Shiner edges out such impressive competition as The Buddy Lush Phenomenon, whose self-titled rockabilly romp inches past Parlay's raucous Border Scum as Best Album by a Former Member of Tenderloin; the mysterious Reggie and the Full Effect, who according to rumor hails from Memphis, Tennessee, but whose roster might well include a couple of Get Up Kids; Paw, who stormed back from hiatus with the fierce EP Home Is a Strange Place; Rex Hobart and the Misery Boys, whose aptly named Spectacular Sadness contains a dozen engaging expressions of sorrow; and DVS Mindz's Million Dolla Broke Niggaz, which compiles six years' worth of the lyrically gifted Topeka hip-hop crew's nicest cuts.
