NOVEMBER MUSIC PICKS
Black Dice-BEACHES & CANYONS (DFA)
Missy Elliott-"Work It" cd5 (Elektra)
Godspeed You! Black Emperor-YANQUI U.X.O. (Kranky)
Jay-Z-THE BLUEPRINT 2: THE GAME AND THE CURSE
(Roc-A-Fella)
Y'know, putting out 4 albums in 14 months
just might not be the greatest idea. There's a fine 12-song, 45-minute album
here, but even " '03 Bonnie & Clyde" doesn't match his usual standards
for singles.
Spoon-KILL THE MOONLIGHT (Merge)
Streets-ORIGINAL PIRATE MATERIAL (Vice/Atlantic)
Talib Kweli-QUALITY (Rawkus)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs-"Miracle
" cd5 (Touch & Go)
OCTOBER MUSIC PICKS
El-P-FANDAM PLUS (Definitive Jux)
Fennesz-FIELD RECORDINGS 1995-2002 (Touch)
Flaming Lips-FINALLY THE PUNK ROCKERS ARE TAKING ACID (Restless/Rykodisc
'83-'88)
Jurassic 5-POWER IN NUMBERS (Interscope)
Kills-BLACK ROOSTER E.P. (Dim Mak)
Pilote-KING FOOD (Certificate 17)
Lou Reed-TAKE NO PRISONERS (Arista '78)
Shearwater-EVERYONE MAKES MISTAKES (Misra)
Sigur Ros-{ } (MCA)
Jimmy Smith-THE DEFINITIVE COLLECTION (Blue Note/Verve)
SEPTEMBER MUSIC PICKS
Boom Bip-SEED TO SUN (Lex
)
Neko Case-BLACKLISTED (Bloodshot)
Damned-DAMNED DAMNED DAMNED (Castle/Sanctuary '77)
High On Fire -SURROUNDED BY THIEVES (Relapse)
Low
-TRUST (Kranky)
Pattern-REAL FEELNESS (Lookout)
RJD2-DEADRINGER (Definitive Jux)
Roxanne Shante-THE BEST OF COLD CHILLIN' (Landspeed)
Wire-READ AND BURN 02 (Pink Flag)
AUGUST MUSIC PICKS
some of Various Artists-THE BEST OF BOOM SELECTOR VOL. 2 (bootleg)
Clipse-"Grindin' " (Arista)
Dalek
-FROM FILTHY TONGUE OF GODS AND GRIOTS (
Ipecac
)
DJ/Rupture
-GOLD TEETH THIEF (Violent Turd)
Interpol
-TURN ON THE BRIGHT LIGHTS (Matador)
Liars
-THEY THREW ALL OF US IN A TRENCH AND STUCK A MONUMENT ON TOP (Blast
First/Mute)
Beth Orton-DAYBREAKER (Astralweks)
Sleater-Kinney-ONE BEAT (Kill Rock Stars)
Soft Boys
-NEXTDOORLAND (Matador)
Linda Thompson-FASHIONABLY LATE (Rounder)
VHS or Beta-LE FUNK (On)
Who-MY GENERATION (DELUXE EDITION) (MCA '65)
JULY MUSIC PICKS
Colin Blunstone-ONE YEAR (Epic '71)
Various Artists-DREAD MEETS PUNK ROCKERS UPTOWN (EMI '76-'77)
Flaming Lips
-YOSHIMI BATTLES THE PINK ROBOTS (Warner Bros.)
Interpol-"PDA" cd5 (Matador)
Nappy Roots-WATERMELON, CHICKEN & GRITS (Atlantic)
Randy Newman-GOOD OL' BOYS (Rhino '74)
Reputation
-s/t (Initia
l)
Supercollider-RAW DIGITS (Rise Robots Rise)
Wire-READ AND BURN (Pink Flag
)
JUNE MUSIC PICKS:
Atmosphere-GOD LOVES UGLY (Fat Beats)
Blackalicious-BLAZING ARROW (MCA0
Bright Eyes-LIFTED OR THE STORY IS IN THE SOIL (Saddle Creek)
Review forthcoming.
Peter Gabriel-2 (Geffen '78)
Guided By Voices-UNIVERSAL TRUTHS AND CYCLES (Matador)
Kelis-WANDERLAND (Virgin)
Kid 606
-THE ACTION PACKED MENTALLIST BRINGS YOU THE FUCKING JAMS (Violent
Turd)
Sonny Sharrock-MONKEY-POCKIE BOO (Sunspot '70)
Tweet-SOUTHERN HUMMINGBIRD (Elektra)
MAY MUSIC PICKS:
Bright Eyes-THERE IS NO BEGINNING TO THE STORY EP (Saddle
Creek)
A Certain Ratio-EARLY (
Soul Jazz
'79-'85)
Review coming.
