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The KEXP Variety music chart for August, 2012
Week: 8/17/2012 - 8/23/2012
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  (Various) | Live at KEXP Volume Eight | KEXP |
| 2. | Divine Fits | A Thing Called Divine Fits | Merge |
| 3. | Alt-J | An Awesome Wave | Infectious |
| 4. | Yeasayer | Fragrant Wolrd | Secretly Canadian |
| 5. | Beat Connection | The Palace Garden | Moshi Moshi |
| 6. | DIIV | Oshin | Captured Tracks |
| 7. | Passion Pit | Gossamer | Columbia |
| 8. | Dirty Projectors | Swing Lo Magellan | Domino |
| 9. | Ondatropica | Ondatropica | Soundway |
| 10. | Kingdom Crumbs | Kingdom Crumbs | Cloud Nice |
| 11. | The Sea and Cake | Runner | Thrill Jockey |
| 12. | Dan Deacon | America | Domino |
| 13. | Fang Island | Major | Sargent House |
| 14. | Allah-Las | Allah-Las | Innovative Leisure |
| 15. | Firewater | International Orange | Bloodshot |
| 16. | Orbital | Wonky | ACP Recordings |
| 17. | Antlers | Undersea | Anti- |
| 18. | Twin Shadow | Confess | 4AD |
| 19. | Redd Kross | Researcing the Blues | Merge |
| 20. | Stars | The North | ATO |
| 21. | Lemolo | The Kaleidoscope | self-released |
| 22. | Song Sparrow Research | Song Sparrow Research | self-released |
| 23. | USF | Universal EP | self-released |
| 24. | Purity Ring | Shrines | 4AD |
| 25. | Groundislava | Feel Me | Friends of Friends |
| 26. | Bearhug | Bill, Dance, Shiner | Spunk |
| 27. | Holograms | Holograms | Captured Tracks |
| 28. | Shovels & Rope | O' Be Joyful | Dualtone |
| 29. | Hounds of the Wild Hunt | El Mago | self-released |
| 30. | Erik Blood | Touch Screens | self-released |
| 31. | Frank Ocean | Channel Orange | Def Jam |
| 32. | Ty Segall Band | Slaughterhouse | In The Red |
| 33. | Junk Culture | Wild Quiet | Illegal Art |
| 34. | Two Gallants | The Bloom and the Blight | ATO |
| 35. | JEFF the Brotherhood | Hypnotic Nights | Warner Bros. |
| 36. | (Various) | Country Funk 1969-1975 | Light in the Attic |
| 37. | Tango in the Attic | Sellotape | Domicile Crocodile |
| 38. | Jazzanova | Funkhaus Studio Sessions | Sonar Kollektiv |
| 39. | Dinosaur Jr. | I Bet On Sky | Jagjaguwar |
| 40. | Bob Mould | Silver Age | Merge |
| 41. | Stagnant Pools | Temporary Room | Polyvinyl |
| 42. | Eternal Summers | Correct Behavior | Kanine |
| 43. | Milo Greene | Milo Greene | Chop Shop/Atlantic |
| 44. | The Flaming Lips | The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends | Warner Bros. |
| 45. | Lost Lander | DRRT | Glad I Did |
| 46. | (Various) | Just Tell Me That You Want Me: A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac | Hear Music |
| 47. | Mexican Institute of Sound | Politico | Nacional |
| 48. | Tilbury | Exorcise | Record |
| 49. | Antibalas | Antibalas | Daptone |
| 50. | Shad | Melancholy and the Infinite Shadness | self-released |
| 51. | Vox Mod | Abstract | self-released |
| 52. | Nas | Life Is Good | Def Jam |
| 53. | Dark Time Sunshine | ANX | Fake Four Inc. |
| 54. | Macklemore & Ryan Lewis | Same Love | Sub Pop |
| 55. | JusMoni x WD4D | Queen Feel EP | Care Package |
| 56. | Fresh Espresso | Bossalona | Out For Stardom |
| 57. | Lord Huron | Lonesone Dreams | IAMSOUND |
| 58. | Wild Nothing | Nocturne | Captured Tracks |
| 59. | Spider Bags | Shake My Head | Odessa |
| 60. | Arnaldo Antunes, Edgard Scandurra & Toumani Diabate | A Curva Da Cintura | Mais Um Discos |
| 61. | Nude Beach | II | Other Music |
| 62. | Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti | Mature Themes | 4AD |
| 63. | Heavenly Beat | Talent | Captured Tracks |
| 64. | Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs | Trouble | Casablanca |
| 65. | Para One | Passion | Marble/Because |
| 66. | John Maus | A Collection of Rarities and Previously Unreleased Material | Ribbon Music |
