Eric J. Lawrence, Music Librarian

KCRW Charts - Week of 12/8/08

nobody@vox.com(Eric J. Lawrence) — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 13:59:56 -0800

Well well...i know it's been a while and i'm not going to defend myself. Instead i want to give you a map of the music you've been hearing over the past week at this very station.

KCRW TOP 50 FOR WEEK OF 12/8/09

1 SCHOOL OF SEVEN BELLS == Alpinisms >> [Ghostly Intl]
4 weeks at #1 and counting. Be sure to check out their live performance here to find out how this brooklyn trio got their name and sound.

2 KUTI, FEMI == Day By Day >> [Mercer Street]
Great new work from legendary afro-beat king. Check out news on KCRW's Soundclash remix project here.

3 LITTLE JOY == Little Joy >> [Rough Trade]
Local band feat. Fab. Moretti (Strokes) and his new main squeeze, Binki Shapiro, as well as Rodrigo Amarante (Los Hermanos). Featured on Chris Douridas' top ten list of '08. They had a great homecoming performance at the Troubadour last Sunday and they will be on MBE on the 17th of December. Check out their top tune feature here.

4 KEANE == Perfect Symmetry >> [Interscope]
If you're keen on Keane, check out his recent live performance here.

5 LITTLE DRAGON == Little Dragon - Remixes >> [Self Release]
Featured on Jason Bentley and Anne Litt's Top 10 lists and recent guests with Tom Schnabel's show this past Sunday.

6 NOVALIMA == Coba Coba >> [Cumbancha]
Check out "Concheperla", recently featured on our Top Tune of the day.

7 COMMAGERE, JULIETTE == Queens Die Proudly >> [Aeronaut]
Check out "Hearts", recently featured on our Top Tune of the day.

8 TRAVIS == Ode To J Smith >> [Fontana/red Telephone Box]
Check out the rebroadcast of Nic's last show on MBE here, with a live performance from Travis.

9 JAZZANOVA == Of All The Things >> [Verve]
Featured on Jason Bentley and Anthony Valadez' Top 10 lists

10 FRIENDLY FIRES == Friendly Fires >> [Xl]
Featured on Jason Eldredge and Dan Wilcox's top 10 lists. Check out their live performance on MBE from early last November here.

11 FARINA, MARK == Mushroom Jazz 6 >> [Om]
12 SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE == Ost - Music By Ar Rahman >> [Interscope]
13 SEA & CAKE == Car Alarm >> [Thrill Jockey]
14 HOLMES, DAVID == Holy Pictures >> [Universal]
15 BYRNE & ENO == Everything That Happens Will Happen >> [Self Release]
16 MOLINA, JUANA == Un Dia >> [Domino]
17 THIEVERY CORPORATION == Radio Retaliation >> [Esl]
18 ADELE == 19 >> [Xl/columbia]
19 M83 == Saturdays Equal Youth >> [Mute]
20 CADILLAC RECORDS == Ost - Music By Mos Def, Raphael Saadiq >> [Sony]
21 WELCOME WAGON == Welcome To Welcome Wagon >> [Asthmatic Kitty]
22 BELLE & SEBASTIAN == Bbc Sessions >> [Matador]
23 BIRD & THE BEE == Ray Guns Are Not Just The Future >> [Blue Note]
24 BIRD, ANDREW == Noble Beast >> [Fat Possum]
25 SMITHS == Sound Of The Smiths >> [Sire/rhino]
26 MENAHAN STREET BAND == Make The Road By Walking >> [Dunham/daptone]
27 OF MONTREAL == Skeletal Lamping >> [Polyvinyl]
28 LEWIS, JENNY == Acid Tongue >> [Warner Bros]
29 SAADIQ, RAPHAEL == Way I See It >> [Columbia]
30 VERVE REMIXED COMPILATION == Verve Remixed 4 >> [Verve]
31 MURS == Murs For President >> [Warner Bros]
32 GREYBOY == Fifteen Years Of West Coast Cool >> [Ubiquity]
33 URBAN OUTFITTERS COMPILATION == Give Listen Help 2008 >> [Urban Outfitters]
34 LAY LOW == Farewell Good Night's Sleep >> [Cod]
35 YUILL, JAMES == Turning Down Water For Air >> [Happy Biscuit Club]
36 COMMON == Universal Mind Control >> [Geffen]
37 EMPIRE OF THE SUN == Walking On A Dream >> [Emi]
38 HOURS == See The Light >> [Is Good Music]
39 WEST, KANYE == 808's & Heartbreak >> [Roc-a-fella]
40 KILLERS == Day & Age >> [Island Def Jam]
41 PORTUONDO, OMARA == Gracias >> [Montuno]
42 HOPKINS, JON == Second Sense >> [Promo]
43 TRENTEMOLLER == Live In Concert - Roskilde Festival 2007 >> [Poker Flat]
44 SNOW PATROL == Hundred Million Suns >> [Geffen]
45 HADEN & JACKSON == Ten Years >> [Dashgo]
46 CROOKED FINGERS == Forfeit - Fortune >> [Constant Artists Incorporated]
47 DEPARTMENT OF EAGLES == In Ear Park >> [4ad]
48 HOT CHIP == Touch Too Much/hold On - Remixes >> [Astralwerks]
49 TV ON THE RADIO == Dear Science >> [Interscope]
50 J BOOGIE'S DUBTRONIC SCIENCE == Soul Vibrations >> [Om Hip Hop]

