I assumed it was Britney Spears until I read your comment. Not even "it's Britney Spears with a guitar" made me think twice.

Anglophile Alert!

Ha, you've summed up my feelings too. Great article, great comments, marvellous to be reading others geeking out on Talking Heads. Wish I had the time to contribute but it's late and I need to read the Game of Thrones TV club, and it's late and that takes fucking ages.

Youtube sprung the first single on me the other day, and I thought I'd give it the benefit of the doubt. Good lord, what awful abysmal Brit-rock crap. The comparison to a Kasabian b-side is pretty neat, although it completely contradicts the later claim of "There’s nothing bad about the Messenger…" There's obviously…

There's the bizarre-in-retrospect early stuff which was just straight hip-hop and quite good.

My mate loves to retell a story (and me in turn I guess) of being at an England non-League football/soccer game, where there's only 100 or so in attendance and a player gets stretchered off. Out goes the shout from someone of "HOPE IT'S PERMANENT, CUNT!"

My version is at a Godspeed You Black Emperor gig a long while back, halfway through their interminable but bearable noodling someone shouts out "PLAY A HAPPY SONG!"

All directly proportional to the amount of really good Jewish comics/graphic novel authors.

All directly proportional to the amount of really good Jewish comics/graphic novel authors.

The TV list is infinitely preferable to the best albums list. At least it works and it doesn't allow a single random person to have their favourite album appear in the top 30 when none of the other reviewers rate it…

The TV list is infinitely preferable to the best albums list. At least it works and it doesn't allow a single random person to have their favourite album appear in the top 30 when none of the other reviewers rate it…

Hahahaha, but she was really really fat!!!! Haha!

Hahahaha, but she was really really fat!!!! Haha!

How do the Fear and ELO re-recordings work then? Just by doing it, they expunge any rights the original record company - or anyone else - may have had on it?

How do the Fear and ELO re-recordings work then? Just by doing it, they expunge any rights the original record company - or anyone else - may have had on it?

His solo career isn't the worst thing on earth, there's a few decent songs in there. But this collection is totally and utterly aimed at blokes who stopped listening to new music 20 years ago, and whose wives see they've been distracted by the Stone Roses reunion, and think this would be an amazing surprise Xmas gift.…

His solo career isn't the worst thing on earth, there's a few decent songs in there. But this collection is totally and utterly aimed at blokes who stopped listening to new music 20 years ago, and whose wives see they've been distracted by the Stone Roses reunion, and think this would be an amazing surprise Xmas gift.…

Plenty more: Three Oh Sees, Screaming Threes… umm… Blink 123

Plenty more: Three Oh Sees, Screaming Threes… umm… Blink 123

Just like They Might Be Giants, Ozomatli is one of those fun bands who shouldn't need a kid-friendly album, they just appeal to kids anyway. Doesn't stop TMBG doing 3 of them and they're mostly excellent - so shame to hear about Ozomatli's effort.