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Global Garage’s Favorite Records of 2021

December 31, 2021December 31, 2021 Ryan Acid Maso Temple, Altin Gun, Amyl & The Sniffers, Aurat, Balimaya Project, Beautify Junkyards, best garage rock of 2021, best music of 2021, best of 2021, best psych of 2021, best punk of 2021, best records of 2021, best records of the year, best rock of 2021, black midi, Blackwater Holylight, Cosmic Reaper, Depresion Sonora, Dry Cleaning, end of year list, favorite records of 2021, favorite records of the year, favorite releases of 2021, Francis Bebey, Fuzzy Lights, Goat, Iceage, Indiana, Jerusalem In My Heart, Koikoi, La Era de Acuario, Las Hiedras, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Les Filles de Illighadad, Mandy, Mdou Moctar, Miminokoto, MONO, Montparnasse Musique, Mythic Sunship, New Age Doom, Nick Drunken Broken Arms & His False Dylan Cobb, Night Battles, Nightshift, Panopticon, Pavel Milyakov & Bendik Giske, Ploho, Rata Negra, Rostro Del Sol, Senyawa, Sgt. Papers, Slant, Squid, Sundancer, TEKE::TEKE, The Muslims, The Narcotix, The Peacers, Vanishing Twin, Vaudou Game, Wau Wau Collectif, White Canyon & The Fifth Dimension, WitchTit, Wurld Series

2021. What a year, am I right? Good thing there was a lot of fantastic music to keep us relatively

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Global Garage’s Favorite Records of 2020

December 31, 2020 Ryan Acid Mess, Baba Zula, Bambara, Belako, best albums of the year, best music of 2020, best records of the year, Brainbombs, Bríi, Centre el Muusa, Crack Cloud, Death Valley Girls, Deeper, Dragoons, En Attendant Ana, Es, favorite albums of 2020, favorite albums of the year, favorite garage records of 2020, favorite psych records of 2020, Favorite punk records of 2020, Favorite records of 2020, favorite records of the year, Favorite rock records of 2020, Hallelujah Chicken Run Band, Here the Captain Speaking, Hugh Masekela, Ichiko Aoba, Izzy and the Black Trees, Jeff Parker, Juniore, Kanaan, La Iglesia Atomica, Lomelda, Lonker See, MANSIBAL, Molchat Doma, Moor Jewelry, necio records, Object Hours, Ohmme, Oneness of Juju, OOIOO, Parque de Cometas, Penza Penza, Pharoah Overlord, Porridge Radio, Pottery, Primo, Repetitor, Sei Still, Slift, songhoy blues, Sons of Southern Ulster, Space Druids, Super Besse, The Captain Is Dead, The Dead C, The Heliocentrics, The Muslims, The Violent Youth, Today Is The Day, Tony Allen, TootArd, Voz Di Sanicolau, Wailin' Storms, Wayfarer, White Canyon & The 5th Dimension, Yves Tumor

Hats off to Bandcamp for abandoning ranked lists this year. In kind, our list doesn’t, and hasn’t, in the years

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Global Garage’s Favorite Records of 2019

January 3, 2020April 21, 2020 Ryan Abronia, Amadjar, Amyl & The Sniffers, Approximate, Bad Breeding, best records of 2019, best records of the year, Bestiarium, Beyond the Blue Sky, black midi, Black Tenere, Boogarins, Braindrops, C'est ça, Capsula, Cascabel, Ceremony, Coiled Light, Congnitive Dissonance, Das Drip, Dhidalah, DIÄT, Digawolf, Dump Him, Dykes to Watch Out For, Everything You Believe In, Ex Hex, Exiled, Family Party, Fat White Family, favorite records of 2019, favorite records of the year, Fea, Fly Pan Am, Fongola, French Vanilla, Gave Me the Itch, Girl Band, Gong Gong Gong, Green Lung, How Am I Not Myself?, Ideal Woman, Ilana: The Creator, Ima今, In The Spirit World Now, It's Real, Itekoma Hits, JAMBINAI, Karl Hector & The Malcouns, Kel Assouf, Khana Bierbood, Knife Wife, Kokoko!, Kukangendai, LADRONES, Lemurian Folk Songs, Lightning One, Living Is Killing Me, Lukiek, Lukiek #1, Mayo Supreme, Mdou Moctar, Merlin, Messed Up, Monarch, Morbid Stuff, No Dados, No Novelties, Non Ex Orbis, ONDA, Orchestra Of Constant Distress, Os Noctàmbulos, Otoboke Beaver, Out Cold, Palm, Phantom Rhythm, Positive Energy, PUP, Reese McHenry, S/T, Schlagenheim, Serf's Up, Shrimpwitch, Silence Kills, Skinny Girl Diet, Solar Corona, Solar Halos, Sombrou Dúvida, Spielbergs, strangers from the far east, Terno Rei, The Mortal, The Murder Capital, The Muslims, The Spiral Electric, The Stroppies, The Talkies, The Whole of Each Eye, This Is Not The End, Threshold, Tinariwen, Tout va bien se passer, Tropical Fuck Storm, Trumpets of Consciousness, Violeta, We Are Universe, When I Have Fears, Whoosh, Wild Classical Music Ensemble, Woodland Rites, Yellowstone

