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
