WXYC
Top 98 May 26-June 7 >> 1999
  1. V/A -- Deep River of Song: Black Texicans; Black Appalachia (ROUNDER)
  2. King Tubby & Friends -- Dub Like Dirt: 1975 - 1977 (BLOOD AND FIRE)
  3. V/A -- Dancing with the Dead (ELLIPSIS ARTS)
  4. Nightmares on Wax -- Carboot Soul (MATADOR)
  5. Spaceheads -- Angel Station (MERGE)
  6. Cat's Miaow -- The Long Goodbye 10-inch (DARLA)
  7. Hall of Fame -- First Came Love, Then Came the Tree (AMISH)
  8. We -- Square Root of Negative One (ASPHODEL)
  9. Labradford -- E Luxo So (KRANKY)
 10. Os Mutantes -- Os Mutantes (POLYGRAM)
 11. Phil and the Frantics -- self-titled (BACCHUS/DIONYSUS)
 12. V/A -- Seeds Turn to Flowers Turn to Dust (BACCHUS/DIONYSUS)
 13. V/A -- Souled on Reggae (MUSIC CLUB)
 14. Atman -- Tradition (DRUNKEN FISH)
 15. Funkstorung -- Additional Productions (K7)
 16. Lead Belly -- Sings for Children (SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS)
 17. Lee Perry & the Upsetters -- The Upsetter Shop, v. 2 (HEARTBEAT)
 18. Nearbeats -- Far and Near (GET HIP)
 19. Roscoe Mitchell -- Nine to Get Ready (ECM)
 20. Spade Cooley & the Western Swing Dance Band -- Shame On You (SOUNDIES/BLOODSHOT)
 21. Arsonists -- "Pyromaniax" 12-inch (MATADOR)
 22. Herbaliser -- Very Mercenary (NINJA TUNE)
 23. V/A -- Drinking From Puddles: A Radio History (KILL ROCK STARS)
 24. V/A -- Anthology of World Music - Africa: Music from Rwanda (ROUNDER)
 25. V/A -- Transmissions 001 (TRANSMISSIONS/WXYC)
 26. Da Damn Phreak Noize Phunk -- Electric Crate Digger (K7)
 27. Faust -- Ravvivando (KLANGBAD)
 28. Superstar Quamallah -- Don't Call Me John LP (ABB)
 29. Rainer Maria -- Look Now Look Again (POLYVINYL)
 30. V/A -- Here: A Fort Hazel Magic Compilation (FORT HAZEL MAGIC)
 31. 75 Degrees -- "Heatwave" 12-inch (DINING ROOM)
 32. V/A -- Land of the Sufis: Soul Music from the Indus Valley (SHANACHIE)
 33. Gilberto Gil -- self-titled (POLYGRAM)
 34. Anthony Braxton -- News from the 70s (NEWTONE)
 35. Apsu -- 7-inch (self-released)
 36. Kim Fowley -- Underground Animal (DIONYSUS)
 37. Randy Weston -- African Cookbook (KOCH)
 38. Crabs -- Sand and Sea (K)
 39. Don Cherry/Krzysztof Penderecki -- Actions ()
 40. Essex Green/Sixth Great Lake -- 7-inch (SUDDEN SHAME)
 41. Marc Ducret -- L'Ombra Di Verdi (SCREWGUN)
 42. Matthew Shipp Duo w/ William Parker -- DNA (THIRSTY EAR)
 43. Operation Re-Information -- Universal Standard 84000 (VINYL COMMUNICATIONS)
 44. Speedy J -- "Ieee Mitten Menu" 12-inch (NOVAMUTE)
 45. Twilight Circus Sound System -- Horsie (self-released)
 46. V/A -- So Blue So Funky, Vol. 2: Heroes of the Hammond (BLUE NOTE)
 47. V/A/Depth Charge -- Electroboogie - Shape Generator (K7)
 48. Augustus Pablo -- Valley of Jehosaphat (RAS)
 49. Beau Hunks Saxophone Soctette# -- self-titled (BASTA)
 50. Gal Costa -- self-titled (POLYGRAM)
 51. Sur Sudha -- Festivals of Nepal (DOMO)
 52. V/A -- USA Concerts East (NEWTONE)
 53. V/A -- XLR8R Magazine Presents: Convergence (OM)
 54. V/A -- Tropicalia (POLYGRAM)
 55. Carter Family -- On Border Radio, Vol. 3 (ARHOOLIE)
 56. Ghost -- Tune In, Turn On, Free Tibet; Snuffbox Immanence (DRAG CITY)
 57. Caetano Veloso -- self-titled (POLYGRAM)
 58. Joe Chambers -- The Almoravid (32 JAZZ)
 59. Slim Critchlow -- Cowboy Songs: "The Crooked Trail to Holbrook" (ARHOOLIE)
