About Now… (611 Records). Review by Bill Campbell.

Sealed With a Kiss (Lookout!). Review by Phil Bailey.

Music from the Gomma Label (Shadow). Review by Bill Campbell.

Humongously Yours (Thunder Quest). Review by Matt Cibula.

The New Stroboscopic (TBTM0). Review by Vanessa Bormann.

Now, Listen! (Ninja Tune). Review by Kiran Aditham.

Present/Future (MCA). Review by Vanessa Bormann.

Drugs, Sex, and Discotheques (Peek-A-Boo). Review by Marcel Feldmar.

Change (DeSoto). Review by Julio Diaz.

K-Pax – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Decca). Review by Vanessa Bormann.

The Twisted Heart of Country Music (Manteca World). Review by Stein Haukland.

Give It To Her (Rainbow Quartz). Review by Kurt Channing.

Wessel (Fueled By Ramen). Review by Marcel Feldmar.

Audioboxer EP (Drive-Thru/MCA). Review by Matt Cibula.

Cuba Swings (Pimenta). Review by Nicholas Vroman.

Inconvenience Store :: Okey dokey, that’s it motherfuckers! :: Friday, December 28th, 2001

Music Inspired by Franz Kafka (Somnimage). Review by Matt Cibula.

With the year drawing to a close, we thought it’d be appropriate for our staff to tell you what they thought the best stuff all year was. Features Editor James Mann kicks off with his choices for the Top 19 Albums of 2001.

It may have been five years between studio albums for They Might Be Giants, but the band’s hardly spent the last half-decade slacking. Julio Diaz catches up with the ever-busy John Flansburgh.

Prometheus: The Discipline of Fire & Demise (Candlelight). Review by Nathan T. Birk.