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No Big Hair 2014
By Scott Reid | 29 December 2014
Art: Ivan Solyaev / Nick Howard
We’re prepping this No Big Hair podcast in early December, before our Unison / Harmony staff feature goes live and we peacefully slip into what our mansion’s lab technician calls an “induced hibernation,” which sounds harsh but, as he’s been assuring us, it’s much closer to an extended nap than full-on coma. So, barring some unprecedented global cyber war that suspiciously leaves only the Wikipedia page for Bruce Vilanch standing amongst smoldering blog debris, or a super delayed Y2K-style catastrophe that ends with appliances learning to stab, we give you our final piece of year-endery: 17 great songs from this year by artists who, for the most part, are relatively new, or sometimes just on small labels, or no label, and who are in any case more under-the-radar than they deserved to be in 2014. Enjoy—and see you in the new year, probably, depending on his how this suspended animation thing goes:
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1. What Moon Things: “Sun, Where’s the Fire”
- (0:01 – 3:49)
- from What Moon Things (Hot Grits; 2014)
- whatmoonthings.bandcamp.com
2. Dilly Dally: “Next Gold”
- (3:50 – 6:15)
- single (Self-released; 2014)
- dillydally.bandcamp.com
3. Weaves: “Do You See Past”
- (6:16 – 9:29)
- from Weaves EP (Buzz Records; 2014)
- weaves.bandcamp.com
4. Last Ex: “Resurrection Drive Part I”
- (9:30 – 11:52)
- from Last Ex (Constellation; 2014)
- cstrecords.com/last-ex/
5. The Gotobeds: “Fast Trash”
- (11:53 – 14:40)
- from Poor People Are Revolting (12XU; 2014)
- thegotobeds.bandcamp.com
6. Priests: “New”
- (14:41 – 16:53)
- from Bodies and Control and Money and Power EP (Sister Polygon/Don Giovanni; 2014)
- priests.bandcamp.com
7. Saint Pepsi: “Gin City” [section]
- (16:54 – 17:50)
- from Gin City EP (Self-released; 2014)
- saintpepsi.bandcamp.com
8. Dirt Dress: “Revelations”
- (17:51 – 21:24)
- from Revelations EP (Future Gods; 2014)
- dirtdress.bandcamp.com
9. Each Other: “Swell Patterns”
- (21:25 – 25:02)
- from Being Elastic (Lefse; 2014)
- lefserecords.com/category/each-other/
10. The Courtneys: “Lost Boys”
- (25:03- 29:43)
- single (Burger Records; 2014)
- thecourtneys.bandcamp.com
11. Nmesh: “Favorite Places”
- (29:44 – 31:55)
- from Dream Sequins® (AMDISCS; 2014)
- nmesh.bandcamp.com
12. Ricky Eat Acid: “God Puts Us All in the Swimming Pool”
- (31:37 – 35:01)
- from Three Love Songs (Orchid Tapes; 2014)
- rickyeatacid.bandcamp.com
13. nima: “New City Grip”
- (35:02 – 37:07)
- from See Feel Reel (Harsh Riddims; 2014)
- nima.bandcamp.com
14. Lydia Ainsworth: “PSI”
- (37:08 – 41:25)
- from Right From Real (Arbutus; 2014)
- arbutusrecords.com/?page_id=3044
15. Jenny Gillespie: “Lift the Collar”
- (41:26- 44:13)
- from Chamma (Narooma; 2014)
- jennygillespie.com
16. Gordon Ashworth: “Desperate and Indebted”
- (44:14 – 52:54)
- from S.T.L.A. (Ordinal; 2014)
- http://orindal.limitedrun.com/products/522798-gordon-ashworth-s-t-l-a
17. Klara Lewis: “Clearing”
- (52:44 – 54:54)
- from Ett (Editions Mego; 2014)
- klaralewis.com