WPRB best of 2002

WPRB 2002 DJ "Best of" Lists

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Daniel DiMaggio Top 20/10 of 2002

1. Bright Eyes - Lifted.../Desaparecidos - Read Music/Speak Spanish (Saddle Creek)
2. Andrew WK - I Get Wet (Island)
3. Edan - Sprain Your Tape Deck E.P. (Lewis)
4. Ben Folds - Ben Folds Live (Epic)
5. Hot Snakes - Suicide Invoice (Swami)
6. Reigning Sound - Time Bomb High School (In The Red)
7. Iron And Wine - The Creek Drank The Cradle (Sub Pop)
8. Wolf Eyes - Dread (Bulb)
9. Paul Flaherty/Chris Corsano/Greg Kelley - Sannyasi (Wet Paint)
10. Radio 4 - Gotham! (Gern Blandstein)
11. Comets On Fire - Field Recordings From The Sun (Ba Da Bing)
12. Six Organs Of Admittance - Dark Noontide (Holy Mountain)
13. Derek Bailey - Ballads (Tzadik)
14. Blood Brothers - March On Electric Children - (Three One G)
15. The Hunches - Yes. No. Shut It. (In The Red)
16. The Miss - No Radio (Morphius)
17. The French Kicks - One Time Bells (Startime)
18. The Lightbox Orchestra - First Contact! - Locust
19. Enos Slaughter - On Sunday (Sound@1)
20. Weezer - Maladroit (DGC)

Reissues

1. Rocket From The Tombs - The Day The Earth Met The... (Smogveil)
2. Beresford/Honsinger/Toop/Kondo - Imitation Of Life/Double Indemnity (Atavistic/UMS)
3. The Violent Femmes - s/t (Slash/Rhino)
4. Smith/Williams/Christmann/Muller -White Earth Streak (Atavistic/UMS)
5. Brotzmann/Van Hove/Bennink - Balls (Atavistic/UMS)
6. Patto - Hold Your Fire - (Akarma)
7. Frank Wright - One For John (BYG/Get Back)
8. Michael Yonkers Band - Microminiature Love (De Stijl)
9. Erica Pomerance - You Used To Think (ESP/Abraxas)
10. The Girls - Live At The Rathskellar - Abaton

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John Eastridge's Favorite Records Of 2002

01 Andrew WK, I Get Wet (Island)
02 Rye Coalition, On Top (Tiger Style)
-NJ!!
03 Peter Brotzman, Balls (Altavistic)
-Having heard about Balls my whole life but never actually having heard it, I was ecstatic to find that someone was finally doing a reissue. My deepest graditude to whomever organized this.
04 Blackalicious, Blazing Arrow (MCA)
05 Hot Snakes, Suicide Invoice (Swamii)
06 Wolf Eyes, Fuck Pete Larsen (Bulb)
-The other albums they put out this year are also excellent.
07 Dalek, From Filthy Tongue of Gods and Griots (Ipecac)
-NJ!!
08 Ikara Colt, Chat and Business (Epitath)
09 Sahara Hotnights, Jennie Bomb (RCA)
10 Tom Waits, Alice/Blood Money (Anti)
-Blood Money is the better album but I can't let them take up two spaces.
11 Sleater-Kinney, One Beat (Kill Rock Stars)
-"Oh!" is perhaps the best single of the year and is my favorite Sleater-Kinney song ever.
12 Weezer, Maladroit (Geffen)
13 David S. Ware , Freedom Suite (AUM Fidelity)
-Their take on Sonny Rollins' classic
14 Matthew Shipp, Songs (Splasc(h))
15 El-P , Fantastic Damage (Def Jux)
16 Orthrelm , Aristir Vieldriox (Troubleman)
17 Brother Ah, Sound Awareness (IKEF)
18 Derek Bailey, Ballads (Tzadik)
19 Sonic Youth, Murray Street (Interscope)
-They get props for putting Borbetomagus on "Radical Adults Lick Godhead Style"
20 Interpol, Turn On The Bright Lights (Matador)
21 Boggs , We Are The Boggs We Are (Arena Rock)

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Top 20 Records of 2002
By Al Brown

