2Pac, Death Row Presents: Nu-Mixx Klazzics (Koch)
Azure Ray, Hold On Love (Saddle Creek)
Belle & Sebastian, Dear Catastrophe Waitress (Sanctuary)
Blue Öyster Cult, Long Days Night (Sanctuary)
Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E., West Koasta Nostra (Oglio)
Boyz II Men, 20th Century Masters (Motown)
Burnt by the Sun, Perfect Is the Enemy of the Good (Relapse)
Bruce Cockburn, High Winds White Sky (Rounder)
Corrosion of Conformity, Live Volume (Sanctuary)
Cracker, Countrysides (Artist Direct BMG)
Crash Test Dummies, Jingle All the Way (Hunter)
Death Cab for Cutie, Transatlanticism (Barsuk)
Dismemberment Plan, People's History of the Dismemberment Plan (De Soto)
Dave Dondero, Transient (Future Farmer)
The Flaming Lips, Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (Warner Brothers)
Beth Gibbons & Rustin Man, Out of Season (Sanctuary)
Guttermouth, Live at the House of Blues (Kung Fu)
Hey Mercedes, Loses Control (Vagrant)
Hieroglyphics, Full Circle (Red Urban)
Jet, Get Born (Elektra)
Ladytron, Softcore Jukebox (Emperor Norton)
Living Colour, CollideOscope (Sanctuary)
Ludacris, Chicken & Beer (Def Jam)
Lungfish, Love Is Love (Dischord)
Megadeth, Rude Awakening (Sanctuary)
Memento, Beginnings (Sony)
Mercury Program/Maserati, Confines of Heat (Kindercore)
The New Pornographers, Mass Romantic (Matador)
Beth Orton, Pass in Time (BMG Heritage)
Primus, Animals Should Not Try to Act Like People (Interscope)
Queensryche, Live Evolution (Sanctuary)
RZA, Birth of a Prince (Sanctuary)
Sevendust, Seasons (TVT)
Stereolab, Instant in the Universe (Elektra)
Swamp Dogg, Excellent Sides of Swamp Dogg, Vol. 1 (Sdeg)
Teenage Fanclub, Four Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty Seconds (Jetset)
Various Artists, MTV2 Headbanger's Ball (Roadrunner)
Widespread Panic, Live from the Backyard in Austin, TX (Sanctuary)
Wilshire, New Universe (Sony)—Compiled by Cooper Cruz
This article appears in Oct 2-8, 2003.