Audio By Carbonatix
Some good records came out last year, nationally and regionally, by gum. They sure did. So we polled a bunch of local music lovers and compiled lists of their favorites. Some said they didn’t listen to much new music; others said they didn’t buy in albums in 2002, and some just didn’t have their shit together in time to put together a list. (Some even insisted on listing records that didn’t come out in ’02. These kids today.) But some folks did, bless their little hearts. And here they are, for your perusal (or disposal). This is what the cognoscenti says; for your own good, take heed. Or if you disagree, please, write a letter and voice your discontent. After all, this is America — for at least a few more months.
Tom Bowker
New Times Broward- Palm Beach contributor
Floor, Floor
Recover, Rodeo and Picasso
Alpha Motherfuckers, A Tribute to Turbonegro
The Distillers, Sing Sing Death House
Apples in Stereo, Velocity of Sound
Queens of the Stone Age, Songs for the Deaf
Enon, High Society
Cadillac Blindside, These Liquid Lungs
The Hellacopters, Cream of the Crap, Vol. 1
Your Enemies Friends, The Wiretap EP
Mindy Hertzon
Former Laundry Room Squelcher; current rock photographer and guitarist for Secret P.E. Club
Guided by Voices, Universal Truths and Cycles
Superdrag, Last Call for Vitriol
Zira, Lo-Tech
Wilco, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Warren Zevon, My Ride’s Here
Norah Jones, Come Away with Me
18 Wheelers, Live at Tobacco Road
The Bloodthirsty Lovers, The Bloodthirsty Lovers
Maria Marocka, Ranch Songs
Bling Bling, Always Give Candy to Strangers
Steve Almond
New Times Broward-Palm Beach contributor and author of My Life in Heavy Metal
Solomon Burke, Don’t Give Up on Me
Nicolai Dunger, Soul Rush
Toploader, Onka’s Big Moka
Twilight Singers, Twilight as Played by the Twilight Singers
Orchestra Baobab, Specialist in All Styles
Luna, Live
Coldplay, A Rush of Blood to the Head
David Gray, Flesh
The Soundtrack of Our Lives, Behind the Music
Sondre Lerche, Faces Down
Jesus H. Christ
Irreverent Broward scenester, inflammatory web presence, and general rabble-rouser
Feed the Hungry Lions, Into the Belly of the Beast
Barbra Streisand, Duets
Queens of the Stone Age, Songs for
the Deaf
Barry Manilow, Ultimate Manilow
System of a Down, Steal This Album!
Toni Braxton, More Than a Woman
Elvis Presley, 30 #1 Hits
Michael W. Smith, Worship Again
Kidz Bop, Kidz Bop, Vol. 2
Phil Collins, Testify
Lee Williams
Miami New Times columnist and Square Egg vocalist
Cee-Lo, Cee-Lo Green and His Perfect Imperfections
A Perfect Circle, Mer de Noms
Bilal, 1st Born Second
Q-Tip, Kamaal: The Abstract
Common, Electric Circus
Clipse, Lord Willin’
Cody Chestnutt, The Headphone Masterpiece
Outkast, Big Boi and Dre Present…Outkast
Tre Hardson, Liberation
Res, How I Do
Steven Rullman
Patron saint of Respectable Street and theHoneyComb.com
The Lot Six, Animals
Elf Power, Creatures
Poulain, (unreleased)
Singapore Sling, Singapore Sling
Bright Eyes, Lifted or the Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground
…And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead, Source Tags & Codes
The Yoko Theory, The Yoko Theory
Gritty Kitty, Where Did You Find Each Other?
Lali Puna, Tridecoder
Interpol, Turn On the Bright Lights
Bobby Baker
Baby Robots guitarist and Ant Lunch Musick co-founder
Strapping Fieldhands, The Third Kingdom
The Microphones, Song Islands
Warlocks, Phoenix
Oneida, Each One Teach One
The Fall, Are You Are Missing Winner
Brother JT & Vibrolux, Maybe We Should Take Some More?
ST 37, Down on Us
Bardo Pond, Volume Three
Brother JT3, Spirituals
Ant Lunch Musick, What’s for Drugs? (compilation)
Derek Hyde
Creepy T’s guitarist/vocalist
The Electric Eels, The Eyeball of Hell
The 5.6.7.8.’s, Mojo Workout
Guitar Wolf, Wolf Rock!
