November 19       
       
ART OF FIGHTING   Wires    3 Beads Of Sweat
ARTISOKKA   Hiding Place In The Arbor    Shelf Life
AUDIOSLAVE   Audioslave    Epic
AWOL ONE AND FATJACK   Propaganda    Massmen
BACULUM   My Friends Became Junkies    3 Beads Of Sweat
JELLO BIAFRA   Machine Gun In The Clown's Hand    Alternative Tentacles
LIZZY BORDEN   Visual Lies (Reissue)    Metal Blade
CALIFORNIA SHOW STORY   One Good Summer    Shelf Life
CHAINSAW   Believe    Six Weeks
CHANNEL THREE   Channel Three    Dr. Strange
BILLY CHILDISH   25 Years Of Being Childish    Damaged Goods
NOAM CHOMSKY   New War On Terrorism    Alternative Tentacles
BRUCE COCKBURN   Anything Anytime Anywhere    Rounder
ELVIS COSTELLO   Armed Forces    Rhino
ELVIS COSTELLO   Imperial Bedroom    Rhino
ELVIS COSTELLO   Mighty Like A Rose    Rhino
CROC SHOP   World    Metropolis
JOHN CUNNINGHAM   Happy Go-Unlucky    Parasol
DRIVE LIKE JEHU   Yank Crime    Swami
ELECTRONICA FILES   Jimi Hendrix Dossier    Exile
GREEN PAJAMAS   Northern Gothic    Camera Obscura
GRIMPLE   Up Your Ass    Prank
GEORGE HARRISON   Brainwashed    Dark Horse-Capitol
JIGSAW SEEN   Songs Mama Used To Sing    Vibro-Phonic
SPIKE JONES   Omnibust/60 Years Of Music    Taragon
JUNO REACTOR   Hotaka    Metropolis
ALISON KRAUS AND UNION STATION   New Favorite    Rounder
KENNY LOGGINS   Essential Kenny Loggins    Columbia-Legacy
JOHNNY MANN SINGERS   Invisible Tears/We Can Fly!    Taragon
JOHNNY MANN SINGERS/THE SI ZENTER ORCHESTRA   Great Band With Great Voices/Swing The Great Voices Of The Great Bands    Taragon
MINUS THE BEAR   Highly Refined Pirates    Suicide Squeeze
CHRIS MURRAY   Raw    Asian Man
BOB OSTERTAG   DJ Of The Month    Seeland
OWEN   No Good For No One Now    Polyvinyl
PIANO MAGIC   Writers Without Homes    4AD
GRANT-LEE PHILLIPS   Mobilize    Zoe
DAN POTTHAST   Sweets And Meats    Asian Man
PREACHERS   Preachers    Bacchus Archives
RAINER MARIA   Earrings EP    Polyvinyl
RATOS DE PORAO   Onisciente Coletivo    Alternative Tentacles
SIZZLA   Da Real Thing    VP
SKULLS   Therapy For The Shy    Dr. Strange
SUBINCISION   Jingo    Substandard-New Red Archives
SYBARITE   Nonument    4AD
TOADIES   Best Of Toadies: Live In Paradise    Aezra
TRAMPS   Tramps    Broken Rekids
TRUE LOVE ALWAYS   Clouds    Teenbeat
VARIOUS ARTISTS   Barricaded Suspects    Dr. Strange
VARIOUS ARTISTS   Composed On Bicylcles- Holiday Matinee Compilation 3    Second Nature
VARIOUS ARTISTS   D'Soca Zone-Third Wave    VP
VARIOUS ARTISTS   Fat Comp VI: Uncontrollable Fatulence    Fat Wreck Chords
VARIOUS ARTISTS   Four Old Toxic Shock 7"s	Dr. Strange    Fat Wreck Chords
VARIOUS ARTISTS   Hardcore Breakout 1, 2, 3    New Red Archives
VARIOUS ARTISTS   Mob Action: Bay Area Anarchis Book Fair    Alternative Tentacles
VARIOUS ARTISTS   Strictly The Best 29    VP
VARIOUS ARTISTS   Strictly The Best 30    VP
VARIOUS ARTISTS   Sympathetic Sound Of London    Sympathy For The Record Industry
VITESSE   You Win Again, Gravity!    Hidden Agenda- Parasol
VOLTA SOUND   Fast Light With Radio Signal    Orange Sky
WOLF EYES   Dead Hills    Troubleman Unlimited
HAWKSLEY WORKMAN   Delicious Wolves    Ba Da Bing
HOWARD ZINN   Artists In A Time Of War    Alternative Tentacles
       
November 26       
       
STEVEN R. BROOKS   Like The Moon    Urban Cheese
JEFF BUCKLEY   Grace EPs    Columbia
CRACK: W.A.R.   Silent Fantasy    Tigerbeat 6
DC TO DAYLIGHT   Xmas Murder '74    Urban Cheese
BOB DYLAN   Bootleg Series Volume 5    Columbia-Legacy
GUIDED BY VOICES   Box Set    Scat
HEART   The Essential Heart    Epic-Capitol-Legacy
IRON MAIDEN   Eddie's Archive    Columbia-Sanctuary-Metal-Is
IRON MAIDEN   Edward The Great    Columbia-Sanctuary-Metal-Is
OMNI   FunkDaFiedFreddy    B9000
PRIMAL SCREAM   Evil Heat    Epic
SNOOP DOGG   Paid Tha Cost To Be Da Boss    Priority
TONY TOUCH   Last of the Pro Ricans    Sequence
MAX TUNDRA   Mastered By The Guy At The Exchange    Tigerbeat 6
VARIOUS ARTISTS   Diesel    VP
VARIOUS ARTISTS   Freedom: A History Of US    Columbia-Legacy
VARIOUS ARTISTS   Golden Bathtub    VP
VARIOUS ARTISTS   Paws Across America    Tigerbeat 6
       
