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Top 81 1. Belle and Sebastian - Tigermilk (MATADOR) 2. V/A - Oh Merge! (MERGE) 3. Bob Marley & the Wailers - Destiny: Rare Ska Sides from Studio One; Wailers & Friends (HEARTBEAT) 4. Max Romeo - Open the Iron Gate 1973-77 (BLOOD AND FIRE) 5. David Kristian - Woodworking: Cricklewood Remixes; Beneath the Valley of the Modulars (ALIEN8) 6. Superchunk - Come Pick Me Up (MERGE) 7. Los Zafiros - Bossa Cubana (WORLD CIRCUIT/NONESUCH) 8. V/A - Deutscher Funk 02 (CAIPIRINHA) 9. Lee Hazlewood - Cowboy in Sweden; with the Al Casey Combo (SMELLS LIKE) 10. Lee Konitz - with Warne Marsh; Inside Hi-Fi (KOCH) 11. Azalia Snail - Soft Bloom (DARK BELOVED CLOUD) 12. Ali Farka Toure - Niafunke (HANNIBAL/RYKODISC) 13. Del - "Phoney Phranchise" 12-inch (HIERO IMPERIUM) 14. Joe Harriott Double Quintet - Indo-Jazz Suite (KOCH) 15. Music Tapes - 1st Imaginary Symphony for Nomad (MERGE) 16. Soul Ecstasy: Music from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - "Citroens 'n' Sitars" 12-inch (EMPEROR NORTON) 17. Marc Ribot - Yo! I Killed Your God (TZADIK) 18. Morgan Guberman - Hamadryas Baboon (PAX) 19. Roger Hannay - Architecture in Sound: Volumes One and Two (AUCOURANT) 20. Barbarito Torres - Havana Cafe (ATLANTIC) 21. Habib Koite & Bamada - Muso Ko (ALULA) 22. Tentacles - "The Touch" 7-inch (K) 23. Toumani Diabate with Ballake Sissoko - New Ancient Strings/Nouvelles Cordes Anciennes (HANNIBAL/RYKODISC) 24. Vandermark 5 - Simpatico (ATAVISTIC); Vandermark 5 vs. Santo (SAVAGE SOUND) 25. Woody Guthrie - Buffalo Skinners (SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS) 26. Zuerichten - s/t (self-released) 27. Elizabeth Panzer - Dancing in Place (OOdiscs) 28. Fireballs of Freedom/Bellrays - split 7-inch (EXTRA BALL) 29. Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin (WARNER BROTHERS) 30. Masada - Live in Jerusalem 1994; Live in Taipei 1995 (TZADIK) 31. Merzbow - Door Open at 8 am (ALIEN8) 32. Mr. Bungle - California (WARNER BROTHERS) 33. Black Heart Procession - 2 (TOUCH AND GO) 34. DJ Format - "English Lesson" 12-inch (BOMB HIP-HOP) 35. Eddie Harris - The Real Electrifying Eddie Harris (UBIQUITY) 36. Fred Frith & Henry Kaiser - Friends & Enemies (CUNEIFORM/RECOMMENDED) 37. Holy Modal Rounders - Too Much Fun (ROUNDER) 38. Ibrahim Ferrer - Buena Vista Social Club Presents... (WORLD CIRCUIT/NONESUCH) 39. Metabolismus - Terra Incognita (BLACKJACK) 40. Robyn Hitchcock - Jewels for Sophia (WARNER BROTHERS) 41. Tarwater - Remix EP (ROOM TONE) 42. V/A - African Lullaby (ELLIPSIS ARTS) 43. Vladimir Ussachevsky - Electronic and Acoustic Works 1957-1972 (CRI) 44. Zelium Quang - The Future is Numbers (OVODISK) 45. 33.3 - s/t (AESTHETICS) 46. Bugskull - Distracted Snowflake Volume Two (SCRATCH) 47. Crooked Fingers - "Broken Man" 7-inch (RED PIG) 48. I'm Being Good - Poisonous Life (INFINITE CHUG) 49. Kaffe Matthews - Cd Cecile (ANNETTE WORKS) 50. MicroCosmos - Pilgrimage (TZADIK) 51. Rachel's - Selenography (QUARTERSTICK/TOUCH AND GO) 52. Saturnalia String Trio with Daniel Carter - "Evanescences" 7-inch (SUBLINGUAL) 53. Steven R. Smith - From Ashes Come (ACRE FLOOR) 54. Ted Curson - The New Thing & the Blue Thing (KOCH) 55. Test - s/t (AUM FIDELITY) 56. V/A - Eddie Bo's Funky Funky New Orleans (FUNKY DELICACIES) 57. Archie Shepp/Kahil El'Zabaržs Ritual Trio - Conversations (DELMARK) 58. Bulgarian Voices & Moscow Art Trio with Huun-Huur-Tu - Mountain Tale (ZEBRA ACOUSTIC) 59. Deerhoof - Holdypaws (KILL ROCK STARS) 60. Eliades Ochoa - Sublime Ilusion (VIRGIN) 61. Martin Tetreault and Otomo Yoshihide - 21 Situations (AMBIANCES MAGNETIQUES/DAME) 62. Mary Jane Hooper - Psychedelphia (FUNKY DELICACIES) 63. Papa Boa - Tete a queue (AMBIANCES MAGNETIQUES/DAME) 64. V/A - Coalescence (ALIEN8) 65. V/A - Cuba Si: Pure Cuban Flavor (RHINO) 66. Vinicius Cantuaria - Tucuma (VERVE) 67. Caetano Veloso - Livro (NONESUCH) 68. Carl Stone - Exusiai (NEWTONE/ROBI DROLI) 69. Chicklet - Wanderlust (SATELLITE) 70. Idyll Swords - s/t (COMMUNION) 71. Johnny Angel/Song of Zarathustra - split 7-inch (self-released) 72. Lucksmiths - Happy Secret (DRIVE-IN) 73. Maggi Payne - The Extended Flute (CRI) 74. MC Paul Barman - Post-Graduate Work EP (HOUSEHUSBAND) 75. Philharmonie - The Last Word (CUNEIFORM/RECOMMENDED) 76. V/A - More Oar: a tribute to the Skip Spence album (BIRDMAN) 77. V/A - Zaum (DEAD CEO) 78. V/A - Rare and Well Done (INDEPENDENT WEEKLY) 79. V/A - Cool Beans! Compilation #10 (COOL BEANS!) 80. V/A - Wizard Women of the North (NORTHSIDE) 81. Whistler - s/t (BEGGARS BANQUET) Also, here's some other releases that we just added that aren't reflected on this week's chart: Small Things - Keep Calm - and Dig (INFINITE CHUG) Ponga - s/t (LOOSEGROOVE) Oval - Szenariodisk (THRILL JOCKEY) Kissing Book - Lines and Color (MAGIC MARKER) Telegraph Melts - Ilium (ABSOLUTELY KOSHER) Sackville - The Principles of Science (CONSTELLATION) JOB - Party at Ilan's (FEAST OR FAMINE) Frosted Ambassador - s/t (KINDERCORE) Gal Costa - s/t (PHILIPS/POLYGRAM) V/A - Hippie Goddesses (C&P GODDESS) Couch - Fantasy (KITTY-YO/KOLLAPS) High Rise - Live; Disallow (SQUEALER) Hot Club of Cowtown - Tall Tales (HIGHTONE) Hot Shots - Wise Up, Watch Out (DIONYSUS) Nels Cline/Gregg Bendian - Interstellar Space Revisited: The Music of John Coltrane (ATAVISTIC) |