Whether grimacing through the frosty final days of winter or sweltering through the muggy, inner-bowels of summer, sitting in my bathtub with a lime popsicle and the shower turned on cold: the warmer (and much-too-warm) months have boded well for new music and I. Garage-band psych and surf rock, gauzily distorted dream-pop, synth-spangled mixes and remixes—the lot of them have served as a catalyst for inebriated beach-bumming, midnight pancake parties, and have fleshed out the most memorable (again, inebriated) events for yours truly. I have listened the shit out of these guys. So, while you get to sweatering it up, pulling out the funky-ass earmuffs and forlornly stashing your sunblock back in the medicine cabinet, enjoy slathering on a choice sampling of this year’s No Big Hair finds.

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1. Vacation Dad :: “I’ll Always Find You”
:: (0:01 – 4:12)
:: from ZOIO (MJMJ Records; 2011)
:: mjmjrecords.bandcamp.com

2. New Animal :: “Nightmares of Candy Yang & the Black Italian”
:: (4:13 – 8:41)
:: from New Animal (Self-released; 2011)
:: newanimal.bandcamp.com

3. Orval Carlos Sibelius :: “I Don’t Want a Baby”
:: (8:42 – 13:17)
:: from Recovery Tapes (Clapping Music; 2011)
:: http://clappingmusic.bandcamp.com

4. Algodon Egipcio :: “Weird Feelings (Male Bonding cover)”
:: (13:18 – 16:20)
:: Single (2011)
:: algodonegipcio.net

5. Yalls :: “Runs in the Family”
:: (16:21 – 19:12)
:: from Rerepeater (Self-released; 2010)
:: yalls.bandcamp.com

6. Summer Hearts :: “Who Said Time Was All We Had”
:: (19:13 – 23:03)
:: from Never Let Me Go (Self-released; 2011)
:: summerheart.bandcamp.com

7. Hunters :: “Melting”
:: (23:04 – 26:46)
:: from Seizure – demo (Self-released; 2011)
:: huntershunters.tumblr.com

8. Saskatchewan :: “Dreamboat”
:: (26:47 – 30:36)
:: from Dreamboat (Self-released; 2011)
:: saskatchewan.bandcamp.com

9. Radiator Girls :: “Eerie Body”
:: (30:37 – 33:54)
:: from BLACK GIRLS (MJMJ; 2011)
:: mjmjrecords.bandcamp.com

10. We Don’t Surf :: “Surf’s Up”
:: (33:55 – 37:35)
:: from Not at the Beach (Self-released; 2011)
:: wedontsurf.bandcamp.com

11. Bikini :: “R.I.P. (Grimes remix)”
:: (37:36 – 40:47)
:: Single (Lefse; 2011)
:: biikiinii.com

12. Blouse :: “Into Black”
:: (40:48 – 44:14)
:: Single (Captured Tracks; 2011)
:: blouseblouse.comd

13. Girl Unit :: “Wut”
:: (44:15 – 51:13)
:: Single (Night Slugs; 2011)
:: myspace.com/girl_unit

14. Tearjerker :: “Best”
:: (51:14 – 55:29)
:: from Strangers (Sore Thumb; 2011)
:: myspace.com/tjerker

15. Sunglitters :: “There (Stumbleine remix)”
:: (55:30 – 59:33)
:: Single (Self-released; 2011)
:: sunglitters.bandcamp.com

16. Blackhawks :: “More Rainbows (Spacemen 3 cover)”
:: (59:34 – 64:33)
:: Single (MJMJ; 2011)
:: mjmjrecords.bandcamp.com