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CHIRP Radio Charts

TOP 50 FOR WEEK OF 03-08-16

  1. Mavis StaplesLivin' on a High Note (ANTI-)
  2. Santigold99¢ (Atlantic)
  3. Charles BradleyChanges (Daptone)
  4. Impulsive HeartsSorry in the Summer (Beautiful Strange)
  5. Esperanza SpaldingEmily's D+Evolution (Concord)
  6. QlusterEchtzeit (Bureau B)
  7. PezbandWomen & Politics EP (Frodis)
  8. SuedeNight Thoughts (Suede Ltd.)
  9. DisappearsLow: Live in Chicago (Maple Death)
  10. Violent FemmesWe Can Do Anything (PIAS/Add It Up)
  11. Junior BoysBig Black Coat (City Slang)
  12. Jaimeo Brown TranscendenceWork Songs (Motema Music)
  13. RatboysAOID (Topshelf)
  14. PinkshinyultrablastGrandfeathered (Club AC 30)
  15. EgoBest of Chapters 9-12 (Maximum Pelt)
  16. Guerilla TossEraser Stargazer (DFA)
  17. BJ the Chicago KidIn My Mind (Motown)
  18. Eryn Allen KaneAviary: Act II EP (1552 Music)
  19. Wild NothingLife of Pause (Captured Tracks)
  20. YuckStranger Things (MAME)
  21. KINGWe are KING (KING Creative)
  22. Ra Ra RiotNeed Your Light (Barsuk)
  23. Animal CollectivePainting With (Domino)
  24. John CaleM:FANS (Domino)
  25. TEENLove Yes (Carpark)
  26. Essaie PasDemain Est Une Autre Nuit (DFA)
  27. The High LlamasHere Come the Rattling Trees (Drag City)
  28. Bonnie "Prince" BillyPond Scum (Drag City)
  29. Sunflower BeanHuman Ceremony (Fat Possum)
  30. Saul WilliamsMartyrLoserKing (FADER)
  31. Heron OblivionHeron Oblivion (Sub Pop)
  32. Wall of DeathLoveland (Innovative Leisure)
  33. The BodyNo One Deserves Happiness (Thrill Jockey)
  34. Various ArtistsStar Wars Headspace (Hollywood Records/American Recordings)
  35. Mount MoriahHow to Dance (Merge)
  36. SidestepperSupernatural Love (Real World)
  37. Cavern of Anti-MatterVoid Beats / Invocation Trex (Duophonic)
  38. RelickTwin House EP (self-released)
  39. Cave SingersBanshee (self-released)
  40. Deep Sea DiverSecrets (High Beam)
  41. Nap EyesThought Rock Fish Scale (Paradise of Bachelors)
  42. Maks The FoxFrom the Deer Forest (self-released)
  43. MothersWhen You Walk a Long Way You Are Tired (Fat Possum/Grand Jury)
  44. DEHDDEHD (Maximum Pelt)
  45. toeHear You (Topshelf)
  46. The RenderersIn the Sodium Light (Ba Da Bing)
  47. Skylar GudaszOleander (Daniel 13 Press)
  48. Doug TuttleIt Calls on Me (Trouble in Mind)
  49. Field MusicCommontime (Memphis Industries)
  50. PorchesPool (Domino)

