Happy Friday everybody! Here are our top albums for the week just past:

1 CHEERS ELEPHANT Like Wind Blows Fire Self-Released
2 DR. DOG Be The Void Anti
3 DIRTY GHOSTS Metal Moon Last Gang
4 ESCORT Escort Escort
5 FRANKIE ROSE Interstellar Slumberland
6 GOLDFRAPP The Singles EMI
7 GRIMES Visions 4AD
8 LEE RANALDO Between The Times And The Tides Matador
9 MANY ARMS Many Arms Tzadik
10 PONTIAK Echo Ono Thrill Jockey
11 TENNIS Young And Old Fat Possum
12 TRUST TRST Arts And Crafts
13 WHITE HILLS Frying On This Rock Thrill Jockey
14 BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB A Different Kind Of Fix A&M-Octone
15 ERRORS Have Some Faith In Magic Rock Action
16 FEEDTIME Today Is Friday
17 FUNGI GIRLS Some Easy Magic Hozac
18 JAY FARRAR & BEN GIBBARD One Fast Move Atlantic
19 K.S. CHITHRA K.S. Chithra Audiotracs
20 PALOMAR Sense And Antisense Self-Released
21 RADAR EYES Radar Eyes Hozac
22 RHYTON Rhyton Thrill Jockey
23 SCHOOL OF SEVEN BELLS  Ghostory Vagrant
24 BRIXTON RIOT Palace Amusements Modern Hymnal
25 WOODEN OWLS Through the Looking Glass s/r
26 TIM FOLJHAN Songs for an Age of Extinction Kiam
27 VIVA VOCE The Future Will Destroy You Vanguard
28 WOWSER BOWSER Wowser Bowser
29 YANN TIERSEN Skyline Anti
30 YOUNG MAGIC Melt Carpark

Hello, listeners! Hope you are enjoying this lovely weekend, and what better way to do so than with one of WPRB’s top albums of the week:

1 GRIMES Visions 4AD
2 SCHOOL OF SEVEN BELLS  Ghostory Vagrant
3 ESCORT Escort Escort
4 TRUST TRST Arts And Crafts
5 AIR Le Voyage Dans La Lune EMI
6 ALFREDO RODRIGUEZ Sounds Of Space QWEST
7 BRAD MEHLDAU TRIO Ode Nonesuch
8 CHEERS ELEPHANT Like Wind Blows Fire Self-Released
9 COMET GAIN Howl Of The Lonely Crowd What’s Your Rupture
10 DR. DOG Be The Void Anti
11 G. GREEN 45 12XU
12 GREG HARRIS VIBE QUINTET  Glass Gold
13 KATE MCGARRY Girl Talk Palmetto
14 MANY ARMS Many Arms Tzadik
15 NADA SURF The Stars Are Indifferent To Astronomy Barsuk
16 PRINCE RAMA Trust Now Carpark
17 SIC Thought Noises Dark Entries
18 SNARKY PUPPY Ground Up
19 TENNIS Young And Old Fat Possum
20 ANDY KUNCL Musik/Dance/Love Self-Released
21 BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB A Different Kind Of Fix A&M-Octone
22 DIRTY GHOSTS Metal Moon Last Gang
23 GOLDFRAPP The Singles EMI
24 GONJASUFI MU.ZZ.LE Warp
25 JASON URICK I Love You Thrill Jockey
26 MIND SPIDERS Meltdown Dirtnap
27 PALOMAR Sense And Antisense Self-Released
28 KILLS The Last Goodbye Domino
29 WIRE The Black Session Pink Flag
30 YOUNG MAGIC Melt Carpark

The weather’s lovely, spring’s here for the week (and hopefully things are nice wherever you live, dear reader), so listen to these outdoors ASAP.

