‘Man From Mars’ is the first song to be beamed into our ears from the post-apocalyptic saloon of the Las Venus Resort Palace Hotel, but rather than the full-on assault of vintage exotica we were expecting, it’s actually a very relaxing, vaguely inconsequential track.

The first track to emerge from Chrome Hoof’s forthcoming album Crush Depth, ‘Crystalline’ is a polished but satisfyingly glitchy electronic treat full of inventive tricks and glorious pitfalls.

Tracey Thorn and Jens Lekman get tough with one another on a cover of Magnetic Fields’ ‘Yeah!, Oh, Yeah!’. Do not be fooled by the seemingly upbeat, chirpy title – this song is fuelled by venom. “Could you really kill your wife?” “Yeah! Oh, yeah!”

If you had (somehow) never heard Justin Timberlake’s electro-pop stomper ‘My Love’ before hearing White Hinterland’s cover version, it seems doubtful you would ever equate the two. Casey Dienel has transformed Timberlake’s club pleaser into a wistful, almost a cappella number.

Announcing her imminent comeback with this aptly named free download, Rah Digga’s tight, swaggering salutations provide a taster to whet appetites for her upcoming album, tentatively titled The Big 10.