EOIN BUTLER'Sguide to singles, downloads and free audiostreams

MARINA & THE DIAMONDS

I Am Not a Robot 679 Atlantic ***

“Guess what? I am not a robot.” The opening track from Marina The Diamonds’ The Crown Jewels EP (out June 1st) is the kooky and entirely persuasive I Am Not a Robot.

JAMES YORKSTON & THE BIG EYES FAMILY PLAYERS

I Went to Visit the Roses Domino ****

On his new album, the Scottish folk singer cuckolds his regular backing group, The Athletes, to take up with a younger band, The Big Eyes Family Players, who pressed their CD on him at a gig. Sounds like a midlife crisis to me. www.dominorecordco.com

GATHANIA

Blame It On You Lemon Records ***

Two years ago, Gathania was a waitress with dreams of pop stardom. One runner-up finish on Swedish Idol later and her debut single is poised to be a club hit all over Europe. Two years from now? She could be selling encyclopaedias, what do I know . . .

TINY MASTERS OF TODAY

Pop Chart Mute ****

They may look like Sonic Youth’s grandchildren, but 15-year-old Ivan and his 13-year-old sister Ada are themselves old hands at this stage. Their 2007 debut album featured collaborations with Karen O and Kimya Dawson. Pop Chart has more of that precocious charm.

Radar ***

First single from the former Choice Music Prize winner’s second album, Night Horses, features guest vocals by Canadian rapper Rollie Pemberton aka Cadence Weapon

ST VINCENT

Actor Out of Work 4AD ***

Singer and multi-instrumentalist Annie Clark made her name collaborating with Sufjan Stevens and The Polyphonic Spree. Her second solo album, Actor, has been hailed by the critics. But at just two minutes and 20 seconds in length, this single struggles to make much of an impression.

KNIFEWORLD

Pissed Up on Brake Fluid Believers Roast *

The next single from Knifeworld, I kid you not, is called Corpses Feuding Underground. Available for weddings, birthdays and bar mitzvahs.