1. Yaselame Lalo – Mahmoud Ahmed -here's an oversimplification South African music is folky, West African soulful and East African Mahmoud being a master of, and who brought Summerstage to its knees in awe Tuesday night, is soulful. This is off Live In Paris, and worth it just to hear him go "brrrrr-eh". Grade: B+2. Keys to The City – Line of the week? "I'm cheating on my girlfriend with my exwife" – Grade: A
3.Sixteen – Rick Ross – Is this the year of the weird? Nearly as out there as "Pyramids" – Grade: B+
4. My Edge of the Razor – John Hiatt – Off the great lost Tony Visconti produced album, around about here John was being positioned as the next costello. And aceing the test – grade: A
5. Good Morning to the Night (PNAU's Rock the games Extended Mix) – Elton John – Official song of the London Olympics? They got one right – Grade: A
6. Hammock – William Young – Like Animal Collective only less annoying – Grade: B
7. Here I Am Alive – Yellowcard – If you can call this living – Grade: D
8. One Drop – Public Image Limited – Not sure about the new album, though I do love the title track and this is pretty good – Grade: B
9. The Best Of What's Around – Dave Matthews Band – Off the Spotify Live Series -whatever the fuck that is – Grade:C+
10. Gold Rush – Gloriana – Another country threesome – Grade: B-