(February 16, 2004)

        last this
weeks   week week
 (3)     1>   1)   Air - "Cherry Blossom Girl"  
 (3)     3>   2)   Phantom Planet - "Big Brat"  
(10)     2>   3)   Sun Kil Moon - "Carry Me Ohio"  
 (3)     4>   4)   IMA Robot - "Alive"  
 (3)     8>   5)   Dizzee Rascal - "Fix Up, Look Sharp"  
 (9)     7>   6)   Sun Kil Moon - "Lily and Parrots"  
 (1) -new->   7)   Starsailor - "Silence Is Easy"  
 (1) -new->   8)   Electrelane - "On Parade"  
 (2)    10>   9)   John Vanderslice - "Pale Horse"  
 (2)    14>  10)   Mountain Goats - "Palmcorder Yajna"  

(12)     5>  11)   Shins - "Kissing the Lipless"  
 (1) -new->  12)   Stereolab - "Margerine Rock" ***  
 (1) -new->  13)   Stereolab - "...Sudden Stars"  
 (9)     9>  14)   Her Space Holiday - "My Girlfriend's Boyfriend"  
 (2)    21>  15)   Mekons - "Teeth"  
 (8)    12>  16)   Lot Six - "No UFO's"  
 (1) -new->  17)   Bens - "Just Pretend"  
 (3)    13>  18)   Crystal Method - "Born Too Slow"  
 (3)    15>  19)   Hella - "The Mother Could Be You"  
 (1) -new->  20)   Stereolab - "Vonal Déclosion"  

 (2)    20>  21)   Bayside - "Masterpiece"  
 (2)    27>  22)   John Vanderslice - "White Plains"  
 (9)     6>  23)   Wheat - "I Met a Girl"  
 (1) -new->  24)   Camera Obscura - "Keep It Clean"  
 (2)    29>  25)   Ani DiFranco - "Educated Guess"  
 (2)    26>  26)   John Vanderslice - "Up Above the Sea"  
 (1) -new->  27)   Special Goodness - "Life Goes By"  
 (2)    29>  28)   Ani DiFranco - "Bliss Like This"  
(10)    11>  29)   Elbow - "Fugitive Motel"  
 (1) -new->  30)   Oneida - "Caesar's Column"  

*** Greatest Gainer

Chart Notes:
   The Mekons' recording career stretches back a quarter century,
yet this week they land their biggest hit ever.  "Teeth" rises to
number 15, surpassing the number 18 peak of "Memphis, Egypt" in 1989
which was their previous high-water mark.
   "...Sudden Stars" by Stereolab finally enters the top 30.
It spent several weeks as a near-miss late last year, when it was
available only on an EP.  Now that broad support for the new album
has kicked in, "Stars" is barely trumped by sister track
"Margerine Rock," which also claims Greatest Gainer honours.
   Also new on the chart is "Just Pretend" by the Bens, a superstar
project featuring three men named Ben; Folds, Lee and Kweller.

Up and Coming:
   Statistics - "Hours Seemed Like Days"

Deeper Cuts:
   Ani DiFranco - "Animal"
   Camera Obscura - "Suspended from Class"
   Mekons - "Work All Week"