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

EDDIE VEDDER & GLEN HANSARD

Sleepless Nights Universal Music***

Outspan and the singer from Pearl Jam in ukulele duet? Proof positive, music fans, that if you pay attention long enough, just about anything is liable to happen. The forthcoming album, Justin Bieber Plays the Theme from Every Bond Movie on the Bagpipes, drops 2034.

SHARON CORR

Over It Warner **

The former Corrs violinist is an outspoken critic of music piracy. One question: who is illegally downloading Sharon Corr tracks?

SPILLY WALKER

The Only Way Through Is Music Fish Go Deep***

Spilly Walker is the long- mooted dance collaboration between David Kitt and his 21-year-old brother Robbie. The vinyl release of The Only Way Through Is Musicincludes a pretty excellent remix by Fish Go Deep.

DING DONG DENNY O’REILLY

A Noble Queen ***

“Your enemies attack you about matters carnal/Like they did years ago to Charles Stuart Parnell.” The latest entry in Shuffle’s (hopefully) brief rundown of Irish presidential campaign odes is this surprise pro-David Norris effort from drinker, bowsie and barstool republican Ding Dong Denny O’Reilly.

NINA HYNES

Cuckoo ***

Wow, if Nina Hynes’s voice were any huskier, you could attach it to a sled and head for the North Pole. The Dublin singer-songwriter is soliciting funding for her next album (and doing a so-so job convincing us she isn’t crazy). Go to fundit.ie/project/ goldmine. For €5,000, she’ll throw a party in your house!

EMINEM

Space Bound Interscope ***

If ever there was an artist overdue a low-octane, let's- have-a-cup-of-tea-and-keep-things-in-perspective ukulele album, it is Marshall Mathers. The fourth video from his Recoveryalbum climaxes in a mock suicide that is grisly even by the rapper's own standards. All things considered, I'd pay the guy €5,000 NOT to throw a party in my house.