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

LAURA MARLING

Blues Run the Game

Third Man ****

The preternaturally talented 20-year-old impresses again, with her version of the Jackson C Frank song, recorded for Jack White’s

7" Blues Series. Mind you, Marling may not be as worldly as the songs she chooses to sing. The B-side, The Needle and the Damage Done, could be about an embroidery mishap. But that's a minor quibble.

CEE LO GREEN

Bright Lights, Bigger City Elektra ****

"Sometimes," admits the Atlanta soul man. "You want to go where everyone knows your name." Well, following the success of Fuck You, just about every dancefloor on planet Earth answers to that description now. This is from Green's newly released Lady Killeralbum.

LOCAL NATIVES

Who Knows, Who Cares Frenchkiss **

The Californian quintet's debut album, Gorilla Manor, has been well received on both sides of the Atlantic, but this single is distinctly underwhelming. The music is vanilla; the video looks like a margarine advert. Next!

SUSAN BOYLE

Perfect Day Syco **

So, Lou Reed is working with SuBo. Meanwhile, Velvet Underground’s Moe Tucker has joined the Tea Party. What next? John Cale enters Eurovision? Don’t bet against it.

BEADY EYE

Bring the Light Beady Eye **

On which Liam Gallagher and his gang of hired hands ditch their tedious Beatles fixation and acquire a – shock! horror! – equally tedious Stones fixation. Beady Eye sound like an out-of-practice pub band with no bass player doing a half-hearted run through of Let's Spend the Night Together. No doubt a massive hit then!

THE CALVINISTS

Anchor ***

Speaking of pub bands, this west Cork country-rock quartet were small-town sensations until a well- lubricated (by his own admission) New York Timestravel journalist happened upon them playing at The Schooner pub in Bantry and decided he'd discovered the next U2. The Calvinists play Dublin's Workman's Club on December 1st. See thecalvinists.com