| Yearly Rock Report for 2002 |
| # | Artist | Title | Label |
| 1 |
Wire |
Read & Burn 01 |
pinkflag |
| 2 |
Cato Salsa Experience |
A Good Tip for A Good Time |
Emperor Norton |
| 3 |
Epoxies |
The Epoxies |
Dirtnap |
| 4 |
Consonant |
Consonant |
Fenway |
| 5 |
Elf Power |
Creatures |
Spinart |
| 6 |
Low |
Trust |
Kranky |
| 7 |
Sahara Hotnights |
Jennie Bomb |
Jetset |
| 8 |
Milky Wimpshake |
Lovers Not Fighters |
Troubleman |
| 9 |
Dents |
Dents |
Dents |
| 10 |
Comet Gain |
Realistes |
Kill Rock Stars |
| 11 |
Interpol |
Turn On The Bright Lights |
Matador |
| 12 |
Action |
Rolled Gold |
Reaction |
| 13 |
Deep Reduction |
2 |
Get Hip |
| 14 |
Rocket from the Tombs |
The Day the Earth Stood Still |
Smog Veil |
| 15 |
Jason Loewenstein |
At 6s &7s |
Sub Pop |
| 16 |
Various |
Fistful of Rock n' Roll 9 |
Devil Doll |
| 17 |
Dictators |
DFFD |
Dictators |
| 18 |
Dishes |
1-2 |
89 |
| 19 |
Konks |
The Konks |
- |
| 20 |
Mekons |
Oooh! (Out of Our Heads) |
Quarterstick |
| 21 |
Queers |
Pleasant Screams |
Lookout! |
| 22 |
Apples in Stereo |
Velocity in Stereo |
Spinart |
| 23 |
Beef Terminal |
The Grey Knowledge |
Noise Factroy |
| 24 |
La Donnas |
Complicated Fun |
Scooch Pooch |
| 25 |
Joey Ramone |
Don't Worry About Me |
Sanctuary |
| 26 |
Chris Brokaw |
Red Cities |
Atavistic |
| 27 |
Flaming Sideburns |
Save Rock 'n' Roll |
Jetset |
| 28 |
Pretty Girls Make Graves |
Good Health |
Lookout! |
| 29 |
GC5 |
Never Bet the Devil Your Head |
Cosa Nostra |
| 30 |
Cryan Shames |
Reissues |
Sundazed |
| 31 |
Sonic Youth |
Murray Street |
DGC |
| 32 |
Charlene |
Charlene |
SharkAttack! |
| 33 |
Future Bible Heroes |
Eternal Youth |
Instinct |
| 34 |
Spaceheads |
Low Pressure |
Merge |
| 35 |
La Peste |
The La Peste Archives |
- |
| 36 |
Resonars |
Lunar Kit |
Get Hip |
| 37 |
Flaming Lips |
Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots |
Warner Bros. |
| 38 |
Flamin Groovies |
Slow Death |
Norton Records |
| 39 |
Various |
Royal Tenenbaums Soundtrack |
Hollywood |
| 40 |
Penis Fly Trap |
Civil War II |
- |
| 41 |
Clinic |
Walking With Thee |
Domino |
| 42 |
Takers |
If the Blues Were Red |
Rubric |
| 43 |
Parkinsons |
A Long Way to Nowhere |
Elevator |
| 44 |
Dillinger Four |
Situationist Comedy |
Fat Wreck |
| 45 |
Wire |
Read & Burn 02 |
pinkflag |
| 46 |
Unbunny |
Black Strawberries |
Two Ton Santa |
| 47 |
Gore Gore Girls |
Up All Night |
Get Hip |
| 48 |
Rotten Apples |
Real-Tuff (Durable Plastic) |
Empty |
| 49 |
Sunshine Fix |
Age of the Sun |
Emperor Norton/Kindercore |
| 50 |
Various |
Do the Pop: The Australian Garage-Rock Sound 1976-87 |
Shock/Savage Beat |
| 51 |
Puffball |
The Super Commando |
