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Top 95 1. V/A -- Ethiopiques Vols. 1, 3, and 4 (BUDA) 2. Stereolab -- Aluminum Tunes (DRAG CITY) 3. Linton Kwesi Johnson -- Independant Intavenshan: The Island Anthology (ISLAND) 4. Busta Rhymes -- "Tear the Roof Off" 12-inch (ELEKTRA) 5. Creation -- Making Time/Biff Bang Pow (RETROACTIVE) 6. Pish Posh -- Up Jumps the Boogie (RAW.KUTS/RAWKUS) 7. Cat Power -- Moon Pix (MATADOR) 8. Massacre -- Funny Valentine (TZADIK) 9. Sulukule -- Rom Music of Istanbul (TRADITIONAL CROSSROADS) 10. Gladiators -- Bongo Red (HEARTBEAT) 11. Jaz Klash -- Thru the Haze (WORLD DOMINATION) 12. Ninety Nine -- 767 (ENDEARING) 13. V/A/Andrea Parker -- DJ Kicks (K7) 14. Betty Hutton -- The Best of the RCA Years (ONE WAY) 15. Squarepusher -- Music is Rotted One Note (NOTHING/INTERSCOPE) 16. Barbara Manning -- In New Zealand (COMMUNION) 17. Deux Filles -- Silence & Wisdom (HUMBUG) 18. Eugene Chadbourne -- Volume 2: Solo Acoustic Guitar (RASTASCAN); Jungle Cookies (OLD GOLD) 19. Ex -- Starters Alternators (TOUCH AND GO) 20. Hazel Dickens -- Hard Hitting Songs for Hard Hit People (ROUNDER) 21. Zeena Parkins -- No Way Back (ATAVISTIC) 22. Badar Ali Khan -- Lost in Qawwali II (TRILOKA) 23. Boxhead Ensemble -- The Last Place To Go (ATAVISTIC) 24. Ghazal -- As Night Falls on the Silk Road (SHANACHIE) 25. Junior Byles and Friends -- 129 Beat Street: Ja-Man Special 75-78 (BLOOD AND FIRE) 26. Kruder & Dorfmeister -- K&D Sessions (K7) 27. Melt Banana -- Charlie (AZAP/REVOLVER) 28. V/A -- Studio One Dancehall Selection (HEARTBEAT) 29. Brand Nubian -- "Back Up Off the Wall" 12-inch (ARISTA) 30. Do Make Say Think -- self-titled (CONSTELLATION) 31. Doc and Merle Watson -- Home Sweet Home (SHANACHIE) 32. Hive -- "A Chain of Prophecies" 12-inch (PHASE 4/LONDON) 33. Loren Mazzacane Connors -- The Bridge (MEGALON); Evangeline (ROAD CONE) 34. Lounge Lizards -- Queen of All Ears (STRANGE AND BEAUTIFUL) 35. Low Res -- Approximate Love Boat (PLUG RESEARCH) 36. Makigami Koichi/Anton Bruhin -- Electric Eel (TZADIK) 37. Rondelles -- Fiction Romance, Fast Machines (SMELLS LIKE) 38. Snuffy Jenkins -- Pioneer of the Bluegrass Banjo (ARHOOLIE) 39. V/A -- Night Train: Classic Railroad Songs, Volume 3 (ROUNDER) 40. Afterhours/Dynamics -- split 7-inch (self-released) 41. Badawi -- Final Warning (ASPHODEL) 42. Bonnie Prince Billie -- "Black Dissimulation" 7-inch (ALL CITY NOMAD) 43. Butchies -- Are We Not Femme? (MR. LADY) 44. Charline Arthur -- Welcome to the Club (BEAR FAMILY) 45. Cursive/Silver Scooter -- split 10-inch (CRANK!) 46. Dock Boggs -- His Folkways Years 1963-1968 (SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS) 47. Junior Varsity -- "Juvenile" 7-inch (REMEDIAL) 48. Metroschifter/Shipping News -- split CD (INITIAL) 49. 