Listen Up: 4-25-12

1. Aisle – The Bunny The Bear – Layna Cloud got these hardcore boys quite right in her live review leading todays posts. Don't let the asinine animal masks concept put you off, this is astounding kitchen sink post-hardcore attack, retreat modern pop. This is gonna break at some point.-and four years on, now wouldn't be a bad time – Grade: A

2. First Person Singular, Present Tense – For Arab Strap, extraodinary weird solo project is a mesmirizing piece of repition and arrangement – Grade: A-

3. Tennessee Jed – Levon Helm – A highlight on stage the last couple of years, this Grateful Dead cover throws away the acid and gets its hands dirty in the clean soil. Grade: A

4.Dirty Laundry – Lisa Marie Presley – Unbelievably enough, worse than Henly's orgiginal – Grade: F

5. You Won't Regret It – Deu – This year's "I Do" – Grade:A

6.Christ For President – Bolly Bragg And Wilco – The absolute pits, why didn't they leave Guthrie alone? Grade: C-

7. Sixteen Saltines – Jack White – I am eagerly awaiting the album to show on Spitify – Grade: A-

8.It All Meanings Nothing – Screaming Females – When was this released? – Grade: A

9. The Cheapest Key – Kathleen Edwards – Maybe Flowers was better after all – Grade: A

10. Let's Get it Crackin' – Deuce – I'm guessing the title is a pun – Grade: B+

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