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2003: CMJ STAFF PICKS
Getting record for free ain't easy...well, actually, it's is, but the hard part is whittling your list of favorite records for the year down to 10 and then being able to back it up.
Check out what warmed the hearts (and ears) of the CMJ Staff in 2003 -- then, mercilessly rip apart their list and hurl insults on our Bulletin Board!
VANESSA BOLGER
Retail Marketing Director
CMJ Network, Inc.
KINGS OF LEON Holy Roller Novocaine EP
ELBOW Cast Of Thousands
BELLE AND SEBASTIAN Dear Catastrophe Waitress
BAXTER DURY Len Parrot’s Memorial Lift
WHITE STRIPES Elephant
DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE Transatlanticism
JAYHAWKS Rainy Day Music
POSTAL SERVICE Give Up
BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE You Forgot It In People
FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE Welcome Interstate...
CAROLINE BOROLLA
RAM Coordinator
CMJ New Music Report
ROSEBUDS Make Out
TED LEO AND THE PHARMACISTS Hearts Of Oak
PORTASTATIC Summer Of The Shark
BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE You Forgot It In People
NEW PORNOGRAPHERS Electric Version
DENALI The Instinct
IDLEWILD The Remote Part
CROOKED FINGERS Red Devil Dawn
CONSTANTINES Shine A Light
STEVE BURNS Songs For Dustmites
KEVIN BOYCE
Editor-In-Chief
CMJ New Music Report
ROB CROW My Room Is A Mess
LAMB OF GOD As The Palaces Burn
RYAN ADAMS Rock N Roll
THE BRONX The Bronx
WHITE STRIPES Elephant
MONO One Step More And You Die
RADIOHEAD Hail To The Thief
DAMIEN RICE O
POISON THE WELL You Come Before You
NINA NASTASIA Run To Ruin
MIKE BOYLE
Vice President/General Manager
CMJ Network, Inc.
CAT POWER You Are Free
YO LA TENGO Summer Sun
SUPER FURRY ANIMALS Phantom Power
GUIDED BY VOICES Earthquake Glue
STEPHEN MALKMUS AND THE JICKS Pig Lib
PRETTY GIRLS MAKE GRAVES The New Romance
MOGWAI Happy Songs For Happy People
MOJAVE 3 Spoon And Rafter
ARAB STRAP Monday At The Hug And Pint
NEW PORNOGRAPHERS Electric Version
STEVE CIABATTONI
Contributing Editor/Web Producer
BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE You Forgot It In People
CLEARLAKE Cedars
DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE Transatlanticism
FOUR TET Rounds
HIM Many In High Places Are Not Well
JOLIE HOLLAND Catalpa
SHELBY LYNNE Identity Crisis
NEW PORNOGRAPHERS Electric Version
ROBERT RANDOLPH AND THE FAMILY... Unclassified
DAMIEN RICE O
BRAD FILICKY
Contributing Writer
CMJ New Music Report
RADIOHEAD Hail To The Thief
TED LEO AND THE PHARMACISTS Hearts Of Oak
OUTKAST Speakerboxx/The Love Below
DJ KRUSH The Message At The Depth
MARS VOLTA De-Loused In The Comatorium
CURSE OV DIALECT Lost In The Real Sky
THURSDAY War All The Time
R.E.M In Time: The Best Of R.E.M.
KILLING JOKE Killing Joke
WARREN ZEVON The Wind
DREW GOREN
Art Director
CMJ Network, Inc.
JOHN VANDERSLICE Life And Death Of An American...
