Hurricane Chris, “The Hang Clap”
Silly-fun club jam around the sleek bouncy sound that Louisianians call “ratchet” — and almost as catchy as “A Bay Bay.”
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Robert Plant, Alison Krauss, “Fortune Teller”
Plant and Krauss transform the 1960s R&B standard into a sweet midtempo harmonic gem.
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Dave Gahan , “Use You”
This Iggy Pop-inspired track proves that the Depeche Mode frontman can craft a song outside his band.
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Say Anything, “Retarded in Love”
Cathartic, hook-filled emo — and now’s your chance to hear frontman Max Bemis fall apart yet one more time.
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Neil Young, “Ordinary People”
The longest song in Young’s catalog (eighteen verses, endless horns) could also be his most bizarre. But it works.
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