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Looking forward to this. Pre-order now.

Deer Tick – “20 Miles”
The Press – “Jellyfish Wrangler”
Steel Train – “Turnpike Ghosts”
Fol Chen – “In Ruins”
Blank Dogs – “Heat and Depression”
SPEAK – “Digital Love”
Jennie Arnu –
Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti – “Round and Round”
Thee Oh Sees – “I Was Denied”
The Dig – “You’re Already Gone”
The Lodger – “The Back of My Mind”
Becca – “Kickin & Screamin”
Venice is Sinking – “Falls City”
Johnny Bertram & The Golden Bicycles – “Private Land”
Senryu – “Inklings”
Night Driving in Small Towns – “Come & Tell Me”
Yukon Blonde – “Rather Be with You”
Snowglobe – “Love”

Household Names – “Driving to LA”
(fueled by the same unrequited aspirations as Big Star devotees like Matthew Sweet and Jellyfish” – Austin Chronicle)

POPLIN – “Une Debutante Au Jeu (featuring Bridget Low)”
(jazz, 60s French chansons, funk, bossa influences)

Noun – “Holy Hell”
(solo release from Screaming Females frontwoman Marissa Paternoster)

Franz Nicolay – “World/Inferno Vs. the End of the Evening”
(former Hold Steady keyboardist)

Jennie Arnau – “Bouncing Ball”
(a mix of Neil Young, Martina McBride, and Gillian Welch)

Love is All – “Repetition”
(“disco beats, post-punk sax honking, twee-pop boy/girl harmonies” – Pitchfork)

Grovesnor – “Taxi from the Airport”
(Hot Chip drummer Rob Smoughton echoes Hall & Oates, Steely Dan, Billy Joel)

Boston band Static of the Gods is making their new CD, Knowledge Machine, available as a free download  but just for this week only. You’ll have to wait to read my full review in the spring issue of The Big Takeover but I will say that of the 18 reviews I did, this was one of my 3 favorite CDs. In short, think “Gwen Stefani fronting Arcade Fire”.

DOWNLOAD: Knowledge Machine

Pepper Rabbit – “Red Wine”
(twisted but tasty pop)

Jennifer Knapp – “Dive In”
(stripped back folk and country-tinged rock)

Woven Bones – “If it Feels Alright”
(the soundtrack to your screwed-up summer)

Riverboat Gamblers – “Robots May Break Your Heart”
(“if Against Me! had paid their dues opening for Faster Pussycat at the Whisky in 1984, they might sound something like this” – Spin)

Class Actress – “Careful What You Say”
(“sweetly spectral vocals over lush ’80s synths and dance beats” – Nylon)

Dinosaur Feathers – “Vendela Vida”, “Teenage Whore”
(“1960’s pop, surf-rock guitar, mild tropical flourishes, maybe the B-52s” – NY Times)

Summer Cats – “TV Guide”
(organ-driven bopper)

Kisses – “Bermuda”
(disco project)

Benni Hemm – “Retaliate”

The Young Sinclairs – “Tribe”

Yukon Blonde – “Blood Cops”
(compared to Midlake, CSN, Fleet Foxes, Fleetwood Mac)