Wat staan ze er weer mooi bij. Gevarieerd, curieus, verrassend om niet te zeggen verbazingwekkend zo nu en dan. Met dank aan alle inzenders, mede namens Tom Waits.

RENE VAN BAAR (Clear Spot / www.shinybeast.nl)
1 Whitehouse – Asceticists
2 Sturmpercht – Geister Im Waldgebirg
3 Boris – Pink
4 Ataraxia – Paris Spleen
5 Merzbow – Metamorphism
6 Various Artists – Letters From The Front
7 Various Artists – Ethnic Minority Music Of Northeast Cambodia
8 Hawkwind – Take Me To Your Future
9 Sangre Cavallum – Pátria Granítica
10 Caroliner / Woodpatty – Caroliner / Woodpatty

BOB BERT (BB Gun Magazine / www.bbgun.org)
1 OOIOO – Taiga
2 Miho Hatori – Ecdysis
3 Cat Power – The Greatest
4 Two Dollar Guitar – The Wear And Tear Of Fear: A Lovers Discourse
5 Sonic Youth – Rather Ripped
6 The Sadies – In Concert Volume One and Tales of the Rat Fink- OST
7 Dead Moon – Echoes Of The Past
8 The Little Willies – The Little Willies
9 The Chrome Cranks – Diabolical Boogie  (Atavistic)
10 Bewitched Bob Bert Presents – Bewitched The Worst Poetry Of 1986-1993

JOHAN DERKSEN (Voetbal International / www.vi.nl)
1 Janiva Magness – Do I Move You
2 Tab Benoit – Brother To The Blues
3 Duke Robillard – Guitar Groove-A-Rama
4 Dion – Bronx In Blue
5 Jimmy Thackery – In The Natural State
6 Van Morrison – Pay The Devil
7 Solomon Burke – Nashville
8 The Derailers – Retrospective
9 Scott Walker – The Drift
10 Tony Joe White – Uncovered

GEERT DRIESSEN (Platenzaak Sounds / www.sounds-venlo.nl)
1 K’naan – Dusty Foot Philosopher
2 Ali Farka Touré – Savane
3 Arctic Monkeys – Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I Am Not
4 Kris Drever – Black Water
5 Gnarls Barkley – St. Elsewhere
6 Cat Power – The Greatest
7 Be Good Tanyas – Hello Love
8 Wheels On Fire – Wheels On Fire
9 Joanna Newsom – Ys
10 Brightblack Morning Light – Brightblack Morning Light

FRANK VAN DEN ELZEN
1 Jack Rose – Untitled
2 Bob Dylan – Modern Times
3 Tom Waits – Orphans
4 Triple Burner – Triple Burner
5 Keenan Lawler – Music for the Bluegrass States
6 Simon Joyner & the Fallen Men Skeleton Blues
7 Wooden Wand & Vanishing Voice – Gipsy Freedom
8 MV/EE & The Bummer Road – Mother Of Thousands
9 Micah Blue Smaldone – Hither & Thither
10 Comets on Fire – Avatar

COR GOUT (www.trespassersw.nl)
Lukas Simonis – Stots
Wim Oudijk – The Leprechaun
ZIMIHC – Schuil
The Libertines – Another Boy, Another Planet
The Who – The Other Scoop
The Skygreen Leopards – Disciples Of
Klimperei – On the Lilylawn
Chédalia Tazartes – 5 Rimbaud, 1 Verlaine
Human Flesh – For The Victims… (From A Country In Decay)
Johnny Cash – A Hundred Highways

LARRY HARDY (In The Red & Birdman Records / (www.intheredrecords.com)
Scott Walker – The Drift
Thee Midnighters – In Thee Midnight Hour
Haunted George – Bone Hauler & Panther Howl
Sparks – Hello Young Lovers
Sonic Youth – Rather Ripped
Mind Controls – Mind Controls
Goodnight Loving – Cemetery Trails
Various Artists – Messthetics Greatest Hits
Ray Davies – Other People’s Lives
The Alarm Clocks – Time Has Come

