The Singles Jukebox
Stylus's flagship pop criticism feature, evolving through multiple formats across 174 installments from June 2003 to January 2007. William B. Swygart launched it as a solo UK chart rundown — a weekly one-man countdown of the Top 40, soaked in dry wit, Radio 1 obsession, and deeply British cultural commentary (76 installments). By mid-2004 it expanded into a transatlantic panel format, splitting into US and UK editions with rotating writers scoring individual singles out of 10, each bringing their own critical voice to the same song. Dom Passantino, Edward Oculicz, Ian Mathers, Hazel Robinson, Jonathan Bradley, and others contributed. The column anticipated the panel-review format that would later become a staple of pop criticism online.
174 entries — newest to oldest
| Long Live the Jukebox | Stylus Staff | (0) | 2007-01-23 |
| Falling Tramps | Stylus Staff | (0) | 2006-12-12 |
| Mesh Jerseys | Stylus Staff | (0) | 2006-12-05 |
| Obvious Necessity | Stylus Staff | (0) | 2006-11-28 |
| Warm Horn Ripples | Stylus Staff | (0) | 2006-10-31 |
| Super Jukebox | Stylus Staff | (0) | 2006-10-25 |
| Max Martinized | Stylus Staff | (0) | 2006-10-03 |
| Futurepunkelectropop | Stylus Staff | (0) | 2006-09-26 |
| Shock and Awe Pyrotechnics | Stylus Staff | (0) | 2006-09-12 |
| An Acquired Taste | Stylus Staff | (0) | 2006-09-05 |
| Bo and Luke | Stylus Staff | (0) | 2006-08-29 |
| Joss Whedon | Stylus Staff | (0) | 2006-08-23 |
| I Need a Papi | Stylus Staff | (0) | 2006-08-15 |
| Bubble Yum! | Stylus Staff | (0) | 2006-08-08 |
| Being Jacques Lu Cont | Stylus Staff | (0) | 2006-07-25 |
| Acoustic Insecurities | Stylus Staff | (0) | 2006-07-05 |
| In Search Of the FBI and a Good Pair of Gucci Slacks | Liberty X’s | (0) | 2006-06-20 |
| Tipping Cows in Fields Elysian | Stylus Staff | (0) | 2006-06-13 |
| Sepp Blatters Banana Shots | Stylus Staff | (0) | 2006-06-06 |
| Cheap-Ass Synths | Stylus Staff | (0) | 2006-05-31 |
| Unmissable Direct Quotes | Stylus Staff | (0) | 2006-05-24 |
| Still Rubbish | Stylus Staff | (0) | 2006-05-16 |
| Trevor Horn’s New Chums | Stylus Staff | (0) | 2006-05-09 |
| Filterdisohoused | Stylus Staff | (0) | 2006-05-02 |
| Mascara Mug Shot | Stylus Staff | (3) | 2006-04-25 |
| The Least Foul-Mouthed Parts | Stylus Staff | (0) | 2006-04-11 |
| A Little Hallelujah | Stylus Staff | (0) | 2006-04-04 |
| Guardedly Optimistic | Stylus Staff | (1) | 2006-03-21 |
| A Symphony of Swagger | Stylus Staff | (0) | 2006-03-15 |
| Suffocating Horses | Stylus Staff | (0) | 2006-02-27 |
| Fifth Single Syndrome | Stylus Staff | (0) | 2006-02-21 |
| Fluffy Widdle Kitties | Stylus Staff | (0) | 2006-02-14 |
| A Soft Dusky Glow | Stylus Staff | (0) | 2006-02-07 |
| Fingerpaint the Entire Classroom | Stylus Staff | (0) | 2006-01-30 |
| Gloriously Faceless | Stylus Staff | (0) | 2006-01-23 |
| A Winsome But Completely Precious Amalgalm | Stylus Staff | (0) | 2006-01-17 |
| Singles Going Steady | US Stylus Staff | (0) | 2005-12-12 |
| A Rather Sorry Heap | Paul Scott | (0) | 2005-12-05 |
| Singles Going Steady | US Stylus Staff | (0) | 2005-12-05 |
