Top 30—WKNC’s Top Albums of the Week, 11/17/11

1. Widowspeak - Widowspeak (Captured Tracks)

2. Young Man - Ideas of Distance (Frenchkiss)

3. The Field - Looping State of Mind (Kompakt)

4. Class Actress - Rapproacher (Carpark)

5. Various Artists - GRPTPS Vs. PTLCK (Grip Tapes)

6. Memoryhouse - The Years (Sub Pop-Arcade Sound)

7. M83 - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming (Mute)

8. Donora - Boyfriends, Girlfriends (Rostrum)

9. Icebird - The Abandoned Lullaby (RJ's Electrical Connections)

10. Wavves - Life Sux (Ghost Ramp)

11. Real Estate - Days (Domino)

12. Gauntlet Hair - Gauntlet Hair (Dead Oceans)

13. Emika - Emika (Ninja Tune)

14. Bonnie Prince Billy - Wolfroy Goes To Town (Drag City)

15. Neon Indian - Era Extrana (Mom and Pop)

16. Future Islands - On The Water (Thrill Jockey)

17. Bleeding Knees Club - Virginity (Iamsound)

18. Mike Doughty - Yes And Also Yes (Megaforce-Snack Bar)

19. Viva Voce - The Future Will Destroy You (Vanguard)

20. Wilco - The Whole Love (Anti)

21. Marketa Irglova - Anar (Anti)

22. Pujol - Nasty, Brutish, And Short (Saddle Creek)

23. Hella - Tripper (Sargent House)

24. High Places - Original Colors (Thrill Jockey)

25. Wooden Shjips - West (Thrill Jockey)

26. Megafaun - Megafaun (Hometapes)

27. St. Vincent - Strange Mercy (4AD)

28. Ryan Adams - Ashes and Fire (Capitol)

29. Phantogram - Nightlife (Barsuk)

30. Body Language - Social Studies (Om)

Top 30—WKNC’s Top Albums of the Week, 11/10/11

1. Future Islands - On The Water (Thrill Jockey)

2. Zola Jesus - Conatus (Sacred Bones)

3. Widowspeak - Widowspeak (Captured Tracks)

4. Young Man - Ideas of Distance (Frenchkiss)

5. The Field - Looping State Of Mind (Kompakt)

6. Class Actress - Rapproacher (Carpark)

7. St. Vincent - Strange Mercy (4AD)

8. Megafaun - Megafaun (Hometapes)

9. Youth Lagoon - The Year of Hibernation (Fat Possum)

10. Sugarplum Fairies - The Images We Get (M-M)

11. Various Artists - GRPTPS Vs. PTLCK (Grip Tapes)

12. Viva Voce - The Future Will Destroy You (Vanguard)

13. Wilco - The Whole Love (Anti)

14. Wild Flag - Wild Flag (Merge)

15. Mandolin Orange - Haste Make/Hard Hearted Stranger (Self-Released)

16. Icebird - The Abandoned Lullaby (RJ's Electrical Connections)

17. Real Estate - Days (Domino)

18. M83 - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming (Mute)

19. Bonnie Prince Billy - Wolfroy Goes To Town (Drag City)

20. Wavves - Life Sux (Ghost Ramp)

21. Mike Doughty - Yes And Also Yes (Megaforce-Snack Bar)

22. High Places - Original Colors (Thrill Jockey)

23. Jens Lekman - An Argument With Myself (Secretly Canadian)

24. Touché Amoré - Parting The Sea Between Brightness And Me (Deathwish)

25. Donora - Boyfriends, Girlfriends (Rostrum)

26. Phantogram - Nightlife (Barsuk)

27. Jono McCleery - There Is (Counter)

28. Patti Smith - Outside of Society (Columbia)

29. Hella - Tripper (Sargent House)

30. Wu Lyf - Go Tell Fire To The Mountain (L Y F)

Top 30—WKNC’s Top Albums of the Week, 10/25/11

1. I Break Horses - Hearts (Co-op)

2. Cant - Dreams Come True (Terrible)

3. Widowspeak - Widowspeak (Captured Tracks)

4. Alias - Fever Dream (Anticon)

5. Various Artists - GRPTPS vs. PTLCK (Grip Tapes)

6. Young Man - Ideas of Distance (Frenchkiss)

7. Soley - We Sink (Morr)

8. Sugarplum Fairies - The Images We Get (M-M)

9. Sleep Over - Forever (Hippos in Tanks)

10. Zola Jesus - Conatus (Sacred Bones)

11. Veronica Falls - Veronica Falls (Slumberland)

12. St. Vincent - Strange Mercy (4AD)

13. Weekend - Red (Slumberland)

14. Memoryhouse - The Years (Sub Pop-Arcade Sound)

15. Fool's Gold - Leave No Trace (Iamsound)

16. Megafaun - Megafaun (Hometapes)

17. Drums - Portamento (Frenchkiss)

18. Youth Lagoon - The Year of Hibernation (Fat Possum)

19. Wooden Shjips - West (Thrill Jockey)

20. Body Language - Social Studies (Om)

21. Wilco - The Whole Love (Anti)

22. Wild Flag - Wild Flag (Merge)

23. Patti Smith - Outside of Society (Columbia)

24. Wu Lyf - Go Tell Fire to the Mountain (LYF)

25. Blitzen Trapper - American Goldwing (Sub Pop)

26. Scott Solter - One River (Hidden Shoal)

27. Apparat - The Devil's Walk (Mute)

28. Pack A.D. - Unpersons (Mint)

29. Neon Indian - Era Extrana (Mom and Pop)

30. Exitmusic - From Silence (Secretly Canadian)