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WXDU Top 88.7

1. 13...Real Estate...Days...Domino
2. 11...The Wigg Report...Bicycle Pop...self-released
3. 10...The Amazing...Gentle Stream...Subliminal Sounds
4. 10...The Strange Boys...Live Music...Rough Trade
5. 10...Phantogram...Nightlife...Barsuk
6. 10...Yamantaka/Sonic Titan...YT//ST...Psychic Handshake
7. 10...Ahmad Zahir...Hip 70s Afghan Beats...Guerssen
8. 9...200 Years...200 Years...Drag City
9. 9...Gospel Music...How to Get to Heaven from Jacksonville,
Florida...Kill Rock Stars
10. 9...El Rego...El Rego...Daptone
11. 9...African Head Charge...Off the Beaten Track...On-U Sound
12. 8...Mark McGuire...Get Lost...Editions Mego
13. 8...Deer Tick...Divine Providence...Partisan
14. 7...Hunters...Hands on Fire EP...self-released
15. 7...Bonnie 'Prince' Billy...Wolfroy Goes to Town...Drag City
16. 7...Hedvig Mollestad Trio...Shoot!...Rune Grammafon
17. 7...Hiss Golden Messenger...Poor Moon...Paradise of Bachelors
18. 7...Friska Viljor...The Beginning of the Beginning of the End...Crying
Bob
19. 6...Amir ElSaffar...Inana...Pi
20. 6...Azalia Snail...Celestial Respect...Silber
21. 6...bbigpigg...Phantom Photography EP...self-released
22. 6...Frank Alpine...Frank Alpine...Wierd
23. 6...The Field...Looping State of Mind...Kompakt
24. 6...Fennesz...Seven Stars...Touch
25. 6...Gum Takes Tooth...Silent Cenotaph...Tiger Trap
26. 6...Xeno & Oaklander...Sets & Lights...Wierd
27. 6...Various Artists...Turkish Freakout! 2...Bouzouki Joe
28. 5...Wizz Jones...Huldenburg Blues...Sunbeam
29. 5...Roots Manuva...4everevolution...Big Dada
30. 5...Von Freeman...Have No Fear...Nessa
31. 5...Crock...Grok...Jackpot
32. 5...Beats Antique...Elektrafone...Copeland International
33. 5...Guelewar...Halleli N'Dakarou...Teranga Beat
34. 5...Various Artists...Watch the Closing Doors: A History of New York's
Musical Melting, Vol. 1: 1945-1959...Year Zero
35. 5...Crooked Fingers...Breaks in the Armor...Merge
36. 5...Jack Ruby...Jack Ruby...ugExplode
37. 5...Holiday Shores...New Masses for Squaw Peak...TwoSyllable
38. 5...Forest Fire...Staring at the X...Fatcat
39. 5...Talking Drums...Some Day Catch Some Day Down...Innova
40. 5...Jeffrey Lewis...A Turn in the Dream-songs...Rough Trade
41. 5...Jean-Claude Vannier...Roses Rouge Sang...Finder's Keepers
42. 5...Thee Dirtybeats...Thee Dirtybeats...Blue Mold
43. 4...Dale Watson & the Texas Two...The Sun Sessions...Red House
44. 4...Dead Cat Bounce...Chance Episodes...Cuneiform
45. 4...Joe Lasqo...Turquoise Sessions...Edgetone
46. 4...The Midwest Beat...Back to Mono 7"...Eradicator
47. 4...Scott H. Biram...Bad Ingredients...Bloodshot
48. 4...Broncho...Can't Get Past the Lips...Guestroom
49. 4...Moscow Moscow Moscow...Hammer, Sickles & Girls 7"...Eradicator
50. 4...Talkdemonic...Ruins...Glacial Pace
51. 4...Static...Freedom of Noise...Karaoke Kalk
52. 4...Paul Geremia...Love My Stuff...Red House
53. 4...Kali Z. Fasteau...An Alternate Universe...Flying Note
54. 4...Weasel Walter...Ominous Telepathic Mayhem...ugExplode
55. 4...Supreme Fiction...Berliners...self-released
56. 4...Carter Tanton...Free Clouds...Western Vinyl
57. 4...Shitty/Awesome...Shitty/Awesome...Guestroom
58. 4...Brain Flannel...Sleep Rough...Sorry State
59. 4...DJ Cam...Seven...Inflamable
60. 4...Zola Jesus...Conatus...Sacred Bones
61. 4...Futur Skullz...Futur Skullz...Kemado
62. 4...Prince Rama...Trust Now...Paw Tracks
63. 4...Clap...Have You Reached Yet...Sing Sing
64. 3...Good Lovelies...Let the Rain Fall...Six Shooter
65. 3...Denman Maroney...Double Zero...Porter
66. 3...Mark Lotz & Islak Kopek...Istanbul Improv Sessions May 4th...Evil
Rabbit
67. 3...Darren Johnston's Gone to Chicago...The Big Lift...Porto Franco
68. 3...Gregory Scott Slay...Horsethief Beats/The Sound Will Find
You...Communicating Vessels
69. 3...Terra Lightfoot...Terra Lightfoot...Sonic Unyon
70. 3...Chimneys...The Antarctic...self-released
71. 3...Darius Jones Trio...Big Gurl...AUM Fidelity
72. 3...Olekranon...Abadina...Inam
73. 3...Jason McNiff...April Cruel...Fledg'ling
74. 3...Boy With a Fish...I Put My  Tongue on the Window...Left Ear Music
75. 3...Duchess Says...In a Fung Day T!...Alien8 Recordings
76. 3...The V-Roys...Sooner or Later...F.A.Y. Recordings
77. 3...Alvarius B...Baroque Primitiva...Abduction
78. 3...Stare Case...Lose Today...De Stijl
79. 3...Loren Connors...Red Mars...Family Vineyard
80. 3...Various Artists...Life is Dance!...Finder's Keepers
81. 3...Ketamines...Ketamines 7"...HoZac
82. 3...B-Lines...B-Lines 12"...Nominal
83. 3...Various Artists...Lost Souls Vol. 3...Psych of the South
84. 3...High Castle...Spirit of the West...Zum
85. 3...Question Mark...Be Nice to the People...QDK Media
86. 3...Megafaun...Megafaun...Hometapes
87. 3...The Bastages...Pissed Off at the World...Misbehaved Records
88. 3...Fungi Girls...Some Easy Magic...Hozac
88.7. 3...Various Artists...Dick's Picks 4006...self-released


