Five songs to hear this week (Feb 10-16)

Justin Bieber collabrators Major Lazer are one of the few acts capable of launching a single into the impenetrable top 10 these days, so the arrival of their dancehall influenced new song, Run Up featuring PartyNextDoor and Nicki Minaj, is of some significance.

Sinkane, a musician of Sudanese origin who has collaborated with David Byrne and Damon Albarn, releases his sixth solo album today. Life & Livin’ It includes the digital funk pop of Telephone, which has a video on YouTube now.

Danish rock duo The Raveonettes have been releasing a song a month for 12 months, a project which today is released as their latest album, 2016 Atomized. It includes the most recent effort, a 12 minute epic entitled Pendejo.

Proving that grime’s year wasn’t just 2016, man mountain and Brits Breakthrough nominee Stormzy has announced his debut album for later this month and released his most striking single yet. Big For Your Boots has an immense video on YouTube now.

One of the most fascinating characters in rock right now, Father John Misty, has gradually been revealing songs from a new album coming in April. The lyrics are as powerful as ever on the latest one, political piano ballad Two Wildly Different Perspectives, which has a video online now.