10 Songs: Monday, January 18th, 2016
1 – Shit Bubba – Upchurch – Kid Rock-y white boy rapper with a country thud so we have been there before…. a lot. But this is better than most – B
2 – Better Find A Church – JD And The Straight Shot – I feel unfair, as though my dislike for James Dolan, effects my opinion of this shitty Americana – D
3 – Sweetest Girl – Eleanor Friedberger -Powerful introduction to the upcoming album, all orchestrated background verses, acoustic guitars, and mid tempo cracked rhythm – B+
4 – Apology – Briana Wolf – Can’t knock it poppy singer songwriter catchy track bad girl – B+
5 – Gold Necklace – FMLYBND – Big bang boom loud and large wall of sound synth pop song – B
6 – Disarm – Fossil Collective – Sweet tasting ambient pop guitars, dreamy – B-
7 – Malt Liquor – Lewis Del Mar – Not much deep drums indie boomer – C
8 – Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream – Charles Lloyd And The Marvels – Willie Nelson sings thhe anti-war song very very well – B+
9 – Embraceable You – STacey Kent – The reason this smooth jazz takes works so well is because Stacey never veers from the melody line – B+
10 – My Heart Soaks Up Every Drop Of Your Blood – Majical Cloudz – I am not a customer for folks like this duo or labelmate Grimes -this electronic doo dah drags me despite at least aesthetically getting that I am missing something – C+
