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our music programming
During much of the week our regular playlist is played, but on the weekends and at certain times during the week we have blocks of time that focus on a certain genre or set of related genres.
Top 88.7 plays on WXDU for the week ending
WXDU Charts – 16 August 2008
Top 88.7
1. 14...Steve Cropper and Felix Cavaliere...Nudge it Up a Notch...Stax
2. 14...Eddie Floyd...Eddie Loves You So...Stax
3. 12...Various Artists...Total 9...Kompakt
4. 12...Various Artists...Breaking Point: 20 Hard-Edged Beat Diamonds...Psychic Circle
5. 11...Helena Espvall & Masaki Batoh...s/t...Drag City
6. 11...Music Tapes...Music Tapes for Clouds and Tornadoes...Merge
7. 11...Billy Bragg...Mr. Love & Justice...Anti-
8. 11...Daedelus...Love To Make Music To...Ninja Tune
9. 11...Silver Jews...Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea...Drag City
10. 11...Miss Murgatroid & Petra Haden...Hearts and Daggers...File Under Music
11. 10...Mirah...The Old Days Feeling...Modern Radio
12. 10...Orlando Julius...Super Afro Soul...Vampisoul
13. 10...Brazilian Girls...New York City...Verve Forecast
14. 10...Blevin Blectum...Gular Flutter...Aagoo Records
15. 10...Yellow Swans...Deterioration...Modern Radio
16. 10...Bodies of Water...A Certain Feeling...Secretly Canadian
17. 9...AU...Verbs...AAGOO
18. 9...Joshua Marcus...Reverse the Charges...Contraphonic/High Two
19. 9...Tape...Luminarium...Hapna
20. 8...Sebastian Tellier...Sexuality...Record Makers
21. 8...Brett Ratliff...Cold Icy Mountain...June Appal Recordings
22. 7...All Your Science ...Volume One...S/R
23. 7...Lou Lou and the Guitar Fish...S/T...Birdman
24. 7...All That the Name Implies...s/t...Fallout
25. 7...Experimental Dental School...Jane Doe Loves Me...Cochon
26. 7...Martha Wainwright...I Know You're Married But I've Got Feelings Too...Zoe Records
27. 7...Wedding Present...El Rey...Manifesto
28. 7...Roger Davidson Tio...Bom Dia...Soundbrush
29. 7...Miss Leslie...Between the Whiskey and the Wine...Zero Label Records
30. 6...Futureheads...This is Not the World...Nul
31. 6...Ted Daniel Quintet...Tapestry...Porter
32. 6...Joe Chambers...New World...Porter Records
33. 6...Aviary Ghost...Memory is a Hallway...self-released
34. 6...Monsonia...Growler...S/R
35. 6...Los Guachos...Filtros...Sunnyside
36. 6...My Milky Way Arms...ep...Milky Syndication
37. 6...Random Touch...A Box and a Word...Token Boy
38. 5...Eliot Lipp...the Outside...Mush
39. 5...Maurizio Bianchi...Symphony for a Genocide...Hospital
40. 5...Martin Bisi...Sirens of the Apocalypse...Black Freighter
41. 5...Chapinlandia...Marimba Music of Guatemala...Smithsonian Folkways
42. 5...Dr. Dog...Fate...Park the Van
43. 5...Pistolera...En Este Camino...Luchadora
44. 4...Howlin Rain...Wild Life...Three Lobed
45. 4...James Jackson Toth...Waiting in Vain...Rykodisc
46. 4...Todd Sickafoose...Tiny Resistors...Cryptogrammaphone
47. 4...Negativland...Thigmotatic...Seeland
48. 4...The Avett Brothers...The Second Gleam...Ramseur
49. 4...Sonantes...Sonantes...Six Degrees
50. 4...Hercules and Love Affair...S/T...Mute
51. 4...Buika...Mi Nina Lola...Casa Limon
52. 4...Hammock...Maybe They Will Sing For Us Tomorrow...Darla
