J Mascis -- Tied To A Star

  The album I always wanted to hear from J Mascis, striped down and flailing away from the Dinosaur Jr. Marshall stacked power rock, instead it's a neo-folk-psych-gazer record reminiscent of Led Zepplin III.  I'm so glad my local dude was playing this in-store when I had some money to burn!

Ty Segall -- Goodbye Bread

  I wrote off Segall way too soon, Goodbye Bread is a brilliant Indie-psych masterpeice.  Funny thing is when I picked this up, the owner's buddy was manning the store with his all too friendly sticky dog, while I'm getting an album that is rittled with pooch pictures, coincidence, I don't believe in them, just another mini-epic moment of the fateadlyesque hobby of collecting.

The Stooges

  Super stoned, raw and primitive, The Stooges, John Cale produced, opening album was and is an instant classic.  I had no idea how tough these guys actually were until I read Please Kill Me ... squatting in a house at war with bikers over heroin, they meant and were every sound they made, the real deal all the way ... f*ck you!

Echo & The Bunnymen -- Porcupine

  For the most part I don't like Echo & The Bunnymen, Heaven's Up Here is super rad, but Porcupine is loud, hyper and way too new waveish, like not so sucky U2, but U2 nonetheless.

Beck -- Odelay

  There are some great grooves on this album but Mellow Gold's gritty weirdness still takes top spot, even if dumb top 40's radio stations still play Loser.

The Mamas And The Papas -- Deliver

  Deliver does feature some of my favourite mellow sunshine Mamas & The Papas tunes, but I think I'll stick with my double LP greatest hits and toss this one into the pit!

The Beach Boys -- Sunflower

  Holy frig how many awesome albums can one band put out?  Sunflower is a sunshine powroque (power/ baroque) pop masterpiece by the kings of up scaling the bar.