Here
again for what it's worth are some of the TOP RECORDS and CDS as picked
by the BIRDMAN SOUND crew & friends!!
FECK'S 2002
PICKS
In alphabetical order:
Abdullah - Graveyard Poetry Meteor
City
American Death Ray Music - Smash Radio
Hits SFTRI
Atomic Bitchwax - Spit Blood Meteor
City
Bad Wizard - Sophisticated Mouth Tee
Pee
Bones - Bigger Than Jesus People
Like You
Richard Buckner - Impasse Overcoat
Buff Medways- Steady The Buffs Transcopic
Chronics - Make Your Move Bad
Afro
Cool Jerks- Cleaned Alot of Plates In
Memphis SFTRI
Cynics - Living Is The Best Revenge Get
Hip
Dee Rangers - So Far Out So Good
White
Jazz
Demons - Stockholm Slump Gearhead
Gluecifer - Basement Apes Steamhammer
Hellacopters - By The Grace Of God Mercury
Ikara Colt - Chat & Business Epitaph
Jewws - L'explosion du Son de Maintenant
Demolition
Derby
Spencer P. Jones - Lost Anxiety Tapes
Spooky
Launderettes - Shaken And Disturbed
Big Dipper
Dan Melchior's Broke Revue - Bitterness,
Scorn.... In The Red
Motorpsycho - It's A Love Cult Stickman
Mudhoney - We've Become Transluscent Sub
Pop
Naked Eye - From Obscurity To Nowhere
Corduroy
Nina Nastasia - The Blackened Air
Touch & Go
New Bomb Turks - The Night Before... Gearhead
New Christs - We Got This Laughing
Outlaw
Paybacks - Knock Loud Get
Hip
Queens Of The Stoneage - Songs For The
Deaf Interscope
Reigning Sound - Time Bomb High School
In
The Red
Rockets - Turn It On ESP
Royal Beat Conspiracy - Dig It Bad
Afro
Solarflares - Look What I Made Out Of
My Head Big Beat
Soledad Brothers - Steal Your Soul Estrus
Sweatmaster - Sharp Cut Bad Afro
Yum Yums - Blame It On The Boogie Screaming
Apple
Local Releases
Glen Nevous Retraction - Sell Out Slow
Fiftymen - After Darkfall
Bitchin Camaros - S/T
Werbo - Welcome To Japan
Million $ Marxists - S/T
Live
Starvin Hungry
Le Nombre
Sights
Soundtrack Of Our Lives
Lost Goat
Chickens
Dictators
Soledad Brothers
Dan Melchior's Broke Revue
A LEAP YEAR OF GREAT RELEASES...
DJ Des Trois (aka. aardvark carves it down
to twenty-nine)
...also hosts "OFF
THE BEATEN TRACK" Tuesdays 3-5 PM on CKCU 93.1 FM
In no particular order:
The Bones – Bigger Than Jesus People
Like You
The Sights - Got What We Want Fall
Of Rome
The Pattern - Real Feelness Lookout
The Black Keys - The Big Come Up Alive
Two Dollar Pistols – You Ruined Everything
Yep
Roc
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
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 Paybacks - Knock Loud Get Hip
The Flatlanders - Now Again New West
The Yum Yums - Blame It On The Boogie
Screaming
Apple
Fiftymen - After Darkfall indie
DM Bob & The Deficits - Cajun Creole Hot
Nuts Voodoo Rhythm
Pine Valley Cosmonauts - Executioner's Last
Songs Vol. 1 Bloodshot
20 Miles - Keep It Coming... Fat
Possum
Ribeye Brothers - If I Had A Horse The
Music Cartel
King Khan & His Shrines - Three Hairs....
Voodoo
Rhythm
Gluecifer - Basement Apes Steamhammer
Nina Nastasia - The Blackened Air Touch
& Go
The Sign Offs - S/T Disaster
The Mooney Suzuki - Electric Sweat Gammon
Bottle Rockets - Songs Of Sahm Bloodshot
...AND BANNER LIVE SHOWS
The Sights, Jay Munly & The Lee Lewis Harlots,
The Soundtrack Of Our Lives, Soledad Brothers, The Von Bondies, Mooney
Suzuki, The Chickens, Blurtonia, The Dictators....