Okay, so here it goes, my obligatory rant regarding end-of-year lists. If y’all don’t know by now, I’m not a

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Global Garage’s Favorite Records of 2018

December 31, 2018April 21, 2020 Global Garage Admin Altin Gun, At the Gates, BCUC, Begravningsentreprenörerna, best hardcore records of 2018, best metal records of 2018, best psych records of 2018, best punk records of 2018, best records of 2018, best rock records of 2018, Bichkraft, Bongripper, cold cream, Constant Mongrel, Courtney Barnett, Cutty's Gym, Daughters, Dream Can, Entropia, Exploded View, Familia de Lobos, Farsa, Have You Ever Seen the Jane Fonda Aerobic VHS?, High on Fire, Hórmónar, Horrendous, IDLES, Khemmis, Kikgaku Moyo, L.A. Salami, La Iglesia Atomica, Lupe de Lupe, Lute, Murder By Death, Mythic Sunship, No Love, Outer Heaven, Panopticon, Skeletonwitch, Skinless, Sleep, Slift, Tal National, The Muslims, Thou, top records of 2018, Uivo Zebra, Voivod, Wayfarer, X-Wife, Xylouris White, Zeal & Ardor

Every year brings incredible music and 2018 was no exception. Here at Global Garage we’re not big fans of “best

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Global Garage’s Favorite 2017 Records

