Jookabox "Dead Zone Boys"

(Joyful Noise) Super weird skeleton bone rattling genre-free chant music with stories and humor and verve and, dare I say, art. Punk, gospel, dance, robot, ghost music that very likely will turn you into a witch. Awesome to the 666th power!

Strydir Lee "Phony Cosmic Clues"

(Creme Deluxe)Groovy bluesy alternatish rock, or asI like to cal it Gruesaltrock. I also like to say that after someone sneezes. Stryde right!

Luster "Run From Dogs"

(www.lusterofficial.com) I the-opposite-of-lust for this music.

Lullwater "Forest For the Trees"

(www.lullwatermusic.com) If I was lost in a desert and dying of thirst I would not partake of this particular flavor of H2O.

Arriver "Simon Mann" EP

(BecRec) Mighty, off kilter, cerebral metal that messes up your apartment, your face and your brain. I call it Mess-tal.

Aviation Blondes "Edge of Forever"

(Get Hip) Grown up pop sung with a voice that sounds familiar in a good way -- not in the sense of sounding like another well-known singer, but in the sense of conveying a realness where you feel like you're hearing a friend you know singing to you.

This Moment In Black History "Public Square"

(Smog Veil) Un-diffuseable audio bombs exploding with punk urgency! To quote their epic song "Precinct": "Yaaaaaaaaaaaa-aaaaaaaaaaa-aaaaaaaaaaaa-ooow!"

ephryme "Waywonderwill"

(Modular Moods) There have been a lot of Jewish hip hop, and not just super Jewish dudes involved in hip hop like the Beasties or Lyor Cohen but I mean actual straight up Jewish-themed hip hop. But none of them, not the Jewish Public Enemy-style act Blood of Abraham, not the Jewish gangsta rapper A-to the D the Renegade Jew, not the novelty music act 2 Live Jews, not the Orthodox in religion but unorthodox in hip hop (because he just does reggae) Matisyahu - are Jew-ier than Eprhyme. He uses klezmer backbeats, he flows in Heb-lish (going  between Hebrew and ENglish), and he is being completely earnest and joke-free when he uses a metaphor about something being as great as a nice sedar. In fact, the least Jewish thing about this is that he's not humorous enough. Because he's going for the backpack/underground/conscious vibe it's hard to criticize stuff here (though his rap voice and flow suffer when he gets too speedy), but for the most part tis is a spiritual, smart, musically risky record -- the actual introduction of Jewish music traditions elevates this.

Parlour Steps "The Hidden Names"

(NMR) There's such  a thing as being too pleasant.

Bonedome "Thinktankubator"

(Thinktankubator) Alan Hayslip's multi layered, grand, neo-prog gets all up inside you...I guess you could call him a prog-tologist!