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The KEXP Variety music chart for March, 2012
Week: 3/23/2012 - 3/29/2012
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  THEESatisfaction | awE naturalE | Sub Pop |
| 2. | Grimes | Visions | 4AD |
| 3. | The Shins | Port of Morrow | Columbia |
| 4. | La Sera | Sees The Light | Hardly Art |
| 5. | Yppah | Eighty One | Sub Pop |
| 6. | Fanfarlo | Rooms Filled With Light | Canvasback/Atlantic |
| 7. | Miike Snow | Happy To You | Downtown/Universal Republic |
| 8. | Ceremony | Zoo | Matador |
| 9. | Shearwater | Animal Joy | Sub Pop |
| 10. | Damien Jurado | Maraqopa | Secretly Canadian |
| 11. | The Magnetic Fields | Love at the Bottom of the Sea | Merge |
| 12. | The Lumineers | The Lumineers | Dualtone |
| 13. | Tanlines | Mixed Emotions | True Panther Sounds |
| 14. | Cloud Nothings | Attack On Memory | Carpark |
| 15. | Frankie Rose | Interstellar | Slumberland |
| 16. | Jamie Woon | Mirrorwriting | Polydor/Verve Forecast |
| 17. | School of Seven Bells | Ghostory | Vagrant/Ghostly |
| 18. | Lushlife | Plateau Vision | Western Vinyl |
| 19. | Sleigh Bells | Reign of Terror | Mom + Pop |
| 20. | Galactic | Carnivale Electricos | Anti- |
| 21. | John Talabot | fIN | Permanent Vacation |
| 22. | Polica | Give You The Ghost | Totally Gross National Product |
| 23. | Paul Weller | Sonik Kicks | Yep Roc |
| 24. | Disappears | Pre Language | Kranky |
| 25. | Perfume Genius | Put Your Back N 2 It | Matador |
| 26. | Grynch | Perspective | Self-released |
| 27. | Pond | Beard, Wives, Denim | Modular |
| 28. | Yellow Ostrich | Strange Land | Barsuk |
| 29. | Air | Le Voyage Dans La Lune | Astralwerks |
| 30. | Deep Sea Diver | History Speaks | Self-released |
| 31. | Chairlift | Something | Columbia/Young Turks |
| 32. | Barry Adamson | I Will Set You Free | Central Control |
| 33. | Tennis | Young & Old | Fat Possum |
| 34. | Justin Townes Earle | Nothing's Gonna Change the Way You Feel About Me Now | Bloodshot |
| 35. | Daniel Rossen | Silent Hour/Golden Mile | Warp |
| 36. | Lee Fields & The Expressions | Faithful Man | Truth & Soul |
| 37. | White Rabbits | Milk Famous | tbd |
| 38. | Errors | Have Some Faith In Magic | Rock Action |
| 39. | Choir Of Young Believers | Rhine Gold | Ghostly International |
| 40. | First Aid Kit | The Lion's Roar | Wichita |
| 41. | Of Monsters and Men | My Head is an Animal | Record |
| 42. | Imperial Teen | Feel The Sound | Merge |
| 43. | St. Paul de Vence | St. Paul de Vence | Self-released |
| 44. | Terry Malts | Killing Time | Slumberland |
| 45. | Dinosaur Feathers | Whistle Tips | Ernest Jenning Record Co. |
| 46. | The 2 Bears | Be Strong | DFA |
| 47. | Scuba | Personality | Hotflush |
| 48. | Andrew Bird | Break It Yourself | Mom + Pop |
| 49. | Nite Jewel | One Second of Love | Secretly Canadian |
| 50. | Lilacs & Champagne | Lilacs & Champagne | Mexican Summer |
| 51. | Porcelain Raft | Strange Weekend | Secretly Canadian |
| 52. | Georgia Anne Muldrow | Seeds | SomeOthaShip |
| 53. | Plants and Animals | The End of That | Secret City |
