51 NICK CAVE, Radiohead, Steve Wynn, Ben Folds, Strokes, White Stripes, Unwound, AMM, Idlewild, Firewater, Clientele, Ivy, Summer Hymns, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Preston School Of Industry

50 AIR, 50th Issue Special, Spoon, Pernice Brothers, Ennio Morricone, Paisley Underground (Dream Syndicate, Bangles, Rain Parade, Three O'Clock), Lloyd Cole, Starflyer 59, Minders, Comas, Mice Parade

49 STEPHEN MALKMUS, Frank Black, Old 97's, Soft Boys, Guided By Voices, Monster Magnet, Terry Riley, Rainer Maria, Pan Sonic, Japancakes, My Morning Jacket, Thinking Fellers Union Local 282, Liliput

47 STEVE EARLE, Go-Betweens, Jets To Brazil, Damon & Naomi, Tobin Sprout, At The Drive-In, Ken Vandermark, 764-HERO, 16 Horsepower, Kid606, Othar Turner, Bablicon, Chris Mills

45 FLAMING LIPS, Giant Sand, Lou Reed, Mary Timony, Elf Power, Quickspace, Steve Earle, Handsome Family, Kingsbury Manx, Andrea Parkins, Fiver, Harry Smith, Swag, Braid

44 YO LA TENGO, Lou Reed, Boss Hog, Papas Fritas, Fu Manchu, Flying Saucer Attack, Essex Green, Departure Lounge, Day One, Eric Bachmann, Phill Niblock, Russell Mills, Harmony Korine

43 WILCO, The Year In Music (Magnetic Fields, Flaming Lips, Moby, Guided By Voices, Tom Waits, Superchunk, Beth Orton, Super Furry Animals, Beta Band, Top 20 LPs Of '99 and more), Fastbacks, Arto Lindsay, Nebula

42 SUPERCHUNK, Bardo Pond, Velvet Crush, Melvins, Daevid Allen, Ronnie Spector, Matmos, Oranger, Bright Eyes, Pennies, Arsonists, Handsome Boy Modeling School, Junior Communist Club

40 TOM WAITS, Atari Teenage Riot, Beta Band, Penelope Houston, Mogwai, Seven Percent Solution, Chamber Strings, Kiss Offs, Abunai!, David Sylvian, Os Mutantes, Mats Gustaffson

37 SUNNY DAY REAL ESTATE, Belle And Sebastian, Saint Etienne, Sloan, Nashville Pussy, Blonde Redhead, Barry Adamson, Plush, Kahimi Karie, David Gedge, Butterfly Child, Cordelia's Dad

35 GIRLS AGAINST BOYS, Bill Laswell, Cows, Paul Schütze, Nic Dalton, Caustic Resin, Ui, Witch Hazel Sound, Bill Fox, Pelt, Flaming Lips, Asteroid #4, Cynthia Plaster Caster, Jets To Brazil

34 SONIC YOUTH, Neutral Milk Hotel, Robert Wyatt, Quasi, William Parker, Wheat, Oval, To Rococo Rot, Spaceheads, Pee Shy, Momus, Stanford Prison Experiment, Jesus And Mary Chain

33 TORTOISE, Low, Swervedriver, Air, Tommy Keene, Tom Rapp, Richard Youngs, Arnold Dreyblatt, Loftus, Pan American, John Wesley Harding, Eliza Carthy, Bundy K. Brown, Isotope 217

30 TSUNAMI, Jim O'Rourke, Scott McCaughey, Scanner, Texas Psych Rock (Mazinga Phaser, Charalambides, VDO and more), Gorky's Zygotic Mynci, Land Of The Loops, Shellac, Snooze, Eric Matthews

29 JON SPENCER, Bevis Frond, Daft Punk, Echo & The Bunnymen, Alva, That Dog, Barbara Manning, Ken Vandermark, Flying Saucer Attack, Michael Morley, Windsor For The Derby, Naked Mary

28 SHUDDER TO THINK, Bowery Electric, Azusa Plane, Ladybug Transistor, Jeff Kelly, John Davis, Swell, Chuck Prophet, Tower Recordings, Jawbox, Illyah Kuryahkin, Robyn Hitchcock, Dave Thomas

8 SUPERCHUNK, Nick Cave, the Wrens, Rodan, Arcwelder, Bomp!, Thinking Fellers, the Dentists