Sorry these are a little late – here are this week’s charts and adds. The adds for Radio 200 this week are thrilling. I’ve written about Julie Doiron here before, and her new split 7″ with her other band, Calm Down It’s Monday is absolutely wonderful. Two re-imagined versions of songs from I Can Wonder What You Did With Your Day and two new ones with Fred Squire on vocals. It’s warm and soft and summery all at once, especially the Calm Down side. Request this. It is great.
New records from John Vanderslice and Conor Oberst are added as well. ‘Slice has been doing it well for a long time, and his new record (his first on Dead Oceans), Romanian Names, has some of my favorite cover art of the year.
Mika Miko and Pink Mountaintops are some newer bands in the realm of things, even though they’ve both been putting out records for some time. Like Black Mountain? Pink Mountaintops is Stephen McBean’s other band, and equally as good. A little softer, but no weaker. That is to be certain. The first song on the record is orchestral and heavy and melodic all at the same time. Psych without the ’60s Doors thing. I like it.
KZSC Radio 200:
| Rank | Artist | Recording | Label | |
| 1 | AKRON/FAMILY | Set Em Wild, Set Em Free | Dead Oceans | |
| 2 | STRANGE BOYS | And Girls Club | In The Red | |
| 3 | CRYPTACIZE | Mythomania | Asthmatic Kitty | |
| 4 | DREAMDATE | Patience | Skywriting | |
| 5 | BILL CALLAHAN | Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle | Drag City | |
| 6 | TELEKINESIS | Telekinesis | Merge | |
| 7 | CAMERA OBSCURA | My Maudlin Career | 4AD | |
| 8 | WOODS | Songs Of Shame | SHRIMPER | |
| 9 | BICYCLES | Oh No It’s Love | Fuzzy Logic | |
| 10 | BLACK LIPS | 200 Million Thousand | Vice | |
| 11 | GRANDCHILDREN | Cold Warrior | Self-Released | |
| 12 | VASELINES | Enter The Vaselines | SUB POP | |
| 13 | GREAT NORTHERN | Remind Me Where The Light Is | Eenie Meenie | |
| 14 | EAGLE AND TALON | Thracian | Self-Released | |
| 15 | FRESH AND ONLYS | The Fresh And Onlys | Castle Face | |
| 16 | HARLEM SHAKES | Technicolor Health | Gigantic | |
| 17 | HANNE HUKKELBERG | Blood From A Stone | Nettwerk | |
| 18 | BOY LEAST LIKELY TO | The Law Of The Playground | +1 | |
| 19 | CROCODILES | Summer Of Hate | Fat Possum | |
| 20 | I WAS A KING | I Was A King | Control Group | |
| 21 | EVERYDAY VISUALS | The Everyday Visuals | Self-Released | |
| 22 | STARFUCKER | Jupiter | Badman | |
| 23 | VEILS | Sun Gangs | ||
| 24 | THUNDER POWER | Love Yourself [EP] | Slumber Party | |
| 25 | POMEGRANATES | Everybody Come Outside | Lujo | |
| 26 | SPOKES | People Like People Like You | Counter | |
| 27 | ST. VINCENT | Actor | 4AD | |
| 28 | MOUTHFUL OF BEES | Mouthful Of Bees | Afternoon | |
| 29 | IMMACULATE MACHINE | High On Jackson Hill | Self-Released-Mint | |
| 30 | YONLU | A Society In Which No Tear Is Shed Is Inconceivibly Mediocre | Luaka Bop |
Radio 200 Adds:
| Rank | Artist | Recording | Label | |
