Carroll, no: The Hormones' new single, Mr Wilson, is a jangly paean to Marc Carroll's hero, former Beach Boy Brian Wilson. With its surfin' harmonies and reverential lyrics, this is taking the Cult of Brian a bit too far.

Hate that: Celtic Love is a collection of contemporary melodies played on, you guessed it, traditional Celtic instruments. Retch at renditions of epic love ballads like LeAnn Rimes' How Do I Live performed in a Celtic style.

Is there no stopping the Carter Twins on their dizzying rise to greatness? First, they star in Mother Goose at the Gaiety, then they nearly win the Eurosong contest, and today they release a cover of Kool & The Gang's Let's Go Dancing (Ooh la, la, la).

K.C.