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WXDU Charts for the week ending  1 February 2009

Top 88.7

1.    19...Animal Collective...Merriweather Post Pavilion...Domino
2.    16...Volcano Suns...Bright Orange Years...Merge
3.    15...Yelle...Pop-Up...Source Etc.
4.    12...Various Artists...Welcome to the Party...Jazzman
5.    12...The Oranges Band...The Oranges Band are Invisible...S/R
6.    12...North Elementary...Not for Everyone Just for You...Eskimo Kiss
7.    12...Various Artists...Messthetics #106...Hyped to Death
8.    12...Kante Manfila & Sorry Bamba...Clash Mandingue...Oriki
9.    11...Willie Nelson and Asleep at the Wheel...Willie and the
Wheel...Bismeaux Records
10.    11...Dexter Romweber & the New Romans...Night Tide...s/r
11.    11...The Gourds...Haymaker!...Yep Roc
12.    11...Modern Skirts...all of us in our night...s/r
13.    10...Various Artists...African Scream Contest: Raw & Psychedelic Afro
Sounds from Benin & Togo 70s...Analog Africa
14.    9...Amber Digby...Passion, Pride & What Might Have Been...Heart of
Texas
15.    9...Adam Payne...Organ...Holy Mountain
16.    9...Novalima...Coba Coba...Cumbancha
17.    8...Deerhunter...Weird Era Cont....Kranky
18.    8...Felix Obelix...s/t EP...self-released
19.    8...Dam Funk...Rhythm Trax Vol. IV...Stones Throw
20.    7...Circle X...Prehistories...Blue Chopsticks
21.    7...Tom Gavornik ...Flip It...Mia Mind M¨sic
22.    7...Grey Anne...Facts n Figurines...Graydot
23.    7...Little Bang Theory...Elementary...Acidsoxxx
24.    7...William Elliott Whitmore...Animals in the Dark...Anti-
25.    6...Svarte Greiner...Kappe ...Type
26.    6...Landed ...How Little Will It Take...Load
27.    6...Potpie/Krysztof...Appalachia...Backroom Revolution
28.    5...MV & EE...Total Loss Songs...Three Lobed
29.    5...Charles Spearin...The Happiness Project...Arts and Crafts
30.    5...David S. Ware...Shakti...Aum Fidelity
31.    5...Palo Alto/Kumperei...Mondocane...Acidsoxxx
32.    5...Pink Flag/The Homewreckers...Introducing Pink Flag and the
Homewreckers...s/r
33.    5...Matthew Shipp Trio...Harmonic Disorder...Thirsty Ear
34.    5...Suarasama...Fajar Di Atas Awan...Drag City
35.    5...Brian Eno & David Byrne...Everything That Happens Will Happen
Today...Todomundo
36.    5...Various Artists...4 Women No Cry Vol. 3...Monika
37.    4...Meercaz...S/T...Gulcher
38.    4...Resist Not...Just Walking Away...s/r
39.    4...Koen Holtkamp...Field Rituals...Type
40.    4...Damon Brown...Falling Forward...Infusion Time
41.    4...Awesome Color...Electric Aborigines...Ecstatic Peace
42.    4...The Rocco John Group...Devotion...Coco Productions
43.    3...Ty Segall...Ty Segall...Castle Face
44.    3...Greg Humphreys...Trunk Songs...Phrex
45.    3...Andrew D'Angelo...Skadra Degis...Skirl
46.    3...Humcrush...Rest at Worlds End...Rune Grammofon
47.    3...Eri Yamamoto...Redwoods...Aum Fidelity
48.    3...Ursula Bogner...Recordings 1969-1988...Faitiche
49.    3...Parts & Labor...Receivers...Jagjaguwar
50.    3...Parts & Labor...Receivers...Jagjaguwar
51.    3...Whatever Brains...Mt. Whatever 7"...Bull City
52.    3...Omara Portuondo...Gracias...Montuno
53.    3...Bakerton Group...El Rojo...Weathermaker
54.    3...the Anals...Commando of Love b/w Wake Up You're Dead 7"...Sweet
Rot
55.    3...Castanets...City of Refuge...Asthmatic Kitty
56.    3...Wicked Witch...Chaos: 1978-86...Em
57.    3...Human Greed...Black Hill: Midnight at the Blighted
Star...Lumberton Trading Company
58.    3...Factums...Alien Natives 12"...Siltbreeze
59.    3...Factums...Alien Natives 12"...Siltbreeze
60.    3...Marc Manning...A Skeleton, Soon and then Forever...Dragon's Eye
61.    2...Ricardo Villalobos...Vasco...Perlon
62.    2...Zaimph...the Undetermined Dyad...Volcanic Tongue
63.    2...Religious Knives...the Door...Ecstatic Peace
64.    2...Sylvain Chauveau...The Black Book of Capitalism...Type
65.    2...Samuel Claiborne...The Annunciation...Sondtrope
66.    2...Sequoya...Sleep and Dream of Fire...Subdivision 67
67.    2...Dead Luke...Running Scared 7"...Sweet Rot
68.    2...Patti Littlefield and Mark Weaver...Resonance...Plutonium
69.    2...Gipscy.cz...Reprezent...Indies Scope
70.    2...Megazilla...Please, Please, Sorry, Thank You...Australian Cattle
God
71.    2...Mary Halvorson/Jessica Pavone...On and Off...Skirl
72.    2...Andrew Bird...Noble Beast...Fat Possum
73.    2...KTL...IV...Editions Mego
74.    2...Ryan Haggerty...HP Lovecraft Radio Hour Vol. 1...Changing
Elevations
75.    2...Mahjongg...Free Groove Rider 7"...K
76.    2...the Lines...Flood Bank...Acute
77.    2...Grails...Doomsdayer's Holiday...Temporary Residence
78.    2...Billet-Deux...Deux...self-released
79.    2...Merch...Crash, Boom, Bash...s/r
80.    2...Barbara Morganstern...BM...Monika
81.    2...Senor Coconut and his Orchestra...Around the World...Nacional
82.    1...Naked Gods...Welcome Home...Djangokill Records
83.    1...Seth Josel...The Stroke that Kills...New World
84.    1...Glitterbug...Supershelter...C.Sides
85.    1...Le Weekend...Suite...s/r
86.    1...Ablaye Cissoko  and Volker Goetze...Sira...ObliqSound
87.    1...Wembley...s/t...s/r
88.    1...Gene Ess...Modes of Limited Transcendence...Simp Records
89.    1...Trentmoller...Live in Concert EP: Roskilde Festival 2007...Poker
Flat



