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note: Starting on October 6, the new WFMU fall schedule kicks in. The Cherry Blossom Clinic remains on Saturdays but is now heard from 3pm - 6pm beginning Saturday, October 11!



  1. COBRA VERDE - riot industry + 4 ep (self-released; coming out in april 2003 on muscletone)
  2. ROGERS SISTERS - Purely Evil (troubleman)
  3. IMPERIAL TEEN - on (merge)
  4. REIGNING SOUND - time bomb high school (in the red)
  5. LO-HI - say it more (tigerstyle)
  6. BEEHIVE AND THE BARRACUDAS - plastic soul with the white apes (swami)
  7. KO + THE KNOCKOUTS - self-titled (sftri)
  8. GREENHORNES - dual mono (telstar)
  9. LOST SOUNDS - outtakes and demos volume 1 (hate (italy))
  10. PIRANHAS - erotic grit movies (in the red)
  11. CHINO - Living Room (pkkchuk@yahoo.com)
  12. THE MODEY LEMON - s/t (A-F)
  13. SPOON - kill the moonlight (merge)
  14. ALLEN CLAPP - available light (march)
  15. SOUL JUNK - 1957 (sounds are active)

21 MORE BEST FAVES OF 2002

  • THE KILLS - black rooster ep (dim mak)
  • DEERHOOF - reveille (5RC)
  • TIGER MOUNTAIN - Analog Heads Gone French (Lucky Cat)
  • LAURA CANTRELL - when the roses bloom again (diesel only)
  • COMET GAIN - realistes (krs)
  • LADYTRON - light+magic (emperor norton)
  • A FRAMES - self-titled (ss/dragnet - to be reissued on CD)
  • SECONDS/EX-MODELS - split EP (my pal god)
  • PEELANDER-Z - p-bone steak (http://www.peelander-z.com)
  • QUAILS - atmosphere (inconvenient press)
  • BLANK STARES - self-titled (blank stares)
  • ADD N TO X - loud like nature (mute)
  • JASON LOEWENSTEIN - at 6s and 7s (sub pop)
  • MR AIRPLANE MAN - moanin (sftri)
  • LIARS/ONEIDA - atheists reconsider (arena rock)
  • ERASE ERRATA/NUMBERS split 3" cd (tigerbeat 6)
  • ELF POWER - Creatures (spinART)
  • TINA + THE TOTAL BABES - she's so tuff (sftri)
  • PAYBACKS - knock loud (get hip)
  • HENTCHMEN - 3 times infinity (norton)
  • HOT HOT HEAT - make up the breakdown (sub pop)

COMPILATIONS/VARIOUS ARTISTS


  • HOMEWORK VOL 8 (hyped 2 death)
  • FIELDS+STREAMS (krs)
  • 20 YEARS OF DISCHORD (dischord)
  • PSYCHEDELIC STATES: NY IN 6TS VOL 2 (gear fab)
  • THE NECESSARY EFFECT - SCREAMERS SONGS INTERPRETED (zeroid/extra vertigo)
  • TROY GREGORY - sybil (fall of rome)
  • LAGUNA TUNES (Blackheart/Mercury)

REISSUES/COLLECTIONS (YE OLDE STUFFE MADE NEW)


  • FLAMING GROOVIES - 1971-73 slow death (norton)
  • A CERTAIN RATIO - early (souljazz)
  • CRUSHED BUTLER - uncrushed (dig the fuzz. orig '69-'71, cd reish)
  • DANCING CIGARETTES - collection 1980-81 (gulcher)
  • ROCKET FROM THE TOMBS - day the earth met... (smogveil)
  • MUMMIES - never been caught (telstar)
  • THEORETICAL GIRLS - theoretical record (acute)
  • ROCKET FROM THE CRYPT - hot charity/cut+play (swami)
  • MIRRORS - hands in my pockets (overground)
  • BLUE ORCHIDS - darker bloom (cherry red)
  • HIGH RISE - best of (psf)
  • STYRENES - it's still artastic (roir)

OVER 40 AND MUCH COOLER AND PUNKER THAN U


oh, and also: the best of 2001!
...and 2000!