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Paolo Angeli - Mede [10 out of 12, Recorded] |
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| AqPop - Beautifully Smart [10 out of 12, 35g] |
| Aufgehoben - Anno Fauve [9 out of 12, Riot Season] |
| AXOLOTL - Archons?/Archons! [9 out of 12, Jyrk] |
| Bardo Pond - Cypher Documents I [11 out of 12, Three Lobed] |
| Bevis Frond - Hit Squad [10 out of 12, Rubric] |
| Burmese - Men [11 out of 12, Load], White [9 out of 12, Planaria] |
| Christina Carter - Living Contact [10 out of 12, Kranky] |
| Leonard Cohen - Dear Heather [8 out of 12, Columbia] |
| The Cure - s/t [4 out of 12, Geffen] |
| The Donnas - Gold Medal [2 out of 12, Atlantic] |
| Axel Dörner, Greg Kelley, Andrea Neumann, Bhob Rainey - Thanks, Cash [10 out of 12, Sedimental] |
| Eluvium - Talk Amongst the Trees [11 out of 12, Temporary Residence] |
| Enos Slaughter - Saloth Sar [11 out of 12, Sound@One] |
| Espers - s/t [7 out of 12, Locust] |
| Flössin - Lead Singer [10 out of 12, Ache] |
| Girl Friday - Swimmer [8 out of 12, Get Fresh] |
| Rachel Goswell - Waves are Universal [12 out of 12, 4AD] |
| Green Pajamas - Ten White Stones [8 out of 12, Hidden Agenda] |
| Greyscale - Cruel Machine [11 out of 12, Camera Obscura] |
| Grimble Grumble - Leaves Leader [11 out of 12, Pehr] |
| Growing - Soul of the Rainbow and Harmony of Light [11 out of 12, Kranky] |
| Andy Hayleck - The Disappearing Floor [10 out of 12, Recorded] |
| Hush Arbors - Under Bent Limb Trees [10 out of 12, Digitalis] |
| Inouk - No Danger [8 out of 12, Say Hey] |
| Michael Johnsen - Patience Tryouts [10 out of 12, Recorded] |
| The Lost Domain - Sailor, Home From the Sea [10 out of 12, Digitalis] |
| Moon Trotskij - I Fell But Andromeda Rose to the Stars [10 out of 12, Goddamn I'm a Countryman] |
| März - Wir Sind Hier [10 out of 12, Karaoke Kalk] |
| The Occasion - s/t [8 out of 12, Say Hey] |
| OF - The Buried Stream [10 out of 12, Jewelled Antler], The Quartz Pond [10 out of 12, Jewelled Antler] |
| OM Trio - Global Positioning Record [10 out of 12, Black Beauty] |
| Ortho/Irene Moon - split 7" [10 out of 12, Ignivomous] |
| Pay Toilets - Freedom Rock/Wet and Wild USA [11 out of 12, White Denim] |
| Re: - ALMS [9 out of 12, Constellation] |
| Rivulets - You've Got Your Own [8 out of 12, Acuarela] |
| Rogue Wave - Out of the Shadow [10 out of 12, Subpop] |
| Sightings - Arrived in Gold [11 out of 12, Load] |
| Social Distortion - Sex, Love and Rock 'n' Roll [10 out of 12, Time Bomb] |
| This Years Blonde - s/t [7 out of 12, Blonde Bitch Goddess] |
| Urdog - Garden of Bones [11 out of 12, Secret Eye] |
| Vale and Year - Holy Art and Music [11 out of 12, self-released] |
| Various Artists - 33 RPM: Ten Hours of Sound From France [10 out of 12, 23five], Old Tyme Lemonade [9 out of 12, Hospital], Pick a Winner CD/DVD [10 out of 12, Load] |
| Wovenhand - Consider the Birds [10 out of 12, Sounds Familyre] |
| Yeah No - Swell Henry [11 out of 12, Squealer] |
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!!! - s/t [9 out of 12, Gold Standard Laboratories], Me and Giuliani Down by the School Yard (A True Story) EP [8 out of 12, Touch and Go] |
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| +/- - s/t [9 out of 12, Teenbeat], Holding Patterns EP [8 out of 12, Teenbeat] |
| .22 - The Worker [8 out of 12, Roydale] |
| 1 Mile North - Glass Wars [10 out of 12, Old Colony] |
| 1234 - Ol' Sparky [9 out of 12, 4Boxs], Total Improv! [9 out of 12, 4Boxs] |
| 27 - Songs From the Edge of the Wing [11 out of 12, Relapse] |
| 31 Knots - It Was High Time to Escape [10 out of 12, Fifty-Four Forty or Fight] |
| 33.3 - Plays Music [9 out of 12, Aesthetics] |
| 7 Year Rabbit Cycle - Animal People [10 out of 12, Free Porcupine Society], Wind Machines [10 out of 12, Free Porcupine Society] |
| 764-HERO - Weekends of Sound [8 out of 12, Up] |
| 88 - Kind of Light [5 out of 12, EMK] |
| 8MM - Opener EP [10 out of 12, Chelsea Girl] |
| 90 Day Men - (It (Is) It) Critical Band [9 out of 12, Southern] |
| [[[[VVRSSNN]]]] - s/t [10 out of 12, K] |
| A Band of Bees - Sunshine Hit Me [10 out of 12, Astralwerks] |
| A Drag City Supersession - Tramps, Traitors & Little Devils [7 out of 12, Drag City] |
| A Gilbert Play - s/t [9 out of 12, Dreamboat] |
| A Grape Dope - Immediate Action #2 [10 out of 12, Hefty], Missing Dragons [7 out of 12, Galaxia] |
| A Minor Forest - So, They Were in Some Sort of Fight? [6 out of 12, My Pal God] |
| A Silver Mt. Zion - He Has Left Us Alone But Shafts of Light Sometimes Grace the Corner of Our Rooms [10 out of 12, Constellation] |
| A Sunshine Fix - The Future History of a Sunshine Fix EP [6 out of 12, Kindercore] |
| A Trillion Barnacle Lapse - The Elemental Gearbot [8 out of 12, Level Plane] |
| A.M.P. Studio - At the Alien Registration Office [10 out of 12, Ochre] |
| Aarktica - Morning One EP [11 out of 12, Ochre], ...Or You Could Just Go Through Your Whole Life And Be Happy Anyway (Bliss Out v. 18) [8 out of 12, Darla], Pure Tone Audiometry [11 out of 12, Silber] |
| ABBC - Tête à Tête [8 out of 12, Wabana] |
| Abilene - s/t [7 out of 12, Slowdime], Two Guns, Twin Arrows [9 out of 12, 54 40 or Fight] |
| Abunai! - Round Wound [10 out of 12, Camera Obscura], Two Brothers EP [9 out of 12, Camera Lucida] |
| Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. - Live in Occident [9 out of 12, Detector], New Geocentric World of the Acid Mothers Temple [10 out of 12, Squealer], Electric Heavyland [10 out of 12, Alien 8], Live in Japan [9 out of 12, self-released], Univers Zen Ou de Zero a Zero [12 out of 12, Fractal], Electric Love Machine 7" [7 out of 12, Fractal], St. Captain Freak Out & The Magic Bamboo Request [11 out of 12, Ektro], split 7" [9 out of 12, Verdura], Magical Power From Mars Vol. 2 [11 out of 12, Important], Magical Power From Mars Vol. 3 [7 out of 12, Important], Magical Power From Mars Vol. 1 [8 out of 12, Important], Magical Power From Mars [8 out of 12, Important], Born to be Wild in the USA 2000 [12 out of 12, Wabana], Mantra of Love [11 out of 12, Alien 8] |
| Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O./Escapade - A Thousand Shades of Grey [10 out of 12, Funfundvierzig] |
| Keith John Adams - Sunshine Loft [7 out of 12, DCBaltimore2012] |
| Aden - Topsiders [7 out of 12, Teenbeat] |
| Adlib - s/t EP [10 out of 12, K-RAA-K] |
| The Advantage - s/t [10 out of 12, 5 Rue Christine] |
| Adventure Time - Dreams of Water Themes [9 out of 12, Plug Research] |
| Aereogramme - A Story in White [11 out of 12, Matador] |
| AGF - Head Slash Bauch [11 out of 12, Orthlong Musork] |
| Sophie Agnel, Lionel Marchetti, Jérôme Noetinger - Rouge Gris Brut [11 out of 12, Potlatch] |
| Air - Virgin Suicides (Soundtrack) [11 out of 12, Astralwerks], 10000 Hz. Legend [7 out of 12, Astralwerks] |
| Aix Em Klemm - s/t [10 out of 12, Kranky] |
| The Album Leaf - In an Off White Room EP [9 out of 12, Troubleman Unlimited], One Day I'll Be On Time [10 out of 12, Tiger Style], Seal Beach EP [10 out of 12, Acuarela], In a Safe Place [9 out of 12, Sub Pop] |
| The Album Leaf/On!Air!Library! - A Lifetime or More [8 out of 12, Arena Rock] |
| All Girl Summer Fun Band - 2 [12 out of 12, K] |
| All Natural Lemon and Lime Flavors - Straight Blue Line [5 out of 12, Gern Blandsten] |
| Ellen Allien - Berlinette [9 out of 12, Bpitch Control] |
| Aloha - That's Your Fire [9 out of 12, Polyvinyl] |
| Alto Heceta/Speed of Sauce - split EP [3 out of 12, Synaptic Tactic] |
| The Aluminum Group - Pelo [10 out of 12, Hefty], White Label 12" [8 out of 12, Hefty] |
| Alvarius B/Cerberus Shoal - The Vim and Vigour of Alvarius B and Cerberus Shoal [5 out of 12, North East Indie] |
| AM/FM - Mutilate Us [8 out of 12, Polyvinyl], The Sky is the New Ground EP [7 out of 12, Polyvinyl] |
| Amazombies - Bitches & Stitches [8 out of 12, Go-Kart] |
| Orem Ambarchi - Suspension [11 out of 12, TOUCH] |
| Oren Ambarchi & Martin Ng - Reconnaissance [10 out of 12, Staubgold] |
| Oren Ambarchi, Günter Müller, Philip Samartzis - Strange Love [10 out of 12, For4ears] |
| The Amber Smith - From Upper Lip to Lower Hip EP [11 out of 12, Version City] |
| American Analog Set - Through the 90s: Singles and Unreleased [9 out of 12, Emperor Jones], New Equation 7" [6 out of 12, Tiger Style], Know By Heart [10 out of 12, Tiger Style], Updates EP [5 out of 12, Tiger Style], Promise of Love [11 out of 12, Tiger Style] |
| American Heritage - Through the Age of Quarrel and Into the Era of Putting Up With It [9 out of 12, Troubleman Unlimited] |
| Amp - Saint Cecilia Sinsemilla [10 out of 12, Space Age] |
| Ampbuzz - This is My Ampbuzz [9 out of 12, Strange Attractors] |
| Amps for Christ - The People at Large [12 out of 12, 5 Rue Christine] |
| Analogue - Rock Proper [12 out of 12, Rubric] |
| Analogue II - Oh Perfect Masters [10 out of 12, Rubric] |
| And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead - Source Tags and Code [10 out of 12, Interscope], Relative Ways EP [2 out of 12, Interscope] |
| The And/Ors - Will Self-Destruct [7 out of 12, Better Looking] |
| Bruce Anderson and Dale Sophia with Jim Hrabetin, Marc Weinstein, and Dave Mahoney - Medication [9 out of 12, FV8] |
| Fred Anderson and Hamid Drake - Back Together Again [9 out of 12, Thrill Jockey] |
| Jason Anderson - New England [9 out of 12, K] |
| Laurie Anderson - Live in New York [9 out of 12, Nonesuch] |
| Andrew WK - Party Til You Puke EP [12 out of 12, bootleg] |
| Angels of Light - Everything is Good Here/Please Come Here [8 out of 12, Young God] |
| Animal Collective - Here Comes the Indian [11 out of 12, Paw Tracks], Sung Tungs [8 out of 12, Fat Cat] |
| Anomoanon - Asleep Many Years in the Wood [11 out of 12, Temporary Residence] |
| Antipop Consortium - Antipop vs. Matthew Shipp [7 out of 12, Thirsty Ear] |
| Aphelion - Zugzwang [9 out of 12, DeFocus] |
| Apples in Stereo - The Discovery of a World Inside the Moone [10 out of 12, Spin Art] |
| Arab on Radar - Soak the Saddle [9 out of 12, Skin Graft], Yahweh or the Highway [9 out of 12, Skin Graft], The Stolen Singles [8 out of 12, Three One G] |
| Arab Strap - Elephant Shoe [11 out of 12, Jetset], The Red Thread [11 out of 12, Matador], Love Detective EP [11 out of 12, Chemikal Underground], Quiet Violence EP [11 out of 12, Tryptych], Monday at the Hug and Pint [10 out of 12, Matador], The Shy Retirer EP [9 out of 12, Chemikal Underground] |
| Aranos, Jon Mueller, and Chris Rosenau - Bleeding in Behind Pastel Screens [9 out of 12, Crouton] |
| Arbete och Fritid - s/t [12 out of 12, MNW] |
| Archers of Loaf - Seconds Before the Accident [3 out of 12, Alias], Seconds Before the Accident [5 out of 12, Alias] |
| Architecture - The Speed of Not Being Lost [7 out of 12, Flaccid Rock] |
| Arco - Driving at Night EP [10 out of 12, Dreamy], Coming to Terms [9 out of 12, Dreamy] |
| Arco Flute Foundation - The Third Lesson in New Era Time: Running Slow Motion Marathons with Purple Rejoice; Who Killed the Party House? [11 out of 12, Cenotaph], The Second Lesson in New Era Time: Exploring the Possibilities of New Wave Villains; and What of Boy? [10 out of 12, Cenotaph], Everything After the Bomb is Sci-Fi [11 out of 12, Cenotaph] |
| Aroah - No Podemos Ser Amigos [10 out of 12, Acuarela] |
| As Friends Rust - Won [1 out of 12, Doghouse] |
| Ashley Park - Town & Country [6 out of 12, Kindercore] |
| Ashley Stove - All Summer Long [8 out of 12, Merge] |
| Asmus Tietchens - FT+ [7 out of 12, Crouton] |
| Ass Coffee - If Your Face Were On Fire, I'd Put It Out With A Sickle [10 out of 12, One Lump or Two] |
| The Asteroids - Moonlight Music for Beginners [8 out of 12, Scientific Laboratories] |
| Astorria - Length of Common Rafters 7" [9 out of 12, Rocket Racer] |
| Astro Can Caravan - Questral Places [10 out of 12, BV2] |
| Astrobrite - 8 Candy EP [9 out of 12, Sonic Syrup] |
| At the Close of Every Day - Zalig Zijn de Armen Van Geest [8 out of 12, Loose Thread] |
| Atombombpocketknife - Alpha Sounds [9 out of 12, Southern], God Save the ABPK [8 out of 12, Southern] |
| Auburn Lull - Cast From the Platform [11 out of 12, Darla] |
| Autolux - Demonstration [9 out of 12, self-released] |
| The Avalanches - Since I Left You [3 out of 12, Sire] |
| Avey Tare, Panda Bear, and Geologist - Danse Manatee [11 out of 12, Catsup Plate] |
| Fred Avril - That Horse Must Be Starving [3 out of 12, PIAS] |
| Awek - s/t EP [7 out of 12, New Amsterdam] |
| Azure Ray - s/t [8 out of 12, Warm], November EP [10 out of 12, Saddle Creek] |
| Bablicon - The Orange Tapered Moon [11 out of 12, Misra], A Flat Inside a Fog, the Cat That Was a Dog [11 out of 12, Misra] |
| Eric Bachmann - Short Careers: Original Score for the Film Ball of Wax [7 out of 12, Merge] |
| Back Off Cupids - s/t [10 out of 12, Drunken Fish] |
| Back to Bhutan - s/t EP [9 out of 12, Journal Reprint] |
| Backstreet Boys - Black & Blue [12 out of 12, Jive] |
| Badgerlore - Of Things Too Sorrowful to be Reminded of and Things Too Beautiful to Possess [8 out of 12, Free Porcupine Society] |
| Badly Drawn Boy - The Hour of Bewilderbeast [6 out of 12, Beggars Banquet] |
| Jessica Bailiff - s/t [10 out of 12, Kranky] |
| The Bangles - Doll Revolution [5 out of 12, Down Kiddie] |
| Devendra Banhart - Oh Me Oh My... The Way the Day Goes By the Sun is Setting Dogs are Dreaming Lovesongs of the Christmas Spirit [8 out of 12, Young God], Rejoicing in the Hands [11 out of 12, Young God] |
| Baptist Generals - No Silver/No Gold [1 out of 12, Subpop] |
| Anton Barbeau - King of Missouri [10 out of 12, Woronzow], Guladong [8 out of 12, Pink Hedgehog] |
| Bardo Pond - Set and Setting [11 out of 12, Matador], Slab 10" [12 out of 12, Three Lobed], Dilate [11 out of 12, Matador], Vol. IV CDR [10 out of 12, self-released], Purposeful Availment EP [11 out of 12, Three Lobed], On the Ellipse [11 out of 12, All Tomorrow's Parties] |
| Bardo Pond + Tom Carter - 4/23/03 [12 out of 12, Three Lobed] |
| John Barlowe & Surface of Eceyon - John Barlowe's Reading of "Myths From the Surface of Eceyon," Accompanied by Syrfyyc Yf Ycyon's "Dragyyn" CDR [10 out of 12, Spirit of Orr] |
| Barnacled - 6 [6 out of 12, Corleone] |
| The Barnyard Playboys - Corn Dog Love [10 out of 12, Rubric] |
| Michael Barrett - Couches and Carpet [7 out of 12, Planting Seeds] |
| Robert Barry and Fred Anderson - Duets 2001 [11 out of 12, Thrill Jockey] |
| Steffen Basho-Junghans - 7Books [9 out of 12, Strange Attractors], Inside [12 out of 12, Strange Attractors], Waters in Azure [11 out of 12, Strange Attractors], Rivers and Bridges [9 out of 12, Strange Attractors] |
| Bastard Noise - Live in Japan [9 out of 12, Helicopter], Skull Wave [11 out of 12, Helicopter] |
| Bats and Mice - Believe It Mammals [6 out of 12, Lovitt] |
| The Battles - Lycanthropy [8 out of 12, Blue Curtain] |
| Matt Bauder and Jason Ajemian - Object3 [11 out of 12, Locust] |
| Janet Bean and the Concertina Wire - Dragging Wonder Lake [5 out of 12, Thrill Jockey] |
| Beans - Tired Snow EP [6 out of 12, Zum] |
| The Beans - Bassplayer [7 out of 12, Intr.version] |
| Bear in Heaven - Tunes Next Door to Songs [11 out of 12, Eastern Developments] |
| Beat Happening - Angel Gone 7" [11 out of 12, K] |
| Beck - Sea Change [10 out of 12, DGC] |
| Bedbug - Happiest of Hours [9 out of 12, Tight Spot] |
| Bedhead/Macha - Macha Loved Bedhead [5 out of 12, Jetset] |
| Bedroom Walls - I Saw You Coming Back To Me [6 out of 12, Giant Pets] |
| Behalf - self-titled 3" CDR [10 out of 12, Collective Jyrk] |
