Radio UTD Charts for 3/27/07

Sorry for the lapse in charts from the past couple weeks, there have been some problems with the station's CMJ submissions so here are the most played albums of Radio UTD of the last week:

1 TRANS AM Sex Change Thrill Jockey
2 MEW Frengers Columbia
3 OF MONTREAL Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? Polyvinyl
4 HUXTABLES A Touch Of Wonder Famous Class
5 DO MAKE SAY THINK You, You're A History In Rust Constellation
6 ARCADE FIRE Neon Bible Merge
7 PETER BJORN AND JOHN Writer's Block Almost Gold
8 STOOGES The Weirdness Virgin
9 LOW Drums And Guns Sub Pop
10 JOAKIM Monsters And Silly Songs Versatile
11 ANDREW BIRD Armchair Apochrypha Fat Possum
12 BROTHERS MARTIN The Brothers Martin Tooth And Nail
13 ILLINOIS What The Hell Do I Know? Ace Fu
14 EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY All Of A Sudden I Miss Everyone Temporary Residence
15 LCD SOUNDSYSTEM Sound Of Silver Capitol
16 EL-P I'll Sleep When You're Dead Definitive Jux
17 YOKO ONO Yes, I'm A Witch Astralwerks
18 PANDA BEAR Person Pitch Paw Tracks
19 MINMAE 835 Greyday
20 YOUTH GROUP Casino Twilight Dogs Anti
21 OOIOO Eye Remix [EP] Thrill Jockey
22 JARVIS COCKER Jarvis Rough Trade
23 AIR Pocket Symphony Astralwerks
24 I'M FROM BARCELONA Let Me Introduce My Friends Mute
25 GRUFF RHYS Candylion Team Love
26 HIGH LLAMAS Can Cladders Drag City
27 MODEST MOUSE We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank Epic
28 ROSIE THOMAS These Friends Of Mine Nettwerk
29 ELVIS PERKINS Ash Wednesday XL
30 MY TEENAGE STRIDE Ears Like Golden Bats Becalmed

Out of all of these I'd like to focus on El-P, who's newest album "I'll Sleep When You're Dead" is arguably the best hip hop album of the year. This album is rich, dark, and explosive. Textures flow through the songs recalling artists as diverse as Air, the Mars Volta (who actually appear on the album), and Run DMC while still having a distincy dirty hip hop vibe. The album is as much Young Jeezy as it is Madlib. This album has a definite epic feel to it, recalling a post-apocalyptic dystopia full of a strange blend of rage and apathy. Click here and filter through the non el-p tracks to check out some of his stuff. I think all fans of hip hop or of interesting music for that matter can really take a lot from this amazing new album.