The Playlist: Jessie Ware and Benzel / Gunplay / Carnage featuring Katie Got Bandz / Yvette / Veronica Falls

Jessie Ware

Jessie Ware and Benzel

If You Love Me

Ware embraces 90s R&B on this excellent Brownstone cover. The reworked dubstep beat makes this a thoroughly modern interpretation, however.

Gunplay

The Hard Way

Pure rap machismo. The lyrical quality is questionable, but Gunplay's putdowns are the stuff of playground dreams.

Carnage featuring Katie Got Bandz

Kat!e

Katie Got Bandz follows up her 'Katieeeee' hit by appearing on this synthy Carnage number. She may need to work on the song titles, though.

Yvette

Radiation

The Brooklyn duo make complex post-punk soundscapes that are as demanding as they are experimental.

Veronica Falls

Teenage

With a considerably brighter mood than their gloomy debut LP, the Londoners sound almost happy on this celebration of youthful naivety.