Oh, Manchester, So Much To Answer For

The Transplants' "Diamonds and Guns" is the song in that Garnier Fructisse commercial, but don't hold that against it, or them. 1/3 Rancid (Tim Armstrong) and 1/3 blink-182 (Travis Barker), yet better than the sum of its parts, this'll remind you of Blur's "Song 2," put with a punky (not punk) edge to it, and a superb blues piano loop (eat that, Moby). I know I'm late to this bandwagon, but this is one of the year's best rock singles. [What I've heard from their self-titled album's pretty good, too.]