Latest singles reviewed
BELLEFIRE
Spin The Wheel Atlantic
**
I'm a rottweiler when it comes to girlie pop, but those Bellefire belles inexplicably make me roll over like a puppy dog. I know, I know, this is sub-Shania twee country-pop, but I just can't bring myself to say it. Arf!
HAR MAR SUPERSTAR
D.U.I. Record Collection
***
Dialling under the influence - we're all guilty of it, and now here's Mr Flashy Underpants to rub our noses in the humiliation. But do we ever learn? Do we funk. 'Scuse me, I've got to make a phone call.
THE FRAMES
Finally Plateau Records
*
Godlike Glen & his Apostles have a new album, and this godawful tune, complete with scenery-chewing vocals, should be enough warning to keep well away. Finally, The Frames' homegrown halo is about to fall off.
FRANZ FERDINAND
Michael Domino
**
Glasgow's art-rockers camp it up little too much with this Right Said Fred-goes-punk anthem. Not one of their better tunes, but if Electric Six are ever in Glasgow, at least FF can take them to a gay bar.
AMY WINEHOUSE
Help Yourself/Pumps Island
***
With a voice somewhere between Ella Fitzgerald and a Noo Yawk waitress, and a jazzy-funky-sexy-cabaret sound, Amy is a hot contender for this year's Mercury Music Prize. Presumably she'll wear her f***-me pumps to the ceremony.
THE KILLERS
All These Things That I've Done Lizard King Records
**
The Las Vegas lads offer another blend of Britpop and 1980s nostalgia. "I got soul but I'm not a soldier" - is this pop's new anti-war slogan?
DIZZEE RASCAL
Stand Up Tall XL Recordings
**
Since he won last year's Mercury Music Prize, Dylan Mills has been on a wild video arcade ride, and here's a bleepy, pinball-whizzin' tune from his new album, Showtime. Hey, don't look at me - I can barely play Galaxian.
