DECEMBER MUSIC PICKS:
ABBA-ARRIVAL (Polar/Universal '76)
Annuals-BE HE ME (Ace Fu)
Antaeus-BLOOD LIBELS (Ajna)
Black Boned Angel-ASHES (Celebrate Psi Phenomenon)
Boomtown Rats-s/t (Mercury '77)
Buffalo-DEAD FOREVER... (Aztec Music '72)
Clipse-HELL HATH NO FURY (Re-up Gang/Zomba)
Coloured Balls-HEAVY METAL KID (Aztec Music '74)
Deathspell Omega-KENOSE (Southern Lord)
Peter Hammill-PH7 (Virgin '79)
Josef K-ENTOMOLOGY (Domino '80-'82)
Knife-SILENT SHOUT (Mute)
KTL-s/t (Editions Mego)
Selda-s/t (B Music '76)
Sioxusie and the Banshees-VOICES ON THE AIR PEEL SESSIONS (Polydor '77-'86)
Skull Snaps-s/t (Aztec Music '73)
Stranglers-THE RAVEN (EMI '79)
Various Artists-SERIOUS TIMES (Ghetto Arc/XL)
Rachid Taha-DIWAN 2 (Wrasse)
NOVEMBER MUSIC PICKS:
Lily Allen-ALRIGHT, STILL (Capitol)
Jon Appleton/Don Cherry-HUMAN MUSIC (Water '70)
Coloured Balls-BALL POWER (Aztec Music '73)
Deftones-SATURDAY NIGHT WRIST (Maverick)
Drudkh-BLOOD IN OUR WELLS (Supernal)
ESG-COME AWAY WITH ESG (Soul Jazz '83)
the Game featuring Junior Reid-"It's Okay (One Blood)" (Geffen)
Eddie Henderson-REALIZATION/INSIDE OUT (Soul Brother '73)
Heron-UPON REFLECTION - THE DAWN ANTHOLOGY (Castle/Sanctuary
'70-'72)
Rick James-STREET SONGS (Motown '81)
Khlyst-CHAOS IS MY NAME (Hydra Head)
Lady Sovereign-PUBLIC WARNING
(Def Jam)
Joanna Newsom-YS (Drag City)
Sunn O)))/Boris-ALTAR (Southern Lord)
Neil Young/Crazy Horse-LIVE AT THE FILLMORE EAST (Reprise '70)
OCTOBER MUSIC PICKS:
Lindsey Buckingham-UNDER THE SKIN (Reprise)
Rhys Chatham-TWO GONGS (Table of the Elements '89)
Decemberists-THE CRANE'S WIFE (Capitol)
English Beat-I JUST CAN'T STOP IT (Go Feet/London '80)
Charlotte Gainsbourg-5:55 (Because)
Gong-ANGELS EGG (Virgin '73)
Peter Hammill-THE SILENT CORNER AND THE EMPTY STAGE (Virgin
'74)
Khan Jamal Creative Arts Ensemble-DRUMDANCE TO THE MOTHERLAND
(Eremite '72)
Johann Johannsson-IBM 1401, A USER'S MANUAL (4AD)
Killers-"When You Were Young" (Island)
Kode 9 + the Spaceape-MEMORIES OF THE FUTURE (Hyperdub)
Ludicra-FEX URBIS LEX ORBIS (Alternative Tentacles)
Lee Perry-ROAST FISH, COLLIE WEED & CORN BREAD (VP
'76)
Scientist-DUB LANDING 1 & 2 (Auralux '81-'82)
Sisters Love-GIVE ME YOUR LOVE (Soul Jazz '69-'73)
Thin Lizzy-JOHNNY THE FOX (Vertigo '76)
Trae-RESTLESS (Rap A Lot)
Trentemøller-THE LAST RESORT (Poker Flat)
Witchfinder General-DEATH PENALTY (Heavy Metal '82)/FRIENDS
OF HELL (Heavy Metal '83)
SEPTEMBER MUSIC PICKS:
Franco Battiato-POLLUTION (Water '73)
Jacques Brel-LES BOURGEOIS (Barclay '62)
Ornette Coleman-SOUND GRAMMAR (Sound Grammar)/ORNETTE
AT 12 (Impulse '69)
Bob Dylan-MODERN TIMES (Columbia)
Jam-SOUND AFFECTS (Polydor '80)
Junior Boys-SO THIS IS GOODBYE (Domino)
Mastodon-BLOOD MOUNTAIN (Reprise)
Mountain Goats-GET LONELY (4AD)
Roots-GAME THEORY (Def Jam)
Susanna and the Magical Orchestra-MELODY MOUNTAIN (Rune
Gramofon)
Xasthur-SUBLIMINAL GENOCIDE (Hydra Head)
Yo La Tengo-I AM NOT AFRAID OF YOU AND I WILL BEAT
YOUR ASS (Matador)
AUGUST MUSIC PICKS:
Comets on Fire-AVATAR (Sub Pop)
Various Artists-CONFUZED DISCO (Mantra Vibes)
Cursive-HAPPY HOLLOW (Saddle Creek)
Dead C.-VAIN, ERUDITE AND STUPID (Ba Da Bing
'87-'03)
Freddie Hubbard-RED CLAY (CTI/Epic '70)
Antonio Carlos Jobim-LOVE, STRINGS AND JOBIM
(DBK Works '66)
Midlake-THE TRIALS OF VAN OCCUPANTHER (Bella
Union)
Marc Moulin-THE PLACEBO YEARS 1971-1974 (Blue
Note)
Outkast-IDLEWILD (LaFace)
Plan B-WHO NEEDS ACTIONS WHEN YOU GOT WORDS?
