美國新英格蘭區(NY and MA....)另類樂迷的最愛名店OTHER MUSIC,就在紐約市中心,去過的都說好..
他們的樂評推薦,也是具有一定公信力的
可以上他們的網站訂閱電子報,也可以訂購到一些CD
http://www.othermusic.com
OTHER MUSIC TOP 30 SELLERS FOR 2003
1. Cat Power "You Are Free" (Matador)
2. Yo La Tengo "Summer Sun" (Matador)
3. Broken Social Scene "You Forgot It In People" (Arts & Crafts)
4. !!! "Me and Giuliani Down by the School Yard" (Touch & Go)
5. The Rapture "Echoes" (DFA/Universal)
6. The White Stripes "Elephant" (V2)
7. Four Tet "Rounds" (Domino)
8. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy "Master and Everyone" (Drag City)
9. Sea and Cake "One Bedroom" (Thrill Jockey)
10. Prefuse 73 "One Word Extinguisher" (Warp)
11. Calla "Televise" (Arena Rock)
12. Colder "Again" (Output)
13. Broadcast "Ha Ha Sound" (Warp)
14. Yeah Yeah Yeahs "Fever to Tell" (Interscope)
15. Manitoba "Up in Flames" (Domino/Leaf)
16. Various Artists "Lost in Translation" (Emperor Norton)
17. The Notwist "Neon Golden" (Domino)
18. Loose Fur "Loose Fur" (Drag City)
19. Postal Service "Give Up" (Sub Pop)
20. The Shins "Chutes Too Narrow" (Sub Pop)
21. TV on the Radio "Young Liars" (Touch & Go)
22. Belle & Sebastian "Dear Catastrophe Waitress" (Rough Trade)
23. Revlon 9 "Revlon 9" (Torncrantz)
24. Various Artists "New York Noise" (Soul Jazz)
25. Ulrich Schnauss "A Strangely Isolated Place" (City Centre)
26. Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks "Pig Lib" (Matador)
27. Radiohead "Hail to the Thief" (Capitol)
28. New Pornographers "Electric Version" (Matador)
29. Iron & Wine "Creek Drank the Cradle" (Sub Pop)
30. Devendra Banhart "Oh Me Oh My" (Young God)
OTHER MUSIC STAFF PICKS FOR 2003
GEOFF ALBORES (Top 11 In No Particular Order)
Beans "Tomorrow Right Now" (Warp)
Martina Topley-Bird "Quixotic" (Independiente)
Cat Power "You Are Free" (Matador)
Cedric Im Brooks "Light of Saba" reissue (Honest Jon's)
Eddie Gale "Ghetto Music" reissue (Water)
Daniel Givens "Freedom's Myth/Black X-mas" EP (Aesthetics)
Francois Rabbath "New Sound of Jazz" reissue (Spalax)
Dudley Perkins "A Lil' Light" (Stones Throw)
Outkast "The Love Below" (Arista)
TV on the Radio "Young Liars" (Touch & Go)
Spacek "Vintage Hi-Tech" (!K7)
JO ANN COLAGIACOMI
Top Reissues:
Pandit Pran Nath "Midnight/Raga Malkauns" (Just Dreams)
Eddie Gale "Ghetto Music" & "Black Rhythm Happening" (Water)
Grachan Moncur III "New Africa/One Morning..." (Charly)
Keith Hudson ""Playing It Cool and Playing It Right" (Basic Replay)
Nelson Angelo e Joyce "Nelson Angelo e Joyce" (Odeon)
Cedric Im Brooks "Light of Saba" (Honest Jon's)
Arthur Verocai "Arthur Verocai" (Luv N' Haight/Ubiquity)
Dorothy Ashby "Afro Harping" (Cadet)
Eugene McDaniels "Outlaw" (Water)
Top New Releases:
Outkast "Speakerboxxx / The Love Below" (Arista)
Victor Gama "Pangeia Instrumentos" (Rephlex)
[V.A.] "Miami Sound" (Soul Jazz)
Animal Collective "Here Comes the Indian" (Paw Tracks)
Greenpot Bluepot "Warraw" (Unlabeled)
TV on the Radio "Young Liars" (Touch and Go)
[V.A.] "Night Recordings From Bali" (Sublime Frequencies)
[V.A.] "Straight To Watts: Central Avenue Scene 1951-1954" (Ace)
Getatchew Mekurya "Negus of Ethiopian Sax; Ethiopiques Vol. 14" (Buda
Musique)
MATT CONNORS
Blur "Think Tank" (Virgin)
Benjamin Biolay "Negatif" (Virgin France)
The Sound "Jeopardy" reissue (Renascent)
Bonnie ?Prince' Billy "Master and Everyone" (Drag City)
Cat Power "You Are Free" (Matador)
Rufus Wainwright "Want One" (DreamWorks)
Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks "Pig Lib" (Matador)
Broadcast "Ha Ha Sound" (Warp)
Chavela Vargas live at Carnegie Hall - Mexican Independence Day (Best live
show ever!)
