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WKNC’s Top 30 indie rock albums – 7/12

Motopony rises to the top slot this week, followed by Bella Ruse and The Donkeys.

Rank Artist Album Label
#1 Motopony Motopony tinyOGRE
#2 Bella Ruse Kuhzoo Self-Released
#3 The Donkeys Born With Stripes Dead Oceans
#4 Vaccines What Did You Expect From The Vaccines? Columbia
#5 Sallie Ford and the Sound Outside Dirty Radio Partisan
#6 Gardens and Villa Gardens and Villas Secretly Canadian
#7 1, 2, 3 New Heaven Frenchkiss
#8 Amor De Dias Street Of The Love Of Days Merge
#9 Bodies of Water Twist Again Thousand Tongues
#10 Cults In The Name Of Columbia
#11 Seapony Go With Me Hardly Art
#12 Unknown Mortal Orchestra Unknown Mortal Orchestra Fat Possum
#13 Tiger Darrow Tiger Darrow You Know Who You Are
#14 Sbtrkt Sbtrkt XL-Young Turks
#15 Memory Tapes Player Piano Carpark
#16 Balkans Balkans Double Phantom
#17 Elected Bury Me In My Rings Vagrant
#18 Bon Iver Bon Iver Jagjaguwar
#19 Yacht Shangri-La DFA
#20 Rosebuds Loud Planes Fly Low Merge
#21 Kids on a Crime Spree We Love You So Bad Slumberland
#22 Arctic Monkeys Suck It And See Domino
#23 Vetiver The Errant Charm SubPop
#24 Foster the People Torches Columbia
#25 Thurston Moore Demolished Thoughts Matador
#26 John Maus We Must Becomes The Pitiless Censors of Ourselves Ribbon
#27 Washed Out Within and Without Sub Pop
#28 FM Belfast Don’t Want To Sleep Moor
#29 When Saints Go Machine Konkylie !K7
#30 David Bazan Strange Negotiations Barsuk
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WKNC’s Top 30 indie rock albums – 7/5

The Declaration of Independence turned 235 this week, as The Vaccines and Sallie Ford and the Sound Outside climb to the top of WKNC’s indie rock charts. The debut album “New Heaven” by Pittsburgh duo 1, 2, 3 also makes its appearance as number three.

Rank

Artist

Album

Label

#1

Vaccines

What Did You Expect From The Vaccines?

Columbia

#2

Sallie Ford and the Sound Outside

Dirty Radio

Partisan

#3

1, 2, 3

New Heaven

Frenchkiss

#4

Gardens and Villa

Gardens and Villas

Secretly Canadian

#5

Seapony

Go With Me

Hardly Art

#6

Balkans

Balkans

Double Phantom

#7

Motopony

Motopony

tinyOGRE

#8

Tiger Darrow

Tiger Darrow

You Know Who You Are

#9

Cults

In The Name Of

Columbia

#10

Bella Ruse

Kuhzoo

Self-Released

#11

Unknown Mortal Orchestra

Unknown Mortal Orchestra

Fat Possum

#12

Amor De Dias

Street Of The Love Of Days

Merge

#13

Donkeys

Born With Stripes

Dead Oceans

#14

Kids on a Crime Spree

We Love You So Bad

Slumberland

#15

Rosebuds

Loud Planes Fly Low

Merge

#16

Dan Sartain

Legacy of Hospitality

One Little Indian

#17

Bon Iver

Bon Iver

Jagjaguwar

#18

Foster the People

Torches

Columbia

#19

Sbtrkt

Sbtrkt

XL-Young Turks

#20

Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.

It’s A Corporate World

Quite Scientific

#21

Vetiver

The Errant Charm

SubPop

#22

Man Man

Life Fantastic

Anti

#23

My Morning Jacket

Circuital

ATO

#24

Bodies of Water

Twist Again

Thousand Tongues

#25

Battles

Gloss Drop

Warp

#26

Woods

Sun and Shade

Woodsist

#27

Nodzzz

Innings

Woodsist

#28

David Bazan

Strange Negotiations

Barsuk

#29

I’m From Barcelona

Forever Today

Mute

#30

Arctic Monkeys

Suck It And See

Domino

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WKNC’s Chainsaw Metal Weekly Top Ten Albums 6/14

Here are the chainsaw top ten this week, as compiled by Chainsaw Music Director, Cory Slep.

Rank

Artist

Recording

Label

1

SEPTICFLESH

The Great Mass

Season Of Mist

2

DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT

Deconstruction

Inside Out

3

AMON AMARTH

Surtur Rising

Metal Blade

4

BELPHEGOR

Blood Magick Necromance

Nuclear Blast

5

KAMPFAR

Mare

Napalm

6

TOMBS

Path Of Totality

Relapse

7

ARCH ENEMY

Khaos Legions

Century Media

8

BECOMING THE ARCHETYPE

Celestial Completion

Solid State

9

IKILLYA

Recon

Lekberg

10

MORBID ANGEL

Illud Divinum Insanus

Seasons of Mist

 

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WKNC’s Top 30 indie rock albums – 6/14

Enjoy these albums, compiled by The DJ Ones.  [editors note: Those Darlins’ album art is quite interesting!]

