WKNC RPM charts 6/7

Here are the top ten albums in Afterhours.

 

 

Rank	Artist	Recording	Label
1	Friendly Fires	Pala	XL
2	Austra	Feel It Break	Domino
3	Toro y Moi	Underneath the Pine	CarPark Records
4	Gold Panda	Companion	Ghostly International
5	Bibio	Mind Bokeh	Warp Records
6	Borgore	Delicious EP	White Label Nation
7	Moby	Destoyed	Mute
8	Blue Sky Black Death	Noir	Fake Four Inc.
9	Daft Punk	TRON: Legacy RECONFIGURED	White Label Nation
10	Gorillaz	The Fall	Virgin

DJ Ones' Five Music Facts from the past music week

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YN1f1pZqErU&feature=player_embedded

1. At SXSW Jack White unveiled his newest idea, the rolling record store. The record store on wheels, which sells Third Man Record albums, t-shirts, and other paraphernalia. (via Third Man Records)

2. Damon Albarn of Blur and Gorillaz fame, is set to star in a musical that he himself wrote. The play will be performed in London and will be based around a 16th century spy, John Dee. (via BBC)

3. It has been confirmed that there will be a collaboration between Radiohead frontman, Thome Yorke, and Doom. Not much else is currently available about their upcoming project. (via Pitchfork)

4. The Mountain Goats are doing their part to help raise money for Japan following the tsunamis. The band, which is currently auctioning a one track demo on ebay. All proceeds go towards helping Doctors Without Boarders. (via Pitchfork)

5. TV on the Radio have announced that bassist and keyboardist Gerard Smith has been diagnosed with lung cancer and is currently undergoing treatment. (via TV on the Radio)

DJ Ones' Five Music Facts from the past week

1. After a bit of hysteria last week, it has since been confirmed that Gorillaz will not be breaking up. Representatives of the act have come out saying, "Despite rumours to the contrary, Gorillaz are alive and well and misbehaving in London W10." (via Clash Music)

2. Danger Mouse and Jack White are set to work on a collaboration together called Rome. The work, which features Danger Mouse and a variety of other artist, is set to release on Capitol Records in May. (via Pitchfork)

3. The Fresh & Onlys lead, Tim Cohen, is readying an upcoming solo album titled Magic Trick. The album will be out on February 22. (via Exclaim!)

4. The music streaming website SoundCloud has recently hit the milestone of three million users. The site has grown by a third since the beginning of the year. "To see this kind of exponential increase is incredible," said the founder of SoundCloud Alexander Ljung. (via NME)

5. After realizing that a fan ticket exchange site had been selling tickets to the final LCD Soundsystem show in New York at inflated prices, frontman James Murphy responded by telling those selling at inflated prices to "eat shit." Pre-sale tickets for the Madison Square Garden show were showing up on Stub-Hub before the ticketing opened up to the general public at significantly higher prices. (via NME)

SoundOff12 Tennis/The Decemberists

On this edition of SoundOff we return! DJ Shorty Shorts and DJ Ones breakdown the upcoming Grammys, the Gorillaz staying together, and the new collaboration between Danger Mouse and Jack White, while reviewing the latest from The Decemberists and Tennis.

http://interviews.wknc.org/soundoff12.mp3

DJ Ones' Five Music Facts from the past week

1. Singer Nick Cave was involved in a car crash Tuesday December 8. Cave smashed his car against a speed camera on the Hove seafront in Sussex, England. Cave and his two sons who were with him walked away from the collision unharmed. He refused to comment on the incident, and no other cars were involved. (via BBC)

2. After completion of the Tron Legacy soundtrack, Daft Punk will now be getting their own line of merchandise from Disney. The merchandise that Disney will be offering in promotion of the film and soundtrack include a set of light-up headphones, and a set of toys that depict their likeness. (via Pitchfork)

3. Los Campesinos! have announced plans to release a quarterly magazine titled Heat Rash. The publication will include a 7' single, and exclusive tracks to download from the band. The subscription also includes discounts to band merchandise, access to early concert tickets, and music before it gets released. (via LosCampesinos.com)

4. After announcing the process of recording an entire album on an iPad, Gorillaz frontman Damon Albarn is planning on releasing said album for free on Christmas Day. The record, which was recorded exclusively on Albarn's iPad during his latest tour, will be available in its entirety on December 25. (via NME)

5. The British super-group formed out of members of The Libertines and Arctic Monkeys have detailed information about the release of their debut album. The group, named The Bottletop Band, is prepared to release their album in April. (via NME)

6/14 RPM albums on WKNC Afterhours

	Artist	Album	Label
#1	CRYSTAL CASTLES	Crystal Castles II	Universal
#2	RATATAT	lp4	XL
#3	SLEIGH BELLS	Treats	Mom and Pop
#4	LCD SOUNDSYSTEM	This is Happening	EMI
#5	GORILLAZ	Plastic Beach	Virgin
#6	TORO Y MOI	Causers of This	Carpark
#7	BASSNECTAR	Timestretch	s
#8	M.I.A.	(single)	XXXO
#9	RUSKO	O.M.G.!	Mad Descent
#10	NINJASONIK	Art School Girls	Green Owl

This Week's Giveaways!!!!

This week on WKNC, we're giving you tons of free stuff, or schwag (as DJ MollyPop says). We're giving away mega CDs, such as:

We're also giving away tickets to Brooks Woods' Band on June 26 at the Pour House, and tickets to MC Chris at Cat's Cradle on June 26. Stay tuned this week, for these giveaways as well as others!

