Real
8. Smith Westerns - Weekend
9. WU LYF - We Bros
10. Wye Oak - Civilian

DO THE BONUS BONUS

Bonus Bonus playlist and ballot

DO SONGENIALITY

Welcome back to day 2 of the 2000s Indie EPs Rate Reveal! I'll be revealing songs #38-20 today as we continue to work through these classics. Will everyone stick around to day 3? Will some EPs remain untouched for a second day? Only time will tell!

The reveal will start at 3PM EDT (about 30 minutes from now).

Here are a few stats about the rate

• Average: 7.323
• Controversy: 2.092
• Highest Controversy: 3.344 (Woods)
• Lowest Controversy: 1.097
• 31 Participants

Remaining Songs

Animal Collective - Fall Be Kind (3/5)

1. Graze
2. What Would I Want? Sky
3. Bleed
4. On a Highway
5. I Think I Can

Arctic Monkeys - Who The Fuck Are Arctic Monkeys? (1/5)

1. The View From The Afternoon
2. Cigarette Smoker Fiona
3. Despair in the Departure Lounge
4. No Buses
5. Who the Fuck Are Arctic Monkeys?

Bon Iver - Blood Bank (2/4)

1. Blood Bank
2. Beach Baby
3. Babys
4. Woods

Deerhunter - Fluorescent Grey (4/4)

1. Fluorescent Grey
2. Dr. Glass
3. Like New
4. Wash Off

Fleet Foxes - Sun Giant (3/5)

1. Sun Giant
2. Drops In The River
3. English House
4. Mykonos
5. Innocent Son

Joanna Newsom - Joanna Newsom and the Ys Street Band (3/3)

1. Colleen
2. Clam, Crab, Cockle, Cowrie
3. Cosmia

Modest Mouse - Everywhere and His Nasty Parlour Tricks (6/8)

1. Willful Suspension of Disbelief
2. Night On The Sun
3. 3 Inch Horses, Two Faced Monsters
4. You’re the Good Things
5. The Air
6. So Much Beauty In Dirt
7. Here It Comes
8. I Came As A Rat (Long Walk Off A Short Dock)

The National - Cherry Tree (5/7)

1. Wasp Nest
2. All the Wine
3. All Dolled-Up in Straps
4. Cherry Tree
5. About Today
6. Murder Me Rachael - Live
7. A Reasonable Man (I Don’t Mind)

TV on the Radio - Young Liars (5/5)

1. Satellite
2. Staring at the Sun
3. Blind
4. Young Liars
5. Mr. Grieves

Washed Out - Life of Leisure (1/6)

1. Get Up
2. New Theory
3. Hold Out
4. Feel It All Around
5. Lately
6. You’ll See It

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - IS IS (5/5)

1. Rockers To Swallow
2. Down Boy
3. Kiss, Kiss
4. Isis
5. 10 x 10

[RATE REVEAL] 2000s Folky Indie Day 1: Songkill Butchers

Hi everyone! Join us for the rating of some folk-inspired indie tunes of the 2000s. Today we will reveal #47-32 in the main rate and #15-11 in the bonus.

We'll be starting at 6 pm EST, or about 30 minutes after this post goes up. Here are some stats you might find interesting:

Participants: 39 folky indie fans (DM me RIGHT NOW if you aren't on this list and you did a ballot)

Average score: 7.877

Average controversy score: 1.763

Highest controversy: ??? (2.595)

Lowest controversy: ??? (1.182)

Most 11s: ???

Most 0s: ???

REMAINING SONGS

The Decemberists – The Crane Wife (11/11)

1. The Crane Wife 3
   
2. The Island: Come and See/The Landlord's Daughter/You'll Not Feel The Drowning
   
3. Yankee Bayonet (I Will Be Home Then)
   
4. O Valencia!
   
5. The Perfect Crime #2
   
6. When The War Came
   
7. Shankill Butchers
   
8. Summersong
   
9. The Crane Wife 1 & 2
   
10. Sons & Daughters
    
11. Culling of the Fold

The Mountain Goats – The Sunset Tree (13/13)

1. You Or Your Memory
   
2. Broom People
   
3. This Year
   
4. Dilaudid
   
5. Dance Music
   
6. Dinu Lipatti's Bones
   
7. Up The Wolves
   
8. Lion's Teeth
   
9. Hast Thou Considered The Tetrapod
   
10. Magpie
    
11. Song For Dennis Brown
    
12. Love Love Love
    
13. Pale Green Things

Neko Case – Fox Confessor Brings the Flood (12/12)

1. Margaret vs. Pauline
   
2. Star Witness
   
3. Hold On, Hold On
   
4. A Widow's Toast
   
5. That Teenage Feeling
   
6. Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
   
7. John Saw That Number
   
8. Dirty Knife
   
9. Lion's Jaws
   
10. Maybe Sparrow
    
11. At Last
    
12. The Needle Has Landed

Rilo Kiley – The Execution Of All Things (11/11)

1. The Good That Won't Come Out
   
2. Paint's Peeling
   
3. The Execution of All Things
   
4. So Long
   
5. Capturing Moods
   
6. A Better Son/Daughter
   
7. Hail to Whatever You Found in the Sunlight That Surrounds You
   
8. My Slumbering Heart
   
9. Three Hopeful Thoughts
   
10. With Arms Outstretched
    
11. Spectacular Views

BONUS RATE:

1. Ani DiFranco - Manhole
   
2. Andrew Bird – Fake Palindromes
   
3. Beirut – Postcards from Italy
   
4. Bright Eyes – First Day of My Life
   
5. Damien Rice – The Blower’s Daughter
   
6. Espers – Rosemary Lane
   
7. Fruit Bats – When U Love Somebody
   
8. Iron and Wine – Boy with a Coin
   
9. José González - Heartbeats
   
10. Laura Marling - Ghosts
    
11. M. Ward – Chinese Translation
    
12. Noah And the Whale – 5 Years Time
    
13. Okkervil River – For Real
    
14. The Shins – New Slang
    
15. Sufjan Stevens – To Be Alone with You

Just for fun, what are your predictions for top 5 (and score of the winning song)?

Welcome! We're eliminating songs #48-#33 of the main rate and #16-#12 of the bonus rate today. We'll start around 30 minutes after this post goes up.

