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CWAS #9 - Winter 2002
Aereogramme | A Story in White (Chemikal Underground)
The American Analog Set | Know By Heart / Through The 90s (Tiger Style / Emperor Jones)
An American Starlet | Sweet Country Lullabies From... (www.starletsweb.com)
Antonia | Soundtrack To You (Startone)
Kristofer Aström & Hidden Truck | Northern Blues (Startracks/V2 Records)
Avey Tare and Panda Bear with Geologist | Danse Manatee (Catsup Plate)
Ballboy | Club Anthems 2001 (SL Records)
Howie Beck | Hollow (Easy!Tiger)
Billy Mahonie / Glider | What Becomes Before / With Ocean Between (Southern / Where Are My Records)
Boedekka | Hapi Nightmares (Things to Come)
Graham Brown | Good 'n Broke (Stomp)
Paul Burch | Last of my Kind (Spit and Polish)
Tommy Carns | Get Up and Fall Down (Inbetweens)
Clem Snide | The Ghost Of Fashion (Cooking Vinyl/SpinArt)
Thad Cockrell | Stack Of Dreams (Miles Of Music)
coldharbourstores / July Skies | More Than The Other / Dreaming of Spires (Rocket Girl)
Bobby Conn | The Golden Age (Thrill Jockey)
Catie Curtis | My Shirt Looks Good On You (Ryko)
The Czars | The Ugly People vs The Beautiful People (Bella Union)
Diana Darby | Naked Time (Delmore)
The Daytime Frequency | s/t (Independent)
Death Cab for Cutie | The Photo Album (Barsuk)
Julie Doiron | Désormais (Jagjaguwar)
Florence Dore | Perfect City (Miss Ruby)
Jay Farrar | Sebastopol (Artemis)
4tRECk | 4tRECk #4 (4tRECk)
Fruit Bats | Echolocation (Perishable)
Robbie Fulks | Couples In Trouble (Boondoggle / Bloodshot)
Howe Gelb | Lull (Thrill Jockey)
Girls Say Yes | To Boys Who Say No (The Paisley Pop Label)
Gorky's Zygotic Mynci | How I Long To Feel That Summer In My Heart (Mantra)
Granfaloon Bus | Exploded View (Boxkite/Glitterhouse)
Fran Gray | Singular Intent (Heart Spring)
The Handsome Family | Twilight (Loose)
Sarah Harmer | You Were Here (Zoe)
Jesse Harris and The Ferdinandos | Crooked Lines (Bean)
Hem | Rabbit Songs (Setanta)
Her Space Holiday | Manic Expressive (Wichita)
James William Hindle | s/t (Badman)
Doug Hoekstra | The Past Is Never Past (Inbetweens)
Kelly Hogan | Because It Feel Good (Bloodshot)
Insomnis | Miscellaneous Recordings: Silent and Helpless/Pale (Blessed)
Bill Janovitz | Up Here (SpinArt)
Simon Jeffes | Piano Music (Zopf)
The Jim Yoshii Pile-Up | It's Winter Here (Absolutely Kosher)
Michael de Jong | Park Bench Serenade (Munich Records)
Kings of Convenience | Versus (Source)
The Ladybug Transistor | Argyle Heir (Merge/Pointy)
Jetplane Landing | Zero for Conduct (Smalltown America)
LU | LU (pulCec)
Marmoset | Record in Red (Secretly Canadian)
Matt Marque | Get There (Truckstop / Atavistic)
The Mockers | Living In the Holland Tunnel (One Eye Open)
Moth Wranglers | Never Mind the Context (Magnetic)
Mus | Aida/ Bliss Out v.17 (Darla)
Need New Body | s/t (Pickled Egg)
The New | Supersexe (The New)
Okkervil River | Don't Fall In Love With Everyone You See (Jagjaguwar)
Oneida | Anthem of the Moon (Jagjaguwar)
Tara Jane ONeil | In the Sun Lines (Touch & Go)
Dean Owens | The Droma Tapes (Droma)
Owls | Owls (Jade Tree)
P. Hux | Purgatory Falls (NineEighteen)
Ral Partha Vogelbacher | The More Nice Fey Elven Gnomes are Hiding in my Toilet Again (Megalon)
Andrea Perry | Saturday Morning Sweet Shoppe (Trust Issue)
Grant-Lee Phillips | Mobilize (Zoe)
Piano Magic | Seasonally Affective (Rocket Girl)
Piano Magic | Son De Mar (4AD)
Pinback | Blue Screen Life (Cutty Shark)
Plus-Tech Squeeze Box / PATE | Fakevox / Mo'Psycho (Sur La Plage)
Poor Rich Ones | Joe Maynard's Favourites (Rec 90)
(The Real) Tuesday Weld | When Cupid Meets Psyche (Dreamy)
Reuben's Accomplice | I Blame the Scenery (Better Looking)
Miranda Lee Richards | The Herethereafter (Virgin America)
Rollerball | Trail of the Butter Yeti (Road Cone)
St Thomas | I'm Coming Home (Racing Junior)
Salvatore / Salvatore / Portrait of David | Clingfilm / Fresh / These Days Are Hard To Ignore (Racing Junior)
Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions | Bavarian Fruit Bread (Rough Trade)
David Sandström | Om Det Inte Händar Nåt Innan Imorgon Så Kommer Jag (Demon Box)
Scott 4 and Magic Car | European Punks LP (Tiny Dog)
The Shins | Oh, Inverted World (Sub Pop)
Sister Sonny | The Bandit Lab (Rec 90)
Sloan | Pretty Together (Murderecords/Poptones)
Sneeze | Lost The Spirit To Rock & Roll (Half A Cow)
Sodastream | The Hill For Company (Tugboat)
Solex | Low Kick and Hard Bop (Matador)
Spokane | The Proud Graduates (Jagjaguwar)
Star City | Inside The Other Days (Star City)
Stereolab | Sound Dust (Duophonic)
Superchunk | Here's to Shutting Up (Matador)
Kevin Tihista's Red Terror | Don't Breathe A Word (Blanco y Negro)
Tricky Woo | Les Sables Magiques (Sonic Unyon)
Utah Carol | Comfort for the Traveler (Utah Carol)
Various Artists | A Wish On A Star (Dreamy)
Various Artists | Beyond Nashville (Manteca)
Various Artists | More Tell-Tale Signs of Earworm (Earworm)
Various Artists | New Sounds of the Old West Volume Three (Loose)
Various Artists | This Changes Everything/Second Nature Sampler (Second Nature)
Velvet Crush | In The Presence of Greatness / A Single Odessey (Action Musik)
Vera Clouzot / Doug Hoekstra Combo / Melmac / Magic 12 / Empty House Cooperative (hinah)
View | All Love Is Lost Forever (Tatra)
Vue | Find Your Home (Sub Pop)
The Walkabouts | Ended Up A Stranger (Glitterhouse)
Greg Weeks | Awake Like Sleep (Ba Da Bing!)
Chuck E. Weiss | Old Souls & Wolf Tickets (Ryko / Slow River)
Wilco | Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (label TBC)
William Hut | Road Star Doolittle (Rec 90)
Shannon Wright | Dyed In The Wool (Quarterstick)
Steve Wynn | Emusic Singles Collection