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    KCRW’s TOP 50 Most Played Albums for the Week of 8/20/2012

    KCRW’s TOP 50 Most Played Albums for the Week of 08/20/2012 1 POOLSIDE Pacific Standard Time >> [Day & Night] 2 ANTIBALAS Antibalas >> [Daptone] 3 BLOC PARTY…

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    By Rachel Reynolds • Aug 25, 2012 • 2 min read

    KCRW’s TOP 50 Most Played Albums for the Week of 08/20/2012

    2 ANTIBALAS == Antibalas >> [Daptone]

    3 BLOC PARTY == Four >> [Frenchkiss Records]

    4 DEAR, MATTHEW == Beams >> [Ghostly Int’l]

    5 HOT CHIP == In Our Heads >> [Domino]

    6 DIVINE FITS == Thing Called Divine Fits >> [Merge]

    7 T REX – KCRW SOUNDCLASH == T Rex Vs Kcrw Soundclash Remix Ep >> [Kcrw]

    8 GRIZZLY BEAR == Shields – Sampler >> [Warp]

    9 XX == Coexist – Sampler >> [Young Turks]

    10 ALABAMA SHAKES == Boys & Girls >> [Ato]

    11 MARLEY, BOB & THE WAILERS == In Dub Vol 1 >> [Tuff Gong]

    12 COM TRUISE == In Decay >> [Ghostly Intl]

    13 FLEETWOOD MAC – TRIBUTE == Just Tell Me That You Want Me >> [Hear Music]

    14 ORB & LEE SCRATCH PERRY == Orbserver In The Star House – Sampler >> [End]

    15 WHITE, JACK == Blunderbuss >> [Third Man/columbia]

    16 YEASAYER == Fragrant World >> [Secretly Canadian]

    17 WOOLFY VS PROJECTIONS == Return Of Love >> [Permanent Vacation]

    18 LOL BOYS == Changes Ep >> [Friends Of Friends]

    19 LA HAVAS, LIANNE == Is Your Love Big Enough >> [Nonesuch]

    20 BONDE DO ROLE == Tropicalbacanal >> [Mad Decent]

    21 TANGA, BIBI & THE SELENITES == 40 Degrees Of Sunshine >> [Nat Geo]

    22 ATLAS GENIUS == Through The Glass Ep >> [Warner Bros.]

    23 MEXICAN INSTITUTE OF SOUND == Politico >> [Nacional]

    24 HARRIS, JESSE == Sub Rosa >> [Dangerbird]

    25 VERY BEST == Mtmtmk >> [Moshi Moshi]

    26 SPEKTOR, REGINA == What We Saw From The Cheap Seats >> [Sire]

    27 BARFOD, TOMAS == Salton Sea >> [Friends Of Friends]

    28 ARIEL PINK’S HAUNTED GRAFFITI == Mature Themes >> [4ad]

    29 TAME IMPALA == Lonerism – Sampler >> [Modular]

    30 THENEWNO2 == Thefearofmissingout >> [Xenon]

    31 CLIFF, JIMMY == Rebirth >> [Universal/sunpower]

    32 TWIN SHADOW == Confess >> [4ad]

    33 DIRTY PROJECTORS == Swing Lo Magellan >> [Domino]

    34 CAT POWER == Sun – Sampler >> [Matador]

    35 ALLAH-LAS == Allah-las >> [Innovative Leisure]

    36 ALT-J == Awesome Wave >> [Infectious]

    37 CURUMIN == Arrocha >> [Six Degrees Records]

    38 VALADEZ, ANTHONY == Just Visiting >> [Plug Research]

    39 ZZK COMPILATION == Future Sounds Of Buenos Aires >> [Zzk/waxploitation]

    40 BEACH HOUSE == Bloom >> [Sub Pop]

    41 SHINS == Port Of Morrow >> [Columbia]

    42 SEPALCURE == Sepalcure >> [Hotflush]

    43 JOVANOTTI == Italia 1988-2012 >> [Ato]

    44 STARS == North >> [Ato]

    45 REDD KROSS == Researching The Blues >> [Merge]

    46 EASY STAR ALL-STARS == Easy Star’s Thrillah >> [Easy Star]

    47 FUNKEES == Dancing Time – The Best Of >> [Soundway]

    48 RUBY SPARKS == Ost – Music By Nick Urata, Sylvie Vartan >> [Milan]

    49 CHAPEL CLUB == Sleep Alone Ep >> [Self Release]

    50 DIIV == Oshin >> [Captured Tracks]

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      Rachel Reynolds

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