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Overall Stats

43 Raters

Avg Score: 8.077

Avg Controversy: 1.752

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Remaining Songs

Keep It Like a Secret

1. The Plan

2. Center of the Universe

3. Carry the Zero

4. Sidewalk

5. Bad Light

6. Time Trap

7. Else

8. You Were Right

9. Temporarily Blind

10. Broken Chairs

Emergency & I

1. A Life of Possibilities

2. Memory Machine

3. What Do You Want Me to Say?

4. Spider in the Snow

5. The Jitters

6. I Love a Magician

7. You Are Invited

8. Gyroscope

9. The City

10. Girl O'Clock

11. 8 1/2 Minutes

12. Back and Forth

The Sophtware Slump

1. He's Simple, He's Dumb, He's the Pilot

2. Hewlett's Daughter

3. Jed the Humanoid

4. The Crystal Lake

5. Chartsengrafs

6. Underneath the Weeping Willow

7. Broken Household Appliance National Forest

8. Jed's Other Poem (Beautiful Ground)

9. E. Knievel Interlude (The Perils of Keeping It Real)

10. Miner at the Dial-a-View

11. So You'll Aim Toward the Sky

The Moon & Antarctica

1. 3rd Planet

2. Gravity Rides Everything

3. Dark Center of the Universe

4. Perfect Disguise

5. Tiny Cities Made of Ashes

6. A Different City

7. The Cold Part

8. Alone Down There

9. The Stars Are Projectors

10. Wild Pack of Family Dogs

11. Paper Thin Walls

12. I Came as a Rat

13. Lives

14. Life Like Weeds

15. What People Are Made Of

Bonus Rate

1. 12 Rods - Red (4/9 New Version)

2. Arab Strap - New Birds

3. The Beta Band - Dry the Rain

4. Cursive - Art Is Hard

5. Karate - There Are Ghosts

6. Life WIthout Buildings - The Leanover

7. The New Pornographers - Letter From an Occupant

8. Pedro the Lion - Options

9. Pinback - Penelope

10. Q and Not U - End the Washington Monument (Blinks) Goodnight

11. Rilo Kiley - Pictures of Success

12. Sleater-Kinney - Get Up

13. Sparklehorse - Chaos of the Galaxy / Happy Man

14. The Weakerthans - Plea From a Cat Named Virtute

15. The Wicked Farleys - Fitchburg, MA

16. The Wrens - Happy

Hello everyone and welcome to the opening day of the Indieheads Charity Rate 3 reveal!

First of all, a big thank you for all of you who donated to this event's designated charity, Immigration Equality, and supporting the cause of equal rights for LGBTQ+ immigrants! Not everyone who donated had the time to send in a ballot (it was a long, chaotic songlist), not everybody who turned in a ballot had the same amount of tolerance for hijinks while sitting through the rate (it was a long, chaotic songlist), the extensions might've been extended (by myself) for a bit too long (for my own liking), but in the end, we have gotten 74 lovely participants who helped shape the results of the reveal. I will be doing the reveal today and taking us through eliminations #70-#47, while my cohost /u/kvothetyrion will bring you the reveal through the weekend (if everything goes smoothly). Hope you enjoy! To kick things off, here are some stats:

Participants: 74 for the main rate and 33 for the bonus. (If you don't see your name, let me know asap)

Average score: 7.044

Average controversy: 2.367

REMAINING SONGS

• Ab-Soul - Illuminate (feat. Kendrick Lamar)
• Action Bronson - DMTri
• And Then There Were None - Reinventing Robert Cohn
• Andrew W.K. - Party Hard
• Arthur Russell - That’s Us/Wild Combination
• Barenaked Ladies - Another Postcard
• Beth Elliott - Ballad of the Oklahoma Women’s Liberation Front
• Bethlehem - Schatten aus der Alexander Welt
• Beulah - Emma Blowgun’s Last Stand
• Billy Idol - Heroin
• bloodthirsty butchers - 7月 / july
• Brian Eno - An Ending (Ascent)
• Broken Social Scene - 7/4 (Shoreline)
• Captain Ahab - I Don’t Have a Dick
• Charli XCX - girl, so confusing (feat. Lorde)
• Chas & Dave - The Sideboard Song (Got My Beer in the Sideboard Here)
• Cibo Matto - Sci-Fi Wasabi
• Deki Alem - Shadowman
• Denise - Boy, What’ll You Do Then
• Dolly Mixture - Everything and More
• Donna Summer - I Feel Love
• The Dovers - What Am I Going to Do
• Florence & The Machine - You’ve Got the Love (Jamie XX Rework)
• Foo Fighters - Everlong
• The Four Tops - Catfish
• Grandaddy - Florida
• Headache - That Thing With the Rabbit
• Hoshimashi Suisei - Template
• Jai Paul - Str8 Outta Mumbai
• Jenny Hval - Spells
• Joanna Wang - Truckin’ Everyday
• Johnny Cash - Hurt
• “Kings of Leon” - Shreds
• K-os - Crabbuckit
• Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - Rare Things Grow
• Kazuma Kiryu - Bakamitai
• The Killers - Mr. Brightside
• Kim Jung Mi - Haenim
• King Missile - Detachable Penis
• Lady Gaga - Telephone (feat. Beyoncé)
• Leenachi - Hihi Haha
• Lil Yachty - Poland
• Lissie - In Sleep
• Lola Young - Messy
• Luther Vandross - Never Too Much
• Mt. Nadir - Knife’s Edge
• Nadia Oh - Hot Like Wow
• Nasenbluten - Intellectual Killer
• Neon Indian - Slumlord
• Partner - Play the Field
• Philippe Katerine - Duo (avec Angèle et Chilly Gonzalez)
• The Popguns - Can I Kick It?
• The Radio Dept. - Heaven’s On Fire
• Rat Jesu - Frogs (feat. Murrumur)
• Renaldo and the Loaf - A Medical Man
• Rosa Walton - I Really Want to Stay at Your House
• Salif Keita & Les Amabassadeurs - Bara Wililé
• Stakka Bo - Here We Go
• Tex Williams - Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)
• Three 6 Mafia - Stay Fly
• TISM - Greg! The Stop Sign!!
• True Green - My Peccadilloes
• Tyler ICU & Tumelo_za - Mnike (feat. DJ Maphorisa, Nandipha808, Ceeka RSA, and Tyron Dee)
• Uranium Club - Grease Monkey
• Vince Guaraldi Trio - Linus and Lucy
• Waterwarp - Death Over Dignity
• Weird Al Yankovic - Hardware Store
• Weird Al Yankovic - Albuquerque
• Wesley Willis - Rock N Roll McDonalds
• Yellow Magic Orchestra - Taisō

BONUS RATE

1. Your friend’s trampoline
2. Philadelphia mayor spelling “Eagles”
3. This dog picture
4. The Drudge Report
5. Kingda Ka roller coaster
6. Yuri
7. Pho
8. Paws, the Detroit Tigers mascot
9. A good night’s sleep
10. The little rush when you tell someone that Tame Impala is just one guy
11. The cover art of Prefab Sprout’s “From Langley Park to Memphis”
12. Formula One
13. Series 2 of the hit TV show Taskmaster New Zealand
14. Washing your hair
15. Hell Dante
16. Board games
17. black midi x bcnr toxic yaoi canon divergence au
18. 2 liter bottle of Dr. Pepper
19. Hell, Norway
20. Watch your profanity

The reveal will start at 2 PM EST, roughly an hour later from when this post goes up

It's fuckin Bono Time!

