[WGH]

KXCI has over 200 volunteer programmers with very eclectic tastes in music. On New Year's Day KXCI will count down the 100 most played albums of 2009 including the listeners' favorite albums in the countdown too, as determined by online voting.

KXCI is commercial free so expect to hear long sets of un-interrupted music. Many of the albums mentioned in the What was your favorite album of 2009? thread will probably be played.

The countdown is from 7:00 am - 6:00 pm Mountain time. Live streaming at http://www.kxci.org/

I'll be listening.

Wayne

[WGH]

Since KXCI DJ's can play anything they want the top 100 albums are also the most popular. Here is what we have been listening to so far in the countdown:

# 100 - The Swell Season, High Horses   Strict, Joy
The Lemonheads, I Just Can't Take It Anymore, Varshons    
Bill Callahan, Jim Cain, Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle   
J.J. Cale, Strange Days, Roll On
Buddy & Julie Miller, Gasoline And Matches, Written In Chalk
Dave Alvin & The Guilty Women, Nana and Jimi, Dave Alvin & The Guilty Women
Ben Lee, I Love Pop Music, The Rebirth of Venus   
Ben Harper and Relentless 7, Why Must You Always Dress In Black, White Lies For Dark Times    
Chuck Prophet, Let Freedom Ring!, Let Freedom Ring!
Depedro, Comanche, Depedro
Madeleine Peyroux   River of Tears, Bare Bones   
Ruthie Foster, Dues Paid In Full, The Truth According To Ruthie Foster   
Sea Wolf, O Maria!, White Water, White Bloom
Koko Taylor, Born Under A Bad Sign,   Deluxe Edition
The Wooden Bird, Hailey, Magnolia
The Yeah, Yeah Yeahs, Runaway
Cat Power, Who Knows Where The Time Goes,   Dark End of the Street
Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan, Come On Over (Turn Me On), Sunday At Devil Dirt
Matisyahu, One Day, Light
Rhett Miller, Bonfire, Rhett Miller   
Willie Nelson and Asleep at the Wheel, Bring It On Down To My House, Willie and The Wheel
Mark Olson & Gary Louris, Turn Your Pretty Name Around, Ready For The Flood - Not one of the Top 100 - but still a great 2009 album!    
Glenn Tillbrook and the Fluffers, Best of Times, Pandemonium Ensues - Not one of the Top 100 - but still a great 2009 album!    
The Proclaimers, Notes & Rhymes, Notes & Rhymes - Not one of the Top 100 - but still a great 2009 album!    
David Mead, Love Don't Leave Me Now, Almost And Always - Not one of the Top 100 - but still a great 2009 album!    
Maia Sharp, John Q. Lonely, Echo - Not one of the Top 100 - but still a great 2009 album!
Zero 7, Swing, Yeah Ghost   
Blitzen Trapper, Big Black Bird, Black River Killer
Calexico, Frank's Tavern, Man Of Somebody's Dreams (A Tribute To Chris Gaffney)
Elizabeth & The Catapult, Taller Children, Taller Children
# 76 - Justin Townes Earle, Halfway To Jackson, Midnight at the Movies

The playlist is also on the KXCI website which is updated as each song is played so you can follow along.
http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/kxci/guide.guidemain?action=viewPlaylist&playlistID=550778&eventID=1598

[lonewolfny42]

#75 fun., Aim And Ignite
#74 Portugal. The Man, The Satanic Satanist
#73 Leonard Cohen, Live in London
#72 Doves, Kingdom of Rust
#71 Silver Thread Trio, self-titled

#70 Fruit Bats, The Ruminant Band
#69 Modest Mouse, No One's First and You're Next
#68 Animal Collective, Meriweather Post Pavilion
#67 The Fireman, Electric Arguments
#66 soundtrack: Slumdog Millionaire

#65 Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, La Luz del Ritmo
#64 Deer Tick, Born On Flag Day
#63 Eleni Mandell, Artificial Fire
#62 Son Volt, American Central Dust
#61 Playing For Change, Songs Around The World

[WGH]

#41 Sergio Mendoza Y La Orkesta, Live at the Rialto
#42 Joshua James, Build Me This
#43 The Avett Brothers, I And Love And You
#44 The Panics, Cruel Guards
#45 Obi Best, Capades