 60. V/A -- Post Marked Stamps (TREE)
 61. Blue Rags -- Eat at Joe's (SUB POP)
 62. Shannon Wright -- Flightsafety (QUARTERSTICK/TOUCH AND GO); "Captain of Quarantine" 7-inch (PUT IT ON A CRACKER)
 63. Thee Michelle Gun Elephant -- Gear Blues (TRIAD)
 64. V/A -- From Mississippi to Chicago (HIGHTONE)
 65. Wimme -- Gierran (NORTHSIDE)
 66. Don Pullen -- Tomorrow's Promises (KOCH)
 67. Jim Staley w/ Bora Bergman & Phoebe Legere -- Blind Pursuits (EINSTEIN)
 68. Lurkers -- Greatest Hit (BEGGARS BANQUET)
 69. Old 97's -- Fight Songs (ELEKTRA)
 70. Old Time Relijun -- Uterus and Fire (K)
 71. Songs: Ohia -- Axxess & Ace (SECRETLY CANADIAN)
 72. Common Factor -- Dreams of Elsewhere (PLANET E)
 73. Fred Lonberg-Holm -- Site-Specific: Duets for Cello and Guitar (EXPLAIN)
 74. Hedningarna -- Karelia Visa (NORTHSIDE)
 75. John Butcher/Phil Durrant -- Secret Measures (WOBBLY RAIL)
 76. Man or Astroman? -- Eeviac (TOUCH AND GO)
 77. Mount McKinleys -- Stacked Up (And Get It!) (GET HIP)
 78. Rex Allen -- The Last of the Great Singing Cowboys (SOUNDIES/BLOODSHOT)
 79. Roscoe Mitchell Quartet -- In Walked Buckner (DELMARK)
 80. Sunny Murray w/ Sabir Mateen -- We Are Not at the Opera (EREMITE)
 81. V/A -- Blue Break Beats, Vol. 4 (BLUE NOTE)
 82. V/A -- No Categories 2::A Ubiquity Compilation (UBIQUITY)
 83. Zen Frisbee -- 35,000,000 B.C. Good Enough (FIRE ANT)
 84. Charalambides -- Houston (SILTBREEZE)
 85. Georg Graewe Quintet -- Concert in Berlin 1996 (WOBBLY RAIL)
 86. Julie Doiron -- Will You Still Love Me? (TREE)
 87. Necessary Evils -- The Sicko Inside Me (IN THE RED)
 88. Pan Sonic -- B 12-inch (MUTE)
 89. Rock-a-Teens -- Golden Time (MERGE)
 90. V/A -- Blue 'n' Groovy, Vol. 2: Mostly Modal (BLUE NOTE)
 91. V/A -- Mali to Memphis (PUTUMAYO)
 92. Bashful Brother Oswald -- Don't Say Aloha (ROUNDER)
 93. Eater -- All of Eater (CREATIVEMAN DISC)
 94. Eulcid -- The Crane EP (UNDECIDED)
 95. Garmarna -- Vengeance (NORTHSIDE)
 96. Looper -- Up a Tree (SUB POP)
 97. Philip Gayle -- Pnbna (FLEECE)
 98. Trans Am -- Futureworld (THRILL JOCKEY)
 99. 25 Suaves -- self-titled (BULB)
100. Backsliders -- Southern Lines (MAMMOTH)
101. Bassholes -- When My Blue Moon Turns Red Again (IN THE RED)
102. Bob Holt -- Got a Little Home to Go To (ROUNDER)
103. Dalek -- Negro Necro Nekros (GERN BLANDSTEN)
104. Fatal Flyin' Guilloteens -- Danger West! 7-inch (PEEK-A-BOO)
105. Gourds -- Ghosts of Hallelujah (MUNICH)
106. Hadacol -- Better Than This (CHECKERED PAST)
107. Hassan Hakmoun -- Life Around the World (ALULA)
108. Hellacopters -- "Down Right Blue" 7-inch (SUB POP)
109. Kreidler -- Appearance and the Park (MUTE)
110. Mike "Sport" Murphy -- Willoughby (KILL ROCK STARS)
111. Missile Launcher -- ...and then I realized tomorrow is just a later today (WORLD FOUNDATIONS)
112. V/A -- Porch Songs: A Willamette Valley Acoustic Compilation (self-released)

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

Hentchmen -- Motorvatin' (NORTON)
Church Keys -- Work With It! (NORTON)
Raphe Malik -- Consequences (EREMITE)
V/A -- Cadence Jazz Records Sampler Vol. 1 (CADENCE JAZZ)
Alpha Yaya Diallo -- The Message (WICKLOW)
Habib Koite & Bamada -- Ma Ya (PUTUMAYO)
Pizzarellis, Bucky and John -- Contrasts (ARBORS)
Gary Hassay/William Parker/Toshi Makihara -- Another Shining Path (DRIMALA)