Monday, May 28, 2012

Top 91 Results

Now announcing WRMC's 2011-12 Top 91 results! (Sorry if you weren't ready for the nostalgia.) These are, in the collective opinion of the WRMC community, the BEST (/most popular) songs released between May 2011 and 2012. Thanks to all of those who voted (democracy now!), and make sure you check out these tracks if you missed the countdown two weeks ago. And so...

1. Midnight City - M83
2. Don't Move - Phantogram
3. Niggas in Paris - Jay-Z & Kanye West
4. We Found Love - Rihanna
5. Polish Girl - Neon Indian
6. 212 (feat. Lazy Jay) - Azealia Banks
7. Comeback Kid - Sleigh Bells
8. Genesis - Grimes
9. Holocene - Bon Iver
10. Intro (feat. Zola Jesus) - M83
11. Jasmine - Jai Paul
12. Video Games - Lana Del Rey
13. Countdown - Beyoncé
14. Cruel - St. Vincent
15. 16 Years - Phantogram
16. Disparate Youth - Santigold
17. I Belong in Your Arms - Chairlift
18. Kill for Love - Chromatics
19. Jumanji - Azealia Banks
20. Believer - John Maus
21. Myth - Beach House
22. Somebody That I Used to Know - Gotye
23. Vessel - Zola Jesus
24. 17 - Youth Lagoon
25. Ashtray Wasp - The Burial
26. Born to Lose - Sleigh Bells
27. Brothers - Tanlines
28. Climax - Usher
29. Starships - Nicki Minaj
30. Love on Top - Beyoncé
31. Drifting In and Out - Porcelain Raft
32. End of the Line - Sleigh Bells
33. Headlines - Drake
34. Honey Bunny - Girls
35. How Come You Never Go There - Feist
36. In the Same Room - Julia Holter
37. In Your Nature - Zola Jesus
38. It's Real - Real Estate
39. Lazuli - Beach House
40. Levels - Avicii
41. Oblivion - Grimes
42. Rack City - Tyga
43. Serpents - Sharon Van Etten
44. Shake It Out - Florence and the Machine
45. Simple Song - The Shins
46. Stay Away - Charli XCX
47. 6 Foot 7 Foot - Lil Wayne
48. Steve McQueen - M83
49. HYFR (feat. Lil Wayne) - Drake
50. Tomorrow - Niki & the Dove
51. Domino - Jessie J
52. Weekend - Class Actress
53. Raconte-Moi Une Histoire - M83
54. All of Me - Tanlines
55. Amor Fati - Washed Out
56. Bleak Bake - King Krule
57. Cannons - Youth Lagoon
58. Come to the City - The War on Drugs
59. Destiny feat. Pional - John Talabot
60. Bad Ritual - Timber Timbre
61. Emmylou - First Aid Kit
62. Radio - Lana Del Rey
63. Call Me Maybe - Carly Rae Jepsen
64. Four Hours (Away) - Young Prisms
65. Streetz Tonight - Araabmuzik
66. Oro Y Sangre - John Talabot
67. Pair of Wings - Frankie Rose
68. Daylight - Thundercat
69. Break My Heart - La Sera
70. Honey Suckle - Xiu Xiu
71. Headed for the Door - Moonface
72. We Bros - WU LYF
73. End of Days - Light Asylum
74. Trancegender (feat. Zola Jesus) - Pictureplane
75. Moon Killer - Small Black
76. Please Be My Third Eye - La Sera
77. The Other Shoe - Fucked Up
78. My Mistakes - Eleanor Friedberger
79. Little By Little (Shed Remix) - Radiohead
80. Wait - M83
81. So Long You Pretty Thing - Spiritualized
82. Nuclear Season - Charli XCX
83. Turning Into Stone - Phantogram
84. Wonder Years - Real Estate
85. Bad Girls - M.I.A.
86. Misery - Big Troubles
87. Five Seconds - Twin Shadow
88. Trip - Vacationer
89. Belispeak - Purity Ring
90. Candy - The Men
91. See Thru Eyes - Active Child

What a year of music! What a year for M83! I'm convinced that Twin Shadow's "Five Seconds" would be much higher on the list if it had been released earlier. Then again, Azealia Banks' "Jumanji" was released after it and made it to #19. Also, where is Rihanna's "You Da One"?? Come on, DJs!

Anyways, thank you, DJs and listeners, for yet another great year of programming. Be sure to turn those dials back to 91.1 FM on June 18th when programming resumes for the summer. And congrats to Joanna, Ana, Rebecca, and Sam x2- you made it! Missing you already.

Sunday, May 6, 2012

Virtual Virtuosos: Alex Day

This week's featured artist is Alex Day, a.k.a. nerimon:



Alex is credited with the founding of the Doctor Who fandom music genre ("trock"), which he pioneered with his band Chameleon Circuit. He also worked with Charlie McDonnell and other YouTube personalities on the "Chartjackers" project to raise money for Children In Need. However, his most impressive achievement to date was breaking into the U.K. singles chart with "Forever Yours," and again with "Lady Godiva:"



If you'd like to see more of Alex's work, you can find him on pretty much every social media site there is, including but not limited to YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook.