Aardvark's Best Of 2000

Slim Cessna's Auto Club - Always Say Please... - Alternative Tentacles
The (International) Noise Conspiracy - Survival Sickness - Burning Heart/Epitaph
Black Kali Ma -You Ride the Pony (I'll Be the Bunny) - Alternative Tentacles
Ass Ponys - Some Stupid With A Flare Gun - Checkered Past
Smogtown - Fuhrers Of The New Wave - Disaster
Peepshows - Mondo Deluxe - Burning Heart
Giant Sand - Chore Of Enchantment - Thrill Jockey
Jim Bryson & the Occasionals - S/T - Upright
The Michelle Gun Elephant - Gear Blues - Munster
Robert Belfour - What's Wrong With You - Fat Possum
Red Planet - Revolution 33 - Gearhead

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Page's 2000 top 10

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Paul Pierlot's Top Ten 2000 Albums

Bangs - Sweet Revenge
The GC-5 - Kisses From Hanoi
Giant Sand - Chore of Enchantment
Hudson Falcons - Desperation and Revolution
Le Tigre - Le Tigre
The Murder City Devils - In Name and Blood
The Royal Beat Conspiracy - Gala Galore
Sleater-Kinney - All Hands on the Bad One
The Stand GT - Good on the River
The Weakerthans - Left and Leaving

Honourables
Bonecrusher - Followers of a Brutal Calling
Brat Mobile - Ladies, Women & Girls
The Demonics - Demons on Wheels
The Distillers - The Distillers
The Eyeliners - Here Comes Trouble
Groovie Ghoulies - Travels With My Amp
Huntingtons - Plastic Surgery
New Bomb Turks - Nightmare Scenario
New Fist - New Fist
The Queers - Beyond the Valley of the Assfuckers
Samiam - Astray
Selby Tigers - Charm City
The Starlite Desperation - Go Kill Mice

Non-Independent but great 2000 albums
Bad Religion - The New America
Southern Culture on the Skids - Liquored Up and Lacquered Down
Steve Earle - Transcendental Blues
Violent Femmes - Freak Magnet

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Al - Dominion Tavern - Ten that mattered in 2000

1. Le Tigre - self-titled
   
2. Holly Golightly - God Don't Like It
   
3. J. Mascis and the Fog - More Light
   
4. Royal Trux - Pound for Pound
   
5. The Go - Whatcha Doin
   
6. Red Planet - 33 Revolution
   
7. Calexico - Hot Rail
   
8. Cat Power - The covers album
   
9. The Turpentines - By Popular Demand
   
10. Motorhead - We Are Motorhead

Jennifer Priest's Top 10 of 2000

1. The Swingin' Neckbreakers - The Return Of Rock
   
2. The Hives - Veni Vidi Vicious
   
3. The Gruesomes - Cave In
   
4. Ray Condo & His Ricochets - High & Wild
   
5. The Moviees - Become One Of Them
   
6. The Mooney Suzuki - People Get Ready
   
7. The Embrooks - Our New Day
   
8. The Orange Alabaster Mushroom - Space & Time
   
9. The Stand GT - Good On The River
   
10. Tee And The Crumpets - Introducing Today's...

Stéphane "Ça rock" Thérien's Top 10!

Candysnatchers, Survival of the fittest, 7"
The Vice Principals, After School with..., LP
Speedball Baby, Uptight!, LP
The Joneses, Criminal History, CD
The Murder City Devils, In name and blood, LP
The White Stripes, De Stijl, LP
The Sexareenos, Live ! In the bed, LP
The Metros, s/t, LP
The Super Bees, 7" + CD EP
Mudhoney, March to fuzz, 2xCD

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Cara Ross' top 10 in no particular order (but with some *cheating* by category...):

1) The Delta 72: 000
2) 20 Miles: I'm a Lucky Guy
3) the White Stripes: De Stijil
4) Thee Michelle Gun Elephant: Rumble
5) Quadrajets: When the World's on Fire
6) Giant Sand: Chore of Enchantment
7) Sleater-Kinney: All Hands on the Bad One
8) From the "Elephant 6" collective this year:
- Apples in Stereo: a discovery of a world inside the moone -Elf Power: the winter is coming the
-Olivia Tremor Control: presents: singles and beyond

9) From the "Ottawa" collective this year:
-Jim Bryson: the Occasionals
-Kepler: Fuck Fight Fail
-Weights and Measures
-the Orange Alabaster Mushroom: Space and Time, a compendium of...
-Mouthpiece!: Absolute Riot

10) From my own personal "sad & droning" collective this year: -Radar Bros.: The Singing Hatchet
- Will Oldham: Guarapero: Lost Blues 2
- Songs: Ohia: the Lioness/Ghost Tropic
- Pedro the Lion: Winners never Quit
- Death Cab for Cutie: we have the facts and we're voting yes.

