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Top 88.7
1.    14...Various Artists...Best of Kayden & Merben Records...Funkadelphia
2.    13...Omar Souleyman...Dabke 2020...Sublime Frequencies
3.    13...The Emperors...Karate...Funkadelphia
4.    12...Various Artists...An Outbreak of Twangin': Phantom Guitars Vol.
2...Psychic Circle
5.    12...Lee Fields & the Expressions...My World...Truth & Soul
6.    12...Various Artists...Fly Girls! - B-Boys Beware...Soul Jazz
7.    10...Various Artists...Latin Disco...Fania
8.    10...U.S....Music With Funkadelic...Westbound
9.    9...Camera Obscura...My Maudlin Career...4AD
10.    8...Balkan Beat Box...Nu Made (Remixes)...JDUB
11.    8...Bill Callahan...Sometimes I Wish We Were an Eagle...Drag City
12.    8...Liverpool...Por Favor Sucesso...Shadoks
13.    8...Los Flippers...Pronto Viviremos Un Mundo Mucho Mejor...Guerssen
14.    8...Los Straightjackets...The Further Adventures of Los
Straightjackets...Yep Roc
15.    8...Wau y los Arrrghs!!!...Viven!!!...Slovenly
16.    8...Nomo...Invisible Cities...Ubiquity
17.    7...John Santos y El Coro Folklórico  Kindembo...La Guerra
No...Machete
18.    7...Crystal Stilts...s/t...Woodsist
19.    6...Woods...Songs of Shame...Shrimper
20.    7...The Bicycles...Oh No, It's Love...Fuzzy Logic Recordings
21.    6...The Factory...Path Through the Forest...Guerszen
22.    6...The Rippers...Why Should I Care About You?...Slovenly
23.    6...King Kahn & the Shrines...What Is?!...Vice
24.    6...Veelee...Three Sides...s/r
25.    6...Americans In France...Aretzeluania...Odessa
26.    6...Corey Wilkes & Abstrakt Pulse...Cries from Tha Ghetto...Pi
27.    6...Darcy James Argue's Secret Society...Infernal Machines...New
Amsterdam
28.    6...Scott Miller...For Crying Out Loud...F.A.Y. Recordings
29.    6...Allen Toussaint...the Bright Mississippi...Nonesuch
30.    6...Wisp...The Shimmering Hour...Rephlex
31.    6...Various Artists...Compulation Volume 3...Pox World Empire
32.    6...Various Artists...Off the Wall Volumes 1& 2...Past & Present
33.    6...Sarah Borges and the Broken Singles...The Stars Are Out...Sugar
Hill
34.    5...ON Ensemble...Ume in the Middle...Turtlefield
35.    5...Pupkulies & Rebecca...Burning Boats...Normoton
36.    5...James Blackshaw...The Glass Bead Game...Young God
37.    5...Tara Jane O'Neil...A Ways Away...K
38.    5...Vampire Hands...Me & You Cherry Red/Cuz It's a Beach
Funeral...Modern Radio Record Label
39.    5...Anni Rossi...Rockwell...4AD
40.    5...Crocodiles...Summer of Hate...Fat Possum
41.    5...Various Artists...Painting the Time: New Rubble Vol. 6...Past &
Present
42.    5...Profound Sound Trio...Opus de Life...Porter
43.    5...Various Artists...Sleepwalking Through the Mekong OST...M80
44.    5...Guido Mobius...Gebirge...Karaoke Kalk
45.    5...Micachu...Jewellery...Rough Trade
46.    5...Vienna Teng...Inland Territory...Zoe
47.    5...Grappling Hook...And Those Who Would Keep Us Safe...Blastco
48.    5...Tim Easton...Porcupine...New West
49.    5...Junior Boys...Begone Dull Care...Domino
50.    4...Andy Stott...Unknown Exception...Modern Love
51.    4...Holger Zilske...Holz...Playhouse
52.    4...Mike Shannon...Memory Tree...Plus 8
53.    4...Guinea Worms...Lost and Found b/w Jeans & Heels 7"...Savage
54.    4...Savath & Savalas...La Llama...Stones Throw
55.    4...The Soundcarriers...Harmonium...Melodic
56.    4...Torngat...Le Petite Nicole...Alien8
57.    4...Free Electric State...Hawks/On&On...s/r
58.    4...David Starobin...Favorite Tracks Vol. 2...Bridge
59.    4...Trio Solisti...Café Music...Bridge
60.    4...Wayne Hancock...Viper of Melody...Bloodshot
61.    4...Fischerspooner...Entertainment...FS Studios
62.    4...Bonnie "Prince" Billy...Beware...Drag City
63.    4...Impossible Arms...Ripped In No Time...Odessa
64.    4...Rebecca Cline & Hilary Noble...Enclave Diaspora...s/r
65.    4...Greater Than One...London...Brainwashed
66.    4...Various Artists...Brainwaves 2008...Brainwashed
67.    4...American Band...Low Fiction...Hot Releases
68.    4...Black Dice...Repo...Paw Tracks
69.    4...The Veils...Sun Gangs...Rough Trade
70.    4...Mark Weinstein...Lua e Sol...Jazzhead
71.    4...Neko Case...Middle Cyclone...Anti-
72.    4...Los Fabulosos Cadillacs...La Luz del Ritmo...Nacional
73.    4...Latin Giants of Jazz...Ven Baila Conmigo...s/r
74.    4...Gui Boratto...Take My Breath Away...Kompakt
75.    3...Phillip Johnston...Page of Madness...Asynchronous
76.    3...Plastik Joy...3:03...N5MD
77.    3...Sam Sadigursky...Words Project II...New Amsterdam
78.    3...The October Trio + Brad Turner...Looks Like It's Going to
Snow...Songlines
79.    3...Aidan Baker & Thisquietarmy...A Picture of a Picture...Killer
Pimp
80.    3...Scorces...Dreamers of Decadence...Volcanic Tongue
81.    3...Clements/Abraham/Tellander...Between Stops...Resa
82.    3...Adventure...Adventure...Carpark
83.    3...Lithops...Mound Magnet Part 2...Killer Pimp
84.    3...Louderbach...Autumn...Minus
85.    3...BLK JKS...Mystery...Secretly Canadian
86.    3...Experimental Dental School...Forest Field...XDS
87.    3...Metric ...Fantasies...Metric/Last Gang
88.    3...Mojomatics...Don't Pretend That You Know Me...Ghost
88.7. 3...Mono...Hymn to the Immortal Wind...Human Highway

