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WXDU Top 88.7

1. 17...Whatever Brains...2012 EP...self-released
2. 11...Creepy Band...The Curse of the Cloak......self-released
3. 10...The Black Twig Pickers...Whompyjawed LP + Yellow Cat b/w  You'll
Never Miss Your Mama 7"...Thrill Jockey
4. 10...U.S. Girls...GEM...Fat Cat
5. 10...Paint Fumes...Uck Life...Slovenly
6. 10...Various Artists...Cumbia Beat, Vol. 2: Tropical Sounds from Peru
1966-1983...Vampi Soul
7. 10...Menahan Street Band...The Crossing...Daptone
8. 10...Tame Impala...Lonerism...Modular
9. 10...Rodriguez...Searching for Sugarman OST...Light in the Attic/Legacy
10. 10...Flying Lotus...Until the Quiet Comes...Warp
11. 9...Sic Alps / Freakapuss...Split 7"...Drag City
12. 9...Kraus...Supreme Commander...Moniker
13. 9...Meredith Monk...Monk Mix...self-released
14. 9...Eric Lanham...The Sincere Interruption...Spectrum Spools
15. 9...Bill Wilson...Ever Changing Minstrel...Tompkins Square
16. 9...Lazy...Party City 7"...Moniker
17. 8...Weasel Walter / Mary Halvorson / Peter Evans...Mechanical
Malfunction...Thirsty Ear
18. 8...Talk Normal...Sunshine...Joyful Noise
19. 8...Chelsea Wolfe...Unknown Rooms: A Collection of Acoustic
Songs...Sargent House
20. 8...Black Marble...A Different Arrangement...Hardly Art
21. 8...Zoe Muth & The Lost High Rollers...Old Gold...Signature Sounds
22. 8...The Rippers...Better the Devil You Know...Slovenly
23. 8...Akron...Voyage of Exploration...Vampi Soul
24. 8...Thought Broadcast...Emergency Stairway...Editions Mego
25. 8...Jean-Pierre Mirouze...Le Mariage Collectif: Original Motion Picture
Soundtrack...Born Bad
26. 7...David Virelles...Continuum...Pi
27. 7...The Helio Sequence...Negotiations...Sub Pop
28. 7...Steve Moore...Light Echoes...Cuneiform
29. 7...Colossal Yes...Loosen the Lead and Spoil the Dogs...Jackpot
30. 7...Ty Segall...Twins...Drag City
31. 7...Naked Gods...No Jams...self-released
32. 7...Sic Alps...Sic Alps...Drag City
33. 6...Spires That in the Sunset Rise...Ancient Patience Wills It Again
Part II...Hairy Spider Legs
34. 6...Gospel Gossip...Atlantic Blue 7"...Guilt Ridden Pop
35. 6...Ahleuchatistas...Heads Full of Poison...Cuneiform
36. 6...AC Newman...Shut Down the Streets...Matador
37. 6...Woo / Nite Jewel...Split 7"...Drag City
38. 6...The Flute Flies...Yes Means Maybe...Potluck
39. 6...Kane Ikin...Sublunar...12k
40. 6...Metz...Metz...Sub Pop
41. 6...T0W3RS...Wyatt...DiggUp Tapes
42. 6...Various Artists...Songs for Desert Refugees...Glitterhouse
43. 6...The Mountain Goats...Transcendental Youth...Merge
44. 5...Pseudo Nippon...Colorama...Tiger Trap
45. 5...Father Finger...Father Finger...Not Not Fun
46. 5...Mark Eitzel...Don't Be A Stranger...Merge
47. 5...Woo...It's Cosy Inside...Drag City
48. 5...Scarcity of Tanks...Ohio Captives...Total Life Society
49. 5...Rent Romus' Lords of Outland...Thee Unhip...Edgetone
50. 5...Terminal Wasteband...Dial "M" for Monkey b/w Yom Kippur War
7"...Black Velvet Fuckere
51. 5...Ancient Sky...T.R.I.P.S....Loud Baby Sounds
52. 5...Mark Fell...Sentielle Objectif Actualite...Editions Mego
53. 5...Dum Dum Girls...End of Daze...Sub Pop
54. 5...New Beard...New Beard City...Shoulder Tap
55. 5...The Union Electric...Time is Gold...Rank Outsider
56. 4...Rob Mazurek Pulsar Quartet...Stellar Pulsations...Delmark
57. 4...Jason Robinson...Tiresian Symmetry...Cuneiform
58. 4...Hal Russell...NRG Ensemble...nessa
59. 4...Robust Worlds...Emotional Planet...De Stijl
60. 4...Natural Child...For the Love of the Game...Burger
61. 4...Alec K. Redfearn and the Eyesores...Sister Death...Cuneiform
62. 4...C S Yeh...Transitions...De Stijl
63. 4...Tony Caro & John...Blue Clouds...Drag City/Galactic Zoo Disk
64. 4...Jeff Carey...Interrupt-Decay...self-released
65. 4...Paul Ngozi...The Ghetto...Shadoks
66. 4...Various Artists...London's Calling...Culture Clash
67. 4...Billy Sugarfix's Carousel...Billy Sugarfix's Carousel...Pox World
Empire
68. 3...Natural Snow Buildings...Night Coercion Into the Company of
Witches...Ba Da Bing!
69. 3...Sad Horse...Purple on Purple Makes Purple...Water Wing
70. 3...Dan Friel...Valedictorian / Exoskeleton 12"...Thrill Jockey
71. 3...Mats Lindstrom...MIG...Ideologic Organ
72. 3...Mary Jane Lamond & Wendy MacIsaac...Seinn...Turtlemusik
73. 3...White Laces...Moves...Speakertree
74. 3...Touch 33...islands in-between...Touch
75. 3...Michael Bisio-Matthew Shipp Duo...Floating Ice...Relative Pitch
76. 3...The Eccentronic Research Council...1612 Underture...Bird/Finders
Keepers
77. 3...Dead Luke...God Takes LSD...Moon Glyph
78. 3...Waumiss...Subtle For Flames...Little Ramona
79. 3...Fatoumata Diawara...Fatou...Nonesuch
80. 3...Ondatrópica...Ondatrópica...Soundway
81. 3...Cult of Youth...Love Will Prevail...Sacred Bones
82. 3...Black Humor...Love God - Love One Another...Superior Viaduct
83. 2...JJ DOOM...Keys to the Kuffs...Lex
84. 2...Art Ensemble...Early Combinations...Nessa
85. 2...Elephant9 with Reine Fiske...Atlantis...Rune Grammafon
86. 2...Lorelle Meets the Obsolete...Ghost Archives 7"...Captcha
87. 2...R. Stevie Moore...Hearing Aid...Megaphone / Knock 'Em Dead
88. 2...Sujo...Kahane...Fedora Corpse Recordings
88.7. 2...Gilded...Terrane...Hidden Shoal


