The prospect of pure pop Girls Aloud ‘versus’ the more urban Sugababes was quite exciting in an eye candy alert kind of way. But the choice of Aerosmith and Run DMCs Walk This Way was ultimate sacrilige.

On their own, Girls Aloud and Sugababes are class acts and have both managed to pull off fantastic cover versions in the past.

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Keane are due to release their latest single, A Bad Dream on the 22nd January 2007.

‘A Bad Dream’ is inspired by a WB Yeats poem ‘An Irish Airman Foresees His Death’, written about war from a soldier’s perspective. When I heard what the song was about, before actually listening to the track, I was expecting something extremely dire and depressing, but Keane, true to form have managed to impress once again.

The song is beautiful and powerful, without making me want to throw myself from the top of a building. It is thought provoking and intriguing, and as always the vocals of Tom Chaplin are astounding. Chaplin himself has referred to the song as “the best song we’ve ever written”. I think he might be right.

I don’t know how I have managed to miss this band completely, but The Guillemots are releasing a new single this week called ‘Annie, Lets Not Wait’ and I love this funky upbeat track.

Written by Fyfe Dangefield and co-produced with Adam Noble, ‘Annie, Lets Not Wait’ is the fourth track to be taken from the debut album and follows the hit singles ‘Trains to Brazil’, ‘We’re Here’ and ‘Made-Up Lovesong #43′.

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Fresh from insulting X Factor’s Leona Lewis, Jamelia’s back on the scene with a new single! Funny how those tabloid-grabbing stories break whenever there’s a release on the horizon, isn’t it?

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