Illuminati Hotties. Kristy Benjamin/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Turtlenecked's High Scores of the Heart is out on April 27. Andrew Baker/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Retirement Party's Somewhat Literate comes out May 25. Sarah Beidatsch/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

The Record Company. Jen Rosenstein/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Deafheaven's Ordinary Corrupt Human Love comes out July 13. Corinne Shiavone/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Benjamin Lazar Davis' Nothing Matters comes out May 4. Shervin Lainez/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Howlin Rain's The Alligator Bride comes out June 8. Kristy Walker/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

While Nick Lowe's "Tokyo Bay" bops and swings like a song from six decades ago, its lyrics aren't your traditional rockabilly fare. Jim Herrington/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Snail Mail's Lindsey Jordan. Michael Lavine/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Grouper's Grid of Points comes out April 27. Tanja Engelberts/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Crumb's video for "Locket" is art in motion. By the time the viewer adjusts to it, so do the characters within it. YouTube hide caption

Yo La Tengo's There's A Riot Going On comes out March 16. GODLIS/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Speedy Ortiz is oblivious to the ooz in the "Lucky 88" video. YouTube hide caption

Remember Sports' new album, Slow Buzz, comes out on May 18. Carly Hoskins/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

"All those years of life experience, time on our instruments, having shared our history together and apart, led to the stories written about on this record," says Brie Howard. Marita Madeloni /Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Vundabar's Smell Smoke comes out Feb. 23. Tim Oxton/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Haley Heynderickx. Alessandra Leimer/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Jay Som Ebru Yildiz/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Low Cut Connie's Dirty Pictures (Part 2) comes out May 18. Amber Patrick/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Matt Dorrien's In the Key of Grey comes out April 13. Vincent Bancheri/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Hop Along's Bark Your Head Off, Dog is due out April 6. Tonje Thilesen/Courtesy of the artist hide caption