KALX DJ Faves of 2001

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Read on as KALX DJs list their favorites of the past year, 2001

1. The Strokes - Is This It (RCA)
2. Pinback - Blue Screen Life (Ace Fu)
3. Ladytron - 604 (Emperor Norton)
4. Radiohead - Amnesiac (Capitol)
5. The Faint - Danse Macabre (Saddle Creek)
6. New End Original - Thriller (Jade Tree)
7. Creeper Lagoon - Take Back the Universe and Give Me Yesterday (Dreamworks)
8. Dealership - TV Highway to the Stars (Keiki)
9. Rival Schools - United by Fate (Island/Def Jam)
10. Bjork - Vespertine (Elektra)
11. Sparklehorse - It's a Wonderful Life (Capitol)
12. B.R.M.C. - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (Virgin)
13. Call and Response - Call and Response (Kindercore/Emperor Norton)
14. Secadora - Little Pieces of Paper (Keiki)
15. Death Cab for Cutie - The Photo Album (Barsuk)
16. Strike Anywhere - Change Is a Sound (Jade Tree)
17. Jimmy Eat World - Jimmy Eat World (Dreamworks)
18. Gorillaz - Gorillaz (Virgin)
19. New Order - Get Ready (Reprise)
20. Kosheen - Resist (Moksha)

• Missy Elliot - "Get Ur Freak On" (Elektra)

• various artists - Nortec Collective: The Tijuana Sessions Vol. 1 (Palm Pictures)
• Monolake - Cinemascope (EFA)
• Landslide - Drum and Bossa (Om)
• Flux and Rinse - Killa 10" (Compound)
• various artists - Dublab presents Freeways (Emperor Norton)
• DJ Shufflemaster - EXP (Tresor)
• Detroit Grand Pubahs - Funk All Y'all (Jive Electro)
• various artists - Clicks and Cuts Vol. 2 (Mille Plateaux)
• Beefcake - Coincidentia Oppositorium (Hymen)
• Aphex Twin - drukqs (Warp/Sire)

1. Thai Elephant Orchestra - Thai Elephant Orchestra (Mulatta)
2. Mark Kozelek - What's Next to the Moon (Badman)
3. Jin Hi Kim - Komungo (OO)
4. M. Ward - End of Amnesia (Future Farmer)
5. Jim O'Rourke - Insignificance (Drag City)
6. William Parker & Hamid Drake - Volume 1: Piercing the Veil (Aum Fidelity)
7. Granfaloon Bus - Exploded View (Boxkite/Future Farmer)
8. Scott Tuma - Hard Again (Truckstop)
9. Sheila Chandra - This Sentence is True (The Previous Sentence is False (Indipop)
10. Kampec Dolores - Sitting on the Buffalo (Bahia/ReR)

1. Various Artists - TROUBLEMAN MIX TAPE (Troubleman Unlimited)
2. The Screamers - In a Better World (Extravertigo/Xeroid)
3. Neu! - Neu!/Neu! 2/Neu! 75 (Reissues on Astralwerks)
4. Glass Candy and the Shattered Theatre - Demos 31, 37 (Self-released)
5. Numbers - Numbers (Self-released)
6. Lightning Bolt - Ride the Skies (Load)
7. Adult - Resuscitation (Ersatz Audio)
8. X - Aspirations (Reissue on Rocknroll Blitzkrieg/Now!)
9. Emergency - The Less I Know (Archigramophone)
10. Wolf Eyes - Wolf Eyes (Bulb)

• Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley - Halfway Tree (Motown)
• Sugar Minott - Rare Gems (Easy Star)
• Bushman - Higher Ground (Greensleeves)
• Sizzla - Black History (Jetstar)
• Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers - Volume 1 Live (WEA/Elektra Entertainment)
• Luciano - Great Controversy (Jetstar)
• Various Artists - STRICTLY THE BEST, VOLS. 27 & 28 (VP)
• Gregory Isaacs - Gold (Jetstar)
• Ranking Joe, Trinity, U Brown - 3 The Roots Way (Jah Warrior)
• Various Artists - REGGAE PLATYNUM VOL. 3 (J & D)
• Various Artists - REALITY CALLING (Jetstar)
• Prezident Brown - To Jah Only (Chet)
• Degree - Yeah Man (Greensleeves)
• TOK - My Crew, My Dawgs (VP)

