Week of Oct. 6 through Oct. 10 Top 30 Stark Reality "Now" (Stones Throw) Erase Errata "At Crystal Palace" (Troubleman) Death Cab For Cutie "Transatlanticism" (Barsuk) Melt Banana "Cell-Scape" (A-Zap) Isobel Campbell "Amorino" (Instinct) Enon "Hocus-Pocus" (Touch & Go) Matmos "The Civil War" (Matador) The Husbands "Introducing The Sounds Of" (Swami) Chris Cutler "Solo" (R&R) Stereolab "Instant O In the Universe" (Elektra) Primus "Promo De Fromage: Animals Should Not Try To Act Like People" (Interscope) Mates Of State "Team Boo" (Polyvinyl) Belle And Sebastian "Dear Catastrophe Waitress" (Rough Trade) Rufus Wainwright "Want One" (Dreamworks) A Frames "A Frames 2" (S-S Records) Peaches "Fatherfucker" (Kitty-Yo/ XL/ Beggars Group) Gruesomes "Gruesomology 1985-89" (Sundazed) Ween "Quebec" (Sanctuary) The Vanishing "Songs for Psychotic Children" (Gold Standard Laboratories) Death In Vegas "Scorpio Rising" (Sanctuary) Neurosis & Jarboe "S/T" (Neurot) Iron & Wine "The Sea & The Rhythn" (Sub Pop) Art Ensemble Of Chicago "Tribute To Lester" (ECM) The Mae Shi "To Hit Armor Class Zero" (Join, Or Die) Tyrades "Tyrades" (Broken Rekids) Prefuse 73 "Extinguished: Outtakes" (Warp) The Rapture "Echoes" (DFA/ Universal) Birdsongs Of The Mesozoic "The Iridium Controversy" (Cuneiform) Quasi "Hot Shit" (Touch And Go) Azure Ray "The Drinks We Drank Last Night" (Saddle Creek) Rock/Pop Stark Reality "Now" (Stones Throw) Erase Errata "At Crystal Palace" (Troubleman) Death Cab For Cutie "Transatlanticism" (Barsuk) Enon "Hocus-Pocus" (Touch & Go) The Husbands "Introducing The Sounds Of" (Swami) Primus "Promo De Fromage: Animals Should Not Try To Act Like People" (Interscope) Mates Of State "Team Boo" (Polyvinyl) A Frames "A Frames 2" (S-S Records) Gruesomes "Gruesomology 1985-89" (Sundazed) Ween "Quebec" (Sanctuary) Hip-Hop Dudley Perkins "A Lil Light" (Stones Throw) Lifesavas "Spirit In Stone" (Quannum) CurseOvDialect "Lost In The Real Sky" (Mush) Soul Junk "1958" (Sounds Familyre) Omid "Monolith" (Mush) V/A "Grand Theft Auto Vice City O.S.T." (Epic) Madlib "Shades of Blue" (Blue Note) Push Button Objects "Ghetto Blaster" (Chocolate Industries) Experimental Chris Cutler "Solo" (R&R) bran( ...)pos "prick/nose:twat/face" (chitah! chitah! soundcrack) Rebel Powers "Not One Star Will Stand The Night" (Strange Attractors) Landing "Passages Through" (K Records) Black Dice "Cone Toaster/Endless Happiness (EYE Remix)" (DFA) V/A "My Malady" (Mental Monkey Records) A Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band with Choir "This Is Our Punk-Rock, Thee Rusted Satellites Gather + Sing" (Constellation) Hungry Ghost "Red Witch" (S/R) Cerberus Shoal "Chaiming The Knoblessone" (North East Indie) Town and Country "5" (Thrill Jockey)

Local Erase Errata "At Crystal Palace" (Troubleman) Matmos "The Civil War" (Matador) The Husbands "Introducing The Sounds Of" (Swami) Primus "Promo De Fromage: Animals Should Not Try To Act Like People" (Interscope) Mates Of State "Team Boo" (Polyvinyl) The Vanishing "Songs for Psychotic Children" (Gold Standard Laboratories) Neurosis & Jarboe "S/T" (Neurot) Meat Beat Manifesto "R.M.X.S" (Tino Corp) Mark Growden "Live At The Odeon" (S/R) Why "Early Whitney ep" (Anticon) Loud Melt Banana "Cell-Scape" (A-Zap) Neurosis & Jarboe "S/T" (Neurot) J Church/ Storm TheTower "Split CD" (Broken Rekids) An Albatross "s/t" (Ace Fu) Sepultura "Roorback" (Hunter) Nebula "Atomic Ritual" (Liquor and Poker) Sleep "Dopesmoker" (Tee Pee Records) Ciril "Hysteria Driven" (Know Records) Sightings "Absolutes" (Load) Khanate "No Joy b/w Dead" (Load) Dance/Electronic Matmos "The Civil War" (Matador) Peaches "Fatherfucker" (Kitty-Yo/ XL/ Beggars Group) Prefuse 73 "Extinguished: Outtakes" (Warp) Meat Beat Manifesto "R.M.X.S" (Tino Corp) Senor Coconut and His Orchestra "Fiesta Songs" (Emperor Norton) Colleen "Everyone Alive Wants Answers" (Leaf) V/A "Praeface" (Praemedia) DJ Olive "Bodega" (The Agriculture) Villain Accelerate "Maid of Gold" (Mush) Jaga Jazzist "The Stix" (Ninja Tune) Other Isobel Campbell "Amorino" (Instinct) Belle And Sebastian "Dear Catastrophe Waitress" (Rough Trade) Rufus Wainwright "Want One" (Dreamworks) Iron & Wine "The Sea & The Rhythn" (Sub Pop) Birdsongs Of The Mesozoic "The Iridium Controversy" (Cuneiform) Azure Ray "The Drinks We Drank Last Night" (Saddle Creek) Mark Growden "Live At The Odeon" (S/R) David Byrne "Lead Us Not into Temptation" (Thrill Jockey) Broadcast "HaHa Sound" (Warp) The String Quartet Tribute to "The Velvet Underground + Nico" (Vitamin) Jazz/Blues Art Ensemble Of Chicago "Tribute To Lester" (ECM) V/A "Feel Like Going Home" (Columbia/ Legacy) Grazyna Auguscik "Past Forward" (GMA) Reverend Charlie Jackson "God's Got It" (Case Quarter) V/A "Piano Blues" (Columbia/ Legacy) V/A "Godfathers And Sons" (Hip-O) V/A "The Soul Of A Man" (Columbia/ Legacy) Gbur "Integrale" (Setola) Mr. David Viner "S/T" (Dim Mak) V/A "Red, White & Blues" (Hip-O) World Barun Kumar Pal / Ray Spiegel "Ragas On Slide Guitar" (Simla House) Grupo de Capoeira Angola Pelourinho "Capoeira Angola 2" (Smithsonian Folkways) Ranking Joe "Zion High w/ Black Uhuru and Dennis Brown" (Blood And Fire) Bob Marley and the Wailers "African Herbsman" (Trojan/Sanctuary) Burning Spear "Freeman" (Burning Spear) V/A "Mali Lolo! Stars of Mali" (Smithsonian Folkways) Jose Gutierrez and Los Hermanos Ochoa "La Bamba: Sones Jarochos from Veracruz" (Smithsonian Folkways) Thomas Mapfumo & the Blacks Unlimited "Toi Toi" (Anonym)