1 Bombay Bicycle Club / A Different Kind of Fix / A&M/Octone
2 Porcelain Raft / Strange Weekend / Secretly Canadian
3 Brief Candles / Fractured Days / Guilt Ridden Pop
4 Burial / Kindred EP / Hyperdub
5 Comet Gain / Howl of the Lonely Crowd / Fortuna Pop!
6 Cursive / I Am Gemini / Saddle Creek
7 David Lynch / Crazy Clown Time / PIAS America
8 Dr Dog / Be The Void / Anti-
9 frankie rose / interstellar / slumberland
10 Gary Clark Jr. / The Bright Lights EP / WB
11 Heartless Bastards / Arrow / Partisan
12 Imperial Teen / Feel The Sound / Merge
13 Nada Surf / The Stars Are Indifferent To Astronomy / Barsuk
14 Tycho / Dive / Ghostly International
15 Zomby / Nothing EP / 4AD
16 A Place to Bury Strangers / Onwards to the Wall / Dead Oceans
17 bare wires / cheap perfume / southpaw
18 big deal / lights out / mute
19 Cloud Control / Bliss Release / Ivy League
20 Cuppa Joe / Tunnel Trees / Dromedary
21 Damien Jurado / Maraqopa / Secretly Canadian
22 Goldfrapp / The Singles / Mute
23 Gregory Scott Slay / Horsethief Beats/The Sound Will Find You / Horsethief
24 The American Revolution / Buddha / Electrostorm Fire
25 The Submarines / Shoelaces EP / Nettwerk
26 The Walkabouts / My Diviner 7″ / Fin
27 Time For Three / 3 Fervent Travelers / Self-released
28 Tom Wetmore / The Desired Effect / Crosstown Records
29 We Were Promised Jetpacks / In The Pit Of The Stomach / Fat Cat
30 Young Magic / Melt / Carpark

The weekend is almost upon us! Kick back, relax and enjoy some of our top albums from the past week:

 

1 MOGWAI Earth Division Sub Pop
2 BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB A Different Kind Of Fix A&M-Octone
3 BRIEF CANDLES Fractured Days Guilt Ridden Pop
4 CATE LE BON  Cyrk The Control Group
5 FIRST AID KIT The Lion’s Roar Wichita
6 HEARTLESS BASTARDS Arrow Partisan
7 JASON URICK I Love You Thrill Jockey
8 NEON INDIAN Era Extrana Mom And Pop
9 SHARON VAN ETTEN  Tramp Jagjaguwar
10 SIGUR ROS Inni XL
11 KOOKS Junk Of The Heart Astralwerks
12 SUBMARINES Shoelaces  Nettwerk
13 TWILIGHT SAD No One Can Ever Know FatCat
14 TYCHO Dive Ghostly
15 VITA NOCTIS Against The Rule Dark Entries
16 A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS Onwards To The Wall Dead Oceans
17 BIG DEAL Lights Out Mute
18 BLACK BANANAS Rad Times Xpress IV Drag City
19 BLASTED CANYONS Blasted Canyons Castleface
20 BRITE FUTURES Dark Past Turnout
21 BURIAL Kindred  Hyperdub
22 CUPPA JOE Tunnel Trees Dromedary
23 IMPERIAL TEEN Feel The Sound Merge
24 LIASONS DANGEREUSES Los Ninos Del Parque Hit Thing
25 MALCOLM MOONEY AND THE TENTH PLANET InCANtations Milvia Son
26 SCHOOL OF SEVEN BELLS  Ghostory Vagrant
27 SKI LODGE Ski Lodge  Dovecote
28 LIVING KILLS Faceless Angels Past/Futures
29 THEE OH SEES Carrion Crawler/The Dream  In The Red
30 ALIAS Fever Dream Anticon

Hello, everybody! Why not celebrate this fine Tuesday by enjoying one of the top albums played on WPRB over the last week?

1 AM Future Sons And Daughters Filter U.S.

2 DIRTY PROJECTORS AND BJORK Mount Wittenberg Orca Domino

3 FRUSTRATIONS Negative Reflections X!

4 CROOKED FINGERS Breaks In The Armor Merge

5 FIRST AID KIT The Lion’s Roar Wichita

6 GARY CLARK JR. Bright Lights Warner Bros.

7 KASABIAN Velociraptor! RCA

8 LIASONS DANGEREUSES Los Ninos del Parque 12″ Hit Thing

9 MIKAL CRONIN Tide [7-inch] Goner

10 NADA SURF The Stars Are Indifferent To Astronomy Barsuk

11 NEON INDIAN Era Extrana Mom And Pop

12 PALLERS The Sea Of Memories Labrador

13 PTERODACTYL Spills Out Brah

14 RELEASE THE SUNBIRD Come Back To Us Brushfire

15 SEA LIONS Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sea Lions But Were Afraid To Ask Slumberland

16 SIGUR ROS Inni XL

17 ETTES Wicked Will Krian

18 KOOKS Junk Of The Heart Astralwerks

19 3:33 Live From The Grove Parallel Thought

20 ACID BABY JESUS Acid Baby Jesus LP Slovenly

21 BALACLAVAS Snake People

22 BIG DEAL Lights Out Mute

23 BJORK Biophilia Nonesuch

24 BRIEF CANDLES Fractured Days Guilt Ridden Pop

25 BURIAL Kindred Hyperdub

26 CAROLEE EP 1 12XU

27 CATE LE BON Cyrkle Hits Control Group

28 CLOUD NOTHINGS Attack On Memory Carpark

29 HOSPITALITY Hospitality Merge

30 IMPERIAL TEEN Feel The Sound Merge

 

Happy Friday, everybody! Take a listen to the top thirty albums at WPRB this week.

