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Jesse Jenkins of the beloved (dearly departed?) TX band Pure X shares another stellar single from his solo debut Hard Sky, due next month on Uniform Group. According to the label, the new record is the sound of Jesse "simultaneously laughing at life’s inevitable struggles while accepting that he is barely hanging on", and that sentiment is beautifully expressed on "De-pression"

In lieu of a boring year-end list, Man of the Year Recycle Culture releases a "remixtape" made up of inspired re-imaginings of his favorite tracks of 2014, featuring Ariel Pink, Lana Del Rey, Lewis, Grouper, Taylor Swift, How To Dress Well, jj, Dean Blunt, HTRK + more...

Taken from Pure X's new record Angel -- recorded at Wied Hall, "a massive, rustic, 100 year-old dance hall in rural central Texas" -- out in April on Fat Possum.

The Austin Psych Fest just announced some amazing additions to this year's already incredible lineup, including GvsB favorites Panda Bear, Peaking Lights, Pure X, the Fresh & Onlys + a whole lot more, all at Austin's scenic Carson Creek Ranch on the Colorado River on May 2-4, 2014...

we'll leave you with a new song recorded during the C.U.T.S. sessions. -- PURE X mp3:

Crawling Up The Stairs, the beautiful and at times emotionally overwhelming/devastating (see "Never Alone," "Thousand Year Old Child") new LP from Austin's Pure X, is officially out today on the great Acéphale. To mark the occasion, we're psyched to have the band take over the site for the day; you can stay up on all of Pure X's posts throughout the day right here, and listen

Here's another absolutely beautiful track from Pure X's forthcoming LP, which looks like it's shaping up to be something special. Crawling Up The Stairs is out next month on Acephale / Merok: