We Listened To All Of New Music Friday So You Don't Have To: Janelle Monáe, Ben Khan, Alyusha

We've mined through all the music that's out this week and returned with a heap of essential tracks - check out guide to this week's releases below (plus a few special numbers from New Music Fridays past that we can't stop listening to).

Short On Time? Definitely Don't Miss These:

• Janelle Monáe's celebration of "pussy power" with Grimes
• The debut from LUMP (aka Laura Marling and Tunng's Mike Lindsay)
• JGrrey's brilliantly bewitching new number "Growing"
• Soft dick jazz-pop from Norway's Jenny Hval
• Masterful experimental R&B from newcomer Alyusha
• The lead track from Gang Gang Dance's first album in seven years
• Ben Khan's mind-blowing comeback
• One half of Empress Of's two-pronged return
• "All In", the latest from high-flying lo-fi talent Bakar
• Vital jangly pop-rock from consistently great troupe Speedy Ortiz

Listen to the full playlist and then let us us know which tracks you're loving!