This week's adds

  • Anderson .PaakMalibu (EMPIRE / OBE / Steel Wool / Art Club)
  • Bent ShapesWolves of Want (Slumberland)
  • Black CobraImperium Simulacra (Season of Mist)
  • Brandee YoungerWax & Wane (self-released)
  • DawnbringerXX EP (Ektro)
  • Death IndexDeath Index (Deathwish Inc.)
  • DMA'sHills End (Mom + Pop)
  • Fir Cone ChildrenThe Age of Blastbeatles EP (Blackjack Illuminist)
  • Glenn JonesFleeting (Thrill Jockey)
  • JealousyPaid for It (Moniker)
  • Kendrick Lamaruntitled unmastered. (Aftermath/Interscope)
  • La SeraMusic for Listening to Music To (Polyvinyl)
  • LanternBlack Highways and Green Garden Roads (Sophomore Lounge)
  • Lushlife + CSLSXRitualize (Western Vinyl)
  • M. WardMore Rain (Merge)
  • Massive AttackRitual Spirit EP (Melankolic)
  • Methyl EthelOh Inhuman Spectacle (4AD)
  • Miike Snowiii (Atlantic)
  • Nada SurfYou Know Who You Are (Barsuk)
  • Prince RamaXtreme Now (Carpark)
  • RangdaThe Heretic's Bargain (Drag City)
  • Rosu LupIs Anything Real (self-released)
  • SoonVol. 1 (Temple of Torturous)
  • Thao & The Get Down Stay DownA Man Alive (Ribbon)
  • the black watchHighs and Lows (Pop Culture Press)
  • WussyForever Sounds (Shake It)

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Top 50 for the week of 3/1/16

  1. Mavis StaplesLivin' on a High Note (ANTI-)
  2. Animal CollectivePainting With (Domino)
  3. BJ the Chicago KidIn My Mind (Motown)
  4. Waco BrothersGoing Down in History (Bloodshot)
  5. Wild NothingLife of Pause (Captured Tracks)
  6. John CaleM:FANS (Domino)
  7. Esperanza SpaldingEmily's D+Evolution (Concord)
  8. TEENLove Yes (Carpark)
  9. DIIVIs The Is Are (Captured Tracks)
  10. DEHDDEHD (Maximum Pelt)
  11. Essaie PasDemain Est Une Autre Nuit (DFA)
  12. Eryn Allen KaneAviary: Act II EP (1552 Music)
  13. Cave SingersBanshee (self-released)
  14. RatboysAOID (Topshelf)
  15. Skylar GudaszOleander (Daniel 13 Press)
  16. PinkshinyultrablastGrandfeathered (Club AC 30)
  17. SuedeNight Thoughts (Suede Ltd.)
  18. Bonnie "Prince" BillyPond Scum (Drag City)
  19. Saul WilliamsMartyrLoserKing (FADER)
  20. Half JapanesePerfect (Joyful Noise)
  21. Ra Ra RiotNeed Your Light (Barsuk)
  22. ChairliftMoth (Columbia)
  23. The DonkeysMidnight Palms (Easy Sound)
  24. ShearwaterJet Plane and Oxbow (Sub Pop)
  25. GazebosDie Alone (Hardly Art)
  26. Mount MoriahHow to Dance (Merge)
  27. toeHear You (Topshelf)
  28. Deep Sea DiverSecrets (High Beam)
  29. The High LlamasHere Come the Rattling Trees (Drag City)
  30. Lily & MadeleineKeep it Together (New West)
  31. WooAwaawaa (Palto Flats)
  32. The Ritz ClubThe Ritz Club EP (self-released)
  33. SavagesAdore Life (Matador)
  34. James SupercaveBetter Strange (Fairfax)
  35. Radiation CitySynesthetica (Polyvinyl)
  36. The Luxury FeverPovera EP (self-released)
  37. Snow BurialVictory in Ruin (self-released)
  38. Josephine FosterNo More Lamps in the Morning (Fire)
  39. Jackson TurnerThe Foundation EP (Tinderbox)
  40. Adan & XaviY Los Imanes (Everloving)
  41. Chuck JohnsonVelvet Arc (Trouble in Mind)
  42. SidestepperSupernatural Love (Real World)
  43. The RenderersIn the Sodium Light (Ba Da Bing)
  44. FURRFURR EP (self-released)
  45. Doug TuttleIt Calls on Me (Trouble in Mind)
  46. Field MusicCommontime (Memphis Industries)
  47. FreakwaterScheherazade (Bloodshot)
  48. Starlight GirlsFantasm (self-released)
  49. PorchesPool (Domino)
  50. Cloudland CanyonAn Arabesque (Medical)

