We Told You the New Hives Album Was Bad!

1. The Hives, “Try It Again”
Remember on Friday how we said the new Hives album sounded like refried Junior Senior? Here’s proof. [Mewzick]

2. Bruce Springsteen feat. Arcade Fire, “Keep the Car Running”
The Boss covers a track from AF’s Neon Bible, which was pretty much already a Bruce Springsteen song anyway. [Stereogum]

3. Nada Surf, “See the Bones”
The fifteen-year-old New York band miraculously stave off oblivion with yet another great song. [Stereogum]

4. Elvis Costello, “Brilliant Disguise” (Bruce Springsteen cover)
You’d think this would be fantastic. And you’d be exactly right. [Fuel Friends]

5. Super Furry Animals, “Aluminum Illuminati”
More idiosyncratic lunacy from the weirdest Welshmen psychedelic prog-pop has ever known. We have no idea what this song has to do with aluminum. Or Illuminati. [Funeral Pudding]