Tindersticks "Waiting for the Moon" (Beggars)
Colder "Again" (Output)
Shins "Chutes Too Narrow" (Sub Pop)
J DENNIS
Stellar Releases:
Cedric Im Brooks "Light of Saba" (Honest Jon's)
Markus Guentner "Audio Island" (Ware)
Jan Jelinek "La Nouvelle Pauvrete" (~scape)
Triosk Meets Jan Jelinek "1 + 3 + 1" (~scape)
Gustavo Lamas "Brotes" (Onitor)
Little Brother "Listening" (ABB)
Bjorn Olsson "Bjorn Olsson" (Gravitation)
Prefuse 73 "One Word Extinguisher" / "Extinguished Outtakes" (Warp)
Spacek "Vintage Hi-Tech" (!K7)
Stark Reality "Now" reissue (Stones Throw)
Tape "Opera" (Hapna)
Artist of the Year: MF DOOM (King Geedorah, Madvillian, Nastradoomus,
Special Herbs, Viktor Vaughn)
Label of the Year: Stones Throw (www.stonesthrow.com)
Comp of the Year: "Saturday Morning Empires" (Intr Version)
Single of the Year: Junior Senior "Move Your Feet"
Video of the Year: The Darkness "I Believe In a Thing Called Love"
Mix of the Year: M. Mayer "Fabric 13", T. Thomas "Smallville", &
R. Villalobos "Taka Taka"
Best Kept Secrets: Gabriel Ananda and Oliver Hacke 12"s
Best Acid Flashback: Luke Vibert "Yoseph" (Warp)
La Connexion Francaise Preferee: Benjamin Biolay & Keren Ann
Great Record I Never Wanna Hear Again: Dead Meadow "Shivering King and
Others"
DANIEL DEROGATIS
My "2003" Soundtrack:
Woven Hand "Woven Hand" & "Blush Music" (Soundsfamilyre)
Sleep "Dopesmoker" (TeePee)
Alejandra & Aeron "Bousha Blue Blazes" (Orthlorng Musork)
Maher Shalal Hash Baz "Blues Du Jour" (Geographic)
"Folk & Pop Sounds of Sumatra", "Radio Java" & "Night Recordings from Bali"
(Sublime Frequencies)
Tetuzi Akiyama "Don't Forget to Boogie" (Idea)
Jewelled Antler Music
Ami Yoshida "Tiger Thrush" (Improvised Music from Japan)
Saule "Saule" (Sub Rosa)
John Fahey "Red Cross" (Revenant)
The Reissues and Compilations That Rocked Me:
Kenneth Higney "Attic Demonstration" (Kerbutney)
Jacks "Vacant World" (Toshiba Japan)
Pandit Pran Nath "Midnight" (Just Dreams)
Keith Hudson "Playing It Cool and Playing It Right" (Basic Replay)
Sun Ra "Spaceship Lullaby" (Atavistic)
Jan Dukes de Gray "Mice & Rats in the Loft" (Earmark)
The Gosdin Brothers "Sounds of Goodbye" (Big Beat)
Roscoe Holcomb "An Untamed Sense of Control" (Smithsonian)
[V.A.] "Flowers in the Wildwood" (Trikont)
[V.A.] "Zig Zag: 20 Junkshop Soft Rock Singles" (RPM)
[V.A.] "Kentucky Mountain Music" Box Set (Yazoo)
The 12" Single That Has Swept Me Off M' Feet Non-Stop:
Rene Lowe w/ Paul St. Hilaire "Faith" (False Tuned)
LISA GARRETT (In No Particular Order)
Mu "Afro Finger and Gel" (Tigersushi)
Soft Pink Truth "Do You Party" (Soundslike)
Matthew Dear "Leave Luck to Heaven" (Spectral Sound)
Fiery Furnaces "Gallowsbird's Bark" (Rough Trade)
Outkast "Speakerboxxx / The Love Below" (Arista)
TV on the Radio "Young Liars" (Touch & Go)
Mickey & the Soul Generation "Iron Leg" reissue (Cali-tex)
[V.A.] "New York Noise" (Soul Jazz)
Rapture "Echoes" (DFA/Universal)
Les Georges Leningrad and Metal Urbain shows at Mighty Robot, NYC, October
and November 2003
