Okkervil River - Lost Coastlines (from Stereogum) Or "Nicked Basslines" if you're a Supremes fan. Still, we shouldn't really complain, pilfering one great song has let Texans Okkervil River write another.
Hostage - Rooted (from Birthday Party Berlin) Edinburgh's Hostage runs a nice line in welding overused samples on to his own sinister backing tracks. Here, he plants his roots in a Beastie Boys' staple.
Leisure Alaska - Present Yet Unseen (from Hits in the Car) Off-key vocals, spindly guitar work and some bloke's random grumbling in the background. It's like Stephen Malkmus never went rubbish.
Sugababes - Girls (from YouTube via Dirrrty Pop) There are no bandwagons left for them to leap on. This time they've taken Ernie K Doe's rediscovered classic (or "that song off the Boots ad") to their collective bosom. Dirrty Pop say it's 84% poptastic. We can't disagree.
Jay-Z - Jockin' Jay-Z (Dope Boy Fresh) (from Pinglewood) The track that drags the Noel v Shawn slagging match on into round we-lost-count-already. "Weak," say the good folks at Passion of the Weiss, "Hum ... OK," say Floukids, and "Jockin' Cool Kids" says one disappointed theguardian.com staffer. 99 problems but a hit ain't one? What do you reckon?
