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...

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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...

I don’t like explaining lyrics, but what with the compressed timeframe to judge and what not, I wanted to clarify something in the BSS track. I thought about this song as a setup for a Twilight Zone episode. The narrator recounts mundane stories of annoyance in Rod Serling-style fashion to sell you ...

Hope Against Hope Geech Sorensen When I look back at my time I see how it all began But the first one happened ages ago Separating God and man One to have the other But not to hold his hand If I leave here on my own Can I become un-damned There isn’t a reason I can explain Can any of it matter Is i...

Geech Sorensen - Are you doing the thing where you start on a G chord and then you move your index and middle fingers up a string to a C chord, but keep your other fingers where they are so you get a Cmaj7 or Cadd2 or something? It’s not the worst effect, but I find it overused, and unless I’m mist...

Two Hits Feedback This is a pretty good crop of songs overall. BSS - Sam led this and it turned quickly into a catchy rocker. I often have "1, 2, make it 4 on the floor" in my head these days. I played bass and tried to push the rhythm. The various percussion instruments later helped the overall fee...

Two hits Geech Sorensen Never had to look over my shoulder Never had to wonder which way it comes Never had to run for cover Never had to reach for my guns And the first was not what it would be And the worst was coming up on me I don’t remember falling An echo of a voice was calling It barely got ...

BSS - I played the drums and contributed some vocals. An absurd attempt at a party jam, but there is a naive charm to it. The claps are, by far, the best part. I would like to make a whole song based on just that. Ken’s keyboard line is very catchy. Recording it was pretty fun. dark side of the atti...

Whichever Whenever Geech Sorensen God I give up I can’t fight this anymore There’s no way I can wage this kind of war Can we arrive at a shared belief A struggle like this to end in some relief Whichever whenever you want I need some kind of detente Just think of the damage we brought Whichever whe...