December 28, 2013 CHIRP Radio Playlist (Show #189)

Today I played selections from my Top 20 albums of the year. Those albums will be identified with their rank in parentheses.

9:02 AM Laura Mvula • Sing to the Moon • Sing to the Moon • Sony (#20)

9:06 AM Outrageous Cherry • Wonderful • Stereo Action Rent Party • Third Gear

9:08 AM John Grant • Pale Green Ghosts • Pale Green Ghosts • Partisan (#19)


9:16 AM Zigtebra • Outcore • The Pink Line • FPE

9:20 AM Holograms • Luminous • Forever • Captured Tracks (#18)

9:23 AM M. Ward • Big Boat • Transistor Radio • Merge

9:27 AM Suede • Barriers • Bloodsports • Fontana (#17)

9:31 AM Polly Scattergood • Colours Colliding • Arrows • Mute

9:35 AM Billy Bragg • There Will Be a Reckoning • Tooth & Nail • Cooking Vinyl (#16)

9:40 AM The Rascals • Island of Love • Freedom Suite • Atlantic

9:42 AM Chance The Rapper • Favorite Song (featuring Childish Gambino) • Acid Rap • self-released (#15)

9:45 AM Mike Reed's People, Places & Things • Shotgun Wedding • Second Cities: Volume 1 • 482 Music

9:52 AM Neko Case • Night Still Comes • The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You • ANTI- (#14)

9:56 AM Overseas • Ghost to Be • Overseas • Undertow

9:59 AM NRBQ • Rain at the Drive-In • Grooves In Orbit • Bearsville

10:03 AM Thao & The Get Down Stay Down • We The Common (for Valerie Bolden) • We The Common • Ribbon (#13)

10:06 AM Sebastien Tellier • Coco • Confection • Record Makers

10:09 AM Typical Cats • The Gordeon Knock • 3 • galapagos4

10:14 AM Jagwar Ma • Man I Need • Howlin' • Marathon Artists

10:18 AM Heaven 17 • Temptation • The Luxury Gap • Virgin

10:21 AM James Blake • Take a Fall for Me (featuring the RZA) • Overgrown • Republic (#12)

10:27 AM Run the Jewels • Get It • Run the Jewels • Fool's Gold

10:30 AM Bottomless Pit • Incurable Feeling • Shade Perennial • Comedy Minus One

10:33 AM Lady • Hold On • Lady • Truth & Soul (#10)

10:37 AM Buck Owens • I've Got A Tiger By The Tail • The Buck Owens Collection (1959-1990) • Rhino

10:39 AM Jonathan Wilson • Future Vision • Fanfare • Downtown (#9)

10:45 AM Gap Dream • There's Blood on the Stone • Shine Your Light • Burger

10:51 AM Superchunk • FOH • I Hate Music • Merge (#8)

10:53 AM Voice of Addiction • Modern Day Meltdown • Modern Day Meltdown EP • self-released

10:56 AM Ricky Wilde • Teen Wave • Bubblepop • RPM

11:00 AM Pretty & Nice • Mummy Jets • Golden Rules for Golden People • Equal Vision (#7)

11:04 AM Devo • Jocko Homo • Hardcore Devo Vol. 1 • Rykodisc

11:07 AM Rhye • Shed Some Blood • Woman • Universal Republic (#6)

11:12 AM The Devil Makes Three • Mr. Midnight • I'm a Stranger Here • New West

11:16 AM David Vandervelde • Wisdom From A Tree • The Moonstation House Band • Secretly Canadian

11:19 AM These New Puritans • Fragment Two • Field of Reeds • Infectious (#5)

11:25 AM Queens of the Stone Age • I Sat By the Ocean • ...Like Clockwork • Matador (#4)

11:29 AM Johnny Marr • Word Starts Attack • The Messenger • Sire

11:32 AM Mucca Pazza • Boss Taurus • Safety Fifth • Electric Cowbell

11:38 AM My Bloody Valentine • She Found Now • m b v • self-released (#3)

11:42 AM Kevin Morby • If You Leave, And If You Marry • Harlem River • Woodsist

11:46 AM Anna Calvi • Cry • One Breath • Domino (#2)

11:50 AM Janelle Monae • Electric Lady • The Electric Lady • Bad Boy (#1)

11:55 AM Robert Pollard • Piccadilly Man • Blazing Gentlemen • GBV Inc.

11:56 AM Neil Young • Needle & Damage Done • Live At Massey Hall 1971 • Reprise