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WXYC's Top 103 Records for the week of Sunday 5/7/06 - Saturday 5/13/06:

Rank (Plays) Artist - 'Title of CD/LP/EP/7-inch' (RECORD LABEL)
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1 (16) Wizardzz - Hidden City of Taurmond (LOAD)
2 (16) Le Volume Courbe - I Killed My Best Friend (HONEST JON'S)
3 (15) Calexico - Garden Ruin (QUARTERSTICK/TOUCH AND GO)
4 (15) V/A - Tibetan and Bhutanese Instrumental and Folk Music, Vol. II (SUB 
ROSA)
5 (14) Parts and Labor - Stay Afraid (JAGJAGUWAR)
6 (14) Glenn Kotche - Mobile (NONESUCH)
7 (13) V/A - Downbeat the Ruler: Killer Instrumentals from Studio One 
(HEARTBEAT)
8 (13) Lesbians on Ecstacy - Giggles in the Dark (ALIEN8)
9 (12) Sangeeta Bandyopadhyay - Bhakti (DUNYA/FELMAY)
10 (12) Fiery Furnaces - Bitter Tea (FAT POSSUM/EPITAPH)
11 (12) Gnarls Barkley - Selections from St. Elsewhere EP (DOWNTOWN)
12 (12) Susanne Brokesch - Emerald Stars (CHICKS ON SPEED)
13 (11) Julian Curwin - Tango Saloon (IPECAC)
14 (11) Stereolab - Fab Four Future (TOO PURE)
15 (11) Essex Green - Cannibal Sea (MERGE)
16 (10) Ladies - They Mean Us (TEMPORARY RESIDENCE)
17 (10) Brian Glaze - Let's Go to the Sea (BIRDMAN)
18 (10) Mountains - Sewn (APESTAARTJE)
19 (10) Innersouls - "Just Take Your Time" 7" (JAZZMAN)
20 (10) DAT Politics - Wow Twist (CHICKS ON SPEED)
21 (10) Takagi Masakatsu - Journal for People (CARPARK)
22 (10) V/A - Big Apple Rappin' (SOUL JAZZ)
23 (9) Mogwai - Mr. Beast (MATADOR)
24 (9) La Peste - Better Off La Peste (BACCHUS/DIONYSUS)
25 (9) Pearls & Brass - The Indian Tower (DRAG CITY)
26 (9) Burnt Friedman - Secret Rhythms 2 (NONPLACE)
27 (9) Josephine Foster - A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing (LOCUST MUSIC)
28 (8) Bird Show - Lightning Ghost (KRANKY)
29 (8) Cities - s/t (YEP ROC)
30 (8) Dabrye - "Air" 12" (GHOSTLY INTERNATIONAL)
31 (8) Hotel Motel - Your Ass Is Grass So Pass the Peas Please EP 
((self-released))
32 (8) V/A - Allentown Aufspring (POSITIVELY)
33 (8) Centro-Matic - Fort Recovery (MISRA)
34 (8) About - Bongo (COCK ROCK DISCO)
35 (8) Gutbucket - Sludge Test (CANTALOUPE)
36 (8) Major Stars - Syntoptikon (IMPORTANT)
37 (8) Joe McPhee/John Snyder - Pieces of Light (ATAVISTIC)
38 (8) Stephin Merritt - Showtunes (NONESUCH)
39 (7) Court and Spark - Hearts (ABSOLUTELY KOSHER)
40 (7) One Be Lo - S.O.N.O.G.R.A.M. (FAT BEATS)
41 (7) Ghostface Killah - Fishscale (DEF JAM)
42 (7) Ben Goldberg Quintet - The Door, the Hat, the Chair, the Fact 
(CRYPTOGRAMOPHONE)
43 (7) Erik Friedlander - Prowl (CRYPTOGRAMOPHONE)
44 (7) Porest - Tourrorists! (ABDUCTION)
45 (7) Jimmy Edgar - Color Strip (WARP)
46 (7) Ahleuchatistas - What You Will (CUNEIFORM)
47 (6) Aki Tsuyuko - Hokane (THRILL JOCKEY)
48 (6) Park Attack - Half Past Human (BA DA BING!)
49 (6) Acid Mothers Temple & the Cosmic Inferno - Starless and Bible Black 
Sabbath (ALIEN8)
