1 | They Might Be Giants | "Starry Eyes" | single | They Might Be Giants covering The Records in weirdly quirk-free pop reverence. |
2 | Veruca Salt | "The Gospel According To Saint Me" | single | A couple new Veruca Salt songs. |
3 | Veruca Salt | "Laughing In The Sugar Bowl" | single | A couple new Veruca Salt songs. |
4 | Tritonal | "Untouchable" | single | Airy Tritonal/Cash Cash EDM anthem. |
5 | Slayer | "When the Stillness Comes - early version" | When the Stillness Comes 2 | Slayer single from Record Store Day. |
6 | Lena | "The Girl" | Crystal Sky | Ellie Goulding-esque twitch-epic pop from Lena. |
7 | Xilent | "Revolution" | We Are Virtual | Mech-crush-step from Xilent. |
8 | The Knack | "Pop Is Dead" | Zoom | Bonus-encrusted reissue of the badly underrated Knack album Zoom. |
9 | Tove Styrke | "Number One" | single | Swoony new Tove Styrke single. |
10 | Aero Chord | "Saiko" | single | Creepy slasherstep Aero Chord song. |
11 | Vaadat Charigim | "Neshel" | Sinking As A Stone | Vaadat Charigim is here to save shoegaze. |
12 | Pet Symmetry | "Give Thanks (Get Lost)" | Pets Hounds | Pet Symmetry is here to save over-clever emo. |
13 | The Story So Far | "Smile" | The Story So Far | Soaring pop-emo-core from The Story So Far. |
14 | Cradle Of Filth | "Right Wing of the Garden Triptych" | single | Giddy advance single from the upcoming Cradle of Filth album. |
15 | Turmion Kätilöt | "Vastanaineet" | single | Electro-goth stomp from Finnish industrialists Turmion Kätilöt. |
16 | Ronan Harris | "Nova - Maestoso" | single | VNV Nation goes orchestral. |
17 | ASTR | "Activate Me" | single | ASTR goes techno-freestyle. |
18 | Cain's Offering | "Stormcrow" | Stormcrow | Pyrotechnic power-metal from Cain's Offering. |
19 | of Verona | "In the Places Between" | single | Simmering new of Verona song. |
20 | Joanna Gruesome | "Last Year" | Peanut Butter | Noise-pop that doesn't skimp on the noise from Joanna Gruesome. |
21 | Thisquietarmy | "Ruminations" | Anthems for Catharsis | Noise-drone that doesn't skimp on the epic blur from Thisquietarmy. |
22 | Hunter Hunted | "Blindside" | single | If you're sick of Imagine Dragons, Walk the Moon and Sheppard, I bet you won't like Hunter Hunted either. |
23 | Paper Arms | "Dedication" | Great Mistakes | Remember ROCK BANDS? There's one called Paper Arms. |
24 | Holly Herndon | "Interference" | Platform | Evasive quirk-collage avant-kind-of-pop from Holly Herndon. |
25 | Lain | "Tximeletak" | Tximeletak | Bouyant Spanish indie-pop-rock from Lain. |
26 | Capa | "Untroubled" | Epiphany | Gauzy dream-pop from Norwegian producer Capa. |
27 | Attention Thieves | "Crooked Teeth" | The Year of the Jackal | Shouty punk from Attention Thieves. |
28 | Trapper | "Lonely Hearts" | Go for the Heart 5 | Glam-metal EP by Emm Gryner's Trapper. |
29 | Vanbot | "Trooper" | Perfect Storm | Glittery indietronica by Sweden's Vanbot. |
30 | Secrets Of The Sky | "Three Swords" | Pathway | Progressive stoner doom by Secrets of the Sky. |
31 | Heuning | "Drome" | Drome | And my favorite discovery of the week, an Afrikaans band called Heuning who seem to be under the misapprehension, understandable when you think about it, that "country music" means Eurovision plus twang. |