This week's adds

  • Carter TantonJettison the Valley (Western Vinyl)
  • Charles BradleyChanges (Daptone)
  • Choir of Young BelieversGrasque (Ghostly International)
  • Daylight RobberyAccumulated Error (Residue)
  • DisappearsLow: Live in Chicago (Maple Death)
  • EgoBest of Chapters 9-12 (Maximum Pelt)
  • Glenn JonesFleeting (Thrill Jockey)
  • Guerilla TossEraser Stargazer (DFA)
  • Heron OblivionHeron Oblivion (Sub Pop)
  • Impulsive HeartsSorry in the Summer (Beautiful Strange)
  • Jaimeo Brown TranscendenceWork Songs (Motema Music)
  • Junior BoysBig Black Coat (City Slang)
  • KINGWe are KING (KING Creative)
  • LanternBlack Highways and Green Garden Roads (Sophomore Lounge)
  • Maks The FoxFrom the Deer Forest (self-released)
  • MothersWhen You Walk a Long Way You Are Tired (Fat Possum/Grand Jury)
  • Odd NosdamSisters (Leaving)
  • PezbandWomen & Politics EP (Frodis)
  • QlusterEchtzeit (Bureau B)
  • RelickTwin House EP (self-released)
  • Santigold99¢ (Atlantic)
  • SonnenzimmerGraphic Arts Future (Sonnenzimmer)
  • Sound of CeresNostalgia for Infinity (Joyful Noise)
  • The BodyNo One Deserves Happiness (Thrill Jockey)
  • Various ArtistsStar Wars Headspace (Hollywood Records/American Recordings)
  • VayaStay Rad Forever (Part 1) (self-released)
  • Violent FemmesWe Can Do Anything (PIAS/Add It Up)
  • Wall of DeathLoveland (Innovative Leisure)
  • YouthBlack Hearts/White Lights (Mint 400)
  • YuckStranger Things (MAME)

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TOP 50 FOR THE WEEK OF 02-23-16

  1. Essaie PasDemain Est Une Autre Nuit (DFA)
  2. Waco BrothersGoing Down in History (Bloodshot)
  3. Eryn Allen KaneAviary: Act II EP (1552 Music)
  4. John CaleM:FANS (Domino)
  5. Bonnie "Prince" BillyPond Scum (Drag City)
  6. Ty SegallEmotional Mugger (Drag City)
  7. FURRFURR EP (self-released)
  8. Doug TuttleIt Calls on Me (Trouble in Mind)
  9. Wild NothingLife of Pause (Captured Tracks)
  10. Saul WilliamsMartyrLoserKing (FADER)
  11. DIIVIs The Is Are (Captured Tracks)
  12. ChairliftMoth (Columbia)
  13. Radiation CitySynesthetica (Polyvinyl)
  14. The Luxury FeverPovera EP (self-released)
  15. Deep Sea DiverSecrets (High Beam)
  16. Cavern of Anti-MatterVoid Beats / Invocation Trex (Duophonic)
  17. Nap EyesThought Rock Fish Scale (Paradise of Bachelors)
  18. David BowieBlackstar (Columbia)
  19. The High LlamasHere Come the Rattling Trees (Drag City)
  20. The DonkeysMidnight Palms (Easy Sound)
  21. Field MusicCommontime (Memphis Industries)
  22. You Say PartyYou Say Party (Paper Bag)
  23. ShearwaterJet Plane and Oxbow (Sub Pop)
  24. FreakwaterScheherazade (Bloodshot)
  25. Lily & MadeleineKeep it Together (New West)
  26. Starlight GirlsFantasm (self-released)
  27. Sunflower BeanHuman Ceremony (Fat Possum)
  28. PorchesPool (Domino)
  29. WooAwaawaa (Palto Flats)
  30. Pillar PointMarble Mouth (Polyvinyl)
  31. HindsLeave Me Alone (Mom + Pop)
  32. Dan Stuart with Twin TonesMarlowe's Revenge (Fluff & Gravy)
  33. So Pittedneo (Sub Pop)
  34. Mope CityPetri-Dish (Tenth Court)
  35. The Ritz ClubThe Ritz Club EP (self-released)
  36. Marlon WilliamsMarlon Williams (Dead Oceans)
  37. Cross RecordWabi-Sabi (Ba Da Bing!)
  38. Oscillator BugZP (self-released)
  39. SavagesAdore Life (Matador)
  40. Eleanor FriedbergerNew View (Frenchkiss)
  41. TortoiseThe Catastrophist (Thrill Jockey)
  42. Cloudland CanyonAn Arabesque (Medical)
  43. James SupercaveBetter Strange (Fairfax)
  44. Florist The Birds Outside Sang (Double Double Whammy)
  45. Snow BurialVictory in Ruin (self-released)
  46. Josephine FosterNo More Lamps in the Morning (Fire)
  47. Jackson TurnerThe Foundation EP (Tinderbox)
  48. Boolean KnifeAstrid and the Killer Penguin EP (Aquariphone)
  49. NevermenNevermen (Ipecac)
  50. De StaatO (Caroline International)