Rank Artist Album Label
#1 Those Darlings Screws Get Loose Oh Wow Dang
#2 Seapony Go With Me Hardly Art
#3 Amor De Dias Street Of The Love Of Days Merge
#4 Donkeys Born With Stripes Dead Oceans
#5 Kids on a Crime Spree We Love You So Bad Slumberland
#6 Vaccines What Did You Expect From The Vaccines? Columbia
#7 Cults In The Name Of Columbia
#8 Sallie Ford and the Sound Outside Dirty Radio Partisan
#9 Thao and Mirah Thao And Mirah Kill Rock Stars
#10 Tiger Darrow Tiger Darrow You Know Who You Are
#11 Arctic Monkeys Suck It And See Domino
#12 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. It’s A Corporate World Quite Scientific
#13 Gardens and Villa Secretly Canadian Secretly Canadian
#14 Girls Names Dead To Me Slumberland
#15 tUnE-YarDs WhoKill 4D
#16 Rosebuds Loud Planes Fly Low Merge
#17 Liam Finn FOMO Yep Rock
#18 My Morning Jacket Circuital ATO
#19 Friendly Fires Pala XL
#20 Hooray For Earth True Loves Dovecote
#21 Death Cab For Cutie Codes And Keys Columbia
#22 Foster the People Torches Columbia
#23 Balkans Balkans Double Phantom
#24 Vetiver The Errant Charm SubPop
#25 Black Lips Arabia Mountain Vice
#26 Thurston Moore Demolished Thoughts Matador
#27 David Bazan Strange Negotiations Barsuk
#28 Danger Mouse and Danielle Luppi Rome EMI
#29 David Fonseca Between Waves Castle Of The Amazing Cats
#30 Matt Pond PA Spring Fools Altitude
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WKNC RPM charts 6/7

Here are the top ten albums in Afterhours.

Rank Artist Recording Label
1 Friendly Fires Pala XL
2 Austra Feel It Break Domino
3 Toro y Moi Underneath the Pine CarPark Records
4 Gold Panda Companion Ghostly International
5 Bibio Mind Bokeh Warp Records
6 Borgore Delicious EP White Label Nation
7 Moby Destoyed Mute
8 Blue Sky Black Death Noir Fake Four Inc.
9 Daft Punk TRON: Legacy RECONFIGURED White Label Nation
10 Gorillaz The Fall Virgin  
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6/7 Chainsaw Metal Weekly Top Ten Albums

Here are the chainsaw top ten this week, as compiled by Chainsaw Music Director, Cory Slep.

 

 

Rank Artist Recording Label
1 ANVIL Juggernaut Of Justice The End
2 SEPTICFLESH The Great Mass Season Of Mist
3 HAEMORRHAGE Hospital Carnage Relapse
4 AUTOPSY Macabre Eternal Peaceville
5 AMON AMARTH Surtur Rising Metal Blade
6 TYR The Lay Of Thrym Napalm
7 ANAAL NATHRAKH Passion Candlelight
8 ABYSMAL DAWN Leveling The Plane Of Existence Relapse
9 HATE ETERNAL Phoenix Amongst The Ashes Metal Blade
10 BECOMING THE ARCHETYPE Celestial Completion Solid State

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WKNC’s Top 30 indie rock albums – 6/7

Another week, another Top 30 hits from your friendly daytime music director, Michael Jones.

Rank Artist Album Label
#1 Austra Feel It Break Domino
#2 Donkeys Born With Stripes Dead Oceans
#3 Thao and Mirah Thao and Mirah Kill Rock Stars
#4 Love Inks E.S.P. City Slang
#5 tUnE-YArDs Whokill 4AD
#6 Kids on a Crime Spree We Love You So Bad Slumberland
#7 Girl Names Dead To Me Slumberland
#8 Amor De Dias Street Of The Love Of Days Merge
#9 Vaccines What Did You Expect From The Vaccines? Columbia
#10 Rosebuds Loud Planes Fly Low Merge
#11 Those Darlings Screws Get Loose Oh Wow Dang
#12 Generationals Actor-Caster Park The Van
#13 Dodos No Color Frenchkiss
#14 My Morning Jacket Circuital ATO
#15 Foster the People Torches Columbia
#16 Wild Palms Until Spring One Little Indian
#17 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. It’s A Corporate World Quite Scientific
#18 Seapony Go With Me Hardly Art
#19 Matt Pond PA Spring Fools Altitude
#20 Black Lips Arabia Mountain Vice
#21 Friendly Fires Pala XL
#22 Antlers Burst Apart Frenchkiss
#23 Okkervil River I Am Very Far Jagjaguwar
#24 Thurston Moore Demolished Thoughts Domino
#25 Sam Roberts Band Collider Rounder
#26 I’m From Barcelona Forever Today Mute
#27 Fleet Foxes Helplessness Blues Sub Pop
#28 Wombats This Modern Glitch Bright Antenna
#29 Dan Sartain Legacy Of Hospitality One Little Indian
#30 Vetiver The Errant Charm Sub Pop
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WKNC’s Top 30 indie rock albums – 5/31

The Top 30 artists and albums of this week, as compiled by Daytime Music Director Michael Jones.