KCRW SPECIALTY CHARTS - 12/08/2008

WORLD
1 KUTI, FEMI == Day By Day >> [Mercer Street]
2 NOVALIMA == Coba Coba >> [Cumbancha]
3 MOLINA, JUANA == Un Dia >> [Domino]
4 QUANTIC - FLOWERING INFERNO == Death Of The Revolution >> [Tru Thoughts]
5 CALYPSO SOUL COMPILATION == Calypsoul 70 >> [Strut]
6 ROUGH GUIDE COMPILATION == Vietnam >> [Rough Guide]
7 YANEZ, GONZALO == Gonzalo Yanez >> [Nacional]
8 SENOR COCONUT == Around The World >> [Nacional]
9 EL GUINCHO == Alegranza >> [Xl]
10 NASCIMENTO & JOBIM TRIO == Novas Bossas >> [Blue Note]

RPM
1 KUTI, FEMI == Day By Day >> [Mercer Street]
2 NOVALIMA == Coba Coba >> [Cumbancha]
3 JAZZANOVA == Of All The Things >> [Verve]
4 FRIENDLY FIRES == Friendly Fires >> [Xl]
5 FARINA, MARK == Mushroom Jazz 6 >> [Om]
6 THIEVERY CORPORATION == Radio Retaliation >> [Esl]
7 VERVE REMIXED COMPILATION == Verve Remixed 4 >> [Verve]
8 TRENTEMOLLER == Live In Concert - Roskilde Festival 2007 >> [Poker Flat]
9 HOT CHIP == Touch Too Much/hold On - Remixes >> [Astralwerks]
10 J BOOGIE'S DUBTRONIC SCIENCE == Soul Vibrations >> [Om Hip Hop]

JAZZ
1 LEVIATHAN BROTHERS == Short Stories >> [Red Rockets Glare]
2 HANCOCK, HERBIE == Then & Now - The Definitive >> [Verve]
3 NASCIMENTO & JOBIM TRIO == Novas Bossas >> [Blue Note]
4 PEREZ & OGERMAN == Across The Crystal Sea >> [Decca]
5 FEATHER, LORRAINE == Language >> [Jazzed Media]
6 COHEN, AVISHAI TRIO == Gently Disturbed >> [Raz Daz]
7 DAVIS, MILES - TRIBUTE == Miles From India >> [Times Square]
8 LLOYD, CHARLES QUARTET == Rabo De Nube >> [Ecm]
9 KALINA & SELF == Odd Couple >> [Based Hound]
10 MOVER, BOB == It Amazes Me >> [Zoho]

