I wrote snippets of this at various times over the past few weeks and
haven't bothered to proof it…excuse my disjointedness.

Patti Smith - Horses/Easter Reissues

Let me preface all of this by saying that I am not a big Patti Smith
fan. I like some of her stuff, can live without most of it, and
outright hate some more of it.

That said, Patti Smith's Horses hit me like a ton of bricks when I
first heard it. When I was a kid, I remember Gilda Radner doing Patti
Smith more than I remember Patti Smith. My dad listened…

I'm keeping the preamble.

As y'all know, I am a sucker for re-issues (although you gotta be
kidding me with Sun Kil Moon already) and I thought I'd provide a
little review of a few that have found their way into my collection
recently. Let me state this first: each of these album flies in Ben
Salmon's face. I'm sorry…call me nostalgic or an old fogey or
whatever you want, but these albums are simply better than whatever
flash-in-the-pan and here-today-gone-tomorrow band is currently
getting all the hipsters and indie kids in a tizzy. In fact, I can't
be charged…

As might y'all know, I am a sucker for re-issues (although you gotta be
kidding me with Sun Kil Moon already) and I thought I'd provide a
little review of a few that have found their way into my collection
recently. Let me state this first: each of these album flies in Ben
Salmon's face. I'm sorry…call me nostalgic or an old fogey or
whatever you want, but these albums are simply better than whatever
flash-in-the-pan and here-today-gone-tomorrow band is currently
getting all the hipsters and indie kids in a tizzy. In fact, I can't
be charged with the crime…

As y'all might know, I am a sucker for re-issues (although you gotta be
kidding me with Sun Kil Moon already) and I thought I'd provide a
little review of a few that have found their way into my collection
recently. Let me state this first: each of these album flies in Ben
Salmon's face. I'm sorry…call me nostalgic or an old fogey or
whatever you want, but these albums are simply better than whatever
flash-in-the-pan and here-today-gone-tomorrow band is currently
getting all the hipsters and indie kids in a tizzy. In fact, I can't
be charged with the crime…

I am sure that my cut and paste will leave this thing looking a mess….I'll come back later and fix it.

I'm always unsure if my top ten should be my "favorite" albums of the
past year, or the albums that I consider to be "the best" albums of
the past year. Subjective v. Objective, if that is possible. For
instance, neither Sgt. Pepper nor Pet Sounds would be on my top twenty
list of "Favorite albums" but they might get on the top twenty albums
of all time list. All that being said, I decided to go with my…

in no particular order whatsoever, and one song per artist:

The Isley Brothers - Shout (Parts 1&2)
The Who - A Quick One While He's Away
The Beach Boys - Good Vibrations
The Kinks - You Really Got Me
Mudhoney - Touch Me, I'm Sick
The Creation - Making Time
Wilco - At Least That's What You Said
Ray Charles - What'd I'd Say
Drivin N' Cryin - Scarred But Smarter
The Beatles - Any Time At All (it is impossible to pick from the Beatles)
Waylon Jennings - Honky Tonk Heroes
Sam & Dave - Soul Man
Mission of…

Obviously, these are in no particluar order, thought I am going to try and limit the number of albums from my favorite artists to but a few…check back, as I'll add to the lsit whenever I feel like it.

Radiohead - OK Computer
The Pixies - Doolittle
Otis Redding - Otis Blue
Jeff Buckley - Grace
The Lemonheads - It's a Shame About Ray
Urge Overkill - Saturation
Mr. Bungle - self-titled
Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
Neil Young - Tonight's the Night
The Beatles - Rubber Soul
Funkadelic - Maggot Brain
Son Volt - Trace
Nirvana - Nevermind
Tori…

I like to call this the year of the disappointing follow-up.

The Sadies - In Concert, Volume 1
The Raconteurs - Broken Boy Soldiers
Ladyhawk - self-titled
National Grain - self-titled
Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
The Hold Steady - Boys and Girls of America
The Gourds- Heavy Ornamentals
Built To Spill- You In Reverse
The Decemberists - Crane Wife
Pearl Jam - self-titled
Arctic Monkeys- Whatever people Say I Am. That's What I'm Not
Silversun Pickups - Carnavas
The Lemonheads - self-titled
Catfish Haven - Please Come Back
Centro-Matic - Fort Recovery
Candi…

Robert Pollard to Release Three New Albums

Kati Llewellyn reports:
Without magic lassos or Krypton births or (at the very least) skillful hand-to-hand combat, superheroes wouldn't be so super. Similarly, without releasing a trillion albums a year, Guided by Voices (RIP) legend Robert Pollard may not have achieved the indie rock superstar status he now holds. With no plans to relinquish the title, Bobby P. has three albums in store for the month of May, each one the product of a different side project and each due out on the Fading Captain label.

First off is Psycho and the Birds,…

THE SADIES TO RELEASE DOUBLE LIVE ALBUM

"The Sadies: Volume 1" out August 8, 2006 on Yep Roc Records Guests include Neko Case, Garth Hudson, Gary Louris, Jon Langford, Blue Rodeo, Kelly Hogan, The Good Brothers and more .

Toronto's cosmic cowboys The Sadies, led by the lanky frontmen Dallas and Travis Good, along with drummer Mike Belitsky and upright bassist Sean Dean, have been quietly building a reputation since their debut release in 1998. The band manages to juggle a heavy tour schedule, side projects and their own studio recordings with equal…