| 1 | Ester Dean | "Crazy Youngsters - From "Pitch Perfect 2" Soundtrack" | single | Early summer-song entry from Pitch Perfect 2 by Ester Dean. |
| 2 | Paul Kalkbrenner | "Cloud Rider" | single | Boomy, meditative post-house pop by Paul Kalkbrenner. |
| 3 | Elliphant | "Love Me Badder" | single | Synth-reggae? Elliphant. |
| 4 | Maria Olafs | "Unbroken" | single | Kelly Clarkson-style quiet-anthem pop from Maria Olafs. |
| 5 | Courtney Love | "Miss Narcissist" | single | Hoarse, clattering new Courtney Love song. |
| 6 | Janice Prix | "Heart" | single | Disco via Ultravox via Trollhattan from Janice Prix. |
| 7 | Kim Sung Kyu | "The Answer" | 27 6 | Swoony, pinging arena-piano-pop by Kim Sung Kyu. |
| 8 | Circuit Des Yeux | "Do The Dishes" | In Plain Speech | Scott Walker + carousel = Circuit Des Yeux. |
| 9 | Haste The Day | "Begin" | Coward | Haste the Day making the case that only cowards need more than one word per shouty post-emo song-title. |
| 10 | Project 46 | "Beautiful (It Hurts)" | single | "Don't You Worry Child"-esque trance-pop grandeur by Project 46. |
| 11 | Zwette | "Rush - Sam Feldt Radio Edit" | Rush (Sam Feldt Remix) 2 | Circus-house swirl by Zwette and Molly. |
| 12 | Entrails | "No Cross Left Unturned" | Obliteration | Splattered death-stomp metal by Entrails. |
| 13 | Ó | "Broken Necks" | O.K. | Fluttery Brooklyn folk-pop exhortations by Eskimeaux. |
| 14 | Will Haven | "Soul Leach" | Open the Mind to Discomfort | Dense brutalist post-hardcore atmospherics by Will Haven. |
| 15 | Broadside | "A Place to Lay Your Head" | Old Bones | Bouncy puppy-emo crunch by Broadside. |
| 16 | Phrantic | "By My Side - Radio Edit" | By My Side 2 | Synth-stab disco-ball filter-whoosh by Phrantic. |
| 17 | Mbongwana Star | "Shégué" | From Kinshasa | Mbongwana Star attempt to demonstrate that the Congo is located in space. |
| 18 | Fight Like Apes | "I Am Not a Merry Man" | Fight Like Apes | Fight Like Apes deliver the dance-punk synthesis of The Sounds and Life Without Buildings. |
| 19 | NINA | "My Mistake - Original Mix" | My Mistake 4 | New-disco pulse by Nina. |
| 20 | For Esmé | "Just Yet" | single | Embryonic metropop by For Esme. |
| 21 | Little Mix | "Black Magic" | single | Little Mix present a modern girl-group master-class. |
| 22 | Ola Salo | "Come Holy Spirit" | Wilderness | Grown-up pop-rock by The Ark's Ola Salo. |
| 23 | Zhala | "I'm in Love" | Zhala | Post-world reveries by Zhala. |
| 24 | Hunter Hayes | "21" | single | Hunter Hayes continues imagining shifting Taylor Swift across genders instead of genres. |
| 25 | Sleeping At Last | "Atlas: Life" | single | Another dreamy Blue-Nile-ish Sleeping at Last lullaby. |
| 26 | NERO | "Dark Skies" | single | Nero reminding everybody in anythingstep that melodies matter. |
| 27 | Modestep | "Damien" | London Road | Modestep nodding and then taking the "anything" in anythingstep as a challenge. |
| 28 | Obsequiae | "Ay Que Por Muy Gran Fremosura" | Aria of Vernal Tombs | Melodic black forest doom by Obsequiae. |
| 29 | Mono Inc. | "Mondschein" | Terlingua | Sturdy, clomping Sisters of Mercy / HIM gothica from Mono Inc. |
| 30 | Stephen Walking | "The Difference Between Us and the Aliens" | single | Bright instrumental electronica from Stephen Walking. |
| 31 | Hollywood Ending | "Zero Gravity" | Hollywood Ending | One Direction plus more guitars = Hollywood Ending. |
| 32 | NateWantsToBattle | "Dawn of the Third Day" | Mangled | Parodist NateWantsToBattle flirts with taking himself seriously. |
| 33 | Fabryka | "The Unheard" | Sparkles 6 | Gauzy Italian indie-pop by Fabryka. |
| 34 | Pyramaze | "The Battle of Paridas" | Disciples of the Sun | Muscular power-metal by Pyramaze. |
| 35 | Piiptsjilling | "Slieperswaar" | single | Ambient drifting by Piiptsjilling. |
| 36 | Öxxö Xööx | "Därkäë" | Nämïdäë | Warped avant-metal umlautness by Öxxö Xööx. |
| 37 | Unleash The Archers | "Tonight We Ride" | single | The triumphant power-metal return of Unleash the Archers. |
| 38 | Osculum Infame | "Cognitive Perdition of the Insane" | Axis of Blood | Black melodic power-black-metal by Osculum Infame. |
| 39 | Crowsnest | "iQiot" | Nothing Is Under Control 6 | Howl-punk springs by Crowsnest. |
| 40 | Petrels | "We Are Falling into the Heart of the Sun" | Flailing Tomb | And my pick of the week, a new album by warm-drone masters Petrels that opens with a song called "We Are Falling into the Heart of the Sun". |