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| Mat Moutard's
Top
Picks of 2002
Best Release, 2002
Gluecifer - Basement
Apes (Steamhammer 2002)
Hands down the best release of
the year goes to Oslo's undisputed Kings of Rock. While the masses doze,
Gluecifer is not-so-quietly redefining the realm of aural pleasure. Basement
Apes is an eclectic mix of angry, bass-driven, ass-kicking rock and roll
dedicated to the end of easy living, and ominous post-new wave melodic
meanderings promising death to little men with annoying attitudes. I listen
to this LP everyday, and I still can't get enough! Kudos to Steamhammer
for a beautiful double 10” gatefold package!
Gems and Jewels, 2001
The Monarchs - Make
Yer Own Fun (Shock 2001)
The Dictators - Dictators
Forever, Forever Dictators (Dictators Multi-Media 2001)
Gems and Jewels, 2002
Thee Michelle Gun Elephant - Rodeo
Tandem Beat Specter (Alive 2002)
Rocket From the Tombs - Live
From Punk Ground Zero (Smog Veil 2002)
Le Nombre - S/T
(Blow the Fuse 2002)
The Pattern - Real
Feelness (Lookout! 2002)
UIC - The Wiseman
Sessions (Indy 2002)
Scott Morgan’s Powertrane featuring Deniz
Tek and Ron Asheton - Ann Arbor Revival Meeting
(Real-O-Mind 2002)
The Clone Defects - Blood
on Jupiter (Tom Perkins 2002)
American Death Ray Music - Smash
Radio Hits (Sympathy/Misprint 2002)
The Dragons - Rock
and Roll Kamikaze (Junk 2001)
Ten Buck Fuck - Rockcoach
(Radio Blast 2002)
New Bomb Turks - The
Night Before the Day the Earth Stood Still (Gearhead RPM 2002)
The Gyogun Rends - Red
Socks!! Let’s Rock!! (Sounds Of Subterrania 2002)
The Paybacks - Knock
Loud (Get Hip 2002)
Reigning Sound - Time
Bomb High School (In the Red 2002)
The Spitfires - Three
(Junk 2002)
The Gloryholes - Knock
You Up (Empty 2002)
The Demons - Stockholm
Slump (Gearhead RPM 2002)
Midnight Thunder Express - S/T
(Empty 2002)
The Cool Jerks - Cleaned
A Lot of Plates in Memphis (Sympathy 2002)
Jay Munly - Jimmy
Carter Syndrome (Smooch 2002)
Rocket From the Crypt - Live
From Camp X-Ray (Vagrant 2002)
The Superbees - High
Volume (Acetate 2002)
Brant Bjork and the Operators - S/T
(TMC 2002)
The Greenhornes - Dual
Mono (Telstar 2002)
Best performances, 2002
The Flaming Sideburns (The
Khyber Pass, Philadelphia, October 2002)
The Pattern (The
Black Cat, Washington DC, October 2002)
Soundtrack of Our Lives w/ the Cato Salsa
Experience (The Khyber Pass, Philadelphia,
October 2002)
Starvin’ Hungry (The
Dominion Tavern, Ottawa, September 2002)
The Chickens (The
Dominion Tavern, Ottawa, September 2002)
The Hellacopters w/ The Dragons and The Superbees
(Doug
Weston’s Troubadour, Los Angeles, March 2002)
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| RICHARD PARKS PICKS A PACK
OF PERFECT PLATTERS.......for 2002
Fiftymen - After Darkfall indie
(..and I thought the CDR was great, who knew
how good it could get!)
The Paybacks - Knock Loud Get Hip
(Great singer, great songs, solid band &
attitude, attitude, attitude)
The Glen Nevous Retraction - Sell out Slow
Slag-O-Matic
(You don't need a full band to rock when your
songs are this good)
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Reigning Sound - Time Bomb High School In The
Red
(This one makes the list but I'd should come
clean and state that it makes it only because I can't include "Break Up
Break Down", "Bad Mood Rising" by the Tearjerkers and The Cool Jerks' "Cleaned
A Lot Of Plates In Memphis" all of which I bought this year but I think
were released earlier. All are as good as Time Bomb High school. Thanks
to John for pulling my head out of my ass and turning me onto to the Jack/Greg/Oblivians
thing!)
Come Ons - Hip Check SFTRI
(The organ playing makes this one, a record
that I'm allowed to play anytime as my wife loves it too)
Von Bondies - Lack Of Communication SFTRI
(Great record, great live show)
Mark Ripp & the Confessors - Minor Miracle
indie
(Pop perfection? a great return to form from
ex-Bel-Vistas frontman. A great voice singing well crafted songs)
Spencer P. Jones feat. Cow Penalty - The Lost
Anxiety Tapes Spooky
(His week is better than my year!)
