1. Toast To Love – Avant – 90s soul man hasn’t lost a beat on his newest album, all old time r&b potboilers. The voice is the usual though he seldom goes up too high, and the production is new school but the song itself evoke the 1980s and the 1990s – Grade: B+
2. S.S. Golden Mean – Wayne Shorter Quarter – Here he sounds like a sqiggly signature on a blank check – Grade: B+
3. Charlotte’s Lament – Cinderella – The highlight of the musical makes a very valid case for the vapidity of a Prince and his gal – Grade: B+
4. Girl, You Shoulda Been A Drummer – William Beckett – The Academy Is… lead singer writes a walking blues goes emo, with a very good play onwords – Grade: B
5. Sugar, We’re Goin Down – Fall Out Boy – Their best song is a guiding light of emo, it is why teen girls like Helen bach love em – Grade” A-
6. The World Will Remember – Bonnie And Clyde – Laura Esme heard to much better affect than at the broadway Theater – Grade: C
7. City – Thao And the Get Down Stay down – A little too twee for my taste and a little goes a long way, but this is pretty good over two and a half minutes
8.Stand Amid The Floor – Silverstein – Probably the poppiest of all hardcore bands do it aagain on their newbie – Grade: B
9. Miracle Miles – Cold War Kids – West Coast hippies don’t need to worry about a moshpit with this song. It is still pretty good – Grade: B+
10. I Believe (When I Wall In Love It Will be Forever) – JoSh groban – Come back Art garfunkel all, and I MEAN ALL, is forgive. This is brutal – Grade: D-