DECEMBER PICKS:
Various Artists-ARABIC CAFE (Rough Guide)
Clipse-ROAD TO TILL THE CASKET DROPS (mixtape)
Gaslight Anthem-THE '59 SOUND (Side One Dummy)
Glass Candy-DEEP GEMS (Italians Do It Better)
Hatfield and the North-THE ROTTERS' CLUB (Virgin '75-'76)
Tim Hardin-1 (Water '66)
Kasai All-Stars-ON THE 7TH MOON... (Crammed Discs)
Killers-DAY & AGE (Island)
Magma-KOHNTARKOSZ (Seventh '74)
Ocean-PANTHEON OF THE LESSER (Important)
Pogues-HELL'S DITCH (Rhino '90)
Sacros-s/t (Shadoks '73)
Sagittarius-THE BLUE MARBLE (Sundazed '69)
Zerby-WHERE WERE U IN '92? (Werk)
NOVEMBER PICKS:
AC/DC-BLACK ICE (Columbia)
Bullwackies All Stars-BLACK WORLD (Hardwax)
Various Artists-COSMIC BALEARIC BEATS VOL. 1 (Eskimo)
Deerhunter-MICROCASTLE/WEIRD ERA CONTINUED (Kranky)
DJ/Rupture-UPROOT (The Ambulance)
Enslaved-VERTEBRAE (Nuclear Blast)
Fennesz-BLACK SEA (Touch)
5th Dimension-THE MAGIC GARDEN (Rev-Ola '68)
Fripp/Eno-EVENING STAR (Discipline Global Media '75)
Girl Talk-FEED THE ANIMALS (Illegal Art)
Getatchew Mekuria/Ex/Guests-MOA ANBESSA (Terp '06)
Grace Jones-HURRICANE (Wall of Sound)
Menace Ruine-THE DIE IS CAST (Alien8)
Nerves-ONE WAY TICKET (Alive '76-'79)
Laura Nyro-ELI AND THE THIRTEENTH CONFESSION (Epic '68)
Lou Reed-BERLIN: LIVE AT ST. ANN'S WAREHOUSE (Matador)
23 Skidoo-SEVEN SONGS (LTM '82)
Waylander-HONOUR AMONGST CHAOS (Listenable)
Kanye West-808S & HEARTBREAK (Roc-A-Fella)
Yoga'N'Ants-BETLEHEM, WE ARE ON OUR OWN (Tone Twilight)
OCTOBER PICKS:
Blue Ash-NO MORE, NO LESS (Collector's Choice '73)
Cabaret Voltaire-THE CRACKDOWN (Virgin '83)
Dungen-4 (Kemado)
Bob Dylan-TELL TALE SIGNS: THE BOOTLEG SERIES VOL. 8 (Columbia '89-'06)
Estelle featuring Kanye West-"American Boy" (Atlantic)
Grails-DOOMSDAYER'S HOLIDAY (The Temporary Residence)
Group Inerane-GUITARS FROM AGADEZ (Sublime Frequencies)
Lykke Li-YOUTH NOVELS (Atlantic)
Jay Reatard-MATADOR SINGLES '08 (Matador)
Eleanoora Rosenholm-"ALA KYAY KUOLLEILTA, HE SANOIVAT" (Fonal)
Santogold-TOP RANKING A DIPLO DUB (Mad Decent)
Scorpions-LONESOME CROW (Revisisted '72)
Tangerine Dream-RICOCHET (Virgin '75)
Terakaft-AKH ISSUDAR (World Village)
Trouble Funk-DROP THE BOMB (Funky Delicacies '80-'84)
TV On The Radio-DEAR SCIENCE (Interscope)
Venom-BLACK METAL (Castle/Sanctuary '82)
Yo Majesty-FUTURISTICALLY SPEAKING...NEVER BE AFRAID (Domino)
SEPTEMBER PICKS:
Arabian Prince-INNOVATIVE LIFE: THE ANTHOLOGY 1984-1989 (Stones Throw)
Black Beard-STRICTLY DUB WIZE (EMI '78)
Lindsey Buckingham-GIFT OF SCREWS (Reprise)
Various Artists-DUBSTARS (Echo Beach '80-'07)
Flying Lotus-LOS ANGELES (Warp)
Grace Jones-WARM LEATHERETTE (Island '80)
Muslimgauze-JAH MEARAB (Staalplaat '98)/ARMSBAZZAR (Essence '94-'97)
Radio Birdman-LIVING EYES (Citadel '78)
Ribbons-SURPRISE ATTACKS (Electric Light Music)
