One Direction – Best Song Ever

Not quite “Take That,” is it? [Video][Website] [6.60]Iain Mew: I’ve completely resisted the One Direction contagion to date since I ...

Beck – I Won’t Be Long

And we won’t be enthusiastic… [Video][Website] [5.33]John Seroff: I know it’s hardly the only song to put so much weight ...

Jay Z – Tom Ford

Many compounds start out linked by a hyphen but as the compound form becomes more established there is a tendency ...

Mala Rodríguez – 33

I think I saw this on Breaking Bad once… [Video][Website] [6.50] Patrick St. Michel: I can’t find a translation of ...

Luke Bryan – Crash My Party

This week in Yes, But Does Our Esteemed Panel of Critics Believe Country Boy Is Really Gonna Start Doing Right?… ...

Lim Kim – All Right

Sounds like we think it’s the bloke’s fault… [Video][Website] [6.38] Iain Mew: The sound of concentrated stoicism, of a thousand ...

Avicii – Wake Me Up

ft. Aloe Blacc, apparently… [Video][Website] [4.09]Josh Langhoff: A study in competing awkwardnesses: pseudo-spiritual lyrics that actually include the phrase “finding ...

Brandy Clark – Stripes

Really, is orange anyone’s color? [Video][Website] [6.86] Katherine St Asaph: A brilliant, deftly written comedy song (if a bit long); ...

Steve Grand – All American Boy

Spot the Felonies: Texas Edition! [Video][Website] [3.75] Anthony Easton: I cannot review this out of context: a) This is not ...

Franz Ferdinand – Right Action

Wrong tactics, though. [Video][Website] [4.27]Sally O’Rourke: Based on “Right Action,” Franz Ferdinand are right on schedule for the inevitable back-to-basics ...