Latest singles reviewed

SAUCY MONKY
I Touch Myself Olivoil Records
**
Oo-er, those saucy foxes, Annmarie Cullen and Cynthia Catania, are blatantly trying to grab attention by covering Divinyls' dirty ode to onanism. I fully approve. Next, Nina Hynes doing Madonna's Erotic and Gemma Hayes doing Je T'Aime.

CAROL ANTHONY
Brass in Pocket Universal
**
Brave girl, taking on the great Chrissie Hynde - she must have brass you-know-whats. This is Irish-made, from the woman whose début single, Showdown, was the Eircom League anthem. Give her time, she'll be the talk of the town.

THE CHARLATANS
Try Again Today Universal
***
Their last album was strongly Stones-influenced, but the Charlies are getting a bit Beatle-y on this track from their latest album, Up at the Lake. As long as they don't start going all Herman's Hermits.

GISLI
Straight to Hell EMI
***
Here's a little Icelandic grunge to cool your boots on these muggy summer days. Beck meets Dinosaur Jr on this loser lament about being a messed-up rocker who makes everyone sick - even his manager.

GRAHAM COXON
Spectacular Transcopic
**
You know you've made it in Hollywood when a speccy English guitarist writes a song to you. Shannyn Sossamon is the actress who gets Coxon's whammy bar going. Not exactly an A-list match, eh?

GABRIELLE
Ten Years Time Go Beat
**
Her new album is called Play To Win, but Gabby needs another Bridget Jones-style ballad to get back into pole position.

D12
How Come Shady Records
**
How come Eminem quacks like a duck when he raps? Is he just treading water? Or has he turned into a Disney cartoon? We need to know.