With thecreeper's blessing, I'm gonna run the list of theshizz 2016 releases. I'm gonna update it regularily, because I'm a dork and don't know what to do with my time.
This list is for releases with shizzies involved. Or at least bearing significant shizz interest. Only albums/EP/compilations. But you may post random songs and videos in the thread.
The quick way to get your release on the list is to post it in the thread.
The quickest way to get your release on the list is to post in the thread following the formatting template and providing all the relevant info.
If you like what you hear go to the relevant thread (if a link is provided) and post your feelings there. Artists like that.
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JANUARY
VA - SOUND WAVES: A Tribute to Ecco the Dolphin (Arm Cannon, CarboHyrdoM, careless, Chunkstyle, Cubosh, darmock, ErichWK, finbeard, Hat, housethegreat, Ivan Hakštok, JMR, Katamari, Maiko, Monte, Munzadeth, pingosimon, poizon74, Snappleman, Stemage, streifig, VikingGuitar) - Free - VGM. All-star tribute to Ecco The Dolphin game series. Only best music. (thread)
Jason Vincion - Deep Space Drone 1 (jvincion) - Free, NYP - six 10-minute long space drones in just intonation.
tibone - All the Way Through 2016 (tibone) - Free, NYP - metal, rock, VGM. tibone's "one month one song" challenge, updated monthly. (thread)
temp sound solutions - powarful fragments '16 (ShawnPhase) - 6$, free streaming - VGM , original. A collection of singles and compilation tracks to from 2015 and 2016. (thread)
WASD - Shift (Katamari, M-H, munzadeth, Viking Guitar) - 7$, free streaming - VGM . Covers of themes from PC games. Very metal. (thread)
FEBRUARY
Jason Vincion - Deep Space Drone 1 (jvincion) - Free, NYP - six more 10-minute long space drones in just intonation.
MunzadetH - A Tribute to Shatterhand (munzadeth, ErichWK, Prince uf Darkness, pingosimon, Mega Beardo, Viking Guitar, Monte, Stemage) - Free, NYP - VGM. The entire soundtrack of some obscure NES game covered. (thread)
Vic Viper - Launch (pingosimon, ErichWK, Monte, Snappleman, Maiko) - 7$, free streaming - VGM. The most direct covers out there, no vibrato on Contra. (thread)
VA - Chronicles of Time (FoxxDragon, ansgaros, CarboHyrdoM, careless, Chunkstyle, clansmaneddie, Cory Johnson, Demonstray, Derris-Kharlan, DrumUltimA, ErichWK, finbeard, GearX2, Harmsing, IBBAZ, Ivan Hakštok, JMR, Kain, Luiza, Maiko, Mega Beardo, Midee, Monte, Munzadeth, norg, pingosimon, Rocktendo, ScaredSim, SGBsteve, Snappleman, Stemage, streifig, travis, Viking Guitar, Wild_Cat) - 20$, streaming on Spotify - VGM. 5 disc tribute to Chrono Trigger. Only best music. (thread)
RushJet1 - Mega Man 4 Remade (RushJet1) - Free, NYP - NES chiptune, MM4 soundtrack reworked with exceptional mastery. (thread)
autoscroll - panic zillabot (Dino, animalstyle) - Free, NYP - VGM covers with synths, chips, guitars. this is band's demo for MAGFest, but damn good. (thread)
Любовь и роботы - Нечаянно / Love & Robots - Accidentally (streifig) - 5$ on iTunes and GooglePlay, free streaming on Soundcloud - original music, indie pop in Russian, light upbeat stuff.
Grass & Stone - Grass & Stone - (Ailsean) - 5$, free streaming - Southern rock with northern synths.
MARCH
Michael Zucker - Amillennialism (poizon74) - 3$, free streaming - prog-rock, post-rock, math-rock. (thread)
Andre Beller - Castlevania One Take (pingosimon, ErichWK) - Free, NYP - Straight covers of Castlevania. Each instrument was recorded in one take per song. (thread)
Danimal Cannon - Lunaria (Arm Cannon) - 10$, free streaming - chiptune prog-metal. (thread)
The Kevin Gnartinez Band - Splash Of Summer (Kevin Gnartinez) - 5$, free streaming - energetic pop-punk with chiptunes. Your summer soundtrack right here. (thread)
Stemage - Narrowband (Stemage, Cubosh) - 1$, free streaming - heavy space rock, including the heaviest song on earth and a song inspired by Marshall Art (true story) (thread)
Watashi Wa Dance Party - Budokan or Bust!! (ErichWK, pingosimon, Monte, Maiko) - Free, NYP - j-infulenced pop-punk. (thread)
The Dread Crew of Oddwood - Lawful Evil (pingosimon, Monte, ErichWK) - 10$, free streaming - Lubbers o' land be wary, yar, the dreadest crew comes to pillage your souls and turn ye hearts to the sea! (thread)
APRIL
Jason Vincion - Pocket Drone 1 (jvincion) - Free, NYP - 30 two-minute drones of various timbres.
Creepy Pizza - The Beasting (wizardcombat) - 5$, free streaming - creepy electronics, first single.
MAY
Jason Vincion - Pocket Drone 2 (jvincion) - Free, NYP - 30 more two-minute drones of various timbres.
JULY
Marshall Art - Gallery (JMR, streifig, guest shizzies) - NYP on bandcamp, $14,50 cassette tape, $11,60 with discount code "theshizz" - chiptune post rock VGM, movies and Chromelodeon covers, DYI hand painted cassette. (thread)
Brain Drill - Boundless Obscenity (travis, VikingGuitar) - $10, Free streaming - death metal with shizz beards on vocals and synths.
