| Artist | Title | Album (* = New Release) |
|---|
| Titus Andronicus | A More Perfect Union | The Monitor |
| Sonic Youth | Pink Stream | Rather Ripped |
| Screaming Females | Bell | Power Move |
| Fugazi | Suggestion | 13 Songs |
| Guided By Voices | Motor Away | Alien Lanes |
| Late! (Dave Grohl) | Friend of A Friend | Pocketwatch |
| Frank Black | I heard Ramona Sing | Frank Black |
| Mike Watt | In the Engine Room | Contemplating the Engine Room |
| Minutemen | Paranoid Chant | Paranoid Time |
| Joy Division | Disorder | Unknown Pleasures |
| John Frusciante | Murderers | To Record Only Water For Ten Days |
| HUM | Isle of the Cheetah | Downward is Heavenward |
| Tennis | Take Me Somewhere | Cape Dory* |
| Mogwai | Mexican Grand Prix | Hardcore will Never Die, But You Will* |
| Darwin Deez | Radar Detector | Darwin Deez* |
| Smith Westerns | Smile | Dye It Blonde* |
| The Get Up Kids | Regent's Court | There Are Rules* |
| Pains of Being Pure At Heart | Heart In Your HeartBreak | Single* |
| Soviet League | All The Sailors Wave Goodbye | Soviet League* |
My fill-in for Erich Mauer's "Welcome to Reality." No politics here folks, just music
