Ain’t Got No Frogs…
There’s a new road safety ad telling you to wear something bright at night. This isn’t terribly interesting in itself, but the jingle is sung to the tune of one of the greatest really obscure records ever: […]

Last Night Andrew WK Saved My Life
There was something about Andrew WK’s sincerity last night at the show in Brooklyn that made even the most jaded, ironic CMJ-badgified hipster drop the pretense for a moment, pump his fist in the air and jump […]

LIL JON & THE EASTSIDE BOYS – “Get Low”
What a strange little transubstantiation that has occured when “C’mon and Ride It (The Train)” slowed down to 16rpm and fronted by the Frogtown Hollow Community Choir is[…]

Tom’s Top 12: with marriage impending my life has become (surprise!) a bit hectic, so less time to think about or write about pop music. A quick rundown of the sidebar tunes, then:
BUSTED – “Crashed The Wedding”: But of course[…]

Most comedy records are appalling as music, even if they are funny, which they usually aren’t. That’s why I have to recommend the Reverend Billy C. Wirtz (warning: I suspect he’s not a real Reverend). He’s maybe the funniest l[…]

jaxx = roXoR
Check out Michaelangelo Matos’ fantastic Voice article Love Is All, which assesses the new ‘n heartstoppingly brilliant Basement Jaxx album in the same piece with the very good Rapture album (I feel sorry for The Rapture alre[…]

BLACK EYED PEAS – “Hey Mama”
Dammit, it’s not like I didn’t have iPod envy as it is. The new ad campaign features silhouettes wearing iPods dancing to this song against a gigantic block of color. The ad is visually arr[…]

Britpop Is Back! That’s the premise of this Sunday’s Observer Music Monthly cover story – but here’s the twist: Britpop now means Busted and Sugababes, who are posed like synchronised swimmers on a monster Union Jack. The stor[…]

MICHAEL JACKSON – “One More Chance”
clearly irony is lost on michael jackson. we know it’s wasted on r. kelly, the song’s writer, who, on “step in the name of love,” declared himself the “pied piper of […]

Louis Armstrong – Hot Fives And Sevens
Tom has talked about the difficulty of switching from modern pop to ’50s #1s for his magnificent Popular project, but I just went from Disco Inferno (the interesting and sometimes impressive indie ba[…]