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Top 30—WKNC’s Top Albums of the Week 4/24/12

1. Tanlines – Mixed Emotions (True Panther)

2. The Men – Open Your Heart (Sacred Bones)

3. M Ward – A Wasteland Companion (Merge)

4. Emily Wells – Mama (Partisan)

5. Zammuto – Zammuto (Temporary Residence)

6. La Sera – Sees The Light (Hardly Art)

7. Oberhofer – Time Capsules II (Glassnote)

8. Maps and Atlases – Beware and Be Grateful (Barsuk)

9. Vacationer – Gone (Downtown)

10. Zambri – House of Baasa (Kanine)

11. Yppah – Eighty One (Ninja Tune)

12. Motel Beds – Sunfried Dreams/Tango Boys (No More Fake Labels)

13. Bear in Heaven – I Love You, It’s Cool (Hometapes-Dead Oceans)

14. Xiu Xiu – Always (Polyvinyl)

15. Little Barrie – King of the Waves (Tummy Touch)

16. Grimes – Visions (4AD)

17. Coke Weed – Nice Dreams (Self-Released)

18. Trampled By Turtles – Stars and Satellites (Thirty Tigers)

19. Air – Le Voyage Dans La Lune (EMI)

20. Lost in the Trees – A Church That Fits Our Needs (Anti)

21. Spiritualized – Sweet Heart Sweet Light (Fat Possum)

22. Yukon Blonde – Tiger Talk (dine alone)

23. Nite Jewel – One Second of Love (Secretly Canadian)

24. Chairlift – Something (Columbia)

25. Hunx – Hairdresser Blues (Hardly Art)

26. Trust – TRST (Arts and Crafts)

27. Delta Spirit – Delta Spirit (Rounder)

28. Young Prisms – In Between (Kanine)

29. Black Dice – Mr. Impossible (Ribbon)

30. Evan Voytas – Feel Me (Dovecote)

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Top 30—WKNC’s Top Albums of the Week 4/10/12

1. The Men – Open Your Heart (Sacred Bones)

2. Little Barrie – King of the Waves (Tummy Touch)

3. Bahamas – Barchords (Brushfire)

4. Zammuto – Zammuto (Temporary Residence)

5. High Highs – High Highs (Rocket)

6. La Sera – Sees the Light (Hardly Art)

7. Andrew Bird – Break It Yourself (Mom and Pop)

8. Islands – A Sleep and A Forgetting (Anti)

9. Tanlines – Mixed Emotions (True Panther)

10. Oberhofer – Time Capsules II (Glassnote)

11. Sharon Van Etten – Tramp (Jagjaguwar)

12. Dr. Dog – Be The Void (Anti)

13. Yppah – Eighty One (Ninja Tune)

14. Daughter – The Wild Youth [EP] (Glassnote)

15. Bear in Heaven – I Love You, It’s Cool (Hometapes-Dead Oceans)

16. Tops – Tender Opposites (Arbutus)

17. Bowerbirds – The Clearing (Dead Oceans)

18. Air – Le Voyage Dans La Lune (EMI)

19. Porcelain Raft – Strange Weekend (Secretly Canadian)

20. Hunx – Hairdresser Blues (Hardly Art)

21. Grimes – Visions (4AD)

22. Nite Jewel – One Second of Love (Secretly Canadian)

23. Perfume Genius – Put Your Back N 2 It (Matador)

24. Trust – TRST (Arts and Crafts)

25. Delta Spirit – Delta Spirit (Rounder)

26. Daniel Rossen – Silent Hour/Golden Mile (Warp)

27. Yukon Blonde – Tiger Talk (dine alone)

28. Young Prisms – In Between (Kanine)

29. Chairlift – Something (Columbia)

30. School of Seven Bells – Ghostory (Vagrant)

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Top 30—WKNC’s Top Albums of the Week 3/14/12

