| Monthly Rock Report for January 1998 | 
| # | Artist | Title | Label | 
|---|
 | 1 | Various | Essential Pebbles - Vol. 1 | AIP | 
 | 2 | Electric Frankenstein | Time is Now | Kado | 
 | 3 | Gerty Farish | Bulks Up | Load | 
 | 4 | Various | I've Got No Friends | Fat Einstein | 
 | 5 | Various | Runt of the Litter III | Fan Attic | 
 | 6 | Magnog | More Weather | Kranky | 
 | 7 | Unwound | Challenge for a Civilized Society | Kill Rock Stars | 
 | 8 | August Spies | "Deadbeat 7""" | Rodent Popsicle | 
 | 9 | Snap-Her | Queen Bitch of Rock n Roll | New Red | 
 | 10 | June of 44 | Four Great Points | Quarterstick | 
 | 11 | Dump | A Plea for Tenderness | Brinkman | 
 | 12 | Silver Apples | Beacon | Whirlybird | 
 | 13 | Johnnies | 12 Steps to Nowhere | Lo Mag | 
 | 14 | Red Eye 9 | Three Songs | - | 
 | 15 | Avail/(Young) Pioneers | The Fall of Richmond | Lookout | 
 | 16 | Elf Power | When the Red King Comes | Arena Rock/Elephant 6 | 
 | 17 | Salamander | Red Ampersand | Camera Obscura | 
 | 18 | 30 Seconds Over Tokyo/The Trouble | A Day in the Suburbs split e.p. | Flat | 
 | 19 | "Phelps, Joel RL" | The Downer Trio | Pacifico | 
 | 20 | Labradford | Mi Media Naranja | Kranky | 
 | 21 | Fearless Freep | No Less Sordid | Mag Wheel | 
 | 22 | Automatic | "Second Skin 7""" | Capsule | 
 | 23 | Teen Idols | S/T | Honest Don's | 
 | 24 | Lune | Sill | Aesthetics | 
 | 25 | Dirtys | You Should be Sinnin' | Crypt | 
 | 26 | Wheat | Medieros | Sugar Free | 
 | 27 | Alchemysts | Over & Out | Camera Obscura | 
 | 28 | Converge | Petitioning the Empty Sky | EqualVision | 
 | 29 | Spatula | Despina By Land | Squealer | 
 | 30 | Godheadsilo | Share the Fantasy | SubPoop | 
 | 31 | Lockgroove | Rewired | Krave | 
 | 32 | "Verdone, Jules" | Diary of a Liar | QDivision | 
 | 33 | "Eitzel, Mark" | Caught in a Trap and I Can't Back Out 'Cause I Love You Too Much Baby | Matador | 
 | 34 | Urban Ambience | Exiles in Limbo | W Bla | 
 | 35 | Endeavor | Constructive Semantics | Trustkill | 
 | 36 | Fuses | Dress for the New Bomb e.p. | American Punk | 
 | 37 | My Pal Trigger | There's Hope in No Tomorrow | Second Guess | 
 | 38 | Shoot the Hostages | "Shoot First Live Free! 7""" | 12 Step/Rodent Popsicle | 
 | 39 | Grand Island | "Buckler 7""" | Super 8 | 
 | 40 | Various | For the Dead in Space | Magic Eye | 
 | 41 | Cards in Spokes | React | Allied | 
 | 42 | Holland | Your Orgasm | Darla | 
 | 43 | Quickspace | S/T | Slash | 
 | 44 | Blacktop Cadence | Chemistry for Changing Times | Keystone Ember | 
 | 45 | Fells | LP | Estrus | 
 | 46 | Residents | "Our Tired, Our Poor, Our Huddled Masses" | Ryko/Cryptic | 
 | 47 | Brooklyn Steamer | Rock 'n Roll Part 3 | Beaten King | 
 | 48 | Motards | Saturday Night Special | Empty | 
 | 49 | Pinkerton Thugs | The Pain and the Pinkerton Thugs | VML | 
 | 50 | 6L6 | Incendio | Wonder Drug |