WXYC
Top 80 April 1-7 >> 1998
 1. EasSide Percussion -- self-titled (AVANT)
 2. Ikue Mori -- B/Side (TZADIK)
 3. V/A -- Angels of Life in a Psychic Wasteland (EERIE MATERIALS)
 4. Propeller -- Oro (SCRATCH)
 5. Shark Quest -- Battle of the Loons (MERGE)
 6. Sun Ra and his Arkestra -- Cosmo Sun Connection (CUNEIFORM/RECOMMENDED)
 7. To Rococo Rot -- Paris 25 (EMPEROR JONES)
 8. Black Eyed Peas -- "Fallin' Up" 12-inch (INTERSCOPE)
 9. Shellac -- Terraform (TOUCH AND GO)
10. Christian Marclay -- More Encores (CUNEIFORM/RECOMMENDED)
11. Pan.American -- self-titled (KRANKY)
12. Rahsaan Roland Kirk -- Dog Years in the Fourth Ring (32 JAZZ)
13. Tortoise -- TNT (THRILL JOCKEY)
14. Dirty Three -- Ocean Songs (TOUCH AND GO)
15. Musci/Venosta/Mariani -- Losing the Orthodox Path (VICTO)
16. Richard "Groove" Holmes -- Groove's Groove (32 JAZZ)
17. Roscoe Holcomb -- The High Lonesome Sound (SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS)
18. Tom Recchion -- Chaotica (BIRDMAN)
19. Yo La Tengo -- Little Honda (MATADOR)
20. Electric Company -- Studio City (SUPREME)
21. Milford Graves -- Grand Unification (TZADIK)
22. V/A -- Ruckus Juice & Chitlins, Vol. 1 & 2 (YAZOO)
23. Dymaxion -- "Aha, Sissy Arsonist" 7-inch (HEMIOLA)
24. Noah Howard Quartet -- In Concert (CADENCE JAZZ)
25. Othar Turner & the Rising Star Fife and Drum Band -- Everybody Hollerin' Goat (BIRDMAN)
26. Stella Chiweshe -- The Healing Tree (SHANACHIE)
27. Tammy Wynette -- Take Me To Your World - I Don't Wanna Play House (KOCH)
28. White Out -- Red Shift (ECSTATIC PEACE!)
29. Will Oldham -- Joya (DRAG CITY)
30. Das EFX -- "Set it Off" 12-inch (EAST WEST)
31. Friend Side Monkey -- Those Pesky Bubbles (self-released)
32. Gid Tanner and His Skillet Lickers -- A Corn Licker Still in Georgia (VOYAGER)
33. Japonize Elephants -- Le Fete Du Cloune-Pirate (SECRETLY CANADIAN)
34. Timotheous Groove -- self-titled (self-released)
35. V/A -- Angels in the Mirror: Vodou Music of Haiti (ELLIPSIS ARTS)
36. V/A -- Bulworth soundtrack (INTERSCOPE)
37. X-ecutioners -- "Raida's Theme" 12-inch (ASPHODEL)
38. Armitage Shanks -- Cacophony Now (DAMAGED GOODS)
39. Common -- One Day It'll All Make Sense (RELATIVITY)
40. David Susser -- Delight at the End of the Tunnel (TZADIK)
41. DJ Wally & Edwin Torres -- "Rhumba Bomballett" 12-inch (KILL ROCK STARS)
42. Dock Boggs -- Country Blues: Complete Early Recordings (1927-29) (REVENANT)
43. Dying Ground -- self-titled (AVANT)
44. Hectics -- Everything I Need (360 TWIST!)
45. ICU -- "Do the Twist" 7-inch (K)
46. Love Cry Want -- self-titled (newjazz.com)
47. Starfuckers -- Infrantumi (DRUNKEN FISH)
48. Uilab -- fires (BINGO)
49. V/A -- Southern Journey Vol. 3: 61 Highway Mississippi (ROUNDER)
50. Davka -- Lavy's Dream (INTERWORLD)
51. Don Caballero -- "Trey Dog's Acid" 7-inch (TOUCH AND GO)
52. Donnas -- American Teenage Rock 'N' Roll Machine (LOOKOUT!)
53. Flat Duo Jets -- Wild Blue Yonder (NORTON)
