10 Songs: Wednesday, February 25th, 2015

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1 – This Probably Won’t End Well – All That Remains – Is this a new thing? Songs that start like full blown ballads before finding their feet and becoming what they are? Anyway, the album ain’t great but this is a terrific slice of angst-emo-coredom – B+

2 – Up Above My Head – Rhiannon Giddens – This is one of the best versions I’ve ever heard, it is a Gospel rockabilly romp that finds the song in the heart where most of the versions I’ve heard are blues workouts that don’t – A

3 – The Killer Instinct – Black Star Rides – Not sweet enough for Phil, no, but tough enough – B+

4 – All Your fault – Big Sean – Kanye West is real good on jay Z tracks, otherwise… OK, not bad, pretty good – B

5 – Falling Apart – Emilie Haynie – The background harmonies are great, the rest of it isn’t much – B-

6 – Ain’t Enough Whiskey – Kid Rock – Walking southern blues but he has seemed to have lost what made him special – C-

7 – So Oh – The Charlatans – Wow, these guys are all backstory… somebody should make a movie… musically, the Madchester lads, or what’s left of them, are good enough to keep going – B

8 – All You Need Is Love – Noel Gallagher – This guy has a crap voice – C+

9 – What A Life – Juliana Hatfield – A golden oldie from her second best album – A-

10 – Our Own House – MisterWives – Lively but the song doesn’t stick – B-

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