The Best Records of 2001

Readers	Writers
The Microphones - The Glow, Pt. 2 (K) [15%] Fennesz - Endless Summer (Mego) [10.8%] Boredoms - Vision Creation Newsun (Birdman) [9.6%] Sparklehorse - It's a Wonderful Life (Capitol) [8.3%] Explosions in the Sky - Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Die... (Temporary Residence) [7.9%], Stars of the Lid - The Tired Sounds of ... (Kranky) [7.9%] Fridge - Happiness (Brainwashed/Temporary Residence) [4.6%], Tarentel - The Order of Things (Neurot) [4.6%] Kinski - Be Gentle With the Warm Turtle (Pacifico) [2.9%], Tied and Tickled Trio - Electric Avenue Tapes (Clearspot) [2.9%] Avey Tare, Panda Bear, Geologist - Danse Manatee (Catsup Plate) [2.5%], Maya Shore - Farewell to Introductions (Music Fellowship) [2.5%] Jackie-O Motherfucker - Liberation (Road Cone) [2.1%], Landing - Oceanless (Strange Attractors) [2.1%]	Stars of the Lid - The Tired Sounds of ... (Kranky) [6/13] Fridge - Happiness (Brainwashed/Temporary Residence) [5/13], The Microphones - The Glow, Pt. 2 (K) [5/13] Kinski - Be Gentle With the Warm Turtle (Pacifico) [4/13], Windy & Carl - Consciousness (Kranky) [4/13] Fugazi - The Argument (Dischord) [3/13], Low - Things We Lost in the Fire (Kranky) [3/13], Yellow 6 - Lake:Desert (Ochre) [3/13], Jackie-O Motherfucker - Liberation (Road Cone) [3/13]
David Christensen	Sean Hammond
Four Tet - Pause (Domino) Fridge - Happiness (Temporary Residence / Brainwashed) Fugazi - The Argument / Furniture (Dischord) Gang of Four - Entertainment (Warner Bros) Kinski - Be Gentle With the Warm Turtle (Pacifico) Labradford - Fixed::Context (Kranky) Lift to Experience - The Texas-Jerusalem Crossroads (Bella Union) Low - Things We Lost in the Fire (Kranky) Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure (Virgin) Tied & Tickled Trio - Electric Avenue Tapes (Clearspot)	Owen - Owen (Polyvinyl Records) Windy & Carl - Consciousness (Kranky) Greg Weeks - Awake Like Sleep (Ba Da Bing!) Stars of the Lid - The Tired Sounds of... (Kranky) Bjork - Vespertine (WEA / Elektra) The Microphones - the glow, pt. 2 (K Records) Yellow 6 - Lake:Desert (Ochre Records) Mogwai - 5 Song Tour EP The Vessyl Collective - Friends to Make Music to Make Friends To (K, Strange Attractors, Music Fellowship) The American Analog Set - Know by Heart (Tigerstyle Records)
Chris Scofield	Cory Rayborn
Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso UFO - La Novia (Swordfish) Stars of the Lid - The Tired Sounds off Stars of the Lid (Kranky) Steffen Basho-Junghans - INSIDE (Strange Attractors Audio House) Jackie-O Motherfucker - The Magick Fire Music (Ecstatic Peace!) William Parker & Hamid Drake - Piercing the Veil (Aum Fidelity) Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso UFO - Absolutely Freak Out (Zap Your Mind!) LP (Static Caravan/Resonant) Six Organs of Admittance / Charalambides - Songs From the Entropic Garden Vol. 2 LP (Time-Lag Recordings) John Coltrane - The Olatunji Concert: The Last Live Recording (Impulse) The Black Sun Ensemble - s/t (REISSUE) (Camera Obscura) Various Artists - Clicks & Cuts 2 (Mille Plateaux)	Silver Jews - Bright Flight (Drag City) Bardo Pond - Dilate (Matador) Tarentel - The Order of Things (Neurot) Acid Mothers Temple and the Melting Paraiso U.F.O. - La Novia (Eclipse) Mogwai - Rock Action (Matador) Pelt - Ayahuasca (VHF) Explosions in the Sky - Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Die, Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Live Forever (Temporary Residence) Shipping News - Very Soon, and In Pleasant Company (Quarterstick) Papa M - Whatever, Mortal (Drag City) Preston School of Industry - All This Sounds Gas (Matador)
Gil Gershman	Daron Gardner
