They’ll Sell Yr Soul On eBay

Puffy AmiYumi “Radio Tokyo” – I’ve never been a big power ballad kind of guy, but I’m totally helpless to the charms of this track, which is like some kind of monster cooked up by J-Pop scientists working to combine the best bits of David Bowie, Queen, Journey, Chicago, late period Courtney Love and Avril Lavigne in a bid for total worldwide mall domination. I can only hope and pray that they will perform this song when they play their free show in NYC later this summer, and that the legion of tweens who will no doubt be in attendence will learn the words to this song, or at least the chorus. (Click here to buy it from Tofu Records.)

Coin Op “Hey Uri!” – It’s about time someone wrote an absurdly venomous stompy indie punk song putting that fraudulent spoon-bending Uri Gellar motherfucker in his place. Seriously. Fun fact: The song sounds spontaneous and wild, but it is actually years in the making, and clearly well worth the wait. (Click here for Coin-Op’s MySpace page.)

Elsewhere: Absolut Noise interviews The Knife.