1. Goldfrapp, “Happiness.” When I first saw this latest clip from Seventh Tree, I knew I’d seen something like this before. And as it is written in Ecclesiastes (turn in your pew bibles, please), there is nothing new under the sun: 

2. Radiohead, “Sail To the Moon.”

3. Kaiser Chiefs, “Thank You Very Much.”

4. South, “All In For Nothing.”


5. Paul Weller, “Wishing On a Star.” Last month, sharing my brother’s birthday, Paul Weller turned 50, and his new disc, 22 Dreams, is his best since the Wildwood/Stanley Road days. This is, of course, a cover of the old Rose Royce song, because when I think about Paul Weller, I think about working at the car wash.

6. Spoon, “Everything Hits At Once.”

7. Electric Six, “The Model.”

8. Brett Anderson, “Intimacy.”

9. The New Pornographers, “Jackie, Dressed in Cobras.”


10. Chris Walla, “Sing Again.” The new Death Cab disc is a little low on ideas, but Walla’s Field Manual is boss.