Most Frequently Played New Music at KALX

...the radio station

KALX Top 100 New Releases for the month of
May 1997

  1. Beatnuts - Do You Believe? (Relativity)
  2. Soundtrack - AUSTIN POWERS (Hollywood)
  3. Adventures In Stereo - Adventures In Stereo (Creeping Bent -UK)
  4. Sleater-Kinney - Dig Me Out (Kill Rock Stars)
  5. Joe Maphis - Flyin' Fingers (Bear Family-Germany)
  6. Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One (Matador)
  7. Criminals - Never Been Caught (Lookout!)
  8. Los Mockers - Original Recordings 1965-1967 (Get Hip)
  9. Knickerbockers - Hits, Rarities... (Sundazed)
  10. Patsy Cline - The Essential (RCA/Nashville)
  11. Jungle Brothers - Brain (Gee Street)
  12. Beth Orton - Trailer Park (Dedicated)
  13. Rasco - The Unassisted (Stone's Throw)
  14. Various Artists - CUBAN GOLD v.1-3 (Qbadisc)
  15. Various Artists - THE SIMPSONS (Rhino)
  16. Sea and Cake - The Fawn (Thrill Jockey)
  17. Porter Wagoner - The Essential (RCA/Nashville)
  18. Jimmy McCracklin - The Walk: Jimmy McCracklin at his Best (Razor & Tie)
  19. Various Artists - GRAVIKORDS, WHIRLIES AND PYROPHONES (Ellipsis Arts)
  20. Diamond D - Day One (DITC )
  21. Palace Music - Lost Blues and Other Songs (Royal Stable Music)
  22. Encore - The Essence (Stone's Throw)
  23. Chemical Brothers - Dig Your Own Hole (Astralwerks)
  24. Charlie Parker Yardbird - Charlie Parker Suite (Rhino)
  25. Insomniacs - Out of It (Estrus)
  26. Various Artists - KEROUAC: KICKS JOY DARKNESS (Rykodisc)
  27. Bevis Frond - Son Of Walter (Flydaddy)
  28. Bad Livers - Hogs on the Highway (Sugar Hill)
  29. Anselmo Sacasas - Poco Loco (Tumbao - Spain)
  30. Cold Cold Hearts - Cold Cold Hearts (Kill Rock Stars)
  31. Various Artists - TAKE IT OFF! (Rhino)
  32. Pizzicato Five - Combinaison Spaciale EP (Matador)
  33. Culture - Stoned (RAS)
  34. Serge Gainsbourg - Du Jazz Dans Ravin (Mercury)
  35. Esplendor Geometrico - Kosmos Kino (Drag & Drop-Germany)
  36. Horace Andy - Skylarking (Melankolic)
  37. Various Artists - SHOW ME WHAT YOU'VE GOT (Candy/Telstar)
  38. Jay-Z - Who You Wit (Qwest)
  39. Apocalyptica - Plays Metallica by Four Cellos (Mercury)
  40. Red Meat - Meet Red Meat (Ranchero)
  41. Various Artists - SOUND OF THE BEAT (Right Stuff/Capitol)
  42. Hank Thompson - Vintage Collection (Capitol/Nashville)
  43. Soundtrack - MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. (Razor & Tie)
  44. Frank Sinatra - Live In Australia, 1959 (Blue Note)
  45. Statuesque - Angleterre (Cassiel)
  46. Nina Simone - Anthology (Rhino)
  47. O Yuki Conjugate - 1983-1987 (Primitive)
  48. Negativland - Pastor Dick: Muriel's Purse Fund (Seeland)
  49. Defari - Change And Switch (ABB)
  50. Mark Eitzel - West (Warner)
  51. Various Artists - SACRED STEEL (Arhoolie)
  52. Doctor Octagon - Blue Flowers (Bulk)
  53. Coldcut - Atomic Moog (Ninja Tune)
  54. DJ Shadow - Midnight On A Perfect World (Mo Wax)
  55. Boss Martians - 13 Evil Tales (Dionysus)
  56. Ellery Eskellin - Green Bermudas (Eremite)
  57. Roy Hogsed - Snake Dance Boogie (Bronco Buster)
  58. Atari Teenage Riot - Burn, Berlin, Burn! (Grand Royal)
  59. Gene Vincent - The Screaming End (Razor & Tie)
  60. Acme Rocket Quartet - Acme Rocket Quartet (Lather)
  61. Dim-Dim - Nectarine (Brinkman)
  62. Fuck - Fuck Motel (Jagjaguwar)
  63. Daude - Daude (Tinder Productions)
  64. Pastilla - Pastilla (Aztlan)
  65. Odd Numbers - A Guide To Modern Living (Ton)
  66. Folk Implosion - Dare To Be Surprised (Communion)
  67. Kent Three - Stories Of The New West (Super Electro)
  68. Oranj Symphonette - Plays Mancini (Gramavision)
  69. Another Girl - In the Galaxy (BMG/RCA)
  70. OP8 - Slush (Thirsty Ear)
  71. Makers - Hunger (Estrus)
  72. Tarnation - Mirador (Reprise)
  73. O.C. - My World (Payday)
  74. Papas Fritas - Helioself (Minty Fresh)
  75. Various Artists - ON v. 1 (Tursa)
  76. L The Head Toucha - It's Your Life (Direct)
  77. Wumpscut - Music for a Slaughtering Tribe (Beton Kopf Media)
  78. Half Japanese Bone Head - (Alternative Tentacles)
  79. Nocturnal Emissions - Tharmuncrape an'goo (Earthly Delights)
  80. Jim Campilongo - Loose (Blue Hen)
  81. Wellwater Conspiracy - Declaration Of Conformity (Super Electro)
  82. Various Artists - A HEAVY DOSE OF LYTE PSYCH (Arf! Arf!)
  83. Greazy Meal - Digitalize World Grease (TRG)
  84. That Dog - Retreat From The Sun (Geffen)
  85. Heptones - Sea of Love (Heart Beat)
  86. Abbey Lincoln - Who Used to Dance (Polydor/PolyGram)
  87. Great Scots - The Great Lost Great Scots Album (Sundazed)
  88. Loudmouths - Gotta Live Fast! (Woundup)
  89. Bill Boyd - The Master of Cowboy Swing (Binge Discs-Germany)
  90. Leo Kottke - Anthology (Rhino)
  91. Legendary Pink Dots - Canta Mientras Puedas (Soleilmoon)
  92. John Coltrane - The Ultimate Blue Train (Blue Note)
  93. Fanatik - Seismology (All Good Vinyl)
  94. Camp Lo - Uptown Saturday Night (Profile)
  95. Pin Group - The Pin Group (Siltbreeze)
  96. Medeski, Martin and Wood - Bubblehouse (Gramavision)
  97. Slide Five - People, Places & Things (Ubiquity)
  98. Aswad - Anthology (Island Jamaica)
  99. Wayne Kramer - Citizen Wayne (Epitaph)
  100. Various Artists - ANSWERING MACHINE SOLUTION (Staalplaat - Netherlands)

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