| Belle and Sebastian - Lazy Line Painter Jane Box Set [11 out of 12, Matador], Legal Man Single [7 out of 12, Matador], Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like a Peasant [9 out of 12, Matador], Jonathon David EP [9 out of 12, Matador], I'm Waking Up to Us EP [11 out of 12, Matador], Step Into My Office, Baby EP [10 out of 12, Rough Trade], Dear Catastrophe Waitress [12 out of 12, Rough Trade], I'm a Cuckoo EP [4 out of 12, Rough Trade] |
| Bellini - Snowing Sun [11 out of 12, Monitor] |
| Beta Band - Hot Shots II [7 out of 12, Astralwerks] |
| Betika - Heads Smashed In By the Boy/Girl Thing [8 out of 12, Superglider] |
| Beulah - The Coast is Never Clear [10 out of 12, Velocette] |
| Billy Mahonie - The Big Dig [8 out of 12, Too Pure UK / Beggars Banquet US], Four Seasons Singles Club [9 out of 12, Day Release], What Becomes Before [10 out of 12, Southern] |
| Bipolaroid - Transparent Make Believe [9 out of 12, Surreal But Kind] |
| Birchville Cat Motel - Summer's Seething Pulse [9 out of 12, Mar/Ino], Beautiful Speck Triumph [11 out of 12, Last Visible Dog] |
| The Birdtree - Orchards & Caravans [11 out of 12, Last Visible Dog] |
| The Birdwatcher - The Darkest Hour is Just Before Dawn [7 out of 12, Arena Rock] |
| The Birthday Party - Pleasure Heads Must Burn DVD [11 out of 12, Cherry Red] |
| John Bischoff - Aperture [10 out of 12, 23five] |
| Jason Bivins and Ian Davis - Benthic [7 out of 12, Family Vineyard] |
| Bjork - Hidden Place (European & American versions) [7 out of 12, One Little Indian] |
| Black Forest Black Sea - s/t [9 out of 12, Last Visible Dog], Forcefields and Constellations [11 out of 12, Blue Sanct], Radiant Symmetry [11 out of 12, Last Visible Dog] |
| The Black Heart Procession - Fish the Holes on Frozen Lakes [8 out of 12, Galaxia], 3 Song Recording EP [10 out of 12, Up], Three [11 out of 12, Touch and Go], Love Sings a Sunrise 7" [10 out of 12, Rocket Racer], Between the Machines 7" [9 out of 12, Suicide Squeeze], Amore Del Tropico [10 out of 12, Touch and Go] |
| Black Lipstick - Converted Thieves [10 out of 12, Peek-A-Boo] |
| Black Moth Super Rainbow - Falling Through a Field [9 out of 12, self-released] |
| Black Sun Ensemble - s/t (Reissue) [12 out of 12, Camera Obscura], Starlight [9 out of 12, Camera Obscura] |
| Black Twig Pickers - North Fork Flyer [10 out of 12, VHF] |
| Black-Eyed Snakes - Rise Up [6 out of 12, Chairkickers] |
| Blackout Beach - Light Flows the Putrid Dawn [10 out of 12, Soft Abuse] |
| Amy Blaschke - s/t [10 out of 12, Luckyhorse] |
| Blek Ink - s/t [2 out of 12, Ba Da Bing!] |
| Blessed Light - Love Lights the Way [8 out of 12, Mill Pond] |
| The Blithe Sons - We Walk the Young Earth [10 out of 12, Family Vineyard], Arms of the Starfish [11 out of 12, Family Vineyard], Rooms [10 out of 12, Chocolate Monk], Green Mansions [11 out of 12, Jewelled Antler] |
| Block: Gartman - Each New Nostalgic Moment [9 out of 12, Pushpin] |
| Bloggs - Music For Multiples [10 out of 12, Fresnl] |
| Blonde Redhead - Melody of Certain Damaged Lemons [10 out of 12, Touch and Go], Melodie Citronique EP [6 out of 12, Touch and Go], Misery is a Butterfly [10 out of 12, 4AD] |
| The Blow - Bonus Album [8 out of 12, K] |
| Blur - Think Tank [11 out of 12, EMI] |
| Bobby Birdman - Born Free Forever [10 out of 12, Hush] |
| Bonnevill - Pelican EP [10 out of 12, Bella Union] |
| Bonnie "Blue" Billy - Little Boy Blue 7" [9 out of 12, Western Vinyl] |
| Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Ease Down the Road [11 out of 12, Palace], Happy Child EP [6 out of 12, Palace], Master and Everyone [11 out of 12, Drag City], Sings Greatest Palace Music [11 out of 12, Drag City] |
| Bonny Billy - More Revery EP [12 out of 12, Temporary Residence], More Revery EP (studio versions) [4 out of 12, Temporary Residence] |
| Books About UFOs - Ghetto Blaster EP [9 out of 12, self-released] |
| Brad Bordine - Same [10 out of 12, Vitalist] |
| Boredoms - Vision Creation Newsun [12 out of 12, Birdman] |
| Alessandro Bosetti, Michel Doneda, Bhob Rainey - Placés Dans L'air [8 out of 12, Potlatch] |
| David Bowie - Heathen [10 out of 12, Columbia], Reality [4 out of 12, Columbia] |
| Boxhead Ensemble - Two Brothers [10 out of 12, Atavistic] |
| Brasilia - s/t [10 out of 12, Unovis] |
| Tyondai Braxton - History That Has No Effect [7 out of 12, JMZ] |
| Jack Breakfast - Rock and Roll Album [9 out of 12, Troubled Cat] |
| The Breeders - Title TK [10 out of 12, 4AD] |
| Brian & Chris - s/t [11 out of 12, This], Vectors [10 out of 12, Megalon] |
| Bride of No No - (II) [9 out of 12, Atavistic] |
| Bright - Full Negative (or) Breaks [10 out of 12, BaDaBing!], The Miller Fantasies EP [12 out of 12, BaDaBing!] |
| Bright Eyes - Fevers & Mirrors [5 out of 12, Saddle Creek], motionSickness 7" [6 out of 12, Blood of the Young] |
| Bright Eyes/Son, Ambulance - Oh Holy Fools [8 out of 12, Saddle Creek] |
| Broadway Project - Compassion [8 out of 12, Eighteenth Street Lounge] |
| Chris Brokaw/Viva Las Vegas - split EP [8 out of 12, Kimchee] |
| Brokeback - Morse Code in the Modern Age: Across the Americas [7 out of 12, Thrill Jockey] |
| Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It In People [12 out of 12, Paper Bag] |
| Brother Danielson - Brother:Son [10 out of 12, Secretly Candian] |
| Brother JT - Rainy Day Fun [9 out of 12, Drunken Fish] |
| The Bruces - War of the Bruces [8 out of 12, Misra] |
| Buellton - Avenue of the Flags [10 out of 12, Film Guerrero] |
| Built to Spill - Ancient Melodies of the Future [9 out of 12, Warner Brothers] |
| Alex Bundy - Planetarium Music [11 out of 12, Dryystonian Artifacts] |
| Joshua Burkett - Life Less Lost [11 out of 12, Spirit of Orr] |
| Burning Brides - Fall of the Plastic Empire [7 out of 12, File 13] |
| Busy Signals - Pretend Hits [11 out of 12, Sugar Free] |
| Buzzcocks - s/t [10 out of 12, Merge] |
| David Byrne - Lead Us Not Into Temptation [11 out of 12, Thrill Jockey] |
| Caesura - Escape Equals Light [9 out of 12, Birds Go South] |
| Cake - Comfort Eagle [10 out of 12, Columbia] |
| John Cale, Tony Conrad, Angus MacLise, LaMonte Young, Marian Zazeela - Inside the Dream Syndicate Volume 1: Day of Niagra [8 out of 12, Table of the Elements] |
| Calexico - Hot Rail [10 out of 12, Quarterstick], Even My Sure Things Fall Through EP [8 out of 12, Quarterstick] |
| Califone - Heron King Blues [10 out of 12, Thrill Jockey] |
| California Oranges - Oranges & Pineapples [7 out of 12, Darla] |
| Call and Response - s/t [9 out of 12, Kindercore] |
| Calla - Scavengers [11 out of 12, Young God], Televise [9 out of 12, Arena Rock] |
| Cameron - Pictures Never Taken [8 out of 12, self-released] |
| Andi Camp - The Perfect Stranger [11 out of 12, Grafton] |
| Camper Van Beethoven - Camper Van Beethoven is Dead, Long Live Camper Van Beethoven [9 out of 12, Pitch-A-Tent] |
| Campfire Songs - s/t [9 out of 12, Catsup Plate] |
| Camping - Suburban Shore [9 out of 12, Plug Research] |
| Can't - Prepares to Fail Again [8 out of 12, IRFP], Can't vs. the World [4 out of 12, IRFP] |
| The Candies - Dense Waves Make Your Eyes Wider [8 out of 12, Turn] |
| David Candy - Play Power [12 out of 12, Jetset], Play Power [10 out of 12, Jetset] |
| Cantwell, Gomez, and Jordan - s/t [9 out of 12, Hypnovista] |
| Canyon - s/t [9 out of 12, Slowdime], Insound Tour Support EP [6 out of 12, Insound] |
| The Caribbean - Verse by Verse [10 out of 12, Endearing] |
| The Carlsonics - s/t [9 out of 12, Arena Rock] |
| Daniel Carter and Rueben Radding - Luminescence [10 out of 12, Aum Fidelity] |
| Tom Carter - Monument [11 out of 12, Kranky] |
| Cat Power - You Are Free [10 out of 12, Matador] |
| CatDesigners - Strange Little Creatures [8 out of 12, Googlie Mooglie] |
| Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - No More Shall We Part [10 out of 12, Mute] |
| Cavemen Speak - Shadowanimalsolos [10 out of 12, Shadow Archives] |
| CCCP - Collapse [8 out of 12, self-titled], Collapse [6 out of 12, self-released] |
| Central Falls - Latitude [7 out of 12, Truckstop] |
| Centro-Matic - Flashes and Cables EP [6 out of 12, Misra] |
| Cerberus Shoal - Crash My Moon Yacht [7 out of 12, Pandemonium], Crash My Moon Yacht [10 out of 12, Pandemonium], Garden Fly, Drip Eye EP [8 out of 12, Dutch East], Mr. Boy Dog [9 out of 12, Temporary Residence], Chaiming the Knoblessone [7 out of 12, North East Indie], Bastion of Itchy Preeves [7 out of 12, North East Indie], Bastion of Itchy Preeves [11 out of 12, North East Indie] |
| Cerberus Shoal and the Magic Carpathians - The Life and Times of The Magic Carpathians and Cerberus Shoal EP [6 out of 12, North East Indie] |
| Lisa Cerbone - Ordinary Days [10 out of 12, Little Scrubby] |
| Cex - Oops, I Did It Again! [10 out of 12, Tigerbeat6], Being Ridden [10 out of 12, Temporary Residence], Being Ridden Instrumentals [9 out of 12, Temporary Residence] |
| The Champs - Second 7" [9 out of 12, Wattage USA] |
| James Chance & the Contortions - Buy [8 out of 12, ZE], Live Aux Bains Douches [5 out of 12, ZE] |
| Chantigs - Four Hats [7 out of 12, Rodent] |
| Charalambides - Internal/Eternal [8 out of 12, Wholly Other], Joy Shapes [10 out of 12, Kranky] |
| Charlatans UK - Wonderland [7 out of 12, RCA] |
| Charlene - s/t [10 out of 12, Shark Attack] |
| Charles Atlas - Felt Cover [9 out of 12, Static Caravan], Worsted Weight [10 out of 12, Ochre] |
| The Cheaters Club - Thanks For Asking EP [10 out of 12, self-released], A Week in the Life of the Cheaters Club EP [10 out of 12, self-released] |
| Chicago Underground Duo - Synesthesia [10 out of 12, Thrill Jockey], Axis and Alignment [11 out of 12, Thrill Jockey] |
| Chicago Underground Quartet - s/t [11 out of 12, Thrill Jockey] |
| Chicago Underground Trio - Slon [11 out of 12, Thrill Jockey] |
| Chicks on Speed - The Re-Releases of the Un-Releases [4 out of 12, K], Will Save Us All [8 out of 12, Chicks on Speed] |
| Chicks on Speed/Kreidler - The Chicks on Speed/Kreidler Session [5 out of 12, Chicks on Speed] |
| Child Readers - Dark Laughter [11 out of 12, Jewelled Antler] |
| The Child Readers - Memory and Fantasy [12 out of 12, Mallard Lake] |
| Christiana - Fatigue Kills [9 out of 12, High School Champion] |
| Keith Christmas - Acoustica [10 out of 12, Woronzow], Timeless & Strange [11 out of 12, Sanctuary] |
| The Church - Forget Yourself [9 out of 12, SpinArt] |
| Circle - Andexelt [9 out of 12, Tumult], split 7" [9 out of 12, Verdura], Raunio [9 out of 12, Squealer] |
| Circulatory System - s/t [11 out of 12, Cloud] |
| Citizens - Are We There Yet? [8 out of 12, Yellow Ball] |
| CJA - Zentek [10 out of 12, Jewelled Antler] |
| Clairvoyants - Your New Boundaries [10 out of 12, Badman] |
| Clang Quartet - The Separation of Church & Hate [6 out of 12, Silber] |
| Kelly Clarkson - Before Your Love/A Moment Like This CDS [12 out of 12, RCA] |
| Clear Horizon - s/t [10 out of 12, Kranky] |
| The Clientele - Suburban Light [2 out of 12, Merge], Lost Weekend EP [4 out of 12, Acuarela] |
| Clinic - Walking With Thee [7 out of 12, Domino] |
| cLOUDDEAD - Ten [9 out of 12, Mush] |
| Clown Down - Living Alone [9 out of 12, Sea Isle] |
| Coastal - Winter 10" [10 out of 12, Dreams by Degrees], Halfway to You [4 out of 12, Words On Music] |
| Cobra Killer - 76/77 [10 out of 12, Monika] |
| Coelacanth - Mud Wall [10 out of 12, Helen Scarsdale] |
| COH - Seasons [12 out of 12, Idea] |
| Cold Sides - s/t [6 out of 12, Moment Before Impact], Corrugated Sibilants EP [10 out of 12, self-released] |
| Cole - Idea of City [10 out of 12, Mood Food / Grid Sector] |
| Comets On Fire - Field Recordings From the Sun [11 out of 12, BaDaBing!], Blue Cathedral [12 out of 12, Subpop] |
| Con Dolore - This Sad Movie [8 out of 12, Clairecords], Sailor's Warning [9 out of 12, Clairecords] |
| Loren Connors - The Departing of a Dream Vol. II [11 out of 12, Family Vineyard], The Departing of a Dream Vol. III: Juliet [10 out of 12, Family Vineyard] |
| Consonant - s/t [12 out of 12, Fenway], Love and Affliction [10 out of 12, Fenway] |
| Continental OP, Dianne Bellino - Slitch DVD/CD [9 out of 12, Drag City] |
| Cooper-Moore, Assif Tsahar - America [9 out of 12, Hopscotch] |
| Cooper-Moore, Tom Abbs, Chad Taylor - Triptych Myth [9 out of 12, Hopscotch] |
| The Coral - Magic and Medicine [5 out of 12, Deltasonic] |
| Cornelius - Point [12 out of 12, Matador] |
| Donnacha Costello - Growing Up in Public [9 out of 12, Force Inc.] |
| Elvis Costello - When I Was Cruel [11 out of 12, Island] |
| Cotton Casino - 100% Pure Cotton 7" [8 out of 12, Riot Season] |
| Couch - Fantasy [10 out of 12, Matador], Profane [10 out of 12, Matador] |
| Cougars - Nice, Nice [8 out of 12, Go Kart] |
| The Court and Spark - Bless You [11 out of 12, Absolutely Kosher] |
| The Creatures - Hai! [9 out of 12, Sioux] |
| Crooked Fingers - s/t [11 out of 12, Warm], Bring On the Snakes [8 out of 12, Warm], Reservoir Songs EP [9 out of 12, Merge] |
| David Cross - Shut Up You Fucking Baby! [9 out of 12, Subpop] |
| Rob Crow - My Room is a Mess [10 out of 12, Absolutely Kosher] |
| Adrian Crowley - When You Are Here You Are Family [7 out of 12, Ba Da Bing!], A Northern State [6 out of 12, Ba Da Bing!] |
| Cul de Sac - Death of the Sun [10 out of 12, Strange Attractors], Death of the Sun [5 out of 12, Strange Attractors], The Strangler's Wife (Soundtrack) [11 out of 12, Strange Attractors] |
| Current 93 - Thunder Perfect Mind (Reissue) [11 out of 12, World Serpent] |
| Curtains - Flybys [9 out of 12, Thin Wrist] |
| Cut Out - Interlude With Fun Machine [7 out of 12, Starlight Furniture] |
| Cyann & Ben - Spring [11 out of 12, Locust] |
| D - Untitles [6 out of 12, Soul Static Sound] |
| D+ - Deception Pass [9 out of 12, Knw-Yr-Own] |
| Daedelus - Invention [9 out of 12, Plug Research] |
| Dallas Orbiter - s/t [12 out of 12, self-released] |
| Damien Jurado - Where Shall You Take Me? [9 out of 12, Secretly Canadian] |
| Damon and Naomi - With Ghost [9 out of 12, Subpop] |
| Danielson Famile - Fetch the Compass Kids [9 out of 12, Secretly Canadian] |
| The Dao Son For - s/t [10 out of 12, Country Club] |
| The Dark Fantastic - Goodbye Crooked Star [6 out of 12, Up] |
| David Ware Quartet - Freedom Suite [8 out of 12, Aum Fidelity] |
| Ben Davis - The Hushed Patterns of Relief [9 out of 12, Lovitt] |
| Greg Davis - Arbor [10 out of 12, Carpark], Curling Pond Woods [10 out of 12, Carpark] |
| Kyle Dawkins - Conasauga [10 out of 12, Solponticello] |
| Arrington de Dionyso and the Old Time Relijun - Varieties of Religious Experience [8 out of 12, K] |
| The Dead C - s/t [10 out of 12, Language Recordings], New Electric Music [9 out of 12, Language] |
| Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words - 11 Instances of Dead Letters + Words [7 out of 12, Ideal] |
| Dead Meadow - Shivering King and Others [8 out of 12, Matador] |
| Death by Chocolate - s/t [9 out of 12, Jetset] |
| Death Cab for Cutie - We Have the Facts and We're Voting Yes [10 out of 12, Barsuk], The Forbidden Love EP [7 out of 12, Barsuk], The Photo Album [10 out of 12, Barsuk], Transatlanticism [11 out of 12, Barsuk] |
| Death From Above - Heads Up EP [8 out of 12, Ache] |
| Decades - The First [7 out of 12, Poeta Negra] |
| Deerhoof - Halfbird [10 out of 12, Menlo Park], Reveille [11 out of 12, 5 Rue Christine], Apple O' [11 out of 12, 5 Rue Christine], Milk Man [12 out of 12, 5 Rue Christine] |
| Defender/Meterman - Hemispheres 12" [8 out of 12, Some Odd Pilot] |
| Del Rey - Speak it Not Aloud [10 out of 12, My Pal God] |
| Vladislav Delay - Anima [6 out of 12, Mille Plateaux] |
| The Delgados - Hate [5 out of 12, Mantra] |
| Delicate AWOL - Four Seasons Singles Club [7 out of 12, Day Release], Heart Drops From the Great Space [7 out of 12, Fire] |