Pan Sonic - Aaltopiiri (Blast First/Mute) Dipsomaniacs - Stethoscopic Notion (Camera Obscura) Ulrich Schnauss - Far Away Trains Passing By (City Centre Office) No-Man - Returning Jesus (Third Stone) P.G. Six - Parlor Tricks and Porch Favorites (Amish) Rothko - No Chart, No Anchor, No Rudder, No Sails (Burning Shed) Toshimaru Nakamura & Sachiko M - Do (Erstwhile) Surface of Eceon - The King Beneath the Mountain (Strange Attractors) :Zoviet*France: - The Decriminilisation of Country Music (Tramway) Jackie-O Motherfucker - Liberation (Road Cone)	Pinback - Blue Screen LIfe (Ace Fu) Windy & Carl - Consciousness (Kranky) Pelt - Ayahuasca (vhf) Stars of the lid - The Tired Sounds of ... (Kranky) Microphones - The Glow, Pt. 2 (K) Tarentel - The Order of Things (Neurot) Fennesz - Endless Summer (Mego) Rothko - No Chart, No Anchr, No Rudder, No Sails (Burning Shed) Yellow 6 - Lake:Dessert (Ochre) Kinski - Be Gentle With the Warm Turtle (Pacifico)
Spencer Owen	David Raposa
The Microphones - The Glow Pt. 2 (K) Laurie Anderson - Life on a String (Nonesuch) Boredoms - Vision Creation Newsun (Birdman) U.S. Maple - Acre Thrills (Drag City) Stereolab - Sound-Dust (Elektra) Radiohead - Amnesiac (Capitol) OOIOO - Feather Float (Birdman) Solex - Low Kick and Hard Bop (Matador) Yann Tiersen - Music from "Amelie" (Virgin) The Danielson Famile - Fetch the Compass Kids (Secretly Canadian)	Fridge - Happiness (Temporary Residence) Jenny Toomey - Antidote (Misra Records) Ted Leo / Pharmacists - The Tyranny of Distance (Lookout!) Dismemberment Plan - Change (Desoto Records) Jay-Z - The Blueprint (Def Jam Records) Fugazi - The Argument (Dischord) Destroyer - Streethawk: A Seduction (Misra Records) Aaliyah - Aaliyah (Blackground) Azure Ray - Azure Ray (Warm Records) Lightning Bolt - Ride the Skies (Load Records)
Scarlett Lindsay	Bryan Colesby
Piano Magic - I Came To Your Party Dressed As A Shadow EP (Acuarela) Mogwai - Travels In Constants EP (Temporary Residence) Idaho - Levitate (Idaho Music) Mark Kozelek - What's Next To The Moon (Badman Recording Co) Low - Things We Lost In The Fire (Kranky) Landing - Oceanless (Strange Attractors Audio House) Fridge - Happiness (Temporary Residence) Fugazi - The Argument (Dischord) REM - Reveal (Warner Bros) Piano Magic - Son de Mar (4AD)	Windy & Carl - Consciousness (Kranky) Kinski - Be Gentle With the Warm Turtle (Pacifico Recordings) Saturnine - Pleasure of Ruins (Motorcoat/Victoria Recordings) Stars of the Lid - The Tired Sounds of ... (Kranky) Bardo Pond - Lapsed (Matador) Windy & Carl/Electroscope - split 7" (Jonathon Whiskey) The Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra and Tra-la-la Band - Born Into Trouble as the Sparks Fly Upward (Constellation) Microphones - The Glow, Pt. 2 (K) Maya Shore - Farewell to Introductions (Music Fellowship) Vessyl Collective - Friends to make music to make friends to. (Strange Attractors, K, Music Fellowship, Ba Da Bing)
Pete Baumann	Jim Steed
The Microphones - The Glow, Pt. 2 (k) Hood - Home is Where it Hurts (Aesthetics) Landing - Oceanless (Strange Attractors) Stars of the Lid - The Tired Sounds of... (Kranky) Yellow 6 - Lake:Desert (Ochre) Surface of Eceon - The King Beneath the Mountain (Strange Attractors) Windy & Carl - Consciousness (Kranky) Hood - Cold House (Aesthetics) Greg Weeks - Awake Like Sleep (Ba Da Bing!) Low - The Things We Lost in the Fire (Kranky)	Kinski - Be Gentle With the Warm Turtle (Pacifico) Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Ease Down the Road (Palace) Fridge - Happiness (Brainwashed) Jim O'Rourke - Insignificance (Drag City) Tied and Tickled Trio - Electric Avenue Tapes (Clearspot) The New Year - Newness Ends (Touch and Go) Papa M - Whatever, Mortal (Drag City) Tortoise - Standards (Thrill Jockey) The White Stripes - White Blood Cells (Sympathy for the Record Industry) Landing - Circuit (Music Fellowship)
Anthony Gerace
Sparklehorse - It's A Wonderful Life (Capitol) Explosions in the Sky - Those Who Tell Truth Shall Die, Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Live Forever (Temporary Residence Ltd.) Unwound - Leaves Turn Inside You (Kill Rock Stars) Calla - Scavengers (Young God) Hayden - Skyscraper National Park (Hardwood) Stars of the Lid - Tired Sounds of Stars of the Lid (Kranky) Les Savy Fav - Go Forth (Frenchkiss) Fridge - Happiness (Temporary Residence Ltd.) Jackie-O Motherfucker - Liberation (Road Cone) Buellton - Avenue of the Flags (filmGUERRERO)