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December 27, 2014: The Highly Subjective and Partially Dubious Best Records of 2014!
Artwork by Joseph Frontirre
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Best Reissues/Archival Releases of 2014 |
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Shoes This High |
The Nose One
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The Nose One 7" | Siltbreeze | 7" | #10 reissue of 2014. Originally released 1981. Also available as a bonus track on digital download of the Straight To Hell LP (also on Siltbreeze). | 0:00:18 (Pop-up) | ||||
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X_Sticky Fingers_X | Ektro | LP | #9 reissue of 2014. Late 70s/early 80s recordings. Featuring John Morton of Electric Eels. See also Electric Eels "Jaguar Ride" and "Accident" 7" reissues on HoZac. | 0:03:05 (Pop-up) | ||||
Tommy Keene |
Strange Alliance
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Strange Alliance | 12XU | LP | #8 reissue of 2014. Originally released 1982 | 0:06:50 (Pop-up) | ||||
X |
Infamy
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X-Spurts The 1977 Recordings | Ugly Pop | LP | #7 reissue of 2014. Australian X, not Los Angeles band. Pre-LP demos. See also Aspirations LP reissue (also Ugly Pop). | 0:10:24 (Pop-up) | ||||
The Stones |
Down and Around
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(v/a) Dunedin Double | Captured Tracks | LP | #6 reissue of 2014. Originally released 1982 | 0:12:49 (Pop-up) | ||||
Silkworm |
Couldn't You Wait?
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Libertine | Comedy Minus One | LP | #5 reissue of 2014. Originally released 1994 | 0:28:34 (Pop-up) | ||||
The Bats |
North By North
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Volume 1 | Captured Tracks | CD | #4 reissue of 2014. Daddy's Highway, The Law of Things LPs and Compiletely Bats singles compilation all in one collection, 1984-1988 recordings | 0:32:27 (Pop-up) | ||||
The Cigarettes |
They're Back Again, Here They Come
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(v/a) Punk 45 Vol 2: There Is No Such Thing As Society, Get A Job, Get A Car, Get A Bed, Get Drunk! Underground Punk in the UK 1977-78 | Soul Jazz | LP | #3 reissue of 2014. See also volumes 1 (U.S. punk) and 3 (proto-punk) | 0:36:24 (Pop-up) | ||||
Owen Maercks |
House of Cards
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Teenage Sex Therapist | Feeding Tube | LP | #2 reissue of 2014. Unreleased LP from 1978 plus additional tracks. | 0:40:05 (Pop-up) | ||||
Crime |
Hot Wire My Heart
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Murder By Guitar | Superior Viaduct | LP | #1 reissue of 2014. Mid to late 70s recordings. | 0:50:29 (Pop-up) | ||||
Best Singles/EPs/Demos etc of 2014 |
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Video |
(Join the) Hate Wave
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(Join the) Hate Wave 7" | Total Punk | 7" | #10 single/EP of 2014. | 0:57:16 (Pop-up) | ||||
Expert Alterations |
Memory Glands
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Expert Alterations | self-released | Cassette | #9 single/EP of 2014. | 0:59:58 (Pop-up) | ||||
Radar`Eyes |
Community
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Community 7" | Requiem Pour Un Twister | 7" | #8 single/EP of 2014. | 1:03:45 (Pop-up) | ||||
Personnel |
Close Quarters
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Personnel EP | Double Dot Dash | 7" | #7 single/EP of 2014. Available as a "name your price" download at doubledotdash.bandcamp.com | 1:07:13 (Pop-up) | ||||
No Other |
Option C
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Option C 7" | Negative Fun | 7" | #6 single/EP of 2014. | 1:10:22 (Pop-up) | ||||
Deaf Wish |
Cool Comment
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St, Vincent's EP | Sub Pop | 7" | #5 single/EP of 2014. | 1:19:55 (Pop-up) | ||||
Institute |
Giddy Boys
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Giddy Boys 7" | Katorga Works | 7" | #4 single/EP of 2014. Available as a free and legal download here! See also Salt EP on Sacred Bones. | 1:21:38 (Pop-up) | ||||
Thigh Master |
Head of the Witch
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Head of the Witch 7" | Tenth Court | 7" | #3 single/EP of 2014. | 1:24:55 (Pop-up) | ||||
Pang |
Young Professionals
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Young Professionals EP | Grazer | 7" | #2 single/EP of 2014. | 1:27:18 (Pop-up) | ||||
Gotobeds |
New York's Alright (If You Like Sex and Phones)
