Brown Word and the Big Whine : Churchy organ is comforting, and then the bizarre vocal and metal guitars chime in. This is like a lo-fi Mr Bungle. I couldn’t handle that in the 90s and can barely get through this one now. CazaroTaro : This reminds me a bit of Devo, especially in the chorus. It’s li...

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The guitar sounds on that Geech song are

Reminds me a little of Sonic Youth circa Murray Street

Thanks! Does this imply that I am more than a lone man in standard tuning? Alas...

Checkered Past Geech Sorensen You walked in with a gleam in your eye My heart jumped out as I put my hands high I knew right away that you were the one Two hearts beat a brandished gun I don’t care at all About your crimes or checkered past The bank you robbed last week Or the carjacks before that ...

The Password Is Berkeley Social Scene Did they catch you by the toe Make you holler before letting go Did they slip something in your drink Dropping you in a fog with no way to think Think for a minute Can you remember all things you might have said A situation that you seemed to have misread Did t...

Secret Handshake Berkeley Social Scene I got away as fast as I could. I had no idea where I was going or what I would do when I got there but I kept running and running and running. The rising sun had yet to burn off the morning dew. Blades of grass glistened in the sun as my wet feet ripped throug...

Pocket Full of Bones Berkeley Social Scene I never made it to Stockton I broke down on the 99 But that money didn’t wait you know Got another suitor just fine When I was a child I always wished something happened to me And then when it did you know I never found a way to unsee Then jitters came rea...

Please Move Berkeley Social Scene Looking down from a thousand feet Vision so obscured No markers or guides to show the way With footing so unsure I’ve been in this place myself So many trying times But if you can take a step right now The rest will fall in line Is the world crashing down upon your...

One of my best friends from way back is based in LA. His band released a new single. Their debut EP came out earlier in the year.

Which Wave - https://www.whichwave.net

LA psych rock, with bands like Love and the Brian Jonestown Massacre as touchpoints.

Coming in after the starting gun went off, I felt I really needed to at least contribute some reviews this round... Balance Lost - This is so shimmery and slick sounding. You maxed the loudness pretty high. I took a look at the wave form, and as I suspected, except for the brief intro, outro and bre...

The Trap Set, which used to focus solely on drummers, is solid. Marc Maron often interviews musicians on his WTF podcast. The Talkhouse also has great moments.

Jast - That is an amazing, detailed set of reviews, especially considering your humblebrag prelude. The specifics really direct people how to make point improvements. I mean, assuming they come to agree with you :) . I'm glad you liked my song. I have to admit, though, I don't understand this commen...

The Way It Isn’t Geech Sorensen After we met I tried to think of anything else I wandered for days under the cast of your spells How you looked at me seemed almost divine Even your offhand words were etched into my mind I played it over in my head so many times What needed to be said for our storyl...

Been using this lately to re-acquaint myself with songs from this year's competition. Overall, this is a nice upgrade. Some feedback: o It is not clear how to play a track. Can you put a play button right next to the song in the list, like in SoundCloud? o The site itself is very narrow, but the pla...

There are some really thorough and thoughtful responses here. Thanks, everyone, for contributing. Fundamentally, it gets to the heart of what Song Fight is about, at least for me. I was working on a song for Freak Flag and decided to let it go - I felt what I had put together was pretty basic and I ...

I started working with BSS and doing my own submissions only this year. In that short amount of time I have noticed themes in feedback I have received. Some of it I agree with and want to act on and some of it, well, the constructive feedback anyways... even if I agree with it, I may actually consid...

You know, earlier this weekend, I thought, "bummer, I had hoped (against hope perhaps?) that there'd be more SF reviews." Now with both Micah and Leaf going off, there's a flood. Thank you both so much for taking the time to really listen, take notes and write in-depth reviews. I am going to try to ...

This is a collection of hippy dippy songs. Mostly. Cybronica - You have guts to put a long, minimalist, slow, tender piece on SF. You have done some solid work with your lyrical layering. I feel like it would have benefitted from varying using a single vocal at times and not just harmonized vocals. ...

Seems like you're asking two different things - one is how to arrive at more consistency for judging in general and another to bring over more enthusiasm to SF. I think a conference for judging is unrealistic for the reasons you state, but I also think it could be bad because some judges will be bet...

Berkeley Social Scene ...so I guess the one thing I’d like is for the lyrics to be smoothed out a little more. For instance “terrible place”...”terrible face”... I'm not sure if I'm getting you here, but the use of these specific words in this way was intentional - it's a reference to Where the Wil...

This is a really solid round. Not a clunker in the bunch. More than ever, the judges are in an unenviable position. Nit-picking it will have to be, and, clearly, because of whatever seemingly arbitrary criteria they use, hellfire will be sworn up and down the boards at the result. Judges, whatever y...

theSundayColors
Berkeley Social Scene - "....Not sure exactly what the story is..."

This is why I posted a painting of a minotaur along with our lyrics.

It's the story from his perspective; the labyrinth is where the streets have no name.

https://i.pinimg.com/736x/6f/87/c5/6f87c5a8eb40cbe179bd4707859ba18c--minotaur-matador.jpg Where The Streets Have No Name Berkeley Social Scene Vox: Geech Crunch Guitar: Glennny Clean Guitar: Geech Bass: Martin Drums: Ken Keys: Lunkhead Lyrics: Geech I was resting in my own home I didn't hear him sn...