| Desaparecidos - Read Music/Speak Spanish [7 out of 12, Saddle Creek], The Happiest Place on Earth EP [9 out of 12, Saddle Creek] |
| Destroyer - Streethawk: A Seduction [10 out of 12, Misra], This Night [11 out of 12, Merge], This Night [9 out of 12, Merge], Your Blues [10 out of 12, Merge] |
| Deviants - Dr. Crow [6 out of 12, Track] |
| Devolver - Sky of Holes [8 out of 12, Transsiberian] |
| Devorah Day - Light of Day [9 out of 12, Abaton] |
| Dewey Defeats Truman - The Road to Nowhere Maps EP [3 out of 12, Has Anyone Ever Told You] |
| Dianogah - Battle Champions [10 out of 12, Southern], Hannibal 7" [10 out of 12, Southern], Millions of Brazillians [10 out of 12, Southern] |
| Reed Dickinson - Ruby [8 out of 12, Flying Kite] |
| Die Haut - Burnin' the Ice [4 out of 12, Hit Thing] |
| Dieb 13 - Restructuring [9 out of 12, Charhizma] |
| Dim Dim - Kiwi [8 out of 12, Audio Dregs] |
| The Dinner is Ruined - Ray Charles Kinda Party [9 out of 12, Sonic Unyon] |
| The Dipsomaniacs - Praying Winter [10 out of 12, Camera Obscura] |
| Dirty Projectors - Slaves' Graves & Ballads [7 out of 12, Western Vinyl] |
| Dirty Three - Whatever You Love You Are [11 out of 12, Touch and Go] |
| Diving Bell - s/t [11 out of 12, Ace Fu] |
| DJ Shadow - Dark Days [11 out of 12, MCA], Private Press [9 out of 12, MCA] |
| DNA - DNA on DNA [7 out of 12, No More] |
| Do Make Say Think - Goodbye Enemy Airship the Landlord is Dead [11 out of 12, Constellation], & Yet & Yet [12 out of 12, Constellation], & Yet & Yet [11 out of 12, Constellation], Winter Hymn Country Hymn Secret Hymn [10 out of 12, Constellation] |
| The Does/Breathe Stone - Sleep Deprivation Blues/Crow Owens EP [7 out of 12, Hand/Eye] |
| Julie Doiron/Okkervil River - split album [10 out of 12, Acuarela] |
| Doktor Kettu - I Really Like Diamonds [11 out of 12, Super Metsa], Black Zenith [9 out of 12, Super Metsa], High Revolution [8 out of 12, Super Metsa], Kriegsphilosophie [9 out of 12, Super Metsa], Yksi Miekka Yksi Kirves [10 out of 12, Super Metsa] |
| Dolly Rocker - Hello, Dolly Rocker! [7 out of 12, self-released] |
| Don Caballero - American Don [10 out of 12, Touch and Go] |
| Jonathan Donaldson and the Color Forms - Beyond Blue Bells [9 out of 12, Traveling Talons] |
| Michael Doneda, Urs Leimgruber, Keith Rowe - The Difference Between a Fish [9 out of 12, Potlatch] |
| Donna Regina - Late [9 out of 12, Karaoke Kalk] |
| The Donnas - Spend the Night [12 out of 12, Atlantic] |
| Donovan - Beat Cafe [11 out of 12, Appleseed] |
| Donovan's Brain - The Great Leap Forward [10 out of 12, Career] |
| Double Leopards - A Pebble in Thousands of Unmapped Revolutions [12 out of 12, Eclipse] |
| The Double Life of Veronique - Avec un Pessimisme Lucide [8 out of 12, Nameless] |
| Dreadnaught - The American Standard [6 out of 12, Red Fez] |
| The Dropscience - Experimenting With Contrast [7 out of 12, Happy Couples Never Last] |
| Kevin Drumm - Land of Lurches [12 out of 12, Hanson] |
| Drums and Tuba - Box Fetish [8 out of 12, My Pal God], The Flying Ballerina [8 out of 12, My Pal God] |
| Dub Narcotic Sound System - Hand Clappin' EP [8 out of 12, K] |
| Dump - A Grown-Ass Man [11 out of 12, Shrimper] |
| Paul Duncan - To an Ambient Hollywood [8 out of 12, Home Tapes] |
| Dungen - Ta Det Lugnt [11 out of 12, Subliminal] |
| Dunlavy - The Alison Effect [8 out of 12, Camera Obscura], The Navigator Closes His Eyes [9 out of 12, Camera Obscura] |
| Duster - Contemporary Movement [8 out of 12, Up] |
| Dying Californian - s/t EP [5 out of 12, Turn] |
| Dylan Group - Ur-klang Search [9 out of 12, Bubblecore] |
| Axel Dörner and Fred Lonberg-Holm - Object 1 [8 out of 12, Locust] |
| Burd Early - Observatory EP [9 out of 12, King Crab], Leveler [7 out of 12, Western Vinyl] |
| Early Day Miners - Placer Found [11 out of 12, Western Vinyl], Southern Myth 7" [10 out of 12, Zeal], Let Us Garlands Bring [10 out of 12, Secretly Canadian], Jefferson at Rest [10 out of 12, Secretly Canadian] |
| Early Day Miners/Unwed Sailor/Chris Bennett - Stateless [10 out of 12, Great Vitamin Mystery] |
| Earth Trumpet - s/t [9 out of 12, Cenotaph] |
| Echo Orbiter - Laughing All the While [8 out of 12, Looking Glass] |
| Eddie the Rat - Food For the Moon Too Soon [8 out of 12, Entartete Kunst] |
| Edison Woods - s/t [9 out of 12, Endearing] |
| Edith - Hunker Down [9 out of 12, Fluffmotor] |
| Ee - Tinyspot EP [6 out of 12, Asian Man], For 100 We Try Harder [9 out of 12, Asian Man] |
| Egon - Behind the Curtain [3 out of 12, Has Anyone Ever Told You?], Phonetic Disasters [6 out of 12, Has Anyone Ever Told You] |
| EKG - Object 2 [11 out of 12, Locust] |
| Electoral College - Eat the Key EP [8 out of 12, Diary] |
| Electrelane - The Power Out [9 out of 12, Too Pure] |
| Electric Birds - Gradations [10 out of 12, Mille Plateaux], Zealectronic Green 7" [9 out of 12, Zeal] |
| Electric Turn to Me - s/t EP [2 out of 12, No Quarter], Clouds Move So Fast EP [6 out of 12, No Quarter] |
| Elephant Micah - The Untied States of Elephant Micah [9 out of 12, BlueSanct] |
| Elevator - A Taste of Complete Perspective [10 out of 12, Teenage USA], Darkness --> Light [6 out of 12, Bluefox] |
| Warren Ellis - Three Pieces for Violin [8 out of 12, King Crab] |
| Eluvium - Lambent Material [11 out of 12, Temporary Residence], An Accidental Memory in the Case of Death [8 out of 12, Temporary Residence] |
| Elysian Fields - Queen of the Meadows [10 out of 12, Jetset] |
| Emak Bakia - Despué [10 out of 12, Acuarela] |
| The Embarrassment - Blister Pop [8 out of 12, My Pal God] |
| Emery Reel - ...For and Acted Upon Through Diversions [8 out of 12, First Flight] |
| Emperor Penguin - Mysterious Pony [8 out of 12, My Pal God], Damn EP [7 out of 12, My Pal God] |
| Empress - Homeward Sounds EP [11 out of 12, Pehr] |
| Enemymine - The Ice in Me [11 out of 12, Up] |
| Enemymine/Vaz - split 7" [9 out of 12, Thin the Herd] |
| Engine Down - A Sign of Breath EP [6 out of 12, Day After] |
| Enon - Believo! [9 out of 12, SeeThru Broadcasting], High Society [10 out of 12, Touch and Go] |
| Enos Slaughter - Live at the Philadelphia Record Exchange EP CDR [7 out of 12, Tequila Sunrise] |
| The Epidemic - I am Completely Operational [7 out of 12, Ache] |
| Erase Errata - Other Animals [8 out of 12, Troubleman Unlimited], Dancing Machine: Erase Errata Remix Record [6 out of 12, Troubleman Unlimited] |
| Escapade - Rule #3 [10 out of 12, Submergence] |
| Essex Green - Live Show March 24, 2001 [11 out of 12, Knitting Factory] |
| The Eternals - s/t [9 out of 12, DeSoto] |
| Ethel Meserve - Spelling the Names [5 out of 12, Tree] |
| Euphone - Hashin' It Out [8 out of 12, Jade Tree], The Lakewood [8 out of 12, After Hours] |
| Evergreen - s/t [9 out of 12, Temporary Residence] |
| Evergreen Trio - Lift Up Your Voice [5 out of 12, Devotional] |
| Everlasting the Way - long-stretch-motorcycle-hymn-highway [8 out of 12, Monitor] |
| Ex Models - Zoo Psychology [10 out of 12, Frenchkiss] |
| Ex Orkest - Een Rondje Holland [10 out of 12, Ex] |
| Exhaust - s/t [6 out of 12, Constellation], Enregistreur [10 out of 12, Constellation] |
| Explosions in the Sky - Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Die, Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Live Forever [11 out of 12, Temporary Residence], The Earth is Not a Cold Dead Place [11 out of 12, Temporary Residence] |
| Extra Glenns - Martial Arts Weekend [8 out of 12, Absolutely Kosher] |
| Exzoskeleton - Exploring Biology [9 out of 12, No Sides] |
| EZ T - Goodbye Little Doll [9 out of 12, Monitor] |
| Füxa - In Flight Audio [12 out of 12, Ché], Techno Light 7" [3 out of 12, Rocket Girl], Füxa 2000 [7 out of 12, Rocket Girl], Hideaway 7" [9 out of 12, Mind Expansion], Supercharged [11 out of 12, Rocket Girl], The Modified Mechanics of This Device [8 out of 12, Antenna] |
| Füxa/Ectogram - Füxa vs. Ectogram [10 out of 12, Ochre] |
| Fabulous Disaster - Panty Raid [10 out of 12, Pink & Black] |
| John Fahey - How Bluegrass Destroyed My Life [10 out of 12, Drag City] |
| Fairburn Royals - Sunshine Slowdown [7 out of 12, self-released] |
| Family Fodder - Savoir Fair: The Best of Family Fodder [11 out of 12, Dark Beloved Cloud] |
| Famous - Used [10 out of 12, Blue Couch] |
| Geoff Farina - Steely Dan 7" [9 out of 12, Southern] |
| Fennesz - Endless Summer [10 out of 12, Mego], 03_02_00 Live At Revolver, Melbourne [12 out of 12, Touch], Field Recordings 1995:2002 [10 out of 12, Touch] |
| The Feud - Language is Technology [6 out of 12, Insidious Plot] |
| Fields of the Nephilim - Revelations/Forever Remain/Visionary Heads DVD [8 out of 12, Beggars Banquet] |
| Figurine - The Heartfelt [10 out of 12, March] |
| Film School - Brilliant Career [10 out of 12, Me Too!], Always Never [7 out of 12, Amazing Grease] |
| Fin Fang Foom - Texture. Structure. And the Condition of Moods [7 out of 12, Lovitt] |
| Fine China - You Make Me Hate Music [4 out of 12, Tooth and Nail] |
| Finishing School - Destination Girl [12 out of 12, Telegraph Company] |
| The Fire Show - s/t [9 out of 12, Perishable] |
| Firewater - Psychopharmacology [2 out of 12, Jetset] |
| Five Way Mirror - Playing Out Obscurity 7" [10 out of 12, Ochre], Transcendence [11 out of 12, Burnt Hair] |
| Paul Flaherty - Voices [10 out of 12, Wet Paint] |
| Paul Flaherty, Greg Kelley, Chris Corsano - Sannyasi [11 out of 12, Wet Paint] |
| Flaming Lips - The Day They Shot a Hole in the Jesus Egg (reissue) [11 out of 12, Reckless] |
| Flare - Circa EP [9 out of 12, Subliminal Violence] |
| Flashpapr - Do What You Must Do [8 out of 12, Westside] |
| Flophouse Jr. - Woodland [5 out of 12, Flophouse] |
| Flux Information Sciences - Private/Public [4 out of 12, Young God] |
| Fly Pan Am - Sedatif en Frequences et Sillons [8 out of 12, Constellation], Ceux Qui Inventent N'ont Jamais Vecu (?) [11 out of 12, Constellation], N'Ecoutez Pas [10 out of 12, Constellation] |
| The Flying Luttenbachers - Alptraum [9 out of 12, UgExplode!/Pandemonium], Infection and Decline [11 out of 12, Troubleman Unlimited] |
| Flying Saucer Attack - P.A. Blues CDR [8 out of 12, VHF] |
| Flying Saucer Attack/Main/White Winged Moth - Mort Aux Vaches [10 out of 12, Staalplaat] |
| Henry Flynt - New American Ethnic Music Vol. 2: Spindizzy [10 out of 12, Recorded] |
| Henry Flynt and the Insurrections - I Don't Wanna [7 out of 12, Locust] |
| Foehn - Hidden Cinema Soundtrack [10 out of 12, Fat Cat] |
| Fog - s/t [11 out of 12, Ninja Tune] |
| Fontanelle - s/t [10 out of 12, Kranky], F EP [9 out of 12, Kranky], Style Drift [4 out of 12, Kranky] |
| The For Carnation - s/t [10 out of 12, Touch and Go] |
| Forcefield - Roggaboggas [6 out of 12, Load] |
| The Forresters - Skindeep [8 out of 12, Tom Thumb] |
| Four Tet - Pause [10 out of 12, Domino], Rounds [11 out of 12, Domino] |
| The Franciscan Hobbies - Masks & Meanings [10 out of 12, Soft Abuse] |
| French Kicks - Young Lawyer [9 out of 12, StarTime] |
| Fridge - Happiness [10 out of 12, Temporary Residence/Brainwashed] |
| Burnt Friedmann - Con Ritmo [9 out of 12, Nonplace] |
| Friend/Enemy - 10 Songs [10 out of 12, Perishable], 10 Songs [9 out of 12, Perishable] |
| Friends Forever - Killball [8 out of 12, Load] |
| Friends of Dean Martinez - Random Harvest [9 out of 12, Narnack] |
| From Quagmire - Tropic of Barren [11 out of 12, VHF], Caught in Unknowing [9 out of 12, VHF] |
| Edith Frost - Wonder Wonder [10 out of 12, Drag City] |
| Fruit Bats - Mouthfuls [7 out of 12, Subpop] |
| Fuck - Gold Bricks [7 out of 12, Insound], Cupid's Cactus [10 out of 12, Smells Like] |
| The Fucking Champs - IV [10 out of 12, Drag City], V [12 out of 12, Drag City] |
| Fugazi - The Argument [11 out of 12, Dischord], Furniture EP [12 out of 12, Dischord] |
| Full Swing - Monolake/Antenne Edits 10" and Autopoieses Edits 10" [10 out of 12, Orthlong Musork], Akira Rabelais/Kit Clayton Edits 10" [11 out of 12, Orthlong Musork], Yo La Tengo/Raumgestaltung Edits 10" [11 out of 12, Orthlong Musork] |
| Future Bible Heroes - I'm Lonely (and I Love It) EP [9 out of 12, Merge] |
| Peter Gabriel - Security (remastered) [12 out of 12, DGC], Up [12 out of 12, Virgin] |
| Alastair Galbraith - Cry [9 out of 12, Emperor Jones] |
| Alastair Galbraith and Constantine Karlis - Radiant [10 out of 12, Emperor Jones] |
| Eddie Gale - Afro Fire [9 out of 12, Black Beauty] |
| Scott Garth - s/t [6 out of 12, My] |
| Marc Gartman - Alls Well That Ends [5 out of 12, Pushpin] |
| Gas - Pop [10 out of 12, Mille Plateaux] |
| Rebecca Gates - Ruby Series [9 out of 12, Badman] |
| Gazz - s/t [4 out of 12, Raspberry] |
| Lisa Gerrard and Patrick Cassidy - Immortal Memory [11 out of 12, 4AD] |
| Get Hustle - Earth Odyssey [11 out of 12, 5 Rue Christine], Dream Eagle 12" [10 out of 12, Three One G] |
| Ghost - Hypnotic Underworld [10 out of 12, Drag City] |
| Ghost Orchids - The King is Dead [10 out of 12, Prince House] |
| Giardini di Mirò - s/t [8 out of 12, Fiction Friction] |
| Ben Gibbard/Andrew Kenny - Home Vol. 5 [7 out of 12, Post-Parlo] |
| Giddy Motors - Make It Pop [10 out of 12, Fat Cat] |
| Gingersol - The Train Wreck is Behind You [12 out of 12, Rubric] |
| Girl Talk - Secret Diary [10 out of 12, Illegal Art] |
| Girls Against Boys - You Can't Fight What You Can't See [4 out of 12, Jade Tree] |
| The Glands - s/t [6 out of 12, Velocette] |
| Glasstown - Living and Forgetting [8 out of 12, Bitter Stag], Your Trendy Dump [7 out of 12, Bitter Stag] |
| Goblin Market - Ghostland [10 out of 12, Camera Obscura] |
| Godspeed You Black Emperor! - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven [10 out of 12, Kranky], Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven [12 out of 12, Kranky], Yanqui U.X.O. [10 out of 12, Constellation], Yanqui U.X.O. [9 out of 12, Constellation] |
| Gogogoairheart - s/t [9 out of 12, Gold Standard Laboratories] |
| Golden - Summer [10 out of 12, Slowdime], Apollo Sounds [8 out of 12, National] |
| Holly Golightly - Truly She is None Other [10 out of 12, Damaged Goods] |
| Gong - Acid Motherhood [4 out of 12, Mr. E] |
| The Good Life - Novena on a Nocturn [8 out of 12, Better Looking] |
| Goodbye the Band - What We Were On To [9 out of 12, Bang Nothing] |
| Greg Goodman, Henry Kaiser, and Lukas Ligeti - Heavy Meta [10 out of 12, Ecstatic Yod] |
| Alain Goraguer - La Planete Sauvage (Soundtrack) [7 out of 12, DC] |
| Martin Gore - Counterfeit 2 [10 out of 12, Mute] |
| Gorge Trio - Open Mouth, O Wisp [10 out of 12, Skin Graft] |
| Gorky's Zygotic Mynci - Sleep/Holiday [8 out of 12, Sanctuary] |
| The Grace Period - Dynasty [9 out of 12, Audio Dregs] |
| Grails - The Burden of Hope [11 out of 12, Neurot] |
| Grain USA - Billboard EP [7 out of 12, Disposable Pop Revolution] |
| Grand Buffet - Sparkle Classic [10 out of 12, Brickbrain] |
| Grand Ulena - Gateway to Dignity [11 out of 12, Family Vineyard] |
| Darin Gray - St. Louis Shuffle [10 out of 12, Family Vineyard] |
| The Great Depression - Unconscious Pilot [8 out of 12, Fire] |
| Great Plains - Length of Growth 1981-89 [9 out of 12, Old3c] |
| Green and Yellow TV - Record X [5 out of 12, Records] |
| Green Pajamas - Narcotic Kisses [9 out of 12, Camera Obscura], Northern Gothic [10 out of 12, Camera Obscura] |
| GriefBirds - Paper Radio [6 out of 12, Planetary] |
| Growing - The Sky's Run Into the Sea [11 out of 12, Kranky] |
| David Grubbs - The Spectrum Between [10 out of 12, Drag City], The Coxcomb/Avocado Orange EP [10 out of 12, Blue Chopsticks], Rickets & Scurvy [10 out of 12, Drag City] |
| Grubbs/Gustafsson - Off-Road [9 out of 12, Blue Chopsticks] |
