Year End List, Pop Dr(O)nes: Episode 77

on smaller formats. Standing polar opposite to the Puffy's was The Doozer, who, after an excellent cassette release on Sloow Tapes and a little heard debut CD, quietly put out an immense record of twisted folk that more than resembles his most infamous fellow Cambridge alumni, Syd Barrett. The Doozer undoubtedly works in enough of his own whimsy and clever lyrics to stand proudly alongside this giant.After countless releases, Ohio's Emeralds created a stunning double album of visionary synth and guitar based kosmiche which was a huge leap from the mostly drone-driven work of previous releases. Right alongside Does It Look Like I'm Here? was a slew of made-for-vinyl releases and re-issues of early CDRs and cassettes, including the Imaginary Softwoods double LP on Digitalis, a collection of the best tracks by Colored Mushroom And The Medicine Rocks on the group's own Wagon imprint, Mark McGuire's debut LP on Editions Mego and a reissue of three of his classic cassettes courtesy of Weird Forest and Cylindrical Habitat Modules, plus a reissue of Emeralds' What Happened on Editions Mego, and John Elliot's solo guise as Outer Space and his duo with Sam Goldberg as Mist were released by Arbor and Amethyst Sunset respectively. All those plus four seven inches released by the band to coincide with their Editions Mego album, none of which stopped the group from releasing countless cassettes and CDRs across a handful of small labels. Pretty damn tough on the wallet but worth every cent.Other amazing full lengths by Beach Fossils, Sun Araw, Male Bonding, Oneohtrix Point Never, Big Boi, Clinic (big surprise there), White Fence, Wild Nothing, Twin Stumps, Tyvek, Blank Realm, Big Black Cloud, The Rebel, No Balls, Nice Face and Myelin Sheaths all received a ton of airplay/home play over the year.