(679)
Bridget St. John-JUMBLEQUEEN (Chrysalis '74)
Slayer-CHRIST ILLUSION (American Recordings)
Soft Machine-4 (One Way '73)
Triosk-THE HEADLIGHT SERENADE (Leaf)
Ultravox-SYSTEMS OF ROMANCE (Island '78)
JULY MUSIC PICKS:
Brightblack Morning Light-s/t (Matador)
Burial-s/t (Hyperdub)
Johnny Cash-AMERICAN V: A HUNDRED HIGHWAYS
(American Recordings/Lost Highway)
Cut Chemist-THE AUDIENCE IS LISTENING
(Warner Bros.)
Electric Light Orchestra-ELO II (Jet
'73)
ESG-KEEP ON MOVING (Soul Jazz)
Espers-II (Drag City)
Gilberto Gil-1971 (Phillips)
Milton Nascimento-MINAS (Water '75)/MILAGRE
DOS PEIXES (Water '73)
Lou Reed-TRANSFORMER (RCA '72)
Scritti Politti-WHITE BREAD BLACK BEER
(Rough Trade/Nonesuch)
Various Artists-STUDIO ONE SCORCHER VOL.
2 (Soul Jazz)
Thom Yorke-THE ERASER (XL)
JUNE MUSIC PICKS:
Alias & Tarsier-BROOKLAND/OAKLYN
(Anticon)
Beirut-GULAG ORKESTRAR (Ba Da Bing!)
Boards of Canada-TRANS CANADA
HIGHWAY (Warp)
Celtic Frost-MONOTHEIST (Century
Media)
Rhys Chatham-DIE DONNERGOTTER (Radium
'77-'86)
Kevin Coyne-MARJORY RAZORBLADE (Virgin
'73)
DaBrye-TWO/THREE (Ghostly International)
First Nation-s/t (Paw Tracks)
Futureheads-NEWS AND TRIBUTES (Startime
International/Vagrant)
Howlin Rain-s/t (Birdman)
Lindstrom/Prins Thomas-s/t (Eskimo)
Phoenix-IT'S NEVER BEEN LIKE THAT
(Astralwerks)
Sonic Youth-RATHER RIPPED (Geffen)
Third Ear Band-MUSIC FROM MACBETH
(BGO '72)
Tilly and the Wall-BOTTOMS OF
BARRELS (Team Love)
Van der Graaf Generator-WORLD RECORD
(Virgin '76)
MAY MUSIC PICKS:
Associates-FOURTH DRAWER DOWN
(V2 '81)
Various Artists-BIG APPLE RAPPIN'
(Soul Jazz '79-'83)
Boris-PINK (Southern Lord)
John Cooper Clarke-SNAP, CRACKLE
(&) BOP (Epic '80)
Arnold Dreyblatt and the Orchestra
of Excited Strings-LIVE AT FEDERAL HALL NATIONAL MEMORIAL,
1981 (Table of the Elements)
Gnarls Barkley-ST. ELSEWHERE
(Atlantic)
Hackamore Brick-ONE KISS LEADS
TO ANOTHER (Mr. Nobody '70)
Mission of Burma-THE OBLITERATI
(Matador)
Opeth-GHOST REVERIES (Roadrunner)
Augustus Pablo-ROCKERS MEETS
KING TUBBYS IN A FIRE HOUSE (Shanachie '80)
Lee Perry-AFRICAN ROOTS (Trojan
'77)
Eliane Radigue-ELEMENTAL 2 (R.O.S.A.)
