From: tignor AT interport.net (stephen tignor)
Subject: 20 favorite records of '96
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 1997 12:40:05 -0500 (EST)

hi doug

ok, here goes.  no particular order:

stereolab, 'emperor tomato ketchup' (elektra)
dj shadow, 'endtroducing...' (mo' wax)
sleater-kinney, 'call the doctor' (chainsaw)
land of the loops, 'bundle of joy' (up)
spring hill jack, '68 million shades...' (island)
skylab, '#1' (caroline)  (released in u.s. in '96, i think)
catpower, 'what would the community think' (matador)
v/a, 'pop fiction' (quango)
photek, 'the hidden camera' (virgin)
bardo pond, 'amanita' (matador)
neutral milk hotel, 'on avery island' (merge)
dr. octagon, 'instrumentalyst' (bulk)
aphex twin, 'richard d. james' (sire)
imperial teen, 'seasick' (slash)
v/a, 'disco sucks' (che)
'nearly god' (island)
squarepusher, 'feed me weird things'
silkworm, 'firewater' (matador)
v/a, 'ocean of sound' (virgin)
beck, 'odelay' (geffen)