
Paging through the paper-enclosed disks, I happened upon Headlights, Tor Miller’s debut EP. Recently, I’ve kept coming back to one box of used CDs in particular, a box of EPs. The Princeton Record Exchange is famous for its collection of used and unique pieces of music, confronting its visitors with an incomprehensible volume of accumulated albums upon their entrance. I’ll begin with a story though, one that goes back to before this album’s inception. Thankfully, I’ve got some space to get into it. I could go for the list-off-all-the-various-descriptors-that-could-be-applied-to-this-album-until-I-have-a-thesaurus-rather-than-a-review or just admit that Miller’s chameleonic brand of soulful Americana escapes concise definition. Lyla Foy (formerly WALL) (London, England)į.R.E.E.Tor Miller’s debut LP, American English, is effortlessly evocative, but let’s be honest, I can’t possible encapsulate the multitudes within this album in an introductory sentence. Rackle And The Sound Griots (New Orleans, LA)įactor & The Chandeliers (Saskatoon, Canada)įofe y Los Fetiches (San Juan, Puerto Rico)

Jerry David DeCicca (of The Black Swans) (New Braunfels, TX)ĭJ Buddha Stickygreen (Missouri City, TX)ĭr. Kirin J Callinan (Blue Mountains / Sydney, Australia)Ĭomo Asesinar a Felipes (Santiago, Chile) Tyler Bryant and the Shake Down (Honey Grove, AR)īett Butler & Joël Dilley (San Antonio, TX) The Bright Light Social Hour (Austin, TX) Ring (Kelley Deal & Mike Montgomery) (Dayton, OH)Īkina Adderley & The Vintage Playboys (Austin, TX)įederico Aubele (Buenos Aires, Argentina)Ĭy Barkley and the Way Outsiders (Nashville, TN) Trip through our picks below - Big Freedia, Ryan Hemsworth, Dum Dum Girls, Charli XCX, Lydia Loveless… - and be sure to cross-reference with our 50 Albums You Gotta Hear in 2014.Īlso Read Compact Discs: Sound of the Future But as is SPIN’s wont, we’ve done a little sorting for you. Now, we’ve got 741 new acts to sort through, all listed below.

November delivered 348 more, topped by Gary Numan, Blouse, Diarrhea Planet, Gunplay, Tinariwen, and more still. In October, we got 182 names led by Urge Overkill, the Men, Lene Lovich, Saint Rich, and more. As is their wont, the organizers have been releasing the confirmed performers list bit by bit. South By Southwest returns to Austin, Texas, on March 11, bringing with it more musical acts than you could hope to hear in a lifetime.