| Guapo/Cerberus Shoal - The Ducks & Drakes of Guapo & Cerberus Shoal [10 out of 12, North East Indie] |
| Tommy Guerrero - Soul Food Taqueria [9 out of 12, Mo Wax] |
| Guided by Voices - Universal Truths and Cycles [6 out of 12, Matador], The Best of Guided By Voices: Human Amusements at Hourly Rates [9 out of 12, Matador] |
| Guignol - Angela, David & the Great Neopolitan Road Issue [10 out of 12, Cenotaph] |
| The Gunshy - To Remember/To Forget [5 out of 12, Sleep] |
| Guru & Zero - Makoto Mango [12 out of 12, Swordfish] |
| Brent Gutzeit - Losing Every Day [10 out of 12, Kissy], Drug Money [9 out of 12, Kranky] |
| Hafler Trio - Kisses With Both Hands From God's Little Toy [10 out of 12, Important] |
| Hala Strana - s/t [12 out of 12, Emperor Jones] |
| Halifax Pier - Put Your Gloves On and Wave [8 out of 12, Temporary Residence] |
| Halloween, Alaska - s/t [10 out of 12, Princess] |
| Halon - Assault on Tower 61 [8 out of 12, Silent North] |
| Hamfatter - ham'fat-er [10 out of 12, self-released], Fireworks [8 out of 12, Pink Hedgehog] |
| Hangedup - s/t [8 out of 12, Constellation], Kicker In Tow [10 out of 12, Constellation] |
| Happy Kreter - Paradigm Lost [6 out of 12, Global Symphonic] |
| Hard Sleeper - Rain/A Spiral Leaf [7 out of 12, Sub Rosa] |
| Hash Jar Tempo - Well Oiled [9 out of 12, Drunken Fish], Under Glass [11 out of 12, Drunken Fish] |
| Hat Melter - Unknown Album [8 out of 12, Crouton] |
| Gerald Hawk - King of the River Canoe [8 out of 12, Abduction] |
| Hayden - Skyscraper National Park [11 out of 12, Hardwood], Live at Convocation Hall [11 out of 12, Badman] |
| Annie Hayden - The Rub [10 out of 12, Merge] |
| Headphone Overtone - Summer of Love [11 out of 12, Pleasing Media] |
| Tim Hecker - Haunt Me, Haunt Me Do It Again [8 out of 12, Substractif] |
| Hefner - We Love the City [5 out of 12, Too Pure] |
| Richard Hell - Time [9 out of 12, Matador] |
| Hella - Hold Your Horse Is [12 out of 12, 5 Rue Christine], The Devil Isn't Red [11 out of 12, 5 Rue Christine] |
| Helms - The Swimmer [9 out of 12, Kimchee], McCarthy [5 out of 12, Kimchee] |
| Her Space Holiday - Home is Where You Hang Yourself [9 out of 12, Tiger Style], Something Blue [9 out of 12, Brave Noise], The Astronauts are Sleeping (Volume 2) [6 out of 12, No Karma], Manic Expressive [7 out of 12, Tiger Style] |
| Herman Dune - Mash Concrete Metal Mushroom [9 out of 12, Shrimper] |
| Herman Dune/Cerberus Shoal - The Whys and Hows of Herman Dune and Cerberus Shoal [6 out of 12, North East Indie] |
| Highspire - Your Everything [5 out of 12, Clairecords], Your Everything [10 out of 12, Clairecords] |
| Tony Hill - Inexactness [11 out of 12, Rubric] |
| James William Hindle - s/t [8 out of 12, Badman] |
| His Name is Alive - Someday My Blues Will Cover the Earth [10 out of 12, 4AD] |
| Robyn Hitchcock - Robyn Sings [12 out of 12, Editions PAF] |
| The Hives - Barely Legal [8 out of 12, Burning Heart], Tyrannosaurus Hives [8 out of 12, Interscope] |
| Ho-Hum - Near and Dear [7 out of 12, Playadel] |
| The Hockey Night - s/t EP [5 out of 12, Fighting Electric] |
| Holding Pattern - Small m Manifesto [8 out of 12, Matlock] |
| HollAnd - Neoprene So Tight [10 out of 12, Darla], Drums EP [11 out of 12, Pulcec] |
| James Hollihan - The Funky Misfit [7 out of 12, Nuevotron] |
| Holy Sons - I Want to Live a Peaceful Life [6 out of 12, Film Guerrero] |
| Homage to Catalonia - The Estimated Temperature of Heaven [1 out of 12, Status] |
| Home - XIV [9 out of 12, Arena Rock] |
| Hood - Coldhouse [11 out of 12, Aesthetics] |
| William Hooker, Christian Marclay, Lee Renaldo - Bouquet [8 out of 12, Knitting Factory] |
| Hopewell - Sunny Days 7" [10 out of 12, Zeal], The Curved Glass [10 out of 12, Priapus] |
| Hot Hot Heat - Make Up the Breakdown [8 out of 12, Sub Pop] |
| Hot Snakes - Automatic Midnight [7 out of 12, Sympathy for the Record Industry], Suicide Invoice [10 out of 12, Swami] |
| The Houston Brothers - s/t [10 out of 12, self-released] |
| Hovland - s/t 7" [9 out of 12, Hope] |
| Howard Hello - s/t [11 out of 12, Temporary Residence], Don't Drink His Blood [8 out of 12, Temporary Residence] |
| Hrsta - L'eclat du Ciel Etait Insoutenable [9 out of 12, Fancy] |
| Charlotte Hug & Chantale Laplante - Brilliant Days [7 out of 12, For4Ears] |
| John Hughes - Scarlett Diva (Soundtrack) [9 out of 12, Hefty] |
| Hum and the Quick - Like... This [7 out of 12, Traveling Talons] |
| David Hurn - Four Seasons Singles Club [5 out of 12, Day Release] |
| I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness - s/t [10 out of 12, Emperor Jones] |
| Icebird - Takeda [10 out of 12, self-released] |
| Icebreaker International - Trein Maersk [9 out of 12, It] |
| Icebreaker International and Manual - Into Forever [10 out of 12, Morr] |
| Icewater Scandal - No Handle [9 out of 12, Social Registry] |
| Icy Demons - Fight Back [9 out of 12, Cloud] |
| Ida - Will You Find Me [10 out of 12, Tiger Style], The Braille Night [9 out of 12, Tiger Style] |
| Idaho - Hearts of Palm [10 out of 12, Idaho Music], People Like Us Should Be Stopped - Live Volume On [6 out of 12, Idaho], Levitate [10 out of 12, Idaho] |
| Iditarod - Scandanavian tour 7" [10 out of 12, Hub City], The River Nektar (Reissue) [8 out of 12, Blue Sanct] |
| Iditarod and Sharron Kraus - Yuletide [6 out of 12, Elsie and Jack] |
| Idyll Swords - II [9 out of 12, Communion] |
| If Thousands - Lullabye [10 out of 12, Silber] |
| Ryoji Ikeda - Matrix [8 out of 12, Touch] |
| Ill Lit - WACMusic [6 out of 12, Badman] |
| In Gowan Ring - Exists and Entrances Volume Two Autumnal Equinox 2002 [9 out of 12, self-released], Hazel Steps Through a Weathered Home [11 out of 12, BlueSanct], Exists and Entrances Volume 3 Vernal Equinox 2003 [7 out of 12, self-released] |
| In-Flight Safety - Vacation Land EP [10 out of 12, self-released] |
| The Incredible Moses Leroy - Become the Soft.Lightes [7 out of 12, self-released] |
| Infrared - s/t [9 out of 12, Infrared Music] |
| Ink - Reagent Specs [11 out of 12, Monitor] |
| Ink Puddle Compound - Tantrum Seas and Dust Lanes [8 out of 12, Camera Obscura] |
| Innerstance Beatbox - All Little Boys Do Silly Little Dances [6 out of 12, Wobblyhead] |
| The International Playboys - First Album [5 out of 12, Motron] |
| Interpol - Turn On the Bright Lights [10 out of 12, Matador], s/t EP [9 out of 12, Matador] |
| Inventing Edward - We've Met an Impasse (By Midnight We'll Be Naked) [8 out of 12, Substandard] |
| IQU with Miranda July - Girls on Dates EP [8 out of 12, K] |
| Iran - s/t [10 out of 12, Tumult], Moon Boys [11 out of 12, tUMUlt] |
| Iron and Wine - The Sea & The Rhythm [9 out of 12, Subpop], Our Endless Numbered Days [5 out of 12, Sub Pop] |
| Catherine Irwin - Cut Yourself a Switch [10 out of 12, Thrill Jockey] |
| Isan - Lucky Cat [10 out of 12, Morr] |
| The Islands - Greetings Ancient Ocean [11 out of 12, Son of Freud] |
| Isobella - Akasha [10 out of 12, Clairecords] |
| Isotope 217 - Who Stole the I Walkman [10 out of 12, Thrill Jockey] |
| Ivory Coast - Clouds [7 out of 12, Polyvinyl] |
| The Ivytree - Winged Leaves [12 out of 12, Catsup Plate] |
| Izititiz - Lucky Bird [8 out of 12, Sound@One] |
| Jackie-O Motherfucker - The Magick Fire Music [11 out of 12, Ecstatic Peace!], Liberation [11 out of 12, Road Cone], Europe 2002 [11 out of 12, U-Sound] |
| Jaga Jazzist - Animal Chin EP [10 out of 12, Gold Standard Laboratories] |
| Jan - The Early Year [6 out of 12, Me!] |
| Liz Janes - Done Gone Fire [9 out of 12, Asthmatic Kitty] |
| Japancakes - Down the Elements EP [9 out of 12, Kindercore], The Sleepy Strange [9 out of 12, Kindercore], Belmondo: Bliss Out v. 19 [7 out of 12, Darla] |
| Japancakes/8-Track Gorilla - Split 7" [7 out of 12, French Lick] |
| The Jealous Sound - s/t EP [10 out of 12, Better Looking] |
| The Jealous Type - Blame Everyone But You [3 out of 12, Engine of Reason] |
| Jega - Geometry [9 out of 12, Matador] |
| Jennifer Gentle - Funny Creatures Lane [11 out of 12, Sillyboy] |
| Jennifer Gentle and Makoto Kawabata - The Wrong Cage [10 out of 12, Sillyboy] |
| Jens - Standing In the Trees I Get Lifted By the Leaves [9 out of 12, Goddamn I'm a Countryman] |
| Jessamine - Houdini 7" [2 out of 12, Barsuk] |
| Joan of Arc - The Gap [11 out of 12, Jade Tree], How Can Any Thing So Little Be Any More? [9 out of 12, Jade Tree] |
| Joan of Arse - Lost at Sea [9 out of 12, Scientific Laboratories] |
| Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Plastic Fang [5 out of 12, Matador] |
| Glenn Jones - This is the Wind That Blows it Out [9 out of 12, Strange Attractors] |
| Sam Jones - I Am Trying to Break Your Heart [7 out of 12, Cowboy Pictures] |
| Frank Jordan - Milk the Thrills [9 out of 12, Devil in the Woods] |
| Joy Division - The Complete BBC Recordings [12 out of 12, Strange Fruit], Les Bains Douches 18 December 1979 [12 out of 12, NMC] |
| Simon Joyner - Hotel Lives [9 out of 12, Truckstop] |
| July Skies - At the Height of Summer 7" [11 out of 12, Roison], Dreaming of Spires [7 out of 12, Rocket Girl] |
| Jump on Cars - Kids Got Mad Heart EP [9 out of 12, self-released] |
| June Panic - Horror Vacui [2 out of 12, Secretly Canadian] |
| Jungle - Long Time, No See [1 out of 12, Scratch] |
| Juno - A Future Lived in Past Tense [10 out of 12, DeSoto] |
| K. - New Problems [4 out of 12, Tiger Style] |
| K/Salvatore - The Counterfeiter [10 out of 12, Siwa] |
| Jason Kahn - Miramar [10 out of 12, SIRR.ecords] |
| Jason Kahn and Jon Mueller - Papercuts [10 out of 12, Crouton] |
| Jeff Kaiser - 17 Themes For Ockodektet [11 out of 12, pfMENTUM] |
| Kallikak Family - Vineland Social Maturity Scale [9 out of 12, On Purpose] |
| Kammerflimmer Kollektief - Mäander [7 out of 12, Temporary Residence], Incommunicado [9 out of 12, Temporary Residence], Hysteria [9 out of 12, Bubblecore], Cicadidae [12 out of 12, Temporary Residence] |
| Karate - Unsolved [10 out of 12, Southern], Cancel/Sing EP [7 out of 12, Southern] |
| Karp - Prison Shake 7" [11 out of 12, Up], Action Chemistry [8 out of 12, Punk in my Vitamins] |
| Utah Kawasaki - utah.mod.radi [6 out of 12, Radio] |
| Leslie Keffer - s/t cassette [10 out of 12, Rampart] |
| Keleton DMD - Body Double [10 out of 12, Makoto] |
| Jeff Kelly - For the Swan in the Hallway [10 out of 12, Hidden Agenda] |
| Kemialliset Ystavat - Kellari Juniversumi [10 out of 12, Fonal], Alkuharka [11 out of 12, Fonal] |
| Khanate - No Joy (remix)/Dead [10 out of 12, Load] |
| Kid Commando - Holy Kid Commando [9 out of 12, Ache] |
| Kid Icarus - Maps of the Saints [6 out of 12, Summersteps] |
| Kill Creek - Colors of Home [6 out of 12, Second Nature] |
| Kill Hannah - For Never & Ever [11 out of 12, Atlantic] |
| Kiln - s/t EP [10 out of 12, Roomtone] |
| Kilowatthours - Strain of Positive Thinking [7 out of 12, Temporary Residence], The Bright Side [10 out of 12, Temporary Residence] |
| King of Prussia - Blood Rains Down On My Hometown [9 out of 12, Best Friend] |
| Kings of Convenience - s/t [9 out of 12, Kindercore], Quiet is the New Loud [9 out of 12, Astralwerks] |
| Kingsbury Manx - Let You Down [9 out of 12, Overcoat] |
| Tim Kinsellas - He Sang His Didn't He Danced His Did [5 out of 12, Troubleman Unlimited] |
| Kinski - Be Gentle With the Warm Turtle [12 out of 12, Pacifico], Semaphore EP [11 out of 12, Sub Pop], Semaphore EP [10 out of 12, Sub Pop], Airs Above Your Station [12 out of 12, Subpop], Don't Climb On and Take the Holy Water [9 out of 12, Strange Attractors] |
| Kinski/Acid Mothers Temple - split album [10 out of 12, Subpop] |
| Kinski/Paik/Surface of Eceyon - Crickets and Fireflies [9 out of 12, Music Fellowship] |
| Kites - Royal Paint With the Metallic Gardner From the United States Helped Into an Open Field By Women and Children [10 out of 12, Load] |
| Kites/Prurient - split LP [10 out of 12, Load] |
| Katharina Klement - Concért Trouvé [8 out of 12, Kalk] |
| Garth Steel Klippert - Suisol [6 out of 12, Broke] |
| Knievel - The Name Rings a Bell That Drowns Out Your Voice [9 out of 12, In Music We Trust] |
| Knodel - Dawn of the Butterfly [8 out of 12, My Pal God] |
| Kobi - Projecto [7 out of 12, Silber] |
| Koh/Nakagawa/Tano/Wiese/Yoshida - Tokyo Headlock [9 out of 12, Helicopter] |
| Konk Pack - Big Deep [8 out of 12, Grob] |
| Peter Kowald - Global Village [10 out of 12, Free Elephant] |
| Mark Kozelek - Rock 'n' Roll Singer [10 out of 12, Badman], What's Next to the Moon [10 out of 12, Badman], White Christmas Live [7 out of 12, Subpop] |
| Kpt.Michi.Gan - Player, Player [7 out of 12, Aesthetics] |
| Kraftwerk - Tour de France Soundtracks [4 out of 12, Astralwerks] |
| Krakatoa - Togetherness [10 out of 12, Etherdrag], We Are the Rowboats [8 out of 12, Cuneiform] |
| Sharron Kraus - Songs of Love and Loss [11 out of 12, Camera Obscura], Songs of Love and Loss [10 out of 12, Camera Obscura] |
| Kreidler - s/t [10 out of 12, Mute], Mort Aux Vaches [10 out of 12, Staalplaat], Eve Future EP [8 out of 12, Wonder] |
| Kroko - Furia [10 out of 12, Verdura], Rabia [10 out of 12, Tenmenzen] |
| The Kulta Beats - Civilize the Brutes [9 out of 12, Cutwater] |
| Erkki Kurenniemi - Äänityksiä/Recordings 1963-1973 [11 out of 12, Love] |
| L'Altra - Music of a Sinking Occasion [10 out of 12, Aesthetics], s/t EP [11 out of 12, Aesthetics] |
| L'Infonie - Vol. 333 [8 out of 12, Mucho Gusto] |
| La Foresta Della Morte - La Foresta Della Morte (Soundtrack) [6 out of 12, ToYo] |
| La Makita Soma - Brighton Park [8 out of 12, Someoddpilot] |
| Labradford - fixed::context [11 out of 12, Kranky] |
| Labradford/Surfers of Romantica - ENE Remixes [9 out of 12, Eerie Materials] |
| Lackluster - Zealtronic Purple 7" [8 out of 12, Zeal] |
| Lacto-Ovo - Shoes & You [9 out of 12, Smokeylung] |
| Ladies W.C. - s/t [10 out of 12, Shadoks] |
| The Ladybug Transistor - Live at the Amigo 99 [5 out of 12, Amigo], Argyle Heir [10 out of 12, Merge] |
| Ladytron - 604 [9 out of 12, Emperor Norton] |
| Laika - Lost in Space - Volume One (1993-2002) [8 out of 12, Too Pure] |
| Lakeside Project - Animal Logic EP [8 out of 12, Matchpale] |
| Lali Puna - Scary World Theory [10 out of 12, Morr], Left-Handed EP [8 out of 12, Morr] |
| Lambchop - Is A Woman [9 out of 12, Merge], Aw Cmon [11 out of 12, Merge], No You Cmon [11 out of 12, Merge] |
| Byard Lancaster - It's Not Up To Us (Reissue) [10 out of 12, Water] |
| Land of Nod - Mont Ventoux EP [6 out of 12, Silber] |
| Land. - Ice Storm 7" [12 out of 12, Pop Bus] |
| Landing - Centrefuge EP [9 out of 12, Music Fellowship], Circuit [11 out of 12, Music Fellowship], Oceanless [12 out of 12, Strange Attractors], Seasons [12 out of 12, Ba Da Bing!], 2002 Tour EP [10 out of 12, Vast Arc Hues], Fade In/Fade Out EP [10 out of 12, Strange Attractors], Fade In/Fade Out EP [10 out of 12, Strange-Attractors], Passages Through [10 out of 12, K], Passages Through [10 out of 12, K], Sphere [11 out of 12, K], Sphere [10 out of 12, K] |
| Languis - Zealtronic Bordeaux 7" [9 out of 12, Zeal] |
| Last of the Juanitas - The Jay 7" [7 out of 12, Wantage USA], Hawaii [11 out of 12, Flapping Jet], Time's Up EP [10 out of 12, Wantage USA] |
| Keenan Lawler - The Ghost of a Plane of Air [10 out of 12, Konstant] |
| Lazily Spun - s/t [9 out of 12, Camera Obscura] |
| LDOM - The First 7 Billion Miles [10 out of 12, Doubling Cube] |
| Lebatol - Rate EP [6 out of 12, Function] |
| Lemon Jelly - LemonJelly.Ky [9 out of 12, XL] |
| Don Lennon - Downtown [7 out of 12, Secretly Canadian] |
| Lenola - The Electric Tickle EP [5 out of 12, File 13] |
| Sondre Lerche - Faces Down [7 out of 12, Astralwerks] |
| Les Georges Leningrad - Deux Hot Dogs Moutarde Chou [10 out of 12, Alien 8] |
