Upcoming Calendar w/ Micachu & The Shapes, Flying Lotus, Tobacco, High Places, Miles Kurosky, WEEDEATER & more..

THURSDAY

9:30 PM CLAPS (TOUR KICKOFF) w. The Funeral and The Twilight & Three Nuns and a Gun
9:30 PM Eve and The Apple Minneseries w/ To Kill a Petty Bourgeoisie + Dada Trash Collage + The Sextons @ The Nomad
10:00 PM Black Audience at Red Stag
10:00 PM Minor Kingdom + Sharp Teeth + The Chord and The Fawn @ Sauce

FRIDAY

8:00 PM SPOON with DEERHUNTER, and MICACHU & THE SHAPES @ FIRST AVENUE (LATE 21+)
8:00 PM THE RUBY SUNS & TORO Y MOI @ TURF CLUB
8:00 PM XIU XIU with TUNE-YARDS, and TALK NORMAL @ The Entry
9:00 PM Benson Ramsey and Jacob Hanson @ Cafe Maude
9:00 PM Miles Kurosky [Beulah] (400 Bar)
9:00 PM Tobacco + High Places + The Hood Internet (Triple Rock)
10:00 PM Broken Water (Olympia, WA), Talk Normal (Brooklyn, NY) & Gay Beast, Tips for Twat @ Medusa
10:00 PM Chibalo, Alpha Consumer, Lazer Forever @ 501

Saturday, April 3, 2010

All Day Event Land of New Milk and Honey: BAZAAR @ Soap Factory f. SKOAL KODIAK, MOONSTONE CONTINUUM, Obchod Na Korze, Radical Cemetary, Whitesand/Badlands, Tips for Twat
6:00 PM SPOON with DEERHUNTER, and MICACHU & THE SHAPES @ FIRST AVENUE (EARLY AA)
8:00 PM BLACK LIPS, BOX ELDERS, & FRANCE HAS THE BOMB @ VARSITY
8:00 PM CYMBALS EAT GUITARS & BEAR IN HEAVEN @ TURF CLUB
8:00 PM Tatsuya Nakatani, w. Chris Bates & Adam Linz @ Rogue Buddha
10:00 PM Joe Jack Talcum (of the Dead Milkmen) / CHOOGLIN’ @ 7th St. Entry
10:00 PM At Any Speed, Red Daughters, Battle Royale @ Nomad
10:00 PM FLYING LOTUS / KODE 9 @ BARFLY
10:00 PM WEEDEATER, BLACK TUSK, GATES OF SLUMBER, STRUCK BY LIGHTNING @ TRIPLE ROCK
10:30 PM Red Pens + Total Babe + Teenage Moods + Nice Purse @ Hexagon Bar

Sunday, April 4, 2010

7:30 PM Beach House + Bachelorette (Cedar Cultural Center)
8:00 PM Passion Pit @ First Avenue
9:00 PM Gospel Gossip, The Mood Swings, God Damn Doo Wop Band @ 501

Radio K Top 77 of 2008

 

01 Top 77 Albums of 2008

 

Radio K’s Top 77 albums of 2008 countdown just wrapped up a few minutes ago!

View the Top 77 albums of 2008 as voted on by listeners here.
View the DJ top 10 lists here.

A huge thanks from all of us at the station – DJs, staff, and volunteers – to all the listeners who voted this year and to the Electric Fetus for their continued support of the annual Top 77 countdown!

 

(Note: Italics indicate a local album)

1 Deerhunter Microcastle Kranky
2 Portishead Third Mercury
3 Fleet Foxes Fleet Foxes Sub Pop
4 TV on the Radio Dear Science Interscope
5 Beach House Devotion Carpark
6 Vampire Hands Me and You Cherry Red Self-released
7 WHY? Alopecia Anticon
8 Santogold Santogold Downtown
9 Doomtree Doomtree Doomtree
10 Bon Iver For Emma, Forever Ago [reissue] Jagjaguwar
11 The Cool Kids The Bake Sale [EP] Chocolate Industries
12 Sigur Ros Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust XL
13 Land of Talk Some Are Lakes Saddle Creek
14 Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! Anti
15 Atmosphere When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold Rhymesayers
16 Department of Eagles In Ear Park 4AD
17 Lykke Li Youth Novels LL
18 M83 Saturdays = Youth Mute
19 Vampire Weekend Vampire Weekend XL
20 School of Seven Bells Alpinisms Ghostly International
21 Wolf Parade At Mount Zoomer Sub Pop
22 Cut Copy In Ghost Colours Modular
23 Dosh Wolves and Wishes Anticon
24 Ratatat LP3 XL
25 The Kills Midnight Boom Domino
26 Jay Reatard Matador Singles 08 Matador
27 Yeasayer All Hour Cymbals We Are Free
28 Crystal Castles Crystal Castles Last Gang
29 Hercules and Love Affair Hercules and Love Affair Mute
30 The Walkmen You and Me Gigantic
31 Beck Modern Guilt Interscope
32 Lucy Michelle and the Velvet Lapelles Orange Peels and Rattlesnakes Self-released
33 Marnie Stern This Is It… Kill Rock Stars
34 Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks Real Emotional Trash Matador
35 King Khan and the Shrines The Supreme Genius of King Khan and the Shrines Vice
36 Roma di Luna Casting the Bones Self-released
37 The Hold Steady Stay Positive Vagrant
38 Emiliana Torrini Me and Armini Rough Trade
39 Hot Chip Made in the Dark DFA/Astralwerks
40 Tobacco F*****d Up Friends Anticon
41 Andrew Bird Soldier On [EP] Fargo
42 Black Mountain In The Future Jagjaguwar
43 Deerhoof Offend Maggie Kill Rock Stars
44 Dodos Visiter Frenchkiss
45 Sunset The Glowing City Autobus
46 The Magnetic Fields Distortion Nonesuch
47 Cloud Cult Feel Good Ghosts Earthology
48 CSS Donkey Sub Pop
49 Gospel Gossip Sing Into My Mouth Guilt Ridden Pop
50 Burial Untrue Hyperdub
51 Dizzee Rascal Maths and English Def Jux
52 Haley Bonar Big Star Afternoon
53 Sun Kil Moon April Caldo Verde
54 Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy Lie Down in the Light Drag City
55 Dark Dark Dark The Snow Magic Blood Onion
56 David Byrne and Brian Eno Everything That Happens Will Happen Today Self-released
57 F**k Buttons Street Horrrsing ATP
58 No Age Nouns Sub Pop
59 Spiritualized Songs in A&E Sanctuary
60 Erykah Badu New Amerykah Part One (4th World War) Universal
61 Foals Antidotes Sub Pop
62 Gnarls Barkley The Odd Couple Downtown
63 The Black Keys Attack and Release Nonesuch
64 The Ting Tings We Started Nothing Columbia
65 Mates of State Rearrange Us Barsuk
66 Anni Rossi Afton [EP] 4AD
67 Mount Eerie with Julie Doiron and Fred Squire Lost Wisdom P.W. Elverum & Sun
68 Stereolab Chemical Cords 4AD
69 Silver Jews Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea Drag City
70 Thee Oh Sees The Master’s Bedroom… Tomlab
71 Tapes ‘n Tapes Walk It Off XL
72 The Raveonettes Lust Lust Lust Vice
73 Times New Viking Rip It Off Matador
74 White Magic New Egypt Southern
75 Women Women Jagjaguwar
76 First Communion Afterparty Sorry For All The Mondays and to Those Who Cannot Sing Mpls Ltd
77 Ladyhawke Ladyhawke Modular

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