Listen Up 4-22-12

1. Dizzy Spells – Wesley Wolfe – Wesley has a new seven inch and pne side of a Schooner album, and I'll get to it. But this obscurity off some comipiliation abum is new to me and it proves again how Wesley nreaths music like living. Highlight: the synth on the break. Grade: A

2. Fonally Moving – Pretty Lights – Froom 2006 and sporting a killer sample by Etta James. made him a star overnight – Grade: A

3. A Woman Left Lonely Alternate Version – Janis Joplin – Sometimes I preferred her when she kept the lion inside – Grade: A

4. Nightclubbing – Iggy Pop – From the blues to the dancefloor, with Bowie producing – Grade: B+

5. Drive By – Train – Those handclaps? I wanna break their arms – Grade: D+

6. You Won't Regret It – Ceu – I blew this one big time yesterday. A reggae lilting Cariibean flavored stroke of real beauty – Grade: A

7. Thinkin' About You – Frank Ocean – A grower, just like the rain in Southern California, love the falsetto.- Grade: A

8. Emmy – First Aid Kit – as in Lou Harris, we got it – Grade: A

9. Mercy – Kanye West – Maybe it's me, maybe I'm not in the mood for Kanye being an arrogant fuckface – Grade: B

10. 212 – Aealia Banks – The new Nicki? Maybe… but not here… Grade: B+

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