Thursday, February 23, 2012


"Sound is all our dreams of music. Noise is music’s dream of us."

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

WXYC circa 1984


28 years on, we still have Bill Burton, we still get awkward phone calls, and we still have Kate Bush featured artist programs.







WXYC: progressive radio that doesn't change.

Start 2 minutes in.


Thanks, STV

Tuesday, February 07, 2012

The DJs' Tops of 2011

First of all, big ups to Pat for organizing these year after year. At the end of the year, the DJs are asked what releases defined their year (new, reissues, comps, EPs, whatever). This year we gathered 64 reponses. These individual, numbered lists are given point values (Each DJ's #1 album gets 20 points, #2 album gets 19, #20 gets 1 point). Pat compiles them and, in a yearly Thursday Night Feature, announces the top 20 on air and plays selections from them. Although this TNF has passed, you can still see the top 20 AND the extended list *AND* take a gander at the review for the #1 right here.

If you can forgive my shoddy camera, you can click the thumbnail (hehe) for a giant pic with slightly more legible writing.


Rank
Artist – Title - Label
Points
Number of Votes
Average Pts/Vote
1
Colin Stetson – New History of Warfare Vol. 2: Judges  (CONSTELLATION)
263
17
15.47
2
Grouper - A I A: Alien Observer/Dream Loss (Self-Released/Yellow Electric)
228
16
14.25
3
Peaking Lights - 936 (Not Not Fun)
222
17
13.06
4
The Caretaker – An Empty Bliss Beyond This World  (HISTORY ALWAYS FAVOURS THE WINNERS)
167
11
15.18
5
tUnE-yArDs - W H O K I L L (4AD)
150
9
16.67
6
Kurt Vile-Smoke Rings for my Halo (Matador)
143
10
14.3
7
Ami Dang - Hukam (Ehse)
138
9
15.33
8
Mantana Roberts – Coin Coin Chapter One: Gens De Couleur Libres  (CONSTELLATION)
129
9
14.33
9
Oneotrhix Point Never - Replica (Mexican Summer/Software Records)
128
11
11.64
10
James Blake - James Blake (Atlas / Universal)
126
9
14
11
Big K.R.I.T- Return of 4eva (self-released)
98
7
14
12
Fucked Up—David Comes to Life (Matador)
96
8
12
13
John Maus – We Must Become The Pitiless Censor’s of Ourselves  (UPSET! THE RHYTHM)
93
7
13.29
14
Zomes – Earth Grid  (THRILL JOCKEY)
89
9
9.89
15
Destroyer – Kaputt  (MERGE)
88
8
11
15
Radiohead—King of Limbs (self-released)
88
7
12.57
17
Beach Boys—Smile Sessions (CAPITOL)
86
5
17.2
18
Hiss Golden Messenger – Bad Debt (Black Maps)
84
6
14
19
Gang Gang Dance—Eye Contact (4AD)
82
8
10.25
20
Jay Z/Kanye West- Watch The Throne (Def Jam/Roc-A-Fella)
80
5
16
21
Ty Segall – Goodbye Bread (Drag City)
77
6
12.83
22
Tim Hecker – Ravedeath, 1972 (Kranky)
73
6
12.17
23
Bon Iver - Bon Iver (Jagjaguwar)
70
6
11.67
24
ASAP Rocky – LiveLoveASAP  (self-released)
68
4
17
24
Alvarius B. - Baroque Primitiva (Poon Village/Abduction)
68
5
13.6
26
Shabazz Palaces – Black Up (Sub Pop)
64
5
12.8
27
Hiss Golden Messenger – Poor Moon (Paradise of Bachelors)
63
5
12.6
28
St. Vincent-Strange Mercy (4AD)
62
5
12.4
28
William Tyler – Behold the Spirit (Tompkins Square)
62
4
15.5
30
Real Estate - Days
61
4
15.25
31
Village of Spaces – Alchemy and Trust (Turned Word)
60
5
12
32
Wild Flag-s/t (Merge)
59
4
14.75
33
Beyonce - 4
58
4
14.5
33
People Like Us – Welcome Abroad  (ILLEGAL ART)
58
6
9.67
35
Colin Stetson - Those Who Didn't Run
57
4
14.25
36
Des Ark - Don't Rock The Boat, Sink the Fucker (Lovitt)
55
4
13.75
36
The Roots - Undun
55
4
13.75
38
Dan Melchior - Assemblage Blues (Siltbreeze)
52
5
10.4
