OFF THE BEATEN TRACK'S TOP PICKS for the year 2002

Two Dollar Pistols - You Ruined Everything Yep Roc
The Bones - Bigger Than Jesus People Like You
The Sights - Got What We Want Fall Of Rome
The Pattern - Real Feelness Lookout
Division Of Laura Lee - Black City Burning Heart
The Soft Boys - Nextdoorland Matador
T-Model Ford - Bad Man Fat Possum
The Drones - Here Come The Lies Spooky
The Cool Jerks - Cleaned A Lot Of Plates.. SFTRI
Mr. Airplane Man - Moanin' SFTRI
The Yum Yums - Blame It On The Boogie Screaming Apple
Jon Rauhouse - Steel Guitar Air Show Bloodshot
The Reigning Sound - Time Bomb High School In The Red
The Launderettes - Shaken & Disturbed Big Dipper
Jay Munly - Jimmy Carter Syndrome Smooch
The Black Keys - The Big Come Up Alive
The Paybacks - Knock Loud Get Hip
The Flatlanders - Now Again New West
DM Bob & The Deficits - Cajun Creole Hot Nuts Voodoo Rhythm
20 Miles - Keep It Coming... Fat Possum
Supersuckers/Electric Frankenstein - Split TMC
Ribeye Brothers - If I Had A Horse TMC
Spencer P. Jones - Lost Anxiety Tapes Spooky
King Khan & His Shrines - Three Hairs.... Voodoo Rhythm
Lo-Lite - Sidekicks Slovenly
Gluecifer - Basement Apes Steamhammer
Nina Nastasia - The Blackened Air Touch & Go
The Sign Offs - S/T Disaster
The Mooney Suzuki - Electric Sweat Gammon
Ko & The Knockouts - S/T SFTRI
Zen Guerrilla - Heavy Mellow 12" Flapping Jet
Pine Valley Cosmonauts - Executioner's Last Songs Vol. 1 Bloodshot
Bottle Rockets - Songs Of Sahm Bloodshot
Soledad Brothers - Steal Your Soul... Estrus

Local & Canadian Highlights for 2002

Fiftymen - After Darkfall indie
The Glen Nevous Retraction - Sell Out Slow Slag-O-Matic
Bitchin Camaros - S/T indie
Le Nombre - S/T Blow The Fuse
Werbo - Welcome To Japan S.A.U.P.
The Halfmilers - 6 Tracks demo
Million Dollar Marxist$ - S/T CDep indie
Kathleen Edwards - Failer independent
Blurtonia - S/T Grenadine
The Sadies - Stories Often Told Outside
Hacksaw - Turn Up Way Down Deranged
Starvin Hungry - S/T demo
The Stumblers - Bob Ate My Demo demo
John Guliak & The Lougan Bros. - The Black Monk Mint
Bionic - Deliverance Sound King

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