Listen Up: 5-26-12

1. The House That Heaven Built – Japandriods – Hand clapping, footstamping, yelping hook, a raw rocker vocalist and a tune worthy of Superchunk – Grade: A

2. The Wolf – The Cult – First single off the newbie is the same ol' ultra aggressive hard rock. Killer riff a la Black Sabbath – Grade: B

3. Soldier Of Love – Sade – Disappointingly overblown Grade: C

4. Everybody's Talking – Tedeshi Trucks Band – Abysmal cover – Grade: C-

5. Pblivion – Grimes – The future of pop lies somewhere in a woman like Grimes ability to reach you – Grade: B+

6. Midnight City – M83 – Alternative future of rock and roll – Grade: A

7. Big Beast – Big Mike – A hard flow gangsta rap – Grade: B+

8. Perfect World – Moody and beautiful – Grade: B+

9. Good Man – Darlingside – Can't wait to see if they can pull it off live – Grade: B+

10.Dope Fiend – Uber Mensch – This is about as extreme as you get. A spoken word waking nightmare of addiction and power with haunting Trent Reznor soundtrack sounds in the background – Grade: B+

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