1. Jin Hi Kim - Komungo (OO Disks)
2. Jewlia Eisenberg - Trilectic (Tzadik)
3. Simian - Chemistry is What We Are (Source)
4. Lou Harrison - Rhymes With Silver (New Albion)
5. Pram - Somniloquy (Merge)
6. Iowaska - Vine of Souls (Alternative Tentacles)
7. Various Artists - NEW YORK CITY GLOBAL BEAT (Smithsonian Folkways)
8. Yuri Yunakov - Roma Variations (Traditional Crossroads)
9. Christian Marclay & Otomo Yoshihide - Moving Parts (Asphodel)
10. Sam Phillips - Fan Dance (Nonesuch)

• Avalanches - Frontier Psychiatrist (Modular)

1. Various Artists - MY SALSOUL: DISCO CLASSICS SELECTED & MIXED BY DIMITRI FROM PARIS (Bethlehem)
2. Various Artists - DJ KICKS!: TRUBY TRIO (Studio !K7)
3. Cleptomaniacs - "Givin' It All" (white label)
4. Various Artists - MASTERS AT WORK PRESENTS WEST END RECORDS: THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION MEGAMIX (West End)
5. Nico Gomez & His Afro-Percussion Inc. - Ritual reissue (P-Vine)
6. Lawnchair Generals - The Great Escape EP (Viva!)
7. Bob James - Bob James: An Anthology (Sequel)
8. Ian Pooley - Since Then. expanded edition (V2 Germany)
9. Harlem Zipcode - Vibrations EP (Paper)
10. Eddie Matos - No Question EP (4th Floor)

1. Figurine - The Heartfelt (March)
2. The New Year - Newness Ends (Touch & Go)
3. M. Ward - End of Amnesia (Future Farmer)
4. Call & Response - Call & Response (Emperor Norton/Kindercore)
5. Mus - Mus (Pehr)
6. Shins - Oh, Inverted World (Sub Pop)
7. 14 Iced Bears - In the Beginning (Slumberland)
8. Gravy Train - The Menz (SPAM)
9. Vincent Gallo - When (Warp)
10. Hydroplane - The Sound of Changing Places(Drive-In)

1. Zero 7 - Simple Things (Ultimate Dilemma)
2. Joao Donato - The New Sound of Brazil (reissue) (RCA)
3. Various Artists - FREAK OFF: LATIN BREAKBEATS, BASSLINES, AND BOOGALOO (Harmless)
4. Shuggie Otis - Inspiration Information (reissue) (Luaka Bop)
5. Various Artists - STUDIO ONE ROCKERS (Soul Jazz)
6. Kudu - Kudu EP (Velour)
7. Poets of Rhythm - Discern/Define (Quannum Projects)
8. Soundtrack - GHOST WORLD (Shanachie)
9. Various Artists - MELLOW MELLOW V.2 (Harmless)
10. Dave Douglas - Witness (Bluebird/BMG)
11. Jorge Ben - Africa Brazil (reissue) (Universal)
12. Various Artists - STRANGE GAMES AND FUNKY THINGS III, Mixed by Kenny Dope (BBE)

1. John Oswald - Plunderphonics 2 CDs (Seeland Records)
2. Dead Moon
3. McCoy Tyner - Happy Days
4. The Philadelphia Experiment (self titled)
5. The Donnas - The Donnas Turn 21
6. Me First and the Gimmee Gimmees
7. CROM - The Cocaine Wars
8. !!!
9. The Strokes - The Modern Age
10. The Bevis Frond - Valedictory Songs

1. Calexico - Even My Sure Things Fall Through
2. Call and Response - Call and Response
3. B.R.M.C. - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
4. Paula Frazer - Indoor Universe
5. Preston School of Industry - All This Sounds Gas
6. Hope Sandoval & the Warm Inventions - Bavarian Fruit Bread
7. Jeff Mangum - Live at Jittery Joe's
8. Orange Peels - So Far
9. The White Stripes - White Blood Cells
10. Manu Chao - Proxima Estacion: Esperanza
11. The Minders - Golden Street
12. Azure Ray - Azure Ray
13. Pernice Brothers - The World Won't End
14. Howe Gelb - Lull Some Piano
15. Pinback - Blue Screen Life
16. Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire - The Swimming Hour

• Tina & The Total Babes - She's So Tuff (Sympathy for The Records)
• Gravy Train - The Menz E.P. (S.P.A.M.)
• The Stitches - Four More Songs (KaPow)
• The Ex - Dizzy Spells (Touch and Go)
• Erase Errata - Other Animals (Troubleman Unlimited)
• Happy Supply - 7" (?)
• The Faint - Dance Macabre (Saddle Creek)
• The Gossip - That's not What I Heard (Kill Rock Stars)
• The Nerves - 25th Anniversary (Penniman)
• Riff Randells - 7" (Lip Stick)

