Sunday, December 20, 1998

1998 | Year End Favorites


Mogwai - Any and All Releases (Chemikal Underground)
Godspeed You Black Emperor - F#A# Infinity (Constellation/Kranky)
Neutral Milk Hotel – In an Aeroplane Over The Sea (Merge)
Bob Dylan - Live 1966 (Columbia)
Lounge Lizards - Queen of All Ears (Strange & Beautiful Music)
AMP – Stenorette (Kranky)
Richard Buckner - Since (MCA)
Bedhead - Transaction De Novo (Trance Syndicate)
Marc Ribot - Y Los Cubanos Postizos (Atlantic)
The Beta Band - The Three EP's (Regal)
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – ACME (Matador)
Elliot Smith – XO (Dreamworks)
Darla Records - Bliss Out Series (Darla)
Sonic Youth - A Thousand Leaves (DGC)
Tortoise – TNT (Thrill Jockey)
Billy Bragg & Wilco - Mermaid Avenue (Elektra)
PJ Harvey - Is This Desire? (Island)
Seam - The Pace is Glacial (Touch and Go)
R.E.M. – UP (Warner Brothers)
Don Caballero - What Burns Never Returns (Touch and Go)


BEST LIVE PERFORMANCES
NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS @ METRO (CHICAGO)
RADIOHEAD / SPIRITUALIZED @ ROSEMONT THEATER (CHICAGO)
SONIC YOUTH @ RIVIERA (CHICAGO)
JEFF TWEEDY SOLO PERFORMANCES @ LOUNGE AX (CHICAGO)