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top 50 for the Week of 05/20/2024

  1. Camera Obscura – Look to the East, Look to the West (Merge)
  2. DEHD – Poetry (Fat Possum)
  3. Shannon And The Clams – The Moon Is In The Wrong Place (Easy Eye/Concord)
  4. Ibibio Sound Machine – Pull the Rope (Merge)
  5. Les Savy Fav – OUI, LSF (Frenchkiss)
  6. Panther Style – Dynasty (Triple Helix)
  7. MRCY – VOLUME 1 (Secretly Canadian)
  8. Nubiyan Twist – Find Your Flame (STRUT)
  9. The Lemon Twigs – A Dream Is All We Know (Captured Tracks)
  10. Valebol – Valebol (Otherly Love)
  11. St. Vincent – All Born Screaming (Total Pleasure/Virgin)
  12. The Lostines – Meet The Lostines (Gar Hole)
  13. English Teacher – This Could Be Texas (Island)
  14. Impulsive Hearts – Fit 4 The Apocalypse (Cavity Search)
  15. Yaya Bey – Ten Fold (Big Dada)
  16. Vinto Van Go – Vinto Van Go (Self-Released)
  17. Jessica Pratt – Here in the Pitch (Mexican Summer)
  18. Kamasi Washington – Fearless Movement (Young)
  19. Bnny – One Million Love Songs (Fire Talk)
  20. Potatohead People – Eat Your Heart Out (Bastard Jazz)
  21. Serengeti – KDIV (self-released)
  22. Arab Strap – i'm totally fine with it don't give a fuck anymore (Rock Action)
  23. Zoya Zafar – Some Songs (self-released)
  24. Fabiana Palladino – Fabiana Palladino (Paul Institute / XL)
  25. Broadcast – Spell Blanket - Collected Demos 2006​-​2009 (Warp)
  26. A Certain Ratio – It All Comes Down to This (Mute)
  27. Mdou Moctar – Funeral for Justice (Matador)
  28. Iron & Wine – Light Verse (Sub Pop)
  29. Amen Dunes – Death Jokes (Sub Pop)
  30. Ekko Astral – pink balloons (Topshelf)
  31. MINISKIRT – Paint It Rad (self-released)
  32. Unwed Sailor – Underwater Over There (Current Taste)
  33. How To Dress Well – I Am Toward You (Sargent House)
  34. John Carpenter – Lost Themes IV: Noir (Sacred Bones)
  35. Mark Alan Lofgren – Black Moon Book 3 (Self-Released)
  36. Bullion – Affection (Ghostly International)
  37. Cloud Nothings – Final Summer (Pure Noise)
  38. Baby Rose / BADBADNOTGOOD – Slow Burn (Secretly Canadian)
  39. Cindy Lee – Diamond Jubilee (Realistik)
  40. Jordan Rakei – The Loop (Verve Forecast)
  41. Kee Avil – Spine (Constellation)
  42. Pallbearer – Mind Burns Alive (Nuclear Blast)
  43. Bodies Of Water – The Journey Is Our Home (Thousand Tongues)
  44. Hovvdy – Hovvdy (Arts&Crafts)
  45. Fat White Family – Forgiveness Is Yours (Domino)
  46. Vampire Weekend – Only God Was Above Us (Columbia)
  47. METZ – Up On Gravity Hill (Subpop)
  48. Owen – The Falls of Sioux (Polyvinyl)
  49. Edging – Concrete Cumming (self-released)
  50. The Reds, Pinks and Purples – Unwishing Well (Slumberland)

This week's adds

  • Beth Gibbons – Lives Outgrown (Domino)
  • Blitzen Trapper – 100's of 1000's Millions of Billions (Yep Roc)
  • Crumb – AMAMA (Crumb)
  • David J – Tracks from the Attic Volumes 1 - 3 (Independent Project)
  • Isaiah Collier & The Chosen Few – The Almighty (Division 81)
  • Kaya Hoax – Baby Gear (self-released)
  • Knocked Loose – You Won't Go Before You're Supposed To (Pure Noise)
  • Of Montreal – Lady on the Cusp (Polyvinyl)
  • Shellac – To All Trains (Touch & Go)
  • Twin Coast – noie! noie! noie! (self-released)
  • Various Artists – Congo Funk! Sound Madness From The Shores Of The Mighty Congo River (Kinshasa​/​Brazzaville 1969​-​1982) (Analog Africa)
  • Villagers – That Golden Time (Domino)
  • youbet – Way to Be (Hardly Art)

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Top 50 for the Week of 05/13/2024


