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All Night – Icona Pop – if there was a band of the summer of ’13, this would be that – A

I bet Rihanna is kicking herself for turning down the song.

I listened to Sara again, just to be sure I hadn’t missed anything and unless you are in deep denial about the Lillith fair closing up shop, there is nothing there worth boothering yourself about.

Who Says You Can’t Go Home – Bon Jovi – A big song for Jon because it proved he could still write a hook that hooked – B+

So yeah to being there and if you want a memento to a show you’ve never seen, 19 tracks for $9.99 isn’t a terrible deal.

I did not endorse this, it is unauthorised and it has happened behind my back

All Night – Icona Pop – The best electro pop duo in the world right this minute offer up another terrific slab of joyful hedonia – A

Start here: it was in the 90s all week

I defy you to listen to this without running around the apartment at double time like a maniac and smiling – A

The dude goes to heaven, the Green Lantern joins him

We have suffered through enough members of a band taking advantage of name recognition to unleash crap tracks, this ain’t that.

Avicii, the Swedish House DJ, gets folk vibe on and is none the worst for it

Forget the title track, which is a fluke, and listen to “Give It 2 U”, which is more typical for his strengths and that is an average Prince rip off

Bang Bang – Will I Am – The Charleston rapped all over on a really great and different song – A-

I am either gonna blow it off entirely because I just know it is gonna suck or I am going to go and be disappointed

He also is a victim of his material and here is more of the same

Not the best song of the night, true, but I had forgotten how much I loved it -best line? The one about the pretty little brain – A

I bet it was lots of fun if you were there but if you’re here well then, average covers of classic songs

This is all that , Santana sounds really good,

Jann Wener: An arrogant aging queen giving both rock and homosexuality a bad name

Here Comes My Baby – Yo La Tengo – Plays off the lick and plays it straight – A

It is beyond stupid, it is an insult

As non fans of Kings Of Leon go, I am a pretty big fan.

I am a futurist when it comes to music but no futurist in his right mind thinks we will get another Stevie Wonder. It absolutely has to be seen.

“Oh no, I don’t dare, no no no, I’m warning you… I think I have a crush” – A-

They are playing Death By Audio (a Brooklyn joint I’ve never been to) on August 9th and that’s it for the city but, if any show is worth a trip this one should be that.

I went back and listened to M&L, Imagine Dragons, and Florida Georgia Line, and they all improved after months of absence. So there you go, sell a million copies and you get bumped a grade.

The Jay-Z single is much more important than the Jay-Z album, getting to #8 is precisely why it sold 550K and not 410K and it is also why it might have a life on the album charts

New Madrid – Wilco – Does this constitute a cover, I mean Jeff wrote it. Anyway, much better than the attempt at Thin Lizzy – B+

enough stuff from the Self Portrait sessions to make you believe he was up for a Part Two and shelved it when the reaction was so virulent