Best Albums: Marty Friedman, Watter, Son Lux, Seun Kuti & Egypt 80, Hundred Waters
Marty Friedman: Inferno
Watter: This World
Son Lux: Alternate Worlds
Seun Kuti & Egypt 80: A Long Way to the Beginning
Hundred Waters: The Moon Rang Like a Bell
Slint
Best Albums: Relentless metal, risk-taking pop, and bluesy psych rock
Revocation: s/t
Rabbit Rabbit: Rabbit Rabbit Radio, Vol. 1
Demon Queen: Exorcise Tape
Old Baby: Love Hangover
Tortoise: Synergy Amid Writer’s Block
For nearly 20 years, the members of Tortoise have exhibited a synergistic effect on each other, enriching their assorted personal contributions to yield an amorphous, anomalous instrumental quintet.