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​College radio stations have long given a microphone to local musicians and DJs looking for an audience (and people who wanna talk about stuff), but like many awesome campus institutions, they're endangered by the swinging budget ax. Over the past few years, more than a dozen student-run stations across the country have been sold by their universities, usually to NPR or religious broadcasters, and in the shift, the plug has been pulled on some wonderfully weird programming. 
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Four Tet tops the chart

​Editor's Note: Matt Buga is a Music Director at KUCI.

KUCI is the last bastion against sound-alike radio in Orange County and the voice of freedom for all the independent music that gets snubbed by the major labels. From the edge of University of California Irvine, KUCI brings you the latest in all forms of independent and underground music.

1. Four Tet, There Is Love In You (Domino)

2. Beach House, Teen Dream (Sub Pop)

3. Fang Island, Fang Island (Sargent House)

4. Hot Chip, One Life Stand (Astralwerks)

5. Xiu Xiu, Dear God, I Hate Myself Kill (Rock Stars)

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​Editor's Note: Matt Buga is a Music Director at KUCI.

KUCI is the last bastion against sound-alike radio in Orange County and the voice of freedom for all the independent music that gets snubbed by the major labels. From the edge of University of California Irvine, KUCI brings you the latest in all forms of independent and underground music.

1. Hot Chip, One Life Stand (Astralwerks)

2. Xiu Xiu, Dear God, I Hate Myself (Kill Rock Stars)

3. Gigi, Maintenant (Tomlab)

4. Shout Out Louds, Work (Merge)

5. Golden Triangle, Double Jointer (Hardly Art)

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Editor's Note: Matt Buga is a Music Director at KUCI.

KUCI is the last bastion against sound-alike radio in Orange County and the voice of freedom for all the independent music that gets snubbed by the major labels. From the edge of University of California Irvine, KUCI brings you the latest in all forms of independent and underground music.

1. Xiu Xiu, Dear God, I Hate Myself (Kill Rock Stars)

2. Four Tet, There is Love in You (Domino)

3. Hot Chip, One Life Stand (Astralwerks)

4. Solid Gold, Synchronize (Solid Gold)

5. Crown City Rockers, The Day After Forever (Gold Dust)

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Beach House, Teen Dream

​Editor's Note: Matt Buga is a Music Director at KUCI.

KUCI is the last bastion against sound-alike radio in Orange County and the voice of freedom for all the independent music that gets snubbed by the major labels. From the edge of University of California Irvine, KUCI brings you the latest in all forms of independent and underground music.

1. Beach House, Teen Dream (Sub Pop)

2. Los Campesinos! Romance Is Boring (Arts And Crafts)

3. Yeasayer, Odd Blood (Secretly Canadian)

4. Angelo Spencer, Angelo Spencer Et Les Hauts Sommets (K.)

5. Jeff The Brotherhood, Heavy Days (Infinity Cat)

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