1. Antisocial (fear Myah) – Gucci Mane – A Motown move with a hip hop production.
2. Massive Nights – The Hold Steady – Took the show for me to hear the chorus which is simply the best.
3. The Factory – Warren Zevon – Trounces Springsteens earnest operaisms
4. Merengue Electronico – Omega – The synth never manages to dominant the beats.
5. I Know You – Bright Eyes – Quasi-classical folk music.
6. Homosapien – As a great an answer to outing as possible in 1981.
7. Embraceable You – Chet Baker – Christopher Robins channels the Miles Davis of 1964 only it was recorded in 1957.
8. Gucci On The Rise – Gucci Mane – This was recorded from a jail phone???
9. Stop Rip And Roll – J. Ray and the Business – The only thing wrong with this Queens meet Black Crowes rocker is the production which needs to be a lot harder.
10. The Battle Of Hampton Roads – Titus Andronicus – How did I miss those martial drums?
11. Telephone – The Morning Papers – Great rock song
12. Shutterbug Dirty – Too black to crossover -George Clinton would know what I’m saying.
13. Congratulations – MGMT – Controversial.
14. Cross My Heart – The Rocket Summer – Teens dream.
15. Just A Friend – Biz Markie – I’m not even going for it…
16. Who Killed Bambi – Tenpole Tudor – Punky Bambi as an English dancehall knees up.
17. Down On Our Own Shield – Jakob Dylan – Moving modern American folk
18. Bad Reputation – Freedy Johnston – As New York as Herald Square.
19. Bad Reputation – Joan Jett – Just wait till you see the fight scene near the end of “Kick-Ass” set to this song.
20. Stickman – Elliott Smith – This snazzy pop song was where Smith mighta been going if he hadn’t been so rudely interrupted.
21. Drop The World (feat. Eminem) – Lil Wayne – The instant backlash stops with the backing track here.
22. OMG (feat Will I Am) – Usher – # 1 in the UK , # 10 in the US but not for long.
23. Holy Hell – Nouns – A week today my first sighting of Nouns at the Mercury Lounge.
24. We Left Everything – Doug Keith – Nostagia aint what it used to be.
25. Combination Pizza Hut And Taco Bell – Das Racist – The one on Jamaica Avenue.