Cher Lloyd ft. Becky G – Oath

We have identified a sad lack of “UNNH!”s. [Video][Website] [5.80] Britt Alderfer: Shame that the follow-up to “Want U Back” ...

Petra Marklund – Händerna Mot Himlen

We probably should’ve covered this last month for the pun… [Video][Website] [6.00] Brad Shoup: Ah, fall: conversations go longer, meditation ...

Prince – RnR Affair

But the real news about Prince’s career, according to music journalism in 2012: this mask is so totally YIKES! What ...

Bat For Lashes – All Your Gold

Leave the fur… [Video][Website] [7.38] Katherine St Asaph: “‘Cause you’re a good man, I keep telling myself” — the moment ...

Ivy Queen – Peligro de Extinción

If any Anglophones are thinking about attempting to say her name out loud, it’s pronounced E.V. Queen. [Video][Website] [6.83] Jonathan ...

The Raveonettes – The Enemy

Recorded in LA; sounds like smog… [Video][Website] [6.78] Jonathan Bradley: The Raveonettes were birthed into a niche — shoegaze guitars, ...

Ben Folds Five – Do It Anyway

Whatever and ever, amen… [Video][Website] [4.00] Alfred Soto: During the dot.com days I nodded when friends praised this earnest fellow’s ...

Otto Knows – Million Voices

Not pictured: Bart’s bus driver in a Royals uni. There’s your free crossword clue of the day… [Video][Website] [4.17] Brad ...

Lana Del Rey – Ride

She doesn’t need a tree. She’s swinging from the sky. It’s a metaphor. Shut up. Her next single is called ...

Hunter Hayes – Wanted

#1 in the country charts, #really far from that in our hearts… [Video][Website] [2.67] Jonathan Bogart: Somehow I think this ...