Top 35 for May 19, 2013

1 – various – tisheh o risheh: funk, psychedelia and pop from the iranian pre-revolution generation – pharaway sounds
2 – ambulaunz – in waves – self-released
3 – ducktails – the flower lane – domino
4 – unknown mortal orchestra – ii – jagjaguwar
5 – implodes – recurring dream – kranky
6 – taken by trees – other worlds – secretly canadian
7 – ulrich schnauss – a long way to fall – domino
8 – adrian younge presents the delfonics – adrian younge presents the delfonics – wax poetics
9 – swollen members – beautiful death machine – suburban noize
10 – jesse boykins iii & melo-x – zulu guru – ninja tune
11 – thee oh sees – floating coffin – castle face
12 – xx, the – coexist – xl
13 – white, matthew e. – big inner – spacebomb
14 – grouper – the man who died in his boat – kranky
15 – piotr, derek – raj – self-released
16 – aeolus quartet – many-sided music – longhorn music
17 – skating polly – lost wonderfulls – sqe
18 – the invisible hands – s/t – abduction
19 – a sea es – s/t – s/r
20 – no joy – wait to pleasure – mexican summer
21 – kendrick lamar – good kid, m.a.a.d. city – aftermath
22 – bubbly mommy gun – sand roses – party party partners
23 – norwegian arms – wolf like a stray dog – big school
24 – gospel claws – put your sunshine away – common wall media
25 – sissy spacek – rip – gilgongo
26 – nightlands – oak island – secretly canadian
27 – tomas phillips and marihiko hara – prosa – tench
28 – jim james – regions of light and sound of god – removador
29 – rhye – woman – umg recordings
30 – the cast of cheers – family – school boy error
31 – bradley, charles – victim of love – daptone
32 – water liars – wyoming – big legal mess
33 – barn owl – v – thrill jockey
34 – ty segall and mikal cronin – reverse shark attack – in the red
35 – bombino – nomad – nonesuch

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Live performances of THE VINYL FRONTIER are now on YouTube! Get the taste here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLabra2wCSQ9UoXfqbY78NaCvARlzAEmAy

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Top 35 for May 12, 2013

1 – thee oh sees – floating coffin – castle face
2 – sonogram – apparent microdots: an introduction to sonogram – simulacra records
3 – ducktails – the flower lane – domino
4 – water liars – wyoming – big legal mess
5 – skating polly – lost wonderfulls – sqe
6 – ambulaunz – in waves – self-released
7 – unknown mortal orchestra – ii – jagjaguwar
8 – taken by trees – other worlds – secretly canadian
9 – swollen members – beautiful death machine – suburban noize
10 – a sea es – s/t – s/r
11 – xx, the – coexist – xl
12 – konkoma – konkoma – soundway
13 – prince rama – trust now – paw tracks
14 – ulrich schnauss – a long way to fall – domino
15 – rhye – woman – umg recordings
16 – bradley, charles – victim of love – daptone
17 – barn owl – v – thrill jockey
18 – the invisible hands – s/t – abduction
19 – ty segall and mikal cronin – reverse shark attack – in the red
20 – various artists – ethnic minority music of southern china – sublime frequencies
21 – knife, the – shaking the habitual – rabid records
22 – norwegian arms – wolf like a stray dog – big school
23 – white, matthew e. – big inner – spacebomb
24 – david dove and jawwaad taylor – these are eyes, see? – el cangrejito
25 – nightlands – oak island – secretly canadian
26 – adrian younge presents the delfonics – adrian younge presents the delfonics – wax poetics
27 – grouper – the man who died in his boat – kranky
28 – piotr, derek – raj – self-released
29 – stars – the north – ato records
30 – kendrick lamar – good kid, m.a.a.d. city – aftermath
31 – various – pop yeh yeh: psychedelic rock from singapore & malaysia 1964-1970 – sublime frequencies
32 – joel forrester/phillip johnston – live at the hillside club – asynchronous records
33 – ballake sissoko – at peace – six degrees
34 – carey, s. – hoyas – jagjaguwar
35 – jesse boykins iii & melo-x – zulu guru – ninja tune

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Top 35 for May 05, 2013

1 – sonogram – apparent microdots: an introduction to sonogram – simulacra records
2 – ambulaunz – in waves – self-released
3 – rhye – woman – umg recordings
4 – carey, s. – hoyas – jagjaguwar
5 – novalima – karimba – esl music
6 – robert glasper experiment – black radio recovered the remix ep – blue note
7 – unknown mortal orchestra – ii – jagjaguwar
8 – suuns – images du futur – secretly canadian
9 – various artists – ethnic minority music of southern china – sublime frequencies
10 – norwegian arms – wolf like a stray dog – big school
11 – ballake sissoko – at peace – six degrees
12 – grouper – the man who died in his boat – kranky
13 – bradley, charles – victim of love – daptone
14 – water liars – wyoming – big legal mess
15 – the invisible hands – s/t – abduction
16 – various – pop yeh yeh: psychedelic rock from singapore & malaysia 1964-1970 – sublime frequencies
17 – taken by trees – other worlds – secretly canadian
18 – ulrich schnauss – a long way to fall – domino
19 – adrian younge presents the delfonics – adrian younge presents the delfonics – wax poetics
20 – the cast of cheers – family – school boy error
21 – barn owl – v – thrill jockey
22 – skating polly – lost wonderfulls – sqe
23 – ty segall and mikal cronin – reverse shark attack – in the red
24 – xx, the – coexist – xl
25 – prince rama – trust now – paw tracks
26 – kendrick lamar – good kid, m.a.a.d. city – aftermath
27 – core trio, the – with robert boston – freebass productions
28 – ducktails – the flower lane – domino
29 – nightlands – oak island – secretly canadian
30 – jesse boykins iii & melo-x – zulu guru – ninja tune
31 – piotr, derek – raj – self-released
32 – thee oh sees – floating coffin – castle face
33 – deacon, dan – america – domino
34 – the tallest man on earth – there’s no leaving now – dead oceans
35 – tame impala – lonerism – modular

