Gérard Girard’s Top Discs of 2005

Gérard Girard, host of the very cool Pop Dreams radio show and frequent contributor to The Rock and Roll Report has come up with his list of the best discs of 2005. Here they are in order of receipt or of when played on Pop Dreams:

• Brendan BENSON “The Alternative to Love” V2 music
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• Danny Mc DONALD “Fibrotones” Off The Hip Records/www.offthehip.com.au
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• The LEN PRICE 3 “Chinese Burn” Laughing Outlaw Records/www.laughingoutlaw.com.au
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• Jim BOGGIA “Safe in Sound” self produced/www.jimboggia.com
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• TEENAGE FAN CLUB “Man Made” Pema Records
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• The AFTERNOONS “Rocket Summer” Sunday Records/www.theafternoons.com
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• Les SPURTS “It’s Different and the Same” self produced/www.lesspurts.com(frenchband)
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• Jensen BELL “Modern Dating Tips” self produced/www.jensellbell.com
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• NADA SURF ” The Weight is a Gift” City Slang Records
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• The BRETT ROSENBERG PROBLEM “Speed Metal from Montreal” Capitol Records
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• CRUMB “Evenings & Weekends” disques Fridge/www.crumbmusic.com
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• Sam SHINAZZI “Stories You Wouldn’t Believe” Laughing Outlaw Records
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• POSIES “Every Kind of Light” Ryko Records
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• CAESARS “Paper Tigers” EMI Music
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• The MAHARAJAS “A Third Opinion” Low Impact Records/www.lowimpact.nu
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• FUGU “As Found” Third Side Records/www.fugumusic.com (’french artist)
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• PSYCHO LEMON “A Mouse and John” ELP Records/www.elprecords.com
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• Steven ALVARADO “The Howl Sessions” Mott Records/www.stevenalvarado.com
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• RICKY s/t Beat Crazy Records/www.beatcrazy.co.uk
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• CHURCHILLS “The Odds of Winning” Near Records/Red Eye

honorable mentions :

• Paul WESTERBERG “Folker” Vagrant Records
• EELS “Blinking Lights and Other Revelations”-
• Graham COUSENS “Living Room Sessions” Spade Kitty Records/www.grahamcousens.com
• FOXYMORONS “Hesitation Eyes” Heatstroke Records/www.foxymorons.com
• The GOLDEN APPLES “Cooler Jets Will Prevail” self produced/www.thegoldenapples.com
• SMALL CHANGE s/t Unsmashable Records/www.unsmashable.com
• WELL WISHERS “Under the Arrows” Not Lame Records/www.notlame.com
• The MAGIC NUMBERS s/t Heavelnly Records
• Chris VON SNEIDERN “California Redemption Value” Mastromania Records/www.cvsmusic.com
• hors concours : Compilation DOM MARIANI “Popsided Guitar” Citadel Records

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Kurt Sampsel’s Top Ten Garage/Psychedelic Reissues of 2005

Happy New Year! I can think of no better way to usher in the new year than by looking back at the best reissues of 2005 from rock and roll’s heyday and nobody does it better than Kurt Samsel of I Like the Way You Freakout! After wading through the wild and raunchy sounds reissued from the past year Kurt has come up with his Top 10 Garage/Psychedelic Reissues of 2005. Check out the site for his reasons why but here are his picks for the best blasts from the past in 2005:

1. ? and the Mysterians – The Best of: Cameo Parkway 1966-1967. (Abkco 2005)
2. The Merry-Go-Round – Listen, Listen: The Definitive Collection. (Rev-Ola 2005)
3. The Daisy Chain – Straight or Lame. (Sundazed 2005)
4. Strawberry Alarm Clock – Wake Up…It’s Tomorrow. (Collectors’ Choice 2005)
5. The Stooges – (Self-Titled) [2-Disc Deluxe Edition]. (Elektra/Rhino 2005)
6. The Fun and Games – Elephant Candy. (Rev-Ola 2005)
7. Sandy Nelson - Sandy Nelson’s Big Sixties Beat Party! (Ace 2005)
8. Davie Allan and the Arrows – Cycle-Delic Sounds. (Sundazed 2005)
9. The Collectors – (Self-Titled). (Collectors’ Choice 2005)
10. The Peanut Butter Conspiracy – Spreading from the Ashes. (Big Beat 2005)

Honourable Mentions:

• Pandamonium – No Presents for Me: Singles and Rarities. (Radioactive 2005)
• Sweetwater – (Self-Titled). (Collectors’ Choice 2005)

Check ‘em out!
Later.