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Our second BotY list covers all the releases too short for that "Best Underappreciated Albums That Rocked 2013" (see HERE). Once again the list is a little punk/pop-punk heavy due to the fact that both genres worship at the altar of brevity plus I'm old and set in my ways. For more musical awesomeness Follow @jeffen69 on Twitter
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The New Trocaderos - Money Talks/The Kids CD single
Geoff Palmer & Kurt Baker form their own Rockpile!
Geoff Palmer & Kurt Baker form their own Rockpile!
Jeffrey Lewis &The Rain - WWPRD EP
An ode to Pussy Riot from the New York ant-folk cartoonist/singer-song-writer Jeffrey Lewis.
Teenage Bottlerocket - American Deutsch Bag 7"
A German language original, a fun throwaway HC song and a Tony Sly cover from Wyoming's finest.
A German language original, a fun throwaway HC song and a Tony Sly cover from Wyoming's finest.
The Livids - (Some Of Us Have) Adrenalized Hearts EP
A return to gunk-rock glory from Eric Davidson, formerly of The New Bomb Turks.
A return to gunk-rock glory from Eric Davidson, formerly of The New Bomb Turks.
Science Police - You Are Under Arrest In The Future EP
The Name Merry-Go-Round that the members of The Steinways have ridden since the band broke up five years ago (See Skinny Genes as well), makes for some bewilderment but ultimately the ride brings us a shitlot of great lo-fi and low-self-esteem pop-punk.
Bad Religion Christmas Songs EP
Bad Religion have been doing Christmas songs for years in live settings ("KROQ"S Agnostic Christmas") but till they recorded this fierce set of traditionals you had to track down bootlegs to hear them!
Bad Religion have been doing Christmas songs for years in live settings ("KROQ"S Agnostic Christmas") but till they recorded this fierce set of traditionals you had to track down bootlegs to hear them!
Young Rochelles - Cannibal Island E.P
Y'like hearing a juvenile phrase sung repeatedly over chugging guitars with a strategic key change? God, I do.
The Blendours - Here We Go Again split EP
C'mon "I Was a Teenage Drag Queen" is a good song title AND a fun sing-along, a combination at which The Blendours just rock!
C'mon "I Was a Teenage Drag Queen" is a good song title AND a fun sing-along, a combination at which The Blendours just rock!
The Slow Death - No Heaven EP
If Crimpshrine had moved to Minneapolis to get Paul Westerberg to produce their album of Merle Haggard covers, it might sound like just a bit like The Slow Death.
WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THESE SINGLES/E.P.'S?
WHAT ARE YOUR FAVOURITE SINGLES/E.P.'S OF 2013?
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Thanks for more excellence Jeffen!
ReplyDeleteSome things of note:
1. Maybe I haven't been listening hard enough but WWPRD seems to be the first questioning I've heard of the marriage of indie-art and commerce since the phrase "sell out" died sometime after 2003.
Even as I say this I have to humbly remind myself that no one I know 'round these parts will ever go to prison for expressing their beliefs in song.
2. The Young Rochelles drummer's haircut is completely terrifying to me. It screams "Hockey Jock 1982".
3. Lovin' The #1's!
That is all. For now.
TheNewTaylorSwift
Hey Jeffen
ReplyDeleteI have been in my jazz phase lately.I did order the Len Bright Combo reissues and I did not know about The New Trocaderos single and have promptly bought it via bandcamp.I definitely luv Kurt Baker and The Connections so ya know The New Trocaderos would be good.
Happy Rockin' 2014!
Doug