1. Girl Talk, “Bounce That.” Having one of those days when you can’t decide between listening to the Emotions, LCD Soundsystem, the Breeders, Stevie Wonder, Steve Winwood, the Pointer Sisters, Elastica, Britney Spears, Wreckx-N-Effect, Ciara and Ludacris? Gregg Gillis is here to help.
2. Rhymefest, “Fever.”
3. Ween, “Mister Richard Smoker.”
4. Matthew Alvin Brown, “New York City Girls.”
5. The Chalets, “Sexy Mistake.” This Dublin group, which successfully meshes ’60s girl group tropes with ’90s girl group tropes, has singers named Pony and Peepee. How’s that for self-image?
6. Hindu Love Gods, “Raspberry Beret.”
7. Jay-Z Feat. Pharrell, “Blue Magic.”
8. Datarock, “Maybelline.”
9. Steely Dan, “Black Friday.”
10. The Pipettes, “I Love You.” Speaking of girl group tropes, Gwenno, RiotBecki and Rosay say it all in a minute and a half, choreographed complete with synchronized hand gestures and dressed in fetching polka dots. We Are the Pipettes finally got released on CherryTree/Interscope in the U.S. on Oct. 2, but so far there are few takers stateside. Guess the masses are too blitzed on Soma to care, and by Soma, I mean “Apologize” by OneRepublic feat. Timbaland.
Maybe Mr. Mosley should remix the Pipettes.
Maybe not.