CBGF Chart
1.    11...The Gourds...Haymaker!...Yep Roc
2.    11...Willie Nelson and Asleep at the Wheel...Willie and the
Wheel...Bismeaux Records
3.    9...Amber Digby...Passion, Pride & What Might Have Been...Heart of
Texas
4.    7...William Elliott Whitmore...Animals in the Dark...Anti-
5.    3...Greg Humphreys...Trunk Songs...Phrex


Loud Rock Chart
1.    7...Circle X...Prehistories...Blue Chopsticks
2.    6...Landed ...How Little Will It Take...Load
3.    3...Factums...Alien Natives 12"...Siltbreeze
4.    3...the Anals...Commando of Love b/w Wake Up You're Dead 7"...Sweet
Rot
5.    3...Parts & Labor...Receivers...Jagjaguwar
6.    2...KTL...IV...Editions Mego
7.    2...Grails...Doomsdayer's Holiday...Temporary Residence
8.    2...Religious Knives...the Door...Ecstatic Peace
9.    2...Megazilla...Please, Please, Sorry, Thank You...Australian Cattle
God
10.    1...Burial Hex ...Initiations...Aurora Borealis


Jazz Chart

1.    7...Tom Gavornik ...Flip It...Mia Mind M¨sic
2.    5...David S. Ware...Shakti...Aum Fidelity
3.    5...Matthew Shipp Trio...Harmonic Disorder...Thirsty Ear
4.    4...The Rocco John Group...Devotion...Coco Productions
5.    4...Damon Brown...Falling Forward...Infusion Time
6.    3...Andrew D'Angelo...Skadra Degis...Skirl
7.    3...Humcrush...Rest at Worlds End...Rune Grammofon
8.    3...Eri Yamamoto...Redwoods...Aum Fidelity
9.    2...Billet-Deux...Deux...self-released
10.    2...Mary Halvorson/Jessica Pavone...On and Off...Skirl


RPM Chart

1.    15...Yelle...Pop-Up...Source Etc.
2.    8...Dam Funk...Rhythm Trax Vol. IV...Stones Throw
3.    6...Svarte Greiner...Kappe ...Type
4.    5...Various Artists...4 Women No Cry Vol. 3...Monika
5.    4...Koen Holtkamp...Field Rituals...Type
6.    3...Factums...Alien Natives 12"...Siltbreeze
7.    3...Ursula Bogner...Recordings 1969-1988...Faitiche
8.    2...Mahjongg...Free Groove Rider 7"...K
9.    2...Ricardo Villalobos...Vasco...Perlon
10.    2...Barbara Morganstern...BM...Monika


World Chart

1.    12...Various Artists...Welcome to the Party...Jazzman
2.    12...Kante Manfila & Sorry Bamba...Clash Mandingue...Oriki
3.    10...Various Artists...African Scream Contest: Raw & Psychedelic Afro
Sounds from Benin & Togo 70s...Analog Africa
4.    9...Novalima...Coba Coba...Cumbancha
5.    5...Suarasama...Fajar Di Atas Awan...Drag City
6.    3...Omara Portuondo...Gracias...Montuno
7.    2...Senor Coconut and his Orchestra...Around the World...Nacional
8.    2...Gipsy.cz...Reprezent...Indies Scope
9.    1...Ablaye Cissoko  and Volker Goetze...Sira...ObliqSound
10.    1...Fula Flute...Mansa America...Completely Nuts Records




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