Jazz

1. 7...Hedvig Mollestad Trio...Shoot!...Rune Grammafon
2. 6...Amir ElSaffar...Inana...Pi
3. 5...Von Freeman...Have No Fear...Nessa
4. 4...Dead Cat Bounce...Chance Episodes...Cuneiform
5. 4...Joe Lasqo...Turquoise Sessions...Edgetone
6. 4...Kali Z. Fasteau...An Alternate Universe...Flying Note
7. 4...Weasel Walter...Ominous Telepathic Mayhem...ugExplode
8. 3...Denman Maroney...Double Zero...Porter
9. 3...Darren Johnston's Gone to Chicago...The Big Lift...Porto Franco
10. 3...Darius Jones Trio...Big Gurl...AUM Fidelity
11. 3...Mark Lotz & Islak Kopek...Istanbul Improv Sessions May 4th...Evil
Rabbit
12. 2...Akira Sakata & Jim O'Rourke with Chikamorachi...And That's the
Story of Jazz......Family Vineyard
13. 1...Danny Fox Trio...The One Constant...Songlines
14. 1...Rudresh Mahanthappa...Samdhi...Act


Loud

1. 4...Futur Skullz...Futur Skullz...Kemado
2. 4...Brain Flannel...Sleep Rough...Sorry State
3. 3...Olekranon...Abadina...Inam
4. 2...Christian Club...Final Confession EP...Sorry State
5. 2...Sujo/Korperschwache...Split CDR...Inam
6. 2...Submissions...Submissions...Kill Shaman
7. 1...Rwake...Rest...Relapse
8. 1...Solar Temple Suicides...Invisible Mind Dust...Sleepy
9. 1...Bored to Death...Bored to Death 7"...Sorry State
10. 1...Citizens Patrol...Citizens Patrol...Sorry State


RPM

1. 8...Mark McGuire...Get Lost...Editions Mego
2. 6...Frank Alpine...Frank Alpine...Wierd
3. 6...The Field...Looping State of Mind...Kompakt
4. 6...Fennesz...Seven Stars...Touch
5. 6...Xeno & Oaklander...Sets & Lights...Wierd
6. 5...Beats Antique...Elektrafone...Copeland International
7. 4...Zola Jesus...Conatus...Sacred Bones
8. 4...Static...Freedom of Noise...Karaoke Kalk
9. 4...DJ Cam...Seven...Inflamable
10. 2...Lawrence English...The Peregrine...Experimedia


World

1. 10...Ahmad Zahir...Hip 70s Afghan Beats...Guerssen
2. 9...El Rego...El Rego...Daptone
3. 9...African Head Charge...Off the Beaten Track...On-U Sound
4. 6...Various Artists...Turkish Freakout! 2...Bouzouki Joe
5. 5...Jean-Claude Vannier...Roses Rouge Sang...Finder's Keepers
6. 5...Beats Antique...Elektrafone...Copeland International
7. 5...Guelewar...Halleli N'Dakarou...Teranga Beat
8. 5...Talking Drums...Some Day Catch Some Day Down...Innova
9. 3...Various Artists...Life is Dance!...Finder's Keepers
10. 2...Bio Ritmo...La Verdad...Electric Cowbell

Andrew Bellemer and Dave Rodriguez
Music Directors
WXDU 88.7 FM
Duke University
Box 90689
Durham, NC 27708
music AT wxdu.org
919-684-2957