Daily Download: "My Baby Loves Me," the Wowz

A ragged but charming take on early Beatles by NYC pranksters the Wowz
"My Baby Loves Me"

AudiofileNew York City trio the Wowz, whom Time Out New York described as "a coked-up youth group sing-along," are among the best bands in the almost uniformly obnoxious "antifolk" scene (amateur-on-purpose folk rock with smart-ass lyrics). "My Baby Loves Me," which was co-written with the brilliant and cracked Dave Longstreth of the Dirty Projectors, is the band's ragged but charming take on '63-'64 Beatles -- the time of the Beatles' career that no one really bothers copying anymore, and that adjectives like "Beatlesy" and "Beatlesesque" never refer to. Also try "Happy Today" for a dose of their cheery irony ("I know that this feeling will soon go away, but I'm feeling happy today").

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