Charles Afton, Lost Sunset Lounge (Kriztal)
Aluminum Group, More Happyness (Wishing Tree)
Books Lie, Hall of Fame of Fire (Level Plane)
Califone, Heron King Blues (Thrill Jockey)
Calla, Calla (Arena Rock Recording)
Camera Obscura, Underachievers Please Try Harder (Merge)
Capone, Best of Capone (Familia)
Clones, Need a Wave (Dirtnap)
Bobby Conn, Homeland (Thrill Jockey)
The Dexateens, Dexateens (Estrus)
Dexter Freebish, Tripped into Divine (Sixthman)
Ani DiFranco, Educated Guess (Righteous Babe)
Dios, Arboles (Dim Mak)
Dub Narcotic Sound System, Degenerate Introduction (K)
Espers, Espers (Locust)
Evaporators, Ripple Rock (Alternative Tentacles)
Firewater, Songs We Should Have Written (Jetset)
Front Line Assembly, Civilization (Metropolis)
The Hollow Points, Annihilation (Dirtnap)
The Intelligence, Boredom and Terror (Omnibus)
The King Cobra, King Cobra (Troubleman Unlimited)
Lion Fever, Lustre (Dim Mak)
Lost Patrol, Songs About Running Away (Epitaph)
Joe Lutcher, 1947 (Jazz Classics)
Mahjongg, Machinegong (Cold Crush)
Hannah Marcus, Desert Farmers (Bar/None)
The Mekons, Punk Rock (Quarterstick)
Jason Molina, Pyramid Electric Co. (Secretly Canadian)
Mother Superior, 13 Violets (Top Beat)
Ivan Neville, Scrape (Compendia)
New End Original, Lukewarm (Jade Tree)
Red Tyger Church, Free Energy (Alive)
Sister Hazel, Live Live (Sixthman)
Special Goodness, Land Air Sea (Epitaph)
Statistics, Leave Your Name (Jade Tree)
John Vanderslice, Cellar Door (Barsuk)
Various Artists, Grammy Nominees 2004 (BMG Heritage)
Various Artists, Best of the Girl Groups (Delta)
Volcano, I'm Still Excited, Volcano, I'm Still Excited (Polyvinyl)
The Willowz, Willowz (Dionysus)
This article appears in Jan 15-21, 2004.