1. 8...Brigitte Fontaine...Est...Folle...Superior Viaduct

2. 8...Various...Imaginations: Psychedelic Sounds From the Young Blood, Beacon and Mother Labels, 1969-1974...Guerssen

3. 8...Tune-Yards...Nikki Nack...4AD

4. 8...Trans Am...Volume X...Thrill Jockey

5. 7...Hank Williams...The Garden Spot Programs, 1950...Omnivore

6. 7...Swans...To Be Kind...Young God

7. 7...Fennesz...Becs...Editions Mego

8. 7...Mesa Ritual...Mesa Ritual...Sige

9. 6...Sylvan Esso...Sylvan Esso ...Partisan

10. 6...William Tyler...Lost Colony...Merge

11. 6...Curtis Harding...Soul Power...Burger

12. 6...Jack Ruby...Hit and Run...Saint Cecelia Knows

13. 6...Gallery...The Wind That Shakes the Barley...Guerssen

14. 6...Lust for Youth...International...Sacred Bones

15. 6...Denney and the Jets...Mexican Coke...Limited Fanfare

16. 5...Robert Wyatt...'68...Cuneiform

17. 5...Marc Ribot Trio...Live at the Village Vangaurd...Pi

18. 5...Three Legged Race...Rope Commercial Vol. 1 EP...Underwater Peoples

19. 5...Trek with Quintronic...Landing Plus...Dark Entries

20. 5...Skull Defekts...Dances in Dreams of the Known Unknown...Thrill Jockey

21. 5...Secret Colours...Positive Distractions...s/r

22. 5...Don Williams...Reflections...Sugar Hill

23. 5...Thee Oh Sees...Drop...Castle Face

24. 5...The Polyphonic Spree...Yes, It's True....Kirtland

25. 5...Meat Puppets...Rat Farm...Megaforce

26. 4...Chatham County Line...Tightrope...Yep Roc

27. 4...Flesh Wounds...Bitter Boy 7"...Merge

28. 4...North Elementary...Honcho Poncho...Potluck

29. 4...Wesley Wolfe...Numbskull...self-released

30. 4...Wood Ear...Electric Alone...Churchkey

31. 4...Sonny Knight and His Fabulous Lakers...I'm Still Here...Secret Stash

32. 4...Prostitutes...Petit Cochon...Spectrum Spools

33. 4...Thomas Edisun's Electric Light Bulb Band...The Red Day Album...Gear Fab

34. 4...Vampires...Underground...Pharaway

35. 4...OFF!...Wasted Years...Vice

36. 4...Saaad...Deep/Float...Hands in the Dark

37. 4...D.J. Sparr...21207...Centaur

38. 4...Chicago Underground Duo...Locus...Northern-Spy

39. 4...Guerilla Toss...Gay Disco...NNA Tapes

40. 4...Hobocop...Half Man, Half Cop...Slovenly

41. 4...Ex-Cult...Midnight Passenger...Goner

42. 4...Islaja...S U U...Monika Enterprises

43. 3...Nikki Lane...All or Nothin'...New West

44. 3...Stefan Wesolowski...Liebestod...Important

45. 3...Walker/Nealand/Thibodeaux...redrawblak (Trio) LP...Two Cities

46. 3...John Escreet...Sound, Space and Structures...Sunnyside

47. 3...September Girls...Cursing the Sea...Fortuna POP!

48. 3...Mystic Braves...Desert Island...Lollipop

49. 3...Dorval & Devereaux...Dorval & Devereaux...Moon Glyph

50. 3...A Minor Forest...Flemish Altruism: Constituent Parts 1993-1996...Thrill Jockey

51. 3...Madden and Harris...Fool's Paradise...Guerrsen

52. 3...Alvarius B/Sir Richard Bishop...If You Don't Like It...Don't!...Three Lobed Recordings