| The Final Victory | Patrick McNally | (0) | 2005-11-29 |
| Singles Going Steady | US Stylus Staff | (0) | 2005-11-21 |
| The B-Side Special | UK Stylus Staff | (0) | 2005-11-18 |
| Better Than Helsinki | William B. Swygart | (0) | 2005-11-17 |
| Singles Going Steady | US Stylus Staff | (0) | 2005-11-14 |
| Hat Wearing Musicians Suck | UK Stylus Staff | (0) | 2005-11-11 |
| Singles Going Steady | US Stylus Staff | (0) | 2005-11-07 |
| Stethoscope Against A Whiskey Barrel | UK Stylus Staff | (7) | 2005-11-04 |
| Singles Going Steady | US Stylus Staff | (0) | 2005-10-31 |
| The Weekend Starts Here, Allegedly | UK Stylus Staff | (0) | 2005-10-21 |
| Swygart Goes Solo | William B. Swygart | (0) | 2005-10-10 |
| Dancing On Goldfrapp | UK Stylus Staff | (0) | 2005-10-03 |
| Singles Going Steady | US Stylus Staff | (0) | 2005-09-30 |
| The Chaff, Pt. 2 | UK Stylus Staff | (0) | 2005-09-26 |
| Singles Going Steady | US Stylus Staff | (0) | 2005-09-23 |
| Designer Shoegazing | UK Stylus Staff | (0) | 2005-09-21 |
| US vs. UK [UK Edition] | UK Stylus Staff | (0) | 2005-09-12 |
| Lowri Turner & The Bunnymen | UK Stylus Staff | (0) | 2005-09-05 |
| Flying Solo | William B. Swygart | (0) | 2005-08-29 |
| Singles Going Steady | US Stylus Staff | (0) | 2005-08-19 |
| It Could Happen To YOU! | UK Stylus Staff | (0) | 2005-08-15 |
| Singles Going Steady | US Stylus Staff | (0) | 2005-08-12 |
| Bonus Bumper Edition | UK Stylus Staff | (0) | 2005-08-08 |
| A Right Bunch Of Blunts | UK Stylus Staff | (0) | 2005-07-18 |
| Singles Going Steady | US Stylus Staff | (9) | 2005-07-15 |
| Singles Going Steady | US Stylus Staff | (0) | 2005-07-08 |
| INDIE?! AND DANCE?! OMG!!! | UK Stylus Staff | (0) | 2005-07-04 |
| Singles Going Steady | US Stylus Staff | (0) | 2005-07-01 |
| You Can’t Go Fancying Midge Ure’s Daughter | UK Stylus Staff | (5) | 2005-06-27 |
| Singles Going Steady | US Stylus Staff | (0) | 2005-06-24 |
| A Coupon For A Free Margarita | UK Stylus Staff | (5) | 2005-06-21 |
| Writ Anthemic | UK Stylus Staff | (0) | 2005-06-13 |
| Impossibly Copious Amounts Of Dope And Coke | UK Stylus Staff | (0) | 2005-05-31 |
| David Jones, Xylophone Enthusiast | UK Stylus Staff | (0) | 2005-05-23 |
| Singles Going Steady | US Stylus Staff | (0) | 2005-05-20 |
| Singles Going Steady: The One Year Extravaganza | US Stylus Staff | (0) | 2005-05-13 |
| No Biscuits for Ludacris | UK Stylus Staff | (0) | 2005-04-25 |
| Kasabian Do Ska | UK Stylus Staff | (0) | 2005-04-18 |
| Singles Going Steady | US Stylus Staff | (0) | 2005-04-08 |
| Have We Learnt Nothing From Rednex? | UK Stylus Staff | (0) | 2005-03-14 |
| The Way We Were | William B. Swygart | (0) | 2005-03-07 |
| It LIVES! | William B. Swygart | (6) | 2005-02-28 |
| Dulltastic | William B. Swygart | (0) | 2005-02-21 |
| Embrace! Unbelievable! | William B. Swygart | (0) | 2005-02-14 |
| Swygart’s Gone Again | Fergal O’Reilly | (0) | 2005-01-24 |
| A Big Historical Moment Of History | William B. Swygart | (0) | 2005-01-18 |
| It's Got To Be-ee-ee-ee-ee... | William B. Swygart | (0) | 2005-01-10 |
| Land Of Foregone Conclusion | William B. Swygart | (0) | 2004-12-20 |