This week's adds

  • Adan & XaviY Los Imanes (Everloving)
  • Animal CollectivePainting With (Domino)
  • BJ the Chicago KidIn My Mind (Motown)
  • Cave SingersBanshee (self-released)
  • Chuck JohnsonVelvet Arc (Trouble in Mind)
  • DEHDDEHD (Maximum Pelt)
  • Esperanza SpaldingEmily's D+Evolution (Concord)
  • GazebosDie Alone (Hardly Art)
  • Mavis StaplesLivin' on a High Note (ANTI-)
  • Mount MoriahHow to Dance (Merge)
  • Oranssi PazuzuVärähtelijä (20 Buck Spin)
  • PinkshinyultrablastGrandfeathered (Club AC 30)
  • Ra Ra RiotNeed Your Light (Barsuk)
  • RatboysAOID (Topshelf)
  • SidestepperSupernatural Love (Real World)
  • Skylar GudaszOleander (Daniel 13 Press)
  • SuedeNight Thoughts (Suede Ltd.)
  • TEENLove Yes (Carpark)
  • The RenderersIn the Sodium Light (Ba Da Bing)
  • toeHear You (Topshelf)

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Charts for CHIRP Radio 2/15/16

  1. FreakwaterScheherazade (Bloodshot)
  2. Saul WilliamsMartyrLoserKing (FADER)
  3. Wild NothingLife of Pause (Captured Tracks)
  4. Nap EyesThought Rock Fish Scale (Paradise of Bachelors)
  5. Ty SegallEmotional Mugger (Drag City)
  6. Starlight GirlsFantasm (self-released)
  7. DIIVIs The Is Are (Captured Tracks)
  8. ChairliftMoth (Columbia)
  9. Cavern of Anti-MatterVoid Beats / Invocation Trex (Duophonic)
  10. Marlon WilliamsMarlon Williams (Dead Oceans)
  11. Deep Sea DiverSecrets (High Beam)
  12. SavagesAdore Life (Matador)
  13. HindsLeave Me Alone (Mom + Pop)
  14. The Luxury FeverPovera EP (self-released)
  15. TortoiseThe Catastrophist (Thrill Jockey)
  16. Jackson TurnerThe Foundation EP (Tinderbox)
  17. Field MusicCommontime (Memphis Industries)
  18. Sunflower BeanHuman Ceremony (Fat Possum)
  19. Dressy BessyKingsized (Yep Roc)
  20. Josephine FosterNo More Lamps in the Morning (Fire)
  21. NakedPink Quartz (Tenth Court)
  22. Luther DickinsonBlues & Ballads (A Folksinger's Songbook) Vol. I & II (New West)
  23. Milk LinesCeramic (In The Red)
  24. The PoochesHeart Attack (Lame-O)
  25. The James Hunter SixHOLD ON! (Daptone)
  26. ShearwaterJet Plane and Oxbow (Sub Pop)
  27. Emily WellsPromise (Thesis & Instinct)
