10 Songs: Thursday, July 10th, 2014

Chelsea Smirk

1. Playing with Fire – Chelsea Grin – The problem with metalcore is it lives and dies with the lead singer and however great the rest of he band is, if the lead singer sucks, the band sucks. And Alex Koehler doesn’t suck – B+

2. Nothing More Than Everything To Me – Christopher Owens – Very very melodic beauty – B+

3. Break Free – Ariana Grande and Zedd – This is gonna be huge, very addictive dance pop product – A-

4. Classic – MKTO – Nickelodeon boy duo, ho hum – C

5. Kerosene – the Bottle Rockets – best song off their mini set Tuesday night – A-

6. Dirt – Florida Georgia Line – Generic country rocker – C

7. Blue Sky – The Allman Brothers – Their greatest country song – A+

8. March Of The Damned – Judas Priest – This is pretty fucking lame even for Heavy Metal legends – C

9. Straight for The Knife – Sia – This is dreary but not the worst song on the album, the piano based ballad has an attitude – C+

10. If You Were The Only Girl In The World – Alfie Boe – UK Josh Groban siphons every inch of fun from the classic – D