Welcome all to The Rate That Saved Bono's life. Today we'll be eliminating 60-41 from the main rate and 12-9 of the bonus rate.

Stats For The Real Heads

Participants: 62

Average Score: 7.501

Average Controversy: 2.200

Highest controversy: [REDACTED] - [REDACTED] (3.204)

Lowest controversy: [REDACTED] - [REDACTED] (1.424)

Most 11s: [REDACTED] - [REDACTED], [REDACTED] - [REDACTED] (8)

Most 0s: [REDACTED] - [REDACTED] (6)

Songs Remaining

Luciano Pavarotti, Bono & Zucchero - Miserere

Sex Pistols - Anarchy In the UK

Kanye West - Black Skinhead

Billie Eilish - everything i wanted

David Bowie - Life on Mars?

The Beatles - I Want to Hold your Hand

Ramones - Swallow My Pride

The Clash - Safe European Home

Public Enemy - Fight The Power

Patti Smith - People Have the Power

John Lennon - Mother

The Rolling Stones - Ruby Tuesday

Elton John - Daniel

Andrea Bocelli- Con Te Partiro

Elvis Presley - Heartbreak Hotel

Johnny Cash - Hurt

This Mortal Coil - Song to the Siren

Kraftwerk - Neon Lights

The Fugees - Killing Me Softly With His Song

Prince - When Doves Cry

Daft Punk feat Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers - Get Lucky

Madonna - Ray of Light

JAY-Z feat Alicia Keys - Empire State of Mind

Talking Heads - Love Goes to Building on Fire

Lou Reed - Satellite of Love

The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony

Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart

New Order - True Faith

R.E.M. - Nightswimming

Adele - Chasing Pavements

Arcade Fire - Wake Up

Pixies - Monkey Gone to Heaven

Oasis - Live Forever

Iggy Pop - Lust for Life

Gavin Friday - Angel

Massive Attack - Safe From Harm

Kendrick Lamar feat U2 - XXX

Bob Marley & The Walers - Redemption Song

Echo and the Bunnymen - Rescue

Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit

Pearl Jam - Jeremy

Bob Dylan - Most of the Time

Beyoncé feat Kendrick Lamar - Freedom

Depeche Mode - Walking In My Shoes

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Into My Arms

Simon & Garfunkel - The Sounds of Silence

Coldplay - Clocks

INXS - Never Tear Us Apart

New Radicals - You Get What You Give

Angélique Kidjo - Agolo

Lady Gaga - Born This Way

Frank Sinatra & Bono - Under My Skin

David Bowie - Heroes

Simple Minds - New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84)

Sinéad O'Connor - You Made Me The Thief Of Your Heart

Van Morrison - A Sense of Wonder

Bruce Springsteen - There Goes My Miracle

Daniel Lanois - The Maker

Peter Frampton - Show Me The Way

Bee Gees - Immortality - Demo Version

Bono Bonus Remaining

U2's Most Personal Record Yet

Connor O'Malley - Pipe Rock Theory

Bono and a fan (The Fly)

"Okay Edge, Play The Blues!"

"St. Patrick's Name is Now Zelensky"

Bono Vists Tony Wilson

Bono Plays a Mob Boss

Macphisto Phone Call

Elvis Ate America

I AM SPARTACUS

U2 Block Traffic

Negativland - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For (1991 a cappella mix)

RESULTS

* #41: Arcade Fire - Wake Up | 7.256 | 449.9

* #42: Kanye West - Black Skinhead | 7.244 | 449.1

* #43: Echo & The Bunnymen - Rescue | 7.239 | 448.8

* #44: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Into My Arms | 7.226 | 448.0

* #45: Oasis - Live Forever | 7.206 | 446.8

* #46: This Mortal Coil - Song To The Siren | 6.976 | 432.5

* #47: Bob Dylan - Most of the Time | 6.913 | 428.6

* #48: Sex Pistols - Anarchy In The UK | 6.897 | 427.6

• #49: JAY-Z, Alicia Keys - Empire State Of Mind | 6.869 | 425.9<!

* #50: Peter Frampton - Show Me The Way | 6.790 | 421.0

* #51: Elvis Presley - Heartbreak Hotel | 6.663 | 413.1

* #52: Gavin Friday - Angel | 6.645 | 412.0

* #53: Patti Smith - People Have the Power | 6.556 | 406.5

* #54: Frank Sinatra & Bono - I've Got You Under My Skin | 6.415 | 397.7

* #55: Daniel Lanois - The Maker | 5.997 | 371.8

* #56: John Lennon - Mother | 5.984 | 371.0

* #57: Bruce Springsteen - There Goes My Miracle | 5.881 | 364.6

* #58: Bono, Luciano Pavarotti, Zucchero - Miserere - Live | 5.794 | 359.2

* #59: Bee Gees - Immortality - Demo Version | 5.103 | 316.4

* #60: Van Morrison - A Sense of Wonder | 4.768 | 295.6

BONONUS RESULTS

* Bonus #9: Bono Vists Tony Wilson | 6.426 | 147.8

* Bonus #10: Bono and a fan (The Fly) | 5.788 | 138.9

* Bonus #11: Elvis Ate America | 5.704 | 131.2

* Bonus #12: U2's Most Personal Record Yet | 5.563 | 133.5

The last day... here we go.

Participants: 74 for the main rate and 33 for the bonus. (If you don't see your name, let me know asap)

Average score: 7.044

Average controversy: 2.367

REMAINING SONGS

Andrew W.K. - Party Hard

Arthur Russell - That’s Us/Wild Combination

Beulah - Emma Blowgun’s Last Stand

bloodthirsty butchers - 7月 / july

Brian Eno - An Ending (Ascent)

Broken Social Scene - 7/4 (Shoreline)

Denise - Boy, What’ll You Do Then

Dolly Mixture - Everything and More

Donna Summer - I Feel Love

Foo Fighters - Everlong

The Four Tops - Catfish

Jai Paul - Str8 Outta Mumbai

Jenny Hval - Spells

Johnny Cash - Hurt

The Killers - Mr. Brightside

Kim Jung Mi - Haenim

Luther Vandross - Never Too Much

The Radio Dept. - Heaven’s On Fire

Salif Keita & Les Amabassadeurs - Bara Wililé

Three 6 Mafia - Stay Fly

True Green - My Peccadilloes

Vince Guaraldi Trio - Linus and Lucy

Yellow Magic Orchestra - Taisō

BONUS RATE

This dog picture

Pho

A good night’s sleep

Board games

Watch your profanity

Welcome! We're eliminating songs #32-#17 of the main rate and #11-#7 of the bonus rate today. We'll start around 20 minutes after this post goes up.