53. 3...Gezan...It Was Once Said to Be a Song...Important

54. 3...The Whigs...Modern Creation...New West

55. 3...White Suns...Totem...Flenser

56. 3...Klara Lewis...Ett...Editions Mego

57. 3...Magic Touch...Palermo House Gang...100% Silk

58. 3...Kojiro Umezaki...(Cycles)...In a Circle

59. 3...Leon Russell...Life Journey...Universal

60. 2...Lud...Defenestration Boulevard...s/r

61. 2...The Brothers and Sisters...Dylan's Gospel...Light in the Attic

62. 2...Ataloft...Ataloft...ZoBird

63. 2...Chuck Mead...Free State Serenade...Plowboy

64. 2...Linda Perhacs...The Soul of All Natural Things...Asthmatic Kitty

65. 2...Atmosphere...Southsiders...Rhymesayers

66. 2...Chris Speed...Really OK...Skirl

67. 2...Mario Pavone...Street Songs...Playscape

68. 2...Michael Vlatkovich Quartet...You're Too Dimensional...pfMENTUM

69. 2...The Baseball Project...3rd...Yep Roc

70. 2...The In Out...AGENDA: The EP...Dhamma Jhoti

71. 2...The Afghan Whigs...Do to the Beast...Sub Pop

72. 2...Mount Carmel...Get Pure...Alive

73. 2...Crazy Aces...Greatest Hits Volume 2...s/r

74. 2...Klaus Johan Grobe...Im Sinne Der Zeit...Trouble in Mind

75. 2...The Spits...Kill the Kool...In the Red

76. 2...The Ghost of a Sabertooth Tiger...Midnight Sun...Chimera Music

77. 2...Wye Oak...Shriek...Merge

78. 2...Verma...Sunrunner...Trouble in Mind

79. 2...Stalins of Sound...Tank Tracks...Slovenly

80. 2...The Hold Steady...Teeth Dreams...Razor and Tie

81. 2...Ski Patrol...Versions of a Life (Recordings 1979-81)...Dark Entries

82. 2...Woods...With Light and Love...Woodsist

83. 2...Pinkcourtesyphone...A Ravishment of Mirror...Dragons Eye Recordings

84. 2...Bolder...Hostile Environment...Editions Mego

85. 2...Brett Naucke...Seed...Spectrum Spools

86. 2...Flaco Jimenez y Tomas Ortiz de Los Alegres de Teran...Flaco Jimenez y Tomas Ortiz de Los Alegres de Teran...Arhoolie

87. 2...PALO!...Live...Rolling Pin Music

88. 2...Ilhan Ersahin's Wonderland...The Other Side...Nublu

AMERICANA

1. 7...Hank Williams...The Garden Spot Programs, 1950...Omnivore

2. 6...Gallery...The Wind That Shakes the Barley...Guerssen

3. 5...Don Williams...Reflections...Sugar Hill

4. 4...Chatham County Line...Tightrope...Yep Roc

5. 3...Nikki Lane...All or Nothin'...New West

6. 3...Leon Russell...Life Journey...Universal

7. 2...The Brothers and Sisters...Dylan's Gospel...Light in the Attic

8. 2...Ataloft...Ataloft...ZoBird

9. 2...Chuck Mead...Free State Serenade...Plowboy

10. 2...Linda Perhacs...The Soul of All Natural Things...Asthmatic Kitty

WORLD 

1. 3...Kojiro Umezaki...(Cycles)...In a Circle

2. 2...Flaco Jimenez y Tomas Ortiz de Los Alegres de Teran...Flaco Jimenez y Tomas Ortiz de Los Alegres de Teran...Arhoolie

3. 2...PALO!...Live...Rolling Pin Music

4. 2...Ilhan Ersahin's Wonderland...The Other Side...Nublu

5. 1...Meta Meta...Metal Metal...Mais Um Discos

6. 1...Prince Fatty vs. Mungo's Hi-Fi...Prince Fatty vs. Mungo's Hi-Fi...Mr. Bongo

7. 1...Caetano Veloso...Abracaco...Nonesuch

8. 1...Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra...The Offense of the Drum...Motema

9. 1...Diali Cissokho and Kaira Ba...The Great Peace...S/R

10. 1...Hafez Nazeri...Rumi Symphony Project - Cycle I: Untold...Sony Classical

LOUD

1. 7…Swans…To Be Kind…Young God

2. 5…Skull Defekts…Dances in Dreams of the Known Unknown…Thrill Jockey

3. 4…OFF! …Wasted Years…Vice

4. 3…Gezan…It Was Once Said to Be a Song Important

5. 3…White Suns…Totem…Flenser

6. 1…Demon Eye…Leave the Light…Soulseller

7. 1…Skemata…Demo…Sorry State

8. 1…Narcoman…Demo…Sorry State

9. 1…Obnox…Louder Space…12XU

10. 1…PYPY…Pagan Day…Slovenly Recordings

JAZZ

1. 5…Marc Ribot Trio…Live at the Village Vangaurd…Pi

2. 4…Chicago Underground Duo…Locus…Northern-Spy

3. 3…Walker/Nealand/Thibodeaux…redrawblak (Trio) LP…Two Cities

4. 3…John Escreet…Sound, Space and Structures…Sunnyside

5. 2…Chris Speed…Really OK…Skirl

6. 2…Mario Pavone…Street Songs…Playscape

7. 2…Michael Vlatkovich Quartet…You're Too Dimensional…pfMENTUM

8. 2…Ilhan Ersahin's Wonderland…The Other Side…Nublu

9. 1…Gregorio/Swell/Karayorgis…Window and Doorway…Driff

10. 1…The Nels Cline Singers…Macroscope…Mack Avenue