Wig Out At Denkos

2nd LP by Dag Nasty. Incidentally this is a 2nd press, which I also picked up in London. Some good songs on this LP as well but it's nowhere near as good as Can I Say.

Top Of The Pops 2016

2016 has been another really good year for new music. People always tell me that there are fewer and fewer new bands and records that get them excited, but in my opinion that's just a lame excuse for being lazy and just another way of saying "everything was better way back when". I get the sentiment of having the feeling one has heard that breakdown or that riff before, but maybe those aren't exactly the same and people simply have to keep an open mind. There are some old bands that had great releases in 2016 and there are some new bands that got me really excited with their records or demos. I can't wait for 2017 to come and bring me more good new music.

Record Of The Year 2016

Dangers - The Bend In The Break

7" Of The Year

Spirit Crusher - The Absolute

Demo Of The Year

Tie between Free and Lowest Priority

Discovery Of The Year

Rvivr and Erica Freas

Best Split 7"(s), Band With The Most Output and Most Loveable Band

Spirits

Honorable Mention (because it was played to me only once and I don't own the record)

Fury - Paramount

85/15

Last of my Dischord pick-ups. This time it's not a classic record, but a record by a classic band. I love Can I Say (who doesn't, right?), but I'm the biggest fan of Dag Nasty's later stuff. So I was a little skeptic when it was announced that the band was going to release a new 7". Cold Heart is an okay song, but I really like Wanting Nothing. Listening to this 7" reminded me that - as much as I love Can I Say and what Dave Smalley did on the record - Shawn Brown's vocals are so much better than Dave Smalley's. Which reminds me that I still need to pick up the Dag with Shawn LP.