10 Songs: Tuesday, August 28th, 2015

1 – Try Me – Dej Loaf – Her first hit, and it is really great: some of that Drake darkness, but from a woman, and a really great drum shuffle powering the song. This isn’t one of her great lyrics (if you head the EP, she can really write), but it is sure good enough) – A-

2 – Just Snap Your Fingers – Marshall Crenshaw – One of those Crenshaw songs that seem way way easier than they are, impossible melodic and sweet off his last full album – A

3 – Ecce Homo – Titus Andronicus – Another songwriter I worship -this song is the opening track off their much maligned Local Business – A-

4 – Faith In Me – Crosby, Stills And Nash – Stills last great song, stay away from the refrigerator and show some faith – A

5 –  Every Day  I Write The Book – Elvis Costello And The Attractions – In retrospect this was the pop move that worked very well: it is like if he used all that wordplay at service to a gorgeous pop song – A

6 – Repetition – The Fall – the three r’s – A

7 – Lonely Boy – Titus Andronicus – There just isn’t enough time to absorb the albu and trust me I’m trying. This song stands alone great as pure +@ – A

8 – Frail – Crystal Castles – This is that Alice Glass chick, man is she a major talent as shown on this haunting and discombulating electronic stroke – B+

9 – The Miracle Of Joey Ramone – U2 – I didn’t get the backlash I expected from my U2 review -I got some but not all, because nobody read it of course, and I can see that calling an album atrocious over and over and over again may be iffy, maybe style over purpose. But nothing excuses this song, if, say, “Song For Someone” maybe you like and I hate but this? This is an insult to Joey’s memory – D

10 – Crazy Joey – Joe Satriani -Prog rock keyboards interrupted by jamming and doodling – C-