10 Songs: Saturday, September 9th, 2014
Banking On her
1. Fuck Em Only We Know – Banks – A strange conglom of trip hop inspired (but not trip hop beats), modern r&b and… Keane? It shouldn’t and it sure shouldn’t work this well, but the song is a crafty smart beauty, catchy as hell, and while the f bomb means it ain’t gonna break pop, it should do – A
2. Shake It Off – Taylor Swift – Finally on Spotify – A
3. Dying to Love – Yusuf Islam – Cover of the old Edgar Winter ballad, not bad at all though if I fail to get a ticket to the beacon Theater I may have to get angry – A
4.Coronus, The Terminator – Flying Lotus – Doesn’t effect my sphincter at all – B
5. I’ve Told You Now – Sam Smith – Look that falsetto, love it love it love it – A
6. Where No Eagles Fly – Julian Casablancas and the Voidz – I didn’t much like em at Governors Ball but having said that, I like em fine on record and after not considering going to see em again for instance, I’m considering it for one instance – B
7. Light Will Keep Our heart Beating – Mike Doughtry – Minor league? Maybe. But in a major league way – B-
8. Everything Is Wrong – Interpol – Isn’t last week over? Why am I listening to this? – C+
9. What Kind Of Fool Am I – Barbra Streisand, John Legend – Stupified tasteful dowdy dead – C-
10. The Morgue – Loudon Wainwright III – Died from natural causes: “A guilty conscious and a broken heart” – B+