| 67. | Line & Circle | Roman Ruins/Carelessness | White Iris |
| 68. | The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion | Bag of Bones/Black Mold | Boombox/Mom+Pop |
| 69. | Superchunk | This Summer | Merge |
| 70. | The Bamboos | Medicine Man | Tru Thoughts |
| 71. | Japandroids | Celebration Rock | Polyvinyl |
| 72. | The Physics | Tomorrow People | self-released |
| 73. | (Various) | What's Up Seattle: Digital Mixtape No. 1 | What's Up Seattle |
| 74. | Zoe Muth and the Lost High Rollers | Old Gold | Signature Sounds |
| 75. | Kid Smpl | Escape Pod EP | Hush Hush |
| 76. | Rusty Willoughby | Adult Soft Record | self-released |
| 77. | Orca Team | Restraint | HHBTM |
| 78. | Richard Hawley | Standing at the Sky's Edge | Mute |
| 79. | Matthew Dear | Beams | Ghostly |
| 80. | Supreme Cuts | Whispers in the Dark | Dovecote |
| 81. | A Place To Bury Strangers | Worship | Dead Oceans |
| 82. | TNGHT | TNGHT EP | Warp/LuckyMe |
| 83. | Ry Cooder | Election Special | Nonesuch |
| 84. | Los Straitjackets | Jet Set | Yep Roc |
| 85. | Blonds | The Bad Ones | Gluck Music |
| 86. | The Very Best | MTMTMK | Moshi Moshi |
| 87. | Poolside | Pacific Standard Time | Day & Night |
| 88. | The Gaslight Anthem | Handwritten | Mercury |
| 89. | Bloc Party | Four | Frenchkiss |
| 90. | Admiral Fellow | Tree Bursts In Snow | Nettwerk |
Week: 8/10/2012 - 8/16/2012
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | (Various) | Live at KEXP Volume Eight | KEXP |
| 2. | Beat Connection | The Palace Garden | Moshi Moshi |
| 3. | Yeasayer | Fragrant Wolrd | Secretly Canadian |
| 4. | Alt-J | An Awesome Wave | Infectious |
| 5. | Frank Ocean | Channel Orange | Def Jam |
| 6. | Erik Blood | Touch Screens | self-released |
| 7. | Fang Island | Major | Sargent House |
| 8. | Dirty Projectors | Swing Lo Magellan | Domino |
| 9. | Passion Pit | Gossamer | Columbia |
| 10. | Hot Chip | In Our Heads | Domino |
| 11. | Purity Ring | Shrines | 4AD |
| 12. | Redd Kross | Researcing the Blues | Merge |
| 13. | Nas | Life Is Good | Def Jam |
| 14. | Japandroids | Celebration Rock | Polyvinyl |
| 15. | DIIV | Oshin | Captured Tracks |
| 16. | Twin Shadow | Confess | 4AD |
| 17. | Shovels & Rope | O' Be Joyful | Dualtone |
| 18. | Eternal Summers | Correct Behavior | Kanine |
| 19. | Blonds | The Bad Ones | Gluck Music |
| 20. | Jack White | Blunderbuss | Third Man/Columbia |
| 21. | Niki and the Dove | Instinct | Sub Pop |
| 22. | Spider Bags | Shake My Head | Odessa |
| 23. | Junk Culture | Wild Quiet | Illegal Art |
| 24. | Heavenly Beat | Talent | Captured Tracks |
| 25. | Milo Greene | Milo Greene | Chop Shop/Atlantic |
| 26. | Lemolo | The Kaleidoscope | self-released |
| 27. | Kid Smpl | Escape Pod EP | Hush Hush |
| 28. | Antlers | Undersea | Anti- |
| 29. | Holograms | Holograms | Captured Tracks |
| 30. | Peaking Lights | Lucifer | Mexican Summer |
| 31. | The Bamboos | Medicine Man | Tru Thoughts |
| 32. | Antibalas | Antibalas | Daptone |
| 33. | Poolside | Pacific Standard Time | Day & Night |
| 34. | Song Sparrow Research | Song Sparrow Research | self-released |
| 35. | Dark Time Sunshine | ANX | Fake Four Inc. |
| 36. | Orca Team | Restraint | HHBTM |
| 37. | Macklemore & Ryan Lewis | Same Love | Sub Pop |
| 38. | Absolute Monarchs | 1 | Good To Die |
| 39. | Nude Beach | II | Other Music |
| 40. | Bearhug | Bill, Dance, Shiner | Spunk |
| 41. | Ty Segall Band | Slaughterhouse | In The Red |
| 42. | (Various) | Just Tell Me That You Want Me: A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac | Hear Music |
| 43. | Santigold | Master Of My Make Believe | Downtown/Atlantic |
| 44. | Hounds of the Wild Hunt | El Mago | self-released |
| 45. | The Young Evils | Foreign Spells | self-released |