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KCRW Charts - Week of 10/6

nobody@vox.com(Eric J. Lawrence) — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 19:45:40 -0700

KCRW TOP 50 - 10/06/2008

1 THIEVERY CORPORATION == Radio Retaliation >> [Esl]
2 MERCURY REV == Snowflake Midnight >> [Yep Roc]
3 COLD WAR KIDS == Loyalty To Loyalty >> [Downtown]
4 CALEXICO == Carried To Dust >> [Quarterstick]
5 ZUCO 103 == After The Carnaval >> [Six Degrees]
6 FRIENDLY FIRES == Friendly Fires >> [Xl]
7 HOLMES, DAVID == Holy Pictures >> [Universal]
8 TORRINI, EMILIANA == Me & Armini >> [Rough Trade]
9 PRETENDERS == Break Up The Concrete >> [Shangri-la]
10 JAZZANOVA == Of All The Things >> [Verve]
11 MOLINA, JUANA == Una Dia >> [Domino]
12 KINKY == Barracuda >> [Nettwerk]
13 TV ON THE RADIO == Dear Science >> [Interscope]
14 YAMAGATA, RACHAEL == Elephants - Teeth Sinking Into Heart >> [Warner Bros]
15 CALYPSO SOUL COMPILATION == Calypsoul 70 >> [Strut]
16 BRAZILIAN GIRLS == New York City >> [Verve Forecast]
17 ANTONY & THE JOHNSONS == Another World >> [Secretly Canadian]
18 LEWIS, JENNY == Acid Tongue >> [Warner Bros]
19 KOUSHIK == Out Of My Window >> [Stones Throw]
20 BYRNE & ENO == Everything That Happens Will Happen >> [Self Release]
21 VERVE == Forth >> [On Your Own]
22 STEREOLAB == Chemical Chords >> [4ad]
23 SAADIQ, RAPHAEL == Way I See It >> [Columbia]
24 AZYMUTH == Butterfly >> [Far Out]
25 STARS == Sad Robots Ep >> [Soft Revolution]
26 BRIGHTBLACK MORNING LIGHT == Motion To Rejoin >> [Matador]
27 HANCOCK, HERBIE == Definitive Herbie Hancock >> [Verve]
28 MILOSH == Iii >> [Plug Research]
29 AARON, DAMON == Highlands >> [Ubiquity]
30 HANNIGAN, LISA == Sea Sew >> [Self Release]
31 QUANTIC - FLOWERING INFERNO == Death Of The Revolution >> [Tru Thoughts]
32 TELEPATHIQUE == Last Time On Earth >> [Control Group]
33 COLDPLAY == Viva La Vida >> [Capitol]
34 MERZ == Moi Et Mon Camion >> [Gronland]
35 AQUALUNG == Words & Music >> [Verve Forecast]
36 WILLIAMS, LUCINDA == Little Honey >> [Lost Highway]
37 BLANK BLUE == Dive Ep >> [Ubiquity]
38 DUNGEN == Four >> [Kemado]
39 BOAT PEOPLE == Chandeliers >> [Self Release]
40 DEERHOOF == Offend Maggie >> [Kill Rock Stars]
41 NIGHTMARES ON WAX == Thought So >> [Warp]
42 BLOC PARTY == Intimacy >> [Atlantic]
43 NATURAL SELF == Art Of Vibration >> [Tru Thoughts]
44 SONNY J == Disastro >> [Astralwerks]
45 LAMONTAGNE, RAY == Gossip In The Grain - Sampler >> [Rca]
46 WELLS, EMILY == Symphonies - Dreams Memories & Parties >> [Creative Control]
47 TILLY & THE WALL == O >> [Team Love]
48 NEON NEON == Stainless Style >> [Lex]
49 BLACK GHOSTS == Black Ghosts >> [I Am Sound]
50 UNDER THE SUN == Ost - Music By Shawn Lee >> [Ubiquity]

