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Singles and Downloads 7

The recently peroxided Mark Ronson, uncertain yet as to whether blondes have more fun

Mark Ronson & The Business Intl, The Bike Song (Sony Music) There are ways and ways to make novelty retro-pop. Mark Ronson, for example, has absolutely nailed it here. This song, with its almost unbearably sunny Lovin' Spoonful-styled harmony...

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Singles & Downloads 6

Wiley, master of both grime and pop

Wiley, Electric Boogaloo (Back Yard) Erratic and spiky where his old mucker Dizzee Rascal has been slick and unerring in his rise to the top, East Londoner Richard "Wiley" Cowie has managed several massive pop-dance hits while remaining thoroughly...

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Singles & Downloads 4

Lady Gaga gets down, post-mass poisoning, in the Telephone video.

Lady Gaga featuring Beyoncé, Telephone (Polydor)Lady Gaga is gradually wending her way to the position Madonna held for 20 years, punching through pop into the wider cultural consciousness, a superpopstar for whom the sky's the limit. Gaga arrived...

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Singles and Downloads 3

Ms Dynamite preparing to wile out

Zinc ft Ms Dynamite, Wile Out (Zinc)It takes a lot for an artist to admit they've taken a wrong turn and return to what they do best. So kudos to Ms Dynamite for ditching the dreary, wholemeal attempts to become a British Lauryn Hill and taking her...

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Singles and Downloads 2

Rihanna's Russian Roulette: an incredibly harrowing but addictive listen

Rihanna, Russian Roulette (Mercury) I strongly suggest anyone who believes the sound of US mainstream pop is somehow homogenised and safe take another look at the current charts. Standing over them like android colossi are Lady Gaga and Rihanna -...

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Slagsmalsklubben: seven inches of Scandanavian synth heaven

Slagsmalsklubben, Sponsored By Destiny (Zarcorp)When white 7" singles drop though my letter box with commercially suicidal band names, they're usually from artists just starting their career, boutique vinyl being cannily collectable in our MP3 age....

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