6/7 Top 10 Afterhours/RPM albums on WKNC

	Artist	Album	Label
#1	CRYSTAL CASTLES	Crystal Castles II	Universal
#2	SLEIGH BELLS	Treats	Mom and Pop
#3	GORILLAZ	Plastic Beach	Virgin
#4	HOT CHIP	One Life Stand	Astralwerks
#5	BESSNECTAR	Timestretch	Amorphous
#6	RUSKO	O.M.G.!	Mad Descent
#7	CROOKERS	Tons of Friends	Anticon
#8	RATATAT	LP4	XL
#9	SUGAR AND GOLD	Get Wet!	Antenna Farm
#10	TORO Y MOI	Causers of This	Carpark

5/31 Afterhours Weekly Chart Toppers

ARTIST     Album     (Song)

1. GORILLAZ Plastic Beach     (Virgin)

2. BASSNECTAR Time Stretch     (Amorphous)

3. HOT CHIP One Life Stand     (Astralwerks)

4. RUSKO O.M.G.! (Mad Decent)

5. SLEIGH BELLS Treats     (Mom and Pop)

6. TORO Y MOI Causers of This     (Carpark)

7. JAVELIN No Mas     (Luaka Bop)

8. SUGAR AND GOLD Get Wet!     (Antenna Farm)

9. VARIOUS ARTISTS     Bustin' Loose     (T&A)

10. CROOKERS Tons of Friends

DJ Ones Five Music Facts from the past week

1. Arcade Fire has announced specifics for their upcoming album entitled The Suburbs. Earlier in the week, the band released a special 12'' single with two songs from the upcoming album. They have also announced a release date in early August. (via NME)

2. MIA has recently tweeted the phone number of a New York Times journalist who recently published an article that detailed the artist in an unflattering light. In response Lynn Hirschberg, the writer whose number was publicly released, responded saying, "She's a provocateur, and provocateurs want to be provocative." Hirschberg also stated that she found MIA's response, "not surprising." (via Guardian)

3. Due to Bono's recent back surgery, U2 had to cancel their upcoming tour and headlining of Glastonbury. It was then later released that the band that would be replacing U2 at the upcoming festival would be Gorillaz instead. (via BBC)

4. The New Pornographers' Kathryn Calder is set to release her own solo album on August 10th. Following fellow bandmates including Neko Case, Calder's first solo album is entitled Are You My Mother? (via Pitchfork)

5. David Byrne is suing the Governor of Florida, Charlie Crist, alleging that the Talking Heads' song "Road to Nowhere" was used in an advertisement without permission or proper licensing. Byrne is seeking $1 million in damages. (via ABC)

5/25 Top Afterhours/RPM ablums on WKNC

1. GORILLAZ     Plastic Beach     (Virgin)

2. HOT CHIP     One Life Stand     (Astralwerks)

3. TORO Y MOI     Causers of This     (Carpark)

4. SUGAR AND GOLD     Get Wet!     (Antenna Farm)

5. FOUR TET     There is Love in You     (Domino)

6. BASSNECTAR     Cozza Frenzy     (Amorphous-Child's Play)

7. NEW YOUNG PONY CLUB     The Optimist     (The Numbers)

8. JAVELIN     No Mas     (Luaka Bop)

9. VARIOUS ARTISTS     Best of 80s Dance     (Capp)

10. SLEIGH BELLS     Treats     (Mom and Pop)

Top 10 Afterhours/RPM albums on WKNC

 

#	Artist	Album	Label
#1	HOT CHIP	One Life Stand	Astralwerks
#2	GORILLAZ	Plastic Beach	Virgin
#3	NEW YOUNG PONY CLUB	The Optimist	The Numbers
#4	FOUR TET	There Is Love In You	Domino
#5	VARIOUS ARTISTS	Five Years Of Dirtybird	Dirtybird
#6	JAVELIN	No Más	Luaka Bop
#7	TOBACCO	Maniac Meat	Anticon
#8	SUGAR AND GOLD	Get Wet!	Antenna Farm
#9	FELIX CARTAL	Popular Music	Dim Mak
#10	JES	High Glow	Ultra

Top 10 Afterhours albums on WKNC last week

Here are the top 10 albums played during our Afterhours format over the past week, compiled by Afterhours Music Director Joseph Brookes.



1. Hot Chip - One Life Stand
2. Gorillaz - Plastic Beach
3. Four Tet - There Is Love In You
4. Felix Cartal - Popular Music
5. Infected Mushroom - Legend Of The Black Shawarma
6. New Young Pony Club - The Optimist
7. Bonobo - Days To Come
8. Pantha Du Prince - Black Noise
9. Groove Armada - Black Light
10. Claps - New Science [EP]

Top 10 Afterhours albums on WKNC last week

Here are the top 10 albums played during the Afterhours format over the past week, compiled by our Afterhours Music Director Joseph Brookes.

1. Gorillaz - Plastic Beach
2. Pretty Lights - Making Up A Changing Mind EP
3. Funckarma - Dubstoned 3
4. Pantha Du Prince - Black Noise
5. Felix Cartal - Popular Music
6. Telephoned - Telephoned EP
7. Rusko - Woo-Boost EP
8. Kraddy - Android Porn Remixes EP
9. RJD2 - The Colossus
10. Heyoka - Marklar

Top 10 Afterhours albums on WKNC last week

Here are the top ten albums played during WKNC's Afterhours format during the past week, compiled by Afterhours Music Director Joseph Brookes.

1. Gorillaz - Plastic Beach
2. Pretty Light -  Making Up A Changing Mind EP
3. Pantha Du Prince - Black Noise
4. Telephoned  - Telephoned EP
5. Rusko - Woo-Boost EP
6. Funckarma - Dubstoned 3 EP
7. RJD2 - Colossus
8. Kraddy - Android Porn Remixes EP
9. Heyoka - Marklar
10. MiM0SA - Psychedelic Stereo EP