50 (6) Azita - Detail from the Mountain Side EP (DRAG CITY)
51 (6) The Pope - Ascendo Tuum! (PACIFIC ROCK)
52 (6) Cut Chemist - The Garden 12" (WARNER BROTHERS)
53 (6) Akimbo - Forging Steel and Laying Stone (ALTERNATIVE TENTACLES)
54 (6) Beirut - Gulag Orkestar (BA DA BING!)
55 (6) J Dilla - Donuts (STONE'S THROW)
56 (6) Gravitones & Strings - Live at the BIMHUIS (FOR T)
57 (6) First Nation - Coronation 7" (PAW TRACKS)
58 (6) Ghostigital - In Cod We Trust (IPECAC)
59 (6) Coup - Pick a Bigger Weapon (EPITAPH)
60 (6) Unireverse - Plays the Music (NO TYPE)
61 (5) V/A - Ol' Virginia Soul: Encore! (ARCANIA INTERNATIONAL)
62 (5) Boy Least Likely To - The Best Party Ever (TOO YOUNG TO DIE)
63 (5) Danielson - Ships (SECRETLY CANADIAN)
64 (5) Moondog - The Viking of Sixth Avenue (HONEST JON'S)
65 (5) V/A - Songs for Sixty Five Roses (SPLINTER GROUP)
66 (5) Growing - Color Wheel (MEGA BLADE)
67 (5) People - S/T (I AND EAR)
68 (5) V/A - Wasted (COCK ROCK DISCO)
69 (5) Wolf Mother - "Mind's Eye" 7" (MODULAR/LONDON-SIRE)
70 (5) Chicago Underground Duo - In Praise of Shadows (THRILL JOCKEY)
71 (5) New Radiant Storm King - The Steady Hand (DARLA)
72 (5) Talib Kweli - Fly That Knot EP (KOCH)
73 (5) Show Me the Pink - Velocipedomania! (CHAINSAW)
74 (4) People Under the Stairs - Stepfather (BASEMENT)
75 (4) Jai-Alai Savant - Thunderstatement EP (GOLD STANDARD LABORATORIES)
76 (4) Spank Rock - Yoyoyoyo (BIG DADA/NINJA TUNE)
77 (4) Lys Guillorn - Three Songs EP (LITTLE COWGIRL)
78 (4) Starlight Mints - Drowaton (BARSUK)
79 (4) Wooden Shjips - Free Records 10" ((self-released))
80 (4) Loose Fur - Born Again in the USA (DRAG CITY)
81 (4) V/A - Roy Ayers Virgin Ubiquity Remixed (RAPSTER)
82 (4) Drive-By Truckers - A Blessing and a Curse (NEW WEST)
83 (4) V/A - See You on the Moon! (PAPER BAG)
84 (4) Some Girls - Heaven's Pregnant Teens (EPITAPH)
85 (4) Alkaholiks - "The Flute Song" EP (KOCH)
86 (4) Mudboy - This is Folk Music (LAST VISIBLE DOG)
87 (4) Sword - Age of Winters (KEMADO)
88 (3) Elf Power - Back to the Web (RYKODISC)
89 (3) I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness - Fear is On Our Side (SECRETLY 
CANADIAN)
90 (3) The Cuts - From Here On Out (BIRDMAN)
91 (3) Tom Ze - Estuando O Pagode (LUAKA BOP)
92 (3) Michael Cleveland - Let 'er Go, Boys! (ROUNDER)
93 (3) V/A - Do You Copy? (MITEK)
94 (3) Apollo Nove - Res Inexplicata Volans (ZIRIGUIBOOM/SIX DEGREES)
95 (3) Keith Fullerton Whitman - Lisbon (KRANKY)
96 (3) We March - The Madness Ends Here (NON-PROPHET)
97 (3) V/A - Develop[mental] (NATURAL HIGH)
98 (3) Andrew Hill - Time Lines (BLUE NOTE)
99 (3) V/A - London is the Place for Me 3 (HONEST JON'S)
100 (3) Assif Tsahar, Tatsuya Nakatani, KJLA String Quartet - Solitude 
(HOPSCOTCH)
101 (3) Cesaria Evora - Rogamar (BLUEBIRD/RCA)
102 (3) Pine Leaf Boys - La Musique (ARHOOLIE)
103 (3) Mudhoney - Under a Billion Suns (SUB POP)

