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Hey, Kids. As Promised, here are WALT's latest charts and official ADDs to rotation. Keep on spinnin' the platters that matter.

WALT Playlists for CMJ NMR Issue #997

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Radio 200

Rank Artist Recording Label User Supplied Version
1 OF MONTREAL Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? Polyvinyl
2 TOM WAITS Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers And Bastards Anti
3 VARIOUS ARTISTS 8-Bit Operators Astralwerks
4 APPLES IN STEREO New Magnetic Wonder Yep Roc
5 SHINS Wincing The Night Away Sub Pop
6 SONDRE LERCHE Phantom Punch Astralwerks
7 DEAN AND BRITTA Back Numbers Rounder / Zoë
8 CAT EMPIRE Two Shoes Velour
9 ELENI MANDELL Miracle Of Five Zedtone
10 YOUTH GROUP Casino Twilight Dogs Anti
11 LOCKSLEY Don’t Make Me Wait Feature
12 GOOD, THE BAD AND THE QUEEN The Good, The Bad And The Queen Virgin
13 XAVIER RUDD Food In The Belly Anti
14 KELLER WILLIAMS Dream SCI Fidelity
15 BUSDRIVER RoadKillOvercoat Epitaph
16 DR. DOG We All Belong Park The Van
17 DECEMBERISTS The Crane Wife Capitol
18 WARM IN THE WAKE Gold Dust Trail Livewire
19 YOKO ONO Yes, I'm A Witch Astralwerks
20 WOGGLES Rock And Roll Backlash Wicked Cool
21 TEDDYBEARS Soft Machine Atlantic / Big Beat
22 SLEEPING IN THE AVIARY Oh, This Old Thing? Science Of Sound
23 FRAMES The Cost Anti
24 DEAD MEADOW Dead Meadow Xemu
25 MAPS OF NORWAY Sister Stations Guilt Ridden Pop
26 THESE MODERN SOCKS These Modern Socks Princess
27 DEAR LEADER The Alarmist Lunch
28 LIPBONE REDDING Hop The Fence BeBop
29 KRISTIN HERSH Learn To Sing Like A Star Yep Roc
30 PIEBALD Accidental Gentlemen Side One Dummy

* indicates information which has not yet been verified by CMJ staff.


Radio 200 Adds

Rank Artist Recording Label User Supplied Version
1 THE VIEW Hats Off To The Buskers Columbia
2 THE SLIP Eisenhower Bar/None
3 SILOS Come On Like The Fast Lane Bloodshot
4 AQUALUNG PRESENTS "PRESSURE SUIT" * single * columbia * waiting for CMJ verification
5 UNSACRED HEARTS In Defense Of Fort Useless Serious Business

* indicates information which has not yet been verified by CMJ staff.

The Week That Was...(Charts 9/12--9/19)

For those who don't know, every week WALT (along with hundreds of college stations around the country) reports its top 30 played albums from our "rotation tracks" selection to the College Music Journal. We'll post those charts here weekly:

Radio 200
1 SOUNDTRACK The Science Of Sleep
2 CHRIS THILE How To Grow A Woman From The Ground
3 JAY BENNETT The Magnificent Defeat
4 ANI DIFRANCO Reprieve
5 KILLERS "When You Were Young" [Single]
6 SILVER LINING Well Dressed Blues
7 SUFJAN STEVENS The Avalanche
8 HELLOGOODBYE Zombies! Aliens! Vampires! Dinosaurs!
9 40 WATT HYPE Strong Feet On The Concrete
10 PEACHES Impeach My Bush
11 UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF GIANTS Under The Influence Of Giants
12 ALRIGHTS High School
13 TOWERS OF LONDON Blood, Sweat And Towers
14 JAMES KOCHALKA SUPERSTAR Spread Your Evil Wings And Fly
15 CALEXICO Garden Ruin
16 KUNEK Flight Of The Flynns
17 DRAGONFLY Blind
18 D-LEE Da Connect
19 WE LANDED ON THE MOON We Landed On The Moon
20 LOVE ARCADE Love Arcade
21 LOS ABANDONED Mixtape
22 NEIL YOUNG Living With War
23 GYM CLASS HEROES As Cruel As School Children
24 SCATTERED TREES Song For My Grandfather
25 SWAMP CABBAGE Honk Walter Parks
26 HOT CHIP The Warning
27 HEAVENS Patent Pending
28 KEVIN BILCHIK Paper Money
29 IN REVERENT FEAR Stomacher
30 RICH SCHRODER Your Kind Words

Also, 5 albums we expect to chart next time around (making their debut this week):

Radio 200 Adds
Rank Artist Recording
1 KOOKS Inside In/Inside Out
2 DARKEL Darkel
3 CARDIGANS Super Extra Gravity
4 STRAYS Le Futur Noir
5 TA-SHMA Come Listen