Listen Up: 11-7-12

1. My Friend – Disco Biscuits – This is a strangely creative art rocker using a bizarre spoken word  samples and a buzzing beat in the background. It  is like disco if she only ever heard disco on someone elses car radio s you went roaring down the highway – Grade: B+

2.  Peggy Blue Skylight  Live – Charlie Mingus –    From Paris in 1964, and it reminds me of Miles Davis in 1967 – Grade: A-

3. Different Sides – Leonard Cohen – It is really a gift, croaking in tune. But the song is a little ragged – Grade: A

4. Clash City Rocker – The Clash – This is a great slice of self-promotion hiding in a punk manifesto – Grade: A

5. No Way Down – The Shins – From the Swift Session. Jaunty mofo – Grade: B

6. I Must Belong Somewhere – Bright Eyes – 115^th way to leave your love – Grade: A

7. When My Train Pulls In – Gary Clark Jr – Playing with the Stones on Satuday – Grade: A

8. The Original Disco Man – James Brown – Brown was the anti-disco and he made this work by sheer willpower – Grade: B+

9. Disco Boogie Song – Fuzbox – A different kina disco though still individual enough! – Grade: A

10. State Of Grace – Taylor Swift – Emerging as the best song on the newbie