KCRW SPECIALTY CHARTS - 10/06/2008

WORLD
1 ZUCO 103 == After The Carnaval >> [Six Degrees]
2 MOLINA, JUANA == Una Dia >> [Domino]
3 KINKY == Barracuda >> [Nettwerk]
4 CALYPSO SOUL COMPILATION == Calypsoul 70 >> [Strut]
5 QUANTIC - FLOWERING INFERNO == Death Of The Revolution >> [Tru Thoughts]
6 CURUMIN == Japan Pop Show >> [Quannum Projects]
7 ATERCIOPELADOS == Rio >> [Nacional]
8 VILLARES, BETO == Beto Villares >> [Six Degrees]
9 YUNUPINGU, GEOFFREY GURRUMUL == Gurrumul >> [Skinnyfish]
10 AGO == Cantos Sagrados De Brasil E Cuba >> [Sambata]

RPM
1 THIEVERY CORPORATION == Radio Retaliation >> [Esl]
2 ZUCO 103 == After The Carnaval >> [Six Degrees]
3 FRIENDLY FIRES == Friendly Fires >> [Xl]
4 JAZZANOVA == Of All The Things >> [Verve]
5 BRAZILIAN GIRLS == New York City >> [Verve Forecast]
6 KOUSHIK == Out Of My Window >> [Stones Throw]
7 NIGHTMARES ON WAX == Thought So >> [Warp]
8 SONNY J == Disastro >> [Astralwerks]
9 NEON NEON == Stainless Style >> [Lex]
10 BLACK GHOSTS == Black Ghosts >> [I Am Sound]

JAZZ
1 HANCOCK, HERBIE == Definitive Herbie Hancock >> [Verve]
2 HOLLAND, DAVE - SEXTET == Pass It On >> [Dare2]
3 MOVER, BOB == It Amazes Me >> [Zoho]
4 NASCIMENTO & JOBIM TRIO == Novas Bossas >> [Blue Note]
5 PRICE, RACHAEL == Good Hours >> [Claire Vision]
6 BRAZILIAN TRIO == Forests >> [Zoho Music]
7 WILSON, CASSANDRA == Loverly >> [Blue Note]
8 BLUE NOTE COMPILATION == Droppin Science - Greatest Samples >> [Blue Note]
9 DAVIS, MILES - TRIBUTE == Miles From India >> [Times Square]
10 COHEN, AVISHAI TRIO == Gently Disturbed >> [Raz Daz]

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KCRW Charts - Week of 9/29

nobody@vox.com(Eric J. Lawrence) — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 15:14:00 -0700

Brazilian Girls - New York City

Topping the weekly charts this week are the Brazilian Girls, pushing Iceland's Emiliana Torrini out of the top spot from a few weeks before. Thievery Corporation do esn't disappoint on their new release, Radio Retaliation, holding the #3 spot. New work by Michael Franti and TV on the Radio round out the top 5.

Be sure to check out the recently archived live video performances from both Michael Franti and the beautifully unique acoustic set by the Brazilian Girls.

