Most Frequently Played New Music at KALX

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KALX Top 100 New Releases for the month of
May 2005

  1. Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings - Naturally (Daptone)
  2. Spoon - Gimme Fiction (Merge)
  3. Sleater-Kinney - The Woods (Sub Pop)
  4. Architecture in Helsinki - In Case We Die (Bar None)
  5. Cornershop - Topknot (single) (Rough Trade)
  6. Supersystem - Always Never Again (Touch and Go)
  7. Death of a Party - The Shame of the Sweet (Double Negative)
  8. Pine*am - Pull the Rabbit Ears (Ennie Meenie)
  9. Ezee Tiger - S/T (KSR)
  10. LCD Soundsystem - Daft Punk is Playing at My House (EMI)
  11. Mountain Goats - The Sunset Tree (4AD)
  12. Breastfeeders - Dejeuner sur L'Herbe (Blow Fuse)
  13. Raveonettes - Pretty In Black (Columbia)
  14. Mahjongg - Raydoncong (Cold Crush)
  15. Autechre - Untilted (Warp)
  16. Eels - Blinking Lights and Other Revelations (Vagrant)
  17. Bart Davenport - Live at the Chabot House (S/R)
  18. French Toast - In A Cave (Dischord)
  19. ADA - Blondie (Areal)
  20. Soundtrack - LIFE AQUATIC WITH STEVE ZISSOU (Hollywood)
  21. The Kills - No Wow (Rough Trade)
  22. Iva Bittova - Iva Bittova J.H. (Indies)
  23. Beck - Guero (Interscope)
  24. Mothballs - ...Come Out of the Closet (Car-Hole)
  25. Bleach - S/T (High Wave Co.)
  26. Bearsuit - Cat Spectacular! (Microindie)
  27. Luke Vibert - Lover's Acid (Planet Mu)
  28. Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass - Whipped Cream & Other Delights (Shout Factory)
  29. Electric Eel Shock - Go USA! (Gearhead)
  30. Antony and the Johnsons - I Am a Bird Now (Secretly Canadian)
  31. LCD Soundsystem - S/T (DFA)
  32. Sam Prekop - Who's Your New Professor (Thrill Jockey)
  33. Bazbaz - Sur Le Bout De La Langue (SG)
  34. 13 & God - Men of Station (Anticon)
  35. Yo La Tengo - Prisoners of Love; A Smattering of Scintillating Senescent Songs 1985-2003 (Matador)
  36. Various Artists - VERVE REMIXED 3 (Verve)
  37. Alu - Autismenschen (CIP)
  38. Electrelane - Axes (Too Pure)
  39. Weird War - Illuminated by the Light (Drag City)
  40. Feist - Let it Die (Cherrytree Records)
  41. Fannypack - See You Next Tuesday (Tommy Boy)
  42. Balanescu Quartet - Maria T (Mute)
  43. Blind Boys of Alabama - Atom Bomb (Realworld Records)
  44. Dinosaur Jr. - S/T (Merge)
  45. Fischerspooner - Odyssey (Capitol)
  46. Various Artists - ROUGH GUIDE TO MEDITERRANEAN CAFE MUSIC (Rough Guide)
  47. Negativland - Helter Stupid (Seeland)
  48. Dinosaur Jr. - Youre Living All Over Me (Merge)
  49. Of Montreal - The Sunlandic Twins (Polyvinyl)
  50. Joao Donato - Lugar Comum (Universal)
  51. Clara Nunes - Clara (Box Set) Disc 3 (EMI)
  52. Lyrics Born - Same !@#$ Different Day (Quannum)
  53. Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc (Virgin)
  54. 22-20s - S/T (EMI)
  55. Various Artists - WORLD PSYCHEDELIC CLASSICS 3:LOVEÓS A REAL THING:THE FUNKY FUZZY SOUNDS OF WEST AFRICA (Luaka Bop)
  56. Stephen Malkmus - Face the Truth (Matador)
  57. Ellen Allien - Thrills (Bpitch Control)
  58. Tyrades - S/T (Smart Guy)
  59. Various Artists - ROUGH GUIDE TO BOTTLENECK BLUES (Rough Guide)
  60. Various Artists - A HOUSE FULL OF FRIENDS (Magic Marker)
  61. Gruff Rhys - Yr Atal Genhedlaeth (Rough Trade)
  62. Various Artists - HOMEMADE HITS VOL. 2 - Various Artists (Kittridge)
  63. Piano Magic - Disaffected (Darla)
  64. Various Artists - A HISTORY OF MEMPHIS GARAGE ROCK : THE 90's (Shangrai-La)
  65. Lucio Alves - S/T (EMI)
  66. Robbers On High Street - Fine Lines (Scratchie)
  67. Belle and Sebastian - Books (Rough Trade)
  68. Banditos - Digital Egg (Ozore Age)
  69. Various Artists - HISTORY OF GARAGE & FRAT BANDS IN MEMPHIS (Shangri-La)
  70. Zoe Keating - One Cello x16 (S/R)
  71. Shantel - Bucovina Club (Essay)
  72. Kawaii - If It Shines, We Have It (Shelflife)
  73. Earth - Legacy of Dissolution (No Quarter)
  74. Various Artists - SOUL FIRE: THE MAJESTIC COLLECTION (Truth and Soul Records)
  75. Petra Haden - Petra Haden Sings: The Who Sells Out (Bar/None)
  76. Edie Sedgwick - Her Love Is Real... (DeSoto)
  77. Ebb and Flow - Time To Echolocate (Three Ring)
  78. No-Fi Soul Rebellion - Lambs To The Slaughter (Wantage USA)
  79. Various Artists - Adult - D.U.M.E. (Thrill Jockey)
  80. Condor - Do It Everywhere (Birds Go South)
  81. Epoxies - Stop the Future (Fat Wreck Chords)
  82. Capitol Years - Let Them Drink (Burn and Shiver)
  83. Niamaj - The Vibe (Plug Label)
  84. Los Camperos de Valles - El Ave de mi Sonar (Smithsonian)
  85. Mars Volta - Frances the Mute (Strummer)
  86. Out Hud - Let Us Never Speak Of It Again (Kranky)
  87. Grip Grand - Poppin' Pockets (Look)
  88. Battleship - Presents Princess (Raw Deluxe)
  89. Scritti Politti - Early (Rough Trade)
  90. William Parker - Luc's Lantern (Thirsty Ear)
  91. Books - Lost And Safe (Tomlab)
  92. Damage Manual - Limited Edition (Invisible)
  93. Gojogo - S/T (Self Released)
  94. Emperor X - Central Hug/Friendarmy/Fractaldunes [And the Dreams that Resulted] (Discos Mariscos)
  95. Ponys - Celebration Castle (In The Red)
  96. Elkland - Golden (Columbia)
  97. Mercury Rev - The Secret Migration (V2)
  98. The Works - S/T (Subliminal)
  99. Maximo Park - A Certain Trigger (Warp)
  100. Maria Taylor - 11: 11 (Saddle Creek)

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