KCRW's Top 50 Airplay Chart
and Specialty Charts
for the week of OF 08/04/2008 .  

1 BRAZILIAN GIRLS (BUY THIS CD)
   title: New York City
   label: [Verve Forecast]

2 BECK (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Modern Guilt
   label: [Interscope]

3 BLACK KIDS (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Partie Traumatic
   label: [Almost Gold]

4 RATATAT (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Lp3
   label: [Xl]

5 CSS (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Donkey
   label: [Sub Pop]

6 GNARLS BARKLEY (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Odd Couple
   label: [Downtown/atlantic]

7 MGMT (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Electric Feel
   label: [Columbia]

8 LEVI, POP (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Never Never Love
   label: [Counter]

9 CALEXICO (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Two Silver Trees
   label: [Quarterstick]

10 CHEMICAL BROTHERS (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Midnight Madness
   label: [Virgin]

11 JEM (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Down To Earth
   label: [Ato]

12 BLOC PARTY (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Mercury
   label: [Atlantic]

13 HALSTEAD, NEIL (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Oh Mighty Engine
   label: [Brushfire]

14 FAINT (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Fasciinatiion
   label: [Blank Wav]

15 SAADIQ, RAPHAEL (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Way I See It
   label: [Columbia]

16 SANTOGOLD NERD & JULIAN CASABLANCAS (BUY THIS CD)
   title: My Drive Thru
   label: [Cornerstone]

17 LONGWAVE (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Longwave
   label: [Advance]

18 HERCULES & LOVE AFFAIR (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Hercules & Love Affair
   label: [Mute/dfa]

19 UNKLE (BUY THIS CD)
   title: End Titles - Stories For Film
   label: [Surrender All]

20 WAX ON RECORDS COMPILATION (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Nightmares On Wax Presents
   label: [Wax On]

21 BLIND PILOT (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Three Rounds & A Sound
   label: [Expunged]

22 HAVENS, RICHIE (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Nobody Left To Crown
   label: [Verve Forecast]

23 SIGUR ROS (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust
   label: [Xl]

24 ROOTS (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Rising Down
   label: [Def Jam]

25 AMERICAN TEEN (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Ost - Music By Ting Tings,frou Frou, Etc
   label: [Sony]

26 NERD (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Seeing Sounds
   label: [Interscope]

27 SPARRO, SAM (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Sam Sparro
   label: [Universal Republic]

28 BAJOFONDO (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Mar Dulce
   label: [Decca]

29 BITTER SWEET (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Drama
   label: [Quango]

30 MOBY (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Last Night
   label: [Mute]

31 BLACK GHOSTS (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Black Ghosts
   label: [I Am Sound]

32 XX TEENS (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Welcome To Goon Island
   label: [Mute]

33 DINGDING, SA (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Alive
   label: [Universal Music China]

34 FRANTI, MICHAEL & SPEARHEAD (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Say Hey
   label: [Anti]

35 LAMONTAGNE, RAY (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Gossip In The Grain - Sampler
   label: [Rca]

36 FRATELLIS (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Here We Stand
   label: [Cherry Tree]

37 VIRGINS (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Virgins
   label: [Atlantic]

38 QUIET VILLAGE (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Silent Movie
   label: [K7]

39 VERVE REMIXED COMPILATION (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Verve Remixed 4
   label: [Verve]

40 SANTOGOLD (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Santogold
   label: [Downtown]

41 LENKA (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Lenka - Sampler
   label: [Epic]

42 PRETENDERS (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Break Up The Concrete
   label: [Shangri-la]

43 DETEKTIVBYRAN (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Wermland
   label: [Danarkia]

44 MOGWAI (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Hawk Is Howling
   label: [Wall Of Sound]

45 NINO, CARLOS & LIL SCI (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Elevation - What's The Science
   label: [Shaman Work]

46 MERCURY REV (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Senses On Fire
   label: [Yep Roc]

47 COLD WAR KIDS (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Something Is Not Right With Me
   label: [Downtown]

48 COSTA, NIKKA (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Pebble To A Pearl
   label: [Stax]

49 MILANO LOUNGE COMPILATION (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Milano Lounge
   label: [Wagram]

50 SIDESTEPPER (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Buena Vibra Sound System
   label: [Palm]

SPECIALTY CHARTS - OF 08/04/2008

WORLD

1 BAJOFONDO (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Mar Dulce
   label: [Decca]

2 DINGDING, SA (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Alive
   label: [Universal Music China]

3 MILANO LOUNGE COMPILATION (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Milano Lounge
   label: [Wagram]

4 SIDESTEPPER (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Buena Vibra Sound System
   label: [Palm]

5 NIYAZ (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Nine Heavens
   label: [Six Degrees]

6 FANIA COMPILATION (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Live 03 - Dj Sake1
   label: [Fania]

7 BAGAYOGO, ISSA (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Mali Koura
   label: [Six Degrees]

8 LATIN ALTERNATIVE MUSIC CONFERENCE (BUY THIS CD)
   title: 2008
   label: [Terra]

9 MIDDLE EASTERN WOMEN'S COMPILATION (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Night In Istanbul
   label: [Water Music]

10 CITY LOUNGE COMPILATION (BUY THIS CD)
   title: City Lounge 4 - Sampler
   label: [Wagram]

RPM

1 RATATAT (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Lp3
   label: [Xl]

2 CHEMICAL BROTHERS (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Midnight Madness
   label: [Virgin]

3 HERCULES & LOVE AFFAIR (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Hercules & Love Affair
   label: [Mute/dfa]

4 WAX ON RECORDS COMPILATION (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Nightmares On Wax Presents
   label: [Wax On]

5 NERD (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Seeing Sounds
   label: [Interscope]

6 SPARRO, SAM (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Sam Sparro
   label: [Universal Republic]

7 BITTER SWEET (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Drama
   label: [Quango]

8 MOBY (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Last Night
   label: [Mute]

9 BLACK GHOSTS (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Black Ghosts
   label: [I Am Sound]

10 QUIET VILLAGE (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Silent Movie
   label: [K7]

Jazz

1 ALLEE, STEVE TRIO (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Dragonfly
   label: [Owl]

2 HARGROVE, ROY QUINTET (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Earfood
   label: [Groovin High]

3 SICKAFOOSE, TODD (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Tiny Resistors
   label: [Cryptogramophone]

4 ALEXANDER, MONTY (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Good Life
   label: [Chesky]

5 SINATRA, FRANK (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Nothing But The Best
   label: [Reprise]

6 DAVIS, MILES - TRIBUTE (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Miles From India
   label: [Times Square]

7 ALLYSON, KARRIN (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Imagina
   label: [Concord Jazz]

8 JAMES, JOSE (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Dreamer
   label: [Brownswood]

9 CARTER, JAMES (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Present Tense
   label: [Emarcy]

10 BARSH, SAM (BUY THIS CD)
   title: I Forgot What You Taught Me
   label: [Raz Daz]

* Charts are determined by weekly airplay from KCRW's music programmers.