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Long live the 7″ record! My favorite 45s of 2016

Posted on January 8, 2017

  • The Lopez – “Kill Yr Selfie” (SKR)
  • Chrome Reverse – “Do What?” (Kizmiaz)
  • Os Courettes – Introducing The Selvagem Os Courettes (Bachelor)
  • Pizza Ninja Squad – “Krang” (Euro Trash)
  • Primitive Calculators – “I’m Fucked” (Emotional Response)
  • Nachthexen – “Ring Ring” (Kids Of The Lughole)
  • Cold Meat – Jimmy’s Lipstick (Static Shock)
  • Razz – “No Time” (Warm Wet)
  • Bug Fix – “Chocolate Nerve” (MPLS Ltd.)
  • Quaaludes – Are The Winners Always Losers? (Jonny Cat)
  • The Sticks – “No Sustain” (Market Square)
  • Shivas – “I’ve Had Enough” (Casino Trash)
  • Patsy – “Eat It” (Total Punk)

I like LPs too! My favorite LPs of 2016

  • My Name Is Joe – Stories Of Our Cities (MNIJ)
  • Heavy Metal – Anti-Music, Anti-Sense, Anti-You (Static Age)
  • Miss Destiny – S/T (R.I.P. Society)
  • The Dance Asthmatics – Lifetime Of Secretion (ever/never)
  • Boss Hog – Brood Star (In The Red)
  • Nots – Cosmetic (Goner)
  • Sex Crime – S/T (Danger)
  • Black Helicopter – Deadlines For Deadbeats (Midriff)
  • The Suburban Homes – The Suburban Homes Are Bored (Total Punk)
  • Peluqueria Canina – Jovenes Promesas (Going Underground)
  • Mountains And Rainbows – Particles (Castle Face)

And cassettes! My favorite cassettes of 2016

  • BD – Demo 2016 (S/R)
  • Mike Henry Leak – Human Machine (Vasen Entertainment)
  • Sex Hogs II – Sex Hogs II: Part One (S/R)

And of course reissues! My favorite reissues of 2016

  • Babeez – Nobody Wants Me (Buttercup)
  • Dow Jones And The Industrials – Can’t Stand The Midwest 1979-1981 (Family Vineyard)
  • Cheap Nasties – “53rd & 3rd” (Numero Group)
  • The Executives – “Jet Set” (Rerun/ Danger)
  • Mr. Science – 1978-1979 (Family Vineyard)
  • V/A – Subnormal Girls (Waiting Room)
  • Units – “High Pressure Days” (FDH)
  • Plastic Idols – “Einstein Experience” (Rerun)
  • Metal Urbain – “Panik” (Alternative Tentacles)
  • Angry Angles – S/T (Goner)
  • Mike Rep And The Quotas – Hellbender 1975-78 (Hozac)
  • Suicide – “Dream Baby Dream” (Superior Viaduct)
  • DNA – “You & You” (Superior Viaduct)

Bonus: Favorite indefinable release of 2016

  • Theme Weavers LLC – Nothing But The Best: The Very Best of Theme Weavers LLC (Talent Moat)

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