You can (and must!) stream both tracks on the Rapid Pulse Soundcloud page. Includes the best Stitches song in at least 15 years and an instant snot-punk classic from London's almighty Gaggers. Released on Rapid Pulse and No Front Teeth Records. Talk about ending an album on a high note! This one's about enduring adult love, and it really speaks Seems like most epic love songs are about young hearts in the throes Wyatt Funderburk - "If I Ever Wanted Easier" If you're a big Kurt fan like me, I've got something special for you later this week. In spite of formidable competition from the likes of Smartboys, The Chain Letters, and Maniac, last year's album of the year winner collects another Lord Rutledge Award for his double A side bonanza from this past summer. Kurt Baker- "Girl's Got Money" b/w "Yeah? Yeah!" This band will contend for the championship belt in 2014. On that note, I will now dispense the hardware. Hell, even the almighty Replacements released new music! All in all, it was a musical year I'll fondly remember for a long time. I finally got hip to awesome groups like The Bloodtypes and The Love Triangle. Drugz and Chain Letters became instant favorites of mine. The Lovesores and Livids turned back the clock to the glory days of trashy punk rock n' roll. The Stiletto Boys returned after a 13 year absence and issued their long-awaited masterpiece Liberator. Several of my favorite bands (Night Birds, Missing Monuments, The Connection, The Kidnappers) delivered superb new releases. Any way you choose to explain it, I've had an inordinate amount of incredible music to write about over the past 365 days. Maybe there's lots of great music out there every year, and I just did a better job of finding it in 2013. I don't know if there was anything special about 2013 in particular. On more than one occasion over the past 12 months, I remarked on what an amazing year 2013 was for punk/garage/powerpop music. I briefly pause to sing along loudly, causing the cat to give me the death glare. So picture me now seated by the fireplace, dressed in my smoking jacket, weighing in on the year that was 2013 while I sip a hearty winter ale from a boot mug and listen to Bloodstains Across Denmark on a 1963 Motorola console stereo. Due to a restructuring of the F & L operating budget (I purchased a trained monkey whom I'm convinced can write reviews as well as I can), I was unable to make this a live event this year. Holding strong to tradition, I once again bring the year to a close with my annual Lord Rutledge Awards.
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