Listen Up: 4-27-12

1. Hip (Eponymous) Poor Boy – Jack White – Anything with a self-referential "poor boy" in its title is half way there, evem if the rest of the name is crap, and any song with a calliope backing track to open can't be all bad. This piece of torn from the pages of his diary, jinhle is the best on the album because it is the least assuming while nailing a bracing sneer – Grade: A

2. Poor Boy –  Elvis Presley – here is the White influence in al its zydecoed glory – Grade: A+

3. Vampires – Maps And Atlases – Another great song on an album without a dud – Grade: A

4. Extinction – SCreaming Females – Not just the same as Marissa's other albums. But the same and better – Grade: A

5. Ocean Floor – The Bunny The Bear – Yesterday's cover boys, today's heroes – Grade: A-

6. Thinkin  About You – Frank Ocean – Frank's vocals takes a lot of getting used to. A lot. Grade: A-

7. God Only Knows – Bonnie Raitt – Raitt's Carole King impression. And not a particularly good one. And not Brian Wilson's song – Grade: B

8. Watch The Show – M. Ward – Ward is good for two songs an album. Except on his latest where he goes more like seven- Grade: B+

9. Chegar Em Mim – Ceu – Why she is playing Highline on a Suinday, I have no clue – Grade: B+

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