Sten-THE ESSENCE (Kompakt)
Tricky-WEST KNOWLE BOY (Domino)
Verve-FORTH (On Your Own)
Walkmen-YOU & ME (Gigantic)
Young Jeezy-THE RECESSION (Def Jam)
AUGUST PICKS:
Bug-LONDON ZOO (Ninja Tune)
Kate Bush-THE KICK INSIDE (EMI '78)/HOUNDS OF LOVE (EMI '85)
Clipse-PRESENTS RE-UP GANG (Koch)
Peter Gabriel-PASSION (Geffen '89)
Goldmund-THE MALADY OF ELEGANCE (Type)
Linda Lewis-LARK (Collectors' Choice '72)
Lindstrøm-WHERE YOU GO I GO TOO (Feedelity)
Muslimgauze-JAAGHEED ZARB (Staalplaat)
Randy Newman-HARPS AND ANGELS (Nonesuch)
Conor Oberst-s/t (Merge)
Suarasama-FAJAR DI ATAS AWAN (Drag City '98)
Tom Verlaine-WORDS FROM THE FRONT (Collectors' Choice '82)
JULY PICKS:
Amon Düül II-HIJACK (Revisited '74)
Jorge Ben-s/t (Dusty Groove '69)
Black Devil Disco Club-EIGHT OH EIGHT (Lo)
Gilberto Gil-s/t (Water '68)/ESPRESSO 2222 (Water '72)
MGMT-ORACULAR SPECTACULAR (Columbia)
Nadja-TOUCHED (Alien8 '06)
Various Artists-PANCADO DO MORRO (Flamin' Hots)
Pyra-THE HAUNTED HOUSE (tUMULt)
Jay Reatard-SINGLES 06-07 (In the Red)
Ulver-SHADOWS OF THE SUN (The End)
JUNE PICKS:
Cool Kids-THE BAKE SALE ( Chocolate Industries)
Various Artists-DISCO ITALIA (Strut '77-'85)
Dornenreich-IN LUFT GERIZT (Prophecy)
Grouper-DRAGGING A DEAD DEER UP A HILL (Type)
King Khan and the Shrines-THE SUPREME GENIUS OF (Vice)
Nachtmystium-ASSASSINS: BLACK MEDDLE PART 1 (Century Media)
Opeth-WATERSHED (Roadrunner)
Robert Pollard-IS OFF TO BUSINESS (Guided By Voices)
Shearwater-ROOK (Matador)
Sigur Ros-MED SUD I EYRUM VIT SPILUM ENDALAUST (XL)
Spiritualized-SONGS IN A & E (Sanctuary/Fontana)
Various Artists-STEPPAS' DELIGHT (Soul Jazz)
UFO-PHENOMENON (Chrysalis '74)
MAY PICKS:
Erykah Badu-NEW AMERYKAH PART ONE (4TH WORLD WAR) (Universal Motown)
Big Black-THE RICH MAN'S EIGHT-TRACK TAPE (Touch & Go '86-'87)
Cheap Time-s/t (In the Red)
Bill Cosby-BADFOOT BROWN & THE BUNIONS BRADFORD FUNERAL & MARCHING
BAND (Dusty Groove America '71)
Group Doueh-GUITAR MUSIC FROM THE WESTERN SAHARA (Sublime Frequencies)
Kid Creole-GOING PLACES: THE AUGUST DARNELL YEARS 1976-1983 (Strut)
M83-SATURDAYS=YOUTH (Mute)
No Age-PEACHES (Sub Pop)
Osborne-s/t (Spectral)
Quiet Village-SILENT MOVIE (!K7)
Roots-RISING DOWN (Def Jam)
Santogold-s/t (Downtown)
Bobb Trimble-HARVEST OF DREAMS (Secretly Canadian '82)
Caetano Veloso-s/t (Llilith '69)
APRIL PICKS:
Baroness-RED ALBUM (Relapse)
Various Artists-BASIC REPLAY (Basic Replay)
Los Campesinos!-HOLD ON NOW, YOUNGSTER... (Arts & Crafts)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds-DIG, LAZARUS, DIG!!! (Anti-)
Chic-C'EST CHIC (Atlantic '78)
John & Alice Coltrane-INFINITY (Impulse '72)
Cut Copy-IN GHOST COLORS (Modular)
DJ Rekha-BASEMENT BHANGRA (Koch)
Portishead-THIRD (Mercury)
R.E.M.-ACCELERATE (Warner Bros.)
