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. Wildfire – John Mayer – Sounds a little like “Duquesne Whistle”, but the guitar ain’t so hot and I don’t like his voice – C-

When Chris Brown is your pick of the week you just know something’s gone wrong again

Pusher Love Girl – Justin Timberlake – Justin’s falsetto here is what Robin Thicke keeps not getting quite right – A

Ingrosso’s first song since Swedish House Mafia’s break up is pretty good but not much

No shockers here, Jay-Z and # 1 and everybody else in status quo.

One of a handful of songs in existence that needs to be like, seriously?, seriously longer

JT at his worse is still pretty good and Jay-Z is better than he has been since American Gangster

The best songs here, and there are a handful of really smart r&b poppers staring with the last one “Overdose” are more than good enough – ALBUM OF THE WEEK

Skittish dance from Manchester yobs in the early 1990s – A-

Tom Morello cranking it up with composer Ramin Djawadi on a couple of tracks and he leads some electric guitar whiz boom bah sounded like he has just escaped from an early Black Sabbath album

Despite the likelihood that Bruce would wallop me if he was aware of me and we actually met, I consider myself a fan and I will be going to this movie

When Cole And Kanye released albums on the same day, my rap loving nephew Jeff McColl got in touch to tell me Cole trounced West

The Fabolous newbie? Is like a sideways “I Don’t Like”… he has a lot of Brownie points with me after the terrific BB Kings gig

The Doors are a classic rebellious band and this makes a point about the generation gap that bears remembering.

three of them are a direct reflection of my ambivalence towards Cyndi’s concert the other day. Including the Prince one.

It was between this and a dream setlist for a dead rock star, something I haven’t done in years, but after well over ten minutes of deep thought I went with this cut and paste job

The old Carter Family hit given a bravado performance by Anna after an astonishing 28 weeks on the charts, she finally cracks the Top 10

Cole was sold 457,000 copies of Born Sinner, West 430,000 copies of Yeezus. I wonder how that sits with the rap giant?

Laura is back on tour and we get two nights at MHOW, though if she scared up a 90 minute set I bet she could fill Town Hall no questions asked

I’d be happy to see Wilson solo-the last time was two years ago. But with the Beach Boys? It’s too sad.

I would claim to be disappointed but really, who expects much more but mediocrity from Ciara or Donell Jones, or Skylar Grey.

It is that Pitchfork trashed her awesome 2010 album MAYA and for that alone she is an immediate superstar in my book

This all goes down very easy; it is sweet and sappy and fun

I am going to go with Skylar, the indie pop chick who came to prominence on “Love The Way You Lie”. I’ve heard some songs off the newbie and yes, I like em. Don’t love em.

As for Pharrell, what kinda summer is this man having? Two of the three songs and now one of the big movies

Who, precisely, is offering to stop animal testing in scientific tests in return for Leona Lewis stopping singing? Besides us, I mean

I don’t much care for Rudimental but John Newman solo is another question: he is a cool weirdo with an ear for dance

What the hell do Mumford And Sons have two songs on the charts for, eh? I’ll tell you, because they got a bounce from their gig at Glastonbury

Sweet are performing Upstate and nowhere else and I would love, love love to see em… so come to town guys and don’t forget your platform shoes and eyeliner