Tag: Unknown Mortal Orchestra
Top 40—WKNC’s Top Albums of the Week 7/26
by Jamie Lynn on Jul.28, 2011, under Afterhours, Chainsaw, Charts, Daytime, Underground
Each week, the WKNC music directors tally up spins for new releases and submit their top charts to CMJ.
CMJ Loud Rock from WKNC’s Chainsaw Rock
| Artist | Album | Label | |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | ALL SHALL PERISH | This Is Where It Ends | Nuclear Blast |
| #2 | TOMBS | Path Of Totality | Relapse |
| #3 | ENDSTILLE | Infektion 1813 | Season Of Mist |
| #4 | SUICIDE SILENCE | The Black Crown | Century Media |
| #5 | EXHUMED | All Guts, No Glory | Relapse |
| #6 | A PALE HORSE NAMED DEATH | And Hell Will Follow Me | SPV |
| #7 | BOOK OF BLACK EARTH | The Cold Testament | Prosthetic |
| #8 | DRACONIAN | A Rose For The Apocalypse | Napalm |
| #9 | PESTILENCE | Doctrine | Mascot |
| #10 | STREAM OF PASSION | Darker Days | Napalm |
CMJ RPM from WKNC’s Afterhours
| Artist | Album | Label | |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | SBTRKT | SBTRKT | Young Turks-XL |
| #2 | FRIENDLY FIRES | Pala | XL |
| #3 | WASHED OUT | Within And Without | Sub Pop |
| #4 | ZOMBY | Dedication | 4AD |
| #5 | MAGNETIC MAN | Magnetic Man | Star Time |
| #6 | YACHT | Shangri-La | DFA |
| #7 | FM BELFAST | Don’t Want To Sleep | Morr |
| #8 | BORGORE | Delicious [EP] | |
| #9 | FIORA | Blue Muse | |
| #10 | THIEVERY CORPORATION | Culture Of Fear | ESL |
CMJ Hip-Hop from WKNC’s Underground
| Artist | Album | Label | |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | AMAD JAMAL | Hood Tales | |
| #2 | SHANE ELI | I Can Do Better | |
| #3 | EL DA SENSEI & THE RETURNERS | GTO 2: Nu World | Asfalt |
| #4 | JAYLIB | Champion Sound: Deluxe | Stones Throw |
| #5 | SOLE AND THE SKYRIDER BAND | Napoleon | |
| #6 | KING MEZ | King’s Khrysis | |
| #7 | CITIZEN AIM | As Just Cause Cries | Humble Beast |
| #8 | SHABAZZ PALACES | Swerve… The Reeping Of All That Is Worthwhile | |
| #9 | IMMORTAL TECHNIQUE | “No Me Importa” [Single] | |
| #10 | SHAD | “Telephone” [Single] |
CMJ Radio 200 from WKNC’s Daytime Rock
| Artist | Album | Label | |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Gardens & Villa | Gardens & Villa | Secretly Canadian |
| #2 | Unknown Mortal Orchestra | Unknown Mortal Orchestra | Fat Possum |
| #3 | Motopony | Motopony | tinyOGRE |
| #4 | Seapony | Go With Me | Hardly Art |
| #5 | Balkans | Balkans | Double Phantom |
| #6 | Sbtrkt | Sbtrkt | XL-Young Turks |
| #7 | 1, 2, 3 | New Heaven | Frenchkiss |
| #8 | Bella Ruse | Kuhzoo | Self-Released |
| #9 | Memory Tapes | Player Piano | Carpark |
| #10 | Vaccines | What Did You Expect From The Vaccines? | Columbia |
WKNC’s Top 30 indie rock albums – 7/26
by Jamie Lynn on Jul.27, 2011, under Charts, Daytime
Motopony returns to the top three this week, with Unknown Mortal Orchestra holding on to the number two slot for the second week and Gardens & Villa nudging up from number three to number one.