1. Frankie Rose – Interstellar (Slumberland)

2. Porcelain Raft – Strange Weekend (Secretly Canadian)

3. Matthew Dear – Headcage (Ghostly)

4. Cate Le Bon – Cyrk (The Control Group)

5. High Highs – High Highs (Rocket)

6. Terry Malts – Killing Time (Slumberland)

7. Laura Gibson – La Grande (Barsuk)

8. Young Magic – Melt (Carpark)

9. Cloud Nothings – Attack On Memory (Carpark)

10. Sharon Van Etten – Tramp (Jagjaguwar)

11. Bowerbirds – The Clearing (Dead Oceans)

12. Tennis – Young and Old (Fat Possum)

13. Perfume Genius – Put Your Back N 2 It (Matador)

14. Royal Baths – Better Luck Next Life (Kanine)

15. Grimes – Visions (4AD)

16. Chairlift – Something (Columbia)

17. Dr. Dog – Be The Void (Anti)

18. Gonjasufi – MU.ZZ.LE (Warp)

19. Hunx – Hairdresser Blues (Hardly Art)

20. Islands – A Sleep And A Forgetting (Anti)

21. Hospitality – Hospitality (Merge)

22. Imperial Teen – Feel The Sound (Merge)

23. School of Seven Bells – Ghostory (Vagrant)

24. Memoryhouse – The Slideshow Effect (Sub Pop)

25. Polica – Give You The Ghost (Totally Gross National Product)

26. Charlotte Gainsbourg – Stage Whisper (Elektra-Because)

27. Little Barrie – King Of The Waves (Tummy Touch)

28. Errors – Have Some Faith In Magic (Rock Action)

29. Air – Le Voyage Dans La Lune (EMI)

30. Shearwater – Animal Joy (Sub Pop)

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Top 30—WKNC’s Top Albums of the Week 12/9/11

1. Icebird – The Abandoned Lullaby (RJ’s Electrical Connections)

2. Jeff the Brotherhood – "Whatever I Want" [Single] (Third Man)

3. Cass McCombs – Humor Risk (Domino)

4. Jane Jane Pollock – Jane Jane Pollock (Flea Ridden Kitten)

5. Korallreven – An Album By Korallreven (Acephale)

6. Wise Blood – These Wings [EP] (Dovecote)

7. Wooden Wand – Briarwood (Fire)

8. St. Vincent – Strange Mercy (4AD)

9. Tom Waits – Bad As Me (Anti)

10. Future Islands – On The Water (Thrill Jockey)

11. M83 – Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming (Mute)

12. Real Estate – Days (Domino)

13. Wilco – The Whole Love (Anti)

14. Atlas Sound – Parallax (4AD)

15. Donora – Boyfriends, Girlfriends (Rostrum)

16. Megafaun –Megafaun (Hometapes)

17. Phantogram – Nightlife (Barsuk)

18. Dirty Projectors and Bjork – Mount Wittenberg Orca (Domino)

19. Dessa – Castor, The Twin (Doomtree)

20. Beets – Let The Poison Out (Hardly Art)

21. Spank Rock – Everything Is Boring And Everyone Is A Fucking Liar (Bad Blood)

22. Russian Circles – Empros (Sargent House)

23. Joker – The Vision (4AD)

24. Holiday Shores – New Masses For Squaw Peak (Twosyllable)

25. Orchestra of Spheres – Nonagonic Now (Fire)

26. Touché Amoré – Parting The Sea Between Brightness And Me (Deathwish)

27. Neon Indian – Era Extrana (Mom And Pop)

28. Friends – College Sampler (Lucky Number)

29. Sparkadia – The Great Impression (Ok! Good)

30. Canyons – Keep Your Dreams (Modular)

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Top 30—WKNC’s Top Albums of the Week 12/2/11

