1. Toledo – Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach – I have this theory about Costello: Painted By Memory was such a sublime album, he figured fuck world approval, he will follow his muse wherever it leads. him. And it lead him nowehre.
2. The Dancer – PJ Harvey – I've given up on Harvey's latest, but this album? I saw her live three times on this tour. Next time I saw her she had stopped playing guitar.
3. Where You Are (Live Acoustic Version) Jessie J – All that power of positive thinking drags me into the bowels of hell but this singalong is so good, plus: "Seeing is deceiving, dreaming is believing" works for me.
4. Maryanne (Live, 1987) – Marshall Crenshaw – Love them yelps!
5. Turtleneck And Chain – The Lonely Island – These guys have one real good joke: geeks as gangstas. By around now I got it, thanks, move along.
6. Golden – Tyler, the Creator – Tegan and Sara, GLAAD, all these people miss the pint a little. If you wanna go after hip hop stars for misogy and bias, go after folks like Rick Ross who position a world of actions without consequence. All there is with Tyler is consequence. This sounds like fun? This sounds cool?? I don't think so, it is an essential rock and roll mixed up confusion. Tyler is going insane on this song.
7. Jam For Today – Holy Ghost – The cheesy synth sounds 80s but the beats are timelessly today.
8. Unfriend You – Greyson Chance
9. Union Town – Tome Morello/The Nightwatchman – Morello needs to learn from Lennon how to write catchy agitprop. "This is a union town, all down the line" won't convert a soul. How dya sing it?
10. Power To The People – John Lewnnon – Like this one, Lennon knew the singalong was with the chorus; he figured that out on "Give Peace A Chance". PS? Before you start in on MIA again, give this a spin.