1 CATE LE BON – Cyrk (The Control Group)
2 CLAUDIA QUINTET – What Is the Beautiful? (Cuneiform)
3 HUMAN SWITCHBOARD – Who’s Landing In My Hangar? (Bar/None)
4 IMPERIAL TEEN – Feel (The Sound Merge)
5 JOEL FORESTER AND PHILLIP JOHNSON  - Live At The Hillside Club
6 JOSH LEVINSON – Chauncey Street (Jlevrecords)
7 KASABIAN – Velociraptor! (RCA)
8 MOGWAI – Earth Division (Sub Pop)
9 PORCELAIN RAFT – Strange Weekend (Secretly Canadian)
10 RUSSIAN CIRCLES – Empros (Sargent House)
11 THEE OH SEES – Carrion Crawler/The Dream (In The Red)
12 TUNE-YARDS – Gangsta (single) (4AD)
13 ZOMBY – Nothing (4AD)
14 BJORK – Biophilia (Nonesuch)
15 DIRTY PROJECTORS AND BJORK – Mount Wittenberg Orca (Domino)
16 APPARAT – The Devil’s Walk (Mute)
17 BIG DEAL – Lights Out (Mute)
18 CROOKED FINGERS – Breaks In The Armor (Merge)
19 FEIST – Metals (Interscope)
20 FLYING PARTICLES  - Totems (Sonic Utensil)
21 VARIOUS ARTISTS  - Grass Roots Record Co.: Family Album (Grass Roots Record Co.)
22 MIKAL CRONIN – s/t (trouble in mind)
23 NATHAN SALSBURG – Affirmed (No Quarter)
24 PTERODACTYL – Spills Out (Brah)
25 SEA LIONS – Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sea Lions But Were Afraid To Ask (Slumberland)
26 SIGUR ROS – Inni (XL)
27 SPOKES – Not So Fast (Strudelmedia)
28 SYSTEM LILLIPUT – Harpa
29 WRONG WORDS – The Wrong Words (trouble in mind)
30 WILD FLAG – Wild Flag (Merge)

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Now, without further ado, we present the WPRB Top 30:

1 GORILLAZ Plastic Beach Virgin
2 APPLES IN STEREO Travellers In Space And Time Yep Roc
3 JONSI Go XL
4 HOME BLITZ Perpetual Night 7-inch
5 SHARON JONES AND THE DAP KINGS I Learned The Hard Way Daptone
6 BONOBO Black Sands Ninja Tune
7 TALLEST MAN ON EARTH The Wild Hunt Dead Oceans
8 CARIBOU Swim Merge
9 SERENA-MANEESH Abyss in B Minor
10 LOS CAMPESINOS! Romance Is Boring Arts And Crafts
11 RUBY SUNS Fight Softly SUB POP
12 FREE ENERGY Stuck On Nothing DFA-Astralwerks
13 MI AMI Steal Your Face Thrill Jockey
14 DUM DUM GIRLS I Will Be Sub Pop
15 BROKEN BELLS Broken Bells Columbia
16 WHITE STRIPES Under Great White Northern Lights Warner Bros.
17 BILLY GREEN Stone finders keepers
18 SHE AND HIM Volume Two Merge
19 JEFF THE BROTHERHOOD Heavy Days Infinity Cat
20 LOVE IS ALL Thousand and Ten Injuries
21 DR. DOG Shame, Shame Anti
22 TITUS ANDRONICUS The Monitor XL
23 VARIOUS ARTISTS Nigeria Afrobeat Special: New Explosive Soundway
24 FRIGHTENED RABBIT The Winter Of Mixed Drinks Fat Cat
25 BURAKA SOM SISTEMA Black Diamond Fabric
26 ENT Welcome Stranger N5MD
27 BLACK TAMBOURINE Black Tambourine Slumberland
28 LIGHTSPEED CHAMPION Life is Sweet! Nice to Meet You!
29 GIL SCOTT-HERON I’m New Here XL
30 JACK ROSE Luck In The Valley Thrill Jockey