1. King Crimson  Live at Summit Studios, 1972.  See review elsewhere.
2. Frontier  Suture.  Five diverse electronic tracks.
3. Tara Jane O'Neil  peregrine.  Veteran from Rodan and Louisville scene.
4. V/A  Everything is Nice: The Matador Records 10th Anniversary Compilation.  Too many fabulous acts and tracks to mention - 3 cd set.
5. Yo La Tengo  President Yo La Tengo/New Wave Hot Dogs  Ancient harder edged YLT.
6. staring running water  Travels in Constants Volume 1  SF ambience from excellent mail order only series of post-rock acts.
7. Le Tone  le petit nabab  Crazy Frenchmen.
8. Liz Phair  whitechocolatespaceegg  Normally I steer clear of female solo artists (Sarah McLaughlin etc), but Luke's excellent recommendation is spinning around in my head.
9. Yo La Tengo  And then nothing turned itself inside-out  Latest sotto voce YLT.  A concert review is elsewhere.
10. Do Make Say Think  S/T  Dying for the latest release.
11. V/A  Warp 10+3 Remixes  Remixes of Aphex Twin worth the price of admission.
12. two dollar guitar  weak beats and lame ass rhythms  Cracking Americana/grunge/alt.everything.
13. mojave 3  Out of Tune  Smoooooooth.
14. ganger  canopy  Lamented.
15. Papa M  Travels in Constants Volume 5  Dave Pajo on his front porch.
16. Steroelab  Dots and Loops  Can't beat it.
17. Sackville  the principles of science  More folk-tinged vibes from Montreal.
18. storm and stress  under thunder and fluorescent light  Knockout Chi-town combo pushing the boundaries.
19. Morphine  The Night  RIP.
20. Eleventh Day Dream  Ursa Major  It means Great Bear - totems of Chicago sound.

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