1 – Sweetheart Contract – Magazine – Howard Devoto always seemed to be spiral scratching away from the Buzzcocks but really, when he left the band he took a lot of stuff they never got back and one of which was an experimental edge. Here it sounds like modified soul weirdness and while I am not clear what it means, Devoto sure comes through as completely dominant in his own paranoid, edgy way – A+
2 – Sugar – Maroon 5 – A great video lifts this song very high – A
3 – Uma Thurman – Fall Out Boy – That’s today sorted, a “Munsters” marathon – A
4 – Local Girls (Live) – Graham Parker – From back when he was a garage jukebox – B+
5 – Blank Space – I Prevail – Man is this ugly, so good for them for dirtying it up – B
6 – Lucky Number – Lene Lovitch – new wave in a song and if you are gonna be a one hit wonder… – A
7 – That’s Not My Name – The Ting Tings – Excellent beat not beats on the drim – B+
8 – Love Song – Four Years Strong – Pretty good Sara Bareilles cover – B+
9 – I’d Rather Be With You – Bootsy Collins – Beautiful soul song, the sort of stuff Parliament-Funkadelic don’t do, and Motown won’t – A
10 – Third Day Of A Seven Day Binge – Marilyn Monroe – If there are another two songs as good as the newbie , consider it a success, if there is another five songs consider it one of the best albums of the year – A
