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So the reign of Rihanna's 'Umbrella' is finally over. Timbaland snatched it off her and blew with all his mighty pop strength into it until it was all inside out and broken. Something that this week's role call of pop hopefuls will probably be quite happy about ...

The Cribs 'Moving Pictures' (Wichita)
The Cribs are liked by everyone: the indie band's indie band. They are also the indie band that no one understands why they're not more successful. 'Moving Pictures' might go some way to explaining that underachievement. All the ingredients for indie anthemia are here, but it lacks edge and pace. Ryan's vocals are just a little too ordinary and the melody not quite hummable, not quite shout-along-able. The band sound restrained; one drink away from breaking loose. It's all... almost. And almost is not enough.

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Nelly Furtado 'In God's Hands'
How does she fit so many singles on just one album?
Brinkman 'Change It'
Is all this 'new' music just recycled dad-rock?
David Guetta 'Love Is Gone'
Has love gone or has it just nipped off for a weekend break?
Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster 'In The Garden'
Two members of The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster walk into a bar...
Maps 'You Don't Know Her Name'
How to be on the wrong side of the paparazzi in not the usual way...
Rufus Wainwright 'Rules And Regulations'
Someone should hypnotize our Rufus and have a word.
Lumidee 'Crazy'
Can Lumidee top the out of tune brilliance of that 'uh-oooh uh-oooh' one?
Wallis Bird 'Moodsets'
From Imbruglia to Bedingfield in one quick movement...
Laura Veirs 'Saltbreakers'
Like falling in love in a pot of gooey treacle...


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