Stuck In Our Head: "Therapy" - India.Arie

We're only just getting into India.Arie but the thing that strikes us about her is the fact that she has a rather unique skill. This skill is that she's capable of writing the kind of songs that sound like top 10 US smash hits but simultaneously are kind of weird enough to get away with being more than just throwaway chart R&B.

Be warned: this gets under your skin and into your head and completely refuses to budge FOR DAYS.

BEST OF 2009 SO FAR

It's only FEBRUARY (YES... FEBRUARY!?) and already there have been some brilliant and gorgeous musical offerings this year. These six albums are all uniquely interesting and very special and if they're not in our top 20 albums of 2009 it will have been a VERY VERY VERY good year for music.

Clockwise from top left we have:

• Bat For Lashes' second 'LP' is a rich and varied departure from her more folksy first album.
• Alela Diane's To Be Still is about as achingly lovely and evocative as acoustic folk can get.
• The Crying Light by Antony & The Johnsons is a brutally gorgeous orchestral paean to nature.
• The Yeah Yeah Yeah's third album sees them embracing an epic, synthier sound.
• India.Arie's second instalment of her 'Testimony's is an exotically woven musical tapestry.
• Vienna Teng's 4th album sees her departing somewhat from her piano into more adventurous territory.