Published: Monday, 4th August, 2008 11:11am

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YOU ME AT SIX - "Gossip"

I wish these guys nothing but misery. If they are happy to pedal this Jimmy Eat World-lite, generic, angst ridden rubbish, and waste three minutes (a whole 180 seconds) of my life then a curse on their rehearsal room. Hold on, it"s growing on me. Yeah, YEAH…those riffs, that uplifting chorus - these Surrey based boys are gonna be huge! (Remember, you read it first at dunfermlinepress.co.uk).

Rating 2/5

KYLIE MINOGUE – The One

Michael Hutchence, Nick Cave and Stock Aitken & Waterman: The men who made Kylie. And she doesn"t deserve any of them. Her elevation to Diva status (copyright – Heat magazine) is baffling. It"s only Madonna"s descent into OAPism that we"re scrabbling around for a big, reliable icon (sorry, Amy). For all her pouting, pertness and riding mechanical buffaloes, Kylie lacks the personality, sass and attitude to be a true star. This tune, from her new X album, is aimlessly enjoyable. Like throwing a square metre around a grassy knoll to find out the average number of daisy"s contained therein.

Rating 3/5

LATE OF THE PIER – Heartbeat

Perhaps it"s best to direct you to LOTP"s video on YouTube to describe the Castle Donington four-piece"s fourth single. Exploding heads, buried band members and delightful pagan imagery is only half of it. Hopefully the kids will dig this and not be seduced by that emo nonsense from across the pond. I"m not gonna go overboard and say "at last, a band to believe in", though if I do, their record company might use such hyperbole for LOTP adverts on bus shelters across the land, giving me and the Press kudos it might not deserve. "AT LAST, A BAND TO BELIEVE IN!"

Rating 4/5