best of the best in xx14 !!!

this has been a rather quiet year here at TINY GROOVES with all sorts of non-musical life events/changes keeping me away from the blogosphere much to my chagrin....however 2014 was a killer fucking year for music and i once again have a long list of fave albums of the year......

so here's TINY GROOVES TOP LPS OF xx14!!!!!!!!!
  buy them all!!!!!!

 
1.    EASTLINK - S/T - IN THE RED
2.    GINO AND THE GOONS - SHAKE IT! - BLACK GLADIATOR / SLOVENLY
3.    OBNOX - LOUDER SPACE - 12XU
4.    ENERGY GOWN - EVENING MOLASSES - ALONAS DREAM
5.    GERM HOUSE - SHOWING SYMPTOMS - TROUBLE IN MIND
6.    BLIND SHAKE - BREAKFAST OF FAILURES - GONER
7.    GOLDEN PELICANS - S/T LP - TOTAL PUNK
8.    HANK WOOD AND THE HAMMERHEADS - STAY HOME! - TOXIC STATE
9.    ONO - DIEGESIS - MONIKER
10.  VERMA - SUNRUNNER - TROUBLE IN MIND

11.  APACHE DROPOUT - HEAVY WINDOW - MAGNETIC SOUTH
12.  MANATEEES - SIT N SPIN - PELICAN POW WOW
13.  MORGAN DELT - S/T - TROUBLE IN MIND
14.  AR-KAICS - S/T - WINDIAN
15.  MEATBODIES - S/T - IN THE RED
16.  UNHOLY TWO - TALK ABOUT HARDCORE - 12XU
17.  SHELLAC - DUDE INCREDIBLE - TOUCH & GO
18.  LUMERIANS - TRANSMISSIONS FROM THE TELOS III - CARDINAL FUZZ
19.  ACHTUNGS - FULL OF HATE - GOING UNDERGROUND
20.  KRAKATAU - WATER NEAR A BRIDGE - TROUBLE IN MIND

21.  DOUG TUTTLE - S/T - TROUBLE IN MIND
22.  FAUST - J US T - BUREAU B
23.  INUTILI - MUSIC TO WATCH THE CLOUDS ON A SUNNY DAY - AAGOO
24.  OOZING WOUND - EARTH SUCK - THRILL JOCKEY
25.  EXHAUSTION - BIKER - AARGHT
26.  ONYOU - ULTIMATE PHOTON A SOLE - CAPTCHA
27.  TY SEGALL - MANIPULATOR - DRAG CITY
28.  DREAMSALON - SOFT STAB - SWEET ROT
29.  SPACIN - MEGATATIONS - TELEPHONE EXPLOSION
30.  ENDLESS BUMMER - VOL 1 - IN THE RED

HONORABLE MENTIONS
(mostly cuz i just didn't get enough time to blast these jams)

COSMIC DEAD - EASTERFAUST - SOUND OF COBRA
THEE OH SEES - THE DROP - CASTLE FACE
ZIG ZAGS - S/T - IN THE RED
YOLKS - KINGS OF AWESOME - RANDY
PEN TEST - INTERSTATE - MONIKER
SPRAY PAINT - CLEAN BLOOD, REGULAR ACID - MONOFONUS PRESS
WIREHEADS - LATE GREAT WIREHEADS - FORMAT
OOIOO - GAMEL - THRILL JOCKEY
GG KING - UNENDING DARKNESS - SCAVENGER OF DEATH
NO BAILS - EPYX SHREDDER - PELICAN POW WOW
NOTS - WE ARE NOTS - GONER
LOW LIFE - DOGGING - RIP SOCIETY
NONES - MIDWESTERN FAMILY VALUES - HOZAC
ATLANTIC THRILLS - S/T - ALMOST READY
BITCHIN BAJAS - S/T - DRAG CITY
WATERY LOVE - DECORATIVE FEELING - IN THE RED
PREDATOR -  COMPLETE EARTH - SCAVENGER OF DEATH
LEATHER SLAVE - LEATHER SLAVE - PERMANENT
WAND - GANGLION REEF - DRAG CITY


BEST REISSUES / ARCHIVAL RELEASES OF xx14 -
  well this list could be like hundred pages long, cuz so much NECESSARY music keeps finally getting repressed, but here are a few that you better pick up for sure!!!!!!!

FRANTIX - MY DADS A FUCKING ALCOHOLIC - ALTERNATIVE TENTACLES
JACK RUBY - VOL 1 - FEEDING TUBE
ELECTRIC EELS - DIE ELECTRIC EELS - SUPERIOR VIADUCT
CRIME - MURDERED BY GUITAR - SUPERIOR VIADUCT
BAD AXE - COACHMAN B/W POOR MAN RUN - PERMANENT
THE EXIT - EXIT EP - PERMANENT