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Hip-Hop Charts – June 15, 2015

Top 10: 1 KNXWLEDGE - Hud Dreems (Stones Throw) 2 ODDISEE - The Good Fight (Mello) 3 MYKA 9 AND FACTOR - Famous Future Time Travel (Urbnet) 4 ALCHEMIST AND OH NO - Welcome To Los Santos (Mass Appeal) 5…

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Jazz Charts & Adds – Early May

We've got some older stuff and some very recent stuff topping our recent charts. Tigran is back, and so is Mary Lou Williams apparently! Kamasi Washington's excellent album is up there, too, thankfully. Have a great week and if you…

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Jazz Charts & Adds – End of April

Jazz is funky and sweet and thriving here at KZSC! Jeff Richman's latest album,​ an awesome, sometimes dissonant exploration into stadium-rock influenced jazz, with funky, grooving bass lines, stands out as one that does not feature heavy Hammond organ. French…

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RPM Charts – Beginning of May

Top 10: 1. LAPALUX - Lustmore / Brainfeeder 2. SHLOHMO - Dark Red True / Panther Sounds/WeDidIt 3. KODAK TO GRAPH - ISA / Family 4. HOT SUGAR - God's Hand / Break World 5. MURA MASA - Someday Somewhere…

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RPM Charts – End of April

Top 10: 1. LAPALUX - Lustmore / Brainfeeder 2. SHLOHMO - Dark Red / True Panther Sounds / WeDidIt 3. DORIAN CONCEPT - Joined Ends Remix [EP] / Ninja Tune 4. HOT SUGAR - God's Hand / Break World 5…

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New World Charts-mid April

Will April showers bring us May flowers? Well in the meantime lets check out this shower of new world music here at KZSC! In out top 10 this week we have Salt Petal's Sea Monster. This tropicál group from L.A…

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RPM Charts – End of March

Top 10: 1. PURITY RING - Another Eternity / 4AD 2. HOT SUGAR - God's Hand / Break World 3. LES SINS - Michael / Company 4. SAM GELLAITRY - Short Stories [EP] / Soulection 5. HOODBOI - Palm Reader…

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RPM Charts – Mid-March

Top 10: 1. GREAT DANE - Great Dane / Alpha Pup 2. HOT SUGAR - God's Hand / Break World 3. LES SINS - Michael / Company 4. FUTURE BROWN - Future Brown / Warp 5. KODAK TO GRAPH -…

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Rock Charts – 2nd Week of March!

This week we kept spinning the new Twerps album, continued to give Jessica Pratt a good amount of airplay and added great releases from Exploding in Sound and Slumberland Records! Top 10: 1. TWERPS - Range Anxiety 2. JESSICA PRATT…

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Jazz Charts – Early March

Good evening! Here are the charts in the jazz dept. as well as the newly-added albums at the station! And for those who need it, a warm smile from South African jazz legend Abdullah Ibrahim (aka Dollar Brand). Top Ten:…

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Jazz Charts – End of February

Here is what we're enjoying from the jazz world at KZSC. And there's a photo of Tigran Hamasyan looking cool. Top Ten: 1 TIGRAN HAMASYAN               Mockroot            Nonesuch 2…

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New World- charts for end of February

Check out the Top 10 of world music this week! At the top of the charts we still got that great new album from Red Baraat and the father-son collaborative debut from Toumani and Sidiki Diabate. 1    RED BARAAT  - …

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RPM Charts – End of February

Top 10: 1. HOT SUGAR - God's Hand / Break World 2. LES SINS - Michael / Company 3. SAM GELLAITRY - Short Stories [EP] / Soulection 4. S-TYPE - SV8 [EP] / LuckyMe 5. DORIAN CONCEPT - Joined Ends…

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Hip-Hop Charts February 24, 2015

Top 10 Releases: 1. DOOMTREE - All Hands (Doomtree) 2. SIDEWALK CHALK - Shoulder Season (Ropeadope) 3. CHIMURENGA RENAISSANCE - Kudada Nekuva Munhu Mutema (Brick Lane) 4. SWAMP THING - Outer Limits (Urbnet) 5. FDAMUSIC - Fame (Self-Released) 6. BOBBY CAPRI…

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