With the year drawing to a close, we thought it’d be appropriate for our staff to tell you what they thought the best stuff all year was. Features Editor James Mann kicks off with his choices for the Top 19 Albums of 2001.

Para Siempre (Small Stone). Review by Vanessa Bormann.

Christopher R. Weingarten has been going steady with these 19 singles all year, and now wants to bring them home to meet you. Prepare to be surprised at who’s coming to dinner.

Programmed To Love (Ministry of Sound). Review by Vanessa Bormann.

A Fine Day to Exit (Koch/Music For Nations). Review by Nathan T. Birk.

Under A Sun (MCA). Review by Terry Eagan.

The Attraction to All Things Uncertain (Six Degrees). Review by Gail Worley.

Radiohead, with The Beta Band and Kid Koala at Stone Mountain Park in Atlanta, GA on July 30, 2001. Concert review by James Mann. Photos by Alice Barkwell.

Split EP (Synaptic Tactic). Review by Terry Eagan.

Quiet & Still (Fiveone). Review by Marcel Feldmar.

Chasing The Dragon (Nettwerk). Review by Terry Eagan.

Hot Shots II (Astralwerks). Review by Nathan T. Birk.

Amnesiac (Capitol). Review by James Mann.

Odyssey Number Five (Universal). Review by Marcel Feldmar.

Exit Now (File 13). Review by Randall Stephens.

Home Is Where It Hurts (Domino). Review by Joshua Krause.

Daneil Gill corresponds with Clark Rehberg of Michigan-based post-rock collective Kiln to discuss the band’s recording philosophies, heaenly bodies, and the 700-lb. gorilla of experimental rock, Radiohead’s Kid A.

Stripwax :: Radiohead (Ink 19, October 2000)