Artists sweated blood for years to create these tracks. We blithely sum them up in 140 characters or less.

MILEY CYRUS Ordinary Girl
Despite the recent lesbianism scandal, Miley’s just an ordinary girl you know? And she’s got just the air-punching pop ballad to prove it

DR. DRE FEAT. JAY-Z Under Pressure
First single from ‘Detox’, the doc’s first album since ‘2001’. Worth waiting over a decade for? We’re not convinced

RUFUS WAINWRIGHT Zebulon
Rufus ditches the orchestras, stripping it down to piano chords and bare vocals in this tribute to his recently departed mother

MGMT It’s Working
With a hook so catchy it actually makes you walk down the street faster, this is by far the best song on MGMT’s Congratulations album

ARCADE FIRE The Suburbs
Arcade Fire’s awaited comeback mines that same adolescent ennui, but with a more slippers-and-La-Z-Boy temperament