logo by robert piersanti



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!

TERRE T'S TOP TEN OF 2003

  1. THE DIRTBOMBS - Dangerous Magical Noise (in the red)
  2. LITTLE KILLERS - s/t (crypt)
  3. ERASE ERRATA - At Crystal Palace (tmu)
  4. FUNCTIONAL BLACKOUTS - s/t (criminal iq)
  5. MELT-BANANA - Cell-scape (a-zap)
  6. TROST - s/t (strunz)
  7. FIERY FURNACES - Gallowsbird Bark (rough trade)
  8. BELLRAYS - Red White and Black (vital gesture)
  9. AMBER SMITH - From Upper Lip to Lower Hip EP (version city)
  10. COBRA VERDE - Easy Listening (muscletone)

29 MORE BEST FAVES OF 2003 (in no particular order)

  1. SHRUGS - doppler effect (waysafe)
  2. THE FALL - Country on the Click (action)
  3. THE OCCASION - demo (find downloads at beekiller.net, they dont seem to have their own site yet
  4. KAITO - Band Red (spinArt)
  5. THE TOKELEYS - demo (www.tokeleys.com)
  6. ZODIAC KILLERS - Society's Offenders (ripoff)
  7. MASTERS OF THE OBVIOUS (MOTO) - Kill MOTO (criminal iq)
  8. COBRA KILLER - 3rd Armpit (valve)
  9. THE NERVES - s/t (silence) (from Sweden)
  10. TED LEO - hearts of oak (lookout)
  11. EXPLODING HEARTS - Guitar Romantic (dirtnap)
  12. WHITE STRIPES - Elephant (v2)
  13. MOB STEREO - demo (email them at mobstereo@yahoo.com)
  14. YEAH YEAH YEAHS - Fever to Tell (interscope)
  15. THIS MOMENT IN BLACK HISTORY - The Cleveland Finger EP (exit stencil)
  16. RUNNER AND THE THERMODYNAMICS - demo (www.runnerrock.com)
  17. FAGG (FRIGG A-GO-GO) - demo of new album (www.friggagogo.com)
  18. BUZZCOCKS - s/t (merge)
  19. URINALS- What Is Real And What Is Not (warning label/happy squid)
  20. A-FRAMES - 2 (ss)
  21. XPER.XR - ... .. . .... .. (good times)
  22. DEERHOOF - Apple O (Kill Rock Stars)
  23. THE CUTS - 2 Over Ten (birdman)
  24. NUMBERS - ee-uh ep (tmu)
  25. MODEY LEMON - thunder and lightning (birdman)
  26. BELLRAYS - raw collection (upper cut)
  27. DONNA SUMMER - This Needs To Be Your Style (irritant) (not the disco diva but WFMU's own [male] DJ and incredible electronic breakcore artist)
  28. THERMALS - more parts per million (sub pop)
  29. MAZING VIDS - s/t ep (stricken)

COMPILATIONS/VARIOUS ARTISTS

  • CRIMINAL IQ DIGITAL SAMPLER (criminal iq)
  • PYSCHEDELIC STATES series (gear fab)
  • OUR BRILLIANT CAREERS - CHERRY RED RARITIES (cherry red)
  • CHAINS AND BLACK EXHAUST (memphix)
  • FRISCO STYLES (jack hanley)
  • DFA COMPILATION #1 (dfa, der)
  • VELVET TINMINE (rpm)
  • DIRTNAP ACROSS THE NORTHWEST (dirtnap)
  • BACK TO PERU: The Most Complete Compilation Of Peruvian Underground 64-74 (vampi soul)
  • DEATH BEFORE DISCO (princehouse)

REISSUES/COLLECTIONS (YE OLDE STUFFE MADE NEW)

  • MICHAEL YONKERS BAND - Microminiature Love (subpop)
  • METAL URBAIN - Anarchy in Paris (acute)
  • ALTERNATIVE TV - The Image Has Cracked (anagram/cherry red)
  • THE DOOR & THE WINDOW - Detailed Twang (overground)
  • THE GURUS - Are Hear (sundazed)
  • DELGADOS - Domestiques (chemikal underground)
  • UNDERTONES - True Confessions (castle)
  • TESTORS - Complete Recordings (swami)
  • WEIRDOS - We Got The Neutron Bomb (frontier)
  • SUPERCHUNK - Cup Of Sand (merge)
  • ESSENTIAL LOGIC - s/t (krs)
  • STEVE TREATMENT - 25 A-sides (hyped2death)
  • THE (dutch) OUTSIDERS - strange things are happening (rpm)
  • KING COLEMAN - it's dance time! (norton)
  • GUIDED BY VOICES - hardcore UFOs (matador)

DEATH AND THE MAIDEN CATEGORY

  • POWERSLAVES (angelmaker) electronic covers of iron maiden songs
  • DOKAKA - 1/2/3 (self-released) weird japanese acapella versions of classic rok tunes including iron maiden
  • RIP ANTON MAIDEN see articles here and here

MUSIC THAT'S FUNNIER AND SMARTER THAN ME OR YOU

  • ELECTRIC 6 - Fire (xl)
  • THE DARKNESS - Permission to Land (atlantic)
  • HAWNAY TROOF - Who likes Ta (retard disco)
  • CANNED HAM'S KARAZMA REIMAGINED (pro am)
  • TRIUMPH THE INSULT COMIC DOG - Come Poop With Me (warner)
  • PFFR - united we doth (birdman)

CRAZED+NOISY BEST FAVES

  • TOTAL SHUTDOWN - The Album (tigerbeat6)
  • TUNNEL OF LOVE - Rock n Roll Bitches (mistlur)
  • BLACK LIPS - s/t (bomp)
  • DIAMATREGON - blasphemy for satan (tumult)
  • LIGHTNING BOLT - wonderful rainbow (load)
  • THE LOWDOWN - y is a crooked letter (zum)
  • RECKLESS BASTARDS - demo (note -- these guys are now known as the Earaches!)
  • DIE ROTZZ - demo (email for more info)

ORIGNAL PUNX KICKIN IT LIVE BETTER THAN U

  • IGGY & THE STOOGES
  • 999
  • LIQUID LIQUID
  • METAL URBAIN
  • BUZZCOCKS
  • WIRE
  • MISSION OF BURMA

RestInPeace TOO MANY MEMBERS OF THE WFMU FAMILY

  • Ray Franks
  • Chris Beyer
  • Mr Boyd
  • John Narucki
  • And in addition to my father Jack passing away, four other WFMU staff members lost a parent this year--- so please join me in saying a hearty F*CK YOU to 2003.

oh, and also: the best of 2002!
...and 2001!
...and 2000!