Surf City: Jekyll Island
As its title implies, there's a battle of personalities raging on Jekyll Island.
Stephen Haag
Danko Jones: Fire Music
Another day at the Rock and Roll Office for one of the genre's true believers.
Happyness: Weird Little Birthday
UK Next Big Indie Thing loves Pavement, whispering, on US reissue of 2014 debut.
The Pharmacy: Spells
This Seattle-based garage/pop trio called it quits earlier this year, but their posthumous final album is a fine going-away present.
Tamas Wells: On the Volatility of the Mind
Singer/songwriter Wells' fifth album feels like a puzzle with too many pieces missing
Alex G: DSU
Dorm-pop reaches its 2014 apotheosis on Alex G's first widespread release.
Ugly Beats: Brand New Day
Austin, Texas, long-running garage-pop fivesome welcomes a brand new day that started sometime around 1967.
The Safes: Record Heat
Chicago garage-pop siblings deliver the goods, but will leave you hungry for more
OBN IIIs: Third Time to Harm
Austin-based fivesome does its part to save rock 'n' roll.
Wooden Wand: Farmer’s Corner
Wooden Wand’s bread and butter: elliptical, leisurely paced gothic folk-rock, custom-made for slate-gray Sunday afternoons.
Wussy: Attica!
Indie rock's best-kept-secret's hot streak continues unabated.
Johnossi: Transitions
Swedish duo does thoughtful rock right on their gleaming fourth album.