TOP 30
1 – The Bigmuffs — The Bigmuffs — (Darkside Productions) — CC*
2 – Siskiyou — Keep Away the Dead — (Constellation) — CC
3 – Thievery Corporation — Culture of Fear — (ESL)
4 – The Polymorphines — The Slip EP — (self-released) — CC*
5 – Amen Dunes — Through Donkey Jaw — (Sacred Bones)
6 – Camp Radio — Campista Socialista — (Kelp) — CC*
7 – Sandro Perri — Impossible Spaces — (Constellation) — CC
8 – Case Studies — The World Is Just a Shape to Fill the Night —
(Sacred Bones)
9 – Handsome Furs — Sound Kapital — (Sub Pop) — CC
10 – Stephin Merritt — Obscurities — (Merge)
11 – National Parks Project — National Parks Project — (Last Gang
Records) — CC
12 – Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks — Mirror Traffic — (Matador)
13 – Bradleyboy Mac Arthur — Salt Gun — (Awesome Music) — CC
14 – Mister Heavenly — Out of Love — (Sub Pop)
15 – The Horrors — Skying — (XL)
16 – Library voices — Summer of lust — (Nevado records) — CC
17 – Girls — Father, Son, Holy Ghost — (True Panther Sounds)
18 – Broken Bricks — Little Fugitives — (self-released) — CC
19 – Shabazz Palaces — Black Up — (Sub Pop)
20 – Yellow Ostrich — The Mistress — (Barsuk)
21 – Holy Cobras — Forever — (Telephone Explosion) — CC*
22 – Hella — Tripper — (Sargent House)
23 – Moonface — Organ Music Not Vibraphone Like I’d Hoped —
(Jagjaguwar) — CC
24 – The Men — Leave Home — (Sacred Bones)
25 – Tumul — Writing in Tongues — (Carbon Records)
26 – The Weather Station — All of it was Mine — (You’ve Changed
Records) — CC
27 – Circuit des Yeux — Portrait — (De Stijl)
28 – Gillian Welch — The Harrow & The Harvest — (Acony)
29 – Frank (Just Frank) — The Brutal Wave — (Wierd)
30 – The F-Holes — Angel in the Corner — (self-released) — CC
FRANCOPHONE
1. EUGÈNE ET LE CHEVAL — PLANTES CARNIVORES ET AUTRES MÉCANISMES DE
DÉFENSE — (INDÉPENDANT) — CC
2. BRAVOFUNKEN — COEUR RUBIK — (INDEPENDANT) — CC
3. MARIEME — MARIEME — (ABUZIVE MUZIK) — CC
4. LES DÉCALÉS DU BOCAGE — A L’OUEST — (INDEPENDANT)
5. NSD — POUR EMPORTER — (LAZY AT WORK) — CC
6. L’HERBE FOLLE — LE BAZAR LIBERTAIRE — (INDEPENDANT)
7. BISKO — RICOCHET — (INDEPENDANT) — CC
8. LEGLOBE — POST ORCHESTRE DE MARIAGE EP — (INDEPENDANT) — CC
9. OK VOLCA — FREQUENCE TREMOR — (SLAM DISQUES) — CC
10. ÉTÉ 67 — PASSER LA FRONTIÈRE — (30 FÉVRIER)
JAZZ
1 – Search Engine — I’m Feeling Lucky — (self-released) — CC*
2 – Doug Martin Quartet — Odyssey — (Backburner Records) — CC
3 – Harris Eisenstadt — Canada Day II — (Songlines) — CC
4 – The Craig Pedersen Quartet — Early Winter — (self-released) —
CC*
5 – Steve Coleman and Five Elements — The Mancy of Sound — (Pi
Recordings)
6 – Robin Jessome Quintet — For Whatever Reason — (self-released)
— CC
7 – 5 After 4 — Rome In A Day — (Alma) — CC
8 – Brad Turner Quartet — It’s That Time — (Cellar Live) — CC
9 – Benoit Delbecq — Circles and Calligrams: Solo Piano — (Songlines)
10 – Les Doigts de l’Homme — 1910 — (Alma)
INTERNATIONAL
1 – Elspeth Savani — Flights of Mind/Pensamientos en Vuelo —
(self-released)
2 – Locarno — Una Mas Y Ya Nos Vamos — (Jericho Beach) — CC
3 – Ilaiyaraaja — Solla Solla — (B-Music)
4 – Trio Bembe — Oh My Soul — (self-released) — CC
5 – Mariachi El Bronx — Mariachi El Bronx — (ATO)
6 – Ocote Soul Sounds — Taurus — (ESL Music)
7 – Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou — The 1st Album (1973) —
(Analog Africa)
8 – Hangai — He Who Travels Far — (World Connection)
9 – Amina Alaoui — Arco Iris — (ECM)
10 – Cheikh Lo — Jamm — (World Circuit)
ELECTRONIC
1 – Thievery Corporation — Culture of Fear — (ESL)
2 – Pallers — The Sea of Memories — (Labrador)
3 – Junior Boys — It’s All True — (Domino) — CC
4 – Talfast — La Machination — (self-released)
5 – Pictureplane — Thee Physical — (Lovepump United)
6 – Opopo — Light Work — (Urbnet) — CC
7 – Data Romance — Data Romance — (Street Quality Entertainment )
— CC
8 – SBTRKT — SBTRKT — (Young Turks)
9 – Biosphere — N-Plants — (Touch)
10 – Digitalism — I Love You, Dude — (V2 Records)
HIP HOP
1 – Shabazz Palaces — Black Up — (Sub Pop)
2 – Animal Farm — Culture Shock — (Focused Noise)
3 – Wiley — 100% Publishing — (Big Dada)
4 – Grieves — Together Apart — (Rhymesayers)
5 – Fresh Kils & Uncle Fester — The Mint Condition — (Kilzone) — CC
6 – Sole & The Skyrider Band — Hello Cruel World — (Fake Four)
7 – Playdough — Hotdoggin — (self-released)
8 – Brown Bag Allstars — Brown Bag Season — (Nostomania Recordsu)
— CC
9 – AntiFrantik — Love & Poison — (self-released) — CC
10 – Rebel Yell — Social Studies — (self-released) — CC
LOUD
1 – Perpetuate — Perpetuate — (self-released) — CC
2 – Sheglank’d Shoulders — Skate Assassin 7-inch — (Handsome Dan)
— CC
3 – No Problem — No Problem — (Deranged) — CC
4 – Doomeastvan — Songs in the Key of Death — (self-released) — CC
5 – Cerebral Ballzy — Cerebral Ballzy — (Adult Swim)
6 – Shooting Guns — Born To Deal In Magic: 1952-1976 — (The Teargas
Recording Tree ) — CC
7 – Dischord — Casualties of War — (Diminshed Fifth) — CC
8 – The Planet Smashers — Descent into the Valley of the Planet
Smashers — (Stomp) — CC
9 – Barn Burner — Bangers II: Scum of the Earth — (Metal Blade) — CC
10 – Sadistic Humor — R.I.P… Thrashing Into Oblivion — (Ulusulu
Records) — CC