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#20 - Brass “Set & Drift” (Self-Released)
- If Brass were around ten years ago they would have been on Desoto Records and J. Robbins would have produced this record.
#19 – Good Luck “Into Lake Griffy” (Self-Released)
- Into Lake Griffy is a damn pop/punk opera!
#18 – Slingshot Dakota “Their Dreams Are Dead, But Ours Is The Golden Ghost” (Self-Released)
- Uplifting and heartfelt tales of the road and life in general. This album gives me a warm fuzzy feeling!
#17 – Lynus “Nice Outside” (Royal Blue Collective)
- The second coming of No Knife!? Angular pop hooks galore!
#16 – Off With Their Heads “From The Bottom” (No Idea)
- Desperation and hope twisted together beautifully with raging, melodic pop punk.
#15 – City And Colour “Bring Me Your Love” (Vagrant)
- Singer/songwriter material from Dallas Green of Alexisonfire. Don’t let that scare you away though. This is gorgeous stuff.
#14 – In The Red “Volume I” (Kiss Of Death/Rat Patrol)
- Mike Hale from Gunmoll’s awesome new band! Hale and Leatherface’s Frankie Stubbs should have a contest to see who has the gruffest vocals.
#13 – Lemuria “Get Better” (Asian Man)
- Mature power pop rock with dual male/female vocals. A distinct but successful leap from the band’s earlier releases. It will be interesting to see where they go from here.
#12 – Able Baker Fox “Voices” (Second Nature)
- Able Baker Fox was a wet dream come true for old school Small Brown Bike and Casket Lottery fans like myself.
#11 – Tim Barry “Manchester” (Suburban Home)
- If I had more time with it no doubt Manchester would have made my top ten. Barry is about as real as it gets for a singer/songwriter.
