Charts n’ Adds: 8/24/15 – 9/1/15

This week at KJHK, an unexpected artist has taken our number one spot: Golden Eels. Periscopes in the Air, Golden Eels’ debut album that has killed it here at KJHK is an indie rock work conscious of the power of comedy, kindness, and cats. Following up Golden Eels is Wilco, with their entrancing LP, Star Wars. Then another unexpected Top 5 album, Welcome Back To Milk, from Du Blonde. At number four, the smexy and steamy Alpine album, Yuck. Rounding out the top 5 is a personal favorite of mine from recent release history: Ratatat’s gorgeous 5th LP, Magnifique.

1 GOLDEN EELS Periscopes in the Air Self-released
2 WILCO Star Wars dBpm
3 DU BLONDE Welcome Back To Milk Mute
4 ALPINE Yuck Badman
5 RATATAT Magnifique XL
6 EZTV Calling Out
7 SHAMIR Ratchet XL
8 TANLINES Highlights True Panther
9 THEE OH SEES Mutilator Defeated At Last Castle Face
10 SHANA CLEVELAND & THE SANDCASTLES Oh Man, Cover The Ground
11 SURFER BLOOD 1000 Palms Joyful Noise
12 BULLY Feels Like Startime
13 JAILL Brain Cream Burger
14 EZRA FURMAN Perpetual Motion People Bella Union
15 GIRLPOOL Before The world Was Big Witchita
16 WHITE REAPER White Reaper Does It Again
17 LEON BRIDGES Coming Home Columbia
18 BOW THAYER Sundowser
19 SHARON VAN ETTEN I Don’t Want To Let You Down Jagjaguwar
20 RENNY WILSON Punk Explosion/Extension
21 CREEPING PINK Mirror Woods
22 LA LUZ Weirdo Shrine Hardly Art
23 THUNDERCAT The Beyond/ Where the Giants Roam Brainfeeder
24 THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS Born in the Echoes Astralwerks
25 GOSSAMER Automaton
26 ROBERT GLASPER TRIO Mutilator Defeated At Last Blue Note
27 MY MORNING JACKET The Waterfall Capitol
28 GROUNDERS Grounders Nevado
29 KIKAGAKU MOYO Forest of Lost Children Ribbon
30 PALE HONEY Pale Honey Instant

Top 5 Adds of the week (Check out those EP’s from Panda Bear and FKA Twigs, they’re both beautiful in their own rights)

1 PANDA BEAR Crosswords Domino
2 FKA TWIGS M3LL155X [EP] Young Turks
3 LOU BARLOW Brace The Wave Joyful Noise
4 SKINNY LISTER Down On Deptford Broadway InGrooves
5 IAN AWARE EP Self-Released