JOE STRUMMER Streetcore
WRENS The Meadowlands
KILLING JOKE Killing Joke
CHOKEBORE A Part From Life
CONSTANTINES Shine A Light
PAUL WESTERBERG Come Feel Me Tremble
PIGFACE Easy Listening…For Difficult Fuckheads
STEPHEN MALKMUS AND THE JICKS Pig Lib
RY COODER AND MANUEL GALBAN Mambo Sinuendo
KORY GROW
Retail Assistant Editor
CMJ New Music Report
PELICAN Australasia
CLIENTELE Violet Hour
ROSEBUDS Make Out
CONVERGE Long Road Home
TED LEO AND THE PHARMACISTS Hearts Of Oak
VANISHING Songs For Psychotic Children
VIRGIL SHAW Still Falling
GOSSIP Movement
FOUR TET Rounds
(SMOG) Accumulation: None
GERRY HART
Retail Editor
CMJ New Music Report
KILLING JOKE Killing Joke
ROSIE THOMAS Only With Laughter Can You Win
BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE You Forgot It In People
MY MORNING JACKET It Still Moves
KILLS Keep On Your Mean Side
CONSTANTINES Shine A Light
APPLESEED CAST Two Conversions
DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE Transatlanticism
JOE STRUMMER AND THE MESCALEROS Streetcore
SUN KIL MOON Ghosts Of The Great Highway
TAD HENDRICKSON
Jazz Editor
CMJ New Music Report
ABYSSINIA INFINITE Zion Roots
BAD PLUS These Are The Vistas
RY COODER AND MANUEL GALBAN Mambo Sinuendo
REVEREND CHARLIE JACKSON God’s Got It
PAT METHENY One Quiet Night
JASON MORAN Bandwagon
ME’SHELL NDEGÉOCELLO Comfort Woman
OUTKAST Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
VIRGINIA RODRIGUES Mares Profundos
JOSS STONE The Soul Sessions
ANDY KAY
Intern
CMJ New Music Report
RADIOHEAD Hail To The Thief
JAZZ MANDOLIN PROJECT Jungle Tango
MICHAEL FRANTI AND SPEARHEAD Everyone...
TONY ALLEN HomeCooking
DEREK TRUCKS Soul Serenade
BEULAH Yoko
ROBERT RANDOLPH AND THE FAMILY... Unclassified
VARIOUS ARTISTS Newbury Comics Early Years Vol. 1
LOW FLYING OWLS Elixir Vitae
BEN HARPER Diamonds On The Inside
JUSTIN KLEINFELD
RPM Editor
CMJ New Music Report
BASEMENT JAXX Kish Kash
HYBRID Morning Sci-fi
PLUMP DJS Eargasm
WHITE STRIPES Elephant
RICARDO VILLALOBOS Alcachofa
FREE*LAND Now And Them
MATTHEW DEAR Leave Luck To Heaven
MICHAEL MAYER Fabric 13
T. RAUMSCHMIERE Radio Blackout
OUTKAST Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
DOUG LEVY
Managing Editor/Content and Features
CMJ New Music Report
STROKES Room On Fire
LIBERTINES Up The Bracket
STELLASTARR* Stellastarr*
METRIC Old World Underground, Where Are You Now?
PHASER Sway
SUPER FURRY ANIMALS Phantom Power
THE HISS Panic Movement
SPIRITUALIZED Amazing Grace
BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB Take Them On...
BLUR Think Tank
TOM MALLON
Assistant Editor
CMJ New Music Monthly
TV ON THE RADIO Young Liars EP
RADIOHEAD Hail To The Thief
KILLING JOKE Killing Joke
KAADA Thank You For Giving Me Your Valuable Time
SUFJAN STEVENS Michigan
YEAH YEAH YEAHS Fever To Tell
ELBOW Cast Of Thousands
NATIONAL Sad Songs For Dirty Lovers
SUPER FURRY ANIMALS Phantom Power
OUTKAST Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
BRAD MAYBE
Associate Editor
CMJ New Music Report
TWILIGHT SINGERS Blackberry Belle
RISE AGAINST Revolutions Per Minute
SLEEPY JACKSON Lovers
MANDO DIAO Bring ’Em In
RANCID Indestructible
DARKNESS Permission To Land
KILLING JOKE Killing Joke
THE BRONX The Bronx
EELS Shootenanny!
