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Doug Mosurak's Chugchanga-L Poll 2000 Entry
the new pornographers: mass romantic (mint)
outkast: stankonia (laface)
lifter puller: fiestas + fiascos (frenchkiss/the self-starter foundation)
oneida: come on everybody let's rock (jagjaguwar)
the white stripes: de stijl (SFTRI)
destroyer: thief (cave canem/triple crown audio/catsup plate)
the party of helicopters: mt. forever (troubleman unlimited)
screamers: in a better world 2xCD (extravertigo/xeroid)
anti-pop consortium: tragic episode (75 ark)
broadcast: the noise made by people (warp/tommy boy)
rumah sakit: rumah sakit (temporary residence)
slumber party: slumber party (kill rock stars)
death cab for cutie: we have the facts and we're voting yes (barsuk)
chicks on speed: will save us all! (chicks on speed)
weakling: dead as dreams (tUMULt)
the fall: the unutterable (eagle)
grndntl brnds: communicating for influence (vaccination)
kid koala: carpal tunnel syndrome (ninjatune)
giant sand: chore of enchantment (thrill jockey)
bablicon: the orange tapered moon (misra)
runners up:
switchblade: switchblade 10" (blood of the young)
!!!: !!! (GSL)
erase errata 7"
don caballero: american don (touch & go)
radiohead: kid a (capitol)
de la soul: art official intelligence: mosaic thump (tommy boy)
blackalicious: NIA (quannum)
the monks: let's start a beat! (cavestomp/varese sarabande)
excelsior: the land of enchantment 12" (belladonna)
insult to injury: insult to injury 12" (belladonna)
the get hustle: earth odyssey (5RC)
grand buffet: sparkle classic (brickbrain)
royal trux: pound for pound (drag city)
hot snakes: automatic midnight (swami/SFTRI)
the sultans: ghost ship (swami/SFTRI)
best reissues:
v/a: disco not disco (strut)
crispy ambulance: frozen blood (LTM)
samhain: box set (plan 9)
section 25: always now (LTM)
the stickmen: insatiable!! (cuneiform)
ethiopiques vol. 8 (buda musique)
mekons: live 85-86 (ROIR)
ESG: a south bronx story (universal sound)
art ensemble of chicago: les stances et sophie (soul jazz)
marva whitney: it's my thing (soul brother/3MV)
v/a: superfunk (ace)
v/a: solesides' greatest bumps (ninjatune/quannum)
discordance axis: the inalienable dreamless (hydra head)
best live acts 2000 NYC and elsewhere:
the strokes
oneida
the walkmen
the white stripes
lightning bolt
oxes covering "them bones" and "everlong"
the yeah yeah yeah's
the french kicks
orchid/the 1985 (basement show, new brunswick, NJ ... one of the most
intense, cramped, out of control rock shows i have ever witnessed)
turing machine
excelsior!
microwaves
botch
lifter puller
the modey lemon
grand buffet
the moldy peaches
rumah sakit w/ iceburn
sweep the leg johnny/the rapture/the get hustle/the adoration @ brownie's
the peter brotzmann tentet
black dice/erase errata @ the den
XBXRX in DC
u.s. maple
arab on radar
hugest craptastic letdowns:
dead prez
coldplay parachutes
flux information sciences
love life
clinic internal wrangler
kool keith matthew
quix*o*tic, live and recorded
shellac 1000 hurts
interpol
les savy fav
cave in: jupiter and live (might be the worst thing 2000 had to offer)
the black heart procession
modest mouse
the dirty three
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