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Landlady : Above My Ground : Upright Behavior (2014)

-       Debut album

-       Brooklyn band getting a lot of buzz as they run up to their album release.

-       Incredible vocals that remind me of those of Maps & Atlases.

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Yellerkin : Solar Laws : Yellerkin EP (2014)

-          Debut EP

-          This single was released in 2013.

-          RIYL Yeasayer.

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Ought : The Weather Song : More Than Any Other Day (2014)

-       Debut LP

-       2 EPs out as well.

-       Montreal by way of the States post-punk rock band.

-       Name your own price for all their music on their bandcamp.

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Sweet Apple : We Are Ruins : The Golden Age of Glitter (2014)

-       2^nd album

-       Side project from Dinosaur Jr.’s J Mascis.

-       Features GBV’s Robert Pollard and Mark Lanegan.

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Pink Mountaintops : The Second Summer Of Love : Get Back (2014)

-       4^th album.

-       A more garage-leaning outfit from Black Mountain’s Stephen McBean.

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Thee Oh Sees : Put Some Reverb on My Brother : 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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Mimicking Birds : Owl Hoots : Eons (2014)

-       3^rd album.

-       Lush Portland indie folk.

-       SXSW 2014

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Pujol : Circles : Kludge (2014)

-       First single from Daniel Pujol’s 2^nd album.

-       Product of Jack White’s Third Man Records.

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Slasher Flicks : Catchy (Was Contagious) : Enter the Slasher House (2014)

-          Debut album.

-          Solo project from Animal Collective’s Avey Tare.

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Nick Waterhouse : Let It Come Down : Holly (2014)

-          2^nd full length.

-          Debut album, Time’s All Gone, was out in 2012.

-          Blues and soul singer songwriter.

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Eels : Where I’m Going : The Cautionary Tales of Mark Oliver Everett (2014)

-          11th album

-          5^th album in the last 5 years. None have quite rivalled their first few albums

-          There is a really interesting look into Mark Everett’s past on a NOVA on PBS, ‘Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives’

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Tom Waits : San Diego Serenade : The Heart of Saturday Night (1974)

-          2^nd full length.

-          Started mellow, soulful and jazz-leaning, but has slowly turned more alternative and weirder.

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