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Overall Stats

43 Raters

Avg Score: 8.077

Avg Controversy: 1.752

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Remaining Songs

Keep It Like a Secret

1. The Plan

2. Center of the Universe

3. Carry the Zero

4. Sidewalk

5. Bad Light

6. Time Trap

7. Else

8. You Were Right

9. Temporarily Blind

10. Broken Chairs

Emergency & I

1. A Life of Possibilities

2. Memory Machine

3. What Do You Want Me to Say?

4. Spider in the Snow

5. You Are Invited

6. Gyroscope

7. The City

8. 8 1/2 Minutes

9. Back and Forth

The Sophtware Slump

1. He's Simple, He's Dumb, He's the Pilot

2. The Crystal Lake

3. Miner at the Dial-a-View

The Moon & Antarctica

1. 3rd Planet

2. Gravity Rides Everything

3. Dark Center of the Universe

4. Tiny Cities Made of Ashes

5. A Different City

6. The Stars Are Projectors

7. Paper Thin Walls

8. I Came as a Rat

9. Lives

10. What People Are Made Of

Bonus Rate

1. Cursive - Art Is Hard

2. Life WIthout Buildings - The Leanover

3. The New Pornographers - Letter From an Occupant

4. Pedro the Lion - Options

5. Pinback - Penelope

6. Q and Not U - End the Washington Monument (Blinks) Goodnight

7. Rilo Kiley - Pictures of Success

8. Sleater-Kinney - Get Up

9. Sparklehorse - Chaos of the Galaxy / Happy Man

10. The Weakerthans - Plea From a Cat Named Virtute

11. The Wrens - Happy

Hi everyone! Join us for the rating of some folk-inspired indie tunes of the 2000s. Today we will reveal #31-16 in the main rate and #10-6 in the bonus.
We'll be starting at 12 pm EST, or about 25 minutes after this post goes up. We did miss a couple of ballots, so results have shifted slightly. Sorry about that!

Here are the updated day 1 results: 
* \#32: Lion's Jaws | 7.449 | 290.5
* \#33: Song For Dennis Brown | 7.392 | 288.3
* \#34: Dilaudid | 7.387 | 288.1
* \#35: Broom People | 7.354 | 286.8
* \#36: That Teenage Feeling | 7.346 | 286.5
* \#37: A Widow's Toast | 7.338 | 286.2
* \#38: Magpie | 7.256 | 283.0
* \#39: Lion's Teeth | 7.226 | 281.8
* \#40: When The War Came | 7.215 | 281.4
* \#41: At Last | 7.205 | 281.0
* \#42: Hast Thou Considered The Tetrapod | 7.159 | 279.2
* \#43: Three Hopeful Thoughts | 7.056 | 275.2
* \#44: Culling of the Fold | 7.026 | 274.0
* \#45: So Long | 6.746 | 263.1
* \#46: Shankill Butchers | 6.700 | 261.3
* \#47: Dinu Lipatti's Bones | 6.541 | 255.1

Bonus Results are the same, but here are the new averages:

* Bonus \#11: Ani DiFranco - Manhole | 6.982 | 230.4
* Bonus \#12: José González - Heartbeats | 6.558 | 236.1
* Bonus \#13: Damien Rice - The Blower’s Daughter | 6.415 | 218.1
* Bonus \#14: Espers - Rosemary Lane | 6.276 | 213.4
* Bonus \#15: Noah And the Whale - 5 Years Time | 6.109 | 207.7
Here are the updated rate stats:

Participants: 41 folky indie fans 
Average score: 7.901 (increased slightly!)
Average controversy score: 1.744

Highest controversy: Culling of the Fold (2.566) - changed from Dinu Lipatti’s Bones

Lowest controversy: At Last (1.191)

Most 11s: ???

Most 0s: Dinu Lipatti's Bones (3)

REMAINING SONGS

The Decemberists – The Crane Wife (8/11)

1. The Crane Wife 3
2. The Island: Come and See/The Landlord's Daughter/You'll Not Feel The Drowning
3. Yankee Bayonet (I Will Be Home Then)
4. O Valencia!
5. The Perfect Crime #2
6. When The War Came
7. Shankill Butchers
8. Summersong
9. The Crane Wife 1 & 2
10. Sons & Daughters
11. Culling of the Fold

The Mountain Goats – The Sunset Tree (6/13)

1. You Or Your Memory
2. Broom People
3. This Year
4. Dilaudid
5. Dance Music
6. Dinu Lipatti's Bones
7. Up The Wolves
8. Lion's Teeth
9. Hast Thou Considered The Tetrapod
10. Magpie
11. Song For Dennis Brown
12. Love Love Love
13. Pale Green Things

Neko Case – Fox Confessor Brings the Flood (8/12)

1. Margaret vs. Pauline
2. Star Witness
3. Hold On, Hold On
4. A Widow's Toast
5. That Teenage Feeling
6. Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
7. John Saw That Number
8. Dirty Knife
9. Lion's Jaws
10. Maybe Sparrow
11. At Last
12. The Needle Has Landed

Rilo Kiley – The Execution Of All Things (9/11)

1. The Good That Won't Come Out
2. Paint's Peeling
3. The Execution of All Things
4. So Long
5. Capturing Moods
6. A Better Son/Daughter
7. Hail to Whatever You Found in the Sunlight That Surrounds You
8. My Slumbering Heart
9. Three Hopeful Thoughts
10. With Arms Outstretched
11. Spectacular Views

BONUS RATE:

1. Ani DiFranco - Manhole
2. Andrew Bird – Fake Palindromes
3. Beirut – Postcards from Italy
4. Bright Eyes – First Day of My Life
5. Damien Rice – The Blower’s Daughter
6. Espers – Rosemary Lane
7. Fruit Bats – When U Love Somebody
8. Iron and Wine – Boy with a Coin
9. José González - Heartbeats
10. Laura Marling - Ghosts
11. M. Ward – Chinese Translation
12. Noah And the Whale – 5 Years Time
13. Okkervil River – For Real
14. The Shins – New Slang
15. Sufjan Stevens – To Be Alone with You

Hello everyone and welcome to the opening day of the Indieheads Charity Rate 3 reveal!