HANS HOEKDIJK (Clear Spot / www.shinybeast.nl)
1 Steve Hackett – Wild Orchids
2 Redshift – Toll
3 Beardfish – The Sane Day
4 Sturmpercht – Geister Im Waldgebirg
5 Taproban – Posidonian Fields
6 Rocket Scientists – Revolution Road
7 La Maschera Di Cera – LuxAde
8 Tangent – A Place In The Queue
9 Ianva – Disobbedisco
10 Ygdrassil – Easy Sunrise

RON JANS (FC Groningen)
1 Gov’t Mule – High And Mighty
2 The Whipsaws – Ten Day Bender
3 The Hiders – Valentine
4 Loomer – Songs Of The Wild West Island
5 Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy – The Letting Go
6 Riviera – Capital
7 Drive-By Truckers – A Blessing And A Curse
8 Golden Smog – Another Fine Day
9 Sonic Youth – Rather Ripped
10 The Dexateens – Hardwire Healing

RENE VAN KAAM (Platenblad)
1 Joan As Police Woman – Real Life
2 Cat Power – The Greatest
3 Espers – Espers II
4 Devastations – Coal
5 Arctic Monkeys – Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not
6 My Brightest Diamond – Bring Me The Workhorse
7 Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan – Ballad Of The Broken Seas
8 Vetiver – To Find Me Gone
9 Johan – Thx Jhn
10 Circulus – Clocks Are Like People

BERRY KAMER (VPRO Dwars / www.vpro/dwars.nl)
James Blackshaw – O True Believers
The Low Lows – Fire On The Bright Sky
Leafcutter John – The Forest And The Sea
Larkin Grimm – The Last Tree
Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy – The Letting Go
Josephine Foster – A Wolf In Sheep’s Clothing
William Elliott Whitmore – Song Of The Blackbird
Boduf Songs – Lion Devours Thesun
Joanna Newsom – Ys
Ekkehard Ehlers – A Life Without Fear

MIKE KRAMER (www.de-smederij.com)
1 Squarepusher – Hello Everything
2 Boards Of Canada – Trans Canada Highway
3 Nightmares On Wax – In A Space Outta Sound
4 Afx – Chosen Lords
5 Clark – Body Riddle
6 Subtle – For Hero For Fool
7 Project Polaroid (Kool Keith) – Project Polaroid
8 Plaid & Bob Jaroc – Greedy Baby
9 Animal Collective – Hollinndagain
10 London Sinfonietta – Warp Works & Twentieth Century Masters

MARCEL KOOPMAN (Platenblad)
1 Värttinä – Miero
2 Pearl Jam – Pearl Jam
3 Osaka Dadadadan Tieko – Beat For Tomorrow
4 Viima – Ajatuksia Maailman Laidalta
5 Various Artists – They’ll Have To Catch Us First

HANS VAN DER LINDEN (www.kindamuzik.net)
1 Wolf Eyes & Anthony Braxton – Black Vomit
2 Mouthus – The Long Salt
3 Dead Unit – Only Death Is Certain
4 Espers – II
5 Charalambides – A Vintage Burden
6 Sir Richard Bishop – Electronika Demonika
7 Dream/Aktion Unit – Blood Shadow Rampage
8 Circle – Miljard
9 Daniel (A.I.U.) Higgs – Ancestral Songs
10 Flower-Corsano Duo – The Radiant Mirror

THEO PLOEG (OOR / Glamcult / www.cut-up.com)
1 Tomte – Buchstaben Über Der Stadt
2 Forrest Jackson – Cymbalism
3 Trentemøller – The Last Resort
4 Akron/Family – Meek Warrior
5 Apse – Spirit
6 Boxcutter – Oneiric
7 Blamstrain – Disfold
8 Lindstrøm – It’s A Feedelity Affair
9 Duplex – Late Night Driving
10 Luomo – Paper Tigers

