From: Lise LePage <lepage AT musearts.com>
Subject: chug top 20
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 1998 10:18:56 -0500

Hi Doug,

Thanks for doing this -- it always ends up being worth it in the end...

Pavement: Brighten the Corners (Matador)
Yo La Tengo: I Hear the Heart Beating as One (Matador)
Guided by Voices: Mag Earwig (Matador)
Bis: The New Transistor Heroes (Grand Royal)
Kenickie: At the Club (Warner Bros.)
Return of the DJs Vol. II (Bomb HipHop)
Squarepusher: Hard Normal Daddy (Warp)
Bentley Rhythm Ace: S/T (Skint)
Fatboy Slim: Better Living Through Chemicals (Astralwerks/Skint)
David Holmes: Let's Get Killed (Go Beat)
Superchunk: Outdoor Living (Merge)
Stereolab: Dots and Loops (Elektra)
Turn On: S/T ep (Drag City)
Mogwai: Young Team (Jetset)
The High Llamas: Hawaii (Alpaca Park/V2 Records)
Adventures in Stereo: the yellow one and the blue one (Underground
Sounds/Creeping Bent)
Belle and Sebastian: If You're Feeling Sinister (Jeepster)
TeenBeat 1997 Sampler (TeenBeat)
Elliott Smith: Either/Or (Kill Rock Stars)
The Delgados: Domestiques (Chemikal Underground)


Honorably Mentioned:  Yatsura and Dweeb for being punky at the right speed,
the Fall and Galaxy 500 just because, the Candy Butchers for their 1996 ep
Live at the Bonbonniere, Grifters' Full Blown Possession, Ida's Maybelle
single on Simple Machines, Beck's Deadweight single and Cornershop's
Brimful of Asha 7", the Select Magazine VROOM compilation, and not
surprisingly, Space Ghost's Musical Barbecue on Kid Rhino -- an
unregrettable impulse buy.

I will leave the commentary to others -- I only want to say this: There's a
lot of good music out there!