Clearly people can't understand that these are my opinions. They happen to be the right opinions, but they're mine. Nonetheless, here we go:

1. Don Omar - "Salio El Sol"
Reggaeton, and not immediately using the standard backing track, so that's a point in its favour. Not a bad track, actually, and definitely closer to the genre's raggamuffin roots than a lot of reggaeton out there. Still, without any Spanish I can't really claim to get into the genre too much.

2. Jesu - "Dead Eyes"
Another one of those bands that everyone keeps raving about, so I'm certainly curious to hear this track. A nice slow-burning intro - at least, I assume it's the intro and not all of the song - which gradually builds in intensity. I'm curious enough to hear some more of this band (I can't believe one of its members was in Napalm Death, but I guess they get everywhere), but this particular track feels a bit bland.

3. Mouth of the Architect - "No One Wished to Settle Here"
I like the sound of this almost from the start. Very Pelican-y feelings to kick off with, although these guys apparently have a vocalist, which of course Pelican don't. The track itself lasts around quarter of an hour, and I'm impressed enough by it to say that it's well worth that length. Good stuff.

4. Yaga y Machie - "Si Tu Me Calientas"
More reggaeton, and this sounds distinctly low-rent - the production values aren't overly high, and the generic backing music ("Dem Bow") is in there in force. I can imagine lots of people enjoying this, but it's not my thing.

5. Tito El Bambino - "Bailarlo"
And still the reggaeton comes. This is a worse track than the previous one, since it's a muffled sounding ballad. Skip it.

6. Old Man Gloom - "Valhalla"
A rather surprisingly aggressive track, which appears almost out of nowhere given the brief introduction. There's enough there to make me think that they could be quite an interesting listen, but it's rather all over the place on this particular track.

7. Ali Hassan Kuban - "Hanwil Tanza"
An exceedingly famous name in Middle Eastern music circles. This is a stunning piece of restrained percussion with a bit of a horn and organ duet going on over the top. Being Nubian, rather than Arab-Egyptian, Kuban presumably had access to the grittier African sounds as well as the more restrained Arab ones, and this track blends both quite nicely.

8. Nil Karaibrahimgil - "Yas 18"
Turkish pop, but not the traditional bombastic belly-shaking stuff we all know and secretly love. This starts off sounding very singer-songwriter-y with a piano, before launching into a bit of a rock-out, still with a very engaging female vocalist at the front. An unexpected find, this.

9. Cult of Luna - "Echoes"
More of this stuff that everyone raves about, so I guess I have to give it the once-over. Another long track, and this one starts off very calmly indeed. I have neither the time nor the inclination to listen to the whole thing right at the moment, but I'm impressed enough by what I'm hearing to want to do so sometime.

10. Lenine - "Na Pressao"
A Brazilian hero, it seems. Not a bad singing voice, either, in a sort of quasi-folk-y way. This builds into a bit of an anthem, but still with a very restrained style to it, which is very enjoyable. I like this more and more.