Dizzee Rascal ft. Robbie Williams – Goin’ Crazy

Big dirty stinking hook singer. [Video][Website] [3.89] Scott Mildenhall: For the comeback single proper of a rapper who, as he ...

T-Ara N4 – Countryside Life

Ain’t no trot-stepping… [Video][Website] [5.78] Iain Mew: “Countryside Life” makes “I Got a Boy” sound coherent and single-minded. It has ...

Solange ft. Kendrick Lamar – Looks Good With Trouble

Solange Klimt… [Video][Website] [6.67] Alfred Soto: Solange’s gauze-wrapped moody brooding made this EP track one of its only analgesics. Lamar ...

Beyoncé – Grown Woman

Attack of the fifty-foot…? [Video][Website] [7.36] Alfred Soto: Are those exhalations beat boxing? They match Beyonce’s superhuman athleticism, her aerobicized ...

Busta Rhymes – Twerk It

I need a glass of twater. [Video][Website] [6.00] Brad Shoup: Busta’s been feast-or-famine for a while now. This one’s yet ...

Mark Owen – Stars

Aw, ickle Mark Owen, he’s a nice boy. (NB he is now 41.) [Video][Website] [6.33] Katherine St Asaph: So much ...

Shiina Ringo – Irohanihoheto

In which your editor immediately listened to Kalk Samen Kuri No Hana, expecting Jesus and fireworks. Will report back. [Video][Website] ...

David Bowie – The Next Day

NSFW video? Of course we’re on it. [Video][Website] [5.62] Anthony Easton: A little wild (though not as wild as the ...

Becky G – Play It Again

DJ cliches, play them again. [Video][Website] [5.60] Will Adams: That synth melody in the background – like a music box ...

Emmelie de Forest – Only Teardrops

We are butthurt about Norway not winning, yes. [Video][Website] [4.62] Mallory O’Donnell: All the main Eurovision trends of 2013 (well, ...