1) Count Me Out - Permanent - Indecision
2) Champion - Count Our Numbers - Bridge 9
3) Stay Gold - Pills and Advice - Indecision
4) Suicide File, The - s/t 7Ó - Indecision
5) Hope Conspiracy, The - Endnote - Equal Vision
6) Streets, The - Original Pirate Material - Viceland
7) Sparta - Wiretap Scars - Dreamworks
8) Sahara Hotnights - Jennie Bomb - Jetset
9) Breeders, The - Title TK - Elektra
10) Panic - s/t - Bridge 9
11) ...Trail of Dead - Source Tags and Codes - Interscope
12) Knives Out - Heartburn - Deathwish Inc.
13) Outbreak - Eaten Alive œ- Western Front
14) Red Hot Chili Peppers - By the Way - Warner Bros.
15) Horror Show - Our Design - Deathwish Inc.
16) A New Enemy - s/t - Panic Attack
17) Trial By Fire - Ringing in the Dawn - Jade Tree
18) Coralie Clement - Salle Des Pas Perdus - Capitol
19) First Step, The - Open Hearts and Clear Minds - Livewire
20) Blackheart Procession, The - Amore del Tropico - Touch and Go

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Greg P's top 10 favorite albums of 2002.

1. Ben Kweller - Sha Sha
2. Death Cab for Cutie - You can Play These Songs with Chords
3. Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
4. Spoon - Kill the Moonlight
5. And You will know us by the trail of dead... - Source Tags & codes
6. Weezer - Maladroit
7. Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
8. Deathray Davies - The Day of the Ray
9. Enon - High Society
10. The Peacocks - Peacock Party

Honorable mention:
The Vines - Highly Evolved
Andrew WK - I Get Wet (was this 2002?)
Lambchop - Is a Woman
Luna - Romantica
Microphones - Song Islands
Imperial Teen - On

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The Guy That Stole Your Bike's Top Few Records of 2002 in no particular order and with no concern for recording date.

Baseball Furies-Better Than Ever (Big Neck Records)
-good, fast garage punk the way i likes it

Spits-S/T (their second self titled album) (Slovenly Records)
-brilliantly idiotic punk with keyboards

Supercharger-Singles Party (Rip Off Records)
-"cheap sloppy intensity...Herman Munster head and shoulders above the garage punk status quo"

V/A Rip Off Singles Compilation Second Strike (Rip Off)
-rip offs last single plus loli and chones, registrators, stipjes and problematics singles!

Kill-A-Watts-Electrorock (Rip Off)
-catchy and rockin!!

Dirty Sweets-Bubblegum Damaged (Rip Off)
-see above! yes 4 rip off releases!

Cripples-Dirty Head (Dirtnap Records)
Lost Sounds-Rats Brains and Microchips (Empty Records)
-these bands sound like if devo hated you

Consumers-All My Friends Are Dead (In The Red)
-these 77 punks should have been huge but weren't

Piranhas-Erotic Grit Movies (In The Red)
Piranhas-S/T (On/On Switch)
-their "genre" "future primitive punk" says it all

Buttocks-Law and Order (Weird System)
-unbelievable German punk 79-83

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Art A:

Favorite Releases of 2002 (alphabetical order)

City of Caterpillar - s/t album (Level-Plane)
-Dramatic and atmospheric hardcore that sounds like Antioch Arrow in outer space.

Combatwoundedveteran - Duck Down For the Torso (No Idea)
-Florida metal/hardcore where every blast and scream means something. I bet they like their Florida death metal just as much as their Hot Water Music.

Hot Hot Heat - Knock Knock Knock EP (SubPop)
-Spazzo pop music, better than their full-length.

Hot Snakes - Suicide Invoice (Swami)
-I have to admit that there was close to no chance this wasn't going to make it on this list after all those years I spent dreaming about a third Drive like Jehu album. This lacks the perfect production and performance of AutomaticMidnight (maybe because they are a true band now instead of a superhuman John Reis studio creation) but the songs are just as good.

Don Howland - Land Beyond the Mountains (Birdman)
-Dark, "American" music from the former Basshole. Blues, country, and rock and roll from a distinctive musician.

Ikara Colt - Chat and Business (Epitaph)
-British band's debut has that perfect punk rock "catchy" which doesn't depend on melody so much as rhythm. Raw, intelligent, and pissed off.

The Rapture - House of Jealous Lovers 12" Single (DFA)
-Rock band with 21st century dance production. I was shocked when I learned that they were realeasing a 12" single but I guess I was short-sighted because this works really well.