Save Face - Folly (brodan) - NYP, $5 CD, $10 vinyl - emo indie pop-punk like 2000s never ended.
Michael Zucker - Pixel Perfect (poizon74) - $5 digital, $20 vinyl - proggy chiptunes, synth and guitars meshed together in a sweet blend. (thread)
AUGUST
Steel Samurai - Criminal Justice System (Darmock, Katamari) - $5 CD/download - Five song vgm rock EP with some underappreciated gems from Bosconian, Wolfchild, Gimmick!, and more. (thread)
Wizwars - The Ultimate Collection 2006-2016 (Kevin Gnartinez) - $30 - 10 year anniversary collection with all of Wizwars' music in one handy download, with tracker files and unreleased material. (thread)
Eirik Surhke - Downwell OST (Din) - €19 red vinyl - vinyl release of chiptune/idm game score from Phlogiston.
Bit Brigade - Mega Man II (Jace) - $20 blue vinyl - Bit Brigade's revamped Megaband with cuts from MM3, 4 and 9, now on vinyl!
Alexander Liss - Mobile Astro OST (housethegrate) - Free, NYP - old school chip soundtrack to old school pixel shooter.
Pumpkin King - Spur of the Moment (Pumpkin King) - Free, NYP - piano improvisations. (thread)
VA - Forest = ВИН (jmr) - Free, NYP - a chiptune compilation of russian-norwegian label Forest and american collective Chiptunes = WIN. JMR made his first foray into gameboy music on this.
SEPTEMBER
The Beauty of Grind - She (thebeautyofgrind)- Free, NYP - VGM grind from a grind classic.
Street Cleaner - Slade (MetalBishop, VikingGuitar) - Free, NYP - new EP from our own synthwave vigilante.
Materia Collective - FALLEN: An Undertale Tribute (DrumUltimA, streifig, JMR, Cory Johnson, Jer Roque) - 15$, Free streaming - Massive Undertale tribute, variety of styles, annoying dogsong.
Super Guitar Bros - Nice. (SGB Steve, Sam) - Free, NYP - Look at those beautiful boys.
Shnabubula - VGMCAST Vol. 6 (Shnabubula) - Free, NYP - Shnabubula is back with insane piano arrangements/improvisations recorded during a stream.
VA - Tribute Album 64 (Hat, Sagnewshreds, Dasaten, Maiko, Midee, CarboHydroM, Monte, ErickWK, Munzadeth, Ryan Olson, Wild_Cat, darmock, pingosimon, GimmickChris, DemonStray, Mega Beardo, poizon74, Zio Oxview, Robby V, Cory Johnson, Jer Roque, OptimusMark) - Free - VGM. All-star tribute to Nintendo 64. Only best music. (thread)
Trap Fanatic - Super Remix Wars Vol. 2: Kyousuke Route (Trap Fanatic) - Free, NYP - 2nd part of a three-part remix project of every battle theme from Super Robot Taisen Original Generation 1 and 2 for the GBA, genre may vary
OCTOBER
Creepy Pizza - Re-Enbeastening of Xantar (wizardcombat) - Free, NYP - wizcom goes dark, the world goes to its end.
Shnabubula - VGMCAST Vol. 2099 (Shnabubula) - Free, NYP - Shnab takes on his own music from "Cybersocer 2099".
Shnabubula - Cybersoccer 4141 Perfect Best Selection (Shnabubula) - Free, NYP - Jazz/funk chiptune from Shnab. Must.
Cheap Dinosaurs - High Strangeness (Dino, animalstyle) - 10$, Free streaming - It's Cheap Motherfucking Dinosaurs, what else do you need to know? Go! Buy! (thread)
VA - Danse Macabre 5 (Viking Guitar, Sindra, Munzadeth, Monte, ErichWK, Stemage, CarboHydroM, Wild_Cat, Hat, Katamari, Darmock, ansgaros, Brandon Strader, Mega Beardo, Chunkstyle, Finbeard, Ibiaz, norg) - Free, NYP - Creepy covers of creepy horror music. Creepy squared! Only best music. (thread)
Shnabubula - VGMCAST Vol. 7 (Shnabubula) - Free, NYP - insane piano arrangements/improvisations recorded during a stream.
Playing With Power! - Suplex a Train (OptimusMark) - Free, NYP - Straight as an arrow VGM covers. Just like theshizz loves 'em. (thread)
NOVEMBER
CarboHydroM - Battle Verses (CHM) - $5, Free streaming - chiptune, tracks written for an indie RPG called Divided Infinity.
nmlstyl - NMLSTYL (animalstyle, Dino) - $8, Free streaming - crazy mash of chiptune, weird guitar and insane drums. (thread)
Marius Schneider, RushJet1, Zachariah Lazarus - Creepy Castle Official Soundtrack (Battlerager, RushJet1) - $10, Free streaming - NES goodness!
Shnabubula - VGMCAST Vol. 8 (Shnabubula) - Free, NYP - insane piano arrangements/improvisations recorded during a stream.
DECEMBER
Yes, Mayhem - Molly (chunkstyle, Stemage, xoc, cubosh, FoxxDragon, norg, VikingGuitar) - Free, NYP, 10$ CD - Answering the question, "can a band be a band when they're not all in the same area code or even time zone?" for the third time.
VA - Chiptunes From Russia (jmr, streifig) - Free, NYP - Chip compilation of Russian/Norwegian label Forest, feat. new original song from Marshall Art.
xoc - Xoc 'N' Swop! (xoc, ErichWK) - $5, free streaming - NEW XOC ALBUM FINALLY MY LIFE IS COMPLETE!!1 A ton of Banjo Kazooie and Tooie music. (thread)
