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New Music Monday: The Best Music We Missed

By Dave Sanford Published August 6, 2021

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We’re continuing with our favorite tracks of 2014 this week. Below you’ll find videos from 5 artists whose releases we missed this year. As you’re enjoying the holidays, take a minute to watch the videos below. They range from the Brazil’s biggest up-and-coming star to garage rockers from Chapel Hill, NC to a New Orleans by way of the Bronx folk group.

5. Silva – “Janeiro” from Ocean View (Six Degrees Records)

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4. TV on the Radio – “Happy Idiot” from Seeds (Harvest Records)

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3. Sharon Van Etten – “Your Love Is Killing Me” from Are We There (Jagjaguwar)

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2. Spider Bags – “Chem Trails” from Frozen Letter (Merge Records)

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1. Hurray For the Riff Raff – “The Body Electric” from Small Town Heroes (ATO Records)

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And now that we’ve shared some of our favorite tracks of 2014, let us know what yours were, too! What did we miss?

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