53. 4...Ry Cooder...I, Flathead...Nonesuch
54. 4...Brothers and Sisters...Fortunately...Calla Lilly
55. 4...Woodbox Gang...Drunk as Dragons...Alternative Tentacles
56. 4...Heikki Sarmanto...Counterbalance...Porter Records
57. 4...Various Artists...Ayombe! The Heart of Colombia's Musica Vallenata...Smithsonian Folkways
58. 4...Black Sun Ensemble...Across the Sea of ID...Slowburn
59. 3...John Dee Holman...You Got to Lose, You Can't Win All the Time...Music Maker
60. 3...King Khan & the Shrines...Supreme Genius of King Kahn & the Shrines...Vice
61. 3...Quiet Village...Silent Movie...!K7
62. 3...Shed...Shedding the Past...Ostgut Tontrager
63. 3...Various Artists...More Dirty Laundry: the Soul of Black Country...Trikont
64. 3...Various Artists...Moneyland...McCoury Music
65. 3...Hexlove...Knew Abloom (Life's Hood)...Holy Mountain
66. 3...Yard Work...kinnikinnik...S/R
67. 3...Chen Yi/Karen Tanaka...Invisible Curve...New World
68. 3...Yoon Sun Choi and Jacob Sacks...Imagination...Yeah-Yeah
69. 3...Poni Hoax...Images of Sigrid...Tigersushi
70. 3...Jeff Guathier Goatette...House of Return...Crytogramophone
71. 3...Gynecologists...Hoosier Psychopaths: 1981-1994...Gulcher
72. 3...Monkeywrench...Gabriel's Horn...Birdman
73. 3...Dawn Chorus...Florida St. Serenade...Fractured Discs
74. 3...Various Artists...Download, Dig It, or Die...Pravda
75. 3...Paul Evans...Aqua Noir...3MG Records
76. 3...Hypatia Lake...Angels and Demons, Space and Time...Reverb
77. 3...Savage Republic...1938...Neurot
78. 2...Odean Pope...What Went Before...Porter
79. 2...Rick Wade...The Good, the Bad and the Deep...Yore
80. 2...Fred Prellberg...Ten Pennies Make a Dime...Denmark Street
81. 2...Brendan Canning...Something for All of Us...Arts & Crafts
82. 2...Abe Vigoda...Skeleton...PPM
83. 2...Computer vs. Banjo...s/t...Diagram
84. 2...Robert Pollard...Robert pollard is Off to Business...Guided by Voices, Inc.
85. 2...Kahil El'Zabar's Ritual Trio...Ooh Live!...Katalyst
86. 2...Niyaz...Nine Heavens...Six Degrees
87. 2...Grascals...Keep on Walkin'...Rounder
88. 2...Fortress of Swatches...It's a Battle...S/R
88.7. 2...Michael Doucet...From Now On...Smithsonian Folkways
CBGF Chart
1. 9...Joshua Marcus...Reverse the Charges...Contraphonic/High Two
2. 8...Brett Ratliff...Cold Icy Mountain...June Appal Recordings
3. 7...Miss Leslie...Between the Whiskey and the Wine...Zero Label Records
4. 7...All That the Name Implies...s/t...Fallout
5. 4...Ry Cooder...I, Flathead...Nonesuch
6. 3...Various Artists...Moneyland...McCoury Music
7. 3...Paul Evans...Aqua Noir...3MG Records
8. 3...John Dee Holman...You Got to Lose, You Can't Win All the Time...Music Maker
9. 2...Grascals...Keep on Walkin'...Rounder
10. 2...Michael Doucet...From Now On...Smithsonian Folkways
Loud Rock Chart
1. 10...Yellow Swans...Deterioration...Modern Radio
2. 5...Maurizio Bianchi...Symphony for a Genocide...Hospital
3. 3...Gynecologists...Hoosier Psychopaths: 1981-1994...Gulcher
4. 3...Monkeywrench...Gabriel's Horn...Birdman
5. 3...Hexlove...Knew Abloom (Life's Hood)...Holy Mountain
6. 1...Astro Jazkamer Hair Stylistics...Motorcycle Fuck with the Ghost Rider...Archive
7. 1...Digital Leather...Sorcerer...Goner
8. 1...Endless Boogie...Focus Level...No Quarter
