Allen Toussaint -- Southern Nights

  A psychedelic soul pop album, all I could think of was that Toussaint must have been diggin' lots of Shuggie Otis at the time, cause that's what it sounds like and don't get me wrong he pulls it off beautifully, it's always interesting when classic artists can inspire and be inspired by what they had started. 

The Kinks -- Muswell Hillbillies

  The Kinks are always somehow overshadowed by The Who for the Holy trinity of British rock, but are way more deserving to sit beside the likes of The Beatles and The Stones, mostly due to their latter classic career which is definitely their most relevant, innovative and influential, they had a brilliant way mishmashing genres while still keeping true to their sound.  I've always been torn between Something Else, Village Green and Arthur as my favourite Kinks record.  Somehow Musswell Hillbillies gets swept under the rug, but let's face it, it's their last great album and is a strangely Brit version of 70's Americana that only The Kinks could have pulled off!

Courtney Barnett -- sometimes I sit and think, and sometimes I just sit.

  At first I wasn't too sure how I felt about this 90's throwback, Julie Doiron meets Elastica mash up, but already by the second listen it's growing on me.  The mellow tracks definitely overshadow the rock numbers... anyway, who knows how what I'll think the next time around, I could hate it!?

Mac DeMarco -- Another One

  Fuck it!  When I first bought Salad Days, I felt like an indie rock hipster sell out for some odd reason, but I retract that now, his AM style pop mini album Another One has a playful maturity, like when you turn 30, you're still goofy, but with a new found seriousness.

Tame Impala -- Currents

  Another impressive release by writer, producer and multi-instrumentalist Kevin Parker.  This latest pop masterpiece sounds like an indie rock ode to Prince, which he pulls off beautifully.  The band has diversly grown in all the best ways!  So to all the naysayers, this album is their/ his best -- I love it!

The Ramones -- End Of The Century

  Despite being not their best album, considering all the fear, madness, gun pulling and over production going on during the recording, the Joey Ramone and Phil Spector pop colaborations are out of this world!

Elton John -- Don't Shoot Me I'm Only The Piano Player

  

  Pretty much a run of the mill Elton John record, with two exceptions, the first is the awesomely brilliant Stevie Wonder-esque Daniel, the second is dubiously stupid crapadile crock!