You are quite rightly thinking: “What the fuck is that?” That my friends is a picture of Weezer dressed up as insects playing a brand new song on kids television. Honestly we couldn’t make this up if we tried! What we can do for you though is collate the week’s best and most bizarre stories for your consumption in one handy post. Carry on…

Seeing as Marcus Mumford of Mumford & Sons semi-fame has decided to set up a book club that will no doubt eclipse any previous efforts made by Richard and Judy or Oprah, The Counterfit have decided to whip out the Rich Teas, call in the local bowls club and get down and dirty with some classy music literature.

Carry on…

Firstly don’t panic! We haven’t yet figured out a way to broadcast our opinions to you 24/7. On our daily scan through the interweb though we did pick up on the excellent Popjustice’s recommendation of comparemyradio.com. A website where you can type in your musical preferences and discover what radio station you should be tuning into. Ever willing to test our ‘good taste’ through the medium of technology we obediently set out in hope of a broadcaster that would live up to our own sterling example.

Carry on…

Ask any self respecting music fan to sum up Fall Out Boy in ten words and it’s likely the response won’t be “Best pop rock band of a generation, emo or not!” More predictably you’ll often get back: “Bassist’s phallus posted on the internet. The music is irrelevant.” Maybe though with the imminent release of their Best Of compilation Believers Never Die it’s time for the haters to make a reassessment….

Carry on…

One half of The Counterfit is a fan of Irish X Factor duo John and Edward, the other threatened to terminate the partnership over the issue. Today we analyse how two talent show contestants have managed to divide a nation and bust some chops over what the future holds for Simon Cowell’s money making machine. Carry on…