We know, we know - we were hoping that Low Vs Diamond was a sort of no-holds barred cage battle between indie heroes Low and wife-beating 24 guest star Lou Diamond Phillips. But it isn't, so get over it.

Instead Low Vs Diamond are a gang of five American post-punky, dancey, melancholicy musicians

Leaving the Sugababes before they got famous must give Siobhan Donaghy mixed feelings; true, she's not in the 21st century's most successful girlband, but also she must be thrilled that she didn't participate in that horrible Walk This Way cover.

But that isn't going to stop Siobhan Donaghy from carving her own solo path. Well, another solo path at

Now we'd love to tell you that we're giving you the video to Why Is Your Raincoat Always Crying by Simone White because we're dedicated to bringing you the cream of hotly-tipped new artists, but that's not especially correct.

Yes, Why

We've come to the conclusion that we'd quite like it if it was 4am forever; not only would you constantly feel the joy of knowing you've got a few more hours in bed, but there'd always be an interesting Open University show about Catalan cooking or particle physics on TV.

But the idea of it being 4am

This is all we know about Loney, Dear. 1) Loney, Dear is the pseudonym of Emil Svanängen. 2) Emil Svanängen makes music. 3) On the basis of new single I Am John, Loney, Dear makes some of the most heart-bursting affirmative music we've heard in an age.

I Am John by Loney, Dear

Our telepathy machines are telling us you're in the mood for some obliquely political raw art-punk noise - which is a flipping good job, because that's exactly what we have right here in the form of Lazer Life by The Blood Brothers.

"The Blood Brothers?" you're silently asking yourself, "Aren't they that dirty bunch of

There's not a lot that we want in a music video - sexy girls dancing, dazzling choreography, expensive locations, that sort of thing. Failing that, though, we'd be just as happy to watch members of a band punching each other on the arm as hard as they can.

And that's pretty much what I Want A Better Life by

As far as you people need to know, there's only one album coming out in the whole of 2007. It's Version by Mark Ronson; 14 good - and considerably less good - songs turned into blazing Motown dancehall stompers by Tom Cruise's favourite DJ, Mark Ronson.

Version by Mark Ronson comes out in about a month, and we've got