Jazz Chart
1.    8...Nomo...Invisible Cities...Ubiquity
2.    6...Corey Wilkes & Abstrakt Pulse...Cries from Tha Ghetto...Pi
3.    6...Darcy James Argue's Secret Society...Infernal Machines...New
Amsterdam
4.    5...Profound Sound Trio...Opus de Life...Porter
5.    4...Rebecca Cline & Hilary Noble...Enclave Diaspora...s/r
6.    4...Mark Weinstein...Lua e Sol...Jazzhead
7.    3...Sam Sadigursky...Words Project II...New Amsterdam
8.    3...The October Trio + Brad Turner...Looks Like It's Going to
Snow...Songlines
9.    3...Clements/Abraham/Tellander...Between Stops...Resa
10.   2...Tony Malaby...Paloma Recio...New World

Loud Rock Chart
1.    5...Grappling Hook...And Those Who Would Keep Us Safe...Blastco
2.    4...American Band...Low Fiction...Hot Releases
3.    3...Scorces...Dreamers of Decadence...Volcanic Tongue
4.    3...Wooden Shjips...Dos...Holy Mountain
5.    2...Violet...Violet Ray Gas and the Playback Singers...Sentient
Recognition       Archive/Zeromoon
6.    2...Religious Knives...Live at Big Jar...Archive
7.    1...Mastodon...Crack the Skye...Reprise
8.    1...Pillow Talk...Downtown Unga Wunga EP...Columbus Discount
9.    1...Child Abuse/Zs...Split 7"...Zum
10.  1...Silentist...The Tunnel 7"...Zum

RPM Chart
1. 6...Wisp...The Shimmering Hour...Rephlex
2. 5...Pupkulies & Rebecca...Burning Boats...Normoton
3. 5...Guido Mobius...Gebirge...Karaoke Kalk
4. 5...Junior Boys...Begone Dull Care...Domino
5. 4...Black Dice...Repo...Paw Tracks
6. 4...Greater Than One    London...Brainwashed
7. 4...Various Artists...Brainwaves 2008...Brainwashed
8. 4...Savath & Savalas...La Llama...Stones Throw
9. 4...Gui Boratto...Take My Breath Away...Kompakt
10. 4...Holger Zilske...Holz...Playhouse

World Chart
1.    13...Omar Souleyman...Dabke 2020...Sublime Frequencies
2.    10...Various Artists...Latin Disco...Fania
3.    8...Balkan Beat Box...Nu Made (Remixes)...JDUB
4.    8...Liverpool...Por Favor Sucesso...Shadoks
5.    7...John Santos y El Coro Folklórico  Kindembo...La Guerra
No...Machete
6.    5...ON Ensemble...Ume in the Middle...Turtlefield
7.    5...Various Artists...Sleepwalking Through the Mekong OST...M80
8.    4...Los Fabulosos Cadillacs...La Luz del Ritmo...Nacional
9.    4...Latin Giants of Jazz...Ven Baila Conmigo...s/r
10.    3...Buraka Som Sistema...Black Diamond...Fabric

Stephen Conrad and Dan Ruccia
Music Directors
WXDU 88.7 FM
Duke University
Box 90689
Durham, NC 27708
music AT wxdu.org
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