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MONDO SONORO LP’S of 1998
From: XAVIER VALINO
Date: 23 Jan 1999
MONDO SONORO LPS 1998
- 1 Massive Attack: Mezzanine
- 2 The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion: Acme
- 3 Asian Dub Foundation: Rafi's Revenge
- 4 Manu Chao: Clandestino
- 5 Propeellerheads: Decksandrumsdandrockandroll
- 6 P J Harvey: Is This Desire?
- 7 Mercury Rev: Deserter's Songs
- 8 Belle And Sebsatian: The Boy With The Arab Strap
- 9 R.E.M: Up
- 10 Beastie Boys: Hello Nasty
- 11 Eels: Electro-Shock Blues
- 12 Fun Lovin' Criminals: 100% Colombian
- 13 Korn: Follow The Leader
- 14 Sunny Day Real Estate: How It Feels To Be Something On
- 15 Placebo: Without You I'm Nothing
- 16 Fatboy Slim: You've Come A Long Way Baby
- 17 Gang Starr: Moment Of Truth
- 18 Pulp: This Is Hardcore
- 19 Pearl Jam: Yield
- 20 Cracker: Gentleman's Blues
- 21 Royal Crown Revue: The Contender
- 22 4 Hero: Two Pages
- 23 Jack: The Jazz Age
- 24 Monster Magnet: Powertrip
- 25 Refused: The Shape Of Punk To Come
- 26 The Afghan Whigs: 1965
- 27 Slayer: Diabolus In Musica
- 28 Mark Lanegan: Scaps At Midnight
- 29 Gluecifer: Soaring With Eagles
- 30 Boards Of Canada: Music Has The Right To Children
- 31 Golden Smog: Weird Tales
- 32 Jeff Buckley: (Sketches For) My Sweetheart The Drunk
- 33 Fugazi: End Hits
- 34 Tortoise: TNT
- 35 Air: Moon Safari
- 36 Come: Gently Down The Stream
- 37 The Divine Comedy: Fin De Siecle
- 38 Freestylers: We Rock Hard
- 39 Tricky: Angels With Dirty Faces
- 40 The Posies: Success
ROCK LIST FROM MAGNET - 1998
From: Sam Gillespie
Date: 03 Feb 1999
ROCK LIST FROM MAGNET - 1998
For lack of a better description, MAGNET is the American equivalent of WIRE.
ARTISTS OF THE YEAR:
- 1. Neutral Milk Hotel
- 2. Elliot Smith
- 3. Belle and Sebastian
- 4. Ani DiFranco
- 5. John Spencer Blues Explosion
- 6. Spoon
- 7. Massive Attack
- 8. Brian Jonestown Massacre
- 9. Air
- 10. Cat Power
20 ALBUMS THAT MATTERED IN 1998 (in alphabetical order, I
assume)
- Archers of Loaf- White Trash Heroes
- Beck- Mutations
- Blonde Redhead - In An Expression of the Inexpressible
- Calexico - The Black Light
- Caustic Resin- The Medicine is All Gone
- Richard Davies - Telegraph
- Dirty Three - Ocean Songs
- Godspeed You Black Emperor! -f#a#
- Jack Drag - Dopebox
- Mercury Rev - Deserter’s Songs
- Roy Montgomery - And Now the Ran Sounds Like Life is Falling Down Through It
- Pernice Brothers - Overcome By Happiness
- Robert Pollard- Waved Out
- Quasi - Featuring "Birds"
- Sonic Youth - A Thousand Leaves
- Spinanes - Arches and Aisles
- Sunny Day Real Estate - How it Feels To Be Something On
- Tortoise - TNT
- Tricky - Angels With Dirty Faces
- Unkle - Psyence Fiction
From: Chris Karamatas ckaramatas@VNET.IBM.COM
Date: 08 Feb 1999
I've included the 1998 year-end list of famous Rock Critic: Jack Rabid (kinda the U.S.
version of John Peel, You prob. know him, he also edits 'The Big-Takeover' Fanzine), for
your consideration to including on your page.
Cheers,
- Chris
LPs :
- 1) Bad Religion-No Substance (Atlantic/WEA)
- 2) Bob Mould-The Last Dog and Pony Show (Rykodisc)
- 3) Swervedriver-99th Dream (Zero Hour)
- 4) Pernice Brothers-Overcome By Happiness (Sub Pop)
- 5) Glide-Disappear Here (Shock) (Aussie wonders)
- 6) Mojave 3-Out of Tune (4AD/Sire/WEA)
- 7) Idaho-Alas (Buzz/Symbiotic)
- 8) Belle & Sebastian-The Boy With the Arab Strap (Matador)
- 9) Elliott Smith-XO (Dreamworks/UNI)
- 10) R.E.M.-Up (Warner Bros.)
- 11) Mark Eitzel-I'm Caught in a Trap and I Can't Back Out Because I Love You Too Much
Baby
- (Matador) and Lover's Leap USA (sold by the artist at his shows)
- 12) Guy Chadwick-Lazy, Soft and Slow (Setanta U.K.)
