This issue also includes an interview with the Pittsburgh drone and space group Meisha. Actually, this is not a normal interview, but rather our rendition of "Invisible Jukebox," the column popularized in The Wire magazine. The idea is, you picks songs from several different records and play them for the band, not letting them know what the songs are. The band gets to guess what the songs are and, in turn, discuss how that music relates to their own. Writer John Fail exploited his friendship with the band quite well (not to mention his savvy and huge collection of obscure records) in getting very informative responses, probably more informative than any normal question and answer interview would have gotten.

Aside from that, we've got over 30 new reviews including two or three great new releases that no doubt would have appeared on THE LIST if we had only compiled our choices a week or so later. Such is life. If your favorite record of 2000 is missing from THE LIST, don't let that stop you from voting! (Did I mention that the poll is also a contest?!?) Part of the fun of this format is that not all great records get included, and not all survive elimination. So, please vote.

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