• Soundtrack - AMELIE
• Various Artists - BOMBAY 2: ELECTRIC VINDALOO (Motel)
• Garbage - Beautifulgarbage (Interscope)
• Call and Response - Call and Response (Kindercore/Emperor Norton)
• New Order - Get Ready (Reprise)
• Bitesize - Sophomore Slump (Packing Heat)
• Beulah - The Coast Is Never Clear (Velocette)
• Soundtrack - GHOST WORLD
• Janet Jackson - All for You (Virgin)
• Boa - Twilight (Pioneer)

1. The Faint - Danse Macabre
2. Radiohead - Amnesiac
3. Ladytron - 604
4. B.R.M.C. - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
5. Adult - Resuscitation Club
6. Sparklehorse - It's a Wonderful Life
7. The Strokes - Is This It?
8. The Avalanches - Since I Left You
9. Gorillaz - Gorillaz
10. Beta Band - Hot Shots II

• Stephen Malkmus - self-titled album
• The Beta Band - "Eclipse"
• Beulah & the Starlight Mints - show at Great American Music Hall
• Butthole Surfers - show at Great American Music Hall
• The Bay Bridge not being blown up on the night of the Butthole Surfers show
• The Blind Boys of Alabama - Spirit of the Century album & tour
• Mystic - "Ghetto Birds"
• Gorillaz - "Gorillaz"
• Buddy Guy - "Sweet Tea"
• "Ken Burns' Jazz: The Lost Episodes" on KALX

• Decibels - Big Sounds of The Decibels (Stella's Dream)
• Pernice Brothers - The World Won't End (Ashmont)
• Lolas - Silver Dollar Sunday (Jam)
• Yum Yums - Singles 'n' Stuff (Screaming Apple)
• Velvet Crush - A Singles Odyssey (Action Musik)
• Moods for Moderns - Loud and Clear (Doghouse)
• Guided by Voices - Isolation Drills (TVT)
• Ted Leo/Pharmacists - Tyranny of Distance (Lookout!)
• Receiver - Inspiration Overload (Not Lame)
• The Melody Unit - Choose Your Own Adventure (Hidden Agenda)

• The Shins - Oh, Inverted World
• White Stripes - White Blood Cells
• Spoon - Girls Can Tell
• Dismemberment Plan - Change
• Tool - Lateralus
• Fugazi - The Argument
• Kings of Convenience - Quiet is the New Loud
• Jason Morphew - Not For the Faint of Heart
• Neurosis - A Sun That Never Sets
• M. Ward - End of Amnesia

• Charley Patton - Screamin' and Hollerin' the Blues: The Worlds of Charley Patton
• Love - Forever Changes
• Radio Birdman - The Essential Radio Birdman
• Various Artists - NUGGETS II
• Dream Syndicate - Days of Wine and Roses

• Rovo - Imago (Incidental Music)
• Orlando Cachaito Lopez - Cachaito (Wea/Atlantic)
• Roy Montgomery - The Allegory of Hearing (Drunken Fish)
• The Beanweevils - The Beanweevils (Weed Records)
• Various Artists - TURNTABLES BY THE BAY (Hip Hop Slam)
• Red Bennies - Announcing (Vaccination Records Co.)
• Huun Huur Tu - Best-Live (Jaro)
• Vijay Iyer - Panoptic Modes (Multiplicity Music ? SESAC)
• Rube Waddell - Bound for the Gates of Hell (Vaccination Records Co.)
• Apocalyptica - Cult (Spitfire Records)

• Pernice Brothers - The World Won't End (Ashmont)
• Sparklehorse - It's a Wonderful Life (EMI)
• Manu Chao - Esperanza (Virgin)
• Belle and Sebastian - "The Loneliness of a Middle Distance Runner" (Matador)
• Soundtrack - AMELIE
• Various Artists - SATURDAY NIGHT FISH FRY
• Various Artists - NU PROGRESSIVE ERA (Hooj Choons)
• Lucksmiths - Why That Doesn't Surprise Me (Drive-In)
• The Clinic - Internal Wrangler (Domino)
• Call and Response - Call and Response (Kindercore)

• Parcels - Have a Go With The Parcels (Brentwood Estates)
• Bristols - In Tune With The Bristols (Damaged Goods)
• Action Time - Versus The World (Southern)
• Ladytron - 604 (Emperor Norton)
• Four Corners - Say You're A Scream (Kindercore)
• Her Space Holiday - Manic Expressive (Tiger Style)
• Mahogany - Dream of a Modern Day (Burnt Hair/Darla)
• Pixies - Complete B-Sides (4AD)
• Goldfrapp - Felt Mountain (Mute)