Singles

EOIN BUTLER's guide to singles, downloads and free audiostreams

THE MIGHTY STEF

Downtown

"Is there any other place for us to go except downtown?" asks Dubliner Stefan Murphy, on this anguished ode to urban alienation. (I don't know Stef, have you tried the National Aquatic Centre? There's a water slide.) The opening track from The Mighty Stef's 100 Midnightsalbum is now available as a free download from his website. themightystef.com

CATHY DAVEY

Little RedHammer Toe Records

Little Red is the first single from Cathy Davey's new album. The good news is that it may very well be the best thing she's done to date. Her third album , The Nameless, is released on May 7th, with a six-date Irish tour booked to coincide.

JUSTIN BIEBER

Somebody to LoveIsland

"I just need somebody to love," squeals prepubescent pop prince Justin Bieber on the latest single from his My World 2.0album. No Justin, you're getting ahead of yourself. First you just need somebody to teach you long division. Then you need somebody to love.

GOLDHAWKS

Where in the World, Blue Flowers

If their new video is anything to go by, Goldhawks may just be the least happy-go-lucky surfers in history. The bombastic London rockers make Joy Division look like The Monkees. And after all of that, no Theresa Lowe cameo either. For shame!

TAIO CRUZ ft KE$HA

Dirty PictureIsland

Take a dirty picture, begs Taio Cruz. Then send that dirty picture. It’ll be a special picture, he insists, just for him. Yip, there’s nothing to beat old-fashioned romance.

TIMBALAND ft JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE

Carry Out Blackground/ Mosley

The video treatment features Timbaland and Timberlake at a casino in Las Vegas dancing alongside a group of sexy ladies who later attempt to seduce them. A breath of fresh air for this genre, then.