Another year, another list. Never definitive but still throwing the hate in the ring for the sake of opinion. Some I got around to write about. Others I didn't. None the less here's the 20 albums, listed in alphabetical order, that seemed to be listened to and enjoyed the most around Smashin' Transistors Ground Zero in 2014.
-Dale
The Achtungs Full Of Hate (Going Underground) Take standout tracks from the European band KBD/Bloodstains comps and put the blender on puree. Record it all (including the sound the blender makes.)
goingunderground.storenvy.com
Apache Dropout Heavy Window (Magnetic South) Read Smashin' Transistors review
here.
Brain Flannel Empty Set (Grave Mistake) Read Smashin' Transistors review
here.
DeGreaser Rougher Squalor (Ever/Never) Towering and dissonant psych. Not the flowers and sunshine psych but the kind that dwells in the darkest parts of the mind.
degreaser1.bandcamp.com
Gino and the Goons Shake It (Slovenly) Read Smashin' Transistors review
here.
Good Throb Fuck Off (Sabermetric) Soaked in venom and full of disdain.The sound of smashing the Poison Girls albums to bits and then reassembling it's jagged shards back together in a choppy (non) fashion.
goodthrob.tumblr.com
The Gotobeds Poor People Are Revolting (12XU) Read Smashin' Transistors review
here.
Honey Radar Chain Smoking On Easter (Third Uncle) Syd Barrett's ghost, Flying Saucer Attack's melancholy and Television Personalities whimsy leave magnetic tape dust all over the recording heads of this battered bit of 4-track know how.
honeyradar.com
Iceage Plowing Into The Field Of Love (Matador) J.G. Ballard writes a romance novel with the Bad Seeds
The First Born Is Dead and a lot of heavy breathing in mind as an aural soundtrack. Then Gun Club steal the manuscript under the cover of night.
iceagecopenhagen.eu
Martyr Privates s/t (Fire) Read Smashin' Transistors review
here.
Meatbodies s/t (In The Red) Psychedelic pop that has one foot wiggling it's toes in the sand a sunny day at the beach and the other doing kicking at neon glowing brain monsters.
www.facebook.com/Meatbodies
Mordecai Neil's Generator (TestosterTunes) The disarrayed clatter that made the messes on Mordecai's first two albums has been swept into neat piles here. The fidelity is still blown and the music still ramshackle but the concept of obvious melodies now more digestible.
paperhose.tumblr.com
Musk s/t (Holy Mountain) Read Smashin' Transistors review
here.
No Bails Epyx Shredder (Pelican Pow Wow) Michigan scientists conducted a test on the effects a diet of 80s basic cable, food from greasy college town eateries, cases of Keystone Light and Cosmic Psychos records would have on a person. This album is their findings.
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Obnox Louder Space (12XU) Read Smashin' Transistors review
here.
PYPY Pagan Day (Slovenly) Read Smashin' Transistors review
here.
Space Raft s/t (Dusty Medical) Read Smashin' Transistors review
here.
The Sugar Stems Only Come Out At Night (Dirtnap) Read Smashin' Transistors review
here.
Vacation Club Heaven Is Too High (Magnetic South) Read Smashin' Transistors review
here.
The Yolks Kings Of Awesome (Randy) Read Smashin' Transistors review
here.
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