Rye Coalition - On Top (Tiger Style)
-Their best release since those early 7" records. The fact that it even comes close to recreating their live show ensures its spot on this list. Still sounds like punk rock to me.

We Ragazzi - The Ache (Self-Starter Foundation)
-Great pop melodies and flamboyant vocals make those English prog rock riffs sound cool. Seriously impressive songs.

El-P - Fantastic Damage (Def Jux)
-Dense hip hop. Huge sound, great tracks.

Neko Case - Blacklisted (Bloodshot)
-This is AMAZING. Country-ish songs with sparse but precise instrumentation and incredible singing. Her singing is pretty but I bet she sings louder than lots of "rock" singers - it sounds like it's shaking her entire body.

Out Hud - S.T.R.E.E.T.D.A.D. (Kranky)
-Retro or Futuristic? Maybe the vision of the future presented in 80's movies. The soundtrack to something cool.

Reissues

Consumers - All My Friends Are Dead (In the Red)
-Early American punk rock is surprisingly fast and modern-sounding. I wonder how big they would have been if they hadn't been stuck in the punk rock desert of Arizona 1977.

Michael Hurley - Blueberry Wine (Locust, originally Folkways 1964)
-"Captain Kid done left the moon cause there wasn't any wine up there." Intense, but smiling.

Maximillian Colby - Discography (Lovitt, from various records 1994-1995)
-Further proof that hardcore punk moved from Washington D.C. to the suburbs of Virginia sometime in the early 90's.

Big Rock Picks
-or-
What I Got My Little Brother For Christmas

Sparta - Wiretap Scars (Dreamworks)
-Cool guitar riffs, HUGE choruses. I didn't like this until I heard it played in a car.

Queens of the Stone Age - Songs for the Deaf (Interscope)
-Big crunchy rock. Exactly how something like this should sound.

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Dave M:

Top 10 Releases of 2002 (stars denote albums not owned by PRB):

*10. Akufen - My Way
9. Neko Case - Blacklisted
*8. Missy Elliot - Under Construction
*7. v/a - Kompakt Total 4 & Luomo - Vocalcity EP
6. Tom Waits - Alice & Blood Money
5. Elvis Costello - When I Was Cruel
*4. Derek Bailey - Ballads
*3. The Breeders - Title TK
2. The Streets - Original Pirate Material
1. El-P - Fantastic Damage

Top 10 Singles of 2002 (now with "amusing" commentary!):

10. "I've Got So Much Love To Give" - Thomas Bangalter & DJ Falcon
- actually it kind of sucks, but i needed ten. i'll probably have come around to it by this time next year anyway.

9. "Fuck All Night" - Mocky
- this song is very very funny, and makes me want to buy a sub-woofer specifically so I can make my own head explode (by which i mean 'this song has tons of bass'). UK garage has never had such a wonderful sense of humor.

8. "Makin Out" - No Doubt
- i think it was Maria who hipped me to this one. a definite classic, especially for Gwen Stefani's pseudo-"I'm so bored" voice.

7. "Losing My Edge" - LCD Soundsystem
- it was great at the time, although i don't really listen to it anymore. but who am i going to put on the bottom half of this list, Fat Joe? bonus points for the use of the phrase 'unremembered 80s'.

6. "Witness The Pitness" - MC Pitman
- real british rap. and by real, i mean completely fake. and hysterical(coronation street references 4-EVA!!!).

5. "Jenny From The Block" - Jennifer Lopez
- when making up this list, all i could hear in my head was that old adam sandler sketch... they're all gonna laugh at you, they're all gonna laugh at you...

4. "Oops Oh My" - Tweet (feat. Fabolous)
- the most hypnotic and weird single to hit the charts in ages. timbaland holds out against the onslaught of Pharrell & co.

3. "Come Into My World" - Kylie Minogue (Fischerspooner mix)
- come on, aerobicize with Kylie! of course, this is dirty aerobics. i think it's kind of scary that electroclash only came up with about three memorable singles, and one of them has Kylie making little pseudo-orgasmic squeals.

2. "Grindin'" - The Clipse
- The Neptunes really ought to fucking own this list (though that would be deadly boring). still, that beat is already a legend.

...and the winner is *DRUMROLL*...

