Avant guardians

Germany's Faust get boxed
from December 22, 2000

Thatcher survivors

Sade and Rudimentary Peni
from December 8, 2000

Master sessions

Louie Vega and Kenny Gonzalez
from November 24, 2000

Lou's clues

Metal Machine's music
from November 10, 2000

Bad company

The best of the worst
from October 27, 2000

New orders

Bernard Sumner and Electronic
from October 6, 2000

Offensively yours

The Frogs push everyone's buttons
from September 22, 2000

Fairport conventions

The Thompsons and Sandy Denny
from September 8, 2000

Small tales

Thee Headcoats and Rennie Sparks
from August 25, 2000

Homemade punk

The return of classic DIY
from August 11, 2000

Uncovered

A big tribute to the Cure
from July 28, 2000

Slanted enchantments

Ten years of Drag City indie
from July 14, 2000

Strange brews

Sun City Girls and Sun Ra's Arkestra
from June 30, 2000

Without words

The world of instrumental agitprop
from June 16, 2000

Found sounds

The Donner Party, Raymond Scott, and more
from May 26, 2000

How Swede it is

All things ABBA
from May 5, 2000

Oh, the guilt

My fidelity
from April 21, 2000

Volts from the underground

Mainstreaming electronic music's avant-garde
from April 7, 2000

No Fun

The art of the buzzkill
from March 24, 2000

Brutal youth

The early Fall and Kid606
from March 10, 2000

Pleasure principles

The best best of Fela Kuti
from February 25, 2000

Shades of Green

The nitty-gritty on Scritti Politti
from February 11, 2000

Hit charades

Ultimate compilations 2000!
from January 28, 2000

Heavenly mix

Germany's Trikont label
from January 14, 2000

Hidden treasures

Smallmouth - 1999 in review
from December 31, 2000

Beatlemania

Covering the Beatles' "White Album"
from December 10, 1999

Stages of pop

Pet Shop Boys and Alison Krauss
from November 26, 1999

Sound travels

From Egypt to Indonesia
from November 12, 1999

Odds & ends

The Monks, Elastica, and more
from October 29, 1999

The kin game

Flin Flon, Unrest, and Henry Cow
from October 15, 1999

Mystery man

The Jandek story
from September 31,1999

Small world

Sonic snapshots of Burning Man
from September 17, 1999

Fretting time

Or: How I learned to stop worrying and play "Stairway to Heaven"
from September 3, 1999

Mind fields

Body music for the brain
from August 20, 1999

Radioheads

Making the scene with Muse
from August 6, 1999

Skip jacks

Scratching the surfaces
from July 23, 1999

Goodbye kiss

Four musical farewells
from July 9, 1999

PiL box

John Lydon's "Poptones"
from June 25, 1999

Soul providers

Desco brings on the funk
from June 11, 1999

Best of . . . ?

The art of the 'greatest hits'
from May 28, 1999

Rare birds

Nihilist Spasm Band and Clusone 3
from May 14, 1999

Brazil nuts

Os Mutantes and the Nordeste
from April 30, 1999

Blips and bleeps

Tape Op and video sounds
from April 16, 1999

Lost grooves

Disco's forgotten beats
from April 2, 1999

Rating wars

Who rocks, who rots, who rules
from March 19, 1999

Odd fellows

Misfits figures and Shaggs tunes
from March 5, 1999

The Reich stuff

The sampling of a minimalist composer
from February 19, 1999