10 Songs: Thursday, January 8th, 2015

Alysha Umphress

1 – Two Cents – Alysha Umphress – A nice little dis cabaret track, “I’m betting your two cents makes no sense at all” is the punchline. The piano sounds like it escaped from Diana Krall’s All For You – B+

2 – Ari Up – Hollie Cook – Named after the Slits late leader, who Hollie herself played with in 2006, and this rub-a-dub pop track is a worthy mori memento – B

3 – Kathleen – Catfish And The Bottlemen – I kinda dissed the album elsewhere, but this is pretty good indie rocker UK style – B

4 – A Rush Of Blood – Coasts – Moody indie rocker stuff – B-

5 – Endlessly – Guster – Has there problem always been the material? The performance is fine… – C+

6 – Beautiful Day (feat Sheryl Crow) – Painfully sincere crappola – D

7 – No Flex Zone – Rae Sremmurd – Catchy kiddie rap – B

8 – Cat Food – Aesop Rock – Is this weirdo rapper still around? – B

9 – 1017 Mafia – Gucci Mane, Young Thug – Gucci can really rap and so can Young Thug, but lyrically they are kame – B

10 – Dead People – Gucci Mane, Raury – Nice beat, all nice triplets forcing Mane to rap like he is walking on landmines – B