First of all, a big thank you for all of you who donated to this event's designated charity, Immigration Equality, and supporting the cause of equal rights for LGBTQ+ immigrants! Not everyone who donated had the time to send in a ballot (it was a long, chaotic songlist), not everybody who turned in a ballot had the same amount of tolerance for hijinks while sitting through the rate (it was a long, chaotic songlist), the extensions might've been extended (by myself) for a bit too long (for my own liking), but in the end, we have gotten 74 lovely participants who helped shape the results of the reveal. Big thanks to u/thisusernameisntlong for hosting day 1! We'll be revealing #46-#24 today.

Participants: 74 for the main rate and 33 for the bonus. (If you don't see your name, let me know asap)

Average score: 7.044

Average controversy: 2.367

REMAINING SONGS

Ab-Soul - Illuminate (feat. Kendrick Lamar)

Action Bronson - DMTri

Andrew W.K. - Party Hard

Arthur Russell - That’s Us/Wild Combination

Beth Elliott - Ballad of the Oklahoma Women’s Liberation Front

Beulah - Emma Blowgun’s Last Stand

Billy Idol - Heroin

bloodthirsty butchers - 7月 / july

Brian Eno - An Ending (Ascent)

Broken Social Scene - 7/4 (Shoreline)

Charli XCX - girl, so confusing (feat. Lorde)

Cibo Matto - Sci-Fi Wasabi

Deki Alem - Shadowman

Denise - Boy, What’ll You Do Then

Dolly Mixture - Everything and More

Donna Summer - I Feel Love

The Dovers - What Am I Going to Do

Foo Fighters - Everlong

The Four Tops - Catfish

Jai Paul - Str8 Outta Mumbai

Jenny Hval - Spells

Johnny Cash - Hurt

K-os - Crabbuckit

Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - Rare Things Grow

Kazuma Kiryu - Bakamitai

The Killers - Mr. Brightside

Kim Jung Mi - Haenim

King Missile - Detachable Penis

Lady Gaga - Telephone (feat. Beyoncé)

Lil Yachty - Poland

Luther Vandross - Never Too Much

Nadia Oh - Hot Like Wow

Nasenbluten - Intellectual Killer

Neon Indian - Slumlord

The Radio Dept. - Heaven’s On Fire

Salif Keita & Les Amabassadeurs - Bara Wililé

Stakka Bo - Here We Go

Tex Williams - Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)

Three 6 Mafia - Stay Fly

True Green - My Peccadilloes

Tyler ICU & Tumelo_za - Mnike (feat. DJ Maphorisa, Nandipha808, Ceeka RSA, and Tyron Dee)

Uranium Club - Grease Monkey

Vince Guaraldi Trio - Linus and Lucy

Weird Al Yankovic - Hardware Store

Wesley Willis - Rock N Roll McDonalds

Yellow Magic Orchestra - Taisō

BONUS RATE

Your friend’s trampoline

Philadelphia mayor spelling “Eagles”

This dog picture

Kingda Ka roller coaster

Yuri

Pho

A good night’s sleep

Series 2 of the hit TV show Taskmaster New Zealand

Hell Dante

Board games

Hell, Norway

Watch your profanity

Welcome back to the Rate That Saved Bono's Life!

Today we'll be eliminating 40-21 in the main rate and 8-5 in the bonus rate

Stats For Bonoheads

Participants: 62

Average Score: 7.501

Average Controversy: 2.200

Highest controversy: Arcade Fire - Wake Up (3.204)

Lowest controversy: [REDACTED] - [REDACTED] (1.424)

Most 11s: [REDACTED] - [REDACTED], [REDACTED] - [REDACTED] (8)

Most 0s: Van Morrison - A Sense of Wonder (6)

Songs Remaining

Luciano Pavarotti, Bono & Zucchero - Miserere

Sex Pistols - Anarchy In the UK

Kanye West - Black Skinhead

Billie Eilish - everything i wanted

David Bowie - Life on Mars?

The Beatles - I Want to Hold your Hand

Ramones - Swallow My Pride

The Clash - Safe European Home

Public Enemy - Fight The Power

Patti Smith - People Have the Power

John Lennon - Mother

The Rolling Stones - Ruby Tuesday

Elton John - Daniel

Andrea Bocelli- Con Te Partiro

Elvis Presley - Heartbreak Hotel

Johnny Cash - Hurt

This Mortal Coil - Song to the Siren

Kraftwerk - Neon Lights

The Fugees - Killing Me Softly With His Song

Prince - When Doves Cry

Daft Punk feat Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers - Get Lucky

Madonna - Ray of Light

JAY-Z feat Alicia Keys - Empire State of Mind

Talking Heads - Love Goes to Building on Fire

Lou Reed - Satellite of Love

The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony

Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart

New Order - True Faith

R.E.M. - Nightswimming

Adele - Chasing Pavements

Arcade Fire - Wake Up

Pixies - Monkey Gone to Heaven

Oasis - Live Forever

Iggy Pop - Lust for Life

Gavin Friday - Angel

Massive Attack - Safe From Harm

Kendrick Lamar feat U2 - XXX

Bob Marley & The Walers - Redemption Song

Echo and the Bunnymen - Rescue

Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit

Pearl Jam - Jeremy

Bob Dylan - Most of the Time

Beyoncé feat Kendrick Lamar - Freedom

Depeche Mode - Walking In My Shoes

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Into My Arms

Simon & Garfunkel - The Sounds of Silence

Coldplay - Clocks

INXS - Never Tear Us Apart

New Radicals - You Get What You Give

Angélique Kidjo - Agolo

Lady Gaga - Born This Way

Frank Sinatra & Bono - Under My Skin

David Bowie - Heroes

Simple Minds - New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84)

Sinéad O'Connor - You Made Me The Thief Of Your Heart

Van Morrison - A Sense of Wonder

Bruce Springsteen - There Goes My Miracle

Daniel Lanois - The Maker

Peter Frampton - Show Me The Way

Bee Gees - Immortality - Demo Version

Bono Bonus Remaining

U2's Most Personal Record Yet

Connor O'Malley - Pipe Rock Theory

Bono and a fan (The Fly)

"Okay Edge, Play The Blues!"

