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Top 96 1. Various Artists -- Beg, Scream, and Shout (RHINO) 2. Lonesome Organist -- Collector of Cactus Echo Bags (THRILL JOCKEY) 3. The Need -- self-titled (CHAINSAW) 4. Sonic Youth -- Slaapkamers Met Slagroom EP (SYR) 5. Charlie Haden -- Liberation Music Orchestra (IMPULSE) 6. Various Artists -- Radio Freedom (ROUNDER) 7. Starry Wisdom Band -- self-titled (self-released) 8. Busta Rhymes -- When Disaster Strikes... (ELEKTRA) 9. Sonny Treadway -- Jesus Will Fix It! (ARHOOLIE) 10. Swollen Members -- "Shatterproof" 12-inch (BATTLEAXE) 11. Various Artists -- Prison Worksongs (ARHOOLIE); Prison Songs Vol. 1: Murderous Home (ROUNDER) 12. Aerial M -- self-titled (DRAG CITY) 13. Anti-Gravity -- Boogie for Hanuman (ACCURATE) 14. Jessamine -- Another Fictionalized History (HISTRIONIC/DRUNKEN FISH) 15. Roy Haynes Quartet -- Out of the Afternoon (IMPULSE) 16. Tony Williams Lifetime -- Spectrum: The Anthology (VERVE) 17. King Tubby & Lee Perry -- Megawatt Dub (SHANACHIE) 18. Pram -- Gash (AE); Music for Your Minds (DUOPHONIC super 45) 19. To Rococo Rot -- Veiculo (EMPEROR JONES) 20. Various Artists -- Southern Journey Vol. 6: Don'tcha Know the Road (ROUNDER) 21. Various Artists -- Trip da Brasil 12-inch (RYTHMIX) 22. Grimble Grumble -- 3-song 10-inch (BURNT HAIR) 23. Susana Baca -- self-titled (LUAKA BOP) 24. Various Artists -- Wild Style soundtrack (RHINO) 25. Various Artists -- The Mystic Fiddle of the Proto-Gypsies (SHANACHIE) 26. Wayne Hancock -- That's What Daddy Wants (ARK 21) 27. Billy Bang -- Commandment (NO MORE) 28. John Fahey & Cul de Sac -- The Epiphany of Glenn Jones (THIRSTY EAR) 29. Robbie Fulks -- South (BLOODSHOT) 30. Various Artists -- Ska Island; Volume 1: 1959-64 - Ska's the Limit (ISLAND) 31. Various Artists -- Jazz Loft Sessions (DOUGLAS MUSIC) 32. Various Artists -- Wood that Sings: Indian Fiddle Music of the Americas (SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS) 33. Orans -- "Windfall" 7-inch (HARRIET) 34. Laika -- Sounds of the Satellites (SIRE) 35. Bonga -- Angola 72 (TINDER) 36. Astor Piazzolla -- Tanguedia de Amor (MILAN) 37. Don King -- One-Two Punch (Knockout) (ATAVISTIC) 38. Donkey -- I Ain't Yer House-Nigger (LOVELETTER) 39. Gorki's Zygotic Mynci -- Barafundle (MERCURY) 40. Gravediggaz -- The Pick, The Sickle and the Shovel (GEE STREET/V2) 41. DJ Shadow -- "High Noon" CDep (MO WAX) 42. Mile Marker -- "Receiver" 7-inch (CLOCKED OUT) 43. Mountain Brothers -- "Paperchase" 12-inch (RUFFHOUSE) 44. N.O.R.M.A. + Chris Cutler -- L'Arpa e L'Asino (CUNEIFORM/RECOMMENDED) 45. New Orleans Klezmer Allstars -- The Big Kiboosh (SHANACHIE) 46. Shark Quest -- "Blontzo's Revenge" 7-inch (MERGE) 47. Sur Sudha -- Images of Nepal (DOMO) 48. Various Artists -- Peru and Bolivia (MULTICULTURAL MEDIA) 49. Vershki Da Koreshki -- Real Life of Plants (SHANACHIE) 50. William Hooker -- Great Sunset (WARM-O-BRISK); Mindfulness (w/ DJ Olive & Glenn Spearman)(KNITTING FACTORY WORKS) 51. X-ecutioners -- X-pressions (ASPHODEL) 52. Isotope 217 -- The Unstable Molecule (THRILL JOCKEY) 53. Maytals -- Never Grow Old (HEARTBEAT) 54. Muslimgauze -- Jaal Ab Dullah (SOLEILMOON) 55. Tha Alkaholiks -- "Likwidation"; "Contents Unda Pressure" 12-inches (LOUD/RCA) 56. Black Cock -- "Luna Party" 12-inch (BLACK COCK) 57. Blasters -- American Music (HIGHTONE) 58. Brotzmann/Gania/Drake -- The "WELS" Concert (OKKADISK) 59. Elliott Sharp -- The Seventies (ATAVISTIC); Field & Stream (ATONAL); Spring & Neap (ZOAR) 60. Leonard Rosenman -- East of Eden; Rebel Without a Cause (NONESUCH) 61. Low -- Songs for a Dead Pilot (KRANKY) 62. Portishead -- self-titled (LONDON) 63. Sons of Silence -- "Ain't We Grand, Going to Fast" 12-inch (LEAF) 64. Strictly Ballroom -- Hide Here Forever (WAXPLOITATION) 65. Various Artists -- Brown Eyed Soul: The Sound of East L.A., Vol. 1 - 3 (RHINO) 66. Various Artists -- Camp Skin Graft (SKIN GRAFT) 67. Erick Sermon, Keith Murray, & Redman -- "Rapper's Delight" 12-inch (PRIORITY) 68. Guitar Wolf -- Planet of the Wolves (MATADOR) 69. Apples in Stereo -- Tone Soul Evolution (SPINART) 70. Hi Fi Killers -- Loaded (LOOSEGROOVE) 71. Kazutoki Umezu -- First Deserter (KNITTING FACTORY WORKS) 72. Madredeus -- Existir (METRO BLUE) 73. Rugged Brood -- "NonFiction" b/w "Look Out" (RAW TRACK) 74. Tono Bungay/Tower Recordings -- Rule of Thumb 10-inch (SQUEALER) 75. Various Artists -- Bulbjack II 7-inch (BULB/BLACKJACK) 76. Various Artists -- Township Jazz'n'Jive (MUSIC CLUB) 77. Joe Morris Trio -- Antennae (AUM FIDELITY); Joe Morris/William Parker -- Invisible Weave (NO MORE) 78. Butterglory -- Rat Tat Tat (MERGE) 79. Magick Heads -- Woody (FLYING NUN) 80. Bruce Eisenbeil Trio -- Nine Wings (CIMP) 81. Evil Wiener -- The Haunted House of Our Love (AMERICAN PRIMITIVE RECORDINGS) 82. Most Secret Method/Dusters -- split 10-inch (DISCHORD) 83. Armand Van Helden's Sampleslaya -- "6 Minutes of Funk" 12-inch (RUFFHOUSE) 84. Coldcut -- Let Us Play (NINJA TUNE) 85. Conjunto Bernal -- 16 Early Tejano Classics (ARHOOLIE) 86. Dianogah -- As Seen From Above (OHIO GOLD) 87. Georges Delerue -- Music from the Films of Francois Truffaut (NONESUCH) 88. Jas. Mathus and his Knock Down Society -- Play Songs for Rosetta (MAMMOTH) 89. Liquid Liquid -- self-titled (GRAND ROYAL) 90. Lovely Midget -- 10-inch (ECSTATIC PEACE!) 91. Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott -- "Sock it 2 Me" 12-inch (EAST WEST) 92. Plush -- "No Education" 7-inch (FLYDADDY) 93. Shipping News -- Save Everything (QUARTERSTICK/TOUCH AND GO) 94. Slackers -- Redlight (HELLCAT) 95. Various Artists -- Songs for the Jet Set (JETSET) 96. Various Artists -- Lolita: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (RHINO) Also, here's some other releases that we just added that aren't reflected on this week's chart: 84 Nash -- The Kings of Yeah (ROCKATHON) Air -- Premiers Symptomes (SOURCE) Ben Azarm -- Neoapplictana (ARTIFACT) Bobby Conn -- self-titled LP (TRUCKSTOP/ATAVISTIC) Boymerang -- Balance of the Force (ASTRALWERKS) Brother JT -- Come on Down (DRUNKEN FISH) David Mahler -- The Voice of the Poet (ARTIFACT) Dick Gaughan -- Different Kind of Love Song (APPLESEED) DJ Soul Slinger -- Missing Time: The Abducted Remixes (LIQUID SKY) Dumbwaiters -- self-titled (SCREW MUSIC FOREVER) Elf Power -- When the Red King Comes (ARENA ROCK) Forgiveness -- Slichot (RAWKUS) Future Bible Heroes -- "Lonely Days" CDep (SLOW RIVER) Goldie & KRS-One -- "Digital" double 12-inch (FFRR) Greg Brown -- Slant 6 Mind (RED HOUSE) Gritty Kitty -- Mistaking Airplanes for Stars (KINDERCORE) Griver -- self-titled LP (TYLE-VORA) Ground-Zero -- Consume Red (CUNEIFORM/RECOMMENDED) Gumption -- Ultramaroon (SERIOUSLY) Ida -- Ten Small Paces (SIMPLE MACHINES) Jen Wood -- Getting Past the Static (W.I.N.) Mr. Wright -- The Fancy Man (LE GRAND MAGISTERY) Psycho Realm -- Are You a Psycho? (RUFFHOUSE) Ramblin' Jack Elliott -- Kerouac's Last Dream (APPLESEED) Refrigerator -- self-titled (SHRIMPER) Roy Bookbinder -- Travelin' Man (ADELPHI/GENES) Shoestrings -- Wishing on Planes (LE GRAND MAGISTERY) Source Direct -- Controlled Developments (ASTRALWERKS) Sunday Puncher -- "Dry" 7-inch (TURNBUCKLE) Teacups -- "No Black Magic" + 3 7-inch (KINDERCORE) Teddy Fire -- Fluxing Headset Man LP (SEALED HOTEL) Tony Conrad -- Early Minimalism Volume One (TABLE OF THE ELEMENTS) V/A -- In the Red Zone (SHANACHIE) V/A -- Texas: A Collection of Texas Garage Punkers (AU-GO-GO) V/A -- Sonic Chimp Volume 1 (SEALED HOTEL) |