| Les Rallizes Denudés - Heavier Than a Death in the Family (Live '73-'77) [11 out of 12, Ain't Group Sounds] |
| Les Savy Fav - Rome (Written Upside Down) EP [12 out of 12, Southern], Go Forth [11 out of 12, Frenchkiss] |
| Lesser Birds of Paradise - It Isn't the Fall EP [9 out of 12, Loose Thread] |
| The Letter E - No. 5ive Long Player [6 out of 12, Tiger Style] |
| Levendis Duo - Actions, Productive of a Process [10 out of 12, Sachimay] |
| Liars - Fins to Make Us More Fish-Like EP [6 out of 12, Mute], They Were Wrong So We Drowned [11 out of 12, Mute] |
| Libraness - Yesterday and Tomorrow's Shells [10 out of 12, Tiger Style] |
| Alan Licht - A New York Minute [9 out of 12, XI] |
| The Life and Times - The Flat End of the Earth EP [6 out of 12, 54 40 or Fight] |
| Lift to Experience - Live Show June 6, 2000 [12 out of 12, Ghetty's, Salt Lake City], The Texas-Jerusalem Crossroads [11 out of 12, Bella Union], The Texas-Jerusalem Crossroads [4 out of 12, Bella Union] |
| Light - Paperboat [12 out of 12, Mynor] |
| Lightheavyweight - Isn't It Pretty to Think So? [6 out of 12, Your Best Guess] |
| Lightning Bolt - Ride the Skies [10 out of 12, Load], s/t [8 out of 12, Load], Wonderful Rainbow [11 out of 12, Load] |
| Lilienthal - Zealectronic Pink 7" [10 out of 12, Zeal] |
| The Lilys/Aspera Ad Astra - split album [7 out of 12, Tiger Style] |
| Liquid Cop - Data So Nice, I Saved It Twice [7 out of 12, self-released] |
| Lisboa - Either Origami EP [8 out of 12, Acutest] |
| Little Champions - Transactions + Replications [6 out of 12, Barsuk] |
| Little Wings - Light Green Leaves (CD version) [10 out of 12, K], Magic Wand [10 out of 12, K] |
| The Livingroom Legends - Honeymoon [12 out of 12, Baby Possum] |
| Lo-Hi - Say It More [5 out of 12, Tiger Style] |
| The Locust - Plague Soundscapes [7 out of 12, Epitaph] |
| The Locust/Arab on Radar - Split 7" [7 out of 12, Gold Standard Laboratories] |
| Jason Loewenstein - At Sixes and Sevens [10 out of 12, Subpop] |
| The Lofty Pillars - When We Were Lost [11 out of 12, Truckstop], Amsterdam [10 out of 12, Truckstop] |
| Rob Loney & the Longshots - Drunkard in the Think Tank [10 out of 12, Career] |
| The Long Winters - When I Pretend to Fall [4 out of 12, Barsuk] |
| Loose Fur - s/t [9 out of 12, Drag City] |
| Loraxx - Yellville [8 out of 12, Automatic Combustioneer] |
| Lorelei - Our Minds Have Been Electrified [7 out of 12, Ice-Made] |
| Loscil - Triple Point [11 out of 12, Kranky], Submers [9 out of 12, Kranky], First Narrows [9 out of 12, Kranky] |
| Lost Kids - Belle Isle is on Fire [8 out of 12, Gold Standard Laboratories] |
| Love and Rockets - Love and Rockets/Swing [11 out of 12, Beggars Banquet] |
| Love, Execution Style - One-Time Pad [10 out of 12, Gleet and Gumma] |
| Lovely Midget - North Head [9 out of 12, Family Vineyard] |
| Low - The Exit Papers EP [9 out of 12, Temporary Residence], Dinosaur Act EP [9 out of 12, Tugboat], Things We Lost in the Fire [11 out of 12, Kranky], Paris '99 "Anthony, Are You Around?" [8 out of 12, P-Vine], Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me CD Single [9 out of 12, Chairkickers], Trust [11 out of 12, Kranky] |
| Low & Spring Heel Jack - Bombscare EP [10 out of 12, Tugboat] |
| Low/Dirty Three - In the Fishtank EP [11 out of 12, Konkurrent] |
| Low/K. - split EP [9 out of 12, Tiger Style] |
| The Lowdown - Revolver II [9 out of 12, Strange Attractors] |
| Lumen - The Man Felt an Iron Hand Grasp Him by the Hair, at the Nape. Not One Hand, a Hundred Hands Seized Him, Each by the Hair, and Tore Him Head to Foot, the Way You Tear Up a Sheet of Paper, Into Hundreds of Little Pieces [7 out of 12, Temporary Residence], The Man Felt an Iron Hand Grasp Him by the Hair, at the Nape. Not One Hand, a Hundred Hands Seized Him, Each by the Hair, and Tore Him Head to Foot, the Way You Tear Up a Sheet of Paper, Into Hundreds of Little Pieces [9 out of 12, Temporary Residence] |
| Luna - Rendezvous [6 out of 12, Jetset] |
| Lungfish - Necrophones [9 out of 12, Dischord] |
| Lusine Icl - Zealectronic Blue 7" [10 out of 12, Zeal] |
| Lycia - Empty Space [7 out of 12, Silber] |
| Madlib - Shades of Blue [10 out of 12, Blue Note] |
| Magic Box - Bliss of a Madman [7 out of 12, Pascal] |
| The Magic Magicians - Girls [9 out of 12, Suicide Squeeze] |
| Magnetic Fields - i [11 out of 12, Nonesuch] |
| Mahi Mahi - He No Wa [3 out of 12, Corleone] |
| Mahogany - The Dream of a Modern Day [11 out of 12, Burnt Hair] |
| Mainliner - Mellow Out [10 out of 12, Riot Season] |
| Malacoda - Datura [9 out of 12, Arms vs. Legs] |
| Malade de Souci - MMMM-bbaa [9 out of 12, No Sides] |
| Stephen Malkmus - Discretion Groove EP [8 out of 12, Matador], s/t [10 out of 12, Matador] |
| Stephen Malkmus and The Jicks - Pig Lib [8 out of 12, Matador] |
| Malory - Outerbeats [8 out of 12, Clairecords] |
| Mammal - Double Nature [9 out of 12, Scratch and Sniff] |
| Manda and The Marbles - More Seduction [12 out of 12, Go-Kart] |
| Jake Mandell - Love Songs for Machines [9 out of 12, Carpark] |
| Maneri Ensemble - Going to Church [8 out of 12, Aum Fidelity] |
| Mangold - Colon [2 out of 12, self-released] |
| Jeff Mangum - Live at Jittery Joe's [9 out of 12, Orange Twin] |
| Manishevitz - Rollover [11 out of 12, Jagjaguwar], Private Lines EP [8 out of 12, Jagjaguwar] |
| Manitoba - Jacknuggeted EP [10 out of 12, Leaf], If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport EP [9 out of 12, Leaf], Up In Flames [11 out of 12, Leaf] |
| Manual - Ascend [10 out of 12, Morr] |
| David Maranha - Circunscrita [9 out of 12, Namskeio] |
| Maroons - You're Gonna Ruin Everything [8 out of 12, In Music We Trust] |
| The Marquis de Tren and Bonny Billy - Get on Jolly [7 out of 12, Palace] |
| The Married Monk - The Belgian Kick [10 out of 12, Ici d'Ailleurs] |
| Mars - The Complete Studio Recordings: NYC 1977-1978 [12 out of 12, G3G/Spooky Sound] |
| The Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium [11 out of 12, Universal] |
| Marshmallow Coast - Ride the Lightning [9 out of 12, Misra] |
| James Mason - Carnival Sky [8 out of 12, Sonoface] |
| Masonic - Never Stood a Chance [8 out of 12, Tight Spot] |
| Masters of the Hemisphere - I am not a Freemdoom [10 out of 12, Kindercore] |
| Stephan Mathieu - Frequency Lib [10 out of 12, Ritornell] |
| Stephan Mathieu & Ekkehard Ehlers - Heroin [10 out of 12, Brombron] |
| Matmos - A Chance to Cut is a Chance to Cure [10 out of 12, Matador], California Rhinoplasty EP [10 out of 12, Matador] |
| Dan Matz - Carry Me Over [7 out of 12, Amish] |
| Maya Shore - Farewell to Introductions [12 out of 12, Music Fellowship] |
| Mayday - Old Blood [7 out of 12, Saddle Creek] |
| Mazarin - Watch It Happen [9 out of 12, Victoria], A Tall-Tale Storyline [11 out of 12, Spin Art] |
| MC Tracheotomy - W/Love From Tahiti [8 out of 12, Bulb] |
| Les McCann - Invitation to Openness [10 out of 12, Water] |
| Ian McCulloch - Slideling [4 out of 12, Spin Art] |
| Eugene McDaniels - Outlaw (Reissue) [8 out of 12, Water], Intimate Screams and Whispers [10 out of 12, self-released] |
| Danny McDonald - Summer City [9 out of 12, Zip] |
| Joe McPhee - Nation Time [12 out of 12, Atavistic] |
| Meerk Puffy - Nung [9 out of 12, Animal Disguise] |
| Meeting Places - Find Yourself Along the Way [10 out of 12, Words-On-Music] |
| Meisha - Meisha Returns Meisha Forever [11 out of 12, Music Fellowship], The Fourth Lesson in New Era Time: Redefining the Sixty Foot Rock Band; The Deaf Will Still Feel Out Vibrations or Republic of Meisha [10 out of 12, Pop Bus], The First Lessons in New Era Time: The Universal Orchestra of Pituitary Knowledge Sing Om to the Disturbed Onlookers, Who Were Meisha and Robin Anyway? [11 out of 12, 482], The First Lessons in New Era Time: The Universal Orchestra of Pituitary Knowledge Sing Om to the Disturbed Onlookers, Who Were Meisha and Robin Anyway? [11 out of 12, 482] |
| Mekons - Fear and Whiskey [11 out of 12, Quarterstick] |
| Melochrome - Stay a Little Longer [9 out of 12, Loose Thread] |
| Melt Banana - 666 6" [10 out of 12, Level Plane] |
| Mensen - Oslo City [8 out of 12, Gearhead] |
| Mercury Program - From the Vapor of Gasoline [8 out of 12, Tiger Style], All the Suits Began to Fall Off EP [10 out of 12, Tiger Style], A Data Learn the Language [7 out of 12, Tiger Style] |
| Mercury Rev - All is Dream [6 out of 12, V2] |
| Stephin Merritt - Eban and Charley (Soundtrack) [7 out of 12, Merge], Pieces of April (Soundtrack) [10 out of 12, Nonesuch] |
| Metalux - Waiting for Armadillo [7 out of 12, Load] |
| Metroschifter - Encapsulated [7 out of 12, Initial] |
| Mice Parade - Collaborations [8 out of 12, Bubblecore], Mokoondi [9 out of 12, Bubblecore] |
| MicroMars - International Pop Modulations [10 out of 12, AudioInformationPhenomena] |
| The Microphones - The Glow, Part 2 [11 out of 12, K], Song Islands [8 out of 12, K], Mount Eerie [11 out of 12, K], Mount Eerie [11 out of 12, K], Live in Japan February 19th, 21st, and 22nd, 2003 [9 out of 12, K] |
| Microwaves - Professional Systems Overload EP [9 out of 12, Cenotaph], System 2 [8 out of 12, Cenotaph / Version City], Attack Decay Sustain Release [10 out of 12, New Addition] |
| Migala - Arde [8 out of 12, Subpop] |
| Sei Miguel - Still Alive in Barrio Alto [6 out of 12, Headlights], Ra Clock [8 out of 12, Headlights] |
| Witt Mills - Dust Collection Agency [8 out of 12, Old Gold] |
| Mimeo/John Tilbury - The Hands of Caravaggio [12 out of 12, Erstwhile] |
| Minamo - Live [11 out of 12, Quakebasket 100], Wakka [9 out of 12, Quakebasket 100], .kgs [11 out of 12, 360 Degrees] |
| Mindflayer - Take Your Skin Off [10 out of 12, Bulb], Its Always 1999 [8 out of 12, Load] |
| Mirah - Advisory Committee [11 out of 12, K], Cold Cold Water EP [8 out of 12, K], C'mon Miracle [11 out of 12, K] |
| Mirah Yom Tov Zeitlyn, Ginger Brooks Takahashi, and Friends - Songs From the Black Mountain Music Project [9 out of 12, K] |
| Mirror - Solaris [10 out of 12, Idea] |
| Mittens on Strings - Pushing Buttons [7 out of 12, Luddite] |
| The Mobius Band - Two [9 out of 12, self-released] |
| The Modernist - Explosion [7 out of 12, Matador] |
| Modest Mouse - The Moon & Antarctica [10 out of 12, Epic] |
| The Moglass - Telegraph Poles are Getting Smaller and Smaller as the Distance Grows [10 out of 12, Nexsound] |
| Mogwai - Travel in Constants EP [11 out of 12, Temporary Residence], Rock Action [10 out of 12, Matador], Rock Action [7 out of 12, Matador], My Father My King EP [9 out of 12, Matador], Happy Songs For Happy People [9 out of 12, PIAS] |
| Mogwai/Bardo Pond - split 10" [11 out of 12, Matador] |
| Mojave 3 - Spoon and Rafter [10 out of 12, 4AD] |
| Molasses - Trilogie: Toil and Peaceful Life [10 out of 12, Fancy] |
| The Moles - On the Street/Rare & Weird [10 out of 12, Wishing Tree] |
| Molina and Roberts - s/t 7" [8 out of 12, Secretly Canadian] |
| Monade - Socialisme ou Barbarie [6 out of 12, Drag City] |
| Monroe Mustang - I am the Only Running Footman EP [10 out of 12, Emperor Jones] |
| Monster Movie - s/t [9 out of 12, Clairecords], Last Night Something Happened [8 out of 12, Clairecords] |
| Georges Montalba - Pipe Organ Favorites & Fantasy in Pipe Organ and Percussion [9 out of 12, Hit Thing] |
| Roy Montgomery - Allegory of Hearing [11 out of 12, Drunken Fish] |
| Roy Montgomery/Chris Heaphy - True [10 out of 12, Kranky] |
| Malcolm Morley - Lost and Found [9 out of 12, Hux] |
| Jason Morphew - Not For the Faint of Heart! [7 out of 12, BaDaBing!] |
| Joe Morris - Age of Everything [7 out of 12, Riti] |
| Joe Morris/Mat Maneri - Soul Search [9 out of 12, Aum Fidelity] |
| Moth Wranglers - Never Mind the Context [8 out of 12, Magnetic] |
| The Mother Hips - Green Hills of Earth [6 out of 12, Future Farmer] |
| Motocross - L'amour Est Un Sentiment [7 out of 12, Megawatt] |
| Motor - The Mystery Of... [11 out of 12, self-released] |
| Motorpsycho + Jaga Jazzist Horns - In the Fishtank [11 out of 12, Konkurrent] |
| Mount Florida - Arrived Phoenix [7 out of 12, Matador] |
| Mountain Dew - Code Red [7 out of 12, Pepsi] |
| Mountain Goats - Tallahassee [9 out of 12, 4AD], We Shall All Be Healed [12 out of 12, 4AD] |
| Mouse on Mars - Actionist Respoke EP [10 out of 12, Sonig], Idiology [9 out of 12, Thrill Jockey], Rost Pocks: The EP Collection [7 out of 12, Thrill Jockey] |
| Movietone - The Blossom Filled Streets [10 out of 12, Drag City] |
| The Moving Units - s/t EP [10 out of 12, Three One G] |
| Ms. John Soda - No P. or D. [8 out of 12, Morr], While Talking EP [9 out of 12, Morr] |
| Jon Mueller/Bhob Rainey/Jim Schoenecker - - - [10 out of 12, Crouton] |
| Mushroom - Mad Dogs and San Franciscans [6 out of 12, Black Beauty], Glazed Popems [12 out of 12, Black Beauty] |
| My Education - 5 Popes [9 out of 12, self-released] |
| My Spacecoaster - Heartstrings [1 out of 12, Pluto] |
| Günter Müller/Lê Quan Ninh - La Voyelle Liquide [12 out of 12, Erstwhile] |
| Nacho Vegas/Aroah - Seis Canciones Desde El Norte [10 out of 12, Acuarela] |
| Marissa Nadler - Ballads of Living and Dying [12 out of 12, self-released] |
| Nagisa Ni Te - The True Sun [9 out of 12, P-Vine], Feel [8 out of 12, Jagjaguwar] |
| Ian Nagoski - Warm Coursing Blood [9 out of 12, Colorful Clouds for Acoustics], Effortless Battle [10 out of 12, Recorded] |
| Toshimaru Nakamura & Sachiko M - do [12 out of 12, Erstwhile] |
| Natacha Atlas - Something Dangerous [10 out of 12, Mantra] |
| Nate Denver's Neck - Prepare to Die [9 out of 12, King Crab] |
| Nation of Ulysses - The Embassy Tapes [7 out of 12, Dischord] |
| The National Splits - Fontana [8 out of 12, Mr. Whiggs] |
| The Nationale - s/t [4 out of 12, Fighting Electric] |
| Natural Dreamers - s/t [10 out of 12, Frenetic] |
| Nautical Almanac - Rooting for the Microbes [9 out of 12, Load] |
| Necronomitron - s/t [9 out of 12, Load] |
| Need New Body - s/t [10 out of 12, Cenotaph] |
| The Neighbors - Mobile Homes EP [9 out of 12, Realm of Records] |
| Steven Nelson-Raney and Jon Mueller - Cutting Off the Edge of Time [10 out of 12, Penumbra] |
| Neon Hunk - Smarmymob [9 out of 12, Load] |
| Nervous Cop - s/t [9 out of 12, 5 Rue Christine] |
| Andrea Neumann & Burkhard Beins - Lidingö [11 out of 12, Erstwhile] |
| Neurosis and Jarboe - s/t [7 out of 12, Neurot] |
| New Order - BBC Radio | Live in Concert [11 out of 12, Fuel 2000] |
| The New Pornographers - Mass Romantic [11 out of 12, Mint], Electric Version [12 out of 12, Matador] |
| New Wet Kojak - No. 4 EP [7 out of 12, Beggars Banquet] |
| The New Year - Newness Ends [10 out of 12, Touch and Go], Newness Ends [7 out of 12, Touch and Go], Newness Ends [11 out of 12, Touch and Go], Newness Ends [9 out of 12, Touch and Go] |
| Harris Newman - Non-Sequiturs [10 out of 12, Strange Attractors] |
| Joanna Newsom - The Milk-Eyed Mender [11 out of 12, Drag City] |
| Nice Nice - Chrome [7 out of 12, Temporary Residence] |
| Nightfist - Epic [10 out of 12, Temporary Residence] |
| No Neck Blues Band - Sticks and Stones May Break My Bones but Names Will Never Hurt Me [11 out of 12, Koch], Re: Mr. A Fan LP [11 out of 12, Trademark of Quality], Ever Borneo! LP+7" [10 out of 12, Seres/Sound @ One], Parallel Easters [10 out of 12, Sound @ One], First Kingdom of the Ghost [11 out of 12, Sound @ One], Dutch Money [10 out of 12, Sound @ One] |
| No Trend - Tritonian Nash - Vegas Polyester Complex [5 out of 12, Touch and Go] |
| No-Man - Together We're Stranger [11 out of 12, K-Scope] |
| No. 9 - Where Come From? And Where To? EP [6 out of 12, Locust] |
| Noba - Man With a Briefcase [6 out of 12, self-released] |
| The Nordic Miracle - We Shall Provide [10 out of 12, Humbug] |