| Singles Going Steady | US Stylus Staff | (0) | 2004-12-17 |
| Lawnt Bowlio | William B. Swygart | (0) | 2004-12-13 |
| We Are Blue And We Are Blind | William B. Swygart | (0) | 2004-12-06 |
| Prydz Will Eat Itself | William B. Swygart | (0) | 2004-11-29 |
| Ding Dong, The Wes Is Dead! | William B. Swygart | (0) | 2004-11-22 |
| The UK Corral Goes Live | William B. Swygart | (0) | 2004-11-15 |
| Wet Wet Wet Are Back. Why? | William B. Swygart | (0) | 2004-11-08 |
| TWO-GOAL RORY DELAP!!! | William B. Swygart | (0) | 2004-11-01 |
| It Takes A Worried Man To Sing The Worried Song | William B. Swygart | (0) | 2004-10-18 |
| Singles Going Steady | US Stylus Staff | (0) | 2004-10-15 |
| October 1997 | UK Stylus Staff | (0) | 2004-10-13 |
| Contriiiiiition! | William B. Swygart | (0) | 2004-10-11 |
| Singles Going Steady | US Stylus Staff | (0) | 2004-10-08 |
| The F*CK?: Live In Leeds | William B. Swygart | (0) | 2004-10-04 |
| Singles Going Steady | US Stylus Staff | (0) | 2004-10-01 |
| Radio Ga Ga | UK Stylus Staff | (0) | 2004-09-29 |
| Singles Going Steady | US Stylus Staff | (0) | 2004-09-10 |
| Wes Hating : The International Edition | Edward Oculicz | (0) | 2004-09-07 |
| Mousse "Interesting" T | William B. Swygart | (0) | 2004-08-30 |
| Entertaining Mr. Gubba | William B. Swygart | (0) | 2004-08-23 |
| Singles Going Steady | US Stylus Staff | (0) | 2004-08-20 |
| Puerto Rico Ha Ha Ha | William B. Swygart | (0) | 2004-08-16 |
| Singles Going Steady | US Stylus Staff | (0) | 2004-08-13 |
| Radio Ga Ga | UK Stylus Staff | (0) | 2004-08-11 |
| Tinkle-House - House Of Tinkle! | William B. Swygart | (0) | 2004-08-09 |
| Everybody Come Down | William B. Swygart | (0) | 2004-08-02 |
| Singles Going Steady | US Stylus Staff | (0) | 2004-07-30 |
| That Doesn’t Mean You’re Lazarus Yet, Boy | William B. Swygart | (0) | 2004-07-26 |
| Golf (feat. Karen Parry) | William B. Swygart | (0) | 2004-07-19 |
| Rock vs. Baked Potato | William B. Swygart | (0) | 2004-07-12 |
| A Million Indie Clubs Can’t Be Wrong… | William B. Swygart | (0) | 2004-07-06 |
| Britney Gets Beasted By Adolescents | William B. Swygart | (0) | 2004-06-28 |
| Not In The Top Three Ringtones | William B. Swygart | (0) | 2004-06-21 |
| Radio Ga Ga | UK Stylus Staff | (0) | 2004-06-17 |
| Jurgen Vries vs. My Colon - Who Wins? | William B. Swygart | (0) | 2004-06-14 |
| Singles Going Steady | US Stylus Staff | (0) | 2004-06-10 |
| Some Maudlin Shite vs. Some Other Maudlin Shite: Who Wins? | William B. Swygart | (0) | 2004-06-07 |
| Singles Going Steady | US Stylus Staff | (0) | 2004-06-04 |
| New Balls, PLEASE! | William B. Swygart | (0) | 2004-06-01 |
| Who Got Room Keys? | William B. Swygart | (0) | 2004-05-24 |
| Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Smell of F*** | William B. Swygart | (0) | 2004-05-17 |
| I! Have A Chart-O! | William B. Swygart | (0) | 2004-05-10 |
| Dogs Die In Hot Cars Save Christmas | William B. Swygart | (0) | 2004-05-03 |
| Sitcom Top Twenty | William B. Swygart | (0) | 2004-04-26 |
| Some Man Moans At Women | William B. Swygart | (0) | 2004-04-19 |