Spank Rock-YOYOYOYO (Big Dada)
Sparks-ANGST IN MY PANTS (Repertoire
'82)/KIMONO MY HOUSE (Island '74)
T.I.-"What You Know" (Atlantic)
Scott Walker-THE DRIFT (4AD)
Neil Young-LIVING WITH WAR
(Reprise)
APRIL MUSIC PICKS:
AFX-CHOSEN LORDS (Rephlex)
Comsat Angels-WAITING FOR
A MIRACLE (Renascent '80)
Electric Light Orchestra-NO
ANSWER (Epic/Legacy '72)
Fiery Furnaces-BITTER TEA
(Fat Possum)
Flaming Lips-AT WAR WITH
THE MYSTICS (Warner Bros.)
Josephine Foster-A WOLF
IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING (Locust)
Ghostface Killah-FISHSCALE
(Def Jam)
Markus Guentner-LONELY
SOCIETY (Ware)
Ryoji Ikeda-DATAPLEX (Raster-Norton)
Morrissey-RINGLEADER
OF THE TORMENTERS (Attack)
Tom Moulton-A TOM MOULTON
MIX (Soul Jazz '73-'82)
Om-CONFERENCE OF THE BIRDS
(Holy Mountain)
Arthur Russell-FIRST
THOUGHT BEST THOUGHT (Audika '75-'81)
Nina Simone-TO LOVE SOMEBODY
(RCA '69)
Siouxsie and the Banshees-KALEIDOSCOPE
(Geffen '80)
Bubba Sparxxx-THE CHARM
(Purple Ribbon/Virgin)
MARCH MUSIC PICKS:
Isobel Campbell/Mark
Lanegan-BALLAD OF THE BROKEN SEAS (V2)
Neko Case-FOX CONFESSER
BRINGS THE FLOOD (Anti-)
Donald Fagen-THE NIGHTFLY
(Warner Bros. '82)
Isolée-WESTERN
SHORE (Playhouse)
Madlib-THE BEAT KONDUCTA
VOLS. 1-2 (Stones Throw)
Murs/9th Wonder-MURRAY'S
REVENGE (Record Collection)
Pearls and Brass-THE
INDIAN TOWER (Drag City)
Lee Perry-DUBSTRUMENTALS
(Trojan/Sanctuary '75)
Psychic Ills-DINS
(the Social Registry)
Razor X Productions-KILLING
SOUND (Rephlex)
Rogers Sisters-THE
INVISIBLE DECK (Too Pure)
Sparks-PROPAGANDA
(Island '74)/NO. 1 IN HEAVEN (Oasis/Repertoire '79)
Various Artists-WAYFARING
STRANGERS: LADIES IN THE CANYON (Numero Group '69-'76)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs-SHOW
YOUR BONES (Interscope)
FEBRUARY MUSIC PICKS
:
ABC-THE LEXICON
OF LOVE (Mercury '82)
Belle and Sebastian-THE
LIFE PURSUIT (Matador)
Black Merda-THE
FOLKS FROM MOTHER'S MIXER (Tuff City '70-'72)
Rosanne Cash-BLACK
CADILLAC (Capitol)
Chamillionaire-THE
SOUND OF REVENGE - CHOPPED & SCREWED BY OG RON
C (Universal)
Various Artists-CONGOTRONICS
2 (Crammed Discs)
J Dilla-DONUTS
(Stones Throw)
Robert Pollard-FROM
A COMPOUND EYE (Merge)
Sparks-HELLO
YOUNG LOVERS (In The Red)
Steeleye Span-HARK!
THE VILLAGE WAIT (Castle/Sanctuary '70)
Van Der Graaf
Generator-THE QUIET ZONE/THE PLEASURE DOME (Virgin
'77)
Young Jeezy-LET'S
GET IT: THUG MOTIVATION 101 (Def Jam)
JANUARY MUSIC PICKS:
William
Basinski-THE GARDEN OF BROKENNESS (2062)
Cat Power-THE
GREATEST (Matador)
Various
Artists-CULT CARGO: BELIZE BOIL UP (Numero Group)
Clipse-WE
GOT IT 4 CHEAP, VOL. 2 (mixitup.com)
Diane
Cluck-COUNTLESS TIMES (Voodoo-Eros)
Delta 5-SINGLES
& SESSIONS '79-'81 (Kill Rock Stars)
Peter
Hammill-FOOLS' MATE (Virgin '71)
Ladybug
Mecca-TRIP THE LIGHT FANTASTIC (Nu Paradigm)
Jenny Lewis/Walton
Twins-RABBIT FUR COAT (Team Love)
Rema Rema-WHEEL
IN THE ROSES (4AD '80)
Sparks-s/t
(Wounded Bird '71)/A WOOFER IN TWEETER'S CLOTHING
(Wounded Bird '72)