39
Danny Brown - XXX (Fools Gold)
51
5
10.2
39
Whatever Brains - s/t
51
5
10.2
41
Drake—Take Care
50
3
16.67
41
Gil Scott - Heron & Jamie XX - We're New Here (Young Turks/XL)
50
4
12.5
43
Graham Lambkin - Amateur Doubles (KYE)
48
3
16
44
Panda Bear – Tomboy
47
4
11.75
45
UV Race – Homo (In the Red)
46
4
11.5
45
Metal Mountains - Golden Trees (Amish)
46
4
11.5
45
War On Drugs - Slave Ambient
46
4
11.5
48
Das Racist—Relax
44
3
14.67
48
decemberists- the king is dead
44
3
14.67
48
A Winged Victory for the Sullen - S/t
44
3
14.67
48
Tinariwen - Tassili (ANTI)
44
3
14.67
52
PJ Harvey - Let England Shake (Island)
43
4
10.75
52
africa hitech – 93 million miles (warp)
43
5
8.6
54
John Tejada - Parabolas (Kompakt)
42
4
10.5
54
Bee Mask - Canzoni Dal Laboratorio Del Silenzio Cosmico  (SPECTRUM SPOOLS)
42
4
10.5
54
Chris Watson - El Tren Fantasma (Touch)
42
3
14
54
Tim Hecker - The Piano Drop  (Kranky)
42
4
10.5
58
Jeff the Brotherhood - We are the Champions (Infinity Cat)
40
2
20
58
LV & josh idehen – routes (keysound)
40
2
20
60
Brain F/ - Sleep Rough (Sorry State/Grave Mistake)
39
3
13
61
Girls - Father, Son & Holy Ghost
38
3
12.67
61
Zomby—Dedication (4AD)
38
3
12.67
61
Big Blood and the Wicked Hex - Big Blood
38
3
12.67
64
Battles – Gloss Drop (Warp Records)
37
2
18.5
64
Glenn Jones – The Wanting (Thrill Jockey)
37
4
9.25
64
Curren$y- Covert Coup/ Weekend at Burnies
37
3
12.33
64
Six Organs of Admittance - Asleep on the Floodplain (Drag City)
37
4
9.25
64
Mi Ami - Dolphins (Thrill Jockey)
37
2
18.5
69
Lupe Fiasco- Lasers
36
2
18
70
The Magic I.D. - I'm So Awake/Sleepless I Feel
35
2
17.5
70
Akira Sakata with Jim O’Rourke & Chikamorachi – And That’s the Story of Jazz… (Family Vineyard)
35
3
11.67
70
Feeling of Love - Dissolve Me (Kill Shaman)
35
2
17.5
70
Mogwai – Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will.
35
2
17.5
70
Death Grips – Exmilitary (Third Worlds)
35
3
11.67
75
Giraffes? Giraffes! – Pink Magick (Giraffes? Giraffes!)
34
2
17
75
Unicorn Hard-On / Container - Split (Hot Releases/More)
34
4
8.5
75
Machinedrum-Room(s)
34
2
17
75
Blues Control & Laraaji - FRKWYS Vol. 8 (RVNG INTL)
34
4
8.5
75
Octa Octa - Let Me See You (100% Silk)
34
4
8.5
80
The Bats-Free All Monsters
33
2
16.5
80
Frank Fairfield – Out on the Open West (Tompkins Square)
33
2
16.5
80
Atlas Sound—Parallax
33
3
11
83
Sully - Carrier
32
2
16
83
Natural Child - 1971 (Infinity Cat)
32
2
16
83
Toro y Moi - Underneath the Pine
32
2
16
83
Phil Cook and his Feat - Hungry Mother Blues (Trekky)
32
2
16
83
Thee Oh Sees – Carrion Crawler/The Dream (In the Red)
32
3
10.67
83
Tom Waits - Bad as Me (ANTI)
32
4
8
83
Maikotron Unit- Ex- Voto (Rant)
32
2
16
90
Demdike Stare - Tryptych
31
2
15.5
90
Liquor Store - Yeah Buddy (Almost Ready)
31
3
10.33
90
kuedo – severant (planet mu)
31
2
15.5
90
Egyptrixx - Bible Eyes (Night Slugs)
31
2
15.5
90
Human Eye - They Came from the Sky (Sacred Bones)
31
3
10.33
95
Com Truise – Galactic Melt (Ghostly Int’l)
30
2
15
95
raphael saadiq – stone rollin (columbia)
30
3
10
95
Megafaun- Megafaun (Home Tapes)
30
4
7.5
98
Sean McCann - The Capital (Aguirre)
29
4
7.25
98
Ponytail - Do Whatever You Want All The Time (We Are Free)
29
2
14.5
98
Beastie Boys- Hot Sauce Committee Part Two
29
2
14.5
98
PG Six - Starry Mind (Drag City)
29
2
14.5
102
Samiyam-Sam Baker's Album
28
2
14
102
Meager Sunlight / Skeleton Warrior - Seasons Of Nudity 12" (Hot Releases / More etc)
28
2
14
102