Kathleen Edwards - Failer indie
(What is going on at Little Bullhorn? The
third record on my list that Mr. Draves had a hand in. Jim Bryson's guitar
playing is top notch and Kathleen's songwriting just gets better and better)
Ko & the Knockouts S/T SFTRI
(Another record that gets played, and gets
turned up, even with the whole family around. Detroit pop music capital
of the world!)
My favourite reissues I bought this year:
Nomads - Showdown (1981-1993)
(2 CDs worth of stuff and not a bad song.
An impressive feat.)
Alexander Spence - Oar
(There is a thin line between genius and craziness.
this one is genius.)
Dusty Springfield - Dusty in Memphis
(Dusty was doing the Kelly Hogan thing when
Kelly was still in diapers. There are fifteen bonus tracks, feel free to
ignore them. The first 12 songs are sublime!)
| Keith Maurik's (MAXIMUM
RNR) Top 5 of 2002 (so far!)
1. Mooney Suzuki - Electric Sweat
2. Solomon Burke - Don't Give Up
On Me
3. Jon Spencer Blues Explosion -
Plastic Fang
4. Transplants - s/t
5. Bionic - Deliverance
6. Marky Ramone and the Speed Kings
- Alive
7. Division of Laura Lee - Black
City
8. Agriculture Club - Farmageddon
9. Vagiants - Short and Hard
What should have been 10. but isn't: Soundtrack
of Our Lives - Behind the Music |
| Karen McLane
(Music
For Cats Records)
Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot Nonesuch
The Sights - Got What We Want Fall
Of Rome
The Sadies - Stories Often Told Outside
Fiftymen - After Darkfall indie
The Kaisers - Shake Me! Get Hip
The Greenhornes - Dual Mono Telstar
The Ribeye Brothers - If I Had a Horse...
TMC
The Glen Nevous Retraction - Sell Out
Slow Slag-O-Matic
Gore Gore Girls - Up All Night Get
Hip
Soledad Brothers - Steal Your Soul and
Dare Your Spirit to Move Estrus
Kepler - Missionless Days Troubleman
Unlimited
Solar Flares - Look What I Made Out of
My Head Big Beat
Apples In Stereo - Velocity of Sound spinArt |
| Cara Ross
1.Nerves - 25th anniversary 10" Penniman
2.Gore Gore Girls - "Up All Night" LP
Get
Hip
3.Reigning Sound - "Time Bomb Highschool"
LP In The Red
4.Apples In Stereo - "Velocity of Sound" LP
spinART
5.Hot Snakes - "Suicide Invoice" LP Swami
6.UIC - "Wiseman Sessions" CD indie
7.Soledad Brothers - "Steal Your Soul..."
LP Estrus
8.Dan Melchior - "Bitterness, Spite, Rage
& Scorn" In The Red
9. The Gossip - "Arkansas Heat" 10" KRS
10. Beta Rays - "Shockwave Detroit" EP
Pure
Vinyl |
| Nathaniel Hurlow (The Glads)
1.Reigning Sound "Time Bomb Highschool"
LP In The Red
2.Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings
"Dip Dappin' With..." LP Daptone
3.Cool Jerks "Cleaned A Lot Of Plates
in Memphis" LP SFTRI
4.Rocket From the Crypt "Live From
Camp X-Ray" CD Vagrant
5.Songs Ohia "Didn't It Rain" LP
Secretly
Canadian
6.Loners/Red Hots - Live
7.Baseball Furies "Greater Than Ever"
LP Big Neck
8.Million Dollar Marxists EP indie
9.Bad Times "s/t" LP Goner
10.Prime Movers "Sins of the Fourfathers"
LP Detour |
Heather’s
2002 Alphabet (essential units in no order of importance)
Hosts "ROCK THE BOAT" Wednesdays 3:30
to 5PM on CKCU FM
A. Mr. Airplane
Man – Moanin SFTRI
It’s been a long time since a tune has given
me the coveted shivery goosebumps. (Sun Sinkin Low) Thanks
sexy blues ladies!
