1. Merchandise – Become Who You Are (Unsigned) 2012 | Find out more about Merchandise here. 2. Parquet Courts – Stones & Starving (What’s Your Rapture) 2013 | Taken from the album Light Up Gold which is out in April 15th. 3. Drenge – People In Love Make Me Feel Yuck (Unsigned) 2013 | See Drenge support Deap Vally on their UK tour in March. 4. The Strokes – One Way Trigger (RCA) 2013 | Available to download from www.thestrokes.com. 5. Crystal Antlers – Swollen Sky (Touch & Go Records) 2009 | Taken from the gloriously artwork’d album Tentacles. 6. Gnarly Whales – Pills (Swamp Cabbage Records) 2012 | Find out more, a lot more than 14 seconds anyway on their Facebook page. 7. Foxygen – No Destruction (Jagjaguwar) 2013 | Foxygen’s debut album We Are The 21st Century Ambassadors Of Peace & Magic cam out last week. 8. Killer Mike – R.A.P. Music (Williams Street Records) 2012 | Taken from the pretty fabulous album R.A.P. Music, which is out now, and has been for some time. 9. John Talabot & Pional – Braves (Permanent Vacation) 2012 | If you haven’t already got John Talabot’s album Fin, you really should do yourself a favour. 10. Fryars – In My Arms (Warners) 2013 | Check out Fryars on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/FryarsMusic 11. Sixto Rodriguez – I Wonder (Sussex Records) 1970 | From Sixto’s debut album Cold Fact, and brought to the attention of the writer by the Searching For Sugar Man film. You should go check it out.