| Norfolk and Western - Dusk in Cold Parlours [7 out of 12, Hush] |
| Faris Nourallah - I Love Faris [5 out of 12, Western Vinyl] |
| Novillero - The Brindleford Follies [9 out of 12, Endearing] |
| Marianne Nowottny - Illusions of the Sun [9 out of 12, Camera Obscura], Illusions of the Sun [1 out of 12, Camera Obscura] |
| Noxagt - Turning It Down Since 2001 [11 out of 12, Load], The Iron Point [10 out of 12, Load] |
| NTX+Electric - We Are the Wild Beast [8 out of 12, Girlgang] |
| K.K. Null - Atomik Disorder [8 out of 12, Neurot] |
| Gary Numan - I, Assassin [9 out of 12, Beggars Banquet], Warriors [6 out of 12, Beggars Banquet] |
| Nurse With Wound - Alice the Goon [10 out of 12, United Dairies], Funeral Music for Perez Prado [11 out of 12, United Dairies] |
| Tara Jane O'Neil & Daniel Littleton - Music for a Meteor Shower [9 out of 12, Tiger Style] |
| Tara Jane O'Neil - Peregrine [9 out of 12, Quarterstick], Singer/Songwriter Series 7" [8 out of 12, Troubleman Unlimited], In the Sun Lines [10 out of 12, Quarterstick], The Joy Of... EP [8 out of 12, Acuarela] |
| Jim O'Rourke - Halfway to a Threeway [10 out of 12, Drag City], I'm Happy, and I'm Singing, and a 1, 2, 3, 4 [10 out of 12, Mego], Insignificance [11 out of 12, Drag City] |
| Oakley Hall - s/t [11 out of 12, Bulb] |
| Octopus Project - Identification Parade [11 out of 12, Peek-A-Boo] |
| Octopus Syng - Beyond the Karmadelic Coldness, There's the Lovadelic Warmth [12 out of 12, Soundhawk] |
| Of - The Infant Paths [9 out of 12, Jewelled Antler] |
| Of Montreal - Satanic Panic in the Attic [10 out of 12, Polyvinyl] |
| Of Montreal/Ladybug Transistor - split 7" [9 out of 12, Kindercore] |
| Officer May - Smoking In A Minor [9 out of 12, Ace Fu] |
| OK Go - s/t [5 out of 12, Capitol] |
| Okkervil River - Down the River of Golden Dreams [9 out of 12, Jagjaguwar] |
| Old Bombs - Audios [10 out of 12, Soft Abuse] |
| Old Time Relijun - Lost Light [11 out of 12, K] |
| Will Oldham - Guarapero / Lost Blues 2 [12 out of 12, Drag City], Seafarers Music [12 out of 12, Drag City] |
| Will Oldham/Rian Murphy - All Most Heaven EP [10 out of 12, Drag City] |
| Olivia Tremor Control - Presents: Singles and Beyond [10 out of 12, Emperor Norton/Kindercore] |
| Olo - The Steve Christy EP [10 out of 12, Anechoic] |
| Oma Yang - From the Heart of Jumbo Malaria [7 out of 12, Slowdance] |
| One AM Radio - A Name Writ in Water [12 out of 12, Level Plane] |
| The One Ensemble of Daniel Padden - The Owl of Fives [11 out of 12, Textile] |
| One Mile North - Minor Shadows [10 out of 12, Ba Da Bing!] |
| One Speed Bike - Droopy Butt Begone [10 out of 12, Constellation] |
| Oneida - Secret Wars [10 out of 12, Jagjaguwar] |
| Oneida/Liars - Atheists, Reconsider [4 out of 12, Arena Rock] |
| OOIOO - Kila Kila Kila [9 out of 12, Thrill Jockey] |
| The Operacycle - Warmer [7 out of 12, Hush] |
| Optiganally Yours - Exclusively Talentmaker [10 out of 12, Absolutely Kosher], De-Composed [11 out of 12, Vroom Sound] |
| Origami Arktika - Vard0gr [10 out of 12, Silber] |
| oRSo - Long Time By [8 out of 12, Perishable] |
| Orton Socket - 99 Explosions [5 out of 12, Moikai] |
| Oscuro - s/t [8 out of 12, Pascal] |
| Out Hud - The First Single of the New Millennium [11 out of 12, 5 Rue Christine], S.T.R.E.E.T. D.A.D. [11 out of 12, Kranky] |
| Owen - s/t [12 out of 12, Polyvinyl] |
| Jamie Owen - Four Seasons Singles Club [9 out of 12, Day Release] |
| Spencer Owen - Malheur Ln. [10 out of 12, Ballbearings Pinatas] |
| Owls - s/t [9 out of 12, Jade Tree] |
| Oxes - s/t 7" [9 out of 12, Reptilian], Arab on Radar Split 10" [10 out of 12, Wantage USA], s/t [10 out of 12, Monitor], Oxxxes [9 out of 12, Monitor], Half Half and Half 7" [7 out of 12, Monitor] |
| Oxes/Big'n - split CDEP [10 out of 12, Box Factory] |
| Erlend Oye - Unrest [6 out of 12, Astralwerks] |
| Oz Fritz - All Around the World [7 out of 12, Sub Rosa] |
| Ozric Tentacles - Spirals in Hyperspace [12 out of 12, Magna Carta] |
| Genesis P-Orridge and Astrid Monroe - When I Was Young [4 out of 12, Important] |
| P:ano - When It's Dark and It's Summer [8 out of 12, Zum] |
| Paik - Spacer EP [10 out of 12, Beyonder], Corridors [12 out of 12, Beyonder], Satin Black [10 out of 12, Strange Attractors] |
| Pale Horse and Rider - These Are the New Good Times [10 out of 12, Darla], Moody Pike [9 out of 12, Darla] |
| Pallin - Far From Yokohama [8 out of 12, URU World] |
| Pan American - The River Made No Sound [10 out of 12, Kranky] |
| Pan American/Komet/Fisherofgold - Personal Settings Volume 1 [10 out of 12, Quatermass] |
| Papa M - Papa M Sings [9 out of 12, Sea Note], Whatever, Mortal [11 out of 12, Drag City], Three Songs [10 out of 12, Drag City], Songs of Mac EP [11 out of 12, Western Vinyl], Two EP [8 out of 12, Drag City], One EP [9 out of 12, Drag City], One EP [9 out of 12, Drag City], Hole of Burning Alms [12 out of 12, Drag City] |
| Papa M/Entrance - split 7" [8 out of 12, Tiger Style] |
| Papa M/Unhome - split 7" [6 out of 12, Awkward Silence] |
| Paris, Texas - Brazilliant! EP [7 out of 12, Polyvinyl] |
| Park Avenue Music - For Your Home or Office [4 out of 12, Clairecords] |
| Parker and Lily - Hello Halo [9 out of 12, Orange], Here Comes Winter [10 out of 12, Manifesto] |
| Evan Parker and Keith Rowe - Dark Rags [10 out of 12, Potlatch] |
| Graham Parker - Your Country [11 out of 12, Bloodshot] |
| Parlour - Googler [8 out of 12, Temporary Residence] |
| Parts and Labor - Groundswell [10 out of 12, JMZ] |
| Paul Newman - Machine is not Broken [7 out of 12, My Pal God], Re-issue! Re-package! Re-package! Re-evaluate the Songs [9 out of 12, My Pal God] |
| Pavement - Slanted and Enchanted: Luxe and Reduxe [12 out of 12, Matador] |
| Jessica Pavone - 27 Epigrams [10 out of 12, Peacock] |
| Bill Paxton (director) - Frailty [7 out of 12, Lions Gate] |
| Peaches - Set it Off EP [4 out of 12, Kitty Yo] |
| Pedal Steel Transmission - The Angel of the Squared Circle [6 out of 12, Cardboard Sangria] |
| Pedro the Lion - Progress EP [10 out of 12, Suicide Squeeze], Winners Never Quit [11 out of 12, Jade Tree], I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day 7" [4 out of 12, Suicide Squeeze], Control [9 out of 12, Jade Tree] |
| Pelé - The Nudes [10 out of 12, Polyvinyl] |
| Pelt - Rob's Choice [10 out of 12, VHF], Ayahuasca [11 out of 12, VHF], Houston 2001 [11 out of 12, Klang], Pearls From the River [11 out of 12, VHF] |
| Pengo - A Nervous Splendor [10 out of 12, Hahoma] |
| Penny Ikinger - Electra [10 out of 12, Career] |
| Angie Pepper - Res Ipsa Loquitor [9 out of 12, Career] |
| PG Six - The Well of Memory [10 out of 12, Amish] |
| Pharoah Overlord - The Battle of the Axehammer [9 out of 12, Last Visible Dog] |
| Patrick Phelan - Songs of Patrick Phelan [9 out of 12, Jagjaguwar], Parlor [10 out of 12, Jagjaguwar] |
| Britta Phillips & Dean Wareham - L'Avventura [6 out of 12, Jet Set] |
| Phobos 3 - Melody For Sleep [8 out of 12, Nameless] |
| Phosphor - s/t [8 out of 12, Potlatch] |
| Physics - 2.7.98 [9 out of 12, Gold Standard Laboratories] |
| Piano Magic - Artists' Rifles [12 out of 12, Rocket Girl], Amongst the Books an Angel 7" [9 out of 12, Acetone], I Came to Your Party Dressed as a Shadow EP [11 out of 12, Acuarela], Son de Mar (Soundtrack) [10 out of 12, 4AD] |
| Picastro - Red Your Blues [9 out of 12, Pehr] |
| Pilot Round the Sun - s/t EP [7 out of 12, self-released] |
| Pilote - Do It Now Man [7 out of 12, Domino] |
| Pinback - This is a Pinback CD [12 out of 12, Cuttyshark], Loro 7" [10 out of 12, Ace Fu], Tripoli CD Single [3 out of 12, Cutty Shark], Some Voices EP [11 out of 12, Tree], Blue Screen Life [11 out of 12, Ace Fu], Penelope EP [10 out of 12, Cutty Shark] |
| Pinebender - Things are About to Get Weird [9 out of 12, Ohio Gold] |
| Pineforest Crunch - Panamarenko [9 out of 12, Zip] |
| Pinehurst Kids - Bleed It Dry [9 out of 12, Barbaric] |
| Pinetop Seven - Bringing Home the Last Great Strike [10 out of 12, Truckstop] |
| Pink and Brown - Final Foods [9 out of 12, ToYo], Shame Fantasy II [9 out of 12, Load] |
| Pixies - Complete B-Sides [10 out of 12, 4AD] |
| PJ Harvey - Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea [9 out of 12, Island] |
| Planetarium - Age of Anxiety [10 out of 12, Priapus] |
| Plants and Animals - s/t [12 out of 12, self-released] |
| Plastic Crimewave Sound - Flashing Open [10 out of 12, Eclipse] |
| Player Piano - s/t [10 out of 12, Sunset Alliance] |
| Pleasurehorse - Bareskinrug [9 out of 12, Load] |
| Plunderphonics - 69 Plunderphonics 96 [12 out of 12, Seeland] |
| Pluramon - Bit Sand Riders [8 out of 12, Mille Plateaux] |
| PNC Park - Live Show May 5, 2001 [9 out of 12, Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Colorado Rockies] |
| Pole - 3 [11 out of 12, Matador], R [9 out of 12, ~scape] |
| Polmo Polpo - Like Hearts Swelling [10 out of 12, Constellation] |
| Polwechsel & Fennesz - Wrapped Islands [11 out of 12, Erstwhile] |
| Polysics - Hey! Bob! My Friend! [9 out of 12, Asian Man] |
| Pony Express - Monkey Hearts [6 out of 12, Velvet Blue] |
| Portal - Reprise [9 out of 12, Roison], July 7" [9 out of 12, Roison], Falling EP [9 out of 12, Roison], Tristesse [11 out of 12, Alice-in-Wonder], Promise [7 out of 12, Make Mine Music] |
| Portal/Yellow 6 - Naming Stars 7" [10 out of 12, Awkward Silence] |
| Portal/Yellow6 - split 7" [10 out of 12, Make Mine] |
| Portastatic - De Mel De Melão [7 out of 12, Merge], Looking for Leonard (Soundtrack) [9 out of 12, Merge], The Summer of the Shark [7 out of 12, Merge] |
| Portastatic with Ken Vandermark and Tim Mulvenna - The Perfect Little Door EP [10 out of 12, Merge] |
| Postal Service - Give Up [10 out of 12, Subpop], Such Great Heights EP [11 out of 12, Subpop] |
| Brad Postlethwaite - Welcome to the Occupation [8 out of 12, Makeshift] |
| Pothole Skinny - Time Shapes the Forest Lake [10 out of 12, Perhaps Transparent] |
| The Potomac Accord - Silver Line on a Black Sea [5 out of 12, self-released], In One-Hundred Years the Prize Will be Forgotten [6 out of 12, First Flight] |
| Poulain - With Fingers Crossed EP [1 out of 12, Soft Serve] |
| Prairie Dog Flesh - Take the Green Over the Red [10 out of 12, Three Lobed] |
| Pram - The Museum of Imaginary Animals [11 out of 12, Merge] |
| Preston School of Industry - All This Sounds Gas [9 out of 12, Matador], Monsoon [10 out of 12, Matador] |
| Primal Scream - XTRMNTR [11 out of 12, Astralwerks] |
| Primordial Undermind - Beings of Game P-U [9 out of 12, Camera Obscura], Thin Shells of Revolution [9 out of 12, Emperor Jones] |
| Project Grimm - Huge Beings [9 out of 12, Camera Lucida] |
| Projekt Karpaty Magiczne with Zygmunt Stenwak - Water Dreams [9 out of 12, Fly] |
| Projektor - Red Wolf Glass [9 out of 12, Endearing] |
| Propeller - The Art of Clear Thinking EP [8 out of 12, Makoto] |
| Pip Proud and Tom Carter - Catch a Cherub [1 out of 12, Emperor Jones] |
| Puerto Muerto - ...Your Bloated Corpse Has Washed Ashore! [11 out of 12, Fire] |
| Pullman - Viewfinder [9 out of 12, Thrill Jockey] |
| Quasi - The Sword of God [8 out of 12, Touch and Go] |
| Queens of the Stone Age - Songs For the Deaf [11 out of 12, Interscope] |
| The Quick Fix - Novel Weapons [8 out of 12, Ernest Jenning] |
| Quickspace - The Death of Quickspace [9 out of 12, Matador] |
| Quinimine - Filaments [10 out of 12, Grey Flat] |
| Raccoons - s/t [10 out of 12, Crouton] |
| Racebannon/Sons of Zarathustra - Near & Far Vol. 2 [7 out of 12, Level Plane] |
| Rachel's - Systems/Layers [8 out of 12, Quarterstick] |
| Rachel's/Matmos - Full On Night [7 out of 12, Quarterstick] |
| Radar Brothers - And the Surrounding Mountains [11 out of 12, Merge] |
| Radio Berlin - Glass [10 out of 12, Action Driver], Sister Sounds [8 out of 12, Global Symphonic] |
| Radiohead - Kid A [8 out of 12, Capitol], Kid A [10 out of 12, Capitol], Pyramid Song EPs [7 out of 12, Parlophone], Amnesiac [10 out of 12, Capitol], Amnesiac [8 out of 12, Capitol], Knives Out EPs [8 out of 12, Parlophone] |
| Rainer Maria - Hell and High Water 7" [7 out of 12, Polyvinyl], A Better Version of Me [10 out of 12, Polyvinyl], Long Knives Drawn [4 out of 12, Polyvinyl], Ears Ring EP [3 out of 12, Polyvinyl] |
| Ral Partha Vogelbacher - The More Nice Fey Elven Gnomes are Hiding in My Toilet Again [7 out of 12, Megalon] |
| The Ramblin' Ambassadors - Avanti [9 out of 12, Mint] |
| Ramona the Pest - Little Knives [3 out of 12, King Tone] |
| The Raveonettes - Whip It On [10 out of 12, Crunchy Frog] |
| Andrew Read and Anthony Child - Guitar Treatments [10 out of 12, K2O] |
| Read Yellow - s/t EP [10 out of 12, Fenway] |
| Readymade - On Point and Red [9 out of 12, Endearing] |
| Realistic - Private Moments [4 out of 12, Illegal Art] |
| The Realistics - Real People are Overrated [2 out of 12, Tiswas] |
| Rebel Powers - Not One Star Will Stand the Night [7 out of 12, Strange Attractors] |
| Red Bennies - Announcing [10 out of 12, Vaccination] |
| Red Card - s/t [6 out of 12, Useless Chords] |
| Red House Painters - Old Ramon [10 out of 12, Subpop] |
| Red Stars Theory - self-titled EP [9 out of 12, Touch and Go] |
| Steve Reich - Triple Quartet [11 out of 12, Nonesuch] |
| The Residents - The King & Eye: RMX [7 out of 12, Euro Ralph], WB: RMX [6 out of 12, Euro Ralph] |
| The Residents' Combo de Mecanico - High Horses EP [10 out of 12, Ralph America] |
| The Revolutionary Hydra - The Antiphony [10 out of 12, Elsinor], Knockout to Dispense [10 out of 12, Elsinor] |
| Rex/Songs: Ohia - Split 7" [10 out of 12, Temporary Resisdence Ltd.] |
| Reynolds - Field Recordings [8 out of 12, Gringo] |
| rhBand - Take One CD-R [11 out of 12, self-released] |
| Andrew Rieger/Yume Bitsu - split 12" [9 out of 12, Planaria] |
| John Rifle - Fracas Nurture [7 out of 12, Rabbit Surgeon], Fracas Nurture [9 out of 12, Rabbit Surgeon] |
| Brian Ritchie - Shakahachi Club NYC [9 out of 12, Weed] |
| Rival Schools - United By Fate [7 out of 12, Island] |
| Stéphane Rives - Fibres [10 out of 12, Potlatch] |
| Rivulets - s/t [8 out of 12, Chairkickers], Thank You Reykjavik EP [8 out of 12, Blue Sanct] |
| Roamin' Gabriels - Smile [10 out of 12, Sling-Shot] |
| Robert + Karen - Life as a Handicapped Adult EP [7 out of 12, self-released] |
| Mark Robinson - Tiger Banana [9 out of 12, Teenbeat], Taste EP [6 out of 12, Teenbeat], Canada's Green Highways [9 out of 12, Teenbeat] |
| Ernesto Rodrigues, Antonio Chaparreiro, Jose Oliveira - Sudden Music [6 out of 12, Creative Sources] |
| Ernesto Rodrigues, Jose Oliveira, Marco Franco - 23 Exposures [9 out of 12, Creative Sources] |
| Ernesto Rodrigues, Guilherme Rodrigues, Gabriel Paiuk, Jose Oliveira - Ficta [6 out of 12, Creative Sources] |
| Ernesto Rodrigues, Guilherme Rodrigues, Jose Oliveira - Multiples [8 out of 12, Creative Sources] |
| Rollerball - Bathing Music [9 out of 12, Road Cone], Trail of the Butter Yeti [9 out of 12, Roadcone], Real Hair [6 out of 12, Silber], Behind the Barber [9 out of 12, Silber], Behind the Barber [7 out of 12, Silber] |
| Rolo Tomasae - Plan B [5 out of 12, Sic Audio] |
| Roman Evening - Together Now [8 out of 12, Bitter Stag], Tiny Ladies [8 out of 12, Bitter Stag] |
| The Roots of Orchis - The Red House in Winter [9 out of 12, Slowdance], s/t EP [9 out of 12, Slowdance] |
| Rope - Widow's First Dawn [9 out of 12, Family Vineyard] |
| Jack Rose - Red Horse, White Mule [11 out of 12, Eclipse], Opium Musick [12 out of 12, Eclipse] |