1. "House Of Jealous Lovers" - The Rapture (DFA mix)
-mmm excellent. this is the real indie dance, forget The Faint. or have we already?

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Greg Lyon:

1. Ikara Colt - Chat and Business (Epitaph)
2. Country Teasers - Science Hat, Artistic Cube, Moral Nosebleed Empire (In the Red)
3. El-P - Fantastic Damage (Def Jux)
4. The Miss - No Radio (Morphius)
5. Don Howland - The Land Beyond the Mountains (Birdman)
6. Reigning Sound - Time Bomb High School (In the Red)
7. The Pupils - The Pupils (Dischord)
8. Consonant - Consonant (Fenway)
9. Dalek - From Filthy Tongues of Gods and Griots (Ipecac)
10. Consumers - All My Friends Are Dead (In the Red)
11. DJ Spooky - Optometry (Thirsty Ear)
12. Shadow Ring - Lindus (Swill Radio)
13. Fred Frith - Accidental (ReR)
14. Orthrelm - Asristir Vieldriox (Troubleman Unlimited)
15. Speedking - The Fist and the Laurels (Tiger Style)
16. Sonic Youth - Murray Street (Interscope)
17. The Boggs - We Are the Boggs We Are (Arena Rock)
18. Richard Hell - Time (Matador)
19. MC Trachiotomy - With Love from Tahiti (Bulb)
20. Deerhoof - Reveille (Kill Rock Stars)
21. Clinic - Walking with Thee (Domino)
22. Giant Sand - Cover Magazine (Thrill Jockey)
23. Outhud - Street D.A.D. (Kranky)
24. Blackalicious - Blazing Arrow (MCA)
25. Racebannon - In the Grips of the Light (Secretly Canadian)

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Dan R:

1. COUNTRY TEASERS - Science Hat Artistic Cube Moral Nosebleed Empire - In The Red
2. CONSONANT - Consonant - Fenway
3. DIE TODLICHE DORIS - Kinderringellreihen Fur Wahren Toren Des Grals - Psychedelic Pig
4. SONIC YOUTH - Murray Street - Geffen / SY, ICP, THE EX - In The Fishtank - Konkurrent
5. THE DANCING CIGARETTES - 1980-1981: The Gulcher Recordings - Gulcher
6. V/A - The Silk Road: A Musical Caravan - Smithsonian Folkways
7. ROCKET FROM THE TOMBS - The Day the Earth Met... - Smog Veil
8. MALARIA! - Compiled 1981-84 - Moabit
9. THE HELLACOPTERS - Cream of the Crap - Gearhead
10. V/A - Songs In The Key of Z Volume 2 - Gammon
11. EL-P - Fantastic Damage / FanDamPlus - Definitive Jux
12. DON HOWLAND - Land Beyond The Mountains - Birdman
13. RUINS - 1986-92 - Skin Graft / Tzamborgha - Ipecac
14. V/A - Can't Stop It: Australian Post Punk 1978-82 - Chapter
15. HOT SNAKES - Suicide Invoice - Swami
16. DALEK - From Filthy Tongue of Gods and Griots - Ipecac
17. STICK MEN WITH RAY GUN - Some People Deserve to Suffer - Emperor Jones
18. THEORETICAL GIRLS - Theoretical Girls - Acute
19. SPEED KING - The Fist and the Laurels - Tiger Style
20. IANNIS XENAKIS - Peresepolis/Remixes - Asphodel
21. V/A - La Musica Della Mafia - PIAS

Honorable Mention:

FAUST - Patchwork - Staubgold
THE MISS - No Radio - Morphius
PAUL LANSKY - Alphabet Book - Bridge
ORTHRELM/TOUCHDOWN - Split CD - Troubleman
V/A - Afro-Rock Vol. 1 - Evolver
V/A - Don't Shoot the Toy Piano Player: Live From WFMU - WFMU
V/A - Kicksville Vol. 2 - Norton
V/A - Africa Raps - Trikont
MATTHEW SHIPP - Songs - Splasc(h)
MAT MANERI - Sustain - Thirsty Ear
DAVID S WARE - Freedom Suite - AUM Fidelity
BROTHER AH - Move Ever Onward - Ikef
SUBTONIX - Tarantism - Troubleman
TOM WAITS - Alice/Blood Money - Anti
KRONOS QUARTET - Nuevo - Nonesuch
THE PIRANHAS - Erotic Grit Movies - In The Red
VON LMO - Future Language - Munster

