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10. Charly Bliss – Guppy This is the best pop-punk record this year, no doubt about it. I lend this appeal mostly to Eva Hendricks voice, a non-singing voice at times, disappearing when shrieking but ultimately beautifully emotive and relatable. Surely she follows in the lane of previously known female rock singers and the grunge of the 90´s, yet there is a huge amount of comedy, irony, and quirkiness in her delivery and lyrics that are supported by forward-thinking instrumentals that sound as polished as they appear raw and spur of the moment. Her outings range from “I pied the trampoline” to questioning her relation with “Am I the best / Or just the first person to say yes” and these forms of youthful energy and anxiety resonate even when the teenage years are pretty much over and done. Indie rock has to deliver on these fronts, the idiosyncrasies of being young while touching on the first questions and introspections of adulthood and generally being in touch with a world out...

Lastly, I want to make it short and sweet when talking some great EPs that came out in 2014 . Only one sentence for each release. Unofficially I would have to take Drake into account for all his released tracks, but just take it as noted now. 10. Auburn Lull – Hiber The return of Auburn Lull and the return of the truest form of celestial contemplation. ( Full Review Here ). 09. Oneohtrix Point Never – Commissions I Can´t say that Oneo goes mental on this one, he always is and pushes things further and further on Commissions – Meet Your Creator. 08. Majid Jordan – A Place Like This For all the fast moving, slow dancing love-birds, Majid Jordan soundtrack your heart. Majid Jordan "Her" Official Video from Jamie Webster on Vimeo . 07. Iliketrains – The Christmas Tree EP (Remaster/Reissue) Grand reissue of a heart breaking instrumental epic created by the beatniks of ...

19. Run The Jewels – Angel Duster (Run The Jewels 2) Run The Jewels know how to go out on a high note. I should have chosen the closer of the debut over the banger of the second track in 2013. El-P and Killer Mike conclude bleak and pessimistic: The world is not a nice place and we tend to forget all the forces that control us. Therefore rely on yourself and your own mind. "I kill my masters / I mentor none".  18. Rainer Veil – Three Day Jag (New Brutalism) Rainer Veil gave the gift of another EP this year. A set of confined delayered instrumentals drawing from dark wave and drum and bass. Three Day Jag moves gravely, more as a decrease then a increase as the high tide is muffled and distant but still manages to digress from the introduced tranquility into a nerve wrenching irritation. 17. Mogwai – Remurdered / Repelish (Rave Tapes) This is another (and last) double placement because I see no reason to distinguish. Rave Tapes by Mogwai showcases a b...