Future Islands – On the Water
28
2
14
102
Neon Indian- Era Extrana
28
2
14
102
Mount Moriah - Mount Moriah (HOLIDAYS FOR QUINCE)
28
3
9.33
102
Washed Out - Within and Without
28
2
14
102
Dirty Beaches - Badlands
28
2
14
102
Religious Knives - Smokescreen (Sacred Bones)
28
3
9.33
110
Liturgy—Aesthethica
27
2
13.5
110
Double Negative-Hardcore Confusion vols. 1 & 2
27
2
13.5
110
Matthew Shipp Trio – The Art of the Improviser (Thirsty Ear)
27
2
13.5
110
Yuck-Yuck
27
2
13.5
110
V/A - Worth The Weight - Bristol Dubstep Classics
27
2
13.5
110
Gillian Welch - The Harrow and the Harvest (Acony)
27
3
9
110
Call Back the Giants - The Rising
27
2
13.5
110
 DJ Rashad – Just A Taste  (GHETTOPHILES)
27
3
9
118
Los Campesinos! - Hello Sadness
26
2
13
118
My Morning Jacket- Circuital
26
2
13
118
Group Doueh - Zayna Jumma (Sublime Frequencies)
26
2
13
118
Sich Mang tape (Priority Male)
26
2
13
118
The Weekend- House of Balloons/Thursday
26
2
13
118
Taku Unami / Takahiro Kawaguchi - Teatro Assente (erstwhile)
26
2
13
124
Seefeel - Seefeel (Warp)
25
3
8.33
124
Storm Queen - It Goes On 12" (Environ)
25
2
12.5
126
The Field - Looping State of Mind
24
2
12
126
Cave - Neverendless
24
2
12
126
Clams Casino-Instrumentals
24
3
8
126
V/A - Thai? Dai!
24
2
12
126
Wiz Khalifa - Rolling Papers
24
2
12
131
Skull Defekts- Peer Amid (Thrill Jockey)
23
2
11.5
131
The Mountain Goats - All Eternals Deck (Merge)
23
2
11.5
133
Kingdom - Dreama (Night Slugs)
22
2
11
133
Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
22
2
11
133
The Weeknd - Echoes of Silence (XO)
22
2
11
133
White Hills -- H-p1 (THRILL JOCKEY)
22
2
11
137
Burial - Street Halo (Hyperdub)
21
2
10.5
137
 Wale- Ambition
21
2
10.5
137
 giles corey - giles corey
21
2
10.5
137
Ital - Only For Tonight (100% Silk)
21
2
10.5
137
Deerhoof- Deerhoof vs. Evil
21
2
10.5
137
Sparkling Wide Pressure - Fragments of a Sound I Can Not Erase (Kimberly Dawn)
21
3
7
137
Wye Oak – Civilian (Merge)
21
2
10.5
137
Psychic Paramount--II
21
2
10.5
145
V/a  - AfroCubism Afrocubismo
20
1
20
145
Anna Calvi - Anna Calvi (Domino)
20
1
20
145
EMA - Past Life Martyred Saints (Souterrain Transmissions)
20
2
10
145
smoke fairies- through low light and trees
20
1
20
145
Marianne Pousseur – Only  (SUB ROSA)
20
1
20
145
Sandwell District – s/t  (SANDWELL DISTRICT)
20
2
10
145
Rustie-Glass Swords
20
1
20
145
Levon Vincent - Impressions Of A Rainstorm EP (Novel Sound)
20
1
20
145
Brain F≠ - So Dim 7-inch (GRAVE MISTAKE)
20
1
20
145
DB tha General - I Invented Gas (THIZZLER.COM)
20
1
20
145
Meg Baird- Seasons on Earth (Drag City)
20
1
20
145
Lucas Santtana – Sem Nostalgia
20
1
20
145
King Creosote & Jon Hopkins - Diamond Mine
20
1
20
145
HONEY HEADS - CANDY CROSSES (self-released)
20
1
20
145
Psychic Reality - Vibrant New Age (NOT NOT FUN)
20
1
20
145
Lou Reed & Metallica - Lulu
20
1
20
145
TV on the Radio - Nine Types of Light
20
2
10
145
Sacred Harp - Apparitions of the Kenmore Plantation
20
2
10
145
Des Ark - WXDU V.3 (Paramnesia Records)
20
1
20
145
Mikal Cronin - s/t - (Trouble in mind)
20
2
10
145
Heresy of the Free Spirit -- A Prayer For Light (INCUNABULUM)
20
1
20
145
Rene Hell – The terminal Symphony
20
1
20
145
Jam CIty – Waterworx EP
20
1
20
145
Morning Teleportation - Expanding Anyway
20
1
20
145
Kate Bush - 50 Words For Snow (ANTI/Fish People/EMI)
20
3
6.67
145
Prince Rama - Trust now (Paw Tracks)
20
1
20
145
Thee Oh Sees - castlemania
20
1
20
145
Julie Holter - “Tragedy”
20
1
20