Santoros - Ancestros (2012)

This may very well be the best damn twang beset, euphoria inducing, heartache curing flower punk I have ever heard. It's pure elation bottled up in a growler and labeled "Please Enjoy Slowly." Press play and feel every last one of your bad vibes and pesky misgivings stream out of your pores like Niagara Falls during a hurricane. These guys also put out the equally intoxicating Animals cassette last year that was on my 2013 best EP quick list.

Feel free to pay $$$.

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The Red Cords - Dead Heat EP (2013)

UK pubescents, raiding your liquor cabinet for whatever is strongest and if you've got nothing but Malibu and Fireball in there, you might come home to a noxious heap of a turd in the middle of your dining room table. No offense, but man up you pussy! While you're doing internet research on alcohol that wasn't made with vaginal secretion, you might swing by the PNKSLM page and pick up this surfboard swilling raunchfest that easily fits into any drenchers collection.

For your eyeballs...



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Wimps - Party at the Wrong Time EP (2014)

Spankin' new prissy punk with an attitude. Once members of The Intelligence, Meth Teeth and Butts form this calculous trio of ball bashers and brain embezzlers. Don't skip on this sweet lemon colored vinyl, it's yearning for it's place in your collection and you would be a fool to deny it.



And for good measure here is their sold out cassette from last year...

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The Bad Joke That Ended Well - S/t (2012)

Drunk punk junk doing a swan dive off a skyscraper, maintaining the paradigmatic form of an olympian and crashing down like a meteor, feet down and chin up, only to belch and mutter the words "thank you may I have another." Snag the mp3s fo' free courtesy of Stolen Body Records (who have sent me a bunch of new stuff you should be keeping your eyes peeled for).



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Ah God - Total Dose (Video)

Ah God is low-pressure, two-timing dumpster punk. So far in their sprawling music career, they have stirred the pot with an LP from early last year (below), and teased us with this taste of vibrant joviality, which will hopefully turn into something more. Keep you're eyes wide for more.

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The Tough Shits - S/t (2012)

The message behind this bands name is likely not to be off-putting, but rather to encourage you to get past all your pretend pain and concocted misery. You are not the only person in existence and it's time you realize that. If someone cuts you off, tough shit. If work is really bringing you down, tough shit! There is no need to verbally vomit your perfectly normal life all over facebook or whatever online social bullshit you're into. I can't say for sure that these guys follow my philosophy, but their songs preach whole hearted goodness in general. They subliminally teach you hard lessons, like changing up your daily routine for the better (Early Grave), not getting involved with blood sucking harlots (She's a Loner), and experiencing life in a more fruitful and exciting way (Security Blanket). Not to meantion that these tracks are first-rate and supremely sweet. You will be gasping for more after just one listen, I promise.

Tracklist:

1. Try Not To Laugh

2. Bird (Don't Get Tired of Flying)

3. Cats & Dogs

4. Early Grave

5. She's A Loner,

6. Space Heater

7. Chinatown Bus

8. Not Too Close

9. She's Through with You

10. Security Blanket

11. Holding a Seance

12. Hombre De La Cocaina

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Poolboy - Soda Kids EP (2013)

These guys easily made my Best EP's list at years end, however, I'm sure you guys didn't actually listen to all of that stuff, so let's try this again. Here's Poolboy, swarming pop punk, well hung and stiff as a brick. These jams are sweeter than your girlfriends rim jobs and certainly tighter than that cavernous asshole she's left you with. Keep your eyes peeled for more from these guys, you won't want to miss it.
   
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