| UK Chart Rundown | Dom Passantino | (0) | 2004-04-12 |
| UK Chart Prediction League: Week 005 | Stylus Staff | (0) | 2004-04-02 |
| Hmmphty Dmmphty | William B. Swygart | (0) | 2004-03-29 |
| Thank God - My Dad Has Gone To Ireland | William B. Swygart | (0) | 2004-03-22 |
| Oh no! Swygart’s Gone | Dom Passantino | (0) | 2004-03-15 |
| Fuck The Fucking Lot Of You | William B. Swygart | (0) | 2004-03-01 |
| UK Chart Prediction League: Week 004 | Stylus Staff | (0) | 2004-02-27 |
| This Valentine’s, Say It With Wankers | William B. Swygart | (0) | 2004-02-16 |
| INDIEGEDDON! | William B. Swygart | (0) | 2004-02-02 |
| I Like It, I Like It... | William B. Swygart | (0) | 2004-01-26 |
| We’re All Dead Austro-Hungarians Now | William B. Swygart | (0) | 2004-01-19 |
| I Dislike Big Butts | William B. Swygart | (0) | 2004-01-12 |
| Start As You Mean To Go On | William B. Swygart | (0) | 2004-01-05 |
| Turkey 'n Stuffin' n' Shit | William B. Swygart | (0) | 2003-12-22 |
| William Swygart Is Unwell | William B. Swygart | (0) | 2003-12-15 |
| It's Not A Matter of Life or Death | William B. Swygart | (0) | 2003-12-08 |
| You Are Fatman Scoop | William B. Swygart | (0) | 2003-12-01 |
| Rugby Union Is Shit | William B. Swygart | (0) | 2003-11-24 |
| Sorry About Angelica | William B. Swygart | (0) | 2003-11-17 |
| Saw The Future, It Was Shit | William B. Swygart | (0) | 2003-11-10 |
| Katie Griffiths We Wuv U | William B. Swygart | (0) | 2003-11-03 |
| British Sea Power - Bigger Than Jesus (Jones) | William B. Swygart | (0) | 2003-10-27 |
| Number Forty Is Gay | William B. Swygart | (0) | 2003-10-20 |
| Hooray For Old People | William B. Swygart | (0) | 2003-10-13 |
| Erick Sermon From The Half-Way Line | William B. Swygart | (0) | 2003-10-06 |
| Pissing On Your Spandex, Momma | William B. Swygart | (0) | 2003-09-29 |
| No, Honest, I'm Not Emo | William B. Swygart | (0) | 2003-09-22 |
| The Neptunes Knocked Over Your Bins | William B. Swygart | (0) | 2003-09-08 |
| 1-0 1-0 Ha Ha Ha | William B. Swygart | (0) | 2003-09-02 |
| Lemar Got Soul, Sned Got Kicking | William B. Swygart | (0) | 2003-08-25 |
| The Empire Gets Utterly Fucking HAMMERED | William B. Swygart | (0) | 2003-08-18 |
| Fuckin' 'Ell, It's Thea Gilmore | William B. Swygart | (0) | 2003-08-11 |
| The Top 20 Charts: USA Edition | Todd Burns | (0) | 2003-08-06 |
| I have two Sigur Ros albums, you know | William B. Swygart | (0) | 2003-08-04 |
| HA! Your Sass Is As Nothing Compared With My Hamsterness! | William B. Swygart | (0) | 2003-07-28 |
| The Furries Vs. The Man - Let Battle Recommence... | William B. Swygart | (0) | 2003-07-21 |
| Eminem: "I'm Quite Good, Me" | William B. Swygart | (0) | 2003-07-14 |
| A Triumph For Twigs And Owls Everywhere | William B. Swygart | (0) | 2003-07-07 |
| Blazin' Squad: 10 Members, 0 Clue | William B. Swygart | (0) | 2003-06-30 |
| Delta Goodrem Is The Gay | William B. Swygart | (0) | 2003-06-23 |
| The Fantasy Island Dizzy Revival Starts Here | William B. Swygart | (0) | 2003-06-16 |
| R. Kelly vs. Some Goths: Who Wins? | William B. Swygart | (0) | 2003-06-08 |