unsurprisingly, my best of the year reads reads like this......

1. The Darkness - "Permission to Land" - not pop by any stretch, but fun and hooky and goofy and Spinal Tap and unpretentious and great.......

2. Captain Soul - "Jetstream Lovers" - Looking for Love, Captain of your Soul and Show Me A Way are PERFECT

2. Cosmic Rough Riders - "Too Close to See Far"
3. Steadman
4. Bleu 
5. Hollies UK box
6. Scott Walker UK box
7. IKE - Parallel Universe - ROCKED at IPO here in Boston
8. The Gurus - new one on Rainbow Quartz
9. Thrills - "So Much For The City" - they even have a a guy with my last name in the band!!!
10. Romantics - "61/49" - awesome return.....

Best to all for the new year, especially new friends I made at IPO Boston!!!!!!!!!!!.

Jim Horan