Listen Up: 7-9-12

1. Time – Richard Hell And The Voidoids – Off Hell's excellent second album with his demons at bay, Hell delves deep and finds this axiomatic ode to wisdom and songcraft , and his nasal whine finds a state of grace hardly imaginable five years prior – Grade: A

2. Do-Re-Mi – Woody Guthrie – Trying to get into the promised land during the great depression? Guess what you're gonna find? Grade: A+

3. A Thing Like This – Friends – Sounds like Dirty Projectors meets the Archies – Grade:A

4. More Than This – One Direction – No not that one – Grade: C

5. More Than That – Roxy Music –  That is this one – Grade: A

6. Algo Me Gusta De Ti – Wisin ANd Yandel – Featuring Chris Brown and T-Pain, if this is the Latin popsters US move I guess they javen't checked the charts lately – Grade: B

7. Unto Ceaser – Dirty Projectors – Much better than first song off upcoming album "Gun Has No Trigger" , this is a folkie, multi-voice acoustic strum gem – Grade: A-

8. Feet Prints on Flower Dreads – Dustin Wong – One chord wonder – Grade: B+

9. Coming Into Los Angeles – Arlo Guthrie – Far out – Grade: A+

10. Animal – Neon Trees – The new album is disappointing but they are great live and this oldie is glammy and hammy. They are like Maroon 5 for the indie set – Grade: A-

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