>>Thu/December 20th, 2001
.: Anti-Pop Consortium:
The Ends Against the Middle EP
.: Jenny Toomey:
Antidote
.: Money Mark:
Change Is Coming
.: Zmrzlina:
Katastrophe Vol. 3

>>Thu/December 20th, 2001
.: Dismemberment Plan announce new tour
.: Mouse on Mars release new EP + 7"
.: Luna sign to Jetset, ready new album
.: Buffalo Daughter record new full-length

10.0: Indispensable, classic
9.5-9.9: Spectacular
9.0-9.4: Amazing
8.5-8.9: Exceptional; will likely rank among writer's top ten albums of the year
8.0-8.4: Very good
7.5-7.9: Above average; enjoyable
7.0-7.4: Not brilliant, but nice enough
6.0-6.9: Has its moments, but isn't strong
5.0-5.9: Mediocre; not good, but not awful
4.0-4.9: Just below average; bad outweighs good by just a little bit
3.0-3.9: Definitely below average, but a few redeeming qualities
2.0-2.9: Heard worse, but still pretty bad
1.0-1.9: Awful; not a single pleasant track
0.0-0.9: Breaks new ground for terrible

Acid Mothers Temple
Ryan Adams
Air
Anti-Pop Consortium
American Analog Set
Aphex Twin
At the Drive In
Autechre
Avalanches
Beulah
Beta Band
Björk
Boredoms
Jeff Buckley
Built to Spill
John Cale
Circulatory System
Leonard Cohen
John Coltrane
Daft Punk
Miles Davis
Death Cab for Cutie
Dismemberment Plan
DJ Food & DK
Dntel
Explosions in the Sky
Jay Farrar
Fennesz
Ben Folds
Fugazi
Godspeed You Black Emperor!
Gorillaz
Gorky's Zygotic Mynci
Guided by Voices
Jackie-O Motherfucker
Jay-Z
Jimmy Eat World
Le Tigre
Ted Leo
Les Savy Fav
Stephen Malkmus
Mercury Rev
Microphones
Modest Mouse
Mogwai
Mùm
Neutral Milk Hotel
New Order
Jim O'Rourke
Owls
Papa M
Pinback
Pixies
Prefuse 73
Pulp
Radiohead
Reindeer Section
R.E.M.
Saves the Day
Shins
Silver Jews
Silver Mt. Zion
Sloan
(Smog)
Sparklehorse
Spiritualized
Stereolab
Strokes
Super Furry Animals
Superchunk
Tool
Tortoise
...Trail of Dead
Velvet Underground
Rufus Wainwright
Weezer
White Stripes

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