1 – Drop That Kitty – Ty Dolla $ign (feat Charli XCX and Tinashe) – Now there is a line up, master popstress Charli XCX with her hookiest contribution og not “I Love It”, surely “Boom Clap” is joined by a model r&b singer and an LA rapper for this ear candy nursery rhyme – A-
2 – Dimed Out – Titus Andronicus – cool little rocker, should sound great in concert – A
3 – Woman (Oh Woman) – Joy Williams – An addictive cross pollinated soul song – A-
4 – Islands In The Stream – Kenny Rogers And Dolly Parton – The best line? And we rely on each other, ah-ha, from one lover to another, ah-ha” – A
5 – I Love You (The Smile You Smile) – Van Morrison – This is the demo version, it is better than the released version: a folk love song as obsessed with her smile as ever – A
6 – In A Big City – Titus Andronicus – The band veers wildly into urban insanity and doesn’t look – A
7 – Bizness – Nick Catchdubs – A self-help song for those planning to smoke brown weed – A
8 – Brothers In The Garage – The Young Novelist – Closer to classic rock than you may expect, a strong willed track those not garage at all – B+
9 – Two Of A Crime – Miranda Lambert – from the new Reese Witherspoon movie, it opens like a psychedelic freak out but soon settles into a mid-tempo country rocker – B
10 – My Baby Don’t Understand Me – Natalie Prass – Backup singer with a fairly good big ballad – B
