Saturday, January 21, 2012

2011

Before moving forward, here's looking back at some of our favorites of 2011...

LPs

Thee Oh Sees - Carrion Crawler / The Dream (didn't bother ranking, but easily my #1)
Mikal Cronin - S/T ("...i'm getting so much older, and i can't control the things i need to be alright.")
Dum Dum Girls - Only In Dreams (stunning record, and an absolute gut check)
The You Are Minez - Having Your Heart Broken Means Once Having Had Someone To Love
Davila 666 - Tan Bajo
Ganglians - Still Living
Feel Alright - hahahahahahaha
Those Darlins - Screws Get Loose
Ty Segall - Goodbye Bread
Bad Sports - Kings of the Weekend (Ramones influenced Garage/Pop)
Night Beats - S/T
Family Portrait - S/T
Shannon and the Clams - Sleep Talk
Waylon Thornton - Rat Brew (Waylon's best release yet!)
TEENS - S/T (killer melodic garage rock from Boise, ID...Boise, seriously) 
Thee Oh Sees - Castlemania
Different Skeletons - Secret Jeers
Pow Wows - Nightmare Soda
Acid Baby Jesus - LP
Apache Dropout - S/T
Household - Items (minimal ...and totally engaging)
Bass Drum of Death - GB City
Chemical Peel - S/T (grrrl fronted punk band meets spaghetti western)
Cowabunga Babes - Going Nowhere
Pangea - Living Dummy
Black Lips - Arabia Mountain
Useless Eaters - Daily Commute

EPs, 7"'s, etc...

Allah-Las - Catamaran 7" (few mine the past so well - nailed it! Produced by Nick Waterhouse)
Tashaki Miyaki - Tashaki Miyaki 12" EP (Check out "Somethin Is Better Than Nothin" on their Bandcamp page!...Wow!)
Bäddat För Trubbel - ISO 9004 7"
Nick Waterhouse - Is That Clear 7" (garage rock slicked up in classic soul and R&B; LP coming April 2012)
Bleached - Carter 7" (sisters Jennifer and Jessie Clavin, formerly of Mika Miko)
Bleached - Searching Through The Past 7"
Mrs. Magician - The Spells 7" ("i'm 27 now \ so what the hell \ i can't be this pathetic forever.")
Chrome Pony - Illegal Smiles EP
Fidlar - DIYDUI EP ("I don't have a job \ and i don't have a phone \ i don't have a life and i'm always stoned.")
Golden Grrrls - New Pop 7"
Nightmare Boyzzz - Nuclear Summer EP 7”
Terry Malts - Something About You 7"
Terry Malts - Distracted 7"
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Willoughby's Beach EP 10" (this 7-piece is from Down Under, but they're all over the garage map - get into this!)
The Growlers - Gay Thoughts 7" (Classic!)
Dum Dum Girls - He Gets Me High EP
Swearin'- What A Dump EP (Allison Crutchfield of Bad Banana and PS Eliot fronts Swearin' & i'd take this above any previous output)
Thee Oh Sees / Total Control - split 12"
Oregon Bikes Trails - High School Lover 7"
Mikal Cronin - Tide 7" (look for the upcoming split 7" with King Khan & The Shrines -due Feb. 10th)
White Wires - Pogo Till I Puke 7"
Reina Republicana / Las Robertas - split 7"
Mrs. Magician - Prescription Vision 7"
Ty Segall - Spiders 7"

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