Eric Schwartz: I Just Killed Kafka [ purchase ] Eric Schwartz is a twisted genius, a brilliant degenerate... taking everyday characters an...

Earl Hooker : Two Bugs And A Roach [ purchase ] "If there was a more immaculate slide guitarist residing in Chicago during the 1950s ...

The Muppets: There's a New Sound [ Purchase ] The Muppet Show had a great way of taking a classic novelty song and giving it new life fo...

Jeffrey Foucault: Mayfly [ purchase ] Jeffrey Foucault's rough and raspy voice and sparse folkblues style ring evocatively of prairiedus...

Eddie Cochran: Boll Weevil [ purchase ] You don't hear much about Eddie Cochran or the boll weevil anymore, but they were once both a...

Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers : Hey There Little Insect [ buy ] No creepy crawlies edition would be complete without Jonathan Ric...

Orquesta Pajaro Azul : La Cucaracha [ purchase ] One of my "bubbling under" songs of the drug week, "La Cucaracha" (th...

Belly: The Bees [ Purchase ] This is my favorite song by Belly (remember "Feed The Tree" from the 90s?). This song appeared on th...

Michael McNevin: John's Cocoons [ purchase ] Michael McNevin 's musical forte is story songs... about his family, his friends and g...

Zao : Moustique (Mosquito) [ purchase ] One of the funniest songs I know is about insects, but, eh, it's in French, in this West Africa...

Wire : I Am The Fly [ purchase ] British artpunks Wire never shied away from unusual points of view. In the remarkably catchy I Am The Fly ...

The Who: Boris The Spider [ purchase ] They don't write 'em like this anymore. Too bad. While there are many many high points to th...

Dire Straits: The Bug [ purchase ] The last single released from the last studio album Dire Straits ever recorded. It's no Sultans o...

Oingo Boingo: Insects [purchase] As I mentioned here once before , Oingo Boingo was a big part of my initiation into the world of choosing ...

The Monocles : Spider & The Fly [ purchase ] Not to be confused with the Stones classic of approximately the same name, this one´s a tru...

Don Dixon : Praying Mantis [ purchase ] Don Dixon is a producer, best known for his work with REM, The Smithereens, and Guadalcanal Diary. H...

Laura Cantrell: Bees [ purchase ] From Laura Cantrell's absolutely stunning penultimate effort Humming By The Flowered Vine comes one ...

The Flaming Lips: The Spiderbite Song [purchase] After losing their guitar player, The Flaming Lips were in the most experimental stage of ...

Universal Hall Pass: Dragonfly [ Purchase ] I'll admit, this theme is bittersweet to me. It's great because I already have a ton of...

Richard Shindell: Arrowhead [ purchase ] Okay, it's Saturday afternoon... at what has become an acceptable time to stretch the boundari...