We thought it’d be fun to dig into the record vault here at YuppiePunk World HQ and post a couple of selections from a random letter of the alphabet. This edition: The letter “B.” We decided against a few popular artists (Beatles, Beach Boys, Black Flag), a few lesser-known faves (Best Kissers in the World, Dan Bern) and a few artists likely to register high on the groan scale (Bad English, Bright Eyes). But hopefully you’ll still like some of what we selected:

Bad Religion – “Modern Man”
Pathetic example of Earth’s organic heritage.

Eef Barzelay – “Ballad of Bitter Honey”
You try and name drop Ludacris and Nelly into such a sad song.

Bash & Pop – “Friday Night (Is Killing Me)”
Title track from Tommy Stinson’s first post-Replacements project.

Beck – “Lost Cause”
“Sea Change” may just be the best breakup record of all-time.

Belle & Sebastian – “The Chalet Lines”
This song is so sad its almost hard to listen to.

Big Drill Car – “Take Away”
Weird name, great Cheap Trick-inspired tune from these early ’90s SoCal faves.

Bouncing Souls – “Quick Chek Girl”
Boy meets girl. Boy and girl go out. Girl disappears. Boy writes song.

Bracket – “Trailer Park”
If Green Day sounded just a hair more like the Beach Boys…

Billy Bragg – “Accident Waiting to Happen”
Who cares if the guitar’s slightly out of tune, this is a world class kiss-off tune.

Edie Brickell & New Bohemians – “Me By the Sea”
Simple words, a simple melody and a simply great tune!

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