The Royal Teens had a big novelty hit back in 1958 with this tune, Short Shorts, while still at school in New Jersey.

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Eels offer up a taster from their latest album Cookie Happened with this beautifully bruised and bittersweet song, Cap In Hand.

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Jeffrey Alexander is a prolific purveyor of his hazy brand of stoner rock jams, especially with The Heavy Lidders.

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The Kinks kicked off their golden age with the heavily satirical hit sigle Sunny Afternoon in England’s celebrated World Cup winning year of 1966.

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It’s what we’ve always wanted: Steely Dan covered Donny and Marie Osmond. And it doesn’t disappoint. By which I mean it’s every bit as terrible as you would imagine.

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Slade were one of my first favourite bands, along with T. Rex and The Sweet. This came from their album Slade Alive!

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Olivia Rodrigo and Robert Smith of The Cure team up to duet on this perfect love song, What’s Wrong With Me.

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This is the song that led me to discover the genius of Australian songsmith Julia Jacklin five or six years ago.

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The Godfather of Soul’s backing band came up with the ultimate party tune Cross The Track (We Better Go Back) in 1975 – and never looked back.

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Nina Simone covered Leonard Cohen’s song Suzanne, which began life as a poem before being recorded by a multitude of artists.

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