| 1 | JULIE DOIRON/CALM DOWN IT’S MONDAY | Split [7-Inch] | K | |
| 2 | PINK MOUNTAINTOPS | Outside Love | Jagjaguwar | |
| 3 | JOHN VANDERSLICE | Romanian Names | Dead Oceans | |
| 4 | MIKA MIKO | We Be Xuxa | Post Present Medium | |
| 5 | CONOR OBERST AND THE MYSTIC VALLEY BAND | Outer South | Merge |
Hip-Hop Charts:
| Rank | Artist | Recording | Label | |
| 1 | SHAWN ANTHONY BAND | Beautiful Life | ||
| 2 | HEAVYWEIGHT DUB CHAMPION | Rise Of The Champion | Champion Recordings | |
| 3 | ACEYALONE | Aceyalone And The Lonely Ones | Decon | |
| 4 | MR. LIF | I Heard It Today | Bloodbot Tactical Enterprises | |
| 5 | JADAKISS | The Last Kiss | Def Jam | |
| 6 | MIC CRENSHAW | Thinking Out Loud | Focused Noise | |
| 7 | GROUCH AND ELIGH | Say G&E | Legendary | |
| 8 | CAPONE-N-NOREAGA | Channel 10 | SMC | |
| 9 | BLAQ POET | “Ain’t Nuttin Changed” [Single] | Year Round | |
| 10 | ZION I | The Takeover | Gold Dust |
Hip-Hop Adds:
| Rank | Artist | Recording | Label | |
| 1 | EASTBAYSICK | Rap Is A Joke | NEXUS | |
| 2 | SHAWN ANTHONY BAND | Beautiful Life |
Loud Rock Charts:
| Rank | Artist | Recording | Label | |
| 1 | MASTODON | Crack The Skye | Reprise | |
| 2 | HEAVEN AND HELL | The Devil You Know | Rhino | |
| 3 | PESTILENCE | Resurrection Macabre | Mascot | |
| 4 | MINISTRY | Adios… Puta Madres | 13 Planet | |
| 5 | EMPEROR | Live Inferno | Candlelight | |
| 6 | OBSCURA | Cosmogenesis | Relapse | |
| 7 | GOD DETHRONED | Passiondale | Metal Blade | |
| 8 | DAATH | The Concealers | Century Media | |
| 9 | AGORAPHOBIC NOSEBLEED | Agorapocalypse | Relapse | |
| 10 | GREAT WHITE | Rising | Shrapnel |
Loud Rock Adds:
| Rank | Artist | Recording | Label | |
| 1 | HEAVEN AND HELL | The Devil You Know | Rhino | |
| 2 | STARRING JANET LEIGH | Spectrum | Ironclad | |
| 3 | CKY | Carver City | Roadrunner | |
| 4 | JUNGLE ROT | What Horrors Await | Napalm | |
| 5 | DEVIL WEARS PRADA | With Roots Above And Branches Below | Ferret |
RPM Charts:
| Rank | Artist | Recording | Label | |
| 1 | RöYKSOPP | Junior | Astralwerks | |
| 2 | BURAKA SOM SISTEMA | Black Diamond | Fabric | |
| 3 | JUNIOR BOYS | Begone Dull Care | Domino | |
| 4 | DAN DEACON | Bromst | Carpark | |
| 5 | YEAH YEAH YEAHS | It’s Blitz | Interscope | |
| 6 | GUI BORATTO | Take My Breath Away | Kompakt | |
| 7 | TOSCA | No Hassle | K7 | |
| 8 | PET SHOP BOYS | Yes | Astralwerks | |
| 9 | BOY IN STATIC | Candy Cigarette | Fake Four | |
| 10 | NITE CLUB | My Tronic | Tape Theory |
RPM Adds:
| ank | Artist | Recording | Label | |
| 1 | DON DIABLO | Life Is A Festival | Ministry Of Sound | |
| 2 | DEASTRO | Vermiillion Plaza/Parallelogram | Ghostly International | |
| 3 | DJ VADIM | U Can’t Lurn Imaginashun | BBE | |
| 4 | REBOTINI | The Swamp Walz |
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Yo, i work with the Black Lips guys and would love to know what you think of their new single and the music video that accompanies it.
Thanks.
Also don’t forget to catch up with them on their UK tour!