Listen Up: 6-20-12

1. Hot Knife – Fiona Apple – With its Burundi bottomless drums like a tribal cry of desire leading the way, Apple gets right down to the business at hand: sex. Ultimate song off her excellent new song leads you out singing but… where's the piano? Grade: A

2. Sorry – Friends – My song of the moment – Grade: A

3. Freak Train – Kurt Vile – Hang around for the sax – Grade: A

4. John Wayne – John Martyn – Gorgeous harp makes one great John trib toi another great John – Grade: A-

5. Were Coming Back – Melanie And The Secret Army – Part Oi, part glam, part football chant – Grade: B+

6. Punching Bag – Josh Turner – Generic country blues work out – Grade: C-

7. Hello Goodbye (Take 16) – The Beatles – Harrison's guitar mixed high – Grade: B+

8. That Time Is Gone – the dB's – One of their greatest – Grade: A

9. Live My Life – Far East Movement – Yes, that's Justin and these guys are the most pure fun since LMFAO – Grade: B+

10. Knee Deep At Atp – Los Campesinos – It's not me, they've forgotten how to write songs this good – Grade: A-

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