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Wednesday, January 29th, 2003
.: The Roots: Phrenology [Okayplayer/MCA; 8.1]
.: Area: Revolution [box set; Akarma; 9.0]
.: DJ Me DJ You: Can You See the Music [Eenie Meenie; 6.5]
.: Snapcase: End Transmission [Victory; 4.3]
.: The Cassettes: The Cassettes [Lovitt; 4.1]

Tuesday, January 28th, 2003
.: The Delgados: Hate [Mantra/Beggars; 8.1]
.: Cephalic Carnage: Lucid Interval [Relapse; 8.1]
.: Voyager One: Monster Zero [Loveless; 7.9]
.: Matthew Shipp: Equilibrium [Thirsty Ear; 7.9]
.: J Mascis + The Fog: Free So Free [Ultimatum; 5.6]

Monday, January 27th, 2003
.: Loose Fur: Loose Fur [Drag City; 7.2]
.: Glifted: Under and In [Martians Go Home!; 8.6]
.: Ikara Colt: Chat and Business [Epitaph; 7.1]
.: Gary Wilson: Forgotten Lovers [Motel; 6.4]
.: The Donnas: Spend the Night [Atlantic; 2.9]

Friday, January 24th, 2003
.: New Order: Retro [box set; Qwest/Warner Brothers; 4.8]
.: Various Artists: Extra Yard [Big Dada/Ninja Tune; 8.2]
.: Parallax Corporation: Cocadisco [Disko B; 7.3]
.: Hayden: Live at Convocation Hall [Badman; 6.3]
.: Roni Size: Touching Down [Full Cycle; 3.5]

Thursday, January 23rd, 2003
.: Q and Not U: Different Damage [Dischord; 7.8]
.: Venetian Snares: A Giant Alien Force More Violent & Sick... [Hymen; 8.5]
.: Youngsbower: Relayer [VHF; 6.2]
.: Dino Felipe: Xanaconversex [Schematic; 6.2]
.: Nada Surf: Let Go [Barsuk; 3.8]

Wednesday, January 22nd, 2003
.: The Sea and Cake: One Bedroom [Thrill Jockey; 7.0]
.: Racebannon: Satan's Kickin' Yr Dick In [Secretly Canadian; 8.3]
.: Jim Yoshii Pile-Up: Homemade Drugs [Absolutely Kosher; 7.8]
.: Lee "Scratch" Perry: The Wonderman Years [Trojan; 6.8]
.: The Cherry Valence: Riffin' [Estrus; 4.4]

Tuesday, January 21st, 2003
.: Microphones: Mount Eerie [K; 8.9]
.: Angels of Light: Everything Is Good Here/Please Come Home [Young God; 8.6]
.: Windy & Carl: Introspection [Blue Flea; 7.8]
.: Gold Chains: Gold Chains EP [PIAS; 5.4]
.: Soundtrack of Our Lives: Behind the Music [Republic/Universal; 3.0]

Friday, January 17th, 2003
.: Bonnie "Prince" Billy: Master and Everyone [Palace/Drag City; 6.0]
.: The Bruces: The War of The Bruces [Misra; 8.2]
.: Oneida: Each One Teach One [Jagjaguwar; 6.5]
.: Wobbly: Wild Why [Tigerbeat6; 4.9]

Thursday, January 16th, 2003
.: Out Hud: S.T.R.E.E.T. D.A.D. [Kranky; 9.0]
.: Circle: Raunio [Squealer; 7.6]
.: Sinéad O'Connor: Sean-Nós Nua [Vanguard; 6.3]
.: FC/Kahuna: Machine Says Yes [Ministry of Sound; 4.7]

Wednesday, January 15th, 2003
.: Cody ChesnuTT: The Headphone Masterpiece [Ready Set Go; 7.4]
.: Smog: Accumulation: None [Drag City; 7.7]
.: Sinking Ships: Out of Key Harmony [Darla; 7.4]
.: Casino Versus Japan: Whole Numbers Play the Basics [Carpark; 3.3]

Tuesday, January 14th, 2003
.: Nas: God's Son [Ill Will/Columbia; 8.6]
.: Faust: Patchwork 1971-2002 [Staubgold; 7.0]
.: Suede: A New Morning [Columbia; 6.9]
.: The Music: The Music [Virgin; 4.7]

Monday, January 13th, 2003
.: Björk: Family Tree [Elektra; 3.6]
.: Stars of the Lid: Avec Laudenum [Kranky; 8.0]
.: Rilo Kiley: The Execution of All Things [Saddle Creek; 7.5]
.: The Rogers Sisters: Purely Evil [Troubleman Unlimited; 4.9]

