Showing posts with label Best of. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Best of. Show all posts

JERM'S AOTY, SOME OTHER COOL ALBUMS, AND SOME NEWS

 So it's been a minute. Don't think I've posted since last year at this time. Been busy with work and grandkids. Yes I'm old. Shut up. I don't really seek out as many new bands as I used to. No more deep diving into the depths of the Bandcamp cesspool. Don't get me wrong, I love that site but my God is there a ton of garbage on there. I also haven't kept up with new releases as much this year. Again, too busy. Eh that's life. Anyway here's my album of the year. Also listing some other favorites but no ranking. News wise, I have a post coming in the next week or so about something else I'll be contributing to that i think most of the readers here will be interested in. Anyway, here goes...

Deadguy- Near-Death Travel Services


This album has no business being this good. It shouldn't be possible for a band to drop an all-time classic album, fuck off for almost 30 years, and then show back up and drop another album that rivals the 1st album. These guys are all in their mid-fifties, yes older than me, and sound more alive, more authentic, more urgent, and more real than most bands half their age. Near-Death Travel Services rips from beginning to end.

The others..

















2024

 it's that time of year at least 3 of you have been waiting for

1. Ils- To End is to Begin








6. Dipygus- Dipygus





























there you go. 2024 sucked less than the previous few years but lets be honest, it was a pretty low bar. ok 2 things. 1. yes i'm aware that harrowed was only 2 songs. however their 2 songs were better than most bands entire career and at this point, those guys could fart into a hello kitty mic for an hour straight and i'd still love it. and 2. wharflurch isn't technically an album in the typical way. it's a series of demos. however it plays like an album and they went further in the direction i hoped they'd go, so there, it counts.