10 Songs: Tuesday, June 16th, 2014

Hey Judah
Hey Judah

1. Rich Kids – Judah And The Lion –  It sounds like folk psychedelia, a dream of a rich soul and having no money melted together, but the complications sick it and stick it as time drifts by and your dreams misguided. Wise stuff – B+

2. X – Chris Brown – The title track off the newbie is old fashioned r&b soul – B+

3. Freebird (Freestyle) – Jhene Aiko –  Apparently freestyle and repetition go hand in hand – B-

4. I Want You Back – Jackson 5 – The opening piano glissando sells you before the song really begins – A+

5. Tidal Wave –  Interpol – Tell me again how these guys are not a Joy Division rip off? – B-

6. Glory And Gore – Lorde – She has a point here, you can’t have one without the other – B

7. Try To Make A Fire Burn Again – Dawne Landes – Mrs. Townes Van Zandt to you buster, and a very tasteful country chick she is – B

8. Favorite Things – The Replacements – They have been starting their sets with this one, though in real life Let It be land, it is the sophomore track on Let It be. It typifies everything I love and hate about the band. It shambles with purpose and the singing is a gorgeous rasp but the melody misses – A-

9. Brand New World Order – The Ghost Of A Saber Tooth Tiger – This sounds like Yoko -and not in a good way – C-

10. Fuck ‘Em Only We Know – Banks – This is a very very good song, a big ballad with a sting in its tail – A-

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