KCRW TOP 50 FOR WEEK OF 09/29/2008

1 BRAZILIAN GIRLS == New York City >> [Verve Forecast]
2 TORRINI, EMILIANA == Me & Armini >> [Rough Trade]
3 THIEVERY CORPORATION == Radio Retaliation >> [Esl]
4 FRANTI, MICHAEL & SPEARHEAD == All Rebel Rockers >> [Anti]
5 TV ON THE RADIO == Dear Science >> [Interscope]
6 KEANE == Spiralling >> [Interscope]
7 MERCURY REV == Snowflake Midnight >> [Yep Roc]
8 VERVE == Forth >> [On Your Own]
9 MGMT == Electric Feel >> [Columbia]
10 CSS == Donkey >> [Sub Pop]
11 SIGUR ROS == Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust >> [Xl]
12 TILLY & THE WALL == O >> [Team Love]
13 COLD WAR KIDS == Loyalty To Loyalty >> [Downtown]
14 FRIENDLY FIRES == Friendly Fires >> [Xl]
15 PETH == Golden Mile >> [Strangetown]
16 BLOC PARTY == Intimacy >> [Atlantic]
17 CALYPSO SOUL COMPILATION == Calypsoul 70 >> [Strut]
18 CALEXICO == Carried To Dust >> [Quarterstick]
19 SAADIQ, RAPHAEL == Way I See It >> [Columbia]
20 BLACK GHOSTS == Black Ghosts >> [I Am Sound]
21 HOT CHIP == Touch Too Much/hold On - Remixes >> [Astralwerks]
22 QUANTUM OF SOLACE == Ost - Music By Jack White & Alicia Keyes >> [Advance]
23 MOLINA, JUANA == Un Dia >> [Domino]
24 DUNGEN == Four >> [Kemado]
25 KASKADE == Strobelite Seduction >> [Ultra]
26 STEREOLAB == Chemical Chords >> [4ad]
27 SILENT YEARS == Globe >> [First Date]
28 EARLIMART == Hymn & Her >> [Majordomo]
29 KINKY == Barracuda >> [Nettwerk]
30 JESUS & MARY CHAIN == Power Of Negative Thinking - Sampler >> [Rhino]
31 HADEN, CHARLIE == Rambling Boy >> [Decca]
32 KOUSHIK == Out Of My Window >> [Stones Throw]
33 SECRET MACHINES == Secret Machines >> [Tsm]
34 BOAT PEOPLE == Chandeliers >> [Self Release]
35 NIGHTMARES ON WAX == Thought So >> [Warp]
36 QUANTIC - FLOWERING INFERNO == Death Of The Revolution >> [Tru Thoughts]
37 FUJIYA & MIYAGI == Lightbulbs >> [Deaf Dumb & Blind]
38 LEGEND, JOHN == Evolver - Sampler >> [Columbia]
39 FAINT == Fasciinatiion >> [Blank Wav]
40 JEM == Down To Earth >> [Ato]
41 RODRIGUEZ == Cold Fact >> [Light In The Attic]
42 BECK == Modern Guilt >> [Interscope]
43 WELLS, EMILY == Symphonies - Dreams Memories & Parties >> [Creative Control]
44 SANTOGOLD NERD & JULIAN CASABLANCAS == My Drive Thru >> [Cornerstone]
45 HERCULES & LOVE AFFAIR == Hercules & Love Affair >> [Mute/dfa]
46 RACONTEURS == Consolers Of The Lonely >> [Third Man]
47 ELBOW == Seldom Seen Kid >> [Polydor Uk]
48 HOT CHIP == Made In The Dark >> [Astralwerks]
49 DONKEYS == Living on the Other Side >> [Dead Oceans]
50 BROKEN WEST == Now Or Heaven >> [Merge]

KCRW SPECIALTY CHARTS - 09/29/2008

WORLD
1 CALYPSO SOUL COMPILATION == Calypsoul 70 >> [Strut]
2 KINKY == Barracuda >> [Nettwerk]
3 QUANTIC - FLOWERING INFERNO == Death Of The Revolution >> [Tru Thoughts]
4 LOS CENZONTLES == Songs Of Wood & Steel >> [Lcmac]
5 SIDESTEPPER == Buena Vibra Sound System >> [Palm]
6 MC YOGI == Elephant Power >> [White Swan]
7 MENA, DIEGO == Hey >> [La Viuda Negra]
8 VILLARES, BETO == Beto Villares >> [Six Degrees]
9 MONARETA == Picotero >> [Nacional]
10 CUBA, ALEX == Agua Del Pozo >> [Caracol]

RPM
1 BRAZILIAN GIRLS == New York City >> [Verve Forecast]
2 THIEVERY CORPORATION == Radio Retaliation >> [Esl]
3 MGMT == Electric Feel >> [Columbia]
4 FRIENDLY FIRES == Friendly Fires >> [Xl]
5 CALYPSO SOUL COMPILATION == Calypsoul 70 >> [Strut]
6 BLACK GHOSTS == Black Ghosts >> [I Am Sound]
7 HOT CHIP == Touch Too Much/hold On - Remixes >> [Astralwerks]
8 NIGHTMARES ON WAX == Thought So >> [Warp]
9 KASKADE == Strobelite Seduction >> [Ultra]
10 KOUSHIK == Out Of My Window >> [Stones Throw]