B. My Morning Jacket/Songs
Ohia – split EP Jade Tree
I had to hear it every other day for three weeks,
and we must look back to my obsession in 2001 with the Amboy Dukes compilation
to top its presence in my CD player. (very syroppy, embarrassed to
love it)
C. V/A - Sympathetic Sounds
of Detroit SFTRI
The Paybacks (deserve to be on this list
alone), Ko and the Knockouts, the Come Ons, the Von Bondies, even
the Dirtbombs and the ol’ White Stripes (and more!!).
I could only keep up with a portion of the Detroit releases this year so
this comp. is essential if you suffer the same relative retardation as
me.
D. The Lord High Fixers
– The Beginning of the End… the End of the Beginning In The Red
E. Dead Meadow
– Got Live If You Want It! Bomp!
F. 35007 –
Liquid Stickman
G. Hacksaw
– Turned Up Way Down Deranged
dudes. you guys rock. why 'ga break
up. Come back so we can see your cute sweaty faces.
H. Blind Dog
– The Last Adventures of Captain Dog People Like You
I. Weird War
– s/t Drag City
Neil Hagerty plus The Make Up’s
Ian Svenonius and Michelle Mae!! This is a fun album.
J. Sugar Shack
– Spinning Wheel Estrus
gotta still buy punk rock n roll albums!
Demanded to be re-played. I abided.
K. Entombed
– Morning Star Music For Nations
Metal lives! Get away from the crowd at
the x-mas gathering, find a CD player and play this. Even if you
can’t play it really loud. It will help you.
L. Sonic Assassin
– State is Enemy, Forever! Freakshow
M. Orquesta Del
Desierto – s/t Meteor City
N. Werbo –
Welcome To Japan
I was just as happy not to like Werbo after their
sandwich eatin’ feedback makin’ stereo shoulderin’ antics a couple years
ago. But no such luck. I like em anyway. This is really
well done.
O. Bratmobile
– Girls Get Busy! Lookout
P. The Briefs
– singles Dirtnap
continuing from last years swell album (Hit After
Hit). LIKE A HEARTATTACK!!!
Q. Motorpsycho
– It’s A Love Cult Stickman
Going for a wider-scoped sense of these guys,
this year I searched out many Motorpsycho albums back to ‘92, plus scored
a stack of 10 inches… This one’s super fine but I didn’t listen to
it as much as a couple of the other ones. So am I saying you can
overlook this album if ya already have a Motorpsycho? I’m saying
don’t overlook Motorpsycho!
R. The Masonics
– The Masonic Machine Turns On You Vinyl Japan
S. Le Nombre
– s/t Blow The Fuse
J’aime le rock and roll toujours! All these
songs are hot stuff, just like the dudes who make them.
T. Cool Jerks
– Cleaned Alot of Plates In Memphis SFTRI
U. Glen Nevous
Retraction – Sell Out Slow Slag-O-Matic
V. The Launderettes
– Shaken and Disturbed Big Dipper
W. Some LIVE
highlights: The Von Bondies, Andrew Vincent and his Pirates, The
Sights, Le Nombre, Jay Munly, Golden Famile, New Bomb Turks (Toronto)
A few exceptions
for delays in my randomly finding out about the following albums:
X. Green Machine
- The Earth Beater (Japan 2001)
Stoner goes insane in Japan. These lyrics
are awesome nonsensical utterances. Demotalization! Heavy.
Y. King Khan and
His Shrines – Three Hairs and You're Mine (Canada 2001)
Woohoo! A fun treat. A “canadian
content” god-send.
Z. King Brothers
– s/t (Japan 2001) |
PETER TOMS
(Music enthusiast extraordinaire)
1. Everything Stumblers
2. The debut of Holy
Hell August 10 @ “The Charisma Café”.
Bob
Whitmore is 2002's best new local frontman,
and Heather Osborn
hits it hard.
3. Ottawa’s newest supergroup, as yet
unnamed?, debuts November 30 at “The Dom”. John Westhaver w/ Glen
Nevous Retraction.
4. Friday
Morning Cartunes expands 1 hr.
5. The Oscar
for best performance by a hairdo goes to: Jeff
Tweedy in “I am trying to break your heart”.
Poor Jeff. He conveys the strain, emotional turmoil and anxiety involved
in making a record, firing a bandmate and taking hundreds of thousands
of dollars of corporate money via his laughably self conscious unkempt
hair. But, I loved the performances and the record.
6. The return of Alan
Wigney’s column. Our best local music
writer is back in “The Ottawa Sun”.