  28. Ringo DeathstarrPure Mood (Reverb Appreciation Society)
  29. Cross RecordWabi-Sabi (Ba Da Bing!)
  30. You Say PartyYou Say Party (Paper Bag)
  31. Oscillator BugZP (self-released)
  32. Boolean KnifeAstrid and the Killer Penguin EP (Aquariphone)
  33. David BowieBlackstar (Columbia)
  34. The Lavender FluHeavy Air (MEDS)
  35. NevermenNevermen (Ipecac)
  36. Half JapanesePerfect (Joyful Noise)
  37. Night BeatsWho Sold My Generation (Heavenly)
  38. Pillar PointMarble Mouth (Polyvinyl)
  39. PorchesPool (Domino)
  40. Bambi Kino DuoSee Heat (International Anthem)
  41. GladiolaThis Year's Storm (self-released)
  42. RunningWake Up Applauding (Castle Face)
  43. WooAwaawaa (Palto Flats)
  44. Gimmer NicholsonChristopher Idylls (Light in the Attic)
  45. Ilhan Ersahin's Istanbul SessionsIstanbul Underground (Nublu)
  46. Eleanor FriedbergerNew View (Frenchkiss)
  47. Cian NugentNight Fiction (Woodsist)
  48. Charlie HiltonPalana (Captured Tracks)
  49. C Joynes / Nick Jonah DavisSplit Electric (Thread Recordings)
  50. TindersticksThe Waiting Room (City Slang)

This week's adds

  • Snow BurialVictory in Ruin (self-released)
  • Bonnie "Prince" BillyPond Scum (Drag City)
  • The Ritz ClubThe Ritz Club EP (self-released)
  • Cloudland CanyonAn Arabesque (Medical)
  • Dan Stuart with Twin TonesMarlowe's Revenge (Fluff & Gravy)
  • Doug TuttleIt Calls on Me (Trouble in Mind)
  • Eryn Allen KaneAviary: Act II EP (1552 Music)
  • Essaie PasDemain Est Une Autre Nuit (DFA)
  • Florist The Birds Outside Sang (Double Double Whammy)
  • FURRFURR EP (self-released)
  • John CaleM:FANS (Domino)
  • Lily & MadeleineKeep it Together (New West)
  • Mope CityPetri-Dish (Tenth Court)
  • Radiation CitySynesthetica (Polyvinyl)
  • So Pittedneo (Sub Pop)
  • The DonkeysMidnight Palms (Easy Sound)
  • James SupercaveBetter Strange (Fairfax)
  • The Foreign ResortThe American Dream EP (Moon Sounds)
  • The High LlamasHere Come the Rattling Trees (Drag City)
  • Various ArtistsWayfaring Strangers: Cosmic American Music (Numero Group)
  • Waco BrothersGoing Down in History (Bloodshot)

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Top 50 for the Week of 02-08-2016

