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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)

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CMJ Loud Rock from WKNC’s Chainsaw 10/11

1. Absu – Abzu (Candlelight)

2. Anthrax – Worship Music (Megaforce)

3. Nachtbult – Antik (Napalm)

4. Mastodon – The Hunter (Reprise)

5. Thulcandra – Under a Frozen Sun (Napalm)

6. Machine Head – Unto the Locust (Roadrunner)

7. Warbringer – Worlds Torn Asunder (Century Media)

8. Chelsea Grin – My Damnation (Razor and Tie)

9. Hatesphere – The Great Bludgeoning (Napalm)

10. Chimaira – The Age of Hell (eOne)

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

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

2. Cant – Dreams Come True (Terrible)

3. Mogwai – Earth Division (Sub Pop)

4. Sleep Over – Forever (Hippos in Tanks)

5. Veronica Falls – Veronica Falls (Slumberland)

6. Megafaun – Megafaun (Hometapes)

7. Drums – Portamento (Frenchkiss)

8. Weekend – Red (Slumberland)

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

10. St. Vincent – Strange Mercy (4AD)

11. Wilco – The Whole Love (Anti)

12. Blitzen Trapper – American Goldwing (Sub Pop)

13. Apparat – The Devil’s Walk (Mute)

14. Toro y Moi – Freaking Out (Carpark)

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

16. Wu Lyf – Go Tell Fire To the Mountain (L Y F)

17. Wild Flag – Wild Flag (Merge)

18. Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks – Mirror Traffic (Matador)

19. Blood Orange – Coastal Grooves (Domino)

20. CSS – La Liberacion (V2-Downtown-Cooperative)

21. Tasseomancy – Ulalume (Out Of This Spark)

22. Wooden Shjips – West (Thrill Jockey)

23. I Break Horses – Hearts (Co-op)

24. Iceage – New Brigade (Dais-What’s Your Rupture)

25. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – Hysterical (Self-Released)

26. Hella – Tripper (Sargent House)

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

28. Pepper Rabbit – Red Velvet Snowball (Kanine)

29. Jacuzzi Boys – Glazin’ (Hardly Art)

30. Mister Heavenly – Out of Love (Sub Pop)

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CMJ Loud Rock from WKNC’s Chainsaw 9/27

1. Anthrax – Worship Music (Megaforce)

2. Chelsea Grin – My Damnation (Razor and Tie)

3. Absu – Abraxas Connexus (Candlelight)

4. Textures – Dualism (Nuclear Blast)

5. Chimaira – The Age Of Hell (eOne)

6. Opeth – Heritage Sampler (Roadrunner)

7. Hatesphere – The Great Bludgeoning (Napalm)

8. Kittie – I’ve Failed You (eOne)

9. Kyng – Trampled Sun (ILG)

10. Slot – Break the Code (Neurodisc)

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CMJ Loud Rock from WKNC’s Chainsaw 9/20

1. Anthrax – Worship Music (Megaforce)

2. Chelsea Grin – My Damnation (Razor and Tie)

3. Absu – Abraxas Connexus (Candlelight)

4. Arkona – Solvo (Napalm)

5. Chimaira – The Age of Hell (eOne)

6. Opeth – Heritage Sampler (Roadrunner)

7. Mastodon – Black Tongue (Reprise)

8. Kittie – I’ve Failed You (eOne)

9. Textures – Dualism (Nuclear Blast)

10. Dirge Within – Absolution (Big Time)