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BART BEALMEAR'S BEST OF 2003

Best New Releases:
1 My Morning Jacket - It Still Moves [ATO/RCA]
For those long afternoons when one is hung over, but one still wants to rock.
Buy This Album
2 Drive-By Truckers - Decoration Day [New West]
Skynyrd-n-Westerberg style rock-n-roll thats distinctly southernand absolutely American.
Buy This Album
3 The White Stripes - Elephant [V2]
Go ahead and try to deny the appeal of this inventive rock/blues/folk/garage/pop myth-making duo.
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4 Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros - Streetcore  [Hellcat]
If you arent moved by the late Strummers vocal during Silver & Gold, thats ok, but youve got PlayDough for a heart (and it dont smell fine). Buy This Album
5 Grandpaboy - Dead Man Shake  [Fat Possum]
Though it aint as strong as last years loose and rockin Mono, Paul Westerbergs take on the blues manages to be a sloppier and more lively record.
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Best Archival Releases/Reissues:

1 Guided By Voices - Hardcore UFOs: Revelations, Epiphanies and Fast Food in the Western Hemisphere [Matador]
This multi-disc box-set upholds the theory that Robert Pollard is the single most gifted pop songwriter of this science fiction world we find ourselves wandering in. 
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2 The American Song-Poem Anthology - Do You Know the Difference Between Big Wood and Brush [Bar/None]
Nave, passionate souls collaborate with soulless corporations, resulting in the strangest music ever produced in the land of opportunity.
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3 Gary Wilson - Forgotten Lovers  [Motel]
Following last years re-release of his fabulous album,  You Think You Really Know Me, is a compilation of rare recordings from the enigma that is an even more out-there collection of weird, lonely, and creepy tunes. Buy This Album
4 Neil Young - On The Beach  [Reprise]
"Though my problems are meaningless, that dont make them go away. Buy This Album
5 Rock City - Rock City  [Lucky Seven]
These previously unreleased recordings lay open for all to hear one of the misplaced keys in the evolution of Big Star, the greatest power-pop band of them all.
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