Here’s the weekly Top 20 College Radio Albums from the Radio 200 list published by CMJ (College Media Journal). The reputable rag surveys up to 600 college radio stations of a weekly basis to compute the list.
In addition, here’s my Spicy Six Albums of the week. These are the six albums that can’t find their way out of my six disc changer. The list consists of my Top 5 Albums of the week, and one Heritage Album that’s worth dusting off and giving a listen.
Here’s the lists:
Thee Oh Sees hold on to the #1 spot on College Radio for a second straight week with their latest album “Drop.” However, Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney aka The Black Keys, are breathing down their neck with their latest effort “Turn Blue,” which jumps 24 spots to debut at #2. Besides The Black Keys, there are other new albums this week from Old 97’s, Kishi Bashi, Conor Oberst, The Horrors, and La Sera. “Hour Of The Dawn” is the latest project from ex-Vivian Girls Katy Goodman, she’s better known in the indie world as La Sera (pictured), and her new album jumps an impressive 155 spots to #14. For those keeping one eye on tUnE-yArDs, the album “Nikki Nack” is up 4 spots to #4. The Horrors remain at #1 on Spicy Radio.
Radio 200 Top 20 College Radio Album for the week of May 27, 2014:
1. THEE OH SEES Drop
2. THE BLACK KEYS Turn Blue
3. WYE OAK Shriek
4. TUNE-YARDS Nikki Nack
5. MAC DEMARCO Salad Days
6. LYKKE LI I Never Learn
7. CHAD VANGAALEN Shrink Dust
8. SYLVAN ESSO Sylvan Esso
9. CLOUD NOTHINGS Here And Nowhere Else
10. DAMON ALBARN Everyday Robots
11. WOODS With Light And With Love
12. CHROMEO White Women
13. THE HORRORS Luminous
14. LA SERA Hour Of The Dawn
15. PINK MOUNTAINTOPS Get Back
16. EELS The Cautionary Tales Of Mark Oliver Everett
17. CONOR OBERST Upside Down Mountain
18. KISHI BASHI Lightght
19. OLD 97’S Most Messed Up
20. JESSICA LEA MAYFIELD Make My Head Sing
The DJ DEEp Spicy Six:
1. THE HORRORS Luminous
2. THE AFGHAN WHIGS Do To The Beast
3. FUTURE ISLANDS Singles
4. WYE OAK Shriek
5. WE ARE SCIENTISTS TV en Francais
Heritage Album Of The Week
6. DEPECHE MODE Music For The Masses
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