9. 1...Kutter...S/t 7"...Columbus Discount Records
10. 1...Melvins...Nude with Boots...Ipecac
Jazz Chart
1. 7...Roger Davidson Tio...Bom Dia...Soundbrush
2. 6...Los Guachos...Filtros...Sunnyside
3. 6...Ted Daniel Quintet...Tapestry...Porter
4. 6...Joe Chambers...New World...Porter Records
5. 4...Heikki Sarmanto...Counterbalance...Porter Records
6. 4...Todd Sickafoose...Tiny Resistors...Cryptogrammaphone
7. 3...Yoon Sun Choi and Jacob Sacks...Imagination...Yeah-Yeah
8. 3...Jeff Guathier Goatette...House of Return...Crytogramophone
9. 2...Odean Pope...What Went Before...Porter
10. 2...Eri Yamamoto...Duologue...Aum Fidelity
RPM Chart
1. 12...Various Artists...Total 9...Kompakt
2. 11...Daedelus...Love To Make Music To...Ninja Tune
3. 10...Blevin Blectum...Gular Flutter...Aagoo Records
4. 8...Sebastian Tellier...Sexuality...Record Makers
5. 5...Eliot Lipp...the Outside...Mush
6. 4...Hercules and Love Affair...S/T...Mute
7. 3...Shed...Shedding the Past...Ostgut Tontrager
8. 3...Poni Hoax...Images of Sigrid...Tigersushi
9. 3...Quiet Village...Silent Movie...!K7
10. 2...Rick Wade...The Good, the Bad and the Deep...Yore
World Chart
1. 10...Brazilian Girls...New York City...Verve Forecast
2. 10...Orlando Julius...Super Afro Soul...Vampisoul
3. 5...Chapinlandia...Marimba Music of Guatemala...Smithsonian Folkways
4. 5...Pistolera...En Este Camino...Luchadora
5. 4...Buika...Mi Nina Lola...Casa Limon
6. 4...Various Artists...Ayombe! The Heart of Colombia's Musica Vallenata...Smithsonian Folkways
7. 4...Sonantes...Sonantes...Six Degrees
8. 2...Niyaz...Nine Heavens...Six Degrees
9. 1...Justin Adams and Juldeh Camara...Soul Science...World Village
10. 1...Rosa Passos...Romance...Telarc
Top 88.7 plays on WXDU for the week ending
WXDU Charts – 13 August, 2008
Top 88.7
1. 19...Various Artists...Breaking Point: 20 Hard-Edged Beat Diamonds...Psychic Circle
2. 17...Daedelus...Love To Make Music To...Ninja Tune
3. 13...King Khan & the Shrines...Supreme Genius of King Kahn & the Shrines...Vice
4. 13...Orlando Julius...Super Afro Soul...Vampisoul
5. 12...Buika...Mi Nina Lola...Casa Limon
6. 11...Sebastian Tellier...Sexuality...Record Makers
7. 11...Bodies of Water...A Certain Feeling...Secretly Canadian
8. 10...Futureheads...This is Not the World...Nul
9. 10...Niyaz...Nine Heavens...Six Degrees
10. 10...Tape...Luminarium...Hapna
11. 9...Eliot Lipp...the Outside...Mush
12. 9...Random Touch...A Box and a Word...Token Boy
13. 9...Savage Republic...1938...Neurot
14. 8...All Your Science ...Volume One...S/R
15. 8...Various Artists...Total 9...Kompakt
16. 8...Mirah...The Old Days Feeling...Modern Radio
17. 8...Eddie Tigner...Slippin' In...Music Maker
18. 8...Chapinlandia...Marimba Music of Guatemala...Smithsonian Folkways
19. 8...Silver Jews...Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea...Drag City
20. 8...Fortress of Swatches...It's a Battle...S/R
21. 7...Eleanoora Rosenholm...Vainajan Muotokuva...Fonal
22. 7...The Avett Brothers...The Second Gleam...Ramseur
23. 7...Justin Adams and Juldeh Camara...Soul Science...World Village
24. 7...Sonantes...Sonantes...Six Degrees
25. 7...Lou Lou and the Guitar Fish...S/T...Birdman
26. 7...Cephas & Wiggins...Richmond Blues...Smithsonian Folkways