Rank Artist Album Label
#1 Austra Feel It Break Domino
#2 Thao And Mirah Thao And Mirah Kill Rock Stars
#3 Girls Names Dead To Me Slumberland
#4 Kids on a Crime Spree We Love You So Bad Slumberland
#5 tUnE-YArDs Whokill 4AD
#6 Wild Palms Until Spring One Little Indian
#7 Love Inks E.S.P. City Slang
#8 Rosebuds Loud Planes Fly Low Merge
#9 Shannon and the Clams Sleep Talk 1-2-3-4 Go!
#10 Chad Van Gaalen Diaper Island Sub Pop
#11 Those Darlings Screws Get Loose Oh Wow Dang
#12 Fleet Foxes Helplessness Blues Sub Pop
#13 Man Man Life Fantastic ANTI-
#14 Amor De Dias Street Of The Love Of Days Merge
#15 Friendly Fires Pala XL
#16 My Morning Jacket Circuital ATO
#17 Generationals Actor-Caster Park The Van
#18 Dodos No Color Frenchkiss
#19 Antlers Burst Apart Frenchkiss
#20 Matt Pond PA Spring Fools Altitude
#21 Vaccines What Did You Expect From The Vaccines? Columbia
#22 Wombats This Modern Glitch Bright Antenna
#23 Donkeys Born With Stripes Dead Oceans
#24 Wild Beasts Smother Domino
#25 Thurston Moore Demolished Thoughts Matador
#26 Times New Viking Dancer Equired Merge
#27 Obits Moody, Standard And Poor Sub Pop
#28 Maritime Human Hearts Danger Bird
#29 Foster the People Torches Columbia
#30 Explosions in the Sky Take Care, Take Care, Take Care Temporary Residence
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5/31 Chainsaw Metal Weekly Top Ten Albums

Here are the chainsaw top ten, as compiled by Chainsaw Music Director, Cory Slep.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rank Artist Recording Label
#1 AMON AMARTH Surtur Rising Metal Blade
#2 BELPHEGOR Blood Magick Necromance Nuclear Blast
#3 SEPTICFLESH The Great Mass Season Of Mist
#4 TYR The Lay Of Thrym Napalm
#5 HAEMORRHAGE Hospital Carnage Relapse
#6 AUTOPSY Macabre Eternal Peaceville
#7 KAMPFAR Mare Napalm
#8 BECOMING THE ARCHETYPE Celestial Completion Solid State
#9 CANNIBAL CORPSE Evisceration Plague Metal Blade
#10 ANAAL NATHRAKH Passion Candlelight
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WKNC’s Top 30 indie rock albums – 5/24

Each week, WKNC’s music directors tally up spins for new releases and submit their top lists to College Music Journal. Here are the top 30 indie rock albums on WKNC reported to CMJ’s Top 200 chart by Music Director Michael Jones.

Rank Artist Album Label
#1 Thao And Mirah Thao And Mirah Kill Rock Stars
#2 tUnE-YArDs Whokill 4AD
#3 Girls Names Dead To Me Slumberland
#4 Austra Feel It Break Domino
#5 Wild Palms Until Spring One Little Indian
#6 Those Darlins Screws Get Loose Oh Wow Dang
#7 Shannon and the Clams Sleep Talk 1-2-3-4 Go!
#8 Anna Calvi Anna Calvi Domino
#9 Kids on a Crime Spree We Love You So Bad Slumberland
#10 Love Inks E.S.P. City Slang
#11 Generationals Actor-Caster Park The Van
#12 Blue Sky Black Death Noir Fake Four
#13 Hooray for Earth True Loves Dovecote
#14 Explosions in the Sky Take Care, Take Care, Take Care Temporary Residence
#15 Times New Viking Dancer Equired Merge
#16 Yelle Safari Disco Club Co-Op
#17 Mikey Jukebox Mikey Jukebox Young Lion Of The West
#18 Raveonettes Raven In The Grave Vice
#19 Kills Blood Pressures Domino
#20 Fleet Foxes Helplessness Blues Sub Pop
#21 Antlers Burst Apart Frenchkiss
#22 Panda Bear Tomboy Paw Tracks
#23 Crystal Stilts In Love With Oblivion Slumberland
#24 Timber Timbre Creep On Creepin’ On Arts And Crafts
#25 Cave Singers No Witch Jagjaguwar
#26 Bill Callahan Apocalypse Drag City
#27 Feelies Here Before Bar None
#28 J Mascis Several Shades Of Why Sub Pop
#29 Art Brut Brilliant! Tragic! The End/Cooking Vinyl
#30 Tiger Darrow You Know Who You Are Self-Released