Rock 'n' Rai

CHOICE CUTS: The Dismemberment Plan, "The Dismemberment Plan Gets Rich" (Juno & the Dismemberment Plan, Jade Tree); Donna the Buffalo, "Yonder" (Positive Friction, Sugar Hill); Richard Hell & the Voidoids, "Oh" (Wayne Kramer Presents Beyond Cyberpunk, Music Blitz); Boogie Macs, "Girl From Ipanema" (Boy George, Essential Mix, FFRR); Cheb Tarik, "L'Histoire" (Arabic Groove, Putumayo World Music).

DUDS: Eliza Carthy, Angels and Cigarettes(Warner Bros.); Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, No More Shall We Part(Reprise); Eels, Daisies of the Galaxy(DreamWorks); Cheb Mami, Dellali(Mondo Melodia); Pinetop Seven, Bringing Home the Last Great Strike(Self-Help/Truckstop); Smut Peddlers, Porn Again(Rawkus); Three Six Mafia, When the Smoke Clears: Sixty 6, Sixty 1(Loud/Hypnotize Minds); Ugly Duckling, Journey to Anywhere(1500); Willard Grant Conspiracy, Everything's Fine(Ryko).

ADDRESSES: Checkered Past, 855 West Roscoe Street, Chicago, IL 60657, checkeredpast.com; Compass, 117 30th Avenue South, Nashville, TN 37212, info@compassrecords.com; Hellcat, c/o Epitaph, 2798 Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood, CA 90026, hell-cat.com; Mondo Melodia, c/o Ark 21, 14724 Ventura Boulevard, Sherman Oaks CA 91403, ark21.com; Putumayo World Music, 324 Lafayette Street, NYC 10012, putumayo.com; Restless, 1901 South Bundy Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90025, restless.com; Rounder, 29 Camp Street, Cambridge, MA 02140, rounder.com; Ryko, 530 North 3rd Street, Minneapolis, MN 55401, rykodisc.com; SpinArt, Box 1798, NYC 10156-1798, spinart@slashcom.net; Sub Verse, 401 Washington Street, third floor, NYC 10013, subversemusic.com, metalfacerecords.com; Traditional Crossroads, Box 20320, Greeley Square Station, NYC 10001-9992, traditionalcrossroads.com; World Music Network, 6 Abbeville Mews, 88 Clapham Park Road, London SW4 7BX, England, post@worldmusic.net.