Stud Cole, Burn Baby Burn
Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, At Home With…
The Buff Medways, This Is This
Mr. Entertainment and the Latter Day Pookie Smackers, Recreational Drug Usage and Cookie Consumption
The Hives, Veni Vidi Vicious
DMZ, Live at the Rat
The Mummies, Play Their Own Records
Jeff Stratton
New Times Broward-Palm Beach music editor
Rilo Kiley, The Execution of All Things
Iron and Wine, The Creek Drank the Cradle
Yume Bitsu, The Golden Vessyl of Sound
Interpol, Turn On the Bright Lights
Bright Eyes, Lifted or the Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground
Beck, Sea Change
The Flaming Lips, Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
Reindeer Section, Son of Evil Reindeer
Spoon, Kill the Moonlight
Sigur Rós, ( )
Audra Schroeder
New Times Broward-Palm Beach contributor and co-editor of local fanzine So Like Yeah
Enon, High Society
…And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead, Source Tags & Codes
Liars, They Threw Us All in a Trench and Stuck a Monument on Top
Tom Waits, Alice
Spoon, Kill the Moonlight
Death Cab for Cutie, You Can Play These Songs with Chords (compilation)
Q & Not U, Different Damage
Bellini, Snowing Sun
Hella, Hold Your Horse Is
Lightning Bolt, The Power of Salad
Tristram Coffin
New Times Broward-Palm Beach contributor
Wilco, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Coldplay, A Rush of Blood to the Head
White Stripes, White Blood Cells
Beck, Sea Change
The Flaming Lips, Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
Bright Eyes, Lifted or the Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground
Clinic, Walking With Thee
Cee-Lo, Cee-Lo Green and His Perfect Imperfections
Bruce Springsteen, The Rising
…And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead, Source Tags & Codes
Ed Artigas
Spy-Fi Records boss and multi- instrumentalist with Bling Bling and Zira
Sigur Rós, ( )
The Flaming Lips, Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
Wilco, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
The Shins, New Slang
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Hot Hot Heat, Make Up the Breakdown
Machete, Untitled Music
Masters of the Hemisphere, Protest a Dark Anniversary
Radar Bros, And the Surrounding Mountains
Spoon, Kill the Moonlight
Mr. Entertainment
Mr. Entertainment
Baby Robots, …Too Bad You’re from Florida
Monotract, Pagú
MC Trachiotomy, W/Love from Tahiti
Spoon, Kill the Moonlight
Tom Waits, Alice/Blood Money
Ex Models, Other Mathematics
The Moldy Peaches, The Moldy Peaches
Guided by Voices, Universal Truths and Cycles
Elvis Costello, When I Was Cruel
Camper Van Beethoven, Cigarettes & Carrot Juice: The Santa Cruz Years
See Venus
Seven-member-strong local pop band
Aimee Mann, Lost in Space
French Kicks, One Time Bells
Wilco, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Beck, Sea Changes
The Flaming Lips, Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
Lambchop, Is a Woman
Super Furry Animals, Rings Around the World
Aluminum Group, Happyness
The Notwist, Neon Golden
Sonic Youth, Murray Street
Jimmy Allen and Seth Brody
The duo collectively known as fivesixsixfive
Form of Rocket, Se Puede Despedir a Todos
The Flaming Lips, Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
Machete, Untitled Music
Various Artists, Urban Renewal Program
Akida and Jolynn, Ghettoglitch
Lake Trout with DJ Who, Alone at Last
Ugly Casanova, Sharpen Your Teeth
Manual, Ascend
Interpol, Turn On the Bright Lights
Enon, High Society
Hans Morgenstern
New Times Broward- Palm Beach contributor
The Lines, unreleased music
Peter Gabriel, Up
David Bowie, Heathen
Iron and Wine, The Creek Drank the Cradle
M. Ward, End of Amnesia
Machete, Untitled Music
Peter Gabriel, Long Walk Home: Music from the Rabbit-Proof Fence
Saloon, (This Is) What We Call Progress
Archer Prewitt, Three
Pulp, We Love Life
Joe Harrington
New Times Broward-Palm Beach contributor and author of Sonic Cool: The Life and Death of Rock N Roll
The Agenda, Start the Panic
The Pattern, Real Feelness
Warlocks, Phoenix
The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Bravery, Repetition & Noise
The Makers, Strangest Parade
The Clean, Anthology
The Figgs, Slow Charm
The Hellacopters, High Visibility
Mary Lorson & Saint Low, Tricks for Dawn
Reindeer Section, Son of Evil Reindeer
Kevin Crouse
New Times Broward-Palm Beach contributor
Interpol, Turn On the Bright Lights
RJD2, Deadringer
Hot Hot Heat, Make Up the Breakdown
Little Wings, Light Green Leaves
The Flaming Lips, Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
Beck, Sea Change
People Under the Stairs, O.S.T.
Spoon, Kill the Moonlight
The Liars, They Threw Us All in a Trench and Stuck a Monument on Top
Swearing at Motorists, This Flag Signals Goodbye