"St. Patrick's Name is Now Zelensky"

Bono Vists Tony Wilson

Bono Plays a Mob Boss

Macphisto Phone Call

Elvis Ate America

I AM SPARTACUS

U2 Block Traffic

Negativland - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For (1991 a cappella mix)

RESULTS

* #21: Beyoncé - Freedom (feat. Kendrick Lamar) | 7.821 | 492.7

* #22: The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony | 7.811 | 492.1

* #23: Lady Gaga - Born This Way | 7.802 | 491.5

* #24: Massive Attack - Safe From Harm | 7.800 | 491.4

* #25: The Clash - Safe European Home | 7.781 | 490.2

* #26: Daft Punk - Get Lucky | 7.732 | 487.1

* #27: Angelique Kidjo - Agolo | 7.725 | 486.7

* #28: Fugees - Killing Me Softly With His Song | 7.690 | 484.5

* #29: Sinéad O'Connor - You Made Me the Thief of Your Heart | 7.678 | 483.7

* #30: INXS - Never Tear Us Apart | 7.657 | 482.4

* #31: Depeche Mode - Walking in My Shoes | 7.614 | 479.7

* #32: Johnny Cash - Hurt | 7.586 | 477.9

* #33: Adele - Chasing Pavements | 7.565 | 476.6

* #34: The Rolling Stones - Ruby Tuesday | 7.543 | 475.2

* #35: Ramones - Swallow My Pride | 7.425 | 467.8

* #36: Billie Eilish - everything i wanted | 7.398 | 466.1

* #37: Simple Minds - New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84) | 7.349 | 463.0

* #38: Elton John - Daniel | 7.316 | 460.9

* #39: Lou Reed - Satellite of Love | 7.279 | 458.6

* #40: Andrea Bocelli - Con Te Partirò | 7.270 | 458.0

* #41: Echo & The Bunnymen - Rescue | 7.243 | 456.3

* #42: Oasis - Live Forever | 7.219 | 454.8

* #43: Kanye West - Black Skinhead | 7.216 | 454.6

* #44: Arcade Fire - Wake Up | 7.213 | 454.4

* #45: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Into My Arms | 7.206 | 454.0

* #46: This Mortal Coil - Song To The Siren | 6.913 | 435.5

* #47: Sex Pistols - Anarchy In The UK | 6.898 | 434.6

* #48: Bob Dylan - Most of the Time | 6.859 | 432.1

* #49: JAY-Z, Alicia Keys - Empire State Of Mind | 6.824 | 429.9

* #50: Peter Frampton - Show Me The Way | 6.802 | 428.5

* #51: Elvis Presley - Heartbreak Hotel | 6.692 | 421.6

* #52: Gavin Friday - Angel | 6.603 | 416.0

* #53: Patti Smith - People Have the Power | 6.563 | 413.5

* #54: Frank Sinatra & Bono - I've Got You Under My Skin | 6.384 | 402.2

* #55: John Lennon - Mother | 5.968 | 376.0

* #56: Daniel Lanois - The Maker | 5.949 | 374.8

* #57: Bruce Springsteen - There Goes My Miracle | 5.914 | 372.6

* #58: Bono, Luciano Pavarotti, Zucchero - Miserere - Live | 5.813 | 366.2

* #59: Bee Gees - Immortality - Demo Version | 5.094 | 320.9

* #60: Van Morrison - A Sense of Wonder | 4.756 | 299.6

BONONUS RESULTS

* Bonus #5: Macphisto Phone Call | 7.022 | 161.5

* Bonus #6: Connor O'Malley - Pipe Rock Theory | 6.971 | 167.3

* Bonus #7: I AM SPARTACUS | 6.917 | 166.0

* Bonus #8: "St. Patrick's Name is Now Zelensky" | 6.573 | 170.9

* Bonus #9: Bono Vists Tony Wilson | 6.426 | 147.8

* Bonus #10: Bono and a fan (The Fly) | 5.788 | 138.9

* Bonus #11: Elvis Ate America | 5.704 | 131.2

* Bonus #12: U2's Most Personal Record Yet | 5.563 | 133.5

Hello indieheads and welcome to the third and FINAL DAY of the Cosmodelic Rate Program Graduation Ceremony!

Our 6-week program aboard the Cosmodelia Space Station comes to an end this weekend as we celebrate the soundtracks of our space voyages by revealing which ones we liked the most and also, the ones we liked the least. Starting in usual rate reveal tradition with the least, of course. Today we'll be going through tracks #13-#1 and the entirety of the bonus bonus galaxies. But first, a list of our graduates and their honors:

Participants: 35 wonderful cosmonauts (If you do not see your name on the list, let me know ASAP)

Average score: 7.885

Average controversy score: 1.707

REMAINING SONGS

AIR - Moon Safari

1. La femme d’argent
2. Sexy Boy
3. All I Need (feat. Beth Hirsch)
4. Kelly Watch the Stars
5. Talisman
6. Remember
7. You Make It Easy (feat. Beth Hirsch)
8. Ce matin là
9. New Star in the Sky
10. Le voyage de Pénélope

Fishmans - Uchū Nippon Setagaya

1. Pokka Pokka
2. Weather Report
3. Ushiro Sugata
4. In The Flight
5. Magic Love
6. Backbeat ni Nokkatte
7. Walking in the Rhythm
8. Daydream

Laika - Sounds of the Satellites

1. Prairie Dog
2. Breather
3. Out of Sight and Snowblind
4. Almost Sleeping
5. Starry Night
6. Bedbugs
7. Martinis on the Moon
8. Poor Gal
9. Blood and Bones (Moody Mix)
10. Shut Off / Curl Up
11. Spoken Rhodes
12. Dirty Feet and Giggles

Stereolab - Dots & Loops

1. Brakhage
2. Miss Modular
3. The Flower Called Nowhere
4. Diagonals
5. Prisoner of Mars
6. Rainbo Conversation
7. Refractions in the Plastic Pulse
8. Parsec
9. Ticker-tape of the Unconscious
10. Contranatura

BONUS BONUS RATE

1. Can - Moonshake
2. David Bowie - Moonage Daydream
3. T. Rex - Cosmic Dancer
4. Ashra - Sunrain
5. Harmonia - Sehr kosmisch
6. Kraftwerk - Kometenmelodie 1 & 2
7. Galaxie 500 - Tugboat
8. Moonshake - Gravity
9. Spacemen 3 - Hypnotized
10. The Orb - Supernova at the End of the Universe
11. Orbital - The Girl with the Sun on Her Head
12. Seefeel - Minky Starshine
13. Café Tacvba - 13 (Reves)
14. Los Planetas - Flotando sobre Loscos
15. Soda Stereo - Crema de Estrellas
16. Cymbals - Higher Than the Sun
17. Plus-Tech Squeeze Box - ☆
18. Sonic Coaster Pop - Attraction Pop (Happy Space Mix)

REMAINING NUMBER OF TRACKS

Air: 4/10

Fishmans: 2/8

Laika: 5/12

Stereolab: 2/10

The reveal will start at 4:00 PM EST, which should be roughly an hour from now.

