Listen Up: 12-27-12

1. Popular Song – Mika – Another first rate piece of pop confection by the English (via Lebanon) pop star. Intensely catchy sweet bop one IPOD commercial away from world domination – Grade: A-

 2. Pursuit Of Happiness (nightmares) – Kid Cudi – With MGMT and Rat-A-Tat-, three years on it feels prophetic. Cudi never mentioned to follow it up, for one – Grade: A+

 

3.Jacob’s Ladder – Hilly Eye – This is only so low on my top tracks of 2012 because I keep on forgetting to include it – Grade: A

 

4. Epilogue – Les Miserables Cast – The last bit, the “We will live again in freedom in the garden of the Lord” makes the entire three hours worthwhile – Grade: A-

 

5, Easier To Hide – Mary Jane Coles – Very dubstep yet twee at the same time – Grade: C+

 

6. Mull – Alex Fin –It’s like being viciously attacked by a feather – Grade: C

 

7. Fineshrine – Purity Ring – pleasant enough indie pop trifle, not unlike the Purity Of Being Pure At Heart, and just as popular – Grade: B-

 

8.Birds Fly (feat Frank Schiazza) – Cat Cosmai – A female Hall And Oates on this one – Grade: A_

 

9. Ball – T.I. – Wow, how 2007 – Grade: B

 

10. Bellspeak – Purity Ring – Ooooh look, a sequencer – Grade: C+

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