54. Gaze -- Mitsumeru (K)
55. John Lindberg Ensemble -- Bounce (BLACK SAINT)
56. Johnie Lewis -- Alabama Slide Guitar (ARHOOLIE)
57. Les Paul -- The Trio's Complete Decca Recordings Plus (1936-47) (DECCA/MCA)
58. Mishagas -- Live (PROOF OF EXISTENCE)
59. Oscar Aleman -- Swing Guitar Masterpieces (ACOUSTIC DISC)
60. Shop Class Squares -- "Bad Black Burn" 7-inch (CARBON)
61. Soft Machine -- Virtually (CUNEIFORM/RECOMMENDED)
62. Stereolab -- "Miss Modular" 12-inch (ELEKTRA)
63. Trans Am -- The Surveillance (THRILL JOCKEY)
64. TV Pow/Liminal -- split 7-inch (GENTLE GIANT)
65. Uz Jsme Doma -- Fairytales from Needland (SKODA)
66. Bad Checks -- High Dollar (YEP ROC)
67. Dave Douglas -- Stargazer (ARABESQUE)
68. DJ Spooky that Subliminal Kid -- Synthetic Fury (ASPHODEL)
69. Dmitri from Paris -- Sacrebleu (ATLANTIC)
70. Frank Zappa -- Cucamonga (DEL-FI)
71. Fred Frith -- The Previous Evening (CUNEIFORM/RECOMMENDED)
72. Hammie Nixon -- Tappin' That Thing (HMG/HIGHTONE)
73. Hepcat -- Right on Time (HELLCAT)
74. Killah Priest -- Heavy Mental (GEFFEN)
75. Norrie Cox & His New Orleans Stompers -- Move the Body Over (DELMARK)
76. Push Kings -- "Blowin' Up" 7-inch (SEALED FATE)
77. Tren Brothers -- self-titled EP (DRAG CITY)
78. V/A -- Classic Elements (K)
79. V/A -- Electrophunk Two (ADRENALIN)
80. Arto Lindsay -- Noon Chill (BAR/NONE)

Also, here's some other releases that we just added that aren't
reflected on this week's chart:

Painkiller -- Collected Works 4-CD set (TZADIK)
V/A -- Soy Un Arlequin! - Tango Ladies 1923-1947 (HARLEQUIN)
Ernest Ranglin -- Memories of Barber Mack (ISLAND)
Milkweed -- self-titled (MILKWEED)
Donkey -- Pump in the Yard, Dump in the Bucket (LOVELETTER)
Spiny Anteaters -- Spiny Anteaters' Last Supper (BA DA BING!)
Songs:Ohia -- Hecla & Griper (SECRETLY CANADIAN)
Skatalites -- Ball of Fire (ISLAND)
V/A -- High Atmosphere (ROUNDER)
Kali Fasteau -- Comraderie (FLYING NOTE)
Chris Whitley -- Dirt Floor (MESSENGER)
Mike Ireland & Holler -- Learning How to Live (SUB POP)
Wadada Leo Smith and Harumi Makino Smith -- Condor, Autumn Wind (WOBBLY RAIL)
Southerning -- Templates Made or Found (DRUNKEN FISH)
John Zorn -- Angelus Novus; Filmworks VIII (TZADIK)
Drunk -- To Corner Wounds (JAGJAGUWAR)
V/A -- Pat Waing: The Magic Drum Circle of Burma (SHANACHIE)
Arthur Dodge & the Horsefeathers -- Cadillacs, Ponytails & Dirty Dreams... (BARBER'S ITCH)
V/A -- Black Banjo Songsters of North Carolina and Virginia (SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS)
V/A -- North Carolina Banjo Collection (ROUNDER)
Bhob Rainey -- The Narrator's Umbrella (self-released)
U Yee Nwe -- Sandaya: The Spellbinding Piano of Burma (SHANACHIE)
Markos Vamvakaris -- Bouzouki Pioneer, 1932-1940 (ROUNDER)
Chris Mills -- Every Night Fight For Your Life (SUGAR FREE)
Paul Burch -- Pan-American Flash (CHECKERED PAST)
V/A -- Anthology of World Music: Iran (ROUNDER)
Jon Langford -- Skull Orchard (SUGAR FREE)