Note: This is the trip-hop legends’ first studio album since 1997’s self-titled release.
Sound: It’s less electronic and groove-oriented than their ‘90s output, but it’s equally as creepy and unsettling. Beth Gibbons haunting howls and wails meet up with a bold array of styles made with mostly organic (as opposed to synthetic and sampled) instruments…

Update: As we approach the half-way point in 2008, Vampire Weekend’s self-titled debut still holds the top spot on the list. Some recent entries to the Top 20 include Dizzee Rascal’s Maths & English, Portishead’s Third, The Roots’ Rising Down and Santogold’s self-titled debut.

1. Vampire Weekend Vampire Weekend (XL)
2. Gnarls Barkley The Odd Couple (Atlantic)
3. Lupe Fiasco The Cool (Atlantic)
4. Hot Chip Made in the Dark (Astralwerks)
5. The Hush Sound Goodbye Blues (Fueled By Ramen/Atlantic)

What music are the campuses of Princeton Review’s Top 20 Best College Radio Stations in 2008 buzzing about? New Music Nation surveys radio station and newspaper Web sites for these schools every week to find out.

Just a few schools have not yet shuttered for summer. Brown University gives lots of College Radio Buzz to Death Cab for Cutie and their new release, Narrow Stairs.