Best album:Spoon GaGaGa Really enjoyed this has a Beatles meet Faust via Texas (the state) quality of effortless tunefulness.
Best reissue: Lee Moses Time and Place
a Holy Grail of searing blues/rock/soul, this guy was going thru some serious turmoil, and probably made one the most intense records ever recorded.
Box set: Pentangle The Time Has Come
A truly staggering set of a an awesome band, sits to the left of their original recordings with enough outtakes, and live that it stands on its own and augments with little duplication of existing records.
{Kevin Coyne/Siren 3Cd Dandelion is also a real pleasure}
Book: Japrocksampler A fan's book written by the fan's fan love of time and genre conveyed with knowledge and excitement. the type book rock'n'roll direly needs but rarely gets.