Some Crazy Garbage

I often tell people that I'll be late to my own funeral, so it comes as no surprise that I'm posting my next top 25 list of 2019 on April 21st. Anyway, these here are some of my favorite shorter releases from last year. Collate - Symptomatic With a title like that and songs named Symptom, Stabilize/Receive, and Medicine, this is post-punk that is truly a sign of the times. Constant Mongrel - Experts In Skin Two new angular post-punk cuts from these Australian vets with a dick joke for a name. The Cool Greenhouse - Crap Cardboard Pet Simple. Repetitive. Different. That's what Tom Greenhouse is going for, and the results are marvelous. Casio beats, one-note guitar licks, a smattering of bass guitar and keys, and silly lyrics delivered in a deadpan speak-singing style. It all wraps up into a bizarre and fun post-punk package. Cool indeed. The Cool Greenhouse - Landlords b/w 4Chan Yeah that's right, two releases from the same band. My blog, my rules. Get used...

Here are my favorite songs of 2019, presented with handy YouTube or Bandcamp links for your listening and viewing pleasure. April Fools! What kind of a jackass would post their top songs of the year in April of the following year? So yeah, here's that list: Amateur Childbirth - Flowchart For Royal Incest Oh look, another dark and super depressing neofolk song from Australia's Amateur Childbirth! ANTi-FEDS - Working, Dying Beastie Boys-style shouting over fuzzy anarcho-punk. Fuck the corporations you work for, bud. Bananagun - Out Of Reach This sunny, groovy '60s-style pop track from new Aussie collective Bananagun would've fit neatly on an Austin Powers soundtrack. Yeah baby yeah! <- had to do it. Blues Lawyer - Something Different A very relatable poppy punk song for those of us fed up with our lives. I hope it works out this time.... Bront - Ducktales Egg punk is alive and well in Belgium! Here's a goofy, fuzzed-out track from a seemingly...