2015 is done, and it was pretty damn good. But there's already some things looming on the horizon for 2016 to get really excited about.
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Last week I played ONLY songs released in 2015. It was easy. So I decided this week I'd feature a bunch that weren't featured in the Gremmys. Easy too!
This is the last 2015 extravaganza, though there's still a number of great records that didn't show up in either show.
Anyway, here's last week's playlist
12/28/15
As far as I know, the Gremmys are the only surf/instro awards out there, which puts a lot of weight on my whim. Too much.
So I reached out to a few respectable folks that I know are on top of this music to try to bring a few more opinions into the mix.
Everybody has been given carte blanche as to how they want to present this. No "rad", "trad", "modern", "way-out" here.
This is the first I've heard from Amphibian Man, though it appears they actually had another release earlier this year. These Ukrainians play some aggressive lo-fi surf with some big growling bass guitar while still managing to sound pretty trad.
While I'm busy cooking up these other awards, I find a few more things I want to recognize. So here are a bunch of smaller awards. No honorable mentions, only one runner-up if that.
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