Split Enz-DIZRHYTHMIA (Mushroom '77)
MARCH PICKS:
Autechre-QUARISTICE (Warp)
Benga-DIARY OF AN AFRO WARRIOR (Tempa)
Various Artists-BOLLYWOOD SLIDE GUITAR (Sublime Frequencies '62-'84)
Crystal Castles-s/t (Last Gang)
Toumani Diabaté-THE MANDE SESSIONS (World Circuit/Nonesuch)
Earth-THE BEES MADE HONEY IN THE LION'S SKULL (Southern Lord)
Ersen-s/t (Finders Keepers)
Hercules and Love Affair-s/t (DFA)
Chaka Khan-EPIPHANY: THE BEST OF CHAKA KHAN (Warner Bros.)
Meshuggah-OBZEN (Nuclear Blast)
Various Artists-THE SOUND OF BASSLINE (Ministry of Sound)
Tinchy Stryder-CLOUD 9: THE EP (Stryder)
FEBRUARY PICKS:
Atlas Sound-LET THE BLIND LEAD THOSE WHO CAN SEE BUT CANNOT FEEL
(Kranky)
David Axelrod-SERIOUSLY DEEP (Polydor/Dusty Groove America '75)
Black Mountain-IN THE FUTURE (JagJaguwar)
Dub Trio-ANOTHER SOUND IS DYING (Ipecac)
Joe Gibbs and the Professionals-AFRICAN DUB CHAPTER THREE (VP '78)
Magma-MEKANIK KOMMANDOH (Seventh '73)
Man-RHINOS, WINOS AND LUNATICS (Esoteric '74)/LIVE AT THE PADGET
ROOMS, PENARTH (Esoteric '72)
Various Artists-PAPAGAYO (Toytown '67-'73)
Re-up Gang-WE GOT IT 4 CHEAP VOL. 3 (
mixtape
)
Sons and Daughters-THIS GIFT (Domino)
Sound Dimension-s/t (Soul Jazz '67-'70)
Vampire Weekend-s/t (XL)
Various Artists-WHAT'S HAPPENING IN PERNAMBUCO? (Luaka Bop)
JANUARY PICKS:
Cat Power-JUKEBOX (Matador)
Dells-SING DIONNE WARWICK'S GEATEST HITS (Cadet/Dusty Groove
America '72)
Various Artists-DISCO NOT DISCO 1974-1986 (Strut)
Gil Evans Orchestra-OUT OF THE COOL (Impulse '61)
Bobby Hutcherson-SAN FRANCISCO (Blue Note '70)
Mike Ladd-NOSTALGIALATOR (Definitive Jux)
Magnetic Fields-DISTORTION (Nonesuch)
Man-DO YOU LIKE IT HERE NOW, ARE YOU SETTLING IN? (Esoteric
'71)
Valentin Silvestrov-BAGATALLEN UND SERENADEN (ECM)
Various Artists-ETHNIC MINORITY MUSIC OF SOUTHERN LAOS (Sublime
Frequencies)
Carla Thomas-THE QUEEN ALONE (Stax '69)
Times New Viking-RIP IT OFF (Matador)