AMNESTY WEEK 2K10: After School – Bang!

Sometimes, a tasteful black-and-white shot is the perfect choice. But sometimes…

AMNESTY WEEK 2K10: Aloe Blacc – Femme Fatale

The lesser-noticed follow-up to the theme tune from that HBO show about the guys with the thing and the whatsit…

AMNESTY WEEK 2K10: Luca Brazi – Wake Up

It’s that time of year when our writers put forward songs from the past 12 months that managed to escape the attention of our elite selection committee, so that their colleagues can listen and tell them that they’ve always thought they were over-rated. Over the next four days, we hope you’ll join us as we traipse through 20 of this year’s slightly more under-the-radar releases (and Ke$ha), beginning with a North Carolina man whose moniker Google refuses to believe I’ve spelled correctly…

Kanye West ft. Pusha T – Runaway

And starting tomorrow: AMNESTY WEEK 2K10…

Shakira ft. Dizzee Rascal – Loca

Not a cover of the Moldovan Eurovision entry from 2006, thankfully…

Nicki Minaj – Right Thru Me

Asher Steinberg’s thoughts are in the comments box, btw…

Rihanna ft. Drake – What’s My Name

And the way things are lined up here, we’re not getting to “Poison” til new year, but we’ll get there, honest…

Right Said Fred – This Love

If things to go to plan, we’ll have seven songs up today, and it’s at this juncture I should probably point out none of them will be “Poison”…

Wiz Khalifa – Black & Yellow

Basically, that work-life balance thing got way worse, but hey, we’re back now…

Lady Antebellum – Hello World

Aaaaaand we’re back…