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