Friday, January 10th, 2003
.: VA: Clicks & Cuts 3/Digital Disco [Mille Plateaux/Force Inc; 8.3]
.: Redd Kross: Neurotica [Five Foot Two; 9.0]
.: Taking Pictures: Friends Are Ghosts [My Pal God; 7.7]
.: Marky Ramone: Legends Bleed [Thirsty Ear; 3.4]

Thursday, January 9th, 2003
.: Yeah Yeah Yeahs: Machine EP [Touch & Go; 3.9]
.: Asa-Chang & Junray: Junray Song Chang [Leaf; 8.0]
.: Boards of Canada: Twoism EP [reissue] [Warp; 7.0]
.: Bill Laswell: Sacred System: Book of Exit [ROIR; 6.8]

Wednesday, January 8th, 2003
.: GZA: Legend of the Liquid Sword [MCA; 8.3]
.: From Quagmire: Caught in Unknowing [VHF; 7.7]
.: Koufax: Social Life [Vagrant; 7.2]
.: Worms: Pelican Songs [Tumult; 6.0]

Tuesday, January 7th, 2003
.: Ms. John Soda: No P. or D. [Morr Music; 8.8]
.: Andy Partridge: Fuzzy Warbles [Ape; 7.4]
.: Mantler: Sadisfaction [Tomlab; 6.7]
.: The Raveonettes: Whip It On! [Crunchy Frog; 5.8]

Monday, January 6th, 2003
.: Pearl Jam: Riot Act [Epic; 4.9]
.: The Libertines: Up the Bracket [Rough Trade; 8.5]
.: Tujiko Noriko: Make Me Hard [Mego; 7.2]
.: Dead and Gone: The Beautician [Gold Standard Laboratories; 6.9]

Wednesday, December 18th, 2002
.: VA: If the 21st Century Didn't Exist... [5RC/Kill Rock Stars; 7.6]
.: Transllusion: L.I.F.E. [Rephlex; 7.4]
.: Immolation: Unholy Cult [Olympic/Listenable; 7.4]
.: The Meligrove Band: Let It Grow [Ductape/Endearing; 6.8]

Tuesday, December 17th, 2002
.: Ride: OX4: The Best of Ride [The First Time; 7.1]
.: Capitol Years: Jewelry Store EP [Full Frame; 7.8]
.: Thomas Fehlmann: Visions of Blah [Kompakt; 7.5]
.: Negativland: Deathsentences of the Polished and Structurally Weak [Seeland; 4.3]

Monday, December 16th, 2002
.: Mountain Goats: Tallahassee [4AD; 6.7]
.: Kevin Drumm: Sheer Hellish Miasma [Mego; 8.5]
.: Soul-Junk: 1957 [Sounds Are; 7.0]
.: I Can Lick Any Sonofabitch in the House: Creepy Little Noises [In Music We Trust; 4.6]

Friday, December 13th, 2002
.: Adult.: Resuscitation [Ersatz Audio; 8.7]
.: Metro Area: Metro Area [Environ; 7.8]
.: Jeff Buckley: The Grace EPs [Columbia; 6.3]
.: Gorilla Monsoon: Gorilla Monsoon [Tuolumne; 2.3]

Thursday, December 12th, 2002
.: Tony Conrad with Faust: Outside the Dream Syndicate [Table of the Elements; 9.0]
.: Sondre Lerche: Faces Down [Astralwerks; 7.4]
.: Black Dice: Lost Valley EP [Tigerbeat6; 7.0]
.: Smashing Pumpkins: Earphoria [Virgin; 6.3]

Wednesday, December 11th, 2002
.: Talib Kweli: Quality [Rawkus/MCA; 9.1]
.: Mat Maneri Quartet: Sustain [Thirsty Ear Blue Series; 8.4]
.: Noise for Pretend: Happy You Near [Hush; 7.8]
.: The Afflictions: Peotone [Captain Spazz; 6.5]

Tuesday, December 10th, 2002
.: Cave In: Tides of Tomorrow EP [Hydra Head; 6.9]
.: MIMEO: The Hands of Caravaggio [Erstwhile; 8.7]
.: Dillinger Four: Situationist Comedy [Fat Wreck Chords; 7.4]
.: Wolf Colonel: Something/Everything [K; 5.8]

Monday, December 9th, 2002
.: Foo Fighters: One by One [Roswell/RCA; 5.4]
.: Flying Luttenbachers: Infection & Decline [Troubleman Unlimited; 8.0]
.: Maserati: The Language of Cities [Kindercore; 7.3]
.: Univers Zero: Rhythmix [Cuneiform; 6.0]

