Dionne Bromfield: Introducing Dionne Bromfield

Being tagged as Amy Winehouse’s protégée is surely the ideal introduction for any new artist. Dionne Bromfield, the 13-year-old goddaughter of the Back to Black singer is generating industry buzz and thousands of YouTube hits with her new Motown inspired album, the first release on Winehouse’s own record label, Lioness Records. Bromfield’s voice has a vocal maturity resonant of her controversial mentor – soulful and bluesy without the cutting witticisms and tortured lyrics. The album of covers features 12 tracks, including With A Child’s Heart and Tell Him. We're loving the vintage sound.

By Hannah Swerling

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Robbie Williams: Reality Killed The Video Star

With daily updates from the tabloids (Robbie’s addicted to online pool! Robbie’s eating too much! Robbie’s exiting a hotel in his pyjamas carrying a lightsabre!), there’s no mistaking the errant Take That boy is back. New single Bodies suggests that after the wrong-turn of 2006’s 'misunderstood' album Rudebox he’s returned to what he does best: terrific pop songs with soaring choruses. But that’s only half the story. Reality Killed The Video Star sees Rob mostly dropping the cheeky-chappie persona for some maudlin reflection. Morning Sun is a meditation on death, Starstruck bemoans the warping effects of fame and You Know Me is a teary break-up song.

By Johnny Davis

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Julian Casablancas: Phrazes For The Young

The Strokes’ frontman is the last member of the band to release a solo album, and his is perhaps the most surprising – out goes the immaculately-referenced New York garage rock that the group did so much to usher back into vogue, in comes twinkling keyboards, rat-a-tat drum machines and whooshes of electronic effects. The whole thing has a sort of back to the future vibe. Out Of The Blue has a psychedelic, country-ish groove; River Of Brake Lights is nonchalant pop, while Left & Right In The Dark offers the irresistible chorus, ‘Oh my God, wake up!’ It’s great to have him back. Now where’s that new Strokes album?

By Johnny Davis

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11th Dimension

Julian Casablancas

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Jamie Cullum: The Pursuit

The Cole Porter cover version that starts this album (Just One Of Those Things) and a recent performance on Strictly Come Dancing may make you think that this jazz talent is in danger of playing it all a bit too predictable, but he soon shakes things up. If single I Ruled The World recalls Portishead, Music Is Through has a house beat and We Run Things is just boldly experimental. No wonder the cover art shows his piano exploding. It’s the sound of Mr Sophie Dahl releasing his inner scientist. Cullum’s fifth is also his best.

By Johnny Davis

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I'm All Over It

Jamie Cullum

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Cheryl Cole: Three Words

Everyone’s favourite Girls Aloud member and X Factor judge breaks free from Simon, Louis and Dannii this month to launch one of the most anticipated pop albums of the year, her debut solo album, Three Words. Teaming up with will.i.am (they previously worked together on his Heartbreaker hit; the Black Eyed Pea star proclaiming Cole 'hotter than Nelly Furtado' on GMTV) and Girls Aloud’s hit writers Xenomania, the first shock is that Three Words doesn’t sound much like her regular band. No, Cheryl Cole is taking her music in a new direction and it's a surprising and classy affair. US singer-songwriter Taio Cruz helms a ‘club banger’ of an anthem, Three Words is surely sung with a certain Chelsea footballer in mind, and Fight For This Love is a mid-tempo robo-strut destined for Number One.

By Johnny Davis

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