| 46. | Stagnant Pools | Temporary Room | Polyvinyl |
| 47. | Para One | Passion | Marble/Because |
| 48. | Mexican Institute of Sound | Politico | Nacional |
| 49. | The Archives | The Archives | ESL Music |
| 50. | Line & Circle | Roman Ruins/Carelessness | White Iris |
| 51. | Spiritualized | Sweet Heart, Sweet Light | Fat Possum |
| 52. | Best Coast | The Only Place | Mexican Summer |
| 53. | Grimes | Visions | 4AD |
| 54. | Brothers From Another | Taco Tuesday EP | self-released |
| 55. | Poor Moon | Poor Moon | Sub Pop |
| 56. | Universe People | Bad French | self-released |
| 57. | Father John Misty | Fear Fun | Sub Pop |
| 58. | Two Gallants | The Bloom and the Blight | ATO |
| 59. | JEFF the Brotherhood | Hypnotic Nights | Warner Bros. |
| 60. | Milk Maid | Mostly No | FatCat |
| 61. | Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs | Trouble | Casablanca |
| 62. | Supreme Cuts | Whispers in the Dark | Dovecote |
| 63. | A Place To Bury Strangers | Worship | Dead Oceans |
| 64. | Lost Lander | DRRT | Glad I Did |
| 65. | Dead Can Dance | Anastasis | PIAS |
| 66. | TNGHT | TNGHT EP | Warp/LuckyMe |
| 67. | Debo Band | Debo Band | Next Ambiance/Sub Pop |
| 68. | Antony and the Johnsons | Cut the World | Secretly Canadian |
| 69. | Dusted | Total Dust | Polyvinyl |
| 70. | Wild Nothing | Shadow/Feel You Now | Captured Tracks |
| 71. | Beach House | Bloom | Sub Pop |
| 72. | (Various) | What's Up Seattle: Digital Mixtape No. 1 | What's Up Seattle |
| 73. | Black Nite Crash | Drawn Out Days | Neon Sigh |
| 74. | Big Wheel Stunt Show | Wonderful Life | self-released |
| 75. | White Lung | Sorry | Deranged |
| 76. | The Henry Clay People | Twenty-Five For the Rest Of Our Lives | tbd |
| 77. | Foxygen | Take the Kids Off Broadway | Jagjaguwar |
| 78. | Staff Benda Bilili | Bouger Le Monde! | Crammed Discs |
| 79. | The Flaming Lips | The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends | Warner Bros. |
| 80. | Tango in the Attic | Sellotape | Domicile Crocodile |
| 81. | Eleni Mandell | I Can See the Future | Yep Roc |
| 82. | Cat Power | Sun | Matador |
| 83. | The Gaslight Anthem | Handwritten | Mercury |
| 84. | Echo Lake | Wild Peace | Slumberland |
| 85. | Superchunk | This Summer | Merge |
| 86. | Lemonade | Diver | True Panther Sounds |
| 87. | Alabama Shakes | Boys and Girls | ATO |
| 88. | Chromatics | Kill For Love | Italians Do It Better |
| 89. | Arnaldo Antunes, Edgard Scandurra & Toumani Diabate | A Curva Da Cintura | Mais Um Discos |
| 90. | Aesop Rock | Skelethon | Rhymesayers |
Week: 8/03/2012 - 8/10/2012
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Passion Pit | Gossamer | Columbia |
| 2. | Alt-J | An Awesome Wave | Infectious |
| 3. | Hot Chip | In Our Heads | Domino |
| 4. | Lemolo | The Kaleidoscope | self-released |
| 5. | Dirty Projectors | Swing Lo Magellan | Domino |
| 6. | Purity Ring | Shrines | 4AD |
| 7. | Frank Ocean | Channel Orange | Def Jam |
| 8. | Japandroids | Celebration Rock | Polyvinyl |
| 9. | Fang Island | Major | Sargent House |
| 10. | Shovels & Rope | O' Be Joyful | Dualtone |
| 11. | Song Sparrow Research | Song Sparrow Research | self-released |
| 12. | Nas | Life Is Good | Def Jam |
| 13. | DIIV | Oshin | Captured Tracks |
| 14. | Hounds of the Wild Hunt | El Mago | self-released |
| 15. | Macklemore & Ryan Lewis | Same Love | Sub Pop |
| 16. | Erik Blood | Touch Screens | self-released |
| 17. | The Young Evils | Foreign Spells | self-released |
| 18. | Two Gallants | The Bloom and the Blight | ATO |
| 19. | Antlers | Undersea | Anti- |
| 20. | JEFF the Brotherhood | Hypnotic Nights | Warner Bros. |
| 21. | Eternal Summers | Correct Behavior | Kanine |
| 22. | Twin Shadow | Confess | 4AD |
| 23. | Bobby Womack | The Bravest Man in the Universe | XL |
