Jeff Breeze's Chugchanga-L Poll 1999 Entry

  1. Thomas, David, and the Pale Orchestra Mirror Man (Thirsty Ear)
  2. Red Krayola Fingerpainting (Drag City)
  3. Pelt Empty Bell Ringing in the Sky (VHF)
  4. TLC Fanmail (LaFace)
  5. Prina, Stephen Push Comes To Love (Drag City)
  6. Joan of Arc Live in Chicago 1999 (Jade Tree)
  7. Pavement Terror Twilight (Matador)
  8. Grubbs, David The Coxcomb (Rectangle)
  9. Atman (featuring Anna Nacher) Tradition (Drunken Fish)
  10. Compulsive Gamblers Bluff City (Sympathy for the Record Industry)
  11. The Vandermark 5 Simpatico (Atavistic)
  12. Rubberoom Architechnology (Indus)
  13. Shipp, Matthew, Duo DNA (Thirsty Ear)
  14. Pole 2 (Matador)
  15. Ibarra, Susie, Trio Radiance (Hopscotch)
  16. Promise Ring Very Emergency (Jade Tree)
  17. Erickson, Roky Never Say Goodbye (Emperor Jones)
  18. Monks 5 Upstart Americans (Omplatten)
  19. Nobody Earthtones ep (Ubiquity)
  20. Amputee Set When the Last Game is Done (self-released)

1-16 are in some semblance of order given my mood at the time I made this. 17 & 18 are my top choices for previously unrealeased archival stuff. 19 is the single of the year (though it was tough not making the bonus CD ("Come On Down") from RK's _Fingerpainting_ it. 20 is the best local release (Columbia, MO) and is one of the most engaging and stomping hardcore/emo/whatever the fuck people seem to call this these days that you'll ever hear.