Moby Grape -- Listen My Friends!

  A comprehensive compilation by quintessential San Francisco band Moby Grape.  It's widely speculated that if the group hadn't fallen victim to drug fuelled bad luck and just all 'round weirdness they would have been as big as The Beatles.  Well let me set the record straight, they did have some great numbers, but their releases pale in comparison to the likes of The Byrds and the Dead! 

The Minutemen -- Double Nickel On The Dime

  Holy frig!  What a monumental album, it's got so much cross-genre-foreshadowing it's hard to keep up with where it's all going.  In the midst of 80's American hardcore, it's tough to believe that this bombastic release was able to exist and change the sound of independant music overnight!

Big Star -- Radio City

  Now that I own it, I'm not sure how I feel about it ... I'm torn between, I hate it, it's a beautiful disaster or it's a great album done by a British Invasion band in the 70's, except, they're American!

The XX -- Coexist

  Their initial album was cute and everything, singing about hipster shit like VCR's, but this sophomore release is where they really find themselves... a relatable call and response pop masterpiece!

Father John Misty -- I Love You, Honeybear

  An indie rock ode to the mellow 70's AM easy listening radio tunes, by Fleet Foxes ex drummer J. Tillman aka Father John Misty.  This deeply personal release about the trials, tribulations and mediocrity of modern relationships took me by surprise and knocked my socks off!!  

Townes Van Zandt -- Our Mother The Mountain

  Holy god, this is one of the finest albums of all time, done by the tragic cowboy Townes Van Zandt.  His sound and words are like Leonard Cohen meets Hank Williams, brilliant country folk with beautiful arrangements ... if these songs don't bring skipped heart beats and tears, we can't be friends!

Bruce Springteen -- Nebraska

   Springsteen's demos were so good for this record that they decided to keep all the tracks as is, making this moody minimalistic Ennio Morricone-esque Country Folk album, the boss's greatest work EVER ... c'mon there are even hints of Suicide on there!

Jim Sullivan -- U.F.O

  Surrounded by movie stars and eccentrics, country folk crooner does his debut record with the illustrious wrecking crew, famed by the Beach Boys and Phil Spector, giving his music a brilliant soul pop vibe.  Although he was loved by critics and rock royalty, Sullivan never reached heights he was after.  During the following years Jim sought to revive his career in Nashville rather than LA, but completely vanished in the New Mexico desert, leaving behind his car, guitar and a shroud of mystique!