| Artist | Album | Label | |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Gardens & Villa | Gardens & Villa | Secretly Canadian |
| #2 | Unknown Mortal Orchestra | Unknown Mortal Orchestra | Fat Possum |
| #3 | Motopony | Motopony | tinyOGRE |
| #4 | Seapony | Go With Me | Hardly Art |
| #5 | Balkans | Balkans | Double Phantom |
| #6 | Sbtrkt | Sbtrkt | XL-Young Turks |
| #7 | 1, 2, 3 | New Heaven | Frenchkiss |
| #8 | Bella Ruse | Kuhzoo | Self-Released |
| #9 | Memory Tapes | Player Piano | Carpark |
| #10 | Vaccines | What Did You Expect From The Vaccines? | Columbia |
| #11 | Cults | In The Name Of | Columbia |
| #12 | Sallie Ford and the Sound Outside | Dirty Radio | Partisan |
| #13 | Brilliant Colors | Again And Again | Slumberland |
| #14 | Tiger Darrow | Tiger Darrow | You Know Who You Are |
| #15 | Little Dragon | Ritual Union | Peacefrog |
| #16 | Bodies of Water | Twist Again | Thousand Tongues |
| #17 | Vetiver | The Errant Charm | SubPop |
| #18 | Arctic Monkeys | Suck It And See | Domino |
| #19 | Washed Out | Within and Without | Sub Pop |
| #20 | When Saints Go Machine | Konkylie | !K7 |
| #21 | Fruit Bats | Tripper | Sub Pop |
| #22 | Foster the People | Torches | Columbia |
| #23 | Bon Iver | Bon Iver | Jagjaguwar |
| #24 | Thee Oh Sees | Castlemania | In The Red |
| #25 | Friendly Fires | Pala | XL |
| #26 | San Cisco | Golden Revolver | Self-Released |
| #27 | FM Belfast | Don’t Want To Sleep | Moor |
| #28 | Middle East | I Want That You Are Always Happy | Missing Piece |
| #29 | Black Lips | Arabia Mountain | Vice |
| #30 | Gruff Rhys | Hotel Shampoo | Wichita |
WKNC’s Top 30 indie rock albums – 7/19
by Jamie Lynn on Jul.18, 2011, under Charts, Daytime
This week back in 2004, the CMJ New Music Report listed Wilco’s A Ghost is Born as the number one album. This week at WKNC, the top slot belongs to Cults.
| Artist | Album | Label | |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Cults | In The Name Of | Columbia |
| #2 | Unknown Mortal Orchestra | Unknown Mortal Orchestra | Fat Possum |
| #3 | Gardens & Villa | Gardens & Villa | Secretly Canadian |
| #4 | Vaccines | What Did You Expect From The Vaccines? | Columbia |
| #5 | Seapony | Go With Me | Hardly Art |
| #6 | Amor De Dias | Street Of The Love Of Days | Merge |
| #7 | Memory Tapes | Player Piano | Carpark |
| #8 | Bodies of Water | Twist Again | Thousand Tongues |
| #9 | Motopony | Motopony | tinyOGRE |
| #10 | Balkans | Balkans | Double Phantom |
| #11 | Elected | Bury Me In My Rings | Vagrant |
| #12 | 1, 2, 3 | New Heaven | Frenchkiss |
| #13 | Sallie Ford and the Sound Outside | Dirty Radio | Partisan |
| #14 | Bella Ruse | Kuhzoo | Self-Released |
| #15 | Sbtrkt | Sbtrkt | XL-Young Turks |
| #16 | The Donkeys | Born With Stripes | Dead Oceans |
| #17 | Tiger Darrow | Tiger Darrow | You Know Who You Are |
| #18 | Little Dragon | Ritual Union | Peacefrog |
| #19 | Friendly Fires | Pala | XL |
| #20 | Rosebuds | Loud Planes Fly Low | Merge |
| #21 | Yacht | Shangri-La | DFA |
| #22 | Bon Iver | Bon Iver | Jagjaguwar |
| #23 | Handsome Furs | Sound Kapital | Sub Pop |
| #24 | Foster the People | Torches | Columbia |
| #25 | FM Belfast | Don’t Want To Sleep | Moor |
| #26 | Washed Out | Within and Without | Sub Pop |
| #27 | Arctic Monkeys | Suck It And See | Domino |
| #28 | Vetiver | The Errant Charm | SubPop |
| #29 | Liam Finn | FOMO | Yep Roc |
| #30 | Nodzzz | Innings | Woodsist |