Eoin Butler's guide to singles, downloads and free audiostreams

U2
Get on Your Boots Universal ***
The lead single from the upcoming No Line on the Horizonalbum got its first-ever airing earlier this week on 2FM. It's as brawny a rocker as you'd expect from U2, albeit with a chorus that reminds us, however faintly, of Kinky Boots, that Patrick Macnee/Honor Blackman novelty hit from 1963. Listen on www.u2.com.  

ANTONY & THE JOHNSONS
Another World Secretly Canadian**
Here are some sample YouTube comments on this maudlin single from the forthcoming The Crying Lightalbum: "Brilliant", "I'm crying", "Goosebumps!", "Excellent . . . of course you need to have felt pain in this world to really feeeel it." Er, does the pain I endured listening to it count?

TILLY & THE WALL
Pot Kettle Black Team Love Records***
Tilly & The Wall are fluorescent- tinged riot grrls from Omaha, Nevada. You might have heard this shouty punk rock stomper when it featured prominently on the debut episode of the hit teen drama 90210. Well, I didn't, but you might have.

FLEET FOXES
Mykonos Sub Pop****
This track from Fleet Foxes' Sun GiantEP is now available as a download-only single. A Saturday Night Liveappearance alongside Rosario Dawson in New York last weekend, meanwhile, confirmed that these backwoods Beach Boys are now primetime fare.

NEIL YOUNG
Fork in the Road www.neilyoung.com ****
"Big rock star/My sales have tanked/But I've still got you."
Oh, dear Lord. Even his own fans have been trying to block the release of this, ahem, idiosyncratic effort from the veteran Canadian rocker. They should know by now that such protests only encourage him. Young is like your dad when he gets drunk at Christmas. He just doesn't give a damn. Respect.

LA ROCKETS
Dance It Away Silverdoor Records***
London-based rockers LA Rockers are getting some love from the critics for their Dance It AwayEP. The video for the title track, though, could double as an advertisement for headache relief tablets – someone please make it stop.