| Rothko - Truth Burns EP [11 out of 12, Foundry], Storm Cycle 10" [12 out of 12, K-raa-K3], Forty Years to Find a Voice [11 out of 12, Lo], Not Gone. Not Forgotten. [10 out of 12, Lo], No Anchor No Rudder No Chart No Sails [12 out of 12, Burning Shed], Four Seasons Singles Club [11 out of 12, Day Release], 291 7" [10 out of 12, Zeal], In the Pulse of an Artery EP [11 out of 12, Bella Union], A Continual Search For Origins [10 out of 12, Too Pure] |
| Rothko/Tarentel - Carol Whiskey 09 7" [12 out of 12, Jonathon Whiskey] |
| Royal Trux - Pound for Pound [10 out of 12, Drag City] |
| Royal Wood - The Milkweed EP [8 out of 12, Sherpa] |
| Rubinoos - Crimes Against Music [7 out of 12, Zip] |
| Edward Ruchalski - Dark Night [10 out of 12, Digitalis] |
| Rumah Sakit - s/t [10 out of 12, Temporary Residence] |
| Russian Futurists - The Method of Modern Love [8 out of 12, Upper Class] |
| S. Process - More Me [11 out of 12, Track Star] |
| S.ink - Time and Timing [8 out of 12, Poeta Negra] |
| Sad Rockets - Transition [9 out of 12, Matador] |
| Sagor & Swing - Orgelplaneten [12 out of 12, Hapna] |
| Sahara Hotnights - Jennie Bomb [11 out of 12, Jetset], Kiss and Tell [10 out of 12, RCA] |
| Saint Etienne - Finisterre [8 out of 12, Mantra] |
| Salamander - Birds of Appetite [10 out of 12, Camera Obscura], Live at Soo Gallery [8 out of 12, Mutant] |
| Salome - a.m. [9 out of 12, Dutch Courage] |
| Saloon - If We Meet In the Future [6 out of 12, Darla] |
| Salvatore - Fresh [7 out of 12, Rocket Racer] |
| Samadha Trio - Immediate Action #5 [9 out of 12, Hefty] |
| Samus - Desengano [10 out of 12, Crucial Blast] |
| San Augustin with Suzanne Langille - Passing Song [8 out of 12, Family Vineyard] |
| Sand - The West is Best [10 out of 12, Zip] |
| Santiago Steps - A-flutter [6 out of 12, Dorcal-Monster] |
| Rusty Santos - Outside Versus In [8 out of 12, self-released], Bad is Good [7 out of 12, self-released] |
| Saso - Warmed Up EP [11 out of 12, Melted Snow], Big Group Hug [10 out of 12, Melted Snow], My Brain Hurts EP [8 out of 12, Melted Snow] |
| Saturnine - Pleasure of Ruins [11 out of 12, Motorcoat] |
| The Satyrswitch - The High Lonesome Sound of... [10 out of 12, Camera Obscura] |
| Scatter - Surprising Sing Stupendous Love [11 out of 12, Cenotaph] |
| Scenic - The Acid Gospel Experience [11 out of 12, Hidden Agenda] |
| Schatzi - Death of the Alphabet EP [6 out of 12, Mammoth] |
| Schema - s/t [8 out of 12, 5 Rue Christine] |
| Schlippenbach Quartet - Hunting the Snake [10 out of 12, Atavistic] |
| Ulrich Schnauss - A Strangely Isolated Place [11 out of 12, Domino] |
| Schneider TM - Zoomer [7 out of 12, Mute] |
| Schro - Guarding the Orchard [7 out of 12, self-released] |
| The Scientifics - Green Wave [6 out of 12, Translucence] |
| The Sea and Cake - Oui [10 out of 12, Thrill Jockey], One Bedroom [12 out of 12, Thrill Jockey], Glass EP [8 out of 12, Thrill Jockey] |
| Sea of Tombs - s/t [4 out of 12, Gravity] |
| Seaworthy - The Ride [10 out of 12, Jetset] |
| Second Story Man - Pins and Needles [7 out of 12, Landmark] |
| The Seconds/Ex-Models - s/t EP [8 out of 12, My Pal God] |
| The Secret Three - Nothern & Industrial EP [6 out of 12, Hive-Fi] |
| Seekonk - For Barbara Lee [10 out of 12, Kimchee] |
| Set Fires to Flames - Sings Reign Rebuilder [9 out of 12, Alien 8] |
| Sharks Keep Moving - Pause and Clause [9 out of 12, Status] |
| Kevin Shea, Adam Sonderberg, and Dan Warburton - Folktales No. 3 [9 out of 12, Crouton] |
| Shearwater - Winged Life [9 out of 12, Misra] |
| Michael J. Sheehy - Ill Gotten Gains [1 out of 12, Beggars] |
| Shellac - 1000 Hurts [10 out of 12, Touch and Go], 1000 Hurts [10 out of 12, Touch and Go], 1000 Hurts [11 out of 12, Touch and Go], 1000 Hurts [12 out of 12, Touch and Go], 1000 Hurts [6 out of 12, Touch and Go], 1000 Hurts [11 out of 12, Touch and Go] |
| Sheriff - s/t [6 out of 12, Hapna] |
| The Shins - Oh, Inverted World [11 out of 12, Subpop] |
| The Shipping News - Very Soon, and In Pleasant Company [10 out of 12, Quarterstick], Carrier EP [11 out of 12, Quarterstick], Sickening Bridge EP [7 out of 12, Quarterstick], Three-Four [10 out of 12, Quarterstick] |
| SIANspheric - There's Always Someplace You'd Rather Be [11 out of 12, Sonic Unyon], The Sound of the Colour of the Sun [11 out of 12, Sonic Unyon] |
| Sick Bees - My Pleasure [5 out of 12, Up] |
| Sierpinski - This Geography of Ours [11 out of 12, Jonathon Whiskey] |
| Sightings - s/t [9 out of 12, Load], Absolutes [10 out of 12, Load] |
| Sigur Rós - Svefn - G - Englar EP [8 out of 12, Fat Cat], Ný Batterí [10 out of 12, Fat Cat], Ágætis Byrjun [9 out of 12, Fat Cat], () [11 out of 12, MCA] |
| Silkworm - Lifestyle [8 out of 12, Touch and Go], Italian Platinum [9 out of 12, Touch and Go] |
| The Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band With Choir - "This is Our Punk-Rock," Thee Rusted Satellites Gather + Sing [10 out of 12, Constellation] |
| The Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra and Tra-la-la Band - Born Into Trouble as the Sparks Fly Upward [11 out of 12, Constellation], Born Into Trouble as the Sparks Fly Upward [7 out of 12, Constellation] |
| Rebecca Simpson - Robot Drama EP [6 out of 12, Die Venom] |
| Sirhan Duran - s/t [9 out of 12, Luckie Pierre] |
| Sisterhood of Convoluted Thinkers - Ume Sour [9 out of 12, Darla] |
| Six Going on Seven - American't (or Won't) [2 out of 12, Big Wheel Recreation] |
| Six Organs of Admittance - Dust and Chimes [10 out of 12, Pavilion], Dark Noontide [11 out of 12, Holy Mountain], Purposeful Availment EP [11 out of 12, Three Lobed], s/t (Reissue) [11 out of 12, Holy Mountain] |
| Six Organs of Admittance/Charalambides - Songs From the Entoptic Garden Volume 2 [10 out of 12, Time-Lag] |
| The Sixth Great Lake - Up the Country [10 out of 12, Kindercore] |
| The Sixths - Hyaciths and Thistles [7 out of 12, Merge] |
| Sixty Stories - Anthem Red [7 out of 12, Smallman] |
| Skating Club - s/t [10 out of 12, Wishing Tree] |
| Skye Klad - II [8 out of 12, Mutant] |
| Skygreen Leopards - One Thousand Bird Ceremony [10 out of 12, Soft Abuse] |
| Slaw - Snakes and Ladders [9 out of 12, Doubtful Palace] |
| Sleater Kinney - One Beat [7 out of 12, Kill Rock Stars] |
| Slicker - Remixes [8 out of 12, Hefty], The Latest [10 out of 12, Hefty] |
| Slight Return - You Are Not Our Demographic [6 out of 12, Matlock] |
| Slipstream - Transcendental [11 out of 12, Enraptured] |
| Micah Blue Smaldone - Some Sweet Day [6 out of 12, Hyla-Phone] |
| Small Life Form - One [12 out of 12, Silber] |
| Smog - Dongs of Sevotion [10 out of 12, Drag City], 'Neath the Puke Tree EP [8 out of 12, Drag City], Rain on Lens [10 out of 12, Drag City], Supper [11 out of 12, Drag City] |
| Snowglobe - Our Land Brains [9 out of 12, Bardot] |
| Soft Boys - Nextdoorland [9 out of 12, Matador] |
| Soledad Brothers - Steal Your Soul and Dare Your Spirit to Move [9 out of 12, Estrus] |
| Solex - Low Kick and Hard Bop [12 out of 12, Matador] |
| Solex/The 198$$ - split 12" [10 out of 12, Progeria] |
| Songs: Ohia - The Lioness [11 out of 12, Secretly Canadian], Ghost Tropic [11 out of 12, Secretly Canadian], Didn't It Rain [10 out of 12, Secretly Canadian], Magnolia Electric Co. [9 out of 12, Secretly Canadian], Magnolia Electric Co. [9 out of 12, Secretly Canadian] |
| Sonic Temple Assassins - s/t 3" CDR [8 out of 12, 267 Lattajjaa] |
| Sonic Youth - NYC Ghosts & Flowers [11 out of 12, DGC], Murray Street [9 out of 12, DGC], Murray Street [11 out of 12, DGC], Murray Street [7 out of 12, DGC], Murray Street [10 out of 12, DGC], Sonic Nurse [10 out of 12, DGC] |
| Sonic Youth, I.C.P., The Ex - In the Fishtank [6 out of 12, Konkurrent] |
Sonna - These Windows are Pistons [11 out of 12, Temporary Residence], Kept Luminesce 7" [10 out of 12, Static Caravan], The Eventual Bow EP [12 out of 12, Temporary Residence], We Sing Loud Sing Soft Tonight [11 out of 12, Temporary Residence], Smile and the World Smiles With You [10 out of 12, Temporary Residence] |
| Sons & Daughters - Love the Cup [6 out of 12, Ba Da Bing!] |
| Geoff Soule - A Wild Man Brandishing an Uprooted Tree [8 out of 12, Super Mega Corporation] |
| The Soundtrack of Our Lives - Behind the Music [12 out of 12, Stickman] |
| Space Machine - 3 [3 out of 12, Important] |
| Spaced Out - Eponymus II [12 out of 12, Unicorn], s/t [1 out of 12, Unicorn] |
| Spaceheads with Max Eastley - The Time of the Ancient Astronaut [9 out of 12, Bip-Hop] |
| Spacemen 3 - Taking Drugs to Make Music to Take Drugs To [12 out of 12, Space Age Recordings] |
| Spacious International - Derail [3 out of 12, Screw Music Forever] |
| The Spacious Mind - Reality Blipcrotch 10" [9 out of 12, Goddamn I'm a Countryman], Live Volume One: Do Your Thing But Don't Touch Ours. Skogsnäs 26/10/99 [12 out of 12, Goddamn I'm a Countryman] |
| Alan Sparhawk/Charles Atlas - split 7" [10 out of 12, Star Star Stereo] |
| Sparklehorse - It's a Wonderful Life [12 out of 12, Capitol], Gold Day EP [12 out of 12, EMI] |
| Frankie Sparo - The Red Scare [9 out of 12, Constellation], Arena Hostile EP [8 out of 12, Constellation], Welcome Crummy Mystics [9 out of 12, Constellation] |
| Spectacular Fantastic - New Equations For the Simple Mind [8 out of 12, Ionik] |
| Speed Limit 35 - s/t [9 out of 12, RD] |
| Speedking - The Fist and the Laurels [7 out of 12, Tiger Style] |
| Splendor Mystic Solis - Heavy Acid Blowout Tensions Live [10 out of 12, Eclipse] |
| Splinter Group - Blowing Down Blue Sky [6 out of 12, WDTCHC] |
| Spoon - Girls Can Tell [7 out of 12, Merge] |
| Spring Heel Jack - The Sweetness of the Water [9 out of 12, Thirsty Ear] |
| Bruce Springsteen - The Rising [7 out of 12, Sony] |
| Ssion - Opportunity Bless My Soul [8 out of 12, Version City] |
| The Standard - s/t [5 out of 12, Barbaric] |
| Starflyer 59 - Old [10 out of 12, Tooth and Nail] |
| Stark Reality - Now [11 out of 12, Stone's Throw] |
| Stars of Aviation - Greatest Disappointment EP [10 out of 12, Grandpa] |
| Stars of the Lid - The Tired Sounds of Stars of the Lid [11 out of 12, Kranky], Avec Laudenum [11 out of 12, Kranky] |
| Starship Beer - Nut Music As Free As the Squirrels [10 out of 12, Atavistic] |
| The Starting Line - With Hopes of Starting Over EP [2 out of 12, Drive-Thru] |
| State River Widening - s/t [10 out of 12, Rocket Girl], Desertesque (for Hessen) 7" [9 out of 12, Beau Rivage] |
| Mikael Stavöstrand - Lite [8 out of 12, Mitek] |
| Howard Stelzer & Jason Talbot - Songs [9 out of 12, Intransitive] |
| Stereo Total - Musique Automatique [3 out of 12, Bobsled], Oh Ah [10 out of 12, Kill Rock Stars], Monokini [9 out of 12, Kill Rock Stars] |
| Stereobate - Selling Out in the Silent Era [8 out of 12, Distance Formula] |
| Stereobate/The Distance Formula - split 7" [8 out of 12, Distance Formula] |
| Stereolab - The First of the Microbe Hunters [9 out of 12, Elektra], Captain EasyChord EP [8 out of 12, Duophonic], Sound-Dust [10 out of 12, Elektra], ABC Music — The BBC Radio 1 Sessions [12 out of 12, Strange Fruit], Instant 0 in the Universe EP [9 out of 12, Elektra] |
| Steve Lantner Trio - Saying So [5 out of 12, Riti] |
| The Still - Nectar [9 out of 12, Pulcec] |
| Stipplicon - The Last Great Truth [4 out of 12, Pro-Anti] |
| Stone Breath - The Silver Skein Unwound [10 out of 12, Camera Obscura] |
| The Stratford 4 - The Revolt Against Tired Noises [6 out of 12, Jetset] |
| The Strokes - The Modern Age EP [10 out of 12, XL], Is This It [9 out of 12, RCA] |
| The Strugglers - Done by the Strugglers [10 out of 12, Brightwell], The New Room [9 out of 12, Tract] |
| Subarachnoid Space - Play Nice CDR [9 out of 12, self-released], Also Rising [10 out of 12, Strange Attractors] |
| Subarachnoid Space/Bardo Pond - split 12" [10 out of 12, Camera Obscura] |
| Subset - Dueling Devotions [7 out of 12, Tight Spot] |
| Matt Suggs - Golden Days Before They End [10 out of 12, Merge] |
| Taku Sugimoto & Annette Krebs - Eine Gitarre ist Eine Gitarre ist Keine Gitarre ist Eine Gitarre [10 out of 12, Rossbin] |
| Taku Sugimoto, Burkhard Stangl, Christof Kurzmann - In Tokyo: First Concert, Second Take [11 out of 12, Musica Genera] |
| Summer Hymns - A Celebratory Arm Gesture [10 out of 12, Misra] |
| The Summer in Between - s/t EP [3 out of 12, Kittridge] |
| Sun City Girls - A Bullet Through the Last Temple [10 out of 12, Abduction], Superculto [10 out of 12, Abduction], The Handsome Stranger [9 out of 12, Abduction], High Asia: Carnival Folklore Resurrection Volume 9 [10 out of 12, Abduction], Lo-Pacific: Carnival Folklore Resurrection Volume 10 [9 out of 12, Abduction], Flute and Mask [10 out of 12, Abduction], Wah [9 out of 12, Abduction] |
| Sun Kil Moon - Ghosts of the Great Highway [11 out of 12, Jetset] |
| Sunburned Hand of the Man - Headdress [11 out of 12, Records], Hoof Trip 7" [9 out of 12, Riot Season], Closer to the Bone 2CDR [9 out of 12, Manhand], Magnetic Drugs CDR [11 out of 12, Manhand], The Trickle-Down Theory of Lord Knows What [11 out of 12, Eclipse], s/t [11 out of 12, Skull], Rare Wood [9 out of 12, Spirit of Orr], The Secret in Disguise [10 out of 12, Manhand] |
| Sunday's Best - Poised to Break [8 out of 12, Polyvinyl] |
| Sunfall Festival - Monday 23 [11 out of 12, self-released] |
| Sunn 0))) - White2 [12 out of 12, Southern Lord] |
| Sunray/Sonic Boom - Music for the Dreammachine (Phase One) 12" [11 out of 12, Earworm] |
| Suntan - s/t EP [9 out of 12, Kimchee], Send You Home [11 out of 12, Kimchee] |
| Super Furry Animals - Rings Around the World [8 out of 12, Sony] |
| Super XX Man - Vol. IV [8 out of 12, Peek-A-Boo] |
| Superchunk - Here's to Shutting Up [9 out of 12, Merge] |
| Superdrag - In the Valley of the Dying Stars [5 out of 12, Arena Rock] |
| Surface of Eceon - The King Beneath the Mountain [10 out of 12, Strange Attractors] |
| Surface of Eceyon - Dragyyn [11 out of 12, Strange Attractors] |
| Swearing at Motorists - Number Seven Uptown [7 out of 12, Secretly Canadian] |
| Sweeder - Swallowed by the Sun [10 out of 12, Monitor] |
| The Switch - s/t EP [5 out of 12, self-released] |
| The Swords Project - s/t EP [9 out of 12, Absolutely Kosher] |
| Sybarite - musicforafilm [9 out of 12, Temporary Residence], Zealtronic Orange 7" [10 out of 12, Zeal], Placement Issues [10 out of 12, Temporary Residence], Nonument [7 out of 12, 4AD] |
| Systems Officer - s/t [10 out of 12, Ace Fu] |
| T. Rex - The Slider [12 out of 12, Edsel] |
| Tagging Satellites - Shooting Down the Airwaves [8 out of 12, Magwheel], Abstract Confession [8 out of 12, Magwheel] |
| Nobukazu Takemura - Hoshi No Koe [10 out of 12, Thrill Jockey] |
| Taking Pictures - Friends Are Ghosts [6 out of 12, My Pal God] |
| Talk Talk - Missing Pieces [10 out of 12, Pondlife] |
| Tanakh - Villa Claustrophobia [11 out of 12, Alien 8], Dieu Deuil [6 out of 12, Alien 8] |
| Tape - Opera [12 out of 12, Hapna] |
| Tarentel - From Bone to Satellite [10 out of 12, Temporary Residence], Two Sides of Myself 7" [8 out of 12, Static Caravan], Two Sides of Myself 7" [11 out of 12, Static Caravan], Looking For Things/Searching For Things 12" [11 out of 12, Resonant], The Order of Things [11 out of 12, Neurot], Mort Aux Vaches [10 out of 12, Staalplaat], Ephemera [10 out of 12, Temporary Residence] |
| Tarentel/Lilienthal - split 7" [7 out of 12, Awkward Silence] |
| Tarwater - Animals, Suns & Atoms [5 out of 12, Mute] |
| Terry Earl Taylor - Another Time [8 out of 12, Dark Holler] |
| Denis Tek and the Golden Breed - Glass Eye World [9 out of 12, Career] |
| Deniz Tek and Scott Morgan - 3 Assassins [8 out of 12, Career] |
| The Telescopes - Altered Perception [9 out of 12, Space Age] |
| Tenacious D - s/t [4 out of 12, Epic] |
| Jimi Tenor - Out of Nowhere [4 out of 12, Matador] |
