Earlier this year, the Memphis quintet Sex Cult played SXSW and impressed the hell out of DIY punk busybody Ty Segall, who agreed to produce their debut album.
They also changed their name: Faced with a cease-and-desist letter from a New York label, Sex Cult converted to Ex-Cult. There is plenty of Mid-South grit to complement their occasional bursts of West Coast melodicism, which may ultimately have less to do with Segall's production and more to do with the fact that Ex-Cult claims several members in common with Memphis indie-popsters Magic Kids.

Read more about Ex-Cult on Last.fm.