60 Channels -- Tuned in Turned On (WORLD DOMINATION) 50. Frumpies -- Frumpie One-Piece (KILL ROCK STARS) 51. Heltah Skeltah -- "Brownsville II Long Beach" 12-inch (DUCKDOWN/PRIORITY) 52. icu -- Chotto Matte A Moment! (K) 53. Jad Fair & Yo La Tengo -- Strange But True (MATADOR) 54. John Lurie -- Fishing With John; African Swim and Manny & Lo (STRANGE AND BEAUTIFUL) 55. Lewis Parker -- Masquerades and Silhouettes (MELANKOLIC) 56. Sabir Mateen Trio -- Divine Mad Love (EREMITE) 57. Third Eye Foundation -- You Guys Kill Me (MERGE) 58. Udi Yorgo Bacanos -- self-titled (TRADITIONAL CROSSROADS) 59. April March -- Lessons of April March (IDEAL) 60. Chicago Underground Duo -- 12 Degrees of Freedom (THRILL JOCKEY) 61. Elton Dean -- Just Us (CUNEIFORM/RECOMMENDED) 62. High Llamas -- Lollo Rosso (V2) 63. Knit Separates -- "In the Sea at Night" 7-inch (3 ACRE FLOOR) 64. Naftule's Dream -- Smash, Clap! (TZADIK) 65. Orange Cake Mix -- Microcosmic Wonderland (AUDIOINFORMATION PHENOMENA) 66. Outkast -- Aquemini (LAFACE) 67. rhBand -- First Tone (DRUNKEN FISH) 68. Amps for Christ -- Songs From Mt. Ion (self-released) 69. David Krakauer's Klezmer Madness! -- Klezmer, NY (TZADIK) 70. Gianni Gebbia -- Portraits (RASTASCAN) 71. Girls of Angeli -- The New Voice of North (FINLANDIA) 72. Hi-Fives -- Get Down! (LOOKOUT!) 73. Ink & Dagger -- The Fine Art of Original Sin (INITIAL) 74. Jimmie R. Vestal -- "That's All Right" 7-inch (self-released) 75. Julie Ruin -- self-titled (KILL ROCK STARS/5 RUE CHRISTINE) 76. Lucksmiths -- "Untidy Towns" 7-inch (DRIVE-IN/MATINEE) 77. Roots -- "Adrenaline" CD single (MCA) 78. Silver Scooter -- "A Tribute to the Phone Calls" 7-inch (PEEK-A-BOO) 79. Smugglers -- Growing Up Smuggler (LOOKOUT!) 80. V/A -- Train 45: Railroad Songs of the Early 1900s (ROUNDER) 81. V/A -- Various 500 Lock-Grooves by 500 Artists (RRR) 82. Chessie -- Signal Series (DROP BEAT) 83. Elliott Sharp -- ARC 3: Cyberpunk and the Virtual Stance 1984-88 (ATAVISTIC) 84. Flossie and the Unicorns -- LMNOP (SKIN GRAFT) 85. Fresh Fish -- "Pork Chop" 7-inch (VILLA VILLAKULA) 86. Godzuki -- Your Future (MARCH) 87. Great Kat -- Bloody Vivaldi (TPR) 88. Ida -- Losing Truth (BINGO) 89. Ida Retsin Family -- Volume One (MUSS MY HAIR) 90. Jets to Brazil -- Orange Rhyming Dictionary (JADE TREE) 91. Klezmatics & Chava Alberstein -- The Well (XENOPHILE) 92. Oneida -- "Best Friends" 7-inch (TURNBUCKLE) 93. Retsin -- Sweet Luck of Amaryllis (CARROT TOP) 94. V/A -- Multi-Vitamin Comp (PUNK IN MY VITAMINS) 95. Varttina -- Vihma (WICKLOW) Also, here are some other releases that we just added that aren't reflected on this week's chart: Bingo -- HBm (UNDERCOVER) Blacks -- Dolly Horrorshow (BLOODSHOT) Fortune & Maltese and the Phabulous Pallbearers -- "Leave No Stone Unturned" 7-inch (GET HIP) 16 -- Scott Case (out of print material) (PESSIMISER/THEOLOGIAN) Fartz -- Because This Fuckin' World Still Stinks... (ALTERNATIVE TENTACLES) Ella Jenkins -- Call-And-Response; African American Folk Rhythms (SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS) V/A -- Afro-American Spirituals, Work Songs, and Ballads (ROUNDER) V/A -- Heartbeat 2: More Voices of First Nations Women (SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS) V/A -- El Lobo: Songs and Games of Latin America (ROUNDER) God is My Co-Pilot -- Get Busy (ATAVISTIC) John Gavanti -- self-titled (ATAVISTIC) Split Lip Rayfield -- self-titled (BLOODSHOT) Hazeldine -- Orphans (ALL SWOLL) Duotron -- The Complete Book of Duotron, Illustrated (SCRATCH) Cassiber -- Live in Tokyo (CUNEIFORM/RECOMMENDED) |