| 54. | Oberhofer | Time Capsules II | Glassnote |
| 55. | Posse | Posse | Self-released |
| 56. | Mark Lanegan | Blues Funeral | 4AD |
| 57. | Lux | We Are Not The Same | Self-released |
| 58. | Rocky Votolato | Television of Saints | Self-released |
| 59. | Beth Jeans Houghton & The Hooves of Destiny | Yours Truly, Cellophane Nose | Mute |
| 60. | Mind Spiders | Meltdown | Dirtnap |
| 61. | Ceu | Caravana Sereia Bloom | Six Degrees |
| 62. | Lee Ranaldo | Between The Times And The Tides | Matador |
| 63. | Ana Tijoux | La Bala | Nacional |
| 64. | Sharon Van Etten | Tramp | Jagjaguwar |
| 65. | Daughter | The Wild Youth EP | Glassnote |
| 66. | Labyrinth Ear | Apparitions EP | Self-released |
| 67. | Battleme | Battleme | Trashy Moped |
| 68. | David's Lyre | Picture Of Our Youth | Self-released |
| 69. | Oliver Tank | Dreams + Dreams Remixed | Yes Please |
| 70. | Sidi Toure | Koima | Thrill Jockey |
| 71. | Arctic Monkeys | R U Mine? | Domino |
| 72. | Tom Jones | Evil/Jezebel | Third Man |
| 73. | Keaton Collective | Tercera | Self-released |
| 74. | Don't Talk To The Cops! | Let's Quit | Out For Stardom |
| 75. | The Grizzled Mighty | The Grizzled Mighty | Self-released |
| 76. | Baloji | Kinshasa Succursale | Crammed Discs |
| 77. | The Twilight Sad | No One Can Ever Know | Fatcat |
| 78. | Chuck Prophet | Temple Beautiful | Yep Roc |
| 79. | My Best Fiend | In Ghostlike Fading | Warp |
| 80. | Dirty Three | Toward the Low Sun | Drag City |
| 81. | Sinead O'Connor | How About I Be Me (And You Be You)? | One Little Indian |
| 82. | The Funk Ark | High Noon | ESL |
| 83. | Memoryhouse | The Slideshow Effect | Sub Pop |
| 84. | NUMBJAC | Grief EP | Car Crash Set |
| 85. | (Various) | Power Corruption & Lies Covered | Mojo Magazine |
| 86. | Francois & the Atlas Mountains | E Volo Love | Domino |
| 87. | Chief Boima | African In New York | Dutty Artz |
| 88. | Wild Nothing | Nowhere/Wait | Captured Tracks |
| 89. | Eighteen Individual Eyes | Unnovae Nights | Self-released |
| 90. | Detective Agency | Daggers EP | Self-released |
Week: 3/16/2012 - 3/22/2012
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | THEESatisfaction | awE naturalE | Sub Pop |
| 2. | Grimes | Visions | 4AD |
| 3. | The Shins | Port of Morrow | Columbia |
| 4. | Damien Jurado | Maraqopa | Secretly Canadian |
| 5. | Shearwater | Animal Joy | Sub Pop |
| 6. | John Talabot | fIN | Permanent Vacation |
| 7. | Ceremony | Zoo | Matador |
| 8. | Sleigh Bells | Reign of Terror | Mom + Pop |
| 9. | The Magnetic Fields | Love at the Bottom of the Sea | Merge |
| 10. | Fanfarlo | Rooms Filled With Light | Canvasback/Atlantic |
| 11. | Porcelain Raft | Strange Weekend | Secretly Canadian |
| 12. | School of Seven Bells | Ghostory | Vagrant/Ghostly |
| 13. | Lushlife | Plateau Vision | Western Vinyl |
| 14. | Cloud Nothings | Attack On Memory | Carpark |
| 15. | The Lumineers | The Lumineers | Dualtone |
| 16. | Tanlines | Mixed Emotions | True Panther Sounds |
| 17. | First Aid Kit | The Lion's Roar | Wichita |