| Teriyakis - Psychics to Sidekicks EP [7 out of 12, Priapus], Haunted Hungarian Sauna [8 out of 12, Priapus] |
| Terminal 4 - s/t [7 out of 12, Truckstop] |
| Test Tone Channel - Running for Words [8 out of 12, Matlock] |
| Tex La Homa - Here With You EP [8 out of 12, Superglider], Dazzle Me With Transience [8 out of 12, Superglider] |
| Thee More Shallows - The History of Sport Fishing [11 out of 12, Megalon] |
| Thee Silver Mountain Reveries - Pretty Little Lightning Paw [7 out of 12, Constellation] |
| Themselves - The No Music [9 out of 12, Anticon] |
| The Thermals - More Parts Per Million [11 out of 12, Subpop] |
| Theselah - No Sleep, More Fun [5 out of 12, KOA] |
| They Might Be Giants - Mink Car [9 out of 12, Restless] |
| Third Eye Foundation - I Poo Poo on Your Juju [11 out of 12, Merge] |
| This Busy Monster - Fireworks [8 out of 12, Barsuk] |
| This Heat - Deceit [12 out of 12, These] |
| This is the Process of a Still Life - s/t [10 out of 12, Firefly Sessions] |
| Threnody Ensemble - Timbre Hollow [9 out of 12, New Albion] |
| Throwing Muses - s/t [10 out of 12, 4AD] |
| Thuja - Suns [10 out of 12, Emperor Jones], Hills [10 out of 12, Last Visible Dog], All Strange Beasts of the Past [11 out of 12, Emperor Jones] |
| Thunderbirds are Now! - Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief [9 out of 12, Action Driver] |
| Tiara - Again Cast In [9 out of 12, Anyway] |
| Tied & Tickled Trio - Ea1 Ea2 [9 out of 12, Drag City], ea1 ea2 rmx [9 out of 12, Morr Music], Electric Avenue Tapes [11 out of 12, Clearspot] |
| Yann Tiersen - Music from Amelie (Soundtrack) [11 out of 12, Virgin] |
| Tiger Saw - Gimme Danger/Gimme Sweetness [9 out of 12, Kimchee] |
| Tigersmilk - s/t [5 out of 12, Family Vineyard] |
| Timesbold - Woe Be Gone [11 out of 12, Zeal] |
| Timonium - Suspende Animation [10 out of 12, Pehr], Until He Finds Us [8 out of 12, Pehr] |
| Tindersticks - Waiting For the Moon [8 out of 12, Beggars Banquet], Waiting For the Moon [10 out of 12, Beggars] |
| Tinh - Acoustic Rain [10 out of 12, East Wind] |
| To Rococo Rot - Kölner Brett [11 out of 12, Staubgold] |
| To Rococo Rot and I-Sound - Music is a Hungry Ghost [9 out of 12, Mute] |
| Tomahawk - s/t [8 out of 12, Ipecac] |
| Toog - Lou Etendue [7 out of 12, Karaoke Kalk] |
| Jenny Toomey - Antidote [10 out of 12, Misra] |
| David Toop and Max Eastley - Doll Creature [1 out of 12, Bip-Hop] |
| Rafael Toral - Cyclorama Lift 3 [10 out of 12, Tomlab], Violence of Discovery and Calm of Acceptance [10 out of 12, Touch] |
| Torrez - The Evening Drag [8 out of 12, Kimchee] |
| Patrik Torsson - Kolvätaserenader [5 out of 12, Hapna] |
| Tortoise - Gently Cupping the Chin of the Ape EP [7 out of 12, Thrill Jockey], Standards [11 out of 12, Thrill Jockey], It's All Around You [10 out of 12, Thrill Jockey] |
| Toshack Highway vs. Sianspheric - Magnetic Morning/Aspirin Age [8 out of 12, Sonic Unyon] |
| Tourettes Lautrec - Red All [10 out of 12, Sympathy For the Record Industry] |
| Town and Country - It All Has to Do With It [6 out of 12, Thrill Jockey] |
| Track Star - Lion Destroyed the Whole World [9 out of 12, Better Looking] |
| Trans Am - You Can Always Get What You Want [8 out of 12, Thrill Jockey], Red Line [10 out of 12, Thrill Jockey], TA [8 out of 12, Thrill Jockey] |
| TransChamps - Double Exposure EP [8 out of 12, Thrill Jockey] |
| Transistor Transistor - s/t [9 out of 12, Level Plane] |
| Trenchcoat Club - Hitch Your Station Wagon to a Star [5 out of 12, Caveat Emptor] |
| Frank Tribes - s/t [9 out of 12, Sen] |
| Tristan da Cunha - s/t [5 out of 12, Losing Blueprint] |
| Tristeza - Dream Signals in Full Circles [12 out of 12, Tiger Style], Are We People 7" [6 out of 12, Tiger Style], Foreshadow CDEP [9 out of 12, Caffeine vs. Nicotine], s/t EP [10 out of 12, Gravity] |
| Troum - Tjukurrpa I: Harmonies [11 out of 12, Transgredient] |
| True Swamp Neglect - Sleep Function Lost [7 out of 12, Superglider] |
| Assif Tsahar, Mat Maneri, Jim Black - Jam [10 out of 12, Hopscotch] |
| Assif Tsahar, Tatsuya Nakatani - Come Sunday [11 out of 12, Hopscotch] |
| Tsurubami - Gekkyukekkaichi [10 out of 12, Strange Attractors] |
| Tundra Survey - Four Seasons Singles Club [3 out of 12, Day Release], Cracked Radiator, Bum Transmission [10 out of 12, self-released] |
| Turid - I Retur [10 out of 12, Silence] |
| Tussle - Eye Contact 12" [10 out of 12, Troubleman Unlimited] |
| Tuuli - Here We Go [12 out of 12, Linus] |
| TV On the Radio - Young Liars [8 out of 12, Touch and Go], Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes [9 out of 12, Touch and Go] |
| Tweaker - 2 AM Wakeup Call [7 out of 12, Waxploitation] |
| Twelve - First Album [6 out of 12, Silber] |
| Twenty Minute Loop - Decline of Day [6 out of 12, Fortune] |
| Twigs - Epicure [10 out of 12, Endearing] |
| The Tyde - Twice [6 out of 12, Rough Trade] |
| Typewash - Beekey [5 out of 12, 4Boxs] |
| Ugly Casanova - Sharpen Your Teeth [10 out of 12, Subpop] |
| Ui - Answers [11 out of 12, Southern] |
| Ulan Bator - D-Construction [8 out of 12, Les Disques du Soleil et de l'Acier] |
| Ultra Living - Transgression [10 out of 12, After Hours] |
| Ultraviolet Makes Me Sick - ... No Freeway, No Plan, No Trees, No Ghosts [9 out of 12, Camera Obscura] |
| Unexplained Transmissions - s/t [10 out of 12, Ochre] |
| The Unintended - s/t [11 out of 12, Blue Fog] |
| The Unstable Ensemble - 17 Ways [2 out of 12, Family Vineyard], The Liturgy of Ghosts [7 out of 12, Family Vineyard] |
| Unwed Sailor - The Faithful Anchor [9 out of 12, Lovesick] |
| Unwound - Leaves Turn Inside You [10 out of 12, Kill Rock Stars] |
| US Maple - Acre Thrills [12 out of 12, Drag City], Acre Thrills [10 out of 12, Drag City], Purple On Time. [10 out of 12, Drag City] |
| John Vanderslice - Mass Suicide Occult Figurines [7 out of 12, Barsuk] |
| Various Artists - Immediate Action #6 [jim steed out of 12, 8], Take Me Home: A Tribute to John Denver [10 out of 12, Badman], The Unaccompanied Voice [4 out of 12, Secretly Canadian], Do Not Fear the Future [5 out of 12, Grimsey], Sonig Compilation [8 out of 12, Thrill Jockey], Titanium Exposé Issue 2 Zine + 7" [9 out of 12, Titanium Exposé], Pieces of a Utopian Puzzle [9 out of 12, Priapus], Sounds of the Geographically Challenged [7 out of 12, Temporary Residence], Masstransfer Issue 4 [12 out of 12, Masstransfer], My Pal God Holiday Record 2 [9 out of 12, My Pal God], Che Fest 1999 [9 out of 12, Slowdance], Keep Left Vol. 1 [9 out of 12, Ace Fu], Louisville Sonic Imprint [8 out of 12, Ghetto Defendant], Harmony of the Spheres [12 out of 12, Drunken Fish], O Brother, Where Art Thou? (Soundtrack) [12 out of 12, Mercury], Membranaphonics [8 out of 12, Monitor], Series 7 (Soundtrack) [7 out of 12, Koch], Rocket Racer Triple 7" Box Set [10 out of 12, Rocket Racer], Duluth Does Dylan [7 out of 12, Spinout], Rocket Girl Double CD Compilation [10 out of 12, Rocket Girl], Give the People What We Want: Songs of the Kinks [6 out of 12, Subpop], Elefant Dosmiluno [10 out of 12, Elefant], Rock Music: A Tribute to Weezer [1 out of 12, Dead Droid], All Tomorrow's Parties 1.1 [11 out of 12, All Tomorrow's Parties], Nanoloop 1.0 [8 out of 12, Disco Bruit], Brain in the Wire [12 out of 12, Brainwashed], Quartermass vs. Kitty-Yo [7 out of 12, Quartermass], Mass Transit [3 out of 12, Woodson Lateral], A Gift From a Garden To a Flower: A Tribute to Donovan [11 out of 12, Darla], Demon Lover (Soundtrack) [7 out of 12, Virgin], Everything is Ending Here: A Tribute to Pavement [8 out of 12, Homesleep], The Terrascope 5 Singles Box Set [6 out of 12, Time Lag], Yes New York [2 out of 12, Vice], IAMAPHOTOGRAPHER [7 out of 12, Plain], You Can Never Go Fast Enough [9 out of 12, Plain], Themes:01 [5 out of 12, Ochre], Wooden Guitar [11 out of 12, Locust], An Anthology of Noise & Electronic Music—Second A-Chronology 1936-2003 [9 out of 12, Sub Rosa], For the Dead In Space Volumes II & III [10 out of 12, Secret Eye], Further Adventures of the Telepathic Explorers [10 out of 12, Free City Media], Death Before Disco [8 out of 12, Prince House], Just Drums [10 out of 12, Fever Pitch], Labyrinths and Jokes [9 out of 12, Hanson], VGM Mix Tape 8 [9 out of 12, No Sides], TRR50 Thank You [9 out of 12, Temporary Residence], Record of Shadows Infinite [8 out of 12, Crucial Blast], Secrets and Sounds [10 out of 12, Animal Disguise], Feedback to the Future [6 out of 12, Mobile], Tarot or Aorta: Memories of a PRE Festival [9 out of 12, Smack Shire], I Am a Cold Rock. I Am Dull Grass. A Tribute to the Music of Will Oldham [3 out of 12, Tract], Bush Taxi Mali - Field Recordings From Mali [10 out of 12, Sublime Frequencies] |
| Justin Vellucci - In Memory of Eden's Sons, Who Were [4 out of 12, Secret Decoder] |
| Verbena - La Musica Negra [8 out of 12, Capitol], La Musica Negra [4 out of 12, Capitol] |
| Verdure - The Telescope Dream-Patterns [9 out of 12, Camera Obscura] |
| Vermilion - Flattening Mountains and Creating Empires [8 out of 12, Redwood] |
| Vermont - Calling Albany [7 out of 12, Kindercore] |
| Versus - Shangri-La EP [9 out of 12, Merge], Hurrah [9 out of 12, Merge], Drawn and Quartered EP [9 out of 12, Insound] |
| Vervein - Vast Low Cities [12 out of 12, Angry Moose] |
| Vetiver - s/t [9 out of 12, DiCristina] |
| Via Tania - Under a Different Sky [6 out of 12, Chocolate Industries] |
| Vibracathedral Orchestra - Versatile Arab Chord Chart [11 out of 12, VHF], Dabbling With Gravity and Who Are You [10 out of 12, VHF], My Gate's Open, Tremble By My Side (reissue) [10 out of 12, Lexicon Devil], Live on WFMU [10 out of 12, Eclipse], Double LP [9 out of 12, self-released] |
| Viki/Hair Police - split [10 out of 12, Load] |
| The Vines - Highly Evolved [4 out of 12, Capitol] |
| Violent Femmes - s/t (reissue) [10 out of 12, Rhino] |
| Virtues - Ruminate [6 out of 12, Zip] |
| Visitations - s/t [10 out of 12, self-released] |
| Vitesse - What Can Not Be But Is [11 out of 12, Acuarela] |
| Vocokesh - The Tenth Corner [10 out of 12, Strange Attractors] |
| Volcano the Bear - The One Burned Ma [11 out of 12, Misra] |
| Volta Do Mar - At the Speed of Light [7 out of 12, Arborvitae] |
| Von Lmo - Future Language [6 out of 12, Flemish Masters] |
| Rocky Votolato - Burning My Travels Clean [2 out of 12, Second Nature] |
| Voyager One - From the New Nation of Long Shadows [10 out of 12, Loveless], Monster Zero [11 out of 12, Loveless] |
| Andy Wagner - Horse Year [10 out of 12, Tense Forms] |
| The Wailing Wall - s/t [8 out of 12, Shadoks] |
| The Walkmen - s/t [8 out of 12, Star Time], Everyone Who Pretended to Like Me Is Gone [11 out of 12, Startime] |
| T.W. Walsh - Pollensongs EP [6 out of 12, My Pal God] |
| The Warmers - Wanted: More [6 out of 12, Dischord] |
| Patty Waters - You Thrill Me [9 out of 12, Water] |
| Alan Watts - This Is It [9 out of 12, Locust] |
| We Ragazzi - The Ache [7 out of 12, Self-Starter Foundation] |
| Weakling - Dead as Dreams [4 out of 12, Tumult] |
| Greg Weeks - Awake Like Sleep [11 out of 12, BaDaBing!] |
| Weezer - s/t (The Green Album) [6 out of 12, Universal] |
| Weights and Measures - Tonight, the Lower Abdominals EP [9 out of 12, Matlock] |
| Weird War - s/t [5 out of 12, Drag City], If You Can't Beat 'Em, Bite 'Em [10 out of 12, Drag City] |
| John Weise - Bubble Pulse [9 out of 12, Kissy] |
| Gillian Welch - Time (The Revelator) [10 out of 12, Acony], Soul Journey [9 out of 12, Acony] |
| Paul Weller - Illumination [11 out of 12, Yep Roc] |
| Whip - Timesbold [10 out of 12, Blackbean & Placenta], Song Song [10 out of 12, Priapus], Sewn in Seems 7" [10 out of 12, Zeal] |
| The Whip - Freelance Liason 7" [11 out of 12, Wantage USA] |
| James White - Flaming Demonics [4 out of 12, ZE] |
| James White & the Blacks - Off White [6 out of 12, ZE] |
| The White Stripes - White Blood Cells [10 out of 12, Sympathy for the Record Industry], Elephant [8 out of 12, V2] |
| Keith Fullerton Whitman - Playthroughs [11 out of 12, Kranky], Schoner FluBengel [11 out of 12, Kranky] |
| John Wiese - Magical Crystal Blah [9 out of 12, Helicopter] |
| John Wiese & Daniel Menche - Behold the Scathing Light 3" CD [9 out of 12, Helicopter] |
| Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot [11 out of 12, Nonesuch] |
| Davey Williams and Numb Right Thumb - Texas was Delicious [9 out of 12, Megalon] |
| Jimmy Winchell - Gives You the Business EP [2 out of 12, Priapus] |
| The Wind-Up Bird - Whips [12 out of 12, Music Fellowship] |
| Windsor for the Derby - The Emotional Rescue LP [10 out of 12, Aesthetics], We Fight 'Til Death [4 out of 12, Secretly Canadian] |
| Windy & Carl - Consciousness [12 out of 12, Kranky], Introspection [11 out of 12, Blue Flea], Introspection [12 out of 12, Blue Flea] |
| Windy & Carl & the Lothars - s/t [11 out of 12, Blue Flea] |
| Windy & Carl/Electroscope - Gulliver Whiskey 20 7" [11 out of 12, Jonathon Whiskey] |
| Windy & Carl/Landing - split album [12 out of 12, Music Fellowship], split album [12 out of 12, Music Fellowship] |
| Windy & Carl/Sadaar Bazaar - split 12" [11 out of 12, Earworm] |
| Wisdom of Harry - House of Binary [5 out of 12, Matador] |
| Wolf Colonel - Something/ Everything! [11 out of 12, K] |
| Wolf Eyes - Slicer [10 out of 12, Hanson], Slicer [5 out of 12, Hanson], Burned Mind [11 out of 12, Sub Pop] |
| Woolly Leaves - Dew Dab [9 out of 12, Die! Venom] |
| The World/Inferno Friendship Society - Just the Best Party [4 out of 12, Gern Blandsten] |
| Jack Wright and Bob Marsh - Birds In the Hand [9 out of 12, Public Eyesore] |
| Shannon Wright - Dyed in the Wool [10 out of 12, Quarterstick] |
| Xinlisupreme - Tomorrow Never Comes [10 out of 12, Fat Cat], Murder License EP [9 out of 12, Fat Cat] |
| Xiu Xiu - Knife Play [? out of 12, 5 Rue Christine], Knife Play [9 out of 12, 5 Rue Christine], Chapel of the Chimes EP [10 out of 12, Absolutely Kosher], Fag Patrol [6 out of 12, Free Porcupine Society], A Promise [9 out of 12, 5 Rue Christine], Fabulous Muscles [8 out of 12, 5 Rue Christine] |
| Y.A.C.H.T. - Super Warren MMIV [10 out of 12, States Rights] |
| Bethany Yarrow - Rock Island [6 out of 12, Little Monster] |
| Yeah Yeah Yeahs - s/t EP [5 out of 12, Touch and Go], Fever to Tell [4 out of 12, Interscope] |
| Yellow 6 - Icanhearthemusicallaroundme 12" [12 out of 12, Atomic Recordings], Overtone [11 out of 12, Enraptured], Catherine Whiskey 18 Postcard EP [12 out of 12, Jonathon Whiskey], Music For Pleasure [12 out of 12, Rocket Racer], Lake:Desert [12 out of 12, Ochre], Decay:Repeat [11 out of 12, TeleRAN], Disappear Here [11 out of 12, Make Mine Music] |
| Yellow 6, Charles Atlas, Jessica Bailiff - Live Show March 18, 2003 [11 out of 12, Cafe du Nord, San Francisco] |
| Yellow 6/2 By Bukowski - split 7" [8 out of 12, Pop Art] |
| Yellow 6/Rothko/Landing - New Found Land [12 out of 12, Music Fellowship] |
| Yellow 6/Tin Foil Star - Shell Whiskey 11 7" [10 out of 12, Jonathon Whiskey] |
| Yo La Tengo - Danelectro EP [10 out of 12, Matador], Nuclear War EP [10 out of 12, Matador], Summer Sun [11 out of 12, Matador], Summer Sun [11 out of 12, Matador], Today is the Day EP [10 out of 12, Matador] |
| Richard Youngs - Sapphie [10 out of 12, Jagjaguwar], Making Paper [10 out of 12, Jagjaguwar], May [9 out of 12, Jagjaguwar] |
| Richard Youngs and Simon Wickham-Smith - Lake [10 out of 12, VHF] |
| Youngsbower - Relayer [12 out of 12, VHF] |
| Yume Bitsu - s/t [12 out of 12, Ba Da Bing!], Auspicious Winds [11 out of 12, K], The Golden Vessyl of Sound [12 out of 12, K] |
| Thalia Zedek - Been Here & Gone [10 out of 12, Matador] |
| Zongamin - s/t [5 out of 12, XL] |
| Zukanican - E 5number EP [8 out of 12, Pickled Egg] |