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Jannon:

25 Best New Releases of the Year:
1. Die Toedliche Doris - Kinderringellreihen fur Wahren Torens des Grals
2. Ikara Colt - Chat & Business
3. Consonant - s/t
4. Country Teasers - Science Hat, Artistic Cube, Moral Nosebleed Empire
5. Deerhoof - Reveille (with Halfbird as honorable mention)
6. Don Howland - The Land Beyond the Mountains
7. Hot Snakes - Suicide Invoice
8. Sonic Youth - Murray St.
9. Thai Elephant Orchestra - s/t
10. Paul Flaherty, Chris Corsano, Greg Kelly - Sannyasi
11. Songs:Ohia - Didn't It Rain
12. Pere Ubu - St. Arkansas
13. Oxes - Oxxxes
14. Herschell Gordon Lewis - The Eye-Popping Sounds Of...
15. The Miss - No Radio
16. Dalek - From the Tongues of Gods and Griots
17. Giant Sand - Cover Magazine
18. ABCs - s/t
19. Lost Sounds - Black Wave
20. Rye Coalition - On Top
21. Tom Waits - Alice (& Blood Money)
22. DJ Spooky - Optometry
23. Clinic - Walking With Thee
24. The Boggs - We Are The Boggs We Are
25. The Hunches - Yes. No. Shut It.

Top 20 Reissues:
1. Malaria! - 1981-1984
2. Rocket From the Tombs - The Day the Earth Met The...
3. Pavement - Slanted & Enchanted: Luxe & Reduxe
4. Faust - BBC Sessions+
5. Richard Hell - Time
6. Sun Ra - Strange Strings
7. The Consumers - All My Friends Are Dead
8. Peter Broetzmann Trio - For Adolphe Sax
9. X (from Australia) - At Home With You
10. Jackson C. Frank - s/t
11. Lightning Bolt - s/t
12. Dancing Cigarettes - The Gulcher Recordings
13. Henry Flynt - Raga Electric
14. Theoretical Girls - s/t
15. Fad Gadget - Best of
16. Rhys Chatham - Compendium
17. Dave Van Ronk - Two Sides of...
18. Stick Men w/ Rayguns - Some People Deserve to Suffer
19. Allen Ginsburg - New York Blues
20. Kitty Wells - The Best of...

Top 10 Compilations:
1. V/A - The Silk Road (Smithsonian Folkways)
2. V/A - Songs in the Key of Z, Vol. 2 (Gammon)
3. V/A - Kicksville Vol. 2 (Norton)
4. V/A - Funky 16 Corners (Stones Throw)
5. V/A - 20 Years of Dischord (Dischord)
6. V/A - Dynamite With a Laser Beam (3-1-G)
7. V/A - Peanut Butter Wolfâs Jukebox 45s (Stones Throw)
8. V/A - Donât Shoot the Toy Piano Player (WFMU)
9. V/A - Circuits of Steel (SSS)
10. V/A - Africa Raps (Trikont)

Top 5 Singles, EP's, & Splits:
1. Ex-Models / Seconds
2. Orthrelm / Touchdown
3. Erase Errata / Numbers - split 3"
4. The Spits - EP
5. The Rapture - House of Jealous Lovers 12"

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Dan Buskirk:

Ten '02 LPs

*Antipop Consortium - Arrhythmia (Warp)
*Devedra Banhart - Oh Me Oh My...The Way The Day Goes By The Sun Is Setting
Dogs Are Dreaming Lovesongs of the Christmas Spirit (Young God)
*Bright Eyes - Lifted (Saddle Creek)
*Philip Jeck - Stoke (Touch)
*Little Wings - Wonderue (K)
*Low - Trust (Kranky)
*Mirah - Advisory Committee (K)
*The Notwist - Neon Golden (City Slang)
*Six Organs Of Admittance - Dark Noontide (Holy Mountain)
*Songs: Ohia - Didn't It Rain (Secretly Canadian)
*Youngsbower - Relayer (VHF)

next ten...

