The Boy Does Nothing is one of those great singles that ties into the singer’s life. In this case, the refrain about the boy having two left feet ties into Alesha’s big win on Strictly Come Dancing last year.

For those Dixon fans who remember Mis Teeq’s Scandalous and that raw, street vibe that group had, this will be a shock. For those that now know Alesha in her current career as a Saturday-night primetime TV starlet, you could have seen this coming.

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Same Old Thing – don’t be fooled by that title, this is literally the best new music I’ve listened to all week.

The publicist for The Black Keys sent me across an email about this new single by the band. (This is a lesson to me to actually read those publicity emails every now and again). Something compelled me to look this tune up on the Internet, and I’m soooo glad I did.

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Believe it or not folks, but Duffy has managed to pump out five singles in the last 12 months. And despite a shaky start with Mercy, Duffy has become…less annoying…in the weeks and months that followed.

And so single number 5, Rain On Your Parade, will be released on 17th November. Don’t expect it to be radically different to Mercy – it still has that 60’s soul vibe to it.

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I find it funny that in Katy’s last video, she was playing the bi-curious angle, but in Hot N Cold one she’s standing at the altar, ready to get hitched.

It seems that you can’t avoid Katy Perry at the moment, coming off the back of a massive hit single and presenting the MTV Europe Music Awards among countless TV appearances.

If you ask me, Perry’s bolshy pop-rock stylings put her in the same league as Pink. Except far more attractive.

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The Promise is the first single from Girls Aloud’s forthcoming album, Out Of Control.

But prepare to be surprised by this track, popwatchers, because after the futuristic, cutting edge pop of the last few singles, The Promise is kind of what you’d expect if Nadine and Co had nicked a fluxed-out DeLorean and gone back in time a few decades.

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Razorlight are a band I fell in love with from the first chord of the first song on their Up All Night album.

So, I can imagine a ton of Razorlight fans out there nodding their heads in agreement when I say this single is very highly anticipated. And while part of me was hoping for a rocker of a single, Wire To Wire is simply too stunning piece of work to be disappointed with.

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Excitement is mounting as the Ginger One, the exalted W. Axl Rose reveals the track listing for Chinese Democracy. Yes, that’s the long-awaited album that will finally be released on 24th November in the UK.

Here’s the long-awaited track listing:

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While Amy Winehouse was having her summer-long meltdown, the Quantum Of Solace producers looked to one of the oddest pairings in music history – R&B diva Alicia Keys and guitar-mangler Jack White.

You’d think the collision of these two musical juggernauts would have spawned a bigger mess than anything Amy could have come up with. Not so. Another Way To Die has all the brooding hallmarks of a great Bond theme, but rocks hard enough to stand on its own.

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Be The One is the latest single from the Ting Tings, and while it has that unmistakeable Ting Tings sound, it’s also a fully, more audibly satisfying track.

Gone are the sharp staccato vocals of That’s Not My Name, replaced by lead singer Katie White singing in quite a sweet voice. The song is driven by a luscious, thick bassline and chiming keyboards from the guy who plays the Chris Howe role in the band.

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Rihanna continues to display her penchant for re-invention with Disturbia. It’s a much darker tune and video than we’re used to from her, the same type of departure Maneater was for Nelly Furtado.

In a video that looks part zombie movie, part S&M dungeon, we see Rihanna straddling a shop mannequin. Good girl gone bad indeed.

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