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Top 88 1. Mikey Dread -- African Anthem; Beyond World War III (BIG CAT) 2. Quintron -- Satan is Dead (BULB) 3. Moondog & the London Saxophonic -- Sax Pax for a Sax (ATLANTIC) 4. Mouse on Mars -- Instrumentals (THRILL JOCKEY) 5. V/A -- 100% Pure Funk (C & S) 6. V/A -- Times Ain't Like They Used to Be: Early American Rural Music, Vols. 1 & 2 (YAZOO) 7. V/A -- The Mercury Blues 'N' Rhythm Story: 1945-1955 (MERCURY) 8. V/A -- Great Jewish Music: Serge Gainesbourg (TZADIK) 9. V/A -- Cuban Gold 4: Fuego, Candela! (QBADISC) 10. Woody Guthrie -- Muleskinner Blues (SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS) 11. DJ Soul Slinger/DJ Wally -- "Diana"/"Theresa" split 12-inch (LIQUID SKY) 12. Junior Delgado -- Dance a Dub (BIG CAT) 13. V/A -- The Rose Grew Round the Briar: Rural Love Songs, Vol. 1 & 2 (YAZOO) 14. V/A -- Caribbean Voyage: Brown Girl in the Ring (ROUNDER) 15. Deerhoof -- The Man, The King, The Girl (KILL ROCK STARS/5 RUE CHRISTINE) 16. V/A -- Utom: Summoning the Spirit (RYKODISC) 17. Badawi -- Jerusalem Under Fire (ROIR) 18. Bill Horist -- Soylent Radio (UNIT CIRCLE) 19. Fred McDowell -- The First Recordings (ROUNDER) 20. Kronos Quartet -- Early Music (NONESUCH) 21. Papi Oviedo -- Encuentro Entre Soneros (CANDELA) 22. V/A -- CIMPosium, Vol. 3 (CIMP) 23. V/A -- Jumpin' & Jivin' (SPECIALTY) 24. V/A -- Across the Tracks: Nashville R&B and Rock 'N' Roll (ACE) 25. Naftule's Dream -- Search for the Golden Dreydl (TZADIK) 26. Bee Houston -- The Hustler (ARHOOLIE) 27. Ken Butler -- Voices of Anxious Objects (TZADIK) 28. Kim Fowley -- Outlaw Superman (BACCHUS/DIONYSUS) 29. V/A -- Shaman, Jhankri, & Nele (ELLIPSIS ARTS) 30. Red Crayola -- Three Songs on a Trip to the United States (DRAG CITY) 31. Orlock -- "Ambulance" + 2 7-inch (FUNERAL/MONSTRO) 32. Orquesta La Moderna Tradicion -- Danzonemos (CANDELA) 33. Virgil Moorefield -- The Temperature In Hell Is Over 3,000 Degrees (TZADIK) 34. Penetrators -- Hit the Jet Stream 7-inch (CONTINENTAL) 35. Bardo Pond -- Lapsed (MATADOR) 36. Carl Martin -- Crow Jane Blues (TESTAMENT) 37. Cocoa Brovaz -- "Spanish Harlem" 12-inch (PRIORITY) 38. Double U & Glands of External Secretion -- self-titled (VHF) 39. Replikants -- This is Our Message (5 RUE CHRISTINE) 40. V/A -- Southern Journey Vol. 7: Ozark Frontier (ROUNDER) 41. Will Oldham/Rising Shotgun -- split 7-inch of David Allan Coe covers (PALACE/DRAG CITY) 42. Sleepytime Trio -- Plus 6000 EP (LOVITT) 43. Tonebenders -- self-titled (YEP ROC) 44. V/A -- Free to Fight 7" #1 (CANDY ASS) 45. Cannanes -- "It's a Fine Line" 7-inch (HARRIET) 46. Hellbender -- Con Limon (RESERVOIR) 47. Mark Dresser -- Banquet (TZADIK) 48. Mecca Normal -- Who Shot Elvis? (MATADOR) 49. Orang -- Fields and Waves (HITIT) 50. Ronnie & Clyde -- Macro-Scopic 12-inch (SWIM) 51. Tab Smith -- Top 'N' Bottom (DELMARK) 52. Trumans Water -- Action Ornaments (RUNT) 53. U-Sheen/Delarosa -- split 12-inch (FLUID OUNCE) 54. V/A -- Sonance Quarry (TAUTOLOGY) 55. Straphangers Art Ensemble -- Straphangers Ball (ARTICHOKE/ROLLIN/HALTAPES) 56. Das EFX -- "Rap Scholar" 12-inch (WARNER BROTHERS) 57. Michael Yonkers -- "Micro-Miniature Love" 7-inch (GET HIP) 58. Chickita -- Karen Learns About Our Nation 7-inch (SEXSHOP) 59. Children's Television Workshop -- Polyamorous Love Cult (DRUNKEN FISH) 60. Erno Kiraly -- Phoenix: