Sons of Kemet share 'To Never Forget The Source', the "central (ideological) axis-point" of their new album 'Black To The Future'; Jhariah are genre-less, operatic, grandiose, and fun on 'Flight Of The Crows'; Kele shares a subtle piano ballad 'Nineveh'; The Felice Brothers go slightly bizarre yet sweet on 'Inferno'; Q-Unique of Arsonists combines rap and rock on grand soul-rap 'Verrazzano Villains' featuring the Wu-Tang Clan's Cappadonna and three members of Taking Back Sunday; duendita goes lightly to surprise with 'bio'; Black Midi display a change of direction with jazzy-rock 'Slow' (not that slow at all).

St Vincent looks inside her family with her new album made while her father was getting out of prison (spent 9 years there for $43 million stock fraud), 'Pay Your Way In Pain' is the first glimpse into it; Duendita brings soul to a jazz band with 'Open Eyes'; steel pan player Fimber Bravo announces his new album with an afrobeat banger 'Hiyah Man'; 'Flock' is the stand-out track from Jane Weaver's new eclectic psych-pop album of the same name; this is just lovely - Suede's Brett Anderson and Nadine Shah cover Mercury Rev's 'Holes' with help from Paraorchestra, the world's first large-scale integrated virtuoso ensemble of professional disabled and non-disabled musicians; Maple Glider presents her great voice on 'Good Thing'; Julianknxx shares his activist hip-hop poetry on 'Basement'.

Journalist turned musician Sylvie Simmons released a sweet little song 'Sweet California'; Jaga Jazzist released a sci-fi psycho electro-blues 'Tomita' with a great video; another seemingly strange song, 'Us (How Sweet It Was)', alter-baroque pop by Ricky Reed, Jim James & Duendita; some classic soul by Danielle Ponder and Karate Boogaloo in 'Look Around'; Deathcave's 'The Road' features three vocalists - singers of Botch, Holy Grove, and Black Breath; the last one is wild: the name - Godcaster, the song title - 'All The Feral Girls In The Universe', the video - literally wild, and the sonic side of the song - psycho garage rock.