| 24. | The Tallest Man On Earth | There's No Leaving Now | Dead Oceans |
| 25. | Holograms | Holograms | Captured Tracks |
| 26. | The Flaming Lips | The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends | Warner Bros. |
| 27. | Future of the Left | The Plot Against Common Sense | Xtra Mile |
| 28. | The Bamboos | Medicine Man | Tru Thoughts |
| 29. | Junk Culture | Wild Quiet | Illegal Art |
| 30. | Milo Greene | Milo Greene | Chop Shop/Atlantic |
| 31. | (Various) | Just Tell Me That You Want Me: A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac | Hear Music |
| 32. | Dead Can Dance | Anastasis | PIAS |
| 33. | Lemonade | Diver | True Panther Sounds |
| 34. | Niki and the Dove | Instinct | Sub Pop |
| 35. | Ty Segall Band | Slaughterhouse | In The Red |
| 36. | Para One | Passion | Marble/Because |
| 37. | Milk Maid | Mostly No | FatCat |
| 38. | Lost Lander | DRRT | Glad I Did |
| 39. | Patti Smith | Banga | Columbia |
| 40. | Cat Power | Sun | Matador |
| 41. | Line & Circle | Roman Ruins/Carelessness | White Iris |
| 42. | Jack White | Blunderbuss | Third Man/Columbia |
| 43. | Black Nite Crash | Drawn Out Days | Neon Sigh |
| 44. | Foxygen | Take the Kids Off Broadway | Jagjaguwar |
| 45. | Arnaldo Antunes, Edgard Scandurra & Toumani Diabate | A Curva Da Cintura | Mais Um Discos |
| 46. | Liars | WIXIW | Mute |
| 47. | Supreme Cuts | Whispers in the Dark | Dovecote |
| 48. | Tilbury | Exorcise | Record |
| 49. | Wild Nothing | Shadow/Feel You Now | Captured Tracks |
| 50. | Santigold | Master Of My Make Believe | Downtown/Atlantic |
| 51. | The Intelligence | Everybody's Got It Easy But Me | In The Red |
| 52. | Yuni In Taxco | Prizes | self-released |
| 53. | The Torn ACLs | Real Risks | CreeperSpeak |
| 54. | Father John Misty | Fear Fun | Sub Pop |
| 55. | Bearhug | Bill, Dance, Shiner | Spunk |
| 56. | The Henry Clay People | Twenty-Five For the Rest Of Our Lives | tbd |
| 57. | Aesop Rock | Skelethon | Rhymesayers |
| 58. | Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs | Trouble | Casablanca |
| 59. | Dana Buoy | Summer Bodies | Lefse |
| 60. | Peaking Lights | Lucifer | Mexican Summer |
| 61. | Guided By Voices | Class Clown Spots A UFO | Guided By Voices Inc. |
| 62. | Ba Cissoko | Nimissa | Cristal |
| 63. | Shonen Knife | Pop Tune | Good Charamel |
| 64. | Antony and the Johnsons | Cut the World | Secretly Canadian |
| 65. | Belleruche | Rollerchain | Tru Thoughts |
| 66. | The Invisible | Rispah | Ninja Tune |
| 67. | Metric | Synthetica | Mom + Pop |
| 68. | Orca Team | Restraint | HHBTM |
| 69. | Western Haunts | The Ambassador | self-released |
| 70. | Brothers From Another | Taco Tuesday EP | self-released |
| 71. | Fort Union | Fort Union | self-released |
| 72. | Rusty Willoughby | Adult Soft Record | self-released |
| 73. | Fresh Espresso | Bossalona | Out For Stardom |
| 74. | Langhorne Slim & The Law | The Way We Move | Ramseur |
| 75. | Magic Trick | Ruler of the Night | Hardly Art |
| 76. | Clams Casino | Instrumental Mixtape 2 | self-released |
| 77. | Young Guv & The Scuzz | A Love Too Strong | Southpaw |
| 78. | The Gaslight Anthem | Handwritten | Mercury |
| 79. | Debo Band | Debo Band | Next Ambiance/Sub Pop |
| 80. | Eleni Mandell | I Can See the Future | Yep Roc |
| 81. | Deep Time | Deep Time | Hardly Art |
| 82. | Admiral Fallow | Tree Bursts In Snow | Nettwerk |
| 83. | Husky | Forever So | Sub Pop |
| 84. | The Archives | The Archives | ESL Music |
| 85. | Donnie & Joe Emerson | Dreamin' Wild | Light in the Attic |
| 86. | A Place To Bury Strangers | Worship | Dead Oceans |
| 87. | Beach House | Bloom | Sub Pop |
| 88. | Alabama Shakes | Boys and Girls | ATO |
| 89. | Cold Specks | I Predict A Graceful Expulsion | Mute |
| 90. | Dark Time Sunshine | ANX | Fake Four Inc. |