11) That's right, this one goes up to ELEVEN* and it gets my top 10 shows of 2000:
1) 20 miles with Bob Log III @ Dominion Tavern ( Jan. 2000)
2) the Make-Up with the Knoxville Girls @the Bowery NYC (Jan. 2000)
3) The Woggles with The OAM @ Dominion Tavern (Oct. 2000)
4) Modest Mouse with Les Savy Fav & Califone @ the Bowery NYC (May 2000)
5) The Delta 72 with Weights and Measures @ Babylon (July 2000)
6) The For Carnation with Kepler (David Grubbs = cheesy...) @ Babylon (August 2000)
7) The Candy Snatchers with the Dead City Rebels @ Dominion Tavern (April 2000)
8) Man or Astroman?/Servotron (the robots were happy) @ Mercury Lounge NYC (April 2000)
9) The BellRays with Resin Scraper @ Dominion Tavern (Oct. 2000)
10) and of course: All things SHED.

*Andre Williams might have gotten my vote if he didn't gross me out so much at the show, and 5ive Style, well, they just hurt my feet.

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THE MILLENNIUM THAT DIDN'T SUCK by Mat Moss

In no particular order, some of my favourites for the year:

Sleater Kinney
All Hands On The Bad One LP
Kill Rock Stars 2000

Scott Dunbar
From Lake Mary LP
Fat Possum 2000

Murder City Devils
In Name and Blood LP
Sub Pop 2000

Giant Sand
Chore of Enchantment double LP
Thrill Jockey 2000

Jim Bryson and the Occasionals
S/T CD
Upright

The (International) Noise Conspiracy
Survival Sickness LP
Burning Heart/Epitaph 2000

Trans Am
The Red Line double LP
Thrill Jockey 2000

Gasoline
Step On the Gas 7"
Estrus 2000

Calexico
Hot Rail LP
Quarterstick 2000

Gluecifer
Tender Is The Savage LP
Sub Pop 2000

Blonde Redhead
Melody of Certain Damaged Lemons LP
Touch And Go 2000
Mélodie Citronique EP
Touch And Go 2000

Mudhoney
March to Fuzz, Best Of And Rarities triple LP
Sub Pop 2000

Thee Michelle Gun Elephant
Plasma Dive 10"
Damaged Goods 2000

Man Or Astroman?
A Spectrum of Infinite Scale double 10"
Touch And Go 2000

Dirty Three
Whatever You Love, You Are LP
Anchor and Hope/Shock 2000

And finally . . . an October 1999 release that I really should have bought prior to the millennium, but didn't, and anyhow it's one of my top picks for this year, so shove it up your ass:

Brant Bjork
Jalamanta CD
Man's Ruin 1999

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Neill Petersen's Best Of 2000

The Sultans - Ghost Ship cd and cd ep - Swami/Sympathy
The Starlite Desperation - Go Kill Mice - Flapping Jet
The Hot Snakes - Automatic Midnite - Swami/Sympathy
New Bomb Turks - Nightmare Scernario - Epitaph
Thee Michelle Gun Elephant - Gear Blues - cd
the BellRays - Grand Fury-cd
Mouthpiece - Great Ottawa band! Take cover!!-as of yet unsigned!?!
Tricky Woo - trouble/rock'n'roll gypsy 7" - Estrus
Zen Guerrilla - dirty mile/ham'n'eggs 7" - Estrus

DCR opening for the Candy Snatchers. I thought they were one of the most retarded live bands I've ever seen and, I don't know if I'm allowed to say this but,I thought we were pretty special too (you're definitely allowed! - ed.). I had so much fun at this show I get dizzy just remembering...

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Woody Whelan's (Mag Wheel) Top 10 for 2000

Dave Reford's (CASTOR) Top Picks for 2000

The Fucking Champs - IV
Elevator - A Taste Of Complete Perspective
The Horrors - S/T
Enemymine - The Ice In Me
Thrones - Queequeegtashtegodaggoo
The Heads - Everybody Knows We Got Nowhere
Che - Sounds Of Liberation
Electric Wizard - Dopethrone
Melvins - Bootlicker, Crybaby, Maggot Trilogy
Queens Of The Stone Age - Restricted (vinyl version)

Note: If it was top 15 I would add:

Goatsnake, High On Fire, Don Caballero, That's All Folks, The Cutthroats 9

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Merle Knurling's Top 10 Reissues or Compilations from 2000.