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

FREEMASONS featSOPHIE ELLIS BEXTOR

Heartbreak (Make Me a Dancer) Loaded Records ***

Sophie Ellis Bextor, that former Theaudience frontwoman, teams up with Freemasons to launch a fresh assault on the charts and also, presumably, to forment wars and secretly manipulate the world economy.

HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD

Undead Polydor **

A nu-metal revival, anyone? For the love of God, let’s hope not. Hollywood Undead are like the regular undead . . . just a little bit more false and superficial.

SAVING J

ABC ***

“She was standing at the door/ She undressed to the floor/I thought I’d take it a little lower/ Then the rain began to pour.” The new single from Kilkenny alphabet fetishists Saving J poses more questions than it answers. Their debut album is due in the autumn. www.down loadmusic.ie

DELORENTOS

We Can Make Sound Cottage ***

Richard Ashcroft's The Verve once released a single with the rather pompous title This Is Music. Being Irish, Delorentos are a little more modest in the claims they make for themselves. Reunited after a brief split, the band embark upon a nationwide tour later this month.

MARYLIN MANSON

Arma Goddamn Motherfuckin Geddon Interscope***

Here's another man who doesn't pull any punches in his song titles. The first single from Manson's seventh studio album, The High End of Low, does exactly what it says on the tin.

ASHER ROTH

I Love College Universal ***

“I love college/I love drinking/I love women.” Hmmm. If Asher Roth’s debut single is a hit, a million guys out there are going to be kicking themselves that they never thought of writing this song first!

THE GOSSIP

Heavy Cross Columbia ****

A promising taster from Beth Ditto and company's Rick Rubin- produced Music for Menalbum. The long awaited follow-up to 2006's surprise hit Standing in the Way of Control album is due