Bangerz – Miley Cyrus – Hey two good songs, and a jump forward from the “Can’t Be Tamed”. The title track features Brittney! – C
Lightning Bolt – Pearl Jam – Pretty good PJ 101 = B
Too Weird To Live, Too Rare To Die – Panic! At The Disco – I thought everything Panic did was a rarity – C-
My Name Is My Name – Pusha T – Modern gangsta by a Yeezus protegee on his second album. Must try harder – C
Old – Danny Brown – All those A$AP guys we expect, but Purity Ring??? – B
Mountains Of Sorrow, Rivers Of Song – Amos Lee – Brutal singer songwriter – D
Melophobia – Cage The Elephant – Which means fear of music and I couldn’t agree more – C-
The Paradigm Shift – Korn – When? Did I miss it? – C
Soy El Misno – Prince Royce – Latin American pop star making a half hearted crossover move, one track with Selena! – C
Frame By Frame – Cassadee Pope – Former Hey Monday lead singer, The Voice winner bore – C
Monsters In The Closet – Mayday Parade – This is fairly lame emo rock – C
Fortress – Alter Bridge – I am sure these former Creed members are very nice guys, middle class, wife and kids, Â pay their taxes, vote democrat, trying to make an honest buck playing the music they love. So it’s nothing personal. Â But it wasn’t me who told em to name the first song on their new album “City Of Achilles” Â now was it? – D
Crickets – Joe Nichols – Typical country singer 2013 – C-
Talking Dreams – Echosmith – OK emo rockers plus chick singer for Lost Wages – C+
High Rise – Stone Temple Pilots – Wow, and you thought they couldn’t be any worse. Substituting Scott with Chester Bennington is like if Nirvana substituted Kurt for Scott – D
You Can’t Make Old Friends – Kenny Rogers – Never before has plastic surgery done more to derail a career. Just the worst – D-
Silver Bell – Patty Griffin – Talented singer songwriter a little on the dowdy side – C
When The Night – St. Lucia – Very pretty, a little whatever and I can do without the vocalist – C
Bitter Rivals – Sleigh Bells – Excellent, this is the album of the week on first listener – B+
Brand New Machine – Chase & Status – English hip hop so you know it’s trying harded – B
We Need Medicine – The Fratellis – A long time coming but they’ve still got a great lead vocalist – B+
The Speed Of Things – Dale Earnhardt Jr – Talented indie rockers – B
Tender Madness – Papa – A good week for indie rockers – B
Ponder The Mystery – William Shatner – Let’s not and say we did – D+
lousy with sylvianbear – of montreal – More accessible than he has been in awhile – B-