Real Estate -- Days

  Definitely a throwback to the 60's-esque Jangle Rock of the 80's, but not a homage, there's too much Spacey Surf too their music to make them a ripoff band.  They are more like the natural progression of the Paisley Underground, updating a genre that was great and keeping the sound alive!  

Babymetal

  Holy sheep sh*t batman I cannot believe this is for real, Asian kiddie Pop Death Metal ... sometimes you think the world is weird enough, then this sorta thing happens and you are left bewilderingly confused as to why it exists, my only conclusion is that it's a marketed towards all those kids with Cannibal Corpse loving parents, growing up to grunts and death moans of Metal's heaviest genre and as they get a little older, cute things like Sharon, Lois and Bram just won't cut the mustard ... and that's why Babymetal is present in our world!  

Jeff Buckley -- Grace

  I don't give a flying f*ck that this dude is considered a sacred cow since he might of committed suicide, this piece of sh*t recording was bad enough to make my ears bleed ... yeah yeah I know I'm being harsh and insensitive, but for god sakes it's like Pearl Jam and U2 were brutally raping Elliot Smith, a kind of suicidal jock Rock with the vocal stylings of a Alternative Mariah Carey ... the only good part is when it was finally over -- Hallelujah!

N.W.A. -- Straight Outta Compton

  The mega bad ass birth of gangster Rap!  Although I normally would negatively judge this genre harshly, but Straight Outta Compton is brutally honest, deadly funky and very f*cking real!  Too bad this marked the beginning of the end of Rap, overnight everyone became a gangster and quickly turned into a record company's fat bloated unoriginal greedy monster lobotomizing the masses with washed up ideas and lame-brain music! 

Tracy Lalonde -- Little Letters

  Man I've known of Tracy for years, I've watched her grow from the girl who had these cute DIY Indie Pop tunes on youtube, playing in art shows I used to put on with some buddies, to a full blown singer/ songwriter woman with a finely produced Ep of Feist-esque Canadiana.  I'd run into Trace often enough at the library while she was writing and recording her debut effort, catching her in various emotional states from the taxing process, on any given day you'd could find her excited, frustrated, nervous, stoked and everything else in-between, always with her witty sass ... but Tracy's writing shows her vulnerable side filled with love and longing, laced with emotion and feeling, something that was pleasantly unexpected and kept her EP fresh and unique!   

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Solid Space -- Space Museum

  Mega obscure, cassette only, minimalistic Synth masterpiece and only release by Solid Space, mixing Psych, Folk with spacy keyboards.  This brilliant oddity was almost lost and buried from music forever.  Luckily with the power of the internet and youtube these esoteric recordings are no longer unheard and can finally get the recognition they deserve.

Jimi Hendrix

  I have no clue why this compilation exists, maybe it's just a label cash grab, it features a bunch of random numbers from Hendrix's career, from big hits to obscure tunes.  As much as he's a marvelous talent and the greatest guitarist of all-time, this album is way too laced with Jimi's heavier tracks, which are nice and all, but the continuous wild guitar solos can get taxing on the brain.  I personally prefer Hendrix's softer soulful side, which only came out from time to time, but I wish it were the focus of his career ... anyway this album seems to be pointless and I don't understand it's purpose!