Other records that were just added to this week's playlist but are not listed 
above:

V/A - The Soul Side of the Streets (BACCHUS/DIONYSUS)
Books on Tape - Dinosaur Dinosaur (ALIEN8)
Charalambides - A Vintage Burden (KRANKY)
Les Trolls - Culture de L'incoherence (BROKLYN BEATS)
Big Eyes Family Players - Do the Musiking (PICKLED EGG)
Collosal Yes - Acapulco Roughs (BA DA BING!)
Seekonk - Pinkwood (NORTH EAST INDIE)
V/A - Lagos All Routes (HONEST JON'S)

HipHop Chart:
1 Gnarls Barkley - Selections from St. Elsewhere EP (DOWNTOWN)
2 V/A - Big Apple Rappin' (SOUL JAZZ)
3 One Be Lo - S.O.N.O.G.R.A.M. (FAT BEATS)
4 Ghostface Killah - Fishscale (DEF JAM)
5 Cut Chemist - The Garden 12" (WARNER BROTHERS)
6 J Dilla - Donuts (STONE'S THROW)
7 Coup - Pick a Bigger Weapon (EPITAPH)
8 Talib Kweli - Fly That Knot EP (KOCH)
9 People Under the Stairs - Stepfather (BASEMENT)
10 Spank Rock - Yoyoyoyo (BIG DADA/NINJA TUNE)

Jazz Chart:
1 Glenn Kotche - Mobile (NONESUCH)
2 Julian Curwin - Tango Saloon (IPECAC)
3 Gutbucket - Sludge Test (CANTALOUPE)
4 Joe McPhee/John Snyder - Pieces of Light (ATAVISTIC)
5 Ben Goldberg Quintet - The Door, the Hat, the Chair, the Fact 
(CRYPTOGRAMOPHONE)
6 Erik Friedlander - Prowl (CRYPTOGRAMOPHONE)
7 Gravitones & Strings - Live at the BIMHUIS (FOR T)
8 Moondog - The Viking of Sixth Avenue (HONEST JON'S)
9 Chicago Underground Duo - In Praise of Shadows (THRILL JOCKEY)
10 Andrew Hill - Time Lines (BLUE NOTE)

Loud Rock Chart:
1 Wizardzz - Hidden City of Taurmond (LOAD)
2 Parts and Labor - Stay Afraid (JAGJAGUWAR)
3 Ladies - They Mean Us (TEMPORARY RESIDENCE)
4 La Peste - Better Off La Peste (BACCHUS/DIONYSUS)
5 Pearls & Brass - The Indian Tower (DRAG CITY)
6 Major Stars - Syntoptikon (IMPORTANT)
7 Ahleuchatistas - What You Will (CUNEIFORM)
8 Park Attack - Half Past Human (BA DA BING!)
9 Acid Mothers Temple & the Cosmic Inferno - Starless and Bible Black Sabbath 
(ALIEN8)
10 The Pope - Ascendo Tuum! (PACIFIC ROCK)

New World Chart:
1 Le Volume Courbe - I Killed My Best Friend (HONEST JON'S)
2 V/A - Tibetan and Bhutanese Instrumental and Folk Music, Vol. II (SUB ROSA)
3 V/A - Downbeat the Ruler: Killer Instrumentals from Studio One (HEARTBEAT)
4 Sangeeta Bandyopadhyay - Bhakti (DUNYA/FELMAY)
5 Tom Ze - Estuando O Pagode (LUAKA BOP)
6 Apollo Nove - Res Inexplicata Volans (ZIRIGUIBOOM/SIX DEGREES)
7 V/A - London is the Place for Me (HONEST JON'S)
8 Cesaria Evora - Rogamar (BLUEBIRD/RCA)
9 DJ C & Quality Diamond - "Let It Billie" 7" (SCANDAL BAG)
10 Storsveit Nix Noltes - Orkideur Hawai (BUBBLECORE)

RPM Chart:
1 Lesbians on Ecstacy - Giggles in the Dark (ALIEN8)
2 Susanne Brokesch - Emerald Stars (CHICKS ON SPEED)
3 Mountains - Sewn (APESTAARTJE)
4 DAT Politics - Wow Twist (CHICKS ON SPEED)
5 Takagi Masakatsu - Journal for People (CARPARK)
6 Burnt Friedman - Secret Rhythms 2 (NONPLACE)
7 Bird Show - Lightning Ghost (KRANKY)
8 Dabrye - "Air" 12" (GHOSTLY INTERNATIONAL)
9 About - Bongo (COCK ROCK DISCO)
10 Jimmy Edgar - Color Strip (WARP)

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