27. 7...Hexlove...Knew Abloom (Life's Hood)...Holy Mountain
28. 7...Gynecologists...Hoosier Psychopaths: 1981-1994...Gulcher
29. 7...Brothers and Sisters...Fortunately...Calla Lilly
30. 7...Dawn Chorus...Florida St. Serenade...Fractured Discs
31. 7...Pistolera...En Este Camino...Luchadora
32. 7...Wedding Present...El Rey...Manifesto
33. 7...Robert Walter...Cure All...Palmetto
34. 6...James Jackson Toth...Waiting in Vain...Rykodisc
35. 6...Jandek...The Myth of Blue Icicles...Corwood
36. 6...Hercules and Love Affair...S/T...Mute
37. 6...Byard Lancaster...Personal Testimony (Then and Now)...Porter
38. 6...Various Artists...More Dirty Laundry: the Soul of Black Country...Trikont
39. 6...Aviary Ghost...Memory is a Hallway...self-released
40. 6...Hammock...Maybe They Will Sing For Us Tomorrow...Darla
41. 6...Monkeywrench...Gabriel's Horn...Birdman
42. 6...Brett Ratliff...Cold Icy Mountain...June Appal Recordings
43. 6...Roger Davidson Tio...Bom Dia...Soundbrush
44. 6...Various Artists...Ayombe! The Heart of Colombia's Musica Vallenata...Smithsonian Folkways
45. 6...Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano...Amor, Dolor y Lagrimas...Smithsonian Folkways
46. 5...Odean Pope...What Went Before...Porter
47. 5...Andrian Iaies Trio and Michael Zisman...Vals de la 81st St and Coloumbus...Sunnyside
48. 5...Negativland...Thigmotatic...Seeland
49. 5...Made Out of Babies...The Ruiner...The End
50. 5...Shed...Shedding the Past...Ostgut Tontrager
51. 5...All That the Name Implies...s/t...Fallout
52. 5...Melvins...Nude with Boots...Ipecac
53. 5...Yard Work...kinnikinnik...S/R
54. 5...Martha Wainwright...I Know You're Married But I've Got Feelings Too...Zoe Records
55. 5...Takahiro Kido...Fleursy Music...Plop
56. 5...Woodbox Gang...Drunk as Dragons...Alternative Tentacles
57. 4...Dylan Gilbert...The Quiet Life...S/R
58. 4...Fred Prellberg...Ten Pennies Make a Dime...Denmark Street
59. 4...Brendan Canning...Something for All of Us...Arts & Crafts
60. 4...Ericka Ovette/Ruby Hayes...Sassy and Bessie A-live at the Paradise Lounge...Patuxent
61. 4...Laulu Laakson Kukista...Paavoharju...Fonal
62. 4...Joe Chambers...New World...Porter Records
63. 4...Howlin Rain...Magnificent Fiend...Birdman/American
64. 4...Ry Cooder...I, Flathead...Nonesuch
65. 4...Jeff Guathier Goatette...House of Return...Crytogramophone
66. 4...Guapo...Elixirs...Neurot
67. 4...Eri Yamamoto...Duologue...Aum Fidelity
68. 4...Hypatia Lake...Angels and Demons, Space and Time...Reverb
69. 3...John Dee Holman...You Got to Lose, You Can't Win All the Time...Music Maker
70. 3...Quiet Village...Silent Movie...!K7
71. 3...Computer vs. Banjo...s/t...Diagram
72. 3...Rosa Passos...Romance...Telarc
73. 3...Kahil El'Zabar's Ritual Trio...Ooh Live!...Katalyst
74. 3...Various Artists...Moneyland...McCoury Music
75. 3...Unholy Two...Kutter 7"...Columbus Discount Records
76. 3...Grascals...Keep on Walkin'...Rounder
77. 3...Monsonia...Growler...S/R
78. 3...Kid Creole...Going Places: The August Darnell Years 1976-1983...Strut
79. 3...Nomo...Ghost Rock...Ubiquity
80. 3...Apache...Boomtown Gems...Birdman
81. 3...Jasper TX...Black Sheep...Miasmah
82. 3...Various Artists...Asian Flashback: Underground Music from Asia...P.S.F.