| 18. | Chairlift | Something | Columbia/Young Turks |
| 19. | The Men | Open Your Heart | Sacred Bones |
| 20. | Pond | Beard, Wives, Denim | Modular |
| 21. | Andrew Bird | Break It Yourself | Mom + Pop |
| 22. | Imperial Teen | Feel The Sound | Merge |
| 23. | Frankie Rose | Interstellar | Slumberland |
| 24. | Sharon Van Etten | Tramp | Jagjaguwar |
| 25. | Air | Le Voyage Dans La Lune | Astralwerks |
| 26. | Grynch | Perspective | Self-released |
| 27. | Tennis | Young & Old | Fat Possum |
| 28. | Galactic | Carnivale Electricos | Anti- |
| 29. | Daniel Rossen | Silent Hour/Golden Mile | Warp |
| 30. | Ceu | Caravana Sereia Bloom | Six Degrees |
| 31. | The 2 Bears | Be Strong | DFA |
| 32. | Yellow Ostrich | Strange Land | Barsuk |
| 33. | Choir Of Young Believers | Rhine Gold | Ghostly International |
| 34. | Plants and Animals | The End of That | Secret City |
| 35. | Mark Lanegan | Blues Funeral | 4AD |
| 36. | Bear In Heaven | I Love You, It's Cool | Dead Oceans |
| 37. | Scuba | Personality | Hotflush |
| 38. | Justin Townes Earle | Nothing's Gonna Change the Way You Feel About Me Now | Bloodshot |
| 39. | Disappears | Pre Language | Kranky |
| 40. | Lee Fields & The Expressions | Faithful Man | Truth & Soul |
| 41. | Posse | Posse | Self-released |
| 42. | Barry Adamson | I Will Set You Free | Central Control |
| 43. | Perfume Genius | Put Your Back N 2 It | Matador |
| 44. | Rocky Votolato | Television of Saints | Self-released |
| 45. | Polica | Give You The Ghost | Totally Gross National Product |
| 46. | Lee Ranaldo | Between The Times And The Tides | Matador |
| 47. | Nite Jewel | One Second of Love | Secretly Canadian |
| 48. | Ana Tijoux | La Bala | Nacional |
| 49. | Errors | Have Some Faith In Magic | Rock Action |
| 50. | Miike Snow | Happy To You | Universal Republic |
| 51. | Beth Jeans Houghton & The Hooves of Destiny | Yours Truly, Cellophane Nose | Mute |
| 52. | Deep Sea Diver | History Speaks | Self-released |
| 53. | Blood Orange Paradise | Blood Orange Paradise | Self-released |
| 54. | Yppah | Eighty One | Ninja Tune |
| 55. | Mind Spiders | Meltdown | Dirtnap |
| 56. | Sonic Avenues | Television Youth | Dirtnap |
| 57. | Jamie Woon | Mirrorwriting | Polydor/Verve Forecast |
| 58. | Terry Malts | Killing Time | Slumberland |
| 59. | Daughter | The Wild Youth EP | Glassnote |
| 60. | Spoek Mathambo | Father Creeper | Sub Pop |
| 61. | Todd Snider | Agnostic Hymns & Stoner Fables | Aimless/Thirty Tigers |
| 62. | Dirty Three | Toward the Low Sun | Drag City |
| 63. | La Chiva Gantiva | Pelao | Crammed Discs |
| 64. | Oberhofer | Time Capsules II | Glassnote |
| 65. | Bruce Springsteen | Wrecking Ball | Columbia |
| 66. | Oliver Tank | Dreams + Dreams Remixed | Yes Please |
| 67. | Caetano Veloso & David Byrne | Live at Carnegie Hall | Nonesuch |
| 68. | Bonobo | Black Sands Remixed | Ninja Tune |
| 69. | St. Paul de Vence | St. Paul de Vence | Self-released |
| 70. | Detective Agency | Daggers EP | Self-released |
| 71. | The Twilight Sad | No One Can Ever Know | Fatcat |
