note: Starting on October 6, the new WFMU fall schedule kicks in. The Cherry Blossom Clinic remains on Saturdays but is now heard from 3pm - 6pm beginning Saturday, October 11!
TERRE T'S TOP TEN OF 2003
- THE DIRTBOMBS - Dangerous Magical Noise (in the red)
- LITTLE KILLERS - s/t (crypt)
- ERASE ERRATA - At Crystal Palace (tmu)
- FUNCTIONAL BLACKOUTS - s/t (criminal iq)
- MELT-BANANA - Cell-scape (a-zap)
- TROST - s/t (strunz)
- FIERY FURNACES - Gallowsbird Bark (rough trade)
- BELLRAYS - Red White and Black (vital gesture)
- AMBER SMITH - From Upper Lip to Lower Hip EP (version city)
- COBRA VERDE - Easy Listening (muscletone)
29 MORE BEST FAVES OF 2003 (in no particular order)
- SHRUGS - doppler effect (waysafe)
- THE FALL - Country on the Click (action)
- THE OCCASION - demo (find downloads at beekiller.net, they dont seem to have their own site yet
- KAITO - Band Red (spinArt)
- THE TOKELEYS - demo (www.tokeleys.com)
- ZODIAC KILLERS - Society's Offenders (ripoff)
- MASTERS OF THE OBVIOUS (MOTO) - Kill MOTO (criminal iq)
- COBRA KILLER - 3rd Armpit (valve)
- THE NERVES - s/t (silence) (from Sweden)
- TED LEO - hearts of oak (lookout)
- EXPLODING HEARTS - Guitar Romantic (dirtnap)
- WHITE STRIPES - Elephant (v2)
- MOB STEREO - demo (email them at mobstereo@yahoo.com)
- YEAH YEAH YEAHS - Fever to Tell (interscope)
- THIS MOMENT IN BLACK HISTORY - The Cleveland Finger EP (exit stencil)
- RUNNER AND THE THERMODYNAMICS - demo (www.runnerrock.com)
- FAGG (FRIGG A-GO-GO) - demo of new album (www.friggagogo.com)
- BUZZCOCKS - s/t (merge)
- URINALS- What Is Real And What Is Not (warning label/happy squid)
- A-FRAMES - 2 (ss)
- XPER.XR - ... .. . .... .. (good times)
- DEERHOOF - Apple O (Kill Rock Stars)
- THE CUTS - 2 Over Ten (birdman)
- NUMBERS - ee-uh ep (tmu)
- MODEY LEMON - thunder and lightning (birdman)
- BELLRAYS - raw collection (upper cut)
- DONNA SUMMER - This Needs To Be Your Style (irritant) (not the disco diva but WFMU's own [male] DJ and incredible electronic breakcore artist)
- THERMALS - more parts per million (sub pop)
- MAZING VIDS - s/t ep (stricken)
COMPILATIONS/VARIOUS ARTISTS
- CRIMINAL IQ DIGITAL SAMPLER (criminal iq)
- PYSCHEDELIC STATES series (gear fab)
- OUR BRILLIANT CAREERS - CHERRY RED RARITIES (cherry red)
- CHAINS AND BLACK EXHAUST (memphix)
- FRISCO STYLES (jack hanley)
- DFA COMPILATION #1 (dfa, der)
- VELVET TINMINE (rpm)
- DIRTNAP ACROSS THE NORTHWEST (dirtnap)
- BACK TO PERU: The Most Complete Compilation Of Peruvian Underground 64-74 (vampi soul)
- DEATH BEFORE DISCO (princehouse)
REISSUES/COLLECTIONS (YE OLDE STUFFE MADE NEW)
- MICHAEL YONKERS BAND - Microminiature Love (subpop)
- METAL URBAIN - Anarchy in Paris (acute)
- ALTERNATIVE TV - The Image Has Cracked (anagram/cherry red)
- THE DOOR & THE WINDOW - Detailed Twang (overground)
- THE GURUS - Are Hear (sundazed)
- DELGADOS - Domestiques (chemikal underground)
- UNDERTONES - True Confessions (castle)
- TESTORS - Complete Recordings (swami)
- WEIRDOS - We Got The Neutron Bomb (frontier)
- SUPERCHUNK - Cup Of Sand (merge)
- ESSENTIAL LOGIC - s/t (krs)
- STEVE TREATMENT - 25 A-sides (hyped2death)
- THE (dutch) OUTSIDERS - strange things are happening (rpm)
- KING COLEMAN - it's dance time! (norton)
- GUIDED BY VOICES - hardcore UFOs (matador)
DEATH AND THE MAIDEN CATEGORY
- POWERSLAVES (angelmaker) electronic covers of iron maiden songs
- DOKAKA - 1/2/3 (self-released) weird japanese acapella versions of classic rok tunes including iron maiden
- RIP ANTON MAIDEN see articles here and here
MUSIC THAT'S FUNNIER AND SMARTER THAN ME OR YOU
- ELECTRIC 6 - Fire (xl)
- THE DARKNESS - Permission to Land (atlantic)
- HAWNAY TROOF - Who likes Ta (retard disco)
- CANNED HAM'S KARAZMA REIMAGINED (pro am)
- TRIUMPH THE INSULT COMIC DOG - Come Poop With Me (warner)
- PFFR - united we doth (birdman)
CRAZED+NOISY BEST FAVES
- TOTAL SHUTDOWN - The Album (tigerbeat6)
- TUNNEL OF LOVE - Rock n Roll Bitches (mistlur)
- BLACK LIPS - s/t (bomp)
- DIAMATREGON - blasphemy for satan (tumult)
- LIGHTNING BOLT - wonderful rainbow (load)
- THE LOWDOWN - y is a crooked letter (zum)
- RECKLESS BASTARDS - demo (note -- these guys are now known as the Earaches!)
- DIE ROTZZ - demo (email for more info)
ORIGNAL PUNX KICKIN IT LIVE BETTER THAN U
- IGGY & THE STOOGES
- 999
- LIQUID LIQUID
- METAL URBAIN
- BUZZCOCKS
- WIRE
- MISSION OF BURMA
RestInPeace TOO MANY MEMBERS OF THE WFMU FAMILY
- Ray Franks
- Chris Beyer
- Mr Boyd
- John Narucki
- And in addition to my father Jack passing away, four other WFMU staff members lost a parent this year--- so please join me in saying a
hearty F*CK YOU to 2003.
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