And for those of you who are too pompous for “The Sun”, fuck off and read
Lynn Saxberg.
7. Fiftymen
- “After Darkfall”. A band fulfilling
the promise I heard and witnessed the first time I saw them, opening up
for “The Cowslingers”
w “The Phantom Shifters” at The Dom. What year and how many joints ago
was that?
8. The
Glen Nevous Retraction - “Sell out Slow”.
(Is it too late for Chris to “Sell out young?”) I can’t stop listening
to it.
9. Reigning
Sound - “Time Bomb High School”. Stopped
listening to it, but it took a lot of spins.
10. Jim
Bryson’s acoustic performance at Bluesfest.
Only acoustic performance I have witnessed by our local hero. Mr. Bryson
is as good or better unplugged, and the between song banter with the audience
was laugh out loud funny. This day could have been the highlight of my
musical year 2002, as longtime favourite
Lucinda
Williams played later that evening. I
attended, but red wine, beer, Jack Daniels & marijuana exacted quite
a toll on my recollection of her performance.
11. Paul
Westerberg’s encore at The Phoenix in
Toronto Aug. 02. “The Regular”, “Swinging Party” & “If Only You Were
Lonely”. Great nostalgia. (Enough to make up for the Burl Ives cover of
“Mr. Rabbit” earlier in the evening. Sing that shit with your kid at home.
I don’t give a fuck.)
| Paul Pierlot's
Top Pics 2002
Anti-Flag
- Mobilize (A-F Records)
Bratmobile
- Girls Get Busy (Lookout Records)
The Class Assassins
- State of Emergency (Insurgence Records)
Demons -
Stockholm Slump (Gearhead Records)
Face To Face & Dropkick Murphys
- Split EP (Vagrant Records)
Fu Manchu
- California Crossing (Mammoth Records)
Hudson Falcons
- For Those Whose Hearts and Souls are True (GMM Records)
The Krays
- A Time for Action (TKO Records)
The Martinets
- New Stories for Men (Scooch Pooch Records)
MarySlim
- Maryslim (White Jazz Records)
Mudhoney
- Since We've Become Translucent (Sub Pop Records)
Pine Valley Cosmonauts
- The Executioner's Last Songs - Vol I (Bloodshot Records)
New Bomb Turks
- The Night Before the Day the Earth Stood Still (Gearhead Records)
Reigning Sound
- Time Bomb High School (In the Red Records)
River City Rebels
- No Good No Time No Pride (Victory Records)
Sahara Hot Nights
- Jennie Bomb (Jetset Records)
Sleater Kinney
- One Beat (Kill Rock Stars)
Two Dollar Pistols
- You Ruined Everything (Yep Roc Records)
|
Patrick Shanks
(The Glads)
The Dukes of Hamburg - Some Folks by The
Dukes Of Hamburg (Gearhead)
The Jewws - l'explosion du son de maintenant!
(Demolition Derby)
The Kaisers - Shake Me (Get Hip)
The Cynics - Living Is The Best Revenge
(Get Hip)
The 5678's - Teenage Mojo Workout (Time
Bomb Records)
Groovie Ghoulies - Go! Stories (Stardumb
Records)
Beachwood Sparks - Make the Robot Cowboys
Cry (Sub Pop)
The Bevis Frond - What Did For the Dinosaurs
(Rubric Records)
Of Montreal - Aldhil's Arboretum (Kindercore)
Arlo - Stab the Unstoppable Hero (Sub
Pop)
Motorpsycho - It's A Love Cult (Stickman)
Top Five Canadian:
The Glen Nevous Retraction - Sell Out Slow
(Slag-O-Matic)
Le Nombre - Le Nombre (Blow The Fuse)
RunstopRestore - Single Sided/Triple Density
(Independent)
Fred Eaglesmith - Falling Stars and Broken
Hearts (aml)
The Hanson Brothers - My Game (Mint)
Bob &
Julia's top 10 live shows of the year - the number one reason to stay in
Ottawa.
Link Wray
- How this show came about and why. Fit nicely with the surf set I started
airing on the show a few weeks previously. Jenn Priest gave the performance
good praise. If Dick D. is the king of the surf guitar then Link is the
guitar chord ripper!
2 - Munly.
Words do not do justice. Worth travelling to Denver to see. By foot if
neccessary.
3 - The Four Frames, The Glads, The Golden
Famile, and Holy Hell. Who else can throw
a party with so much attitude?
4 - Dan Melchior's Broke Revue.
