New 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").
