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:
Ty Segall has now spent 5 weeks at the top of the College Radio Album Chart, which can only mean his next album is right around the corner. Three new albums enter the countdown this week as Interpol’s “El Pintor” is a reentry at #20. Jonathan Rado and Sam France, aka Foxygen, have released the follow-up to their critically acclaimed 2013 release We Are The 21st Century Ambassadors To Peace & Magic.” The latest album from Foxygen (pictured) is titled “…And Star Power.” Dot dot dot at the beginning of a title is fun! The other two new entries belong to a pair of indie frontmen, Julian Casablancas (The Strokes) and Jeff Tweedy (Wilco). Mr. Tweedy’s project is simply called Tweedy, a band he formed with his 18-year-old son, while Mr. Casablancas release is with The Voidz. When was the last time you listened to Catherine Wheel?
Radio 200 Top 20 College Radio Album for the week of October 7, 2014:
1. TY SEGALL Manipulator
2. KING TUFF Black Moon Spell
3. ALT-J This Is All Yours
4. DEATH FROM ABOVE 1979 The Physical World
5. SPOON They Want My Soul
6. THE DRUMS Encyclopedia
7. BANKS Goddess
8. APHEX TWIN Cyro
9. KAREN O Crush Songs
10. THE GROWLERS Chinese Fountain
11. THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS Brill Bruisers
12. GOAT Commune
13. RYAN ADAMS Ryan Adams
14. FOXYGEN …And Star Power
15. AVI BUFFALO At Best Cuckhold
16. ODESZA In Return
17. JULIAN CASABLANCAS AND THE VOIDZ Tyranny
18. TENNIS Ritual In Repeat
19. TWEEDY Sukierar
20. INTERPOL El Pintor
The DJ DEEp Spicy Six:
1. JAWS Be Slowly
2. THE PREATURES Blue Planet Eyes
3. JAMES La Petite Mort
4. ALLAH-LAS Worship The Sun
5. ALT-J This Is All Yours
Heritage Album Of The Week
6. CATHERINE WHEEL Ferment
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