1. Okay – Holy Ghost – People keep ion comparing em to New Order but surely LCD is the influence here. This is a terrific dance track with a whompf sample interrupting the proceedings, like a hook that just misses annoying and gets to catchy – A
2. Come What May – Jarrod Dickenson – A very very lovely song of blossoming love – A
3. Blues Run The Game – Simon And Garfunkel – Part of the Laura marling hangover, she covered it earlier in the tour. – A
4. Reflektor – Arcade Fire – Is their first love song? Or, maybe I mean song about love. Quite as good as Holy Ghost… maybe better – A
5. Feds Watching – 2 Chainz, Pharrell – Haven’t I heard this before? Not bad, 2 Chainz has a nic whinge in his voice and Pharrell is Pharrell – B-
6. raise Em Up – Keith Urban, Eric Church – Is country dead or what? Two of our better practioners can’t get it together, Luke bryan has more edge – D
7. Easy – Sheryl Crow – Her country album or something and no not THAT “easy”, this one is dreadful. You know, the sort of song that namechecks Jack Hohnson – D-
8. Atmosphere – Kaskade – Appraently the king of samples is widening his wings in hopes of becoming the new Avicii – D+
9. Give Em What They Love (feat Prince) – Janelle Monea – Wow, this is pretty fucking awful; New York Post claimed greatness for the moldy old slow funk fuse –C-
10 Atlas – Coldplay – Abominable ballad – D-