A top spins playlist is supposed to reflect a finely tuned balance of what's good and what is very good. Take 90.3FM, KUSF in San Francisco during the week ending May 9th, 2003 for instance.
Top 30
- throwing muses, "throwing muses" (4ad)
- prefuse 73, "one word extinguisher" (warp)
- deadly snakes, "ode to joy" (in the red)
- the kills, "keep on your mean side" (rough trade/sanctuary)
- deerhoof, "apple o" (kill rock stars)
- novex, "kleptophoneca" (0-1)
- the postal service, "give up" (sub pop)
- the melvins, "26 songs" (ipecac)
- the bellrays, "raw collection" (uppercut)
- a band of bees, "sunshine hit me" (astralwerks)
- calexico, "feast of wire" (quarterstick)
- yeah yeah yeahs, "fever to tell" (interscope)
- el guapo, "fake french" (dischord)
- the white stripes, "elephant" (third man/v2)
- henry jacobs, "radio programme no. 1: henry jacobs' music and folklore" (locust)
- lightning bolt, "wonderful rainbow" (load)
- guitar wolf, "ufo romantics" (narnack)
- coachwhips, "get yer body next ta mine" (narnack)
- v/a, "requiem for a dream remixed" (thrive)
- ralph carney, "this is!" (black beauty)
- extra action marching band, "live" (s/r)
- a frames, "s/t" (s-s records)
- bottles and skulls, "born in a black light" (sickroom)
- thrust reverser, "war on all fours" (s/r)
- arab strap, "monday at the hug & pint" (matador)
- yeah yeah yeahs, "date with the night!" (polydor)
- roscoe holcomb, "an untamed sense of control" (smithsonian folkways)
- air/ baricco, "city reading" (astralwerks)
- fruit bats, "mouthfuls" (sub pop)
- rak smey khemera, "light from heaven" (s/r)
Rock
- throwing muses, "throwing muses" (4ad)
- deadly snakes, "ode to joy" (in the red)
- the kills, "keep on your mean side" (rough trade/sanctuary)
- deerhoof, "apple o" (kill rock stars)
- the bellrays, "raw collection" (uppercut)
- a band of bees, "sunshine hit me" (astralwerks)
- yeah yeah yeahs, "fever to tell" (interscope)
- the white stripes, "elephant" (third man/v2)
- guitar wolf, "ufo romantics" (narnack)
- coachwhips, "get yer body next ta mine" (narnack)
Dance/Electronic
- prefuse 73, "one word extinguisher" (warp)
- v/a, "requiem for a dream remixed" (thrive)
- aphex twin, "26 mixes for cash" (warp)
- pigface, "easy listening..." (underground)
- numbers, "death" (tigerbeat6)
- mira calix, "skimskitta" (warp)
- v/a, "idiom creek presents: the after dinner collection" (samplistic)
- rework, "fall right now" (playhouse)
- pelican city vs. scanner, "s/t" (space foundation)
- tussle, "12"cdr" (cdr)
Loud
- the melvins, "26 songs" (ipecac)
- lightning bolt, "wonderful rainbow" (load)
- motorhome, "commando/burn down/raw deal" (s/r)
- the blood brothers, "burn, piano island, burn" (artist direct)
- dirty power, "s/t" (dead teenager)
- deadbodieseverywhere, "buy a bullet rent a gun" (showpost/intolerant messiah)
- infinite 7, "iz." (ekim music)
- tomahawk, "mit gas" (ipecac)
- turbonegro, "scandinavian leather" (burning heart/ epitaph)
- v/a, "black on black a tribute to black flag" ()
|
Local
- deerhoof, "apple o" (kill rock stars)
- novex, "kleptophoneca" (0-1)
- coachwhips, "get yer body next ta mine" (narnack)
- ralph carney, "this is!" (black beauty)
- extra action marching band, "live" (s/r)
- bottles and skulls, "born in a black light" (sickroom)
- thrust reverser, "war on all fours" (s/r)
- the cliftons, "sex, drugs & alcohol" (superspeedway music)
- numbers, "death" (tigerbeat6)
- angry amputees, "slut bomb" (dead teenager)
Other
- novex, "kleptophoneca" (0-1)
- the postal service, "give up" (sub pop)
- calexico, "feast of wire" (quarterstick)
- el guapo, "fake french" (dischord)
- ralph carney, "this is!" (black beauty)
- extra action marching band, "live" (s/r)
- thrust reverser, "war on all fours" (s/r)
- arab strap, "monday at the hug & pint" (matador)
- roscoe holcomb, "an untamed sense of control" (smithsonian folkways)
- air/ baricco, "city reading" (astralwerks)
Experimental
Jazz/Blues
- dave douglas, "freak in" (bluebird)
- albert king, "talkin' blues" (thirsty ear)
- lead belly, "absolutely the best vol. 2 (live)" (fuel 2002)
- tony allen, "homecooking" (narada world/ virgin/ comet)
- orchestre national de jazz, "charmediterraneen" (ecm)
- go-go fightmaster, "s/t" (pax)
- steve james, "fast texas" (burnside)
- the jim cifelli new york nonet, "tunnel vision" (short notice)
- dave brubeck, "the essential dave brubeck" (sony/columbia/legacy)
- theo jorgensmann quartet, "to ornette - hybrid identity" (hat hut)
World
- rak smey khemera, "light from heaven" (s/r)
- niney the observer presents, "king tubby in dub" (heartbeat)
- burning spear, "live at montreux jazz festival 2001" (burning spear music production)
- red hot chachkas, "family album" (s/r)
- dennis brown, "the promised land" (blood and fire)
- v/a, "amandla!" (ato)
- v/a, "la musica della mafia vol. ii" (pias)
- rahmatollah badiyi, "sounds of the violin and kamancheh" (amity)
- najite olokun prophecy, "africa before invasion" (sofa)
- ja-man all stars, "in the dub zone" (blood and fire)
Hip-Hop
- rjd2/ deadringer, "the horror" (definitive jux)
- awol one and daddy kev, "slanguage" (mush)
- azeem vs. hydroponic sound system, "family man" (bomb hip-hop)
- nostalgic progression, "phonograph timepod" (samplistic)
- beans, "tomorrow right now" (warp)
- common, "electric circus" (mca)
- v/a, "amoeba music compilation vol. iv" (hip hop slam)
- busdriver & radioinactive with daedelus, "the weather" (mush)
- t-love, "long way back" (virgin/astralwerks)
- bizzart, "l.a. approach/ wax" (sounds are active)
|
