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1 Biffy Clyro 103
2 Tyler, the Creator 66
3 Wugazi 52
4 The Fruit Tree Foundation 42
5 COLD 30
6 Rodrigo Y Gabriela 23
6 iwrestledabearonce 23
8 Conquering Animal Sound 18
9 The Twilight Sad 14
10 The Flaming Lips with Lightning Bolt 12
11 Deftones 11
12 Peach 10
12 The Unwinding Hours 10
14 mclusky 9
14 Sons and Daughters 9
16 Machine Head 7
16 Russian Circles 7
18 Saul Williams 6
18 Tool 6
18 Refused 6

1 Tall Ships 46
2 GZA/Genius 13
3 Swans 12
3 The Joy Formidable 12
3 Memory Tapes 12
6 Dirty Three 9
6 Flipper 9
6 Harvey Milk 9
6 Beach House 9
10 OFWGKTA 8

1. Had the EPs on very heavy rotation this week. Books and Plate Tectonics are both amazing, getting very excited about the album and seeing them again at Bestival.

3a) and 6d). IBYM hangovers. Probably my two favourite performances of the day.

3b). Never listened before, checked out the new album on the basis of its pretty cover. Very impressed.

1. The Horrors 11
2. Belle & Sebastian 10
2. Wild Beasts 10
2. The Antlers 10
2. Dinosaur Pile Up 10
6. Slow Club 8
7. Pulp 7
7. TV On the Radio 7
7. Dananananaykroyd 7
10. Bon Iver 6

1 Joanna Newsom 62
2 F***ucked Up 25
3 David Bowie 24
3 Battles 24
5 Pikacyu*Makoto 19
6 Bob Dylan 17
6 Macha & Bedhead 17
8 Dam-Funk 16
8 Thee Oh Sees 16
10 Pavement 14

1 Battles 47
2 Fleet Foxes 26
3 Beastie Boys 13
4 Okkervil River 11
5 Low 10
5 Les Savy Fav 10
5 The Pains of Being Pure at Heart 10
8 Wild Beasts 4
9 Blind Willie Johnson 1
9 Charlotte Gainsbourg 1
9 The Victorian English Gentlemens Club 1
9 Marvins Revolt 1
9 Maps & Atlases 1
9 le galaxie 1

1 - So much Gloss Drop.
5a, 5c - These are pretty overrated, guys. I don't really get the DiS fuss around either.
5b - Obviously much better than both 5a and 5c.

TOTW - Has to be more Battles. I'll go for Futura this week: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grnTfmBR3FY

1 Coachwhips 56
3 Lungfish 7
4 Cows 6
4 Thee Oh Sees 6
6 Publicist 4
7 Lightning Bolt 3
7 Black Sabbath 3
7 Flower-Corsano Duo 3
7 Benjamen Walker and WFMU 3
12 OXES 2
12 Oneida 2
12 The Meters 2
12 The Best Show On WFMU 2

Mostly unscrobbled this week. Playing the new Yeti Magazine cd and newish Hype Williams 12" and Lexie Mountain and Urinals. Not enough disco this week.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLy_hg_S8pg also this! The Unit Ama who were sort of like a free rock/dischord band from Newcastle. This is about as free jazzy as they get. And the video is nice.

1 kurt vile 41
2 wugazi 21
3 deftones 19
4 johnny cash 13
5 death grips 13
6 let's wrestle 12
7 wiccans 12
8 dungen 11
9 mariachi el bronx 11
10 like rats 10
11 1349 8
12 the highwaymen 7
13 black monolith 7
14 miles davis 6
15 hot snakes 6

black monolith's demo is good

1 Pavement 32
2 Kendrick Lamar 22
3 Zomby 19
4 Reatards 17
5 Action Bronson 15
6 G-Side 14
7 Chad VanGaalen 13
7 Grouper 13
7 Deafheaven 13
10 Silver Jews 12
10 Sic Alps 12
12 Stephen Malkmus 11
12 Toro y Moi 11
12 Kurt Vile 11
12 Abolition 11

1. mainly that live record store day release from a few years ago.
3. still not sure what to think of dedication. definitely some great songs on it though.
10b. decided i don't realy like these guys.
12d. new metallic hardcore type stuff on holy roar. really good.

1 Guided by Voices 37
2 Aphex Twin 9
2 Unknown Mortal Orchestra 9
4 The Besnard Lakes 6
5 Devo 5
5 Snowman 5
5 John Maus 5
5 Probandi Benedittini di San Giovanni in Parma 5
9 Low 4
9 Austra 4

01.Gkfoes Vjgoaf - 32
02. Sad Souls - 29
03. Hateful Abandon - 27
04. Washed Out - 24
05. Low - 21
06. Monsters Build Mean Robots - 19
06. Blackbird Blackbird - 19
08. The Caretaker - 15
08. Peaking Lights - 15
10. Honeydrum - 14

1 – new album from Sean Conrad. Heavy influence from Water this time round in the deeply transfixing hallucinogenic trance.

