The Best Of 2015. 11x11, The EP's and mini-albums

My official 'best of 2015' selection starts with the Top11 EP's and mini-albums. Yes, I know that ones of Bala and Axolotes Mexicanos are treated rather as longplays than as EP's - but their running time counts in 20 minutes, so I put them into this category.
Here we have fast and furious sludge metal from two Galician girls (Bala), the thoughtful alternative rock with touches of Pearl Jam and Muse (Paciente Cero), the best Canarian-bred electro rock from Estaretega Pencherjevsky, MINIATURa and K0manec1, the lo-fi covers mini-album by one of the best Spanish singers/songwriters (The New Raemon), the new project of ex-Muy Fellini frontman Juan Maravi (Exnovios), the quiet post-rock in its most intimate form (Paracaidas), the twee-pop-goes-punk trio Axolotes Mexicanos, the perfectly crafted post-hardcore by catalanes Pedro Parque, and the fragile sadcore/slowcore you're not going to shake off  from your head once you have a listen (Jon Koldo L. Salas).

Bala "Human Flesh" (p)Matapadre Buy/Listen

Paciente Cero "Viene" (p)self-released Listen Buy

Estratega Pencherjevsky "Sentinel" (p)self-released Free Download

The New Raemon "El Yeti" (p)BCore Disc Buy/Listen

MINIATURa "Estrategias De Perdicion" (p)El Hombre Bala Buy/Listen

Exnovios "Exnovios" (p)self-released Buy/Listen

Axolotes Mexicanos "Holi <3" (p)Elefant Buy/Listen

Paracaidas "Pensamiento de Paz Durante Un Ataque Aereo" (p)Records Del Mundo Buy/Listen/Free Download

K0manec1 "Retroactiva" (p)El Hombre Bala Buy/Listen

Jon Koldo L. Salas "Tardes de Arena" (p)Miusichole/Ultra-Local Buy/Listen

Pedro Parque "Victoria" (p)self-released  Buy/Listen

Axolotes Mexicanos "Holi 3"

Axolotes Mexicanos "Holi <3" (p)2015 Elefant

The debut full lenght of Asturian indie pop trio Axolotes Mexicanos starts with the fast and furious drumming like it is a hardcore/punk act. But as the album goes on the pop sensibilities win over, so the music becomes more aligned to twee pop and - thanks to synths operated by the female vocalist Olaya - to Japanese wing of indie pop music known as 'Shibuya-Key'. Hence it becomes apparent that Elefant Records had no intentions of switching to rough punk scene while releasing this album, and the bands that create such pure pop tracks as "El Basurero" and "Villalpando" and breezy melodies as "Te Miro Mientras Duermes" and "Interestelar" are still its focus of attention. Anyway, the punk roots aren't abandoned completely, and the album comes to end on the same rails where it started with "Hay Una China Que Vive En Mi Piso" which is the short fast and minimalist punk chant. So, for those of you who are into Shonen Knife or Los Fresones Rebeldes this album would be a good fit.

The best tracks: Te Miro Mientras Duermes, Interestelar, El Basurero