Greetings, Listeners —
Here are this week’s music charts, updated as much as possible since we were in pledge drive mode. More new music has begun getting airplay starting this week, though. Please send questions or comments to musicdirector@wortfm.org.
top 30
PRIMUS Primus And The Chocolate Factory With The Fungi Ensemble ATO [lots of great response to this!]
KING TUFF Black Moon Spell SUB POP [another fantastic album!]
YELLE Completement Fou Kemosabe
GHOST WOLVES Man, Woman, Beast Plowboy
TY SEGALL Manipulator Drag City
DEAD MILKMEN Pretty Music For Pretty People Self-Released [excellent political satire]
GROWLERS Chinese Fountain Everloving [deep album, still exploring]
KAREN O Crush Songs Cult
EX HEX Rips Merge
WAMPIRE Bazaar Polyvinyl
ROBYN HITCHCOCK The Man Upstairs Yep Roc
BLONDE REDHEAD Barragan Kobalt
BASS DRUM OF DEATH Rip This Innovative Leisure
POP GROUP We Are Time Kartel-Freaks R Us
BUDOS BAND Burnt Offering Daptone
IL SOGNO DEL MARINAIO Canto Secondo clenchedwrench
J MASCIS Tied To A Star SUB POP
PEAKING LIGHTS Cosmic Logic Weird World
ZOLA JESUS Taiga Mute
FOXYGEN And Star Power Jagjaguwar [racing up the charts]
GOAT Commune SUB POP
ELECTRIC WIRE HUSTLE Love Can Prevail Okayplayer-Somethinksounds
COACHWHIPS Get Yer Body Next Ta Mine Castle Face
TWEEDY Sukierae Anti
FRESH AND ONLYS House Of Spirits Mexican Summer
UGLY BEATS Brand New Day Get Hip
SO COW The Long Con Goner
APHEX TWIN Syro Warp
TRICKY Adrian Thaws !K7-False Idols
BISHOP ALLEN Lights Out Dead Oceans
top adds
LOS STRAITJACKETS Deke Dickerson Sings The Instrumental Hits Yep Roc [delightful, crosses over to a lot of WORT shows]
SONNY VINCENT & SPITE Spiteful Ultramafic [excellent classic punk collaboration by stalwarts of the scene]
NOTS We Are Nots Goner [this all woman band did a great set at Gonerfest, super excited to see these women here in Madison next week!]
DEERHOOF La Isla Bonita Polyvinyl [wow, mindblowing new stuff]
AND YOU WILL KNOW US BY THE TRAIL OF DEAD IX Superball-Richter Scale [beautifully packaged double disc of goodness]
jazz
CHARLIE HADEN AND JIM HALL Charlie Haden-Jim Hall Impulse-Universal [nice posthumous release]
JASON MORAN All Rise: A Joyful Elegy For Fats Waller Blue Note
ALEX MERCADO TRIO Symbiosis Fornarte Latino
DAVID VIRELLES Mboko
BUDOS BAND Burnt Offering Daptone [crossing over from rock shows]
DAVE LIEBMAN A Tribute To Wayne Shorter Summit
NICHOLAS PAYTON Numbers Paytone
OLIVER LAKE ORGAN QUARTET What I Heard Passin’ Thru
MATTHEW SHIPP I Have Been To Many Places Thirsty Ear
ANNIE LENNOX Nostalgia Blue Note [crossing over from rock shows]
world/international
ETANA I Rise VP [reggae show plays most new releases]
KEVIN KINSELLA Riding Higher Still I-Town [ditto]
KHUN NARIN’S ELECTRIC PHIN BAND Khun Narin’s Electric Phin Band Innovative Leisure
TOURE-RAICHEL COLLECTIVE The Paris Sessions Cumbancha
KIRAN AHLUWALIA Satana: Stillness Kiran
CAPTAIN PLANET Esperanto Slang Bastard Jazz
VARIOUS ARTISTS Playing For Change 3:Songs Around The World Concord
AWA SANGHO Ala Ta Motema
SOJA Amid The Noise And Haste ATO
MOA Maverick Self-Released
rpm/electronic/techno [carried over from last week]
YELLE Completement Fou Kemosabe
ANNA LUNOE All Out [EP] Ultra
MOA Maverick Self-Released
MENACE AND LORD Sun, Moon And Stars Better
PORTER ROBINSON Worlds Astralwerks
TOKIMONSTA Desiderium Young Art
ELIOT LIPP Watch The Shadows Pretty Lights
KMFDM Our Time Will Come Metropolis
CAPTAIN PLANET Esperanto Slang Bastard Jazz
PRUDE The Dark Age Of Consent z
rpm adds
WAX TAILOR Phonovisions Symphonic Orchestra Le Plan
LES SINS Michael Company
OLYMPIC AYRES Leisureplex Self-Released
loud rock/metal/hardcore
EXODUS Blood In, Blood Out Nuclear Blast
REVOCATION Deathless Metal Blade
DECAPITATED Blood Montra Nuclear Blast
WHITE EMPRESS Rise Of The Empress Peaceville [were interviewed on WORT and played big shows in Madison for Halloween!]
BLACK CROWN INITIATE The Wreckage Of Stars eOne
ORANGE GOBLIN Back From The Abyss Candlelight
PITCH BLACK FORECAST As The World Burns Ferocious
SICK OF IT ALL Last Act Of Defiance Century Media
SLIPKNOT The Gray Chapter Roadrunner
RINGS OF SATURN Lugal Ki En Unique Leader
loud rock adds
PSYCHOSTICK IV: Revenge Of The Vengeance Rock Ridge [excellent regional satirical metal]
CAVALERA CONSPIRACY Pandemonium Napalm
JOB FOR A COWBOY Sun Eater Metal Blade
RIOT V Unleash The Fire SPV
TRANSPORT LEAGUE Boogie From Hell Metalville