JAZZ
1 VALDES & COLINA == Live At The Village Vanguard >> [Norte]
2 BARBER, PATRICIA == Cole Porter Mix >> [Blue Note]
3 PEREZ & OGERMAN == Across The Crystal Sea >> [Decca]
4 SMV == Thunder >> [Heads Up]
5 KALINA & SELF == Odd Couple >> [Based Hound]
6 HARGROVE, ROY QUINTET == Earfood >> [Groovin High]
7 BRAZILIAN TRIO == Forests >> [Zoho Music]
8 KAHN, GEORGE == Cover Up >> [Playing]
9 COHEN, AVISHAI TRIO == Gently Disturbed >> [Raz Daz]
10 DAVIS, MILES - TRIBUTE == Miles From India >> [Times Square]

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KCRW Charts - Week of 9/15/08

nobody@vox.com(Eric J. Lawrence) — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:19:33 -0700

Emiliana Torrini - Me and Armini

Hey folks,
here's our charts for this week. Holding the throne in our top 50 for the first time is the latest effort from Icelandic singer-songwriter Emiliana Torrini. Her record just hit stores last week and her single "Me and Armini" has been a big hit across many of this stations unique programs. You'll also notice new material from Bloc Party and Keane's new single, Spiralling down to #7 in its first week at the home of our music library.

KCRW TOP 50 FOR WEEK OF 09/15/2008

# Artist (Last Name, First Name) == Album Title >> [Label]

1 TORRINI, EMILIANA == Me & Armini >> [Rough Trade]
2 STEREOLAB == Chemical Chords >> [4ad]
3 BRAZILIAN GIRLS == New York City >> [Verve Forecast]
4 BLOC PARTY == Intimacy >> [Atlantic]
5 VERVE == Forth >> [On Your Own]
6 SIGUR ROS == Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust >> [Xl]
7 KEANE == Spiralling >> [Interscope]
8 TV ON THE RADIO == Dancing Choose >> [Interscope]
9 BECK == Modern Guilt >> [Interscope]
10 SAADIQ, RAPHAEL == Way I See It >> [Columbia]
11 PACHA MASSIVE == All Good Things - Remix >> [Nacional]
12 NIGHTMARES ON WAX == Thought So >> [Warp]
13 CALYPSO SOUL COMPILATION == Calypsoul 70 >> [Strut]
14 BYRNE & ENO == Everything That Happens Will Happen >> [Self Release]
15 RATATAT == Lp3 >> [Xl]
16 MERCURY REV == Snowflake Midnight >> [Yep Roc]
17 FUJIYA & MIYAGI == Lightbulbs >> [Deaf Dumb & Blind]
18 CALEXICO == Carried To Dust >> [Quarterstick]
19 MGMT == Electric Feel >> [Columbia]
20 DANDY WARHOLS == Earth To The Dandy Warhols >> [Beat The World]
21 GEORGE & PARKS == An Invitation >> [Everloving]
22 DIDO == Don't Believe In Love >> [Arista]
23 BPA == Toe Jam >> [Southern Fried]
24 QUANTIC - FLOWERING INFERNO == Death Of The Revolution >> [Tru Thoughts]
25 TRICKY == Knowle West Boy >> [Domino]
26 FRANTI, MICHAEL & SPEARHEAD == All Rebel Rockers >> [Anti]
27 WALKMEN == You & Me >> [Gigantic Music]
28 MONKEY == Journey To The West >> [Xl]
29 SCHNAUSS, ULRICH == Stars >> [Domino] 30 BOMB THE BASS == Future Chaos >> [K7]
31 FAINT == Fasciinatiion >> [Blank Wav]
32 SANTOGOLD == Santogold >> [Downtown]
33 BJORK == Dull Flame Of Desire >> [One Little Indian]
34 INLOVE == For Minnie Riperton 12" >> [Inflamable]
35 CHEMICAL BROTHERS == Brotherhood >> [Astralwerks]
36 LAMONTAGNE, RAY == Gossip In The Grain - Sampler >> [Rca]
37 AUTOLUX == Transit Transit - Sampler >> [Self Release]
38 MARCHING BAND == Spark Large >> [U&l Records]
39 BOAT PEOPLE == Chandeliers >> [Self Release] 40 HELENE == Heliotrope >> [Pronoia]
41 SNOW PATROL == Take Back The City >> [Polydor/interscope]
42 HANNIGAN, LISA == Sea Sew >> [Self Release]
43 YAMAGATA, RACHAEL == Elephants - Teeth Sinking Into Heart >> [Warner Bros]
44 FAR OUT COMPILATION == Far Out Bossa Nova >> [Far Out]
45 WINEHOUSE, AMY == Ska Ep >> [Island]
46 SONNY J == Disastro >> [Astralwerks]
47 JEM == Down To Earth >> [Ato]
48 CITY LOUNGE COMPILATION == City Lounge 4 - Sampler >> [Wagram]
49 CSS == Donkey >> [Sub Pop]
50 COLDPLAY == Viva La Vida >> [Capitol]