83. 3...Sic Alps...A Long Way Around to a Shortcut...Animal Disguise
84. 3...High Places...03/07-09/07...Thrill Jockey
85. 2...Todd Sickafoose...Tiny Resistors...Cryptogrammaphone
86. 2...Abe Vigoda...Skeleton...PPM
87. 2...Modey Lemon...Season of Sweets...Birdman
88. 2...Giraffes? Giraffes!...More Skin with Mick-Mouth...Loves In Heat
88.7. 2...Dr. Dog...Fate...Park the Van
CBGF Chart
1. 8...Eddie Tigner...Slippin' In...Music Maker
2. 7...Cephas & Wiggins...Richmond Blues...Smithsonian Folkways
3. 6...Brett Ratliff...Cold Icy Mountain...June Appal Recordings
4. 5...All That the Name Implies...s/t...Fallout
5. 4...Ry Cooder...I, Flathead...Nonesuch
6. 3...Grascals...Keep on Walkin'...Rounder
7. 3...Various Artists...Moneyland...McCoury Music
8. 3...John Dee Holman...You Got to Lose, You Can't Win All the Time...Music Maker
9. 1...Michael Doucet...From Now On...Smithsonian Folkways
10. 1...Brown Bird...The Bottom of the Sea...Peapod Recordings
Jazz Chart
1. 7...Robert Walter...Cure All...Palmetto
2. 6...Byard Lancaster...Personal Testimony (Then and Now)...Porter
3. 6...Roger Davidson Tio...Bom Dia...Soundbrush
4. 5...Odean Pope...What Went Before...Porter
5. 5...Andrian Iaies Trio and Michael Zisman...Vals de la 81st St and Coloumbus...Sunnyside
6. 4...Ericka Ovette/Ruby Hayes...Sassy and Bessie A-live at the Paradise Lounge...Patuxent
7. 4...Jeff Guathier Goatette...House of Return...Crytogramophone
8. 4...Joe Chambers...New World...Porter Records
9. 4...Eri Yamamoto...Duologue...Aum Fidelity
10. 3...Kahil El'Zabar's Ritual Trio...Ooh Live!...Katalyst
Loud Rock Chart
1. 7...Gynecologists...Hoosier Psychopaths: 1981-1994...Gulcher
2. 5...Made Out of Babies...The Ruiner...The End
3. 5...Melvins...Nude with Boots...Ipecac
4. 4...Guapo...Elixirs...Neurot
5. 3...Unholy Two...Kutter 7"...Columbus Discount Records
6. 3...Sic Alps...A Long Way Around to a Shortcut...Animal Disguise
7. 3...Various Artists...Asian Flashback: Underground Music from Asia...P.S.F.
8. 1...Astro Jazkamer Hair Stylistics...Motorcycle Fuck with the Ghost Rider...Archive
9. 1...Digital Leather...Sorcerer...Goner
10. 1...Shit and Shine...Kuss mich, meine Liebe...Load
RPM Chart
1. 17...Daedelus...Love To Make Music To...Ninja Tune
2. 11...Sebastian Tellier...Sexuality...Record Makers
3. 9...Eliot Lipp...the Outside...Mush
4. 8...Various Artists...Total 9...Kompakt
5. 7...Eleanoora Rosenholm...Vainajan Muotokuva...Fonal
6. 6...Hercules and Love Affair...S/T...Mute
7. 5...Shed...Shedding the Past...Ostgut Tontrager
8. 5...Takahiro Kido...Fleursy Music...Plop
9. 3...Jasper TX...Black Sheep...Miasmah
10. 3...Quiet Village...Silent Movie...!K7
World Chart
1. 13...Orlando Julius...Super Afro Soul...Vampisoul
2. 12...Buika...Mi Nina Lola...Casa Limon
3. 10...Niyaz...Nine Heavens...Six Degrees
4. 8...Chapinlandia...Marimba Music of Guatemala...Smithsonian Folkways
5. 7...Sonantes...Sonantes...Six Degrees
6. 7...Pistolera...En Este Camino...Luchadora
7. 7...Justin Adams and Juldeh Camara...Soul Science...World Village
8. 6...Various Artists...Ayombe! The Heart of Colombia's Musica Vallenata...Smithsonian Folkways
9. 6...Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano...Amor, Dolor y
Lagrimas...Smithsonian Folkways
10. 3...Rosa Passos...Romance...Telarc