HARRY PRENGER
1 Bob Dylan – Modern Times
2 Tom Waits – Orphans
3 Liars – Drum’s Not Dead
4 J Dilla – Donuts
5 Arctic Monkeys – Whatever People Say I Am That’s What I’m Not
6 Om – Conference Of The Birds
7 Coil – Black Antlers
8 Sonic Youth – Rather Ripped
9 Patrick Watson – Close To Paradise
10 Madonna – Confession On A Dancefloor

PAUL RONDAGS (Zoom Records)
1 Midlake – The Trial Of Van Occupanther
2 Tunng – Comments Of The Inner Chorus
3 Espers – II
4 Wooden Wand And The Sky High Band – Second Attention
5 Beth Orton – Comfort Of Strangers
6 The Gentleman Losers – The Gentleman Losers
7 Six Organs Of Admittance – The Sun Awakens
8 Sufjan Stevens – Presents Songs For Christmas
9 Gnarls Barkley – St Elsewhere
10 Stevie Ann – Away From Here

HANS VON SEYDLITZ (Platenblad / Clear Spot)
1 Espers – Espers II
2 Nick Castro & The Young Elders – Come Into Our House
3 Larkin Grimm – The Last Tree
4 Siena Root – Kaleidoscope
5 Viima – Ajatuksia Mailman Laidalta
6 Spires That In The Sunset Rise – This Is Fire
7 Wau Y Los Arrrghs – Cantan En Español
8 White Magic – Dat Rosa Mel Apibus
9 Gösta Berlings Saga – Tid Är Ljud
10 Ataraxia – Paris Spleen

FRANS STEENSMA (OOR)
1 OSI – Free
2 Slamer – Nowhere Land
3 White Willow – Signal To Noise
4 Tool – 10.000 Days
5 Salem Hill – Mimi’s Magic Moment
6 Jadis – Photoplay
7 Cryptic Vision – In A World
8 Evergrey – Monday Morning Apocalypse
9 Manning – Anser’s Tree
10 Brother Ape – Shangri La

SWIE TIO (Barlife / Lowlands / Revolver)
1 Jet – Shine On
2 various Artists – Nomads 4
3 Maria Mena – Apparently Unaffected
4 The Beatles – Love
5 Arctic Monkeys – Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not
6 Boy – Every Page You Turn
7 Tom Petty – Highway Companion
8 Koop – Koop Islands
9 The Beauty Room – The Beauty Room
10 Michael Franti & Spearhead – Yell Fire!

EVERETT TRUE (Plan B Magazine / www.planbmag.com)
The Wave Pictures – “Sophie”
Sonic Youth – Rather Ripped
Camera Obscura – Let’s Get Out Of This Country
Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Show Your Bones
The Blow – Paper Television
The Concretes – In Colour
Erase Errata – Nightlife
Television Personalities – My Dark Places
The Gossip – Standing In The Way Of Control
The Research – Breaking Up

HENK VAESSEN
1 Tom Waits – Orphans
2 Howe Gelb – ‘Sno Angel Like You
3 Bonnie Prince Billy – The Letting Go
4 The Veils – Nux Vomica
5 Gert Vlok Nel – Beaufort Wes Se Beautiful Woorde
6 Yo La Tengo – I Am Not Afraid To ……
7 Two Gallants – What The Toll Tells
8 Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan – Ballad Of The Broken Seas
9 Vetiver – To Find Me Gone
10 De Kift – 7

KOEN VANDENHOUDT (www.kunstencentrumbelgie.com)
1 Castings – Lanky Says It’s Close Enough For Jazz
2 The Futurians – Evil Dead
3 Bruce Russell – 21st Century Field Hollers
4 Asa Irons & Swaan Miller – Live Free Or Die
5 Astral Social Club – Astral Social Club
6 Warmer Milks – Radish On Light
7 Vampire Can’t – Key Cutter
8 Hototogisu + Burning Star Core – Hototogisu + Burning Star Core
9 Anahita (Tara Burke & Helena Espvall-Santoleri) – Arcana En Cantos
10 Starbird – Night Keep Moving