#46 Calexico, Ancienne Belcique - Live in Brussels 2008
#47 Belle and Sebastian, Live at the BBC
#48 Elvis Costello, Secret Profane & Sugarcane
#49 Moby, Wait For Me
#50 Ziggy Marley, Family Time

#51 John Vanderslice, Romanian Times
#52 Neil Young, Fork In The Road
#53 A.C. Newman, Get Guilty
#54 Naomi Shelton and the Gospel Queens, What Have You Done My Brother?
#55 U2, No Line on the Horizon

#56 Air, Love 2
#57 Yo La Tengo, Popular Songs
#58 Mason Jennings, Blood of Man
#59 Decemberists, The Hazards of Love
#60 Among The Oak & Ash, self-titled

[WGH]

#21 Cracker, Sunrise in the Land of Milk and Honey
#22 Susan Tedeschi, Back to the River
#23 Trevor Hall, self-titled
#24 Jason Lytle, Yours Truly, The Commuter
#25 Zee Avi, self-titled

#26 Monsters Of Folk, self-titled
#27 The Bird and the Bee, Ray Guns Are Not Just The Future
#28 Bruce Springsteen, Working on a Dream
#29 Regina Spektor, Far
#30 Bishop Allen, Grr...

#31 Clem Snide, Hungry Bird
#32 Heartless Bastards, The Mountain
#33 Vetiver, Tight Knit
#34 Ben Kweller, Changing Horses
#35 Steve Earle, Townes

#36 Novalima, Coba Coba
#37 Camera Obscura, My Maudlin Career
#38 Jeb Loy Nichols, Parish Bar
#39 Iron & Wine, Around The Well
#40 Bob Dylan, Together Through Life

[satfrat]

Hey Wayne, just thought I'd throw a post in here so you wouldn't think you were talking to yourself. 
 
Cheers,
Robin

[WGH]

Thanks Robin! I don't mind talking to myself, it's when I answer that scares me.

Here are the final 20 albums of the top 100 albums as played by the KXCI dj's.

#1 Neko Case, Middle Cyclone
#2 Wilco, Wilco (The Album)
#3 Edward Sharp And The Magnetic Zeroes, Up From Below
#4 M. Ward, Hold Time
#5 The Soul of John Black, Black John


#6 Eels, Hombre Lobo
#7 Grizzly Bear, Veckatimest
#8 compilation: War Child Presents Heroes
#9 Elvis Perkins, Elvis Perkins In Dearland
#10 compilation: Dark Was The Night


#11 Golden Boots, The Winter of Our Discotheque
#12 Phoenix, Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
#13 Booker T., Potato Hole
#14 Dan Auerbach, Keep It Hid
#15 Generationals, Con Law


#16 Conor Oberst & The Mystic Valley Band, Outer South
#17 Alice Russell, Pot Of Gold
#18 Al Perry, The Three Track Session EP
#19 Gomez, A New Tide
#20 Andrew Bird, Noble Beast

Enjoy,

Wayne
 

[satfrat]

Well Wayne, afaic your station's countdown leaves a lot of be desired. No countdown for 2009 is even current w/o the 3 biggest artists of 2009, Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift, and Rihanna. I can overlook no Kanye West. 
 
But it's interesting neverless to see what the folks in Tucson, Arizona are listening to. 
 
Cheers,
Robin

[WGH]

No countdown for 2009 is even current w/o the 3 biggest artists of 2009, Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift, and Rihanna. I can overlook no Kanye West. 

You have me at a disadvantage sir, I have no idea who the artists you mentioned are and what they do.

I did a quick search of the KXCI playlist and Digital Empire on Friday nights plays some Lady Gaga, Rihanna is a favorite of the Kids DJ Camp Special Programming, and Kanye West shows up all on a lot of playlists. Taylor Swift is a no-show. 

If you are up late night check out the specialty programs in the program guide, they get really weird. As an example - on Monday night is The Hub hosted by Bob Girth: With the sheer volume of music that's released each week it becomes impossible to listen to everything so Bob cuts the wheat from the chaff and plays the most interesting, cutting edge indie rock and alternative tunes. You've read about it, you've heard the buzz, now hear the music. The Hub: fiercely independent music for fiercely independent people.
http://www.thehubkxci.blogspot.com/

I'm definitively not a night owl so I miss all the good stuff. 

Wayne