Scotch Snap: Britney Spears, Squarepusher and alien probing

Britney on the X-Factor? A boring judge? It's made of win, says me.

I tried, I really did, to say something nice about Limp Bizkit. But I inevitably failed.

We have heartfelt love for the SAY Award, listen to Jessie J getting hit by a laser, the new B*Witched, Little Victories and Squarepusher. You won't see that lineup together every day.

Releases shown: Jessie J and David Guetta - Laser Light (out now), Squarepusher - Dark Steering (from the album Ufabulum, out now), The Saturday's - 30 Days (out now), Little Victories - Yeti Lover (from the Yeti Lover EP, out now).

*Musical note: the Scotch Snap technically consists of a stressed (ie on the beat) sixteenth note, or semiquaver, followed by a dotted eighth note or quaver. Usually dotted rythms have the longer note first; it is that reversal of expectation that makes the snap so distinctive. It is a key rhythmic signature of Scottish traditional music.

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May 8th: Keith Moon, Marilyn Manson and owl faced Justin Bieber.

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