Friday, December 6th, 2002
.: Cassetteboy: The Parker Tapes [Barry's Bootlegs; 8.7]
.: Paul Lansky: Alphabet Book [Bridge; 8.0]
.: VA: Total Lee!: Songs of Lee Hazlewood [Astralwerks; 7.1]
.: Andrea Perry: Two [Trust Issue; 7.0]

Thursday, December 5th, 2002
.: High on Fire: Surrounded by Thieves [Relapse; 8.8]
.: Low Res: Blue Ramen [Plug Research; 7.8]
.: Lonberg-Holm/Roebke/Kotche: A Valentine for Fred Katz [Atavistic; 7.1]
.: Bluebird: Black Presence [Dopamine; 2.1]

Wednesday, December 4th, 2002
.: David Cross: Shut Up, You Fucking Baby [Sub Pop; 6.5]
.: Jan Jelinek & Computer Soup: Improvisations and Edits [Audiosphere; 8.4]
.: Great Lakes: The Distance Between [Orange Twin; 6.0]
.: St. Thomas: I'm Coming Home [Misra; 5.1]

Tuesday, December 3rd, 2002
.: Dillinger Escape Plan with Mike Patton: Irony Is a Dead Scene EP [Epitaph; 8.4]
.: Ruins: Tzomborgha [Ipecac; 7.9]
.: The Lot Six: Animals [Espo; 7.4]
.: Swayzak: Dirty Dancing [!K7; 6.0]

Monday, December 2nd, 2002
.: Peaches: The Teaches of Peaches [Kitty-Yo/XL/Beggars; 7.5]
.: VA: Nothing Left to Lose: A Tribute to Kris Kristofferson [Incidental; 7.6]
.: Young People: Young People [5RC/Kill Rock Stars; 7.1]
.: Yo La Tengo: Nuclear War EP [Matador; 5.9]

Wednesday, November 27th, 2002
.: Björk: Greatest Hits [Elektra; 9.2]
.: Philip Jeck: Stoke [Touch; 8.4]
.: The Mobius Band: Three EP [Prescription Rails; 7.8]
.: The Cost: Chimera [Lookout!; 3.9]

Tuesday, November 26th, 2002
.: Audioslave: Audioslave [Epic; 1.7]
.: Impossible Shapes: Laughter Fills Our Hollow Dome [Luna/Mr Whiggs; 8.5]
.: Tarentel: Ephemera [Temporary Residence; 7.0]
.: Botch: An Anthology of Dead Ends EP [Hydra Head; 4.5]

Monday, November 25th, 2002
.: Death Cab for Cutie: You Can Play These Songs with Chords [Barsuk; 6.4]
.: Seiichi Yamamoto: Crown of Fuzzy Groove [P-Vine; 8.1]
.: Simian: We Are Your Friends [Astralwerks; 7.1]
.: The Pattern: Real Feelness [Lookout!; 6.7]

Friday, November 22nd, 2002
.: Missy Elliott: Under Construction [Elektra; 7.2]
.: Manitoba: Start Breaking My Heart [Domino; 8.0]
.: Add N to (X): Loud Like Nature [Mute; 6.8]
.: Jack Hayter: Practical Wireless [Absolutely Kosher; 6.0]

Thursday, November 21st, 2002
.: MC Paul Barman: Paullelujah! [Coup D'etat; 2.0]
.: The Action: Rolled Gold [Parasol; 8.0]
.: Rumah Sakit: Obscured by Clowns [Temporary Residence; 7.2]
.: White Star Line: White Star Line [Antiantenna; 5.8]

Wednesday, November 20th, 2002
.: Beth Gibbons & Rustin Man: Out of Season [Go! Beat; 5.7]
.: Guitar: Sunkissed [Morr Music; 7.8]
.: Yesterday's Kids: Can't Hear Nothin' [Panic Button/Lookout!; 7.0]
.: Richard Buckner: Impasse [Overcoat; 6.6]

Friday, November 15th, 2002
.: Nirvana: Nirvana [Geffen; 7.0]
.: Franklin Bruno: A Cat May Look at a Queen [Absolutely Kosher; 8.0]
.: Rhettmatic: The Wedding Mixer [Beat Junkie Sound; 7.8]
.: Outrageous Cherry: Book of Spectral Projections [Rainbow Quartz/Parasol; 7.1]

Thursday, November 14th, 2002
.: Camper Van Beethoven: Cigarettes & Carrot Juice (box set) [Cooking Vinyl; 8.6]
.: Biosphere: Shenzhou [Touch; 7.8]
.: The Velvet Teen: Plus, Minus, Equals [Slowdance; 7.0]
.: The Datsuns: The Datsuns [V2; 2.8]






10.0: Essential
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