  1. DIIVIs The Is Are (Captured Tracks)
  2. SavagesAdore Life (Matador)
  3. ChairliftMoth (Columbia)
  4. Ty SegallEmotional Mugger (Drag City)
  5. Charlie HiltonPalana (Captured Tracks)
  6. Half JapanesePerfect (Joyful Noise)
  7. FreakwaterScheherazade (Bloodshot)
  8. TortoiseThe Catastrophist (Thrill Jockey)
  9. Cross RecordWabi-Sabi (Ba Da Bing!)
  10. NevermenNevermen (Ipecac)
  11. TindersticksThe Waiting Room (City Slang)
  12. Oscillator BugZP (self-released)
  13. HindsLeave Me Alone (Mom + Pop)
  14. Pillar PointMarble Mouth (Polyvinyl)
  15. Eleanor FriedbergerNew View (Frenchkiss)
  16. De StaatO (Caroline International)
  17. WooAwaawaa (Palto Flats)
  18. David BowieBlackstar (Columbia)
  19. Ilhan Ersahin's Istanbul SessionsIstanbul Underground (Nublu)
  20. ShearwaterJet Plane and Oxbow (Sub Pop)
  21. Dressy BessyKingsized (Yep Roc)
  22. Fat White FamilySongs For Our Mothers (Fat Possum)
  23. Boolean KnifeAstrid and the Killer Penguin EP (Aquariphone)
  24. OctagrapeAura Obelisk (Sounds Familyre)
  25. Ringo DeathstarrPure Mood (Reverb Appreciation Society)
  26. Nap EyesThought Rock Fish Scale (Paradise of Bachelors)
  27. Night BeatsWho Sold My Generation (Heavenly)
  28. Plates of CakeBecoming Double (self-released)
  29. Luther DickinsonBlues & Ballads (A Folksinger's Songbook) Vol. I & II (New West)
  30. Milk LinesCeramic (In The Red)
  31. The Lavender FluHeavy Air (MEDS)
  32. Emily WellsPromise (Thesis & Instinct)
  33. The ShrineRare Breed (Century Media)
  34. Spacin'Total Freedom (Richie)
  35. RunningWake Up Applauding (Castle Face)
  36. TV FreaksBad Luck Charms (Deranged)
  37. Leaf Peeper & Vesper ChimesGod's Country (Lungbasket)
  38. The James Hunter SixHOLD ON! (Daptone)
  39. Cian NugentNight Fiction (Woodsist)
  40. NakedPink Quartz (Tenth Court)
  41. The Bevis FrondExample 22 (Woronzow)
  42. You BeautyIllywhacka (Bedroom Suck)
  43. Skin TagsSkin Tags EP (self-released)
  44. SabbaticalSundown (Love All Day)
  45. Drawing WaterDrawing Water EP (Lauren)
  46. The Besnard LakesA Coliseum Complex Museum (Jagjaguwar)
  47. Grand BanksQB4: 1877-1896 (Oxtail Recordings)
  48. Udüsicself-titled EP (Painkiller)
  49. Julien BakerSprained Ankle (6131)
  50. Terrible TruthsTerrible Truths (Bedroom Suck)

This week's adds

  • Cavern of Anti-MatterVoid Beats / Invocation Trex (Duophonic)
  • Deep Sea DiverSecrets (High Beam)
  • Field MusicCommontime (Memphis Industries)
  • Gimmer NicholsonChristopher Idylls (Light in the Attic)
  • Josephine FosterNo More Lamps in the Morning (Fire)
  • Magic ShoppeInterstellar Car Chase (self-released)
  • PorchesPool (Domino)
  • Saul WilliamsMartyrLoserKing (FADER)
  • Sunflower BeanHuman Ceremony (Fat Possum)
  • Susanna RoseSnowbound (self-released)
  • TakénobuReversal (self-released)
  • The PoochesHeart Attack (Lame-O)
  • Wild NothingLife of Pause (Captured Tracks)
  • ZipperZipper (Permanent)
  • The Luxury FeverPovera EP (self-released)
  • You Say PartyYou Say Party (Paper Bag)
  • Starlight GirlsFantasm (self-released)
  • Jackson TurnerThe Foundation EP (Tinderbox)
  • Marlon WilliamsMarlon Williams (Dead Oceans)
  • ManateeesCroc N My Pocket (12XU)
  • GladiolaThis Year's Storm (self-released)

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