1. Green Shirt Demo – Elvis Costello And The Attractions – Know where he got “Quisling clinic” from? He was sitting in his bus on the firsttour of the States and jotting down notes and just words or images and he wrote down tthe name as he went past it and used it a year later. “Quisling” is a Dickensian name, like Uriah Heep. The definition of a quisling is a turn coat. Very evocative like the entire song. Including the extra verse which with its wired up progtagnotist is a nightmare vision of being watched.
2. Emough About Me – Archie Powell and the Exports – Classic rock with a hard 4 on the floor backbeat. I like it. I’ll buy it. And I’ll give it 5.
3. Eyes Closed – Dave Lanier – It is the vocals: like wallpaper your mind with lipgloss.
4. Sheep – Screaming Females – Crunchy and withdrawn. She sounds like a rock star.
5. Ya Hear Me – T.I. – Best hip hop song since “OMG”
6.California Gurls – Kidx Bop Kids
7.Mind Drips (Jesse Woods) – Neon Indian
8. Too Young To Burn – Sonny And The Sunsets
9. So Rough – Nouns
10. My Body – Young Giants – Lotsa giidyap.