Lykke Li - Sadness Is A Blessing

Allow the OTT arty visuals - this is a storming classic. I forsee a million covers.

I know about Lykke Li chiefly through her interesting choice of collaborations - Tyler the Creator remixed her, and she guested on a Tabi Bonney track.

I'm getting excited about her, although I don't instinctively love her voice - too thin. But her songs are dense, in a good way.

Tabi Bonney - Love Leaves

This is the most over-sexed video I've seen in a while. And you'll love it.

The single's off Tabi's album (downloadable for free), which is one of my favourites of 2011. He's got some unique production, and really effortless vocals. Check out his single Sudan Groove for some intricate politi-rap.

Tabi Bonney ft Lykke Li - Where We Gonna Go

I am pretty besotted with the new Tabi Bonney album. This track covers a killer Kings of Leon track on the intro, and only gets better. I like all that echo and reverb - this may be the song that rescues rap-rock from the musical hinterland to which it was banished courtesy of Fred Durst.

You can get the whole album for free at Tabi's website. It's lush: there's some skweee in there, and one of the sexiest songs I've heard this week.

11 Where We Gonna Go ft Lykke Li (prod by Smiles Davis) by welovenice

Tabi Bonney - The Come Up

This is pretty minimalist, and if you don't like chant-rapping, you're not going to like it. But I love the spoken-word arpeggios in the chorus, and those clicky-ticky drums.

Also, the video is well fit: silhouettes are one of my favourite-things-that-I-can't-spell.