| 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 |