Here are the Top 30 Albums at WTSR for the Week Ending 11/27/2011!
(Listed by Artist then Album Title)

1 BRITE FUTURES Dark Past
2 M83 Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming
3 GRINGO STAR Count Yer Lucky Stars
4 BODY LANGUAGE Social Studies
5 MATES OF STATE Mountaintops
6 RAPTURE The Grace Of Your Love
7 APPARAT The Devil’s Walk
8 SLOW CLUB Paradise
9 DUM DUM GIRLS Only In Dreams
10 ATLAS SOUND Parallax
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Here are the Top 30 Albums at WTSR for the Week Ending 11/13/2011!
(Listed by Artist then Album Title)

1 M83 Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming
2 REAL ESTATE Days
3 BEACH BOYS The Smile Sessions
4 DUM DUM GIRLS Only In Dreams
5 KOOKS Junk Of The Heart
6 DEER TICK Divine Providence
7 DIRTY PROJECTORS AND BJORK Mount Wittenberg Orca
8 WILCO The Whole Love
9 GRINGO STAR Count Yer Lucky Stars
10 FEIST Metals
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Feist
“Metals”
Release Number: 5th
Hailing From: Amherst, Nova Scotia
Genre: Indie pop
Label: Arts & Crafts / Cherrytree/ Polydor

Feist is the moniker of solo artist Leslie Feist, a Nova Scotia born singer-songwriter. With her fifth release, four years after her very successful album The Reminder, Feist is back to impress the music industry once again. It seems that Leslie Feist has taken a different, more mature and solemn approach with this album. Metals may not feature a track likely to be featured in an iTunes commercial like “1 2 3 4”, but that isn’t Leslie’s intention. Feist isn’t trying to achieve popular recognition; she’s creating an album based around her own experiences and emotions that is sure to please dedicated fans and impress those new to her work.

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Here are the Top 30 Albums at WTSR for the Week Ending 11/6/2011!
(Listed by Artist then Album Title)

1    GROUPLOVE    Never Trust A Happy Song
2    WILCO    The Whole Love
3    M83    Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming
4    FEIST    Metals
5    DUM DUM GIRLS    Only In Dreams
6    DONORA     Boyfriends, Girlfriends
7    NEON INDIAN    Era Extrana
8    MATES OF STATE    Mountaintops
9    SLOW CLUB    Paradise
10    KEVIN DEVINE    Between The Concrete And The Clouds
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Amanda Palmer, the co-founder of the punk cabaret duo The Dresden Dolls, has released a new single titled “Ukulele Anthem.”  She released her second full-length album Amanda Palmer Goes Down Under was released in January 2011 in Australia and self-released internationally through her bandcamp.

Listen to the new single here.