KCRW SPECIALTY CHARTS - 09/15/2008
The Strut label struts its stuff again with another solid compilation of carribean soul and calypso crossover from 1969-79. Will Holland's new project, Flowering Inferno has also been a heavy hitter this week. Make sure to check his live show out at Zanzibar's Afrofunke tomorrow night with KCRW's very own Jeremy Sole.

WORLD
1 CALYPSO SOUL COMPILATION == Calypsoul 70 >> [Strut]
2 QUANTIC - FLOWERING INFERNO == Death Of The Revolution >> [Tru Thoughts]
3 FAR OUT COMPILATION == Far Out Bossa Nova >> [Far Out]
4 CITY LOUNGE COMPILATION == City Lounge 4 - Sampler >> [Wagram]
5 BASTIDA, CECI == Veo La Marea >> [Advance]
6 PERRY, LEE SCRATCH == Repentance >> [Narnack]
7 BITONE == Movement Of Life >> [Time To Eat]
8 SIDESTEPPER == Buena Vibra Sound System >> [Palm]
9 MALHEIROS, SABRINA == New Morning >> [Far Out]
10 FANIA REMIX COMPILATION == I Like It Like That - Sampler >> [Emusica]

RPM
1 BRAZILIAN GIRLS == New York City >> [Verve Forecast]
2 NIGHTMARES ON WAX == Thought So >> [Warp]
3 CALYPSO SOUL COMPILATION == Calypsoul 70 >> [Strut]
4 RATATAT == Lp3 >> [Xl]
5 FUJIYA & MIYAGI == Lightbulbs >> [Deaf Dumb & Blind]
6 MGMT == Electric Feel >> [Columbia]
7 BPA == Toe Jam >> [Southern Fried]
8 SCHNAUSS, ULRICH == Stars >> [Domino]
9 BOMB THE BASS == Future Chaos >> [K7]
10 FAINT == Fasciinatiion >> [Blank Wav]

JAZZ
1 PEREZ & OGERMAN == Across The Crystal Sea >> [Decca]
2 GARRETT, KENNY == Sketches Of Md >> [Mack Avenue]
3 LOCKE, JOE == Force Of Four >> [Origin]
4 LOVANO, JOE == Symphonica >> [Blue Note]
5 BARRON, KENNY == Traveler >> [Sunnyside]
6 DI PIAZZA, DOMINIQUE - TRIO == Princess Sita >> [Sunnyside]
7 LASSY, TIMO == Soul & Jazz Of >> [Ricky Tick]
8 HARGROVE, ROY QUINTET == Earfood >> [Groovin High]
9 BRAZILIAN TRIO == Forests >> [Zoho Music]
10 DAVIS, MILES - TRIBUTE == Miles From India >> [Times Square]

Drop comments on your picks for next weeks top of the charts.
-Nassir

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