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.

Napalm Death -- Utopia Banished

  Goddamn I used to have this tape ages ago, and at that time I thought this was Napalm Death's greatest achievement, thinking of it now what the hell is the point of this music, if it can even be classified as music, the only thing I can think of is that they wanted to sound as crazy as possible, and if that was their goal, mission accomplished!

Kurt Vile -- Wakin On A Pretty Daze

  Thank God this guy came out to save Indie Rock from it's utter demise, with a simple formula of stoner Lo-Fi mixed with Americana, I love it!

Speedy Ortiz -- Major Arcana

  I don't think this album is even out yet and you know what I don't give a sh*t, I'm going to judge it anyway.  Rolling Stone said these guys were a mix of Dinosaur Jr. and Sebadoh, plus their name is taken from a character in Love and Rockets, my favorite comic book, so in my mind this was bound to be awesome.  I look 'em up and what I found was more wimpy hipster Indie garbage that's been going around like the clap at a hookers convention, I kept thinking what happened to the tough yet heart felt Indie Rock of yesteryear ... I guess those days are over ... so please God somebody COME UP WITH SOMETHING NEW!!!!!!

The Devil's Anvil -- Hard Rock From The Middle East

  This bizarro Rock band from the Middle East has some traditional Eastern numbers but the album also features fuzzed out Garage Punk.  It was an interesting listen, one of those things you can't believe exists, but it was the 60's, man -- so everything goes! 

Pulp -- This Is Hardcore

  These guys were around forever before hitting any kinda success, I'll give it to them for not throwing in the towel.  This Is Harcore is the follow up to the hit record A Different Class, with this they take a different approach to their music, instead of trendy dance pop licks, they try to emulate Gainsbourg's Melody Nelson.  Question is how well do they pull it off, I'd say it's ok, but they could hardly out do or compete with the master himself. 

Blur -- 13

  Fueled by the muse junkie, heroin driven scene bicycle Elastica's front woman Justine Frischmann who turns boys into addicts with her charisma, charm and smack.  Blur's 13 showcases a darker angrier side to a usually cutesy pootsy poppy boy band.  What I like about this album is that Blur steps away from the Britpop comfort zone and starts going towards American style Indie Rock, the prime hit examples are Mudhoney-esque Bugman and Sebadoh-ish Coffee and TV.  As a whole it sounds like pretty boys trying to be hard-ass American junkies while finding some chops and discovering manhood.