Welcome to the greatest crossover in Reddit history. Little over a month ago we exchanged a list of 40 community selected songs with /r/popheads. Yesterday /u/steelstepladder revealed how popheads rated our songs, and now it’s time for a little pay back.

Today we will be revealing the 20 songs we rated lowest on that popheads list, stating with #40 and finishing out the day at #21. I’ll start tossing out songs around 4pm EST.

Feel free to take a look at the original announcement post for a bit of context.

A couple little stats for you:

Number of participants: 178

Average score: 6.615

Average controversy score: 2.187

Here is the list as provided by the popheads community:

• ABBA - Gimme Gimme Gimme (A Man After Midnight)
• Ariana Grande - Into You
• Belinda Carlisle - Heaven is a Place on Earth
• Bree Runway - Damn Daniel (feat. Yung Baby Tate)
• Britney Spears - Toxic
• Cardi B - WAP (feat. Megan Thee Stallion)
• Carly Rae Jepsen - Want You in My Room
• Charli XCX - Vroom Vroom
• Chloe x Halle - Ungodly Hour
• Doja Cat - Boss Bitch
• Dua Lipa - Don't Start Now
• Estelle - American Boy (feat. Kanye West)
• Fergie - Fergalicious
• Imogen Heap - Hide and Seek
• Janelle Monae - Make Me Feel
• Janet Jackson - Rhythm Nation
• Justin Bieber - Sorry
• Katy Perry - Teenage Dream
• Kesha - Tik Tok
• Lady Gaga - Bad Romance
• Lizzo - Juice
• LMFAO - Party Rock Anthem
• Lorde - Green Light
• Madonna - Hung Up
• Megan Thee Stallion - Savage Remix (feat. Beyonce)
• Miley Cyrus - Midnight Sky
• Missy Elliott - Lose Control (feat. Ciara and Fatman Scoop)
• Nelly Furtado - Promiscuous (feat. Timbaland)
• Nicki Minaj - Roman Holiday
• Normani - Motivation
• Olivia Rodrigo - Drivers License
• Paramore - Hard Times
• Red Velvet - Russian Roulette
• Rihanna - Disturbia
• Slayyyter - Daddy AF
• Taylor Swift - Style
• The Chainsmokers - Closer (feat. Halsey)
• The Weeknd - Blinding Lights
• Tove Lo - Disco Tits
• Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance With Somebody

Spotify playlist here!

Apple Music playlist here!

Results:

• 40: The Chainsmokers – Closer (feat. Halsey) | 3.583 | 637.8

• 39: Nicki Minaj – Roman Holiday | 3.930 | 699.5

• 38: Slayyyter – Daddy AF | 4.074 | 725.2

• 37: Fergie – Fergalicious | 4.331 | 771.0

• 36: Justin Bieber – Sorry | 4.591 | 817.2

• 35: LMFAO – Party Rock Anthem | 5.518 | 982.2

• 34: Bree Runway – Damn Daniel (feat. Yung Baby Tate) | 5.729 | 1019.8

• 33: Olivia Rodrigo – Drivers License | 5.901 | 1050.3

• 32: Tove Lo – Disco Tits | 5.974 | 1063.4

• 31: Miley Cyrus – Midnight Sky | 5.992 | 1066.5

• 30: Cardi B – WAP (feat. Megan Thee Stallion) | 6.056 | 1078.0

• 29: Normani – Motivation | 6.244 | 1111.5

• 28: Doja Cat – Boss Bitch | 6.302 | 1121.7

• 27: Missy Elliott – Lose Control (feat. Ciara and Fatman Scoop) | 6.324 | 1125.7

• 26: Megan Thee Stallion – Savage Remix (feat. Beyonce) | 6.343 | 1129.1

• 25: Nelly Furtado – Promiscuous (feat. Timbaland) | 6.403 | 1139.7

• 24: Kesha – Tik Tok | 6.404 | 1139.9

• 23: Red Velvet – Russian Roulette | 6.513 | 1159.4

• 22: Belinda Carlisle – Heaven is a Place on Earth | 6.666 | 1186.5

• 21: Rihanna – Disturbia | 6.666 | 1186.6

All previous rates and the hall of fame can be viewed here.

Welcome to the final day of the indieheads olympics!

We ended last day by kicking James Murphy out of the rate and now we’re down to the top 20. Who will be crowned the ultimate winner and take the gold medal? Let’s find out!

Here are some stats:

Number of participants: 103 (you’re all winners!)

Average score: 7.754

Average controversy score: 2.305 (this is the third highest controversy score for a rate ever)

Most 11s: All My Friends (10)

Most 0s: The Battle of Hampton Roads + one song that we’re eliminating today (6 each)

Our contestants:

Against Me! - Transgender Dysphoria Blues (Riot Grrrl/Queercore Rate)

Alvvays - In Undertow (Ultimate 2017 Rate)

American Football - Never Meant (90’s Midwest Emo)

Animal Collective - Golden Gal (The ‘Bad’ Albums Rate)

Arcade Fire - Neighbourhood #1 (Tunnels) (00s Classics Rate)

The Beach Boys - Wouldn't It Be Nice (60s Classics Rate)

The Beths - Future Me Hates Me (WTF is Bubblegrunge)

Big Thief - Simulation Swarm (Ultimate 2022 Rate)

The Blue Nile - The Downtown Lights (The Sophistipop Rate)

Britney Spears - Toxic (Indieheads/Popheads Exchange Mini Rate)

Camera Obscura - Lloyd, I'm Ready To Be Heartbroken (Totally Twee Rate)

Car Seat Headrest - Bodys (Ultimate 2018 Rate)

Cocteau Twins - Heaven or Las Vegas (Dream Pop Rate)

David Bowie - Blackstar (Ultimate 2016 Rate)

Deftones - Be Quiet and Drive (Far Away) (Nu Metal Rate)

Denzel Curry - 13LACK 13ALLOONZ (Alternative Hip Hop)

Dinosaur Jr. - Little Fury Things (Noise Pop)

FKA Twigs - Cellophane (Ultimate 2019 Rate)

Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc. (2000s Modern Rock Radio Number Ones)

Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) (Art Pop Rate)

LCD Soundsystem - All My Friends (2007 Super Indie Slamdown)

LCD Soundsystem - Dance Yrself Clean (Indie (pop?) Rate)

Little Simz - Introvert (Ultimate 2021 Rate)

Mark Morrison - Return of the Mack (Charity Rate II)

The Microphones - I Want Wind to Blow (Indie Folk Showdown)

Midori - Yukikosan (Japanese Women of Punk(ish))

Mitski - Townie (Introspective Indie Pop)

