Bands I Think Are About to Blow Up

...or at least who should, because they are awesome.

1) Girls
All-male band of San Fran junkies who have been playing for years but just signed to Matador.
Sounds like: Cass McCombs, the soundtrack to Ryan McGinley photos, Nirvana doing an Elliott Smith impression with Elvis Costello on vocals (is that even possible?)
Watch their new video here.
Album drops September 21 on Turnstile.

2) Phantogram
I don't know much about them, but they were recently featured as a KEXP song of the day. They have two shows coming up in BK over the next month, hoorah!
Sounds like: Portishead, Sneaker Pimps.
Listen to "When I'm Small" on their MySpace page.

3) Fanfarlo (kinda already did)
Sounds like: Beirut minus the brass, plus the singer from Clap Your Hands and Say Yeah.
Watch the video for "Harold T. Wilkins" here.

4) Foreign Born
Sounds like: a perkier Here We Go Magic
Listen to "Vacationing People" on their MySpace page.

5) Circulatory System
...which is really just an Olivia Tremor Control reunion, shhhhhhh! These Elephant 6ers release their album on September 8.
Sounds like: Olivia Tremor Control, Neutral Milk Hotel, Fleet Foxes plus Yeasayer.
Check 'em out on MySpace.

6) Holiday Shores
Okay, so maybe a friend of a friend of a friend owns their record label. But seriously, bright future ahead of 'em! They made it onto an Urban Outfitters compilation, and if that doesn't forebode success, I don't know what does.
Sounds like: a beachier Dodos with a higher voice
Listen to "Phones Don't Feud" here.