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New York's Alright (If You Like Sex and Phones) 7" | Mind Cure | 7" | #1 single/EP of 2014. Also available of their debut LP Poor People Are Revolting on 12XU Records. | 1:34:26 (Pop-up) | ||||
Best Albums of 2014 |
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Purling Hiss |
Learning Slowly
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Weirdon | Drag City | CD | #25 album of 2014. | 1:43:51 (Pop-up) | ||||
Bleeding Rainbow |
Images
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Interrupt | Kanine | CD | #24 album of 2014. Formerly Reading Rainbow | 1:48:19 (Pop-up) | ||||
G. Green |
Fake Affair
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Area Codes | Mt St. Mtn | LP | #23 album of 2014 | 1:50:34 (Pop-up) | ||||
Apache Dropout |
Left The Nest
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Heavy Window | Magnetic South | LP | #22 album of 2014 | 1:52:06 (Pop-up) | ||||
White Fence |
Like That
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For the Recently Found Innocent | Drag City | CD | #21 album of 2014 | 1:55:06 (Pop-up) | ||||
Priests |
Doctor
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Bodies and Control and Money and Power | Don Giovanni/Sister Polygon | LP | #20 album of 2014 | 1:57:47 (Pop-up) | ||||
Dinos Boys |
Catapult
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Last Ones | Oops Baby/Die Slaughterhouse | LP | #19 album of 2014 | 2:00:32 (Pop-up) | ||||
Martyr Privates |
Something to Sell
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Martyr Privates | Bedroom Suck | LP | #18 album of 2014 | 2:02:26 (Pop-up) | ||||
Golden Pelicans |
Hard To Swallow
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Golden Pelicans | Total Punk | LP | #17 album of 2014. Check out their live session from earlier this year on The Cherry Blossom Clinic with Terre T at WFMU's Free Music Archive! | 2:10:15 (Pop-up) | ||||
Spray Paint |
Nice Hustle
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Clean Blood, Regular Acid | Monofonus Press | LP | #16 album of 2014 | 2:11:43 (Pop-up) | ||||
So Cow |
Science Fiction
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The Long Con | Goner | CD | #15 album of 2014 | 2:14:12 (Pop-up) | ||||
Generation Loss |
Line
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Generation Loss | Cut-Rate | Cassette | #14 album of 2014 | 2:17:38 (Pop-up) | ||||
Obnox |
How to Rob (The Punk Years)
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Louder Space | 12XU | LP | #13 album of 2014 | 2:20:12 (Pop-up) | ||||
The New Pornographers |
Born With a Sound
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Brill Bruisers | Matador | CD | #12 album of 2014 | 2:23:18 (Pop-up) | ||||
Literature |
Kites
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Chrous | Slumberland | LP | #11 album of 2014 | 2:26:17 (Pop-up) | ||||
Nots |
Talk Show
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Nots | Goner | CD | #10 album of 2014. Check out their live session from November on Burn It Down with Nate K on WFMU's Free Music Archive! | 2:29:16 (Pop-up) | ||||
GG King |
Mephitic Hallways
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Unending Darkness | Scavenger of Death | LP | #9 album of 2014 | 2:38:14 (Pop-up) | ||||
Ex Hex |
Waste Your Time
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Ex Hex | Merge | CD | #8 album of 2014 | 2:41:39 (Pop-up) | ||||
The Dead Space |
Fractured Push
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Faker | 12XU | LP | #7 album of 2014 | 2:44:24 (Pop-up) | ||||
The Young |
Moondog First Quarter
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Chrome Cactus | Matador | LP | #6 album of 2014 | 2:47:56 (Pop-up) | ||||
Jonly Bonly |
Long Distance
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Put Together | 12XU | LP | #5 album of 2014 | 2:52:26 (Pop-up) | ||||
Wymyns Prysyn |
Liars
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Head in a Vise | Drugged Conscience | LP | #4 album of 2014 | 2:54:54 (Pop-up) | ||||
Good Throb |
Crab Walk
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Fuck Off | White Denim / Super-Fi / Sabremetric | LP | #3 album of 2014. Available as a "name your price" download at goodthrob.bandcamp.com | 2:56:51 (Pop-up) | ||||
Minutes |
Raise Our Fists Up
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Roland | Michigan Indie Network/Comedy Minus One | LP | #2 album of 2014 | 2:59:04 (Pop-up) | ||||
Protomartyr |
Come And See
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Under Color of Official Right | Sub Pop | CD | #1 album of 2014 | 3:02:47 (Pop-up) | ||||
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