[Disclaimer: in my comments I mixed up Banjo and Mandolins, if I wrote
Mandolin and there's no Mandolin there I meant Banjo and vice versa ]My very subjective findings:
ATOR: drums a bit bright, good vocals, good groove factor, mandolin a bit loud, cool
bass in the bridge, nice ending
Calvin: interesting minimalistic intro, nice B4,good and powerful e-guitars
Chris Carter: huge/good bass, intro has a bit too much delay on vocals, good strings,
good vocals, too much compressed
ChrisJ: drums a bit strange sounding, nice e-guitars, nice vocals but a bit dark, nice bridge.
Your wrong-sample-rate version was somehow interesting, too, and brings me some
strange ideas for IMP8
Dikledoux: good vocals, like the delay on the strings, drums could have a bit more punch
good and powerful guitars, outro a bit out of sync.
iComps: nice bass and drums, could be overall a tad brighter, good groove, nice bg vocals,
vocals could be a bit brighter
J.Hall: great vocals/bg vocals, good groove factor, snare could have a bit more bottom,
Maxim: way too much bass around 65 Hz, overall nicely glued together, great string reverb,
vocals could be a bit more dominant and brighter.
Nizzle: different intro approach with the e-drums, good vocals, outro a bit loud.
Randy Hansen: good intro vocals, loudness difference between first verse and chorus
a bit too much, I'd remove an instrument or two in the choruses (accordion) to have
a clearer direction
Rankus: good drums, mandolin a bit to loud, good vocals bg/vocals, e-guitars in the
bridge a bit dull
Rattleyour: good vox and background vox, B4 a bit overdone, but okay for the fade out,
good groove
Scottoliphant: good drums, good vocals, good e-guitars, mandolins(?) in
bridge a bit loud, overall good balance
ShakesTheClown: nice intro vocals, chorus a bit crowded, good bridge, e-guitars could
be a tad louder
Spoon: different but interesting intro, good vocals and overall balance, chorus a bit
flat, nice bridge
Thierry: good vocals, lots of power and good groove, well balanced, mandolins after
bridge a bit too loud
Undertow: nice bass but a bit to loud, bg vox a bit too much reverb, good groove,
good e-guitars, cool reverse reverb on vocals after the bridge, VERY cool last
chorus
Urick: drums a bit bright, good bass, could have a bit more punch and dynamics.
Vladislav: nice bass and drums but a bit washy a very low frequencies, mandolins a
bit too loud for my taste, good e-guitars, good vocals
I'm sure I've missed a lot of details worth commenting, but reviewing 20 submissions
needs a lot of time so I picked only the (to me) most interesting things.