| 72. | Dinosaur Feathers | Whistle Tips | Ernest Jenning Record Co. |
| 73. | Mati Zundel | Amazonico Gravitante | ZZK/Waxploitation |
| 74. | White Rabbits | Milk Famous | tbd |
| 75. | Fred Eaglesmith | 6 Volts | AML |
| 76. | My Best Fiend | In Ghostlike Fading | Warp |
| 77. | Labyrinth Ear | Apparitions EP | Self-released |
| 78. | Black Bananas | Rad Times Xpress IV | Drag City |
| 79. | Chuck Prophet | Temple Beautiful | Yep Roc |
| 80. | The Funk Ark | High Noon | ESL |
| 81. | (Various) | Power Corruption & Lies Covered | Mojo Magazine |
| 82. | Trust | TRST | Arts & Crafts |
| 83. | Zammuto | Zammuto | Temporary Residence Ltd. |
| 84. | Robert Glasper Experiment | Black Radio | Blue Note |
| 85. | Hospitality | Hospitality | Merge |
| 86. | Of Monsters and Men | My Head is an Animal | Record |
| 87. | Lux | We Are Not The Same | Self-released |
| 88. | Don't Talk To The Cops! | Let's Quit | Out For Stardom |
| 89. | The Grizzled Mighty | The Grizzled Mighty | Self-released |
| 90. | Eighteen Individual Eyes | Unnovae Nights | Self-released |
Week: 3/09/2012 - 3/15/2012
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Grimes | Visions | 4AD |
| 2. | First Aid Kit | The Lion's Roar | Wichita |
| 3. | Porcelain Raft | Strange Weekend | Secretly Canadian |
| 4. | Fanfarlo | Rooms Filled With Light | Canvasback/Atlantic |
| 5. | Damien Jurado | Maraqopa | Secretly Canadian |
| 6. | Ceremony | Zoo | Matador |
| 7. | School of Seven Bells | Ghostory | Vagrant/Ghostly |
| 8. | Grynch | Perspective | Self-released |
| 9. | The Magnetic Fields | Love at the Bottom of the Sea | Merge |
| 10. | John Talabot | fIN | Permanent Vacation |
| 11. | Sleigh Bells | Reign of Terror | Mom + Pop |
| 12. | Galactic | Carnivale Electricos | Anti- |
| 13. | Shearwater | Animal Joy | Sub Pop |
| 14. | Tennis | Young & Old | Fat Possum |
| 15. | Daniel Rossen | Silent Hour/Golden Mile | Warp |
| 16. | Pond | Beard, Wives, Denim | Modular |
| 17. | Nite Jewel | One Second of Love | Secretly Canadian |
| 18. | Posse | Posse | Self-released |
| 19. | Lushlife | Plateau Vision | Western Vinyl |
| 20. | Hospitality | Hospitality | Merge |
| 21. | Imperial Teen | Feel The Sound | Merge |
| 22. | Polica | Give You The Ghost | Totally Gross National Product |
| 23. | Bear In Heaven | I Love You, It's Cool | Dead Oceans |
| 24. | Dinosaur Feathers | Whistle Tips | Ernest Jenning Record Co. |
| 25. | Jamie Woon | Mirrorwriting | Polydor/Verve Forecast |
| 26. | Disappears | Pre Language | Kranky |
| 27. | Sharon Van Etten | Tramp | Jagjaguwar |
| 28. | Andrew Bird | Break It Yourself | Mom + Pop |
| 29. | The Funk Ark | High Noon | ESL |
| 30. | Cloud Nothings | Attack On Memory | Carpark |
| 31. | Barry Adamson | I Will Set You Free | Central Control |
| 32. | Chairlift | Something | Columbia/Young Turks |
| 33. | THEESatisfaction | awE naturalE | Sub Pop |
| 34. | Mind Spiders | Meltdown | Dirtnap |
| 35. | Justin Townes Earle | Nothing's Gonna Change the Way You Feel About Me Now | Bloodshot |
| 36. | Frankie Rose | Interstellar | Slumberland |
