If only the future of commercial radio sounded this good. Try as they might, those stations will never truly compare to the mighty sounds of KUSF, 90.3FM, San Francisco. Take the week ending April 25th, 2003 for example....
Top 30
- yeah yeah yeahs, "date with the night!" (polydor)
- the white stripes, "elephant" (third man/v2)
- calexico, "feast of wire" (quarterstick)
- the kills, "keep on your mean side" (rough trade/sanctuary)
- john coltrane, "a love supreme" (impulse)
- the melvins, "26 songs" (ipecac)
- deadly snakes, "ode to joy" (in the red)
- condor, "a big one" (narnack)
- deerhoof, "apple o" (kill rock stars)
- damo suzuki's network, "metaphysical transfer" (dnw)
- aphex twin, "26 mixes for cash" (warp)
- clone defects, "shapes of venus" (in the red)
- fleshies, "the sicilian" (alternative tentacles)
- subarachnoid space, "also rising" (strange attractors)
- horrors, "vent" (in the red)
- bob log iii, "log bomb" (fat possum)
- the aislers set, "how i learned to write backwards" (suicide squeeze)
- coachwhips, "get yer body next ta mine" (narnack)
- the postal service, "give up" (sub pop)
- cyrkle, "the minx" (sundazed)
- modey lemon, "s/t" (in the red)
- 28th day, "s/t" (innerstate)
- thee michelle gun elephant, "rodeo tandem beat specter" (alive)
- fred frith, "step across the border" (fred)
- v/a, "the las vegas shakedown" (masked superstar recordings)
- lightning bolt, "wonderful rainbow" (load)
- throwing muses, "throwing muses" (4ad)
- various, "survive and advance vol.2" (merge records)
- numbers, "death" (tigerbeat6)
- the roots, "phrenology" (mca)
Rock
- yeah yeah yeahs, "date with the night!" (polydor)
- the white stripes, "elephant" (third man/v2)
- the kills, "keep on your mean side" (rough trade/sanctuary)
- deadly snakes, "ode to joy" (in the red)
- condor, "a big one" (narnack)
- deerhoof, "apple o" (kill rock stars)
- damo suzuki's network, "metaphysical transfer" (dnw)
- clone defects, "shapes of venus" (in the red)
- fleshies, "the sicilian" (alternative tentacles)
- subarachnoid space, "also rising" (strange attractors)
Other
- calexico, "feast of wire" (quarterstick)
- bob log iii, "log bomb" (fat possum)
- the postal service, "give up" (sub pop)
- various, "survive and advance vol.2" (merge records)
- roscoe holcomb, "an untamed sense of control" (smithsonian folkways)
- andre afram asmar, "race to the bottom" (mush)
- various artists, "you can never go fast enough" (plain)
- new order, "retro" (london)
- the white apes, "the big fat" (strange sounds)
- kaada, "thank you for giving me your valuable time" (ipecac)
Jazz/Blues
- john coltrane, "a love supreme" (impulse)
- lead belly, "absolutely the best vol. 2 (live)" (fuel 2002)
- theo jorgensmann quartet, "to ornette - hybrid identity" (hat hut)
- go-go fightmaster, "s/t" (pax)
- steve james, "fast texas" (burnside)
- patrick cress, "telepathy" (s/r)
- matt wilson quartet, "humidity" (palmetto)
- rob brown trio, "round the bend" (bleu regard)
- the blue eyed devils, "the legend of shorty brown" (mountain view)
- dave douglas, "freak in" (bluebird)
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Local
- condor, "a big one" (narnack)
- deerhoof, "apple o" (kill rock stars)
- fleshies, "the sicilian" (alternative tentacles)
- subarachnoid space, "also rising" (strange attractors)
- the aislers set, "how i learned to write backwards" (suicide squeeze)
- coachwhips, "get yer body next ta mine" (narnack)
- 28th day, "s/t" (innerstate)
- numbers, "death" (tigerbeat6)
- fabulous disaster, "panty raid!" (pink & black)
- fm knives, "useless & modern" (broken rekids)
Loud
- the melvins, "26 songs" (ipecac)
- lightning bolt, "wonderful rainbow" (load)
- dirty power, "s/t" (dead teenager)
- infinite 7, "iz." (ekim music)
- shut the fuck up, "miserable existence" (third world records)
- feederz, "vandalism: beautiful as a rock in a cop's face" (broken rekids)
Dance/Electronica
- aphex twin, "26 mixes for cash" (warp)
- numbers, "death" (tigerbeat6)
- dj 4am, "sex, darwinism, and the jungles of hades" (just one entertainment)
- v/a, "rewind! 2" (ubiquity)
- pigface, "easy listening..." (underground)
- tussle, "12" cdr" (cdr)
- nicola conte, "jet sounds revisited" (esl/schema/eighteenth street lounge music)
- six records, "breaks your heart again" (s/r)
- v/a, "idiom creek presents: the after dinner collection" (samplistic)
- rework, "fall right now" (playhouse)
Experimental
- fred frith, "step across the border" (fred)
- met life 2, "au recycling" (locust)
- henry jacobs, "radio programme no. 1: henry jacobs' music and folklore" (locust)
- zga, "the flight of infection" (tariff)
- the bran pos, "[another plight of medic's...]" (chitah! chitah! soundcrack)
- ted dockstader & james reichert, "omniphony 1" (r & r)
- wolf eyes, "dead hills" (troubleman unlimited)
- henry flynt, "back porch hillbilly blues volume 2" (locust)
- ernesto diaz-infante/ st. chaos/ bohol, "the long await between collasped lungs" (pax)
- keith fullerton whitman, "dartmouth street underpass" (locust/met life 1)
Hip-Hop
- the roots, "phrenology" (mca)
- dj krush, "the message at the depth" (red ink)
- matthew shipp vs. antipop consortium, "antipop vs. shipp" (thirsty ear)
- busdriver & radioinactive with daedelus, "the weather" (mush)
- nightmares on wax, "carboot soul" (warp)
- spectre, "psychic wars" (wordsound)
- v/a, "scratch attack vol. 2" (hip hop slam)
- awol one and daddy kev, "slanguage" (mush)
- t-love, "long way back" (virgin/astralwerks)
- common, "electric circus" (mca)
World
- v/a, "la musica della mafia vol. ii" (pias)
- petty booka, "let's talk dirty in hawaiian" (innerstate/seven gods/weed)
- najite olokun prophecy, "africa before invasion" (sofa)
- bill laswell sacred system, "book of exit dub chamber 4" (roir)
- ja-man all stars, "in the dub zone" (blood and fire)
- red hot chachkas, "family album" (s/r)
- dennis brown, "the promised land" (blood and fire)
- yabby you, "dub it to the top 1976-1979" (blood on fire)
- gary lucas, "the edge of heaven" (indigo)
- v/a, "new african composers vol.1" (limitless sky)
Ta-Dah!
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