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Ever since I first laid my hands on my Dad's Jive Bunny cassette, I've been a firm believer in the fact you can NEVER go wrong with a megamix.

Further proof of this law comes in the form of the Donni Hotwheel Britney Spears Megamix, which includes all the singles from her last two albums.


Get it at Dirrty Remixes.

Groove Armada are back! I can't even remember what they last did to be honest...was it that tune with Mutt-ya from Sugababes 1.0 and 2.0? Anyway, the first single from forthcoming album 'Black Light' is just lovely. It's called 'Paper Romance' which although good is officially not as good as a Bad, a 'Bad Romance':


'Paper Romance' is released on February 22nd.

Groove Armada

Look it's the John and Edward single cover. They look so tasty and have included another handy way of telling them apart - John has a bow tie, Edward has a normal one. I think they might even have thought of that one themselves.

After a two year hiatus, Goldfrapp return with what could be their best single to date.

'Rocket' has a distictly eighties sound (what a shocker!). In fact, it sounds a bit like 'Run With Us', the theme to The Racoons or any of those pieces of music used in trashy eighties movies when someone is rushing to rescue someone or meet a deadline.

There are lots of synths and the usual half effort vocals from Alison that we are so used to but somehow the record comes together better than a lot of the band's previous efforts.

The chorus has a lot of sing-a-long potential. Have a listen and see what you think:


'Rocket' will be released in the UK on 8th March, followed by the new album 'Head First' on the 22nd. If you live in Australia, then you can download 'Rocket' from iTunes now.

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So, I was just bitching about the NTAs and Dermot O'Dreary's dreadful presenting on Twitter and this popped up...

It's the video for what will be Ellie Goulding's first proper big label single 'Starry Eyed'. She looks beautiful in the video and the new version of the song has some extra "aah aah, ooh ooh" type bits in it which I really like.


'Starry Eyed' is released on 22nd February with the debut album 'Lights' following on March 1st.

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Diana Vickers debut single is doing the rounds - you can hear it over at Popjustice (where else?!). The song is called 'Once' and the message is basically "don't be a bastard or I'm off".

Diana is one of my favourite ever finalists from The X Factor and I'm really excited about her solo career. She's been working with Ellie Goulding and Nerina Pallot so I've got high hopes the album will be amazing.

If you were to judge the amazingness of a forthcoming album of which you have only heard 30 seconds of one song on the promo photo to the left then it will be 10 out of 10 and 5 stars.

Popjustice! - Diana Vickers: proper bow
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