Best of 2002

ALBUMS

1. Wilco, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
2. Sonic Youth, Murray Street
3. Afel Bocoum, Damon Albarn, Toumani Diabaté and Friends, Mali Music
4. Spoon, Kill the Moonlight
5. George Harrison, Brainwashed
6. Breeders, Title TK
7. Low, Trust
8. Orchestra Baobab, Pirates Choice
9. Bright Eyes, Lifted or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground

CONFLICT OF INTEREST

10. Pulses, s/t

THE NEXT 10

Coldplay, A Rush of Blood to the Head
Super Furry Animals, Rings Around the World
Doves, The Last Broadcast
High on Fire, Surrounded by Thieves
Electric Wizard, Let Us Prey
Sondre Lerche, Faces Down
Salif Keita, Moffou
Gogol Bordello, Multi Kontra Kulti vs. Irony
Hot Snakes, Suicide Invoice
Radio 4, Gotham!

21 MORE

Oneida, Each One Teach One
Andrew W.K., I Get Wet
Bruce Springsteen, The Rising
Manowar, Warriors of the World
Eminem, The Eminem Show
Hella, Hold Your Horse Is
Mekons, OOOH! (Out of Our Heads)
Koufax, Social Life
Walkmen/Calla, Split EP
Ex Models/Seconds, Split EP
Black Keys, The Big Come Up
Paul Westerberg, Stereo
Doug Martsch, Now You Know
MC Paul Barman, Paullelujah!
Sigur Rós, ()
Radio Zumbido, Los Ultimos Dias del AM
Suicide, American Supreme
Clipse, Lord Willin’
Buffalo Daughter, i.
Brazzaville, Rouge on Pockmarked Cheeks
Animals of Africa: Sounds of the Jungle, Plain & Bush

SINGLES

1. Andrew W.K., “I Love NYC”
2. Rapture, “House of Jealous Lovers”
3. Oneida, “Sheets of Easter”
4. Chemical Brothers with Beth Orton, “The State We’re In”
5. Wilco, “Heavy Metal Drummer”
6. Nelly, “Hot in Herre”
7. Clipse, “Grindin’ ”
8. Streets, “Stay Positive”
9. Super Furry Animals, “(Drawing) Rings Around the World”
10. Manowar, “Warriors of the World United”

DUDS

Beck
Frank Black
Queens of the Stone Age
The Vines
Foo Fighters
Black Dice
DJ Shadow
Beth Orton
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

EX POST FACTO

Nix Breeders.
9. Coldplay, A Rush of Blood to the Head
10. Salif Keita, Moffou