Neon Indian – VEGA INTL. Night School

Our decade’s equivalent of: 2006’s FutureSex/LoveSounds by Justin Timberlake

Or the equivalent of: A time machine into various clubs, sampling italo, new-wave funk, and even early Daft Punk.

Lyrics that lodge in your mind: “Annie, they have a dossier, the investigation’s already underway”

Standout track: Annie

Get it on iTunes

Kelela – Cut 4 Me (Deluxe)

Our decade’s equivalent of: 2005’s Arular by M.I.A.

Or the equivalent of: Urban pop of our children’s generation.

Lyrics that lodge in your mind: “Swallow my pride, I fill another application out”

Standout track: Rewind, from this year’s Hallucinogen EP

Get it on iTunes, or Bleep

Clarence Clarity – The No Now

Our decade’s equivalent of: 1997’s Come to Daddy by Aphex Twin

Or the equivalent of: Waking up from a nightmare, straight into a particularly creepy wet dream.

Lyrics that lodge in your mind: “But the lines in the skies infest us, and the crimes in the rhymes of the U.S, ask the weapons inspectors”

Standout track: Those Who Can’t, Cheat

Get it on iTunes, or sample some tracks on Soundcloud.