*Jessica Baliff - s/t (Kranky)
*Boom Bip - Seed To Sun (Lex)
*Loren Connors - Departing Of A Dream (Family Vineyard)
*Electralane - Rock It To The Moon (Mr. Lady)
*Fontanelle - Style Drift (Kranky)
*Beth Gibbons & Rustin Man (Go Beat)
*Liars - The Threw Us In A Trench And Stuck A Monument On Top (Mute)
*Steven R. Smith - Linements (Emperor Jones)
*Thuja - Suns (Emperor Jones)
*Various Artists - Painted Black (Tumult)

Ten '02 Singles

*Breeders - Off You (4AD)
*DJ Shadow - Six Days (MCA)
*Koop - Waltz For Koop (Jazznova)
*Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliot - Work It (Elektra)
*Mum - Green Grass Of Tunnel (Fat Cat)
*Nelly - Hot In Herre (Universal)
*LCD Soundsystem - Losing My Edge (DFA)
*LCD Soundsystem - Give It Up (DFA)
*The Rapture - House Of Jealous Lovers (DFA)
*Q And Not You - Soft Pyramids (Dischord)

Ten '02 Reissues

*Segun Bucknor - Poor Man Get No Brother: Assembly & Revolution 1965-'75 (Afrostrut)
*Gary Wilson - You Think You Really Know Me (Motel)
*Don Cherry - Orient (Fruit Tree)
*Sonny & Linda Sharrock - Paradise (Water)
*Earth - Extra-Capsular Extraction (Sub Pop)
*Sun Ra & His Astro-Infinity Arkestra - Strange Strings (Saturn)
*Laddio Bolocko - The Life & Times Of (No Quarter)
*Various Artists - In The Beginning There Was Rhythm (Soul Jazz)
*Can't Stop It!: Australian Post-Punk 1978-82 (Chapter)
*John Coltrane - A Love Supreme:Deluxe Edition (Impulse/Universal)

Ten E.P.s by 12 Groups

*Cerberus Shoal/Herman Dune - The Hows and Whys Of... (North East Indie)
*My Morning Jacket/Songs:Ohia (Jade Tree)
*My Morning Jacket - Chocolate & Ice (Badman)
-geez, My Morning Jacket could have had a great follow-up to "At Dawn", by squandered it over two e.p.s; great listening anyway
*The Walkmen/Calla (Troubleman Unlimited)
*Kid 606 - Why I Love Life (Tigerbeat 6)
*Kid 606 VS. Dalek - Ruin It (Tigerbeat 6)
*Erase Errata/Numbers (Tigerbeat 6)
Kid 606 (We Are Rock)
-the States' most consistantly beguiling electronic artist stayed in the spotlight with these two eps and a whacked-out remix record "Thr Action-Packed Mentalist Brings you The Fucking Jams". Plus his label puts out the best of the San Fran Bay Area's digital glitchcore freaky electro bands like Crack W.A.R.
*I Am Spoonbender - Shown Actual Size (Gold Standard Laboratories)
-Take a year off, drop members and go pop but still I like it
*The Walkie-Talkies - s/t (self-released CD-R)
-Classic Philly lo-fi electro-skonk from the legendary live act; the soundtrack of this city in '02; in '03 they have something coming out on Kathleen Hanna's Mr. Lady label

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Leif:

TOP 10 NON-REISSUES:
1. Ikara Colt, Chat and Business, Epitaph
2. M. Gira/D. Matz, What We Did, Young God
3. TTC, Cest N'Est Pas un Disque
4. the Miss, No Radio, Morphius
5. Okkervil River, Don't Fall in Love with Everyone You See, Jagjaguar
6. Boggs, We Are the Boggs We Are, Arena Rock
7. Rapture, House of Jealous Lovers, DFA
8. Mr. Lif, I Phantom, Def Jux
9. Hot Snakes, Suicide Invoice, Swami
10. Dalek, From Filth Tongue of Gods and Griots, Ipecac

TOP 9 NON-CONTEMPORARY RELEASES:
1. Rocket from the Tombs, The Day the Earth Met..., Smog Veil
2. Jackson C. Frank, s/t, Castle Music
3. Various Artists, Do the Pop!, Shock
4. Various Artists, Turkish Delights, Grey Past
5. Dancing Cigarettes, 1980-1981: The Gulcher Recordings, Gulcher
6. Richard Hell, Time, Matador
7. Microphones, Song Islands, K
8. Pavement, Slanted and Enchanted (Luxe and Redux), Matador
9. Johnny Cash, At Madison Square Garden, Sony

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