Albums of 2012 - 18. Thee Oh Sees - Putrifiers II EP

18. THEE OH SEES - PUTRIFIERS II EP

 I know nothing about this band, other than I have seen their low-profile presence in the underbelly of the blogosphere. I don't really go to blogs, they come to me. I don't really like smart-phones. I actually can't be arsed with most shit. This band however, are worth the time.
I just googles them and thought "oy yeah, now I remember." They are from San Fran and are pfolific as shit. They have changed their name a bunch of times and have released a million albums. Maybe it's why I have ignored them or kind of subliminally rejectied them.  However, I'm a firm believer that if something is so good with la musica, then sooner or later it will be found.  For the most part anyway. And, for the most parts mates, this albums finds a "form band" apparently blasting out great, pressure-free, avant-garde garage rock. Just look at that weird animal thing in the pic. Do you know how many times it took me to get that image thing saved on here? Too many, it's a crazy beast.

albums of 2012 - 44. Guided By Voices - Let's Go Eat The Factory

44. GUIDED BY VOICES – LET’S GO EAT THE FACTORY

At the top of the year this came out and it was a good start to 2012. A lot of sketches, some might argue, but I loved how Guided By Voices flit from idea to idea, often in under 2 minutes. They’ve got just under 20 albums in their back catalogue now; so fucking prolific since 1987. There’s much music to read about and discover nowadays and even though I saw these guys live in 2003, I’d honestly forgotten how exploratory they were. Well shame on me. I'm a mockery of a sham. This is hardly meat and potatoes rock. It’s a burst of styles and a kaleidoscope of a journey. It’s a timeless sounding rock album that could serve as a good introduction to their prior work. This doesn’t need to be daunting though. I know that I for one am going to delve into their old stuff with glee.

BEST PLAYED: When craving creativity from an often turgid indie rock horizon. 

Records of 2010 - 11 - Holy Fuck - Latin

Records of 2010 - 11 - Holy Fuck - Latin

Holy Fuck turn up the shit on this album. This improvisational dance rock band are "creating the equivalent of modern electronic music without actually using the techniques, looping, splicing, programming - and the like—of that music" according to Pitchfork. Where their first two albums were spazzy and "improvisational" (maybe only live,) they seem to be on a journey here, instead of a "let's riot" or a "let's get fucked up" philosophy.It's still a total blast though. With a lack of good rock albums this year, this is the album with the brimming energy that your pre-gaming needs. Just that "Latin" knows its limits, and forges a tight path this time around, which ain't no bad thing at all.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2Y7TAtoAFk

Records of 2010 - 20 No Age - Everything In Between

Records of 2010 - 20 No Age - Everything In Between

I can't argue with this description from Filter Magazine:

"With the stunning Everything in Between, Randall and Spunt's emergent sonic juggernaut, No Age is continuing to build, brick by brick, a bulletproof reputation for thunderous virtuosity-all without leaning on worthless crutches like Auto-Tune, capitalized formula, compromise and other fakery that divides pretenders from those who set fire to the dustbin of musical history." --Scott Thill, Filter Magazine, August 2010--

An absolute tearaway of a rock album that breathes a lot of energy into proceedings, without breathing fire. This ain't do dragon. It's a brown bear. --Me, now--

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWhCgA6r0Sk

Records of 2010 - 35. Archie Bronson Outfit - Coconut

Records of 2010 - 35. Archie Bronson Outfit - Coconut

Some random online sex-pest that calls himself "Jimmy Fuller" recommended this album to me whilst being really sleazy, telling me he was touching himself whilst he was listening to it. I instantly deleted him of corpse and hesitantly listened. What I heard was a nice blast of garage rock that has dancefloor disco tendencies, in a scuttle of distortion, like on the goddamnit excellent "Hoola." You know what? I would speak to Jimmy again if we was just your run-of the-mill stalker, but the fact that we was such a lusty wanker, means that our 5 minute "friendship" of asking age? / sex? / location ? is over forever. Maybe he thought sex meant sex. Shit. Lost cause.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZg8qY9rh20