This set is so clear in my memory that I need time to recall the headline
act - Immortal Lee County Killers
- who were also fine. Thanks to Heather Hell for intro-ing this artist
on the radio - a fave discovery of the year for me.
5 - Dale
Morningstar - Bravest one man band performance
of the year. I had to change my incorrect first impression that he was
"just another college rocker". Hope he got out on time...
6 - The Dictators.
Instructive. Fun. Destructive. Judging by past record covers, loosing your
hair with age is not always a bad thing.
7 - Werbo + 50 Men
@ Blacksheep Inn. The bus ride was half the fun, and recommended to anyone
who wants to check out a rock venue in the middle of no-where. Between
the great outdoors and the ashtray, best atmosphere of any live venue near
Ottawa. Julia picks 50 Men as one of her favourites.
8 - The Sights + Andrew Vincent & Pirates.
Can great R n' R get any plainer? Still can't believe I saw them. Bought
almost everything they had to sell (vinyl wise) and it's still not enough!
9 - Starvin Hungry vs. Tijuana Bibles.
I went primarily to see the Bibles, but the power of the live event beats
out the crummy cdr every time. Can't wait to see them again.
10 - One Candle Power w/ Golden Famile and
Holy Hell. A great show does not need
world class artists on stage. The audience, the venue, and the attitude
of all can make a great show happen - and happen it did! One Candle Power
raced up the CKCU
playlist chart and topped at number two! Welcome our new friends! Special
thanks to Music For Cats, my favourite record label in Ottawa, independent
or otherwise.
11 - Mr. Pacman.
Any band who sports a t-shirt that says "Turbo-Homo"
deserves respect; even more so if they try to explain that it is a printers
typo and supposed to state "Turbo Hero". They also had (by far) the best
merchandise of the year, and the best costumes. Might have to re-think
my attitude towards computers and beat boxes.
By the way, you might have noticed that Munly
was NOT on stage - if you thought otherwise, that's alright, cause it means
you were facing the stage (and not the sound-board, where he was watching
from) and that is exactly where you ought to be looking at a live rock
and roll event.
Thanks for coming out, and thanks for putting
them on.
My only request is that CKCU
FM finds an hour in the evening to accomodate
a program called Music for Plants,
which aired prior Rock the Boat
until the host got promoted at her day job. She misses her show.
| CHRIS PAGE
(Glen Nevous Retraction, The Stand GT)
2001 sleepers:
Ass Ponys:
Lohio
Mark Kozelek: White
Christmas
The top 15 in order, based on time spent
through my speakers:
15: Paul Westerberg:
Stereo
14: Queers:
Pleasant Screams
13: Reigning
Sound: Time Bomb High School
12: Sleater-Kinney:
One Beat
11: Fiftymen:
After Darkfall
10: The Mendoza
Line: Lost in Revelry
9: The
Flaming Lips: Yoshimi Battles the Pink
Robots
8: Spoon:
Kill the Moonlight
7: Werbo:
Welcome to Japan
6: Rocket
from the Crypt: Live from Camp X-ray
5: Richard
Buckner: Impasse
4: Old
Reliable: Pulse of Light | Dark Landscape
3: UIC:
The Wiseman Sessions
2: Hot
Snakes: Suicide Invoice
1: Kepler:
Missionless Days |
| Stéphane Thérien's
favorites of 2002
Favorite record/cd to smoke a big fat joint to:
The Heads - "Under Sided" 
(CD - Sweet Nothing Records)
Favorite 7" of 2002: The
Flakes - "Jerk Store" (Screaming Apple)
Favorite 10" of 2002:
Gasolheads - "Red Wine and White Russians" (Deadbeat
Records)
Favorite re-issue cd:
Outsiders - "Strange Things are Happening" (CD - RPM)
Favorite locals of 2002:
Million Dollar Marxists and their first CD.
Other favorites of 2002 that everyone should own:
Cool Jerks, Reigning
Sound, Le Nombre, Paybacks, Sahara Hotnights,
King Khan.
Favorite shows of 2002:
The Glads, Dictators, Le Nombre, Dan Melchior, Sick
Fits, Million Dollar Marxists, Soundtrack
Of Our Lives, Blurtonia with The
Chickens.
Stéphane "Ça rock" Thérien
'up for a downslide':
every Tuesday
night! 9 PM
on CHUO 89.1FM in Ottawa--punk/garage/glam/trash
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