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Top 121 1. V/A -- Ethiopiques Vols. 1, 3, and 4 (BUDA) 2. Stereolab -- Aluminum Tunes (DRAG CITY) 3. Creation -- Making Time/Biff Bang Pow (RETROACTIVE) 4. V/A -- Boss Soul: The Genius of Barry White (DEL-FI) 5. Badawi -- Final Warning (ASPHODEL) 6. Zeena Parkins -- No Way Back (ATAVISTIC) 7. Loren Mazzacane Connors -- The Bridge (MEGALON);Evangeline (ROAD CONE) 8. Melt Banana -- Charlie (AZAP/REVOLVER) 9. Squarepusher -- Music is Rotted One Note (NOTHING/INTERSCOPE) 10. Ex -- Starters Alternators (TOUCH AND GO) 11. Ninety Nine -- 767 (ENDEARING) 12. Hazel Dickens -- Hard Hitting Songs for Hard Hit People (ROUNDER) 13. Hive -- "A Chain of Prophecies" 12-inch (PHASE 4/LONDON) 14. Daktaris -- Soul Explosion (DESCO) 15. Butchies -- Are We Not Femme? (MR. LADY) 16. Snuffy Jenkins -- Pioneer of the Bluegrass Banjo (ARHOOLIE) 17. V/A -- Talking Trash/Lookey Dookey (RHYTHM & BLOOZ) 18. V/A -- Modulations: Cinema for the Ear (CAIPIRINHA) 19. Makigami Koichi/Anton Bruhin -- Electric Eel (TZADIK) 20. Rondelles -- Fiction Romance, Fast Machines (SMELLS LIKE) 21. Mouse on Mars -- Glam (THRILL JOCKEY) 22. Sulukule -- Rom Music of Istanbul (TRADITIONAL CROSSROADS) 23. Afterhours/Dynamics -- split 7-inch (self-released) 24. Barbara Manning -- In New Zealand (COMMUNION) 25. Betty Hutton -- The Best of the RCA Years (ONE WAY) 26. Boards of Canada -- Music Has the Right to Children (MATADOR) 27. Bonnie Prince Billie -- "Black Dissimulation" 7-inch (ALL CITY NOMAD) 28. Cat Power -- Moon Pix (MATADOR) 29. V/A -- Night Train: Classic Railroad Songs, Volume 3 (ROUNDER) 30. April March -- Lessons of April March (IDEAL) 31. Charline Arthur -- Welcome to the Club (BEAR FAMILY) 32. Dock Boggs -- His Folkways Years 1963-1968 (SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS) 33. Gianni Gebbia -- H Portraits (RASTASCAN) 34. Jimmie R. Vestal -- "That's All Right" 7-inch (self-released) 35. Doc and Merle Watson -- Home Sweet Home (SHANACHIE) 36. Frumpies -- Frumpie One-Piece (KILL ROCK STARS) 37. Linton Kwesi Johnson -- Independant Intavenshan: The Island Anthology (ISLAND) 38. Massacre -- Funny Valentine (TZADIK) 39. Rob Swift -- "The Ablist" 12-inch (ASPHODEL) 40. Autechre -- self-titled (WARP/NOTHING) 41. Ghazal -- As Night Falls on the Silk Road (SHANACHIE) 42. Gladiators -- Bongo Red (HEARTBEAT) 43. Jad Fair & Yo La Tengo -- Strange But True (MATADOR) 44. Lounge Lizards -- Queen of All Ears (STRANGE AND BEAUTIFUL) 45. V/A -- Train 45: Railroad Songs of the Early 1900s (ROUNDER) 46. Accordion Tribe -- self-titled (INTUITION) 47. David Krakauer's Klezmer Madness! -- Klezmer, NY (TZADIK) 48. Godzuki -- Your Future (MARCH) 49. Tom Ze -- Fabrication Defect (LUAKA BOP) 50. Two Star Tabernacle -- "Ramblin' Man" 7-inch (BLOODSHOT) 51. V/A/Andrea Parker -- DJ Kicks (K7) 52. Arnold Dreyblatt -- The Sound of One String (TABLE OF THE ELEMENTS); Nodal Excitation (DEXTER'S CIGAR) 53. Earl Hooker -- The Moon is Rising (ARHOOLIE) 54. El Son Entero -- Cuba (PLAYASOUND) 55. Pish Posh -- Up Jumps the Boogie (RAW.KUTS/RAWKUS) 56. V/A -- Doowop: To Be Loved Forever (DEL-FI) 57. V/A -- Studio One Dancehall Selection (HEARTBEAT) 58. Whiskeytown/Neko Case & the Sadies -- split 7-inch (BLOODSHOT) 59. Badar Ali Khan -- Lost in Qawwali II (TRILOKA) 60. Busta Rhymes -- "Tear the Roof Off" 12-inch (ELEKTRA) 61. Compay Segundo -- Lo Mejor De La Vida (NONESUCH) 62. Flowchart vs. GFS/Her Space Holiday -- split 7-inch (AUDIOINFORMATION PHENOMENA) 63. James "Son" Thomas -- Beefsteak Blues (EVIDENCE) 64. Kruder Dorfmeister -- K&D Sessions (K7) 65. Lewis Parker -- Masquerades and Silhouettes (MELANKOLIC) 66. Low Res -- Approximate Love Boat (PLUG RESEARCH) 67. Girls of Angeli -- The New Voice of North (FINLANDIA) 68. High Llamas -- Lollo Rosso (V2) 69. Jets to Brazil -- Orange Rhyming Dictionary (JADE TREE) 70. Outkast -- Aquemini (LAFACE) 71. Roots -- "Adrenaline" CD single (MCA) 72. Stars of the Lid/Jon McCafferty -- Per Aspera Ad Astra (KRANKY) 73. David Honeyboy Edwards -- The World Don't Owe Me Nothing (EARWIG) 74. Do Make Say Think -- self-titled (CONSTELLATION) 75. icu -- Chotto Matte A Moment! (K) 76. John Lurie -- Fishing With John; African Swim and Manny & Lo (STRANGE AND BEAUTIFUL) 77. Klezmatics & Chava Alberstein -- The Well (XENOPHILE) 78. Mile Marker -- Non Plus Ultra (PARALOGY) 79. Naftule's Dream -- Smash, Clap! (TZADIK) 80. Pascal Comelade -- d'Argot du Bruit (LES DISQUES DU SOLEIL...) 81. Red Scare -- "Jetset" 7-inch (PARALOGY) 82. Third Eye Foundation -- You Guys Kill Me (MERGE) 83. V/A -- Nordic Roots: A Northside Collection (NORTHSIDE) 84. Varttina -- Vihma (WICKLOW) 85. Blonde Redhead -- In an Expression of the Inexpressible (TOUCH AND GO) 86. Cephas & Wiggins -- Goin' Down the Road Feelin' Bad (EVIDENCE) 87. Cursive/Silver Scooter -- split 10-inch (CRANK!) 88. Elton Dean -- Just Us (CUNEIFORM/RECOMMENDED) 89. Flipmode Squad -- The Imperial (ELEKTRA) 90. Guv'ner -- Spectral Worship (MERGE) 91. Hal el Shedad -- Textures of Tomorrow (TROUBLEMAN UNLIMITED) 92. hollAnd & Mark Borthwick -- Synthetic Voices soundtrack () 93. Junior Byles and Friends -- 129 Beat Street: Ja-Man Special 75-78 (BLOOD AND FIRE) 94. Retsin -- Sweet Luck of Amaryllis (CARROT TOP) 95. rhBand -- First Tone (DRUNKEN FISH) 96. Udi Yorgo Bacanos -- self-titled (TRADITIONAL CROSSROADS) 97. V/A -- Cuban Gold 5: The 80s (QBADISC) 98. Amps for Christ -- Songs From Mt. Ion (self-released) 99. Asteroid #4 -- Introducing... (LOUNGE) 100. Boxhead Ensemble -- The Last Place To Go (ATAVISTIC) 101. Chicago Underground Duo -- 12 Degrees of Freedom (THRILL JOCKEY) 102. Deux Filles -- Silence & Wisdom (HUMBUG) 103. Flossie and the Unicorns -- LMNOP (SKIN GRAFT) 104. Heltah Skeltah -- "Brownsville II Long Beach" 12-inch (DUCKDOWN/PRIORITY) 105. Hi-Fives -- Get Down! (LOOKOUT!) 106. Ida -- Losing Truth (BINGO) 107. Jaz Klash -- Thru the Haze (WORLD DOMINATION) 108. Jon Spencer Blues Explosion -- Acme (MATADOR) 109. Mercury Rev -- Deserter's Songs (V2) 110. Nothing Painted Blue -- The Monte Carlo Method (SCAT) 111. OOIOO -- self-titled (KILL ROCK STARS) 112. Residents -- Wormwood (EAST SIDE DIGITAL) 113. Seam -- The Pace is Glacial (TOUCH AND GO) 114. Slaves -- "Chemical Priest" 12-inch (LOVELETTER) 115. Starpoint -- "Chains" 7-inch (self-released) 116. V/A -- Self Portrait compilation 7-inch (PERMAFROST) 117. 60 Channels -- Tuned in Turned On (WORLD DOMINATION) 118. Brand Nubian -- "Back Up Off the Wall" 12-inch (ARISTA) 119. Eugene Chadbourne -- Jungle Cookies (OLD GOLD); Volume 2: Solo Acoustic Guitar (RASTASCAN) 120. Ganger -- Hammock Style (MERGE) 121. Hovercraft -- Experiment Below (MUTE) Also, here are some other releases that we just added that aren't reflected on this week's chart: Elliott Sharp: Tectonics -- Field & Stream (KNITTING FACTORY) Elliott Sharp -- ARC 3: Cyberpunk and the Virtual Stance 1984-88 (ATAVISTIC) V/A -- Various 500 Lock-Grooves by 500 Artists (RRR) Cyryus -- The Lyricist (QUEERCORPS) Julie Ruin -- self-titled (KILL ROCK STARS/5 RUE CHRISTINE) V/A -- S.F. Unscrubbed: Live from the Laundromat II (TOY GUN MURDER) Chessie -- Signal Series (DROP BEAT) Sabir Mateen Trio -- Divine Mad Love (EREMITE) V/A -- Multi-Vitamin Comp (PUNK IN MY VITAMINS) Lucksmiths -- "Untidy Towns" 7-inch (DRIVE-IN/MATINEE) V/A -- Laugh Hard, It's a Long Way to the Bank. (RESEARCH AND DESTROY) Nmperign -- 44'38"/5 (TWISTED VILLAGE) Ida Retsin Family -- Volume One (MUSS MY HAIR) |