1. Youth Lagoon – The Year Of Hibernation (Fat Possum)

2. Icebird – The Abandoned Lullaby (RJ’s Electrical Connections)

3. Class Actress – Rapproacher (Carpark)

4. Korallreven – An Album By Korallreven (Acephale)

5. Jane Jane Pollock – Jane Jane Pollock (Flea Ridden Kitten)

6. Jeff the Brotherhood – "Whatever I Want" [Single] (Third Man)

7. Drums – Portamento (Frenchkiss)

8. Real Estate – Days (Domino)

9. Future Islands – On the Water (Thrill Jockey)

10. St. Vincent – Strange Mercy (4AD)

11. Tom Waits – Bad As Me (Anti)

12. Dirty Projectors and Bjork – Mount Wittenberg Orca (Domino)

13. Wilco – The Whole Love (Anti)

14. Viva Voce – The Future Will Destroy You (Vanguard)

15. Ryan Adams – Ashes And Fire (Capitol)

16. Neon Indian – Era Extrana (Mom And Pop)

17. Megafaun – Megafaun (Hometapes)

18. Fool’s Gold – Leave No Trace (Iamsound)

19. Donora – Boyfriends, Girlfriends (Rostrum)

20. Bonnie Prince Billy – Wolfroy Goes To Town (Drag City)

21. Apparat – The Devil’s Walk (Mute)

22. Friends – College Sampler (Lucky Number)

23. Gauntlet Hair – Gauntlet Hair (Dead Oceans)

24. Jens Lekman – An Argument With Myself (Secretly Canadian)

25. M83 – Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming (Mute)

26. Memoryhouse – The Years (Sub Pop-Arcade Sound)

27. Russian Circles – Empros (Sargent House)

28. Pack A.D. – Unpersons (Mint)

29. Patti Smith – Outside Of Society (Columbia)

30. Widowspeak – Widowspeak (Captured Tracks)

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CMJ Loud Rock from WKNC’s Chainsaw, 11/22/11

1. Gloominous Doom – Cosmic Superghoul (DRP)

2. Megadeth – Th1rt3en (Roadrunner)

3. Isole – Born From Shadows (Napalm)

4. Cradle of Filth – Evermore Darkly (Nuclear Blast)

5. Machine Head – Unto The Locust (Roadrunner)

6. Iced Earth – Dystopia (Century Media)

7. Ashes Of Your Enemy – Anthem (Zenergy)

8. Animals As Leaders – Weightless (Prosthetic)

9. Generation Kill – Red White And Blood (Season Of Mist)

10. Dub Trio – IV (ROIR)

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Top 30—WKNC’s Top Albums of the Week, 11/17/11

1. Widowspeak – Widowspeak (Captured Tracks)

2. Young Man – Ideas of Distance (Frenchkiss)

3. The Field – Looping State of Mind (Kompakt)

4. Class Actress – Rapproacher (Carpark)

5. Various Artists – GRPTPS Vs. PTLCK (Grip Tapes)

6. Memoryhouse – The Years (Sub Pop-Arcade Sound)

7. M83 – Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming (Mute)

8. Donora – Boyfriends, Girlfriends (Rostrum)

9. Icebird – The Abandoned Lullaby (RJ’s Electrical Connections)

10. Wavves – Life Sux (Ghost Ramp)

11. Real Estate – Days (Domino)

12. Gauntlet Hair – Gauntlet Hair (Dead Oceans)

13. Emika – Emika (Ninja Tune)

14. Bonnie Prince Billy – Wolfroy Goes To Town (Drag City)

15. Neon Indian – Era Extrana (Mom and Pop)

16. Future Islands – On The Water (Thrill Jockey)

17. Bleeding Knees Club – Virginity (Iamsound)

18. Mike Doughty – Yes And Also Yes (Megaforce-Snack Bar)

19. Viva Voce – The Future Will Destroy You (Vanguard)

20. Wilco – The Whole Love (Anti)

21. Marketa Irglova – Anar (Anti)

22. Pujol – Nasty, Brutish, And Short (Saddle Creek)

23. Hella – Tripper (Sargent House)

24. High Places – Original Colors (Thrill Jockey)

25. Wooden Shjips – West (Thrill Jockey)

26. Megafaun – Megafaun (Hometapes)

27. St. Vincent – Strange Mercy (4AD)

28. Ryan Adams – Ashes and Fire (Capitol)

29. Phantogram – Nightlife (Barsuk)

30. Body Language – Social Studies (Om)

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Top 30—WKNC’s Top Albums of the Week, 11/10/11