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Top 35 for April 28, 2013

1 – rhye – woman – umg recordings
2 – suuns – images du futur – secretly canadian
3 – ambulaunz – in waves – self-released
4 – sonogram – apparent microdots: an introduction to sonogram – simulacra records
5 – water liars – wyoming – big legal mess
6 – various – pop yeh yeh: psychedelic rock from singapore & malaysia 1964-1970 – sublime frequencies
7 – norwegian arms – wolf like a stray dog – big school
8 – taken by trees – other worlds – secretly canadian
9 – ulrich schnauss – a long way to fall – domino
10 – robert glasper experiment – black radio recovered the remix ep – blue note
11 – gospel claws – put your sunshine away – common wall media
12 – unknown mortal orchestra – ii – jagjaguwar
13 – bradley, charles – victim of love – daptone
14 – jesse boykins iii & melo-x – zulu guru – ninja tune
15 – tame impala – lonerism – modular
16 – novalima – karimba – esl music
17 – kendrick lamar – good kid, m.a.a.d. city – aftermath
18 – the cast of cheers – family – school boy error
19 – ducktails – the flower lane – domino
20 – nightlands – oak island – secretly canadian
21 – oliver tank – dreams – yes please
22 – black pus – all my relations – thrill jockey
23 – adrian younge presents the delfonics – adrian younge presents the delfonics – wax poetics
24 – grouper – the man who died in his boat – kranky
25 – piotr, derek – raj – self-released
26 – ramona falls – prophet – barsuk
27 – moonface – heartbreaking bravery – jagjaguwar
28 – ethernet – opus 2 – kranky
29 – white, matthew e. – big inner – spacebomb
30 – sun city girls – singles volume 3 – abduction
31 – carey, s. – hoyas – jagjaguwar
32 – konkoma – konkoma – soundway
33 – prince rama – trust now – paw tracks
34 – bubbly mommy gun – sand roses – party party partners
35 – tomas phillips and marihiko hara – prosa – tench

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Love music? Want something fun to do over the summer? Summer DJ applications are due Monday, April 29. Click “apply” to find out more and easily apply!

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Awesome news! Caroline Shaw, a KTRU/Rice alumn, won the Pulitzer Prize for Music Composition for her “Partita for 8 Voices”!

Visit her musical website here: you were listening to K-T-R-U Houston 91.7fm

Music Pulitzer Goes to Rice Grad

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KTRU was recognized in an Indo American News article for two interviews about India’s Experimental Films, held during the Navrang Show (Saturdays 10 AM to 12 PM)!

Read more here: KTRU Explores the “Festival of Experimental Films from India”

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Top 35 for April 21, 2013

1 – taken by trees – other worlds – secretly canadian
2 – rhye – woman – umg recordings
3 – adrian younge presents the delfonics – adrian younge presents the delfonics – wax poetics
4 – ambulaunz – in waves – self-released
5 – gospel claws – put your sunshine away – common wall media
6 – moonface – heartbreaking bravery – jagjaguwar
7 – ducktails – the flower lane – domino
8 – unknown mortal orchestra – ii – jagjaguwar
9 – ballake sissoko – at peace – six degrees
10 – calamalka – all the way up – hybridity
11 – junk culture – wild quiet – illegal art
12 – fela kuti – best of the black president 2 – knitting factory
13 – novalima – karimba – esl music
14 – prince rama – trust now – paw tracks
15 – norwegian arms – wolf like a stray dog – big school
16 – the cast of cheers – family – school boy error
17 – various – pop yeh yeh: psychedelic rock from singapore & malaysia 1964-1970 – sublime frequencies
18 – lacy, steve – the sun – emanem
19 – oliver tank – dreams – yes please
20 – joel forrester/phillip johnston – live at the hillside club – asynchronous records
21 – grouper – the man who died in his boat – kranky
22 – stars – the north – ato records
23 – sonogram – apparent microdots: an introduction to sonogram – simulacra records
24 – white, matthew e. – big inner – spacebomb
25 – ramona falls – prophet – barsuk
26 – konkoma – konkoma – soundway
27 – nightlands – oak island – secretly canadian
28 – sun city girls – singles volume 3 – abduction
29 – tame impala – lonerism – modular
30 – robert glasper experiment – black radio recovered the remix ep – blue note
31 – ethernet – opus 2 – kranky
32 – local natives – hummingbird – frenchkiss
33 – ulrich schnauss – a long way to fall – domino
34 – carey, s. – hoyas – jagjaguwar
35 – feedtime – the aberrant years – sub pop

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