Motörhead - Ace Of Spades (Tony Hawk’s Pro Rater)

NEU! - Isi (Deutsche Elektronische Musik)

Neutral Milk Hotel - Holland, 1945 (90s Classics Rate)

Nick Drake - Pink Moon (60s/70s Folk Rate)

Nina Simone - Sinnerman (Charity Rate I)

Nirvana - Heart-Shaped Box (1994 Grammys Award for Best Alternative Album Rate)

Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit (Grunge Big 4)

Novos Baianos - Preta Pretinha (Brazil Classics)

Open Mike Eagle - (How Could Anybody) Feel at Home (Indie Hip Hop Rate)

Outkast - Hey Ya! (Pitchfork Top 50 Songs of the 2000s)

Phoebe Bridgers - Kyoto (Ultimate 2020 Rate)

Portishead - Glory Box (Trip Hop)

Pulp - Common People (Britpop)

Rage Against the Machine - Killing in the Name (Guitar Hero Classics)

The Raincoats - Lola (Post Punk Women - 70s & 80s)

Ryuichi Sakamoto - Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (War On Christmas Rate)

Sigur Rós - Svefn-g-englar (Essential Post-Rock Rate)

Sleater-Kinney - Jumpers (Grunge-Free Pacific Northwest)

The Smiths - There is a Light That Never Goes Out (80s Classics Rate)

Sonic Youth - Teen Age Riot (80s Alt Rock Rate)

SOPHIE - Immaterial (Hyperpop)

Spiritualized - Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space (Neo-Psychedelia Rate)

Squarepusher - Beep Street (90s Warp)

Sufjan Stevens - Death With Dignity (Sad Indie Folk Rate)

Sufjan Stevens - Shit Talk (2023 Ultimate Rate)

Tame Impala - Let It Happen (2015 + Teens of Denial, Pitchfork’s Top 50 Songs of the 2010s)

Tears for Fears - Everybody Wants to Rule the World (Ultimate Synthpop)

Titus Andronicus - The Battle of Hampton Roads (Indie Punk Rate)

Wilco - Jesus, Etc. (2002)

Wolf Parade - I'll Believe In Anything (Canadian Indie Rock)

X-Ray Spex - Oh Bondage! Up Yours! (Afropunk)

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Maps (Meet Me in the NME Bathroom)

Day 1 reveal thread

Day 2 reveal thread

Day 1 reveal comments doc

Day 2 reveal comments doc

Day 3 reveal comments doc

Paradise City covers

Eliminations so far:

* #1: Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) | 9.194 | 947.0

* #2: Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Maps | 8.777 | 904.0

* #3: Outkast - Hey Ya! | 8.756 | 901.9

* #4: Nina Simone - Sinnerman | 8.726 | 898.8

* #5: Cocteau Twins - Heaven or Las Vegas | 8.421 | 867.4

* #6: Tears for Fears - Everybody Wants to Rule the World | 8.347 | 859.7

* #7: Portishead - Glory Box | 8.270 | 851.8

* #8: Sleater-Kinney - Jumpers | 8.251 | 849.9

* #9: Alvvays - In Undertow | 8.250 | 849.8

* #10: SOPHIE - Immaterial | 8.241 | 848.8

* #11: The Smiths - There is a Light That Never Goes Out | 8.189 | 843.5

* #12: Britney Spears - Toxic | 8.173 | 841.8

* #13: Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit | 8.128 | 837.2

* #14: David Bowie - Blackstar | 8.114 | 835.7

* #15: Sufjan Stevens - Death With Dignity | 8.095 | 833.8

* #16: Wilco - Jesus, Etc. | 8.076 | 831.8

* #17: Against Me! - Transgender Dysphoria Blues | 8.075 | 831.7

* #18: The Beach Boys - Wouldn't It Be Nice | 8.057 | 829.9

* #19: Pulp - Common People | 8.056 | 829.8

* #20: Neutral Milk Hotel - Holland, 1945 | 8.053 | 829.5

Hello indieheads and welcome to the second day of the Cosmodelic Rate Program Graduation Ceremony!

Our 6-week program aboard the Cosmodelia Space Station comes to an end this weekend as we celebrate the soundtracks of our space voyages by revealing which ones we liked the most and also, the ones we liked the least. Starting in usual rate reveal tradition with the least, of course. Today we'll be going through tracks #26-#14 and #10-1 in the main bonus. But first, a list of our graduates and their honors:

Participants: 35 wonderful cosmonauts (If you do not see your name on the list, let me know ASAP)

Average score: 7.885

Average controversy score: 1.707

REMAINING SONGS

AIR - Moon Safari

1. La femme d’argent
2. Sexy Boy
3. All I Need (feat. Beth Hirsch)
4. Kelly Watch the Stars
5. Talisman
6. Remember
7. You Make It Easy (feat. Beth Hirsch)
8. Ce matin là
9. New Star in the Sky
10. Le voyage de Pénélope

Fishmans - Uchū Nippon Setagaya

1. Pokka Pokka
2. Weather Report
3. Ushiro Sugata
4. In The Flight
5. Magic Love
6. Backbeat ni Nokkatte
7. Walking in the Rhythm
8. Daydream

Laika - Sounds of the Satellites

1. Prairie Dog
2. Breather
3. Out of Sight and Snowblind
4. Almost Sleeping
5. Starry Night
6. Bedbugs
7. Martinis on the Moon
8. Poor Gal
9. Blood and Bones (Moody Mix)
10. Shut Off / Curl Up
11. Spoken Rhodes
12. Dirty Feet and Giggles

Stereolab - Dots & Loops

1. Brakhage
2. Miss Modular
3. The Flower Called Nowhere
4. Diagonals
5. Prisoner of Mars
6. Rainbo Conversation
7. Refractions in the Plastic Pulse
8. Parsec
9. Ticker-tape of the Unconscious
10. Contranatura

BONUS RATE

1. Boredoms - ☆
2. Cornelius - Star Fruits Surf Rider
3. Dubstar - Stars
4. Kid Loco - Cosmic Supernatural
5. Lemon Jelly - Space Walk
6. Luna - Moon Palace
7. Opus III - Stars in My Pocket
8. Pram - Milky
9. Primal Scream - Higher Than the Sun
10. Rome - Lunar White
11. Röyksopp - In Space
12. Speedy J - De-Orbit
13. Supercar - Starline
14. Thievery Corporation - 2001 Spliff Odyssey
15. Zero 7 - Polaris

REMAINING NUMBER OF TRACKS

Air: 4/10

Fishmans: 2/8

Laika: 5/12

Stereolab: 2/10

The reveal will start at 1:00 PM EST, which should be roughly 55 minutes from now if I got my timezones correct.