| 37. | The 2 Bears | Be Strong | DFA |
| 38. | Yellow Ostrich | Strange Land | Barsuk |
| 39. | Air | Le Voyage Dans La Lune | Astralwerks |
| 40. | Chuck Prophet | Temple Beautiful | Yep Roc |
| 41. | Tanlines | Mixed Emotions | True Panther Sounds |
| 42. | Mark Lanegan | Blues Funeral | 4AD |
| 43. | Lux | We Are Not The Same | Self-released |
| 44. | Beth Jeans Houghton & The Hooves of Destiny | Yours Truly, Cellophane Nose | Mute |
| 45. | Terry Malts | Killing Time | Slumberland |
| 46. | Mati Zundel | Amazonico Gravitante | ZZK/Waxploitation |
| 47. | The Twilight Sad | No One Can Ever Know | Fatcat |
| 48. | Elliott Brood | Days Into Years | Paper Bag |
| 49. | The Big Pink | Figure This | 4AD |
| 50. | Sinead O'Connor | How About I Be Me (And You Be You)? | One Little Indian |
| 51. | Lee Fields & The Expressions | Faithful Man | Truth & Soul |
| 52. | Young Magic | Melt | Carpark |
| 53. | Jay Farrar, Will Johnson, Anders Parker and Yim Yames | New Multitudes | Rounder |
| 54. | (Various) | Power Corruption & Lies Covered | Mojo Magazine |
| 55. | Deep Sea Diver | History Speaks | Self-released |
| 56. | Perfume Genius | Put Your Back N 2 It | Matador |
| 57. | Don't Talk To The Cops! | Let's Quit | Out For Stardom |
| 58. | The Men | Open Your Heart | Sacred Bones |
| 59. | Ana Tijoux | La Bala | Nacional |
| 60. | Todd Snider | Agnostic Hymns & Stoner Fables | Aimless/Thirty Tigers |
| 61. | Wendy Rene | After Laughter Comes Tears | Light in the Attic |
| 62. | Leonard Cohen | Old Ideas | Columbia |
| 63. | Balkan Beat Box | Give | Nat Geo Music |
| 64. | Tom Jones | Evil/Jezebel | Third Man |
| 65. | Howler | America Give Up | Rough Trade |
| 66. | Alabama Shakes | Alabama Shakes | Self-released |
| 67. | St. Paul de Vence | St. Paul de Vence | Self-released |
| 68. | Thaddeus David | Maven | Members Only |
| 69. | Eighteen Individual Eyes | Unnovae Nights | Self-released |
| 70. | Detective Agency | Daggers EP | Self-released |
| 71. | Sweet Secrets | Color Force | 9lb Recordings |
| 72. | Poor Moon | Illusion EP | Sub Pop |
| 73. | Sonic Avenues | Television Youth | Dirtnap |
| 74. | Dr. Dog | Be The Void | Anti- |
| 75. | White Rabbits | Milk Famous | tbd |
| 76. | Errors | Have Some Faith In Magic | Rock Action |
| 77. | Bruce Springsteen | Wrecking Ball | Columbia |
| 78. | Eux Autres | Sun Is Sunk | Bons Mots |
| 79. | Bears | Greater Lakes | Misra |
| 80. | Punch Brothers | Who's Feeling Young Now? | Nonesuch |
| 81. | Todd Terje | It's the Arps EP | Smalltown Supersound/Olsen |
| 82. | A Place To Bury Strangers | Onward To The Wall | Dead Oceans |
| 83. | David's Lyre | Picture Of Our Youth | Self-released |
| 84. | Islands | A Sleep & A Forgetting | Anti- |
| 85. | Matthew Dear | Headcage EP | Ghostly International |
| 86. | Zammuto | Zammuto | Temporary Residence Ltd. |
| 87. | Of Monsters and Men | My Head is an Animal | Record |
| 88. | Nada Surf | The Stars Are Indifferent To Astronomy | Barsuk |
| 89. | The Roots | undun | Def Jam |
| 90. | Jim White | Where It Hits You | Yep Roc |