Alice Coltrane-ETERNITY (Sepiatone '76)
Elvis Costello
-WHEN I WAS CRUEL (Island)
Mark Eitzel-MUSIC FOR COURAGE & CONFIDENCE (New West)
El-P-FANTASTIC DAMAGE (Definitive Jux)
Various Artists-MY HOUSE IN MONMARTE (Astralweks)
Organized Konfusion-STRESS: THE EXTINCTION AGENDA (Hollywood
Basic '94)
Puffy Ami Yumi-AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY (Bar None '96-'02)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs-s/t (
Wichita
)
APRIL MUSIC PICKS:
Anti-Pop Consortium-ARRHYTHMIA (Warp)
Various Artists-THE BEST BOOTLEGS IN THE WORLD EVER... (no label)
Review coming soon. High points of these remixes: Christina
Aguilera vs. the Strokes, Missy Elliott vs. a punk song I can't
remember, D-12 vs. Depeche Mode, TLC (R.I.P. Left Eye) vs. Human
League, Salt-N-Pepa va. Stooges
Desaparecidos-READ MUSIC/SPEAK SPANISH (
Saddle Creek
)
Dirtbombs-ULTRAGLIDE IN BLACK (
In The Red
)
Missy Elliott/Various Remixers-FREAKBITCHLICKFLY (Violent Turd)
Richard Hell
-TIME (Matador '75-'84)
Jimmy Eat World-s/t (Dreamworks)
Emo for arenas and Top 40 radio, this is my guilty pleasure
of the year.
Pet Shop Boys-RELEASE (Sanctuary)
Rocket From The Tombs-THE DAY THE EARTH MET THE ROCKET FROM THE BOMBS
( Smog Veil
'75)
2 Many DJs
-AS HEARD ON SOULWAX (PIAS)
Or maybe it's a CD-R?
Wilco-YANKEE HOTEL FOXTROT (Nonesuch)
Gary Wilson-YOU THINK YOU REALLY LIKE ME (Motel '77)
MARCH MUSIC PICKS:
And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead-SOURCE TAGS & CODES (Interscope)
Boards Of Canada-GEOGADDI (Warp)
Buck 65-MAN OVERBOARD (Anticon)
Clinic-WALKING WITH THEE (Domino)
Deep Puddle Dynamics-"More Than June" cd5 (Anticon)
parts of Various Artists-DISCO NOT DISCO 2 (Strut)
Arnold Dreyblatt-THE ADDING MACHINE (Cantaloupe)
Hives-YOUR NEW FAVORITE BAND (Poptones '97-'00)
Lambchop-IS A WOMAN (Merge)
Nas-"Got Ur Self A..." cd5 (Columbia)
Andrew W.K.-I GET WET (Island)
FEBRUARY MUSIC PICKS:
Adult-RESCUCITATION (Extant Audio)
Aesop Rock-DAYBREAK (Definitive Jux)
Chemical Brothers-COME WITH US (Astralwerks)
Alice Coltrane-TRANSFIGURATION (Sepiatone '78)
Cornelius-POINT (Matador)
Various Artists-DEFINITIVE JUX PRESENTS II (Definitive Jux)
Elbow-ASLEEP IN THE BACK (V2)
Freelance Hellraiser (Christina Aguilera vs. the Strokes)-"A Stroke Of
Genie-Us" (bootleg)
Various Artists-IN THE BEGINNING THERE WAS RHYTHM (Soul Jazz '78-'82)
Bert Jansch-NICOLA (Sanctuary '67)
James Lavelle-FABRICLIVE: 01 (Fabric)
Kathy McGinty-s/t (Hamburger)
Various Artists-NIGERIA 70 (Strut)
Various Artists-THE VERY BEST BOLLYWOOD SONGS II (Outcaste '49-'01)
JANUARY MUSIC PICKS:
Various Artists-CAN'T STOP IT: AUSTRALIAN POST-PUNK '78-'82 (Chapter)
Soundtrack-EBAN & CHARLEY (Merge)
Neil Halstead-SLEEPING ON ROADS (4AD)
Joyce-s/t (Polygram '68)
Kid Acne-RAP TRAFFIC (Invisible Spies)
parts of Mystikal-TARANTULA (Jive), Scarface-THE LAST OF A DYING
BREED (Rap A Lot) & Matthew Shipp-NU BOP (Thirsty Ear)
Soundtrack-MULHOLLAND DRIVE (Milan)
Miroslav Vitous-INFINITE SEARCH (Collectables '70)
Wu-Tang Clan-IRON FLAG (Loud)