MY MORNING JACKET It Still Moves
LOUIS MILLER
Managing Editor/Production and Operations
CMJ New Music Report
YEAH YEAH YEAHS Fever To Tell
JAY-Z The Black Album
MARS VOLTA De-Loused In The Comatorium
LIFESAVAS Spirit In Stone
MS. DYNAMITE A Little Deeper
AESOP ROCK Bazooka Tooth
OUTKAST Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
MANDO DIAO Bring ’Em In
STROKES Room On Fire
DENALI The Instinct
MICHAEL MINIHAN
Intern
CMJ New Music Report
SONDRE LERCHE Faces Down
RADIOHEAD Hail To The Thief
MUSE Absolution
OUTKAST Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
DAMIEN RICE O
BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE You Forgot It In People
BLACK KEYS Thickfreakness
WHITE STRIPES Elephant
STROKES Room On Fire
STILLS Logic Will Break Your Heart
MICHELLE MUTTER
Producer, Events Division
CMJ Music Marathon
DARKNESS Permission To Land
FEVER Pink On Pink EP
IRON AND WINE The Sea And The Rhythm EP
OUTKAST Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
RADIO DEPARTMENT Lesser Matters
RADIOHEAD Hail To The Thief
RAPTURE Echoes
STILLS Logic Will Break Your Heart
TED LEO AND THE PHARMACISTS Hearts Of Oak
VARIOUS ARTISTS Just Because I’m A Woman: The Songs Of Dolly Parton
JON RAYVID
Director Of Sales
CMJ New Music Report
MARS VOLTA De-Loused In The Comatorium
OUTKAST Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
PROZACK TURNER Restaurant Quality Lemonade
RYE COALITION Jersey Girls
RADIOHEAD Hail To The Thief
ATMOSPHERE Seven’s Travels
50 CENT Get Rich Or Die Tryin’
SHINS Chutes Too Narrow
ENON Hocus Pocus
CONSTANTINES Shine A Light
AMY SCIARRETTO
Loud Rock Editor
CMJ New Music Report
HATEBREED The Rise Of Brutality
THURSDAY War All The Time
AFI Sing The Sorrow
OPETH Damnation
LAMB OF GOD As The Palaces Burn
BLEEDING THROUGH This Is Love, This Is Murderous
AVENGED SEVENFOLD Waking The Fallen
CHIMAIRA The Impossibility Of Reason
POISON THE WELL You Come Before You
LIFE OF AGONY River Runs Again: Complete
VICKI SIOLOS
Intern
CMJ New Music Report
DISTILLERS Coral Fang
THE BRONX The Bronx
YEAH YEAH YEAHS Fever To Tell
BLOOD BROTHERS Burn Piano Island, Burn
CHRIS CLARK Empty The Bones Of You EP
WRENS Meadowlands
MUSE Absolution
CHROMATICS Chrome Ratz Vs. Basement Rutz
TORI AMOS Tales Of A Librarian
CURSIVE The Ugly Organ
CHRISTOPHER R. WEINGARTEN
Editorial Coordinator, CMJ New Music Monthly
Managing Retail Editor, CMJ New Music Report
KAADA Thank You For Giving Me Your Valuable Time
LIGHTNING BOLT Wonderful Rainbow
TES x2
WHITE STRIPES Elephant
BLOOD BROTHERS Burn Piano Island, Burn
BUBBA SPARXXX Deliverance
DAVID BANNER Mississippi: The Album
BUCK 65 Talkin’ Honky Blues
LOCUST Plague Soundscapes
AVENGED SEVENFOLD Waking The Fallen
CHRIS WHITE
Showcase Director, Events Div.
CMJ Music Marathon
BASEMENT JAXX Kish Kash
CONSTANTINES Shine A Light
STILLS Logic Will Break Your Heart
TED LEO AND THE PHARMACISTS Hearts Of Oak
TV ON THE RADIO Young Liars EP
MANITOBA Up In Flames
MARS VOLTA De-Loused In The Comatorium
ADAM GREEN Friends Of Mine
AUDIO BULLYS Ego War
WIRE Sent
GREG WINTER
Customer Service Rep.
CMJ Network
BETH GIBBONS AND RUSTIN MAN Out Of Season
STEREOLAB ABC Music: The Radio 1 Sessions
JACKIE MITTOO Champion In The Arena
TOSCA Dehli9
WHITE STRIPES Elephant
KID KOALA Some of My Best Friends Are DJs
SEX MOB Dime Grind Palace
GO-BETWEENS Bright Yellow, Bright Orange
OUTKAST Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
BELLE AND SEBASTIAN Dear Catastrophe Waitress
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