Whoa! Thanks for the votes and the tie! I never thought I'd actually win one of these, especially not with the competition this week. ((And I thought "Incandescent" was a better song.))

I promise to use my new fame & accolades to help burn it all down.

sorry my reviews are so late! i went on vacation right after submitting. this fight is really impressive. i was surprised by how many songs i liked. thank you for the comparisons to the magnetic fields and beulah, two bands that i love. :) blue rock jazz trio - the length wore on me. not a big jazz ...

Quick review of the songs I voted for: magnetic letters : love it, classic 90s disco, impeccably done. singer is amazing. overambitious : great dynamic change from sensitive artist to gutpunch. the outro is unnecessary. i think it would have more effect to end on the "i should've been looking 4...

jb wrote:

Kip Lightning wrote: iceweasels: move to the 1980 Philippines and you would be a huge hit.

Iceweasels! you've found your sig file quote at last.

Ooh, done and done!

just me this time. berkeley social scene - nice chill intro. kinda (late-era) talking heads lyrics. chorus energy rocks. pace was a little slow but overall i really liked this one, even the guitar solo. cazarotaro - polka sound? i want a beer. kinda jokey but really well put together. honestly, the ...

Hey congrats to Cookie Blue! (I'm pretty sure it was the egg.)

Paco Del Stinko wrote: Ice Weasels - Echoes of Guided By Voices.

That was our intent, so I'm flattered that we pulled that off well enough that you made a connection. Thanks!

Yes, everyone who guessed Melodica, that's what it is. My new favorite instrument.

Combined bite-size reviews from the various weasels, all mixed up: berkeley social scene : Verse was a bit boring but love the catchy chorus. Ringo Star caterwaul sound that works in its own way. Bad singing maybe turned up a bit too much. "Actually this guy's vocals are no worse than a lot of ...

RangerDenni wrote: I wonder how this exact melody would sound in another genre. Am tempted to experiment with it, particularly with all those choir-ful parts at the end. Hmmm.

If you want the individual tracks pulled out, to play with, just send me a PM on here. That goes for anyone, for any song.

As a special treat, some random comments from my SO are thrown in, in quotes. Berkeley Social Scene [/url] The guitar and bass sounded a bit out of tune with each other sometimes during the verse, but that could just be me. I wish I could sing like you. This is a quality song, and the chorus slowly ...

Thanks, Lunkhead! Now I feel old. :-) Guys, some of my favorite reviews have been the most critical. ("You sound like that Death Cab guy."; "The drums gave me a headache.") So don't worry about offending anyone. Most people are excited by the review cuz it means you listened to t...

two meta comments: there were way more entries this week than i thought there would be, and way more of them than usual were great. balance lost - so catchy and happy. everything works together, and the little bloops and bleeps at the end are just icing. A+ benny c - kinda spastic, but cute. oh, hm,...

The Ice Weasels are in!

sorry if these are grumpier reviews than normal. i think a few of them were just plain bad, and that put me off. appel zeven : the vox bother me. i was kinda bored till the keyboard came in. for the last 1:30 i liked it more and i'm not sure why. i think adding more stuff made it more interesting, c...

That's the Quicksilver I mean, yeah. If you didn't like the first book, you probably won't like the trilogy, though...

The Ice Weasels are throwing one in for this fight! I had an idea to base the lyrics (loosely) on one of the plots in the novel Quicksilver, but I wasn't sure I was going to have time to do it. I made time. Screw having friends! They're overrated.

So, if a band wanted to play at the San Francisco show, is that still possible?

Sorry if that's a dumb question. I've never done or seen a live songfight show before.

wow, yeah, very thin voting.

well, thanks for 2nd place! that's only the 2nd time i've gotten that close!

congrats TMK!

Reïst wrote: Ice Weasels - Fake drums ... man I feel your pain. Get a drum set/drum recording equipment ASAP.

Hey I happen to like fake drums! It took conscious effort not to distort them all to hell like I usually do.

the weakest suit : i like the mood you set. it didn't grab me by the shoulders and scream "love me!" but it got under my skin. kinda just ended by stopping. overall i liked it but wanted it to change a bit instead of being the same all the way through. wages : i'm not a big fan of this si...

the ice weasels are back (hi everybody!) and we're in for "the last year". yeah!!

The ice weasels (yes we're still around) did a holiday song last year called "Frosty's Drunk Again". It's here:

http://www.redalphabet.com/year/december