
Foxboro Hot Tubs, “Stop, Drop & Roll” [MySpace]
It’s Green Day. OK? It’s Green Day. I mean, surely you figured it out by now. Was anyone fooled? It was like going to a masquerade party with a mask made of Scotch Tape.
Bun B, “I Love That” [MySpace]
One year after the awful, untimely death of his UGK partner Pimp C, Bun B returns with a squelching club track that itemizes the virtues of a Trill girl. Turns out, they’re really good at molecular physics. Who knew?
Dresden Dolls, “The Kill” [MySpace]
Dresden Dolls write the kind of songs we imagine the devil’s teenage daughter would write: big and hooky and full of both malice and hurt. If S-M had gone to high school with Satan’s teenage daughter, we finally could have put that mixtape of Depeche Mode rarities to use.
Mates of State, “Get Better” [Official]
The video for the Mates’ latest sunny charmer is built around a woman in an ominous rabbit mask riding a bicycle through a suburban neighborhood. Which should spare you the agony of ever having to watch Donnie Darko.
Killah Priest, “I Believe” [MySpace]
Someone’s been cruising the dollar bins: Priest nicks the Alan Parsons project for the hook to this marvelous new song. This may be the one instance in history where the sampled ought to mail the royalty check to the sampler.
BONUS TRACK:
Orchestra Baobab, “Pape Ndiye” [MySpace]
We usually only do five of these, but how do we not acknowledge a new record by the magnificent Orchestra Baobab? That would be like not lining up at midnight to see Indiana Jones on Wednesday. Which we’re totally not doing. We don’t even have our tickets yet. And we definitely didn’t buy them, like, a month in advance.




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