Illusion – Zedd, Echosmith – Brutally bad, EDM mainstream pop, it is so annoying it seems to twee in your ear like an irritating bird. Zedd is the poster boy for lame EDM and Echosmith give twee whole new vistas of meaning – C-
Goner – Twenty One Pilots – A bland farethewell . Yeah, I overestimated it, so sue me – C
Hard Times – Trey Songz – Another sizzler, but really up to nothing much – C+
Toronto Unabridged – Silverstein – I think I may give these guys the benefit of the doubt too often, this is a draggy emo track – C+
Head In The Clouds – Shamir – Terrific disco beat under androgynously sexy vocal – A-
The Way It’s Always Been – Brandon Flowers – Sounds oddly like Dylan circa 1974… not bad at all – B+
From The Dead – Faith No More – Nice riff to close up an iffy album – B
Dusk Till Dawn – Paul Weller – Pleasant enough waltz – B-
Poison Tree – The Milk Carton Kids – I really like the album, this slice of Americana as well – B
Ain’t My Fault – Jamie Foxx – You sure ain’t helping – C+
Why Make sense – Hot Chip – These EDM UK lads are the aural equivalent of an “you don’t have to be crazy to work here but it helps” mug –the most self-obsessed average disco around – B-
