Four Tops -- Greatest Hits

  One of the great Motown hit makers the Four Tops.  Each and every song on this Greatest Hits compilation should have already been embedded in all our minds, unless you were born on Mars.  These guys embody the pumpin' Soul Motown sound!

Interplay For 2 Trumpets And 2 Tenors

  Pretty much a standard Jazz record, no huge surprises, but still good.  The most interesting elements is hearing the "Interplay" between sax players John Coltrane and Bobby Jaspar.  Coltrane takes the lead with his wild improvisations while Jaspar tries to follow suit.  It's easy to tell the tenors apart, even though Jaspar's style and notes are perfect he lacks Coltrane's ferocious velocity.    

Mumford and Sons -- Babel

  This piece of sh*t band ruined what had started in the early 2000's, the any instrument goes, Indie Rock, known as New Weird America.  They took a killer movement and murdered it right in its tracks.  In spite of all their stupidity, beards and banjos, Indie music has taken another turn away from Folk and back to Rock 'n' Roll.

Wild Surf

  Man I can't believe this was a pawn shop special!  This Del-Fi Surf compilation contains some killer gems from classic and underrated bands during the early days of surf 60 to 64.

Forgotten Rebels -- In Love With The System

  Canada's answer to the Sex Pistols, but what I don't get is are they racist?  C'mon Bomb The Boats And Feed The Fish sounds pretty bad to me, but at the same time it could be Punk Rock sarcasm.  What's worst is I saw the Rebels in the early 2000s, where they switched all their Punk numbers to Thrashcore garbage, sung by what looked like a disheveled Rod Stewart -- so f*cking lame, for a great band.

Motley Crue -- Shout At The Devil

  Holy f*ck what a stupid album, their first release is somewhat passable cause' it's got a Dolls-ish Glam Punk quality to it, but Shout At The Devil is a new level of crap!

X -- Live At The Whisky A Go-Go

  Picked this up decades ago in the 99 cent cassette bargain bin, way back when my sh*t town actually had a music store.  I was stoked, it has a million songs, and it was my first X album.  Not that it was all that bad, but it was recorded in the late 80's -- way past the band's prime.

The Blues ... A Real Summit Meeting

  Pretty much live Blues luminaries in the 70's, maybe it's not the best record, but it shows that the music was still relevant and alive in a time when the Blues had been completely invaded by whitey!  

Teenage Fanclub -- Bandwagonesque

  Who the hell stole my Teenage Fanclub tape??  Dammit I had this classic, Grungy kinda gazy with rock sensibilities, album years ago ... oh god, let's face it decades ago ... This one definitely stood the test of time!  

Operation Ivy -- Energy

  The only band in my opinion to successfully incorporate hardcore punk and ska music.  These guys may have only lasted two years but their influence has spanned decades, although I'm not too crazy about the bands they influenced!

The Strokes -- Is This It

  You know what I never bought all the hype about this band I always thought they were a wanna-be Punk version of Coldplay, and that ain't sayin' much.  Yeah yeah they had a couple of good chops and almost some good songs, but they seem to have gotten misdirected later in their career.  Because of their unauthenticity I get the impression they are fabricated by the label to sell products, like designer overpriced grunge ripped jeans and Coca-Cola (or cocaine).  Funny enough I was listening to Deerhunter's Monomania and kept thinking if The Strokes were any good they would have gone in that direction!

Biohazard -- State Of The World Address

  I hate this pathetic f*cking band.  I was subjected to these guys, many other carbon copies and worst for two days at Montebello's Rockfest, which I now deem the PIT OF HELL.  The small town in Quebec hosts a complete take over of a gargantuan amount of gutter punks, metalfreaks, junkies, weirdos and screwheads.  I have never seen anything like it, it was insane pandemonium all day every day ... luckily a hand full of classic punk bands saved the day including Screeching Weasel and (Black) Flag, otherwise it was a festival of shit, piss, puke, madness and Lord Worm!

The Evaporators -- Gassy Jack And Other Tales

  Ok I get it he's cool because he's so annoying and pretty much saddlebags celebrities into letting him interview them ... great, I love it.  But Nardwuar's Evaporators suck, it's a mix of Pop and Garage Punk in the worst way, the music is so irritating I had to turn it off!

George Thorogood & The Destroyers -- Bad To The Bone

  You don't really think I'd subject myself to this meaningless tripe?  This guy and his dumbasses almost single handedly "destroyed" Blues music by turning it into trash culture.  Just incase you didn't realize I hate this f*cking sh*t!  The title says it all!

Fight On, Your Time Ain't Long

  Killer comp of early Folk Blues that is reminiscent of The History Of American Folk Music.  This style represents the corner stone of all modern music, where would we be without these trailblazer rebels.  The closing number by Louise and Joseph Won't That Be A Happy Time, is a humongous proof of that point, Indie bands are still trying to mimic their kind of cool Lo-Fi sound -- good luck kiddies, cause hipsters have been around forever! 

The Gun Club -- The Las Vegas Story

  I'm a big fan of their first album, but The Las Vegas Story I just didn't get, it felt too loose, too polished and uninspired. 

Link Protrudi And The Jaymen -- Missing Links

  Lead by The Fuzztones frontman Rudi Protrudi, this instrumental Surf group contains no real surprises, it is what it says, Link Wray inspired Garage Punk.

Iron Maiden

  A couple years before the band got classic annoying as f*ck screecher Bruce Dickinson, Iron Maiden had a Punk clad frontman Paul Di'Anno, this is when the group had more in common with Motorhead than cheeseball Brit Metal.

D.R.I. -- Dealing With It!

  Not exactly at par with with the likes of Black Flag, Minor Threat and the Bad Brains, but still an important element of the progression or better yet the demise of the Hardcore movement.  Dealing With It is a wham bam thank you mam mix of slap stick humor and Reagan era anger -- what's new right, not much!

Let Them Eat Jellybeans!

  This early compilation from Alternative Tentacles showcases No Wave-esque Experimental Punk Rock and a small pocket of Hardcore luminaries.  Honestly would I pay top dollar for this album, no, but would I fork over the flea market buck again, yes -- any day of the week!  

Ani DiFranco -- Revelling/ Reckoning

  Lesbian spokesperson/ provocateuse used to be mainly blown off in my mind because of her choppy guitar riffs and her million annoying chameleon looks.  Revelling/ Reckoning changed my mind, DiFranco on this album sounds like the female Lou Barlow meets Sufjan Stevens's horn section, what a damn cool mix!

M.I.A. -- Arular

  Not exactly my cup of tea but M.I.A. exudes the rebelliousness that Madonna had in the 80's, although updated by mixing mainstream Pop hooks with the Punk esthetic of Electroclash, pretty much telling the masses f*ck themselves by telling it like it is.

Red Hot Rockabilly For Ice Cool Cats

  Forget the cheesy cover and the fact that I bought this at Sears for fifty off the fifty percent off which ended up being about three bux, this compilation features 26 tracks of essential Rockabilly from well known to lesser known artists.  All in all a must hear for any music lover, because it defined an era.