Last year, nothing even came close to Men’s Needs, Women’s Needs, Whatever by The Cribs in terms of sheer listening pleasure. That record is like a sugar-bomb of pop goodness, and will instantly lodge itself into your brain for nothing less than a few weeks at a time. Technically and aesthetically it’s nothing new, but it is mindless and fun in the best way possible, and sometimes that’s the greatest thing a record can hope to be.

Above is the video for “I’m A Realist”, the fourth (?) single from Men’s Needs. The video isn’t all that exciting, but did I mention that this album rules? Now is as good as a chance as any to start loving the hell out of it.

In other news, apparently Portland is now a Match.com for British musicians. Here’s to hoping PDX is able to launch a Patrick Wolf and Lily Allen collaboration. Hey, a guy can dream, right?