WRUV Sure Shot Top Ten

Nate B's picks for 2003:

1. Koushik
One in a Day
(Stones Throw)
2. Larry Nozero
Time
(Strata)
3. Jaylib Champion Sound
(Stones Throw)
4. Aesop Rock
Bazooka Tooth
(Def Jux)
4. Doris
Did you give the world some love today Baby
(EMI Sweden)
5. Madvillian
America's Most Blunted
(Stones Throw)
 
 
6. Tomorrow's People
Open Soul (Stage Productions of Chicago)
 
7. Czerwone Gitary
Rytm Ziemi (Muza)
 
8. The Silhouettes
Fonky First (Seque)
 
9. Godchild
Chute Bebe Dort (Telemusic)
 
10. Kid Koala
Some of My Best Friends are DJ's (Ninja Tune)

WRUV Rock Top Ten

Bekah, our most rocking Rock Music Director and co-DJ of Wednesday night's Bringing the Rock to the People presents the top ten rock albums of 2003:

1. Death Cab For Cutie
Transatlanticism
(Barsuk)
2. The Postal Service
Give Up
(Sub Pop)
3. Rainer Maria
Long Knives Drawn
(Polyvinyl)
4. Radiohead
Hail to The Thief
(Capitol)
5. Belle & Sebastian
Dear Catastrophe Waitress
(Rough Trade)
 
 
6. Broken Social Scene
You Forgot It In People (Arts and Crafts)
 
7. Ted Leo
Tell Balgeary, Balgury is Dead (Lookout!)
 
8. The Shins
Chutes To Narrow (Sub Pop)
 
9. Steven Malkmus
Pig Lib (Matador)
 
10. Cat Power
You Are Free (Matador)
 
 

Folk/Acoustic/Americana Best of 2003

Tom Ayres, Folk/Acoustic/Americana Music Director, and host of Emotional Weather Report presents his best of 2003:

1. Jeannie Kendall
Jeannie Kendall
(Rounder)
2. Roscoe Holcomb
An Untamed Sense of Control
(Smithsonian Folkways)
3. Rick Shea and Patty Booker
Our Shangri-La
(Tres Pescadores)
4. Greg Trooper
Floating
(Sugar Hill)
5. Chip Taylor & Carrie Rodriguez
The Trouble With Humans
(Train Wreck/Texas Music Group)
 
 
6. Fred Eaglesmith & the Flathead Noodlers
Balin (AML)
 
7. John Lilly
Last Chance to Dance (Self-released)
 
8. Caitlin Cary
I'm Staying Out (Yep Roc)
 
9. Tim O'Brien
Traveler (Sugar Hill)
 
10. Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys
It's Time! (Yep Roc)
 


Vince's Loud Rock Best of 2003

Loud Rock Music Director Vince presents his best of 2003:

1. The Party of Helicopters
Please Believe It
(Velocette)
2. Lungfish
Love is Love
(Dischord)
3. The Melvins
Hostile Ambient Takeover
(Ipeccac)
4. Lightning Bolt
The Wonderful Rainbow
(Load)
5. Ted Leo/Pharmacists
Hearts of Oak
(Lookout!)
 
 
6. Q and Not U
Different Damage (Dischord)
 
7. Dropsonic
Belle (54-40 or Fight)
 
8. Melvins
Gluey Porch Treatments (Ipeccac)
 
9. The Mars Volta
Deloused in the Comatorium
 
10. Butt Pie
Live at Metronome (Tender Harvest)
 
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