All the complimentary words written about Crazy For You by Best Coast is true, and I would add this "Crazy For You" is the closest successor to the Smiths I've heard.
"I've alway loved when Keith Richards would record his own songs. The Keith songs that occasionally showed up on the Stones albums only fueled my hunger for more. Vintage Vinos brings many of his solo hits together, and yeah, I'm happy to hear them again, but I still want more. Hey Keef, you listn'?"
"This cover is so great, we need to put in to a time capsule and preserve it, oh! hey and maybe better yet, send it out into space to represent Earth."
"Tom Jones gets my respect on this album, he applies his style and energy in the way only Tom Jones can, and it works in this early 21st century recording. Hot cover too!"
"Ask your old uncle about those bygone days in art school where he couldn't get laid cause all the art school chicks only wanted to sleep with dealers and alcoholics, and they always complained about their boyfriends listing to Elvis Costello albums like this one, you can just play it and bring back all those memories."
"Long time ago in another universe there was a music genius named Terence Trent D'Arby. It was there in that other world that this mad man drove millions crazy with his unique shiny songs, but then suddenly one day he disappeared. Luckily he was still making and recoding his music in secret. And the just as sudden as he had vanished, POOF! he released a new album. But the funny thing is, he release..."
"The Supremes made "Love Is Here And Now You're Gone" a colossal hit, even young Michael Jackson recoded it. But Tami Lynn's version is the most devastatingly hart breaking. The Supremes sing of loves loss over a upbeat tempo, but Tami Lynn's version brings the sadness and reality of the touch song in focus. I don't suggest listing to this song if you are depressed over a breakup, but it does expre..."
"Eddie Hazel is among the top list of influential, legendary and celebrated guitarist of the 20th century. He also has recoded my favorite version of "California Dreamin'", yeah, It's here on his very rare solo album "Game, Dames, and Guitar Thangs"."
"In 2010 during the early evening of september 8th KJAZZ played "Gala" off of Hadley Caliman and Pete Christlieb's album "Reunion". I fell in love with it immediately. What a odd night to be introduced to the sound of Hadley Caliman."
"My new love is Prince Rama, a indie psychedelic threesome straight out of Brooklyn. I think they've captured this illusive moment in their recordings from 2010. One of them Zetland, comes in a beautiful ultra rare handmade custom digipack replete with fur and jewels, will be discussed in sweat-lodges for years to come."