| Monthly Rock Report for December 1998 | 
| # | Artist | Title | Label | 
|---|
 | 1 | Field Mice | Where'd You Learn to Kiss That Way? | Shinkansen | 
 | 2 | Proletariat | Voodoo Economics & Other American Tragedies | Taang! | 
 | 3 | Long Hind Legs | Feb 4th-14th 1998 | Kill Rock Stars | 
 | 4 | Various | "Teenage Shutdown: The World Ain't Round, It's Square" | Crypt | 
 | 5 | Various | What? Stuff | Bomp! | 
 | 6 | Various | Teenage Shutdown: Get a Move On!!! | Crypt | 
 | 7 | Weeping in Fits & Starts | Blue Funnel World | Rhubarb | 
 | 8 | Various | Scene Killer | Outsider | 
 | 9 | Stereolab | Aluminum Tunes | Drag City | 
 | 10 | Bombay the Hard Way | Guns Cars and Sitars | Motel | 
 | 11 | Dogon | Redunjusta | Newdog | 
 | 12 | Lucksmiths | "Untidy Towns 7""" | Drive-in/Manitee | 
 | 13 | Tomorrow | Tomorrow | See for Miles | 
 | 14 | Gang of Four | 100 Flowers Bloom | Rhino | 
 | 15 | Family of God | We Are the World | Sugar Free | 
 | 16 | Various | Estrus Sizzler | Estrus | 
 | 17 | Masters of the Hemisphere | Masters of the Hemisphere | Kindercore | 
 | 18 | Various | Yeah Yeah Yeah | Arf! Arf! | 
 | 19 | Gotohells | Burning Bridges | Vagrant | 
 | 20 | AMP | Stenorette | Kranky | 
 | 21 | Moviola | "Kitchen Waltz Preamble 7""" | Kim Will Kill Me | 
 | 22 | Bart & Friends | 10 Songs About Cars & Girls | Drive-In | 
 | 23 | Various | Great Jewish Music: Marc Bolan | Tzadic | 
 | 24 | "Dylan, Bob" | Live 1966 | Columbia | 
 | 25 | Various | My Pal God Holiday Record | My Pal God | 
 | 26 | Hangin Midgits/Fayaled Crew | Waiting for Tim/Work for Victory | Lab Rat | 
 | 27 | Last Stand | Boston Callin' | One Way | 
 | 28 | "Fahey, John" | Death Chants Breakdowns & Military Waltzes | Takoma | 
 | 29 | Fang | American Nightmare | Wingnut | 
 | 30 | Dimestore Haloes | "Everybody Loves You When You're Dead 7""" | Pelado | 
 | 31 | Various | Teenage Shutdown: She'll Hurt You in the End | Crypt | 
 | 32 | Jacobites | God Save Us Poor Sinners | Bomp! | 
 | 33 | Youth Brigade | Out of Print | BYO | 
 | 34 | 6 Feet Under | In Retrospect 1969-70 | Arf! Arf! | 
 | 35 | Dead Lazlo's Face | Lonely Street | New Red Archives | 
 | 36 | Karate | The Bed Is in the Ocean | Southern | 
 | 37 | Rondelles | Fiction Romance Fast Machines | Smells Like | 
 | 38 | Scarnella | Scarnella | Smells Like | 
 | 39 | Jad Fair & Yo La Tengo | Strange But True | Matador | 
 | 40 | Various | A Tribute to Spacemen 3 | Rocket Girl | 
 | 41 | Fuzzy | "Dead End Day 7""" | Blind | 
 | 42 | Blue Beat Stompers | Sit Tight & Listen Keenly | Steady Beat | 
 | 43 | Honkeyball | Down By Three | Wonderdrug | 
 | 44 | Various | Teenage Shutdown: I'm Down Today | Crypt | 
 | 45 | Germs | Germicide | Bomp! | 
 | 46 | Birdie | "Spiral Staircase 7""" | Summershine | 
 | 47 | High Rise | High Rise II | Squealer | 
 | 48 | Flossie & the Unicorns | LMNOP | Skin Graft | 
 | 49 | Nobody's Heroes | "Kill Tomorrow 7""" | Fan Attic | 
 | 50 | Various | Taking a Chance on Chances | Slampt |