- 13) New Model Army-Strange Brotherhood (Attack/EMI Germany)
- 14) Boo Radleys-Kingsize (Creation)
- 15) Billy Bragg & Wilco-Mermaid Ave. (Elektra/WEA)
- 16) Jesse-Jesse (Rugger Bugger U.K.) (ex-Leatherface singer)
- 17) Rufus Wainwright-Rufus Wainwright (Dreamworks/UNI)
- 18) Social Distortion-Live at the Roxy (Time Bomb/BMG)
- 19) Embrace-The Good Will Out (Geffen/UNI)
- 20) Radiohead-Airbag/How Am I Driving? (Capitol/EMI)
- 21) Les Thugs-Nineteen Something (Sub Pop)
- 22) Various-Scratches and Needles Nils tribute (Magwheel Canada)
- 23) Jesus & Mary Chain-Munki (Sub Pop)
- 24) You Am I-#4 Record (RCA/BMG)
- 25) Leatherface-Discography II (Rejected U.K.)
- 26) Lotion-The Telephone Album (spinART)
- 27) Robert Pollard-Waved Out (Matador)
- 28) Jawbox-My Scrapbook of Fatal Accidents (Desoto)
- 29) Alison's Halo-Eyedazzler 1992-1996 (Burnt Hair)
- 30) Oasis-The Masterplan (Epic/Sony)
- 31) Morrissey-My Early Burglary Years (Reprise/WEA)
- 32) Trembling Blue Stars-Lips That Taste of Tears (Shinkansen U.K.)
- 33) Wheat-Medeiros (Sugar Free)
- 34) Robyn Hitchcock-Storefront Hitchcock (Warner Bros.)
- 35) Quasi-Featuring "Birds" (Up!)
- 36) All-Mass Nerder (Epitaph)
- 37) Sleeper-Pleased to Meet You (Indolent/Arista/BMG)
- 38) Snuff-Tweet Tweet My Lovely (Fat Wreck Chords)
- 39) Foil-Spread it All Around (13th Hour/Mute)
- 40) Cinerama-Va Va Voom (Cooking Vinyl/spinART)
- 41) Kristin Hersh-Strange Angels (Throwing Music/Rykodisc)
- 42) Various-Splashed With Many a Speck 2-CD (Dewdrops)
- 43) Guided By Voices-Tonics and Twisted Chasers (Rockathon)
- 44) Fugazi-End Hits (Dischord)
- 45) Scrawl-Nature Film (Elektra/WEA)
- 46) Divine Comedy-Fin De Siécle (Setanta U.K.)
- 47) Scream-Live at the Black Cat; WDC 12/28/96 (Torque)
- 48) London Punkharmonic Orchestra-Symphony of Destruction; Punk Goes Classical (Music
Club)
- 49) Rasputina-How We Quit the Forest (Columbia/Sony)
- 50) The Church-Hologram of Baal (Cooking Vinyl/Thirsty Ear)
Honorable Mention:
- Varnaline-Sweet Life (Zero Hour)
- Radio Birdman-Ritualism live (Crying Sun AUS)
- Acetone-Acetone (Vapor/Reprise/WEA)
- Sunny Day Real Estate-How it Feels to be Something On (Sub Pop) (London)
- Suede-Sci-Fi Lullabies 2-CD (Nude/Columbia/Sony)
- Autohaze-Counter Clockwise (Summershine)
- Posies-Success (Popllama)
- Jello Biafra-If Evolution is Outlawed, Only Outlaws Will Evolve spoken word 3-CD
(Alternative Tentacles U.K.)
Singles/EPs
- 1) Catherine Wheel-"Broken Nose" (Chrysalis U.K.)
- 2) New Model Army-"Wonderful Way to Go" (Attack/EMI Germany)
- 3) Mojave 3-"Some Kinda Angel," "Who Do You Love" (4AD U.K.)
- 4) Embrace-"All You Good, Good People" (Hut/Virgin U.K.)
- 5) Swervedriver- "Wrong Treats" (Sonic Wave U.K.),
Space Travel Rock 'n' Roll (Cortex AUS),
and "93 Miles From the Sun" 7" (Sessions U.K.)
6) Pernice Brothers-"Square World" 7" (Summershine)
7) Rufus Wainwright-"April Fools" (Dreamworks/UNI)
8) Jesus & Mary Chain-"I Love Rock 'n' Roll" (Creation U.K.)
9) Radiohead-"No Surprises" (Parlophone U.K.)
10) Foil-"Revver Gene" (Mute)
11) R.E.M.-"Daysleeper" (Warner Bros.)
12) Pastry Heroes-Horn Rim Fury (Submerisible)
13) Scenic and Lanterna-In Live Performance split EP (Independent Project)
14) Brian Wilson "Imagination" (Giant/WEA)
15) Fastbacks-Win, Lose, or Both (Popllama)
16) His Name is Alive-"Can't Always Be Loved" (4AD U.K.)
17) Dickies-Dogs From the Hare That Bit Us (XXX)
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