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It's only two weeks to Christmas, and yet the singles charts are still looking decidedly un-festive. Can your hosts at The Singles Bar find their holiday spirit and rediscover the meaning of Christmas? Probably not, so we'll just have to make do with the new tradition of picking apart the latest X Factor winner's single instead.

Feeling the effects of the post-Olympics hangover? Maybe a peruse of our weekly singles review column will cheer you up a bit?

In the latest installment of No Ripcord's weekly singles review we feature a line-up of tracks that almost reduced this week's guest host to tears.

Still no Joe in the Singles Bar this week, but we do have the X Factor winner's single, and a round-up of festive-themed releases. 

It's fairly quiet in the Singles Bar this time, which is probably just as well as Joe's not available to review this week's new releases. But, even though it's an unexceptional line-up, that's not to say that there's nothing of interest on offer.

 Jeff Buckley's beatific Cohen cover is challenging Simon Cowell's evil empire this Christmas. And this is a good thing?