{"id":1797,"date":"2014-01-27T00:40:43","date_gmt":"2014-01-27T05:40:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/2.dougkubert.com\/blog\/?p=1797"},"modified":"2014-01-27T00:43:16","modified_gmt":"2014-01-27T05:43:16","slug":"best-singleseps-of-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/2.dougkubert.com\/blog\/?p=1797","title":{"rendered":"Best Singles\/EPs of 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nCop City \/ Chill Pillars <\/strong>– Gift Shop<\/em> 7″ (Hozac)
\nThe oddball vibe within the grooves of this 45 instantly pull you into a bizarro world where warbling effects-laden guitar and chanted vocals might be considered acceptable entertainment. Living up to the weirdness of their moniker, these wack Floridians continue to amaze.<\/p>\n

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\nEndless Bummer <\/strong>– Ripper Current <\/em>EP 7″ (In The Red)
\nFour bare knuckled blasts from the most excellent Permanent Records folks and a Spit. This LA band with the ultimate SoCal name offers up a version of bitter garage punk that’s no fun and fun at the same time, perfectly wrapped up with a funny\/not funny cover.<\/p>\n

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\nLife Stinks<\/strong> – <\/span>Shadow on the Wall<\/em> 7″ (Total Punk)
\nStripped down no-frills downer punk with a less-than-positive attitude. Their snarl is evident, yet they don’t give a fuck about getting overly worked up about it. Endlessly inspiring negativity in two parts. Brilliant.<\/p>\n

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\nMagic Shadows <\/strong>– Sunburned Mind<\/em> 7″ (Magic Shadows)
\nThe wave of punk-infused psychedelia continues. Sex Church, Destruction Unit, Human Eye, etc \u2014 there’s no shortage of killer bands swirling loud tranced out guitar around mind expanding riffs. And if that sort of thing is your bag, you gotta check out these Canadians\u2019 echoey barrage of scorching guitar stomp. Read more here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\nOptional Body <\/strong>– Surviving Avalanches<\/em> 7″ (25 Diamond)
\nAs a huge fan of The VSS and the first few Year Future records, my ears have been craving some Sonny Kay-style jams for a number of years now. This killer pair of songs has his distinct yelp over a wash of doomed postpunk guitar \u2014 the ingredients of a classic.<\/p>\n

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\nSchonwald<\/strong> – Mercurial<\/em> 7″ (Hozac)
\nThe second the needle hits this record, a wave of atmospheric synth washes over you \u2014 a thrilling mix of ghostly vocals flowing over sustained chillwave and thin beats. A Flock of Seagulls from hell. This Italian duo’s second LP (out soon on Hozac) will be on the must-hear list for 2014.<\/p>\n

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\nScorpion Violente<\/strong> – The Rapist<\/em> 12″ EP (Teenage Menopause)
\nSimilar to The Dreams, another French duo with repetitive, droning vocals and noise over cheap drum machines, Scorpion Violente ups the menace with minimalist disco dirges that are seedier than a Tijuana back alley at 3am \u2014something like what a Brainbombs dance album might sound like. Their cover of The Sonics’ “Strychnine” on this record is mystifying and fascinating at the same time. Even the sleeve is morbidly unsettling and a brilliantly provocative image for setting a scene.<\/p>\n

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\nThe Soupcans<\/strong> – Parasite Brain 7″ EP (Telephone Explosion\/JKSHK)
\nIf you aren’t acquainted with Toronto’s Soupcans yet, grab this 6-song EP and prepare to be atomized. Breathing new spastic life into noise punk, their brand of racket is as warped and wild as it gets. If you’ve subjected yourself to last year’s killer Good Feelings<\/em> record, get ready for more righteous shocks to the system.<\/p>\n

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\nStraight Arrows<\/strong> – Never Enough<\/em> 7″ (Hozac)
\nA-side drops bigger than life rubbery riffs that pull you in with a surge of buzzsaw guitar, while the B-side rounds out the fun with a catchy garage punk punch to the face. These Aussies have been making big waves stateside and here are two more great reasons why.<\/p>\n

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\nVerglas<\/strong> –\u00a0Excommunion<\/em> 7″ EP (Found Dead)
\nTrve to form, the 4 songs of black metal delight on this Montreal band’s vinyl debut are recorded thinly and tinny, but even that slipshod production can’t keep the fury of Veglas from shining through. Mixing the pained shrieks and buzz of standard issue isolationist black metal with the articulation of D-beat hardcore and galloping thrash metal makes this band a pleasantly aggressive anomaly in an oversaturated musical form.<\/p>\n

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