December 31, 2017April 21, 2020 Ryan 12", 3RD LP, AGGRESSIVE ADVERTISING, ALEX LEHEY (AUSTRALIA), ALGIERS (USA), ALL AMERICAN MADE, ANTIBALAS (USA), APOCALIPSTICK, AQUASERGE (FRANCE), ASCENDING A MOUNTAIN OF HEAVY LIGHT, AUBIN'S LAMENT, AYE NAKO (USA), BABY IN VAIN (DENMARK), BAD GIRL, Bands, BEE BEE SEA (ITALY), best albums of 2017, BLACK SOMNIA, BLEEDING EYES, BOMBADIL (USA), BOO BOO, BURGER RECORDS LATAM, CANNIBALE (FRANCE), CANNON, CATHEDERAL (FRANCE), CAUGHT IN A PHASE, CAUSA SUI (DENMARK), CAYETANA (USA), CELLAR DWELLER, CHAOS & SYSTEMS, CHARLY BLISS (USA), CHEAP ENTERTAINMENT, CHELSEA WOLFE (USA), CHERRY GLAZERR (USA), CHURCH IS POIZON, CIRCLE (FINLAND), community radio, CONTEMPT, COST OF LIVING, COUCH SLUT (USA), CREATED IN THE IMAGE OF SUFFERING, DAKHLA SAHARA SESSION, DAVID NANCE (USA), DESERT CENTER, DEVOTION, DIET CIG (USA), DIVIDERS (FRANCE), DOLLIE BARNES (USA), DON'T BE A STRANGER, DON'T LET IT BE, DOOR GIRL, DOWNTOWN BOYS (USA), DRUNK, DUDE YORK (USA), DUMB DAYS, DUMB DOCTORS (USA), DUSTY MUSH (FRANCE), ENDLESS BOOGIE (USA), EYE OF NIX (USA), EYEBALL UNDER, favorite albums of 2017, FEEL YOUR FEELINGS FOOL, FENCES, FORMATIVE YEARS, FROM THE CENTRE OF A PARALLEL UNIVERSE, FROZEN PLANET... 1969 (AUSTRALIA), FUJIYA & MIYAGI (UK), Garage Psych, garage punk, garage rock, GAY KISS (USA), GRAVITY WORKS, GROUP DOUEH & CHEVEAU (FRANCE/WEST SAHARA), GSP (USA), GUANTANAMO BAYWATCH (USA), GUPPY, HALLELUJAH ANYHOW, HARAM (USA), hardcore, Hardcore Punk, HISS GOLDEN MESSENGER (USA), HISS SPUN, I LOVE YOU LIKE A BROTHER, IGUANA DEATH CULT (THE NETHERLANDS), II, IIIIIIII / IIIIIIIII, IMPALERS (USA), IN THIS PERFECT HELL, INFINITE WORLDS, INTERLUDES OF INSANITY, INVOCATION AND RITUAL DANCE OF MY DEMON TWIN, JAKE XERXES FUSSELL (USA), JULIE'S HAIRCUT (USA), JUNIORE (FRANCE), KING WOMAN (USA), LAISSE ÇA ÊTRE, LAND BETWEEN RIVERS, LAS ROBERTAS (COSTA RICA), LET THE EVIL OF HIS OWN LIPS COVER HIM, LIARS (AUSTRALIA/USA), LINGUA IGNOTA (USA), MARGO PRICE (USA), MORE NOTHING, MOUNTAIN BIKE (BELGIUM), Music and Travel, MYTHIC SUNSHIP (DENMARK), NAKED NAPS (USA), NATURAL CAUSES (USA), NEGATIVE BOOGIE, NERVOUS DATER (USA), NEW KIND OF NORMAL, NIGHT BULLY EP, NO MERCY FOR LOVE, NOTHING FEELS NATURAL, OÍDO ABSOLUTO, OPPOSITES, OUH LÀ LÀ, PALE HONEY (SWEDEN), PARLOR WALLS (USA), Paul Mirek, PIE FACED GIRLS (USA), PILL (USA), PLAY "THE SONGS YOU LIKE", PLAYBOY MANBABY (USA), POIZON (USA), PRIESTS, PROTOMARTYR (USA), Psych Garage, psych rock, Psychedelic Rock, punk rock, RADIATOR HOSPITAL (USA), radio show, RATA NEGRA (SPAIN), REESE MCHENRY & SPIDER BAGS (USA), RELATIVES IN DESCENT, rock around the world, ROUNDED DOWN EP, Ryan Sweeney, S/T, SAB SE PURANI BAB, SAICOBAB (JAPAN), SHILPA RAY (USA), SILVER HAZE, SINCERELY, SKEPTICS (FRANCE), SNAKEHOLE (USA), SONIC B0OMERANG, ST. MOJO, STEVEN WILSON (UK), STRAYTONES (UKRAINE), SUNDAYS & CYBELE (JAPAN), SUNSHINE REVERBERATION (NORWAY), surf punk, surf rock, SWEAR I'M GOOD AT THIS, SWEET SPIRIT (USA), TAIWAN HOUSING PROJECT (USA), TERMINAL, TFCF, THE BEAST (USA), THE BODY & FULL OF HELL (USA), THE COURTNEYS (CANADA), THE COWBOYS (USA), THE FIRST STIRRINGS OF HIDEOUS INSECT LIFE, THE MIAMI DOLPHINS (USA), THE REGRETTES (USA), THE ROUTES (JAPAN), THE TILLS (USA), THE UNDERSIDE OF POWER, THUNDERCAT (USA), TIRED LION (AUSTRALIA), TO THE BONE, TOO SORRY FOR ANY SORROW, TORO Y MOI (USA), TOTAL RIFT, U-Men, U-MEN (USA), UROCHROMES (USA), VAGABON (USA), VARIOUS ARTISTS (LATIN AMERICA), VEBLEN DEATH MASK, VIBE KILLER, VIBRACIONES DORADOS, VINNUM SABBATHI (MEXICO), VLIMMER (GERMANY), VOL. 1, WATER YOUR WAITING FOR, WAVES OF THE NEW, WEEPING ICON (USA), WHAT IN THE NATURAL WORLD, WHERE THE GODS ARE AT PEACE, WHITE MANNA (USA), whup, WOKE, YEAR OF THE CHUMP, YOU HAVE LOST, بس ربحت, خسرت "WHEN YOU HAVE WON

Just what you never asked for, another unnecessary “best of” list. I hate those “Best Of” lists, because it implies

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