December 3       
       
3   Half Life    Planet Noise
DASHBOARD CONFESSIONAL   Unplugged    Vagrant
MARK DWINELL   Nonloc    Ba Da Bing!
JOEY EPPARD   Been To The Future    Planet Noise
PENNY LANG   Gather Honey    Borealis
MANTLER   Sadisfaction    Tomlab
       
December 10       
       
ANTISEEN   Honour Among Thieves    TKO
BOOKS ON TAPE   Throw Down Your Laptops    Death Bomb Arc
GARY NUMAN   I, Assassin    Beggars Group
GARY NUMAN   Warriors    Beggars Group
SOUNDTRACK   Catch Me If You Can    DreamWorks
SOUNDTRACK   La Boheme: Broadway Cast Recording    DreamWorks
STEREOLAB   Switched On    Too Pure
SWIZZ BEATZ   Swizz Beatz Presents G.H.E.T.T.O. Stories    DreamWorks
VARIOUS ARTISTS   Sweet Love Volume 6    VP
       
December 17       
       
BLOOD GROUP   Volunteers    Le Grand Magistery
CHAINSAW   No Since 1991    Six Weeks
CIGARBOX PLANETARIUM   Cigarbox Planetarium    Oh Tonito!
JAGA JAZZIST   Animal Chin    GSL
LITTLE JEANS   Little Jeans    Asian Man
PHENOMENOLOGICAL BOYS   Phenomenological Boys    Tomlab
RIFFS   Underground Kicks    TKO
STITCHES   12 Imaginary Inches    TKO
DENISON WITMER   Philadelphia Songs    Burnt Toast Vinyl
       
January 7       
       
MUSIC LOVERS   Cheap Songs Tell The Truth EP    Marriage
PAS/CAL   The Handbag Memoirs EP    Le Grand Magistery
       
January 14       
       
BELLRAYS   Raw Collection    Uppercut
DJ ME DJ YOU   Can You See The Music?    Eenie Meenie
FREED UNIT   Straightjacket    Ecstatic
RATOS DE PORAO   Onisciente Coletivo    Alternative Tentacles
SOUNDTRACK   Biker Boyz    DreamWorks
GARY WILSON   Forgotten Lovers    Motel Records
VARIOUS ARTISTS   Mob Action: Bay Area Anarchist Book Fair    Alternative Tentacles
WITCHES   On Parade    Fall Of Rome
       
January 21       
       
BANCO DE GAIA   Live At Glastonbury And Big Men Cry    Six Degrees
BROKEBACK   Looks At The Bird    Thrill Jockey
JEFF HANSON   Son    Kill Rock Stars
SEA AND CAKE   One Bedroom    Thrill Jockey
MATTHEW SHIPP   Equilibrium    Thirsty Ear
TALL PAUL   Mixed Live: 2nd Session    Moonshine
VARIOUS ARTISTS   The Now Sound Of Brazil    Ziriguiboom-Six Degrees
VEXERS   The Vexers    Ace Fu
XEROPHONICS   Xerophonics    Seeland
       
January 28       
       
CLAUDE CHALLE   New Oriental: The R.E.G. Project    Shakti
KASSE MADY CHEIKH   Mariana    Real World
       
February 4       
       
BOBI CÉSPEDES   Rezos    Six Degrees
SOUNDTRACK   Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey    Six Degrees
ROB SWIFT   Under The Influence    Six Degrees
RAL PARTHA VOGELBACHER   Kite Vs. Obelisk    Megalon
       
February 11       
       
BAYKA BEYOND   East By West    Narada World
BLACKSTREET   Level II    DreamWorks
VARIOUS ARTISTS   African Express    Shatki
VARIOUS ARTISTS   Buenos Aires Café: Instrumental Tangos    Narada World
       
February 18       
       
ALWAYS   Looking For Mr. Wright    Le Grand Magistery
FLARE   Hung    Le Grand Magistery
GRAY MARKET GOODS   Gray Market Goods    Thrill Jockey
NOBUKAZU TAKEMURA   10th    Thrill Jockey
       
February 25       
       
FISCHERSPOONER   #1    Capitol
       
March 11       
       
MUSIC LOVERS   The Words We Say    Marriage
PAS/CAL   Jennifer Jo Jo    Le Grand Magistery
VARIOUS ARTISTS   Idol Tryouts    Ghostly International
       
March 18       
       
BOOMKAT   Boomkatalog One    DreamWorks
HOWE GELB   Listener    Thrill Jockey
VARIOUS ARTISTS   We're A Happy Family: A Tribute To The Ramones    DV8-Columbia