1. Future Islands – On The Water (Thrill Jockey)

2. Zola Jesus – Conatus (Sacred Bones)

3. Widowspeak – Widowspeak (Captured Tracks)

4. Young Man – Ideas of Distance (Frenchkiss)

5. The Field – Looping State Of Mind (Kompakt)

6. Class Actress – Rapproacher (Carpark)

7. St. Vincent – Strange Mercy (4AD)

8. Megafaun – Megafaun (Hometapes)

9. Youth Lagoon – The Year of Hibernation (Fat Possum)

10. Sugarplum Fairies – The Images We Get (M-M)

11. Various Artists – GRPTPS Vs. PTLCK (Grip Tapes)

12. Viva Voce – The Future Will Destroy You (Vanguard)

13. Wilco – The Whole Love (Anti)

14. Wild Flag – Wild Flag (Merge)

15. Mandolin Orange – Haste Make/Hard Hearted Stranger (Self-Released)

16. Icebird – The Abandoned Lullaby (RJ’s Electrical Connections)

17. Real Estate – Days (Domino)

18. M83 – Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming (Mute)

19. Bonnie Prince Billy – Wolfroy Goes To Town (Drag City)

20. Wavves – Life Sux (Ghost Ramp)

21. Mike Doughty – Yes And Also Yes (Megaforce-Snack Bar)

22. High Places – Original Colors (Thrill Jockey)

23. Jens Lekman – An Argument With Myself (Secretly Canadian)

24. Touché Amoré – Parting The Sea Between Brightness And Me (Deathwish)

25. Donora – Boyfriends, Girlfriends (Rostrum)

26. Phantogram – Nightlife (Barsuk)

27. Jono McCleery – There Is (Counter)

28. Patti Smith – Outside of Society (Columbia)

29. Hella – Tripper (Sargent House)

30. Wu Lyf – Go Tell Fire To The Mountain (L Y F)

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CMJ Loud Rock from WKNC’s Chainsaw 11/1/11

1. Absu – Abzu (Candlelight)

2. Anthrax – Worship Music (Megaforce)

3. Chelsea Grin – My Damnation (Razor And Tie)

4. Machine Head – Unto The Locust (Roadrunner)

5. Warbringer – Worlds Torn Asunder (Century Media)

6. Mastodon – The Hunter (Reprise)

7. Cradle Of Filth – Evermore Darkly (Nuclear Blast)

8. Iced Earth – Dystopia (Century Media)

9. Anvil – Monument Of Metal: The Very Best of Anvil (The End)

10. Hull – Beyond the Lightless Sky (The End)

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Top 30—WKNC’s Top Albums of the Week, 10/25/11

1. I Break Horses – Hearts (Co-op)

2. Cant – Dreams Come True (Terrible)

3. Widowspeak – Widowspeak (Captured Tracks)

4. Alias – Fever Dream (Anticon)

5. Various Artists – GRPTPS vs. PTLCK (Grip Tapes)

6. Young Man – Ideas of Distance (Frenchkiss)

7. Soley – We Sink (Morr)

8. Sugarplum Fairies – The Images We Get (M-M)

9. Sleep Over – Forever (Hippos in Tanks)

10. Zola Jesus – Conatus (Sacred Bones)

11. Veronica Falls – Veronica Falls (Slumberland)

12. St. Vincent – Strange Mercy (4AD)

13. Weekend – Red (Slumberland)

14. Memoryhouse – The Years (Sub Pop-Arcade Sound)

15. Fool’s Gold – Leave No Trace (Iamsound)

16. Megafaun – Megafaun (Hometapes)

17. Drums – Portamento (Frenchkiss)

18. Youth Lagoon – The Year of Hibernation (Fat Possum)

19. Wooden Shjips – West (Thrill Jockey)

20. Body Language – Social Studies (Om)

21. Wilco – The Whole Love (Anti)

22. Wild Flag – Wild Flag (Merge)

23. Patti Smith – Outside of Society (Columbia)

24. Wu Lyf – Go Tell Fire to the Mountain (LYF)

25. Blitzen Trapper – American Goldwing (Sub Pop)

26. Scott Solter – One River (Hidden Shoal)

27. Apparat – The Devil’s Walk (Mute)

28. Pack A.D. – Unpersons (Mint)

29. Neon Indian – Era Extrana (Mom and Pop)

30. Exitmusic – From Silence (Secretly Canadian)