Hear Ye: what rock nyc is listening to 7-22-13

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

2. Wake Me Up – Avicii – DJ goes Lumineers on us, not such a great idea – C-

3. Sweet Gene Vincent – Ian Dury – Somebody should return the favor, Dury needs to be covered! – A

4. Jack – Breach – Deep house gets electronic fever – B

5. Abet Gurage – Tomas Doncker, Mahmoud Abbas – Horns aplenty when the great Ethiopian pop singer meets the great funk guitarist – A

6. Abet Gurage – Tomas Doncker – The newly re-recorded version  loses Mahmoud and the guitars replace the horns as the main instrument, so it rocks that much harder – A

7. Billericay Dickie – Ian Dury – Classic English dancehall – A

8. Bugatti – Ace Hood – This is the one where the hook pumps the rappers elsewhere – A-

9. Taxman – George Harrison – From the live in Japan album, and worth a visit – A-

10. Got My Mind Set On You – George Harrison – Classic cover, still in Japan – B+

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