Kiss With A Fist – Florence and the Machine – Over the past coupla years the UK has thrown up the charts any number of supersmart chicks taking on the mantle of A Level cheeky monkey lyric and wedding to anything that’ll stick as they sticl it to their male counterparts in aways that are reminiscent of rock boys like Costello, Joe Jackson, John Wesley Hardin, Graham Parker -like that that. Florence Welsh, with a hard push from BBC who featured her in BBC Introducing -a music show. Florence namechecks art girls but she is worming herself between Lily Allen and Amy Winehouse here. A soulful vocal to a strong pop song about cartoon violence, “A kiss with a fist is better than none”?
Cupid – Amy Winehouse – Sure this is an oldie and sure the lilting reggae arrangement is completely unessary, so just take it as a reminder as to why we put up with Amy’s shenanigins. The chick can sing.
Happiness Is Just A Thing Called Joe – Ella Fitzgerald – The old Cabin In The Sky fave is given a lovely, restrained vocal, just the bass and then the bass and piano, it swings with a deep sweet emotion.
Set Me Free (Desploit eemix) – Drop The Lime
Bone Jame – Jeff The Brotherhood
Centrifugal Motion – Harper Blynn – Don’t forget to catch em at Bowery Ballroom December 17th.
Did It Again (Featuring Kid Cudi) – Shakira
Pick It Up – Adam Lambert – If what Lambert is, ends up being, is a hype, he is a hype with an idea as to how to excite an audience. He is like the bookend to Lady Gaga. Performance artists with the songs to back it up.
Sunlight – Tune-Yards
Rock Hood – Shinobi Ninja
Losing Composure – Transfer – Play this after the new Animal Collective and it feels like a soft/loud psychedelic axis.
Stillness Is The Move – Solange Knowles -That sample? Isaac Hayes’ “Bumpy Lament” per Will Hermes.
Horchata – Vampire Weekend
It’s Only Rock And roll – Juliana Hatfield
Turn The Page – Metallica
Kathy With A K’s Song – Bright Eyes
Alla Hoo – Gurdas Mann
Laura – Girls – For when you can tear yourself away from “Lust For Life”.