Round Whatever Results:
I had a really difficult time ranking a lot of these, and now that it's done I think the world is going to implode from the results:
Best:
73109 - Soulfly - Moses - Damn cool song. Awesome mix of downbeat reggae/ska type stuff with some pretty good metal mixed in. It dragged a tad, but still worked very well.
Very Good:
Ariich - The Cat Empire - The Darkness - Very cool Indian type music, and the last third was fucking awesome. The guy's voice was slightly grating, but nothing too terrible, and the music was damn good.
Good:
King Shmegland - Guster - Barrel of a Gun - Cool psychedelic-ish alternative rock with awesome percussion.
Gorille - Eluvite - Inis Mona - ...Interesting. It was like celtic-ish power metal with a violin, bagpipes, and a hurdy gurdy. It's not the kind of thing I would listen to all the time, but it was a great listen nonetheless.
Voxyn - Jonsi - Go Do - Really great song. I haven't listened to Sigur Ros in a while, but I've been meaning to check out Jonsi's stuff for a while, and this is definitely more of a reason to do so.
Also good, but less so:
Orcus - Dan Martin - No Snow - Kind of a low-fi blues-ish song. I really liked the rough and loose feel to the instrumention.
Even less (nugget):
Birch - Charlie Daniels - The Devil Went Down to Georgia - Decent song, and I really liked the violin work (especially as an ex-violinst myself), but the down-homey blues story type thing isn't quite my thing.
Score:
Arrich - 12
Gorille - 10
Orcus - 9
Voxyn - 9
73109 - 9
Shmegland - 8
Birch - 6
Next Round (4?): Vocal performance. Interpret this how you will, but the song should have what you consider to be an emphasis or foundation in the vocal performance. It can be all vocals, or have some really out-there style, or just have really stunning vocal work. Basically, if the song wouldn't half as good without the singing, it probably fits the bill in one way or another.