Muruga Booker and James Gurley "It's Big Huge" LP [Qbico]—I pre-ordered this not knowing it would be in an edition of 99 copies and that's kind of a shame because you'd never guess this 

Popul Vuh "Das Hohelied Salomos" LP [United Artists]—I was on the phone talking to an old friend of mine who helped me steer through lots of the good bands with bad records and he told

Broadcast & the Focus Group "...Investigate Witchcults of the Radio Age" LP [Warp]—This might be the best record from last year. I'm 

Acid Eater "Virulent Fuzz Punk A.C.I.D." LP [Timebomb]—I guess I do miss High Rise. 

Acid Eater "Black Fuzz on Wheels" CD [Time Bomb]—This has a fantastic cover of Gert Wilden's "Follow Me" from the "Schulmädchen Report." The rest is fine—it's super noisy and fuzzed out so 

Von Bingen s/t LP [Amen Absen]—New synthesizer cult from Canada that's not afraid to rock it out and actually does. I got spaced rock and schaffel out of this and the soundtrack to an 

Kannibal Komix s/t LP [Colossal] 
 

Circuit Rider s/t LP [?]—The singer here sounds just like Dave Cloud. I won't add to 

Shit and Shine "229 2299 Girls Against Shit" 2LP [Riot Season]—At times I've needed to employ a kid in case I get into something 

I really should be doing other things but... 

Tako s/t LP [Pinakotheca]—If someone can tell me what kind of record this is then you should win a prize. There's a little bit of everything in these grooves—creepy jack-off grunts, bass 

YaHoWha 13 "Magnificence in the Memory" LP [Drag City]—Nice comp of stuff and it looks like it's on Higher Key too—

39 Clocks "Zoned" CD [De Stijl]—39 Clocks were a cool German psych/punk group who have records that were kind of hard to get back in the pre-internet day but letters 

Psychic TV "Force the Hand of Chance" LP [Some Bizarre]—This record is awesome. 

Jean-Pierre Massiera "Midnight Massiera" LP [Finders Keepers]—This new comp encapsulates everything that is great about the Massiera oeuvre. You've got the yeye, the disco, the 

Up-Tight "The Beginning of the End" LP [8MM]—A real scorcher. I never cottoned to these guys except maybe their track from 

Ata Ebtekar & the Iranian Orchestra for New Music performing Works of Alireza Mashayekhi "Ornamental" 2LP [Isounderscore]—More amazing contemporary Persian electronic music from 

Tropa Macaca "Fiteiras Suadas" LP [Qbico]—I love this band. Eighties style video game sounds slowed down enough to sound like bricks scraping against other bricks. People are saying this 

Sanhedrin "Sun Head Ring" CD [Breathing Bass]—The packaging on this looks like you turned the magnification on your dock in the preferences. Really but instead of Safari, Garage Band and Mail it's frogs, typewriters, an SG and the door knocker from that Bob James LP that used to be in the dollar bin and is now on the wall. I thought 

Les Rallizes Dénudés "Volcanic Performance" [Univive] 4CD—While I'm still behind this label as the supreme distributors of the more excellent Rallizes stuff there are