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Solids : Over the Sirens : Blame Confusion (2014)

-          Debut LP.

-          Three minor releases leading up to this release.

-          Montreal post-punk rock band.. Think Japandroids with less shouting.

-          SXSW 2014

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Future Islands : Seasons Waiting On You : Singles (2014)

-       4th full length. Out March 25.

-       Upbeat beach pop with more power here than ever before.

-       Baltimore band.

-       SXSW 2014

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Woods : Moving To The Left : With Light and With Love (2014)

-          7^th album.

-          By far my favorite song from Woods.

-          Brooklyn folk band.

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Mark McGuire : In Search of the Miraculous : Along the Way (2014)

-          Debut full length after at least 8 minor releases. All available on his BandCamp.

-          Plays very jammy, elaborate, psychedelic guitar tracks.

-          Guitarist for the band the Emeralds.

-          SXSW 2014

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The Casket Girls : Same Side : True Love Kills the Fairy Tale (2014)

-          2^nd full length. Debut was 2013’s Sleepwalking.

-          Gorgeously dark and fuzzy, slow-burning pop.

-          Project captained by Ryan Graveface of Black Moth Super Rainbow, Dreamend and Graveface Records. Features his standard eerie vibes.

-          SXSW 2014

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Los Angeles Police Department : Waste (2014)

-          Latest single.

-          Lazily rolling rock.

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Each Other : Send Your Signals : Being Elastic (2014)

-          Debut full length.

-          Previously released some singles that are available on their BandCamp.

-          SXSW 2014

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Black Lips : Justice After All : Underneath the Rainbow (2014)

-          7^th studio album.

-          Recorded with the help of the Black Keys’ Patrick Carney and blues and soul man Charles Bradley.

-          1^st release since 2011’s incredible Arabia Mountain.

-          SXSW 2014

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Thee Oh Sees : Penetrating Eye : Drop (2014)

-          Forthcoming Record Store Day release.

-          Prolific San Fran garage psych from John Dwyer.

-          Their latest, Floating Coffin , is one of the best psych rock albums of 2013.

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The Orwells : The Righteous One (single) (2014)

-          Latest single from a yet to be named forthcoming summer album.

-          Raw, raucous, in your face garage rock.

-          SXSW 2014

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J Roddy Walston and the Business : Brave Man's Death : J Roddy Walston and the Business (2010)

-          2nd album or 6. Their latest was 2013's soul-infused Essential Tremors.

-          Baltimore band

-          Rock and roll feel to some of the tracks

-          Makes me think of Dr. Dog here.

-          SXSW 2014

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New Bums : The Killers and Me : Slim Volume 7” (2013)

-          Debut single.

-          Darker folk band San Francisco.

-          SXSW 2014

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Courtney Barnett : Anonymous Club : The Double EP: A Sea of Split Peas (2013)

-          Release of her first two EPs.

-          Alt-indie rock that makes me think of Petty, Dylan and Joan Osborne.

-          25 year old from Australia.

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Withered Hand : Horseshoe : New Gods (2014)

-          2^nd LP. Debut was 2009’s Good News

-          Also had an excellent debut EP in 2008, Religious Songs.

-          SXSW 2014

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Damaged Bug : Eggs At Night : Hubba Bubba (2014)

-          Solo debut album.

-          Solo moniker for Thee Oh Sees frontman John Dwyer.

-          Less amped up and aggressive, synth-heavy psych rock weirdness.

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Slasher Flicks : Little Fang : Enter the Slasher House (2014)

-          Debut album.

-          Solo project from Animal Collective’s Avey Tare.

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