Top Sounds & Words of 2014

01- Paul Collins-Feel the Noise

02. The Pen Friend Club-Sound of the Pen Friend Club
03. Mystic Braves-Desert Island
04. Miriam-Nobody's Baby
05. The Ugly Beats-Brand New Day
06. Momo-Sei-Umareta
07. The Yearning-Dreamboats & Lemonade
08. The Flight Reaction-S/T
09. Outrageous Cherry-The Digital Age

10. The Real Kids-Shake...Outta Control
11. The Muffs-Whoop Dee Doo

Top Compilations (VARIOUS ARTISTS)
01.    Sha-Boom Bang:
         Vintage Arizona Doo Wop, R& B, Soul, Funk: 1956-71
02.   Desert Doo Wops 1956-1968

Top Books

01.  Pacific Ocean Park: The Rise and Fall of Los Angeles' Space Age Nautical Pleasure Pier-by Christopher Merritt , Domenic Priore , Brian Wilson (Foreword)
02. A Man Called Destruction: The Life and Music of Alex Chilton, From Box Tops to Big Star to Backdoor Man by Holly George-Warren
03. Wounds to Bind: A Memoir of the Folk-Rock Revolution by Jerry Burgan, Alan Rifkin  
04. What's Exactly the Matter with Me?: Memoirs of a Life in Music-by P.F. Sloan, S.E. Feinberg 
05. Benson: The Autobiography by George Benson, Alan Goldsher 
06. Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!: The Story of Pop Music from Bill Haley to Beyoncé by Bob Stanley 
07. Strat in the Attic: Thrilling Stories of Guitar Archaeology by Deke Dickerson
08. Buck 'Em! The Autobiography of Buck Owens by Randy Poe, Buck Owens 

Top Sounds of 2013

Top Albums and Singles

01- Peach Kelli Pop-Peach Kelli Pop II

02. The Hot Shots-Sample My Kissin'
03. The Beat-"Baby I'm In Love With You" 
04. The Last-Danger
05. The Higher State-s/t

06. The Jay Vons-Night (Was Stealing From the Sun)
07. The Woggles-The Big Beat
08. Wild Honey-Big Flash
09. Transistors-Is This Anything?
10. The Wrong Words-Everything is Free

Top Compilations (VARIOUS ARTISTS)

01.  Pop Yeh Yeh: Psychedelic Rock from Singapore & Malaysia 1964-1970 (Subliminal Sounds)

02.  The Mascot Records/Jack Curtis Story 1958-1973 
03.  Book A Trip 2: More Psych-Pop Sounds Of Capitol Records (Now Sounds)
04.  Eccentric Soul-The Dynamic Label (The Numero Group)
05. I'm Losing Tonight-30 moody,garage-Folkpunk gems from the Midsixties

Top Archival Releases  

01. Tandyn Almer – Along Comes Tandyn  

02. Alex Chilton-Electricity By Candlelight-NYC 2/13/97. 
03. Jonathan Richman-"Living Room Demos" aka "Solo Acetate" (1973/1974)

Top Shows

01. Benedict Arnold & the Traitors w/ Mark Lindsey (San Diego)
02. The Rising Ramrods/ Nashville Ramblers/Ty Wagner (San Diego)
03. The Beat/The Maxies (Phoenix)
04. The Yellow Payges (Phoenix)
05. El Chicano (Chandler, AZ)

Top Documentaries

01.The Undertones-Here Comes the Summer BBC4
02. Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me

Top Books
01. The Rhino Records Story by Harold Bronson
02. Shell Shocked: My Life with the Turtles, Flo and Eddie, and Frank Zappa by Howard Kaylan
03. Everything's Coming Up Profits; The Golden Age of Industrial Musicals by Steve Young & Sport Murphy
04. Simple Dreams: A Musical Memoir by Linda Ronstadt 
05. The Stone Roses: War and Peace by Simon Spence

Comeback of the Year
The Flamin' Groovies

Rest in T'ai chi ch'uan peace~Lou Reed
Rest in Hawaiian Spirit~Bob Jones (We Five)

Rest en La Paz~Paul Williams