Jazz

1. 8…Weasel Walter / Mary Halvorson / Peter Evans…Mechanical
Malfunction…Thirsty Ear
2. 7…David Virelles…Continuum…Pi
3. 5…Rent Romus' Lords of Outland…Thee Unhip…Edgetone
4. 4…Rob Mazurek Pulsar Quartet…Stellar Pulsations…Delmark
5. 4…Jason Robinson…Tiresian Symmetry…Cuneiform
6. 4…Hal Russell…NRG Ensemble…nessa
7. 3…Michael Bisio-Matthew Shipp Duo…Floating Ice…Relative Pitch
8. 2…Art Ensemble…Early Combinations…Nessa
9. 2…William Parker Orchestra…Essence of Ellington…Centering
10. 1…Neneh Cherry & The Thing…The Cherry Thing…Smalltown Supersound


RPM

1. 10...Flying Lotus...Until the Quiet Comes...Warp
2. 9...Meredith Monk...Monk Mix...self-released
3. 9...Eric Lanham...The Sincere Interruption...Spectrum Spools
4. 8...Black Marble...A Different Arrangement...Hardly Art
5. 8...Thought Broadcast...Emergency Stairway...Editions Mego
6. 7...Steve Moore...Light Echoes...Cuneiform
7. 6...Kane Ikin...Sublunar...12k
8. 5...Mark Fell...Sentielle Objectif Actualite...Editions Mego
9. 4...Jeff Carey...Interrupt-Decay...self-released
10. 3...Mats Lindstrom...MIG...Ideologic Organ


World

1. 10...Various Artists...Cumbia Beat, Vol. 2: Tropical Sounds from Peru
1966-1983...Vampi Soul
2. 8...Jean-Pierre Mirouze...Le Mariage Collectif: Original Motion Picture
Soundtrack...Born Bad
3. 6...Various Artists...Songs for Desert Refugees...Glitterhouse
4. 4...Paul Ngozi...The Ghetto...Shadoks
5. 4...Various Artists...London's Calling...Culture Clash
6. 3...Mary Jane Lamond & Wendy MacIsaac...Seinn...Turtlemusik
7. 3...Touch 33...islands in-between...Touch
8. 3...Fatoumata Diawara...Fatou...Nonesuch
9. 3...Ondatrópica...Ondatrópica...Soundway
10. 2...Tim Maia...World Psychedelic Classic 4: Nobody Can Live Forever;
The Existential Soul of Tim Maia...Luaka Bop


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