| Artist | Title | Album (* = New Release) | Label |
|---|
| The Mountain Goats | Damn These Vampires | All Eternals Deck* | Merge |
| Portastatic | Hey Salty | The Perfect Little Door | Merge |
| The Shins | Sleeping Lessons | Wincing the Night Away | Sub Pop |
| The Smithereens w/ Graham Parker | Behind The Wall of Sleep (MTV Unplugged) | Attack of the Smithereens | |
| 50 Ways To Kill Me | Run With Scissors | | 50wtkm (local) |
| Bob Dylan | John Wesley Harding | John Wesley Harding | Columbia |
| Johnny Maestro & The Brooklyn Bridge | Down By The River (Neil Young) | Greatest Hits | |
| The Stills-Young Band | Midnight On The Bay | Long May You Run | Reprise |
| Death Cab For Cutie | 405 | The John Byrd E.P. [Live] | Barsuk |
| Yo La Tengo | Double Dare (sominextraction) | Big Day Coming 7" | Matador |
| The Woods | Broke | How To Survive + In The Woods | Woodsist |
| The Mendoza Line | Dollars To Donuts (demo) | If They Knew This Was The End | Bar None |
| The Mountain Goats | Bad Priestess | Zopilote Machine | 3 Beads of Sweat |
| Teenage Fanclub & Jad Fair | Crush On You | Words of Wisdom and Hope | alternative tentacles |
| Tim Cohen | Don't Give Up | Magic Trick* | Captured tracks |
| Vivian Girls | I Heard You Say | Share the Joy* | Polyvinyl |
| the capstan shafts | Communists in 19th Century America | fixation protocols | Rainbow Quartz |
| Lou Barlow + the missingmen | caterpillar girl | = sentridoh III* | merge |
| small | empty room | cakes | Rockville |
| The Dream Syndicate | Some Kinda Itch (live) | Tell Me When It's Over EP | Rough Trade (UK) |
| The Dream Syndicate | Mr. Soul (Neil Young) | Tell Me When It's Over EP | Rough Trade (UK) |
| The Dream Syndicate | Sure Thing | Tell Me When It's Over EP | Rough Trade (UK) |
| The Dream Syndicate | See That My Grave Is Kept Clean (Blind Lemon Jefferson) | The Complete Live at Raji's | Restless |
| Steve Wynn & The Miracle 3 | Cindy, It Was Always You | Tick...Tick...Tick | Down There Records |
| Tracey Ullman | You Broke My Heart In 17 Places | Takes On the Hits | |
| Is/Is | Death Threat | This Happening EP* | Guilt Ridden Pop |
| Kitchens of Distinction | Gone World Gone | Smiling 12" | A&M |
| Camper Van Beethoven | When I Win The Lottery | Key Lime Pie | Virgin |
| David Lowery | Baby, All Those Girls Meant Nothing To Me | The Palace Guards* | 429 Records |
actually started on time! huzzah!
