Top-13 releases of 2014

In no particular order, endorse in good evil spirits:

Opéra Mort - Dédales (Alter)
School Shootings - School Shootings (Casual Punks)
D. Edwards - Teenage Tapes (The Death Of Rave)
Steve Gunn - Way Out Weather (Paradise Of Bachelors)
Sam Gas Can - I Sat Around Today (Crash Symbols)
Horsebladder / Farewell My Concubine - After You / American Telepathic Scumbag (Hot Releases)
Big Blood - Unlikely Mothers (Blackest Rainbow)
La Race - 4 cm De Mon Amour (tanzprocesz, Animal Biscuit, Et Mon Cul C'est Du Tofu?)
Acid Baby Jesus - Selected Recordings (Slovenly Recordings)
Tom Kovacevic - Universe Thin As Skin (Immune)
Olivia Neutron-John - Injury Train And I'm Never Getting Off It / Vulnerability (Gilgongo Records)
Hatchers - S/T (Heat Retention Records, Send Help)
Jack Ruby - Hit And Run (Saint Cecilia Knows / Feeding Tube) 

TOP-13 releases of 2013

One more time, 13 sick releases which totally ruled the previous year. From the surgical eerie/horror (totally new approach) blend of Big Blood and primitive techno-flirt dirt of H&HS to the unpretentious masterwork of Drygianakis, the concrete emptiness / loneliness of Tarpit (even though this is a late '12 release) and so on, in no particular order: 

BIG BLOOD - Radio Valkyrie +1905 + 1917+ (Feeding Tube)

HENRY & HAZEL SLAUGHTER - Endless Power Cycle (Fedora Corpse)

COSTIS DRYGIANAKIS - Blown into Breeze (self released)

TARPIT - Old News (All Gone)

DIRTY BEACHES - Drifters / Love is the Devil (Zoo Music)

JACCO GARDNER - Cabinet of Curiosities (Excelsior)

FUSILLER / BALINESE BEAST - Split LP (Tanzprocesz)

RUSSIAN TSARLAG - Gagged in Boonesville (Not Not Fun)

Various - CLASSROOM PROJECTS: INCREDIBLE MUSIC MADE BY CHILDREN IN SCHOOLS (Trunk Records)

THE FLAMING LIPS - The Terror (Bella Union)

MICHAEL ADAMIS - A Selection of Electroacoustic Works (1964-1977) (Rekem / Mafia)

PSYCHIC ILLS - One Track Mind (Sacred Bones)

PRIMITIVE MOTION - Worlds Floating By (Bedroom Suck)

[PHN-07] Various Artists - An Urgent Cry for a Better World: Not for Hippies

01 Q Rose - How Do You Do This
02 Xeerow - fatAL
03 Άγγελος κυρίου - με ενημέρώνεις ότι είναι κάθε μέρα
04 beaTol & the Eagol - έξω απ'την πόρτα (μέσα στην ψυχή)
05 Adam_is - Tipsy Gypsy Curse
06 Melophobia - blck mgk wmn
07 Dead Gum - Crystal Tear
08 Rezan - AN02
09 Flesh Candy - Free Dogfood
10 sofia zoitu - sarah
11 Kostadis - Healthy
12 Big Blood & Q Rose - Now I Know What I Am
13 _______not for hippies

Free download / stream @ Archive.org

Living legends

(PHR-83) BIG BLOOD & THE WICKED HEX LP

A stunning new album including 5 long jams (23 minutes each side) which balance perfectly between the homey "Strange Maine" sound, the collage aesthetic of "The Grove" and the extraordinary singer/songwriter approach as heard on "Dead Songs". If it wasn't released by Phase!, it would certainly top a position in the 2011 TOP-13 albums!
Comes in an edition of 350 copies w/ 2-color awesome screenprinted jacket + insert.

Here's the album's opening track, "Run", performed live in Thessaloniki:



buy a copy at phasejunk.com

Big Blood in Greece

Friday 1 July: Athens @ Six D.O.G.S. w/ Betty Loop Loop (Angelos Kyriou + Ktiria ti Nyxta)
Sunday 3 July: Xanthi @ Folk Art Museum w/ Dead Gum
Monday 4 July: Thessaloniki @ Fuzz Bar w/ Dead Gum

also: Colleen Kinsella solo art exhibition "Leviathan Song"
Athens, Six D.O.G.S. Gallery Space (1-8 July)

Best art is the affordable art

Colleen from the great Big Blood has gone Etsy!