Gearhead |
| 52 |
Dirtbombs |
Chariots Of The Gods? |
Au-go-go |
| 53 |
Mary Timony |
Golden Dove |
Matador |
| 54 |
Weinberg Method of Non-Synthetic Electronic Rock |
The Weinberg Method of Non-Synthetic Electronic Rock |
Normal |
| 55 |
Bad Religion |
The Process of Belief |
Epitaph |
| 56 |
Mum |
Finally We Are No One |
Fat Cat |
| 57 |
Miss |
No Radio |
Morphius |
| 58 |
Wipers |
Box Set |
Zeno |
| 59 |
Stephen Brodsky |
Ole Sunday |
Magic Bullet |
| 60 |
Dragons |
Rock 'n' Roll Kamikaze |
Junk |
| 61 |
All-Time Quarterback |
All-Time Quarterback |
Barsuk |
| 62 |
Beltones |
Cheap Trinkets |
TKO |
| 63 |
Kowalskis |
All Hopped Up on Goofballs |
Blackout! |
| 64 |
Guided By Voices |
Universal Truths & Cycles |
Matador |
| 65 |
Tender Trap |
Film Molecules |
K |
| 66 |
Various |
Executioner's Last Song |
Bloodshot |
| 67 |
Mr. Airplane Man |
Moanin' |
Sympathy For the Record Industry |
| 68 |
Buff Medways |
Steady the Buffs |
Troscopic |
| 69 |
Hellacopters |
Cream of the Crop |
Gearhead |
| 70 |
Duraluxe |
The Suitcase |
Hidden Agenda |
| 71 |
Fall |
Are You Are Missing Winner |
Cog Sinister |
| 72 |
Hot Snakes |
Suicide Invoice |
Swami |
| 73 |
Beatings |
Italiano |
Midriff |
| 74 |
Brett Rosenberg Problem |
Destroyer |
Hi-Fi |
| 75 |
Baseball Furies |
Greater Than Ever |
Big Neck |
| 76 |
Dirty Sweets |
Bubblegum Damaged |
Rip Off |
| 77 |
Catheters |
Static Delusions & Stone-Still Days |
Sub Pop |
| 78 |
"Lennon, Don" |
Downtown |
Secretly Canadian |
| 79 |
Steven R. Smith |
Lineaments |
Emperor Jones |
| 80 |
Doleful Lions |
Out Like a Lamb |
Parasol |
| 81 |
Sleater-Kinney |
One Beat |
Kill Rock Stars |
| 82 |
Bigger Lovers |
Honey In The Hive |
Yep Roc |
| 83 |
Wendy + Bonnie |
Genesis |
Sundazed |
| 84 |
Love Letter Band |
Even the Pretty Girls Take Medicine |
555 |
| 85 |
AM Stereo/Calendar Girl |
American Legends Vol. II |
- |
| 86 |
Death Cab For Cutie |
You Can Play These Songs With Chords |
Barsuk |
| 87 |
Mung |
Off the Mark |
Rodent Popsicle |
| 88 |
Selby Tigers |
The Curse of the Selby Tigers |
Hopeless |
| 89 |
"Smith, TV" |
Useless?Best of |
JKP-43 |
| 90 |
U.S.M. |
4 Star Desperados |
Hank |
| 91 |
Faux Jean |
Kiss Life on the Lips |
- |
| 92 |
Stereolab |
ABC Music |
BBC Strange Fruit |
| 93 |
Cornelius |
Point |
Matador |
| 94 |
Belle and Sebastian |
Storytelling |
Matador |
| 95 |
Palomar |
Palomar II |
Self Starter |
| 96 |
Cheater Slicks |
Yer Last Record |
In the Red |
| 97 |
Various |
Lee Hazelwood:Total Lee! |
Astralwerks |
| 98 |
Bevis Frond |
What Did For the Dinosaurs |
Rubric |
| 99 |
Donnas |
College Sampler |
Atlantic |
| 100 |
Fat Day |
IV |
Dark Beloved Cloud |