Kate McGill - Replaced

Imagine Kate McGill as a more cockney-sounding version of Ellie Goulding, despite the fact she hails from Plymouth. There's a waif-like endearing nature to her and the seven pretty tracks that make up her debut mini-album Replaced.

Mixing electronics and acoustic guitar, it's a more analogue, stripped-back approach than that of Miss Goulding, but allows for a greater focus on melody and the poeticism of McGill's lyrics.

Replaced's title track is an impeccably catchy little pop number and explains just how Kate has already amassed an immense 22 million views on YouTube. With support from Tesco's 1Click2Fame scheme and a unique deal with Cafe Nero, Kate is all set to share her album with the masses.

Diamonds And Waste, with its Gaelic flavoured charms and childlike lilt is another particular highlight off the record.

Over the remainder of October, Kate will be continuing her Cafe Nero tour across the UK at the following locations:

 11-Oct-11 Manchester Deansgate 1 Café Nero 2.30pm 
 11-Oct-11 Manchester Cross Street Café Nero 6.00pm 
 12-Oct-11 Middlesborough Café Nero 2.30pm 
 12-Oct-11 Newcastle Clayton Street Café Nero 6.00pm 
 13-Oct-11 Wakefield  Café Nero 2.30pm 
 13-Oct-11 York Coppergate Café Nero 6.00pm 
 14-Oct-11 Harrogate Café Nero 2.30pm 
 14-Oct-11 Leeds Park Row Café Nero 6.00pm 
 15-Oct-11 Derby Café Nero 2.30pm 
 15-Oct-11 Nottingham Angel Row Café Nero 6.00pm 
 17-Oct-11 Cambridge Kings Parade Café Nero 2.30pm 
 17-Oct-11 Norwich Gentlemans Walk Café Nero 6.00pm 
 18-Oct-11 Eastbourne Café Nero 2.30pm 
 19-Oct-11 Bournemouth Christchurch Café Nero 2.30pm 
 19-Oct-11 Guildford High Street Café Nero 6.00pm 
 20-Oct-11 London Haymarket Café Nero 6.00pm

Replaced is available to download from iTunes now.

Nadine Coyle - Put Your Hands Up

February 21st sees the release of Nadine Coyle's seconds solo single Put Your Hands Up, a song many fans latched onto as one of her albums definite highlights. Whereas the title track and lead single saw Nadine tackling those rock vibes, Put Your Hands Up is an intriguing blend of R&B and dance - resulting in a song that you could almost imagine fitting just as easily on Cheryl's Messy Little Raindrops. With a sexy, sultry chorus, some cool little brass sections and a floaty, ambient instrumental section that sounds like it could have come straight out of some Ibiza trance club, this track really does have it all.

It's well worth checking out the Dave Aude mix of the track too which transforms an already dancey song into an all-out club banger. Here, any vestiges of 'adult-contemporary' Nadine are stripped away and replaced by an empowered dancefloor diva (a side of the star I know many feel is her best). It's mixes like these that show just how vesatile her voice actually is, soaring above the thumping beats and grinding synth basslines. You get the feeling that coming from some anonymous dance outfit, the likes of Radio 1 would be all over a club anthem like this, but ah well... Only time will tell if the next stage of the Nadine/Tesco is a success, but with tracks as good as Put Your Hands Up, it more than deserves to be.

Put Your Hands Up is released February 21st.