Maroon 5 ft. Wiz Khalifa – Payphone
The other day, I saw a 5-year-old kid running out of the elevator singing this at the top of her ...
Month: April 2012
Jack White – Sixteen Saltines
Side-eyeing the song, perhaps? [Video][Website] [5.71] Jonathan Bradley: For their first three or four albums, the White Stripes fronted like ...
Jerrod Niemann – Shinin’ On Me
His finger lingers over the Top 11 of ’11. “Oh HO,” he thinks, “so they like country with horns…” [Video][Website] ...
Lostprophets – Bring ‘Em Down
A little Sunday evening aggro… [Video][Website] [4.20] Iain Mew: Man, it’s been over a decade since “Shinobi vs Dragon Ninja.” Ever ...
Bonnie Raitt – Right Down the Line
Flame-haired guitar-toting goddess skanks it up a little. Literally. [Video][Website] [5.67] Alfred Soto: “Baker Street” is epochal, Gerry Rafferty’s second ...
Jesse y Joy – ¡Corre!
As heard in “La que no podía amar”… [Video][Website] [5.88] Iain Mew: This basically ends up as a by-the-numbers Snow ...
Alabama Shakes – Hold On
Jack White approved… [Video][Website] [6.00] Brad Shoup: Answering the question, “what would Jack White sound like if he weren’t such ...
tUnE-YarDs – My Country
Will no one get these children a washcloth?
Mystery Jets – Someone Purer
And finally, in college I called this band “The Flaming Jets” for a couple months because I could never remember ...
The Mars Volta – The Malkin Jewel
Continuing the autobiography of today’s editor, a kid in high school would tell me I looked like the lead singer ...