The Music of Erno Kiraly (CUNEIFORM/RECOMMENDED) 61. FJF -- Blow Horn (OKKADISK) 62. Half Japanese -- Heaven Sent (EMPEROR JONES) 63. Khan -- SilentMovieSilverScreen (CAIPIRINHA) 64. Luke Slater -- Freek Funk (NOVAMUTE) 65. Mamoru Fujieda -- Patterns of Plants (TZADIK) 66. Mumia Abu-Jamal/Man is the Bastard -- split CD (ALTERNATIVE TENTACLES) 67. My Dad is Dead -- Everyone Wants the Honey But Not the Sting (EMPEROR JONES) 68. V/A -- Thailand: Ceremonial and Court Music from Central Thailand (MULTICULTURAL MEDIA) 69. V/A -- Music from the Coffee Lands (PUTUMAYO) 70. John Zorn -- The Parachute Years (TZADIK) 71. Brokeback -- Another Routine Day Breaks 7" (HI-BALL) 72. Irving Klaw Trio -- "Love = High" 7-inch (MAG WHEEL) 73. Alan Licht & Loren Mazzacane Connors -- Mercury (ROAD CONE) 74. Brian Jonestown Massacre -- Give it Back! (TANGIBLE/BOMP) 75. Cush -- "The Butta" 12-inch (BALLISTIC) 76. Free Kitten -- Sentimental Education (KILL ROCK STARS) 77. Loren Mazzacane Connors -- Calloden Harvest (ROAD CONE); Desire 7-inch (UNION POLE) 78. Magic Pacer -- Dig This Dig That (W.I.N.) 79. Montefiori Cocktail -- Raccolta No. 1 (IRMAmerica) 80. Organized Konfusion -- The Equinox (PRIORITY) 81. Some Velvet Sidewalk -- The Lowdown (K) 82. Stars of the Lid -- Gravitational Pull vs. The Desire for An Aquatic Life (KRANKY) 83. Tim Berne's Paraphrase/Bloodcount -- Visitation Rites; Discretion (SCREWGUN) 84. Ulrich Krieger -- Walls of Sound (OOdiscs) 85. V/A -- Driftworks (BIG CAT) 86. V/A -- Solomon Islands: The Sounds of Bamboo (MULTICULTURAL MEDIA) 87. V/A -- Big Noise 2: Another Mambo Inn Compilation (RYKODISC) 88. Vas Deferens Organization -- Sweat Your Cheeses, But Not in My Salad (CHARNEL MUSIC) Also, here are some other releases we just added that aren't reflected on this week's chart: Acetone -- self-titled (VAPOR) Bent Scepters -- Blind Date with Destiny (BIZARRE/PLANET) Dieselhed -- Shallow Water Blackout (AMARILLO) Ein Heit -- The Lightning and the Sun (TEMPORARY FREEDOM) ESP Summer -- self-titled (PERDITION PLASTICS) Flap -- Flap Am in the House (FAT BOY) Frigg A-Go-Go -- The Penetrating Sounds Of... (360 TWIST!) Godheadsilo -- Share the Fantasy (SUB POP) Gothic Archies -- The New Despair (MERGE) Gringo -- Combine (PRAVDA) Handsome Family -- Invisible Hands LP (SCOUT/CARROT TOP) Joel R.L. Phelps -- The Downer Trio (PACIFICO) Lonesome Bob -- Things Fall Apart (CHECKERED PAST) Mia Doi Todd -- The Ewe and the Eye (X-MAS) Mondo Topless -- Fifty-Thousand Dollar Hand Job (360 TWIST!) Nick Didkovsky -- Binky Boy (PUNOS) Otolithen -- S.O.D. (CUNEIFORM/RECOMMENDED) Post Prandials -- Switched-On Irresponsibility; High Wire Nonet; Jamaica (ARTICHOKE-TRISTERO) Ruins -- Refusal Fossil (SKIN GRAFT) Shy Camp -- "Call in Sick" 7-inch (HARRIET) Silkworm -- Even a Blind Chicken Finds a Kernel of Corn Now and Then (MATADOR) Someck & Sharp -- Revenge of the Stuttering Child (TZADIK) Untamed Youth -- Planet Mace (ESTRUS) V/A -- American Primitive Vol. 1: Raw Pre-War Gospel (REVENANT) V/A -- Carolina Gospel Quartets, Vol. 2 (1936-1939) (DOCUMENT) V/A -- Live at Cicero's: The Basement Recordings (ON THE CLOCK) V/A -- The Essential Pebbles Collection, Vol. 1 (AIP) V/A -- A Warrior on the Battlefield (A Capella: 1920s-1940s) (ROUNDER) V/A -- The Bedtime Record #2 7-inch (BEDTIME RECORD) Vasen -- Whirled (NORTHSIDE) Wimme -- self-titled (NORTHSIDE) |