2 – a couple of free d/l albums of folky drone – laptop & loops. Has a lovely cover of Nico's These days on it: www.sadsouls.bandcamp.com

3 – Just one of the best bands around the UK at the moment. |Totally ditched the BlackMetal – almost all metal – for new album Move. Lots of 80s influence and very aggressive. Sounds like the Horrors if the discovered Swans, meant in the absolute greatest way possible,

6 – New album out to pre-order now. I've been waiting for this for about 5 years or something! Fantastic post-rock band from Chichester, sounding like Sigur Ros and arcade Fire on this new one. Good.

8b – I've also been greatly enjoying Facepalm – solo project of Aaron Coynes. Alien synth psych, just as dubby as Peaking Lights but leans even harder on the dancefloor groove

10 – Great occulty cold-wave guitar band just released a new ep on AMDISCS.

#firstworldproblems

1 Keyboard Kid 33
2 R.E.M. 27
3 Destroyer 23
4 Araabmuzik 22
5 Shabazz Palaces 20
6 Drake 19
7 Shady Blaze 17
8 Mos Def 16
8 Why? 16
10 Smoke DZA 15
10 Real Estate 15
10 Coma Cinema 15
13 Guided by Voices 14
13 Lil' Wayne 14
15 Deerhunter 13

1 - "Based" producer; his "Munchies" mixtape is of the 30-plus-short-loops-all-together style (obligatory Dilla reference)
4 - Has there been any talk about this on here? It got a BNM from Pitchfork a few weeks back. Anyhow, it's basically a guy best known for making beats for Cam'ron/Dipset remixing a bunch of super-cheesy trance tunes, although that remixing often involves very little work. It doesn't work as a hip-hop record on any level but I'm not even sure it works as a dance record. It's strangely both very commercial and a complete oddity.
13a - Basically just "Game of Pricks" on a loop.

Deerhunter 12
Pete and the Pirates 11
The Antlers 11
Camera Obscura 10
Three Trapped Tigers 8
Destroyer 7
The Psychic Paramount 7
Drive-By Truckers 5
Do Make Say Think 3
Real Estate 3

Really like that Strokes cover album. Not all of them work but the ones that do are pleasingly familiar but with a fresh spin.

1 Årabrot 28
2 The Skull Defekts 23
3 Coil 22
4 Swans 20
5 Melvins 19
6 Drudkh 16
7 PJ Harvey 15
8 Einstürzende Neubauten 14
9 Gnaw Their Tongues 13
10 Popol Vuh 11
10 Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou 11
10 Trembling Bells 11
10 Demdike Stare 11

1. Pretty excited for the new record. If it's even half as good as 'Revenge' or just has one song as good as 'I Rove' than it will probably be one of my favourite albums this year.

2. More excellent Scandinavian noise-rock. Their drone stuff is quite good, though I think I prefer their more rock leaning incarnation.

10c. Gave 'The Constant Pageant' a coule of listens after the thread here and a friend recommending (plus being a fan of Alex Neilson's drumming in Current 93). It's pretty good, they've got an interesting sound. 'Otley Rock Oracle' is a terrific track.

Where the fuck is cowcow?

1. Boards Of Canada - 54
2. tUnE-yArDs - 10
3. Growing - 8
4. Barrington Levy - 2
5. Pharoah Sanders - 1
6. A Place To Bury Strangers

Boards Of Canada are really fucking great

2. Twin Shadow - 42
3. Male Bonding - 29
4. Pixies - 27
5. Built to Spill - 22
6. Ty Segall - 21
7. Sufjan Stevens - 18
8. How to dress Well - 15
9. The Morning Benders - 12
10. Com Truise - 12
11. Ugly Casanova - 10
12. Shabazz Palaces - 10
13. Neutral Milk Hotel - 9
14. The National - 9
15. Modest Mouse - 8

1 Electric Wizard 37
2 EmptySet 28
3 The Velvet Underground 23
4 José James 19
5 Steely Dan 17
6 Andy Stott 14
7 Hella 11
8 Keith Fullerton Whitman 10
8 Slo Burn 10
10 Rahsaan Roland Kirk 9
10 Impossible Ark Records 9
12 Mainliner 8
13 Margaret Dygas 7
13 Mammatus 7
15 Bruno Pronsato 6
15 Geoff Mullen 6

yeh

1 The Smoking Hearts 44
2 The Rodeo Idiot Engine 24
3 The Wonder Years 15
4 Hot Snakes 13
5 Magpyes 8
6 Japandroids 7
7 Limp Bizkit 6
7 Set Your Goals 6
9 colonel blast 5
10 diascorium 4
10 Cold Cave 4
10 Wormrot 4

2 - French mathcore bonkers. IT'S FREE AS WELL GET IT http://throatruinerrecords.bandcamp.com/album/fools-will-crush-the-crown
3 - awesome pop-punk I <3 The Wonder Years. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97zDq9gl9hc
4 - GAR WOOD
5 - grindcore/powerviolence chaos