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But there's no place for Michael Jackson, Madonna or Elvis Presley in top 100

Goodbye heartache, hello fun – and the rich, warm vibes of ’70s soul...

For the past week or so, my inbox and mailbag have been assailed by labels and PR companies hyping their Tips For 2011, in readiness no doubt for the Brit Newcomer award and the BBC New Artists Poll. Annual frenzies, really, in which a lot of journalists diligently try and help out the music industry by anointing Clare Maguire or whoever as the next Ellie Goulding, and the odd sullen arrested adolescent like me effectively spoils their ballot paper by voting for the likes of Sun Araw.

Roxy Music, The Velvet Underground, Jeff Buckley feature among his selections

Plus Mott The Hoople's Ian Hunter and more in the July LP round up

Janeane Garofalo, Pet Shop Boys, Nick Cave and more

There was allegedly a leak of the new Dirty Projectors album a couple of days ago, which means that yet again my dithering has robbed me of blogging exclusivity. The thing is, as I’ve mentioned a few times over the past month, I’ve been finding “Bitte Orca”, like its predecessors, somewhat intriguing and uncrackable. Today, I think I’m getting closer to understanding it.

Just looking idly through the Top 40 this morning, I can’t see any sign of Jeff Buckley’s version of “Hallelujah”, which apparently turned up in the midweeks as a result of some X-Factor shenanigans.

Classic song will be released by this year's 'X Factor' winner

Final installment of Uncut's exclusive Tell Tale Signs online series!