  1. St. Vincent – All Born Screaming (Total Pleasure/Virgin)

  2. Ibibio Sound Machine – Pull the Rope (Merge)

  3. Camera Obscura – Look to the East, Look to the West (Merge)

  4. Serengeti – KDIV (self-released)

  5. Vinto Van Go – Vinto Van Go (Self-Released)

  6. Valebol – Valebol (Otherly Love)

  7. The Lostines – Meet The Lostines (Gar Hole)

  8. Mdou Moctar – Funeral for Justice (Matador)

  9. Cloud Nothings – Final Summer (Pure Noise)

  10. Baby Rose / BADBADNOTGOOD – Slow Burn (Secretly Canadian)

  11. Kamasi Washington – Fearless Movement (Young)

  12. Vampire Weekend – Only God Was Above Us (Columbia)

  13. Broadcast – Spell Blanket - Collected Demos 2006​-​2009 (Warp)

  14. MINISKIRT – Paint It Rad (self-released)

  15. Cindy Lee – Diamond Jubilee (Realistik)

  16. English Teacher – This Could Be Texas (Island)

  17. Bnny – One Million Love Songs (Fire Talk)

  18. Bloodhype – Equation of time (self-released)

  19. Owen – The Falls of Sioux (Polyvinyl)

  20. Don't Get Lemon – Have Some Shame (Ã La Carte)

  21. John Carpenter – Lost Themes IV: Noir (Sacred Bones)

  22. Impulsive Hearts – Fit 4 The Apocalypse (Cavity Search)

  23. Vaudevileins – Lights Out (Self-Released)

  24. Ekko Astral – pink balloons (Topshelf)

  25. Iron & Wine – Light Verse (Sub Pop)

  26. Bullion – Affection (Ghostly International)

  27. Fabiana Palladino – Fabiana Palladino (Paul Institute / XL)

  28. The Reds, Pinks and Purples – Unwishing Well (Slumberland)

  29. Jessica Pratt – Here in the Pitch (Mexican Summer)

  30. Hana Vu – Romanticism (Ghostly International)

  31. Porij – Teething (Play It Again Sam)

  32. Fat White Family – Forgiveness Is Yours (Domino)

  33. C̩u РNovela (Urban Jungle/ONErpm)

  34. Seafood Sam – Standing on Giant Shoulders (drink sum wtr)

  35. Empress Of – For Your Consideration (Giant)

  36. BODEGA – Our Brand Could Be Yr Life (Chrysalis)

  37. Daundry – Pria (Self-Released)

  38. Dent May – What's for Breakfast? (Carpark)

  39. Odd Nosdam – False Hood (self-released)

  40. Hovvdy – Hovvdy (Arts&Crafts)

  41. Greg Saunier – We Sang, Therefore We Were (Joyful Noise)

  42. Chicano Batman – Notebook Fantasy (ATO)

  43. Ride – Interplay (Wichita/PIAS)

  44. Iris Blue – Over Promise, Almost Deliver (self-released / 2024)

  45. Edging – Concrete Cumming (self-released)

  46. Cusp – Thanks So Much (Self-Released)

  47. Sons of Ra – Tropic of Cancer (self-released)

  48. Zoya Zafar – Some Songs (self-released)

  49. Linda Smith – I So Liked Spring (Captured Tracks)

  50. Sahra Halgan – HIDDO DHAWR (Danaya)


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This week's adds


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  • Amen Dunes – Death Jokes (Sub Pop)

  • Arab Strap – i’m totally fine with it don’t give a f*** anymore (Rock Action)

  • Dehd – Poetry (Fat Possum)

  • Eric Shroeder – Turned on the Stereo (Enabler No. 6)

  • How to Dress Well – I Am Toward You (Sargent House)

  • Jordan Rakei – The Loop (Verve Forecast)

  • Kee Avil – Spine (Constellation)

  • Les Savy Fav – OUI, LSF (Frenchkiss)

  • Mark Alan Lofgren – Black Moon Book 3 (self-released)

  • MRCY – VOLUME 1 (Secretly Canadian)

  • Nubiyan Twist – Find Your Flame (STRUT)

  • Oren Ambarchi / Johan Berthling / Andreas Werliin – Ghosted II (Drag City)

  • Pallbearer – Mind Burns Alive (Nuclear Blast)

  • Panther Style – Destiny [EP] (Triple Helix)

  • Potatohead People – Eat Your Heart Out (Bastard Jazz)

  • Rick Estrin & the Nightcats – The Hits Keep Coming (Alligator)

  • Shannon and the Clams – Moon is in the Wrong Place (Easy Eye/ Concord)

  • Six Organs Of Admittance – Time Is Glass (Drag City)

  • The Lemon Twigs – A Dream Is All We Know (Captured Tracks)

  • Unwed Sailor – Underwater Over There (Current Taste)

  • Wyly Bigger – Broken Telephone (Madjack)

  • Yaya Bey – Ten Fold (Big Dada)


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Top 50 for the Week of 05/06/2024

  1. Vinto Van Go – Vinto Van Go (Self-Released)
  2. Baby Rose / BADBADNOTGOOD – Slow Burn (Secretly Canadian)
  3. Serengeti – KDIV (self-released)
  4. Bullion – Affection (Ghostly International)
  5. Vampire Weekend – Only God Was Above Us (Columbia)
  6. Owen – The Falls of Sioux (Polyvinyl)
  7. Fabiana Palladino – Fabiana Palladino (Paul Institute / XL)
  8. Valebol – Valebol (Otherly Love )
  9. Impulsive Hearts – Fit 4 The Apocalypse (Cavity Search)
  10. Ekko Astral – pink balloons (Topshelf)
  11. Cloud Nothings – Final Summer (Pure Noise)
  12. English Teacher – This Could Be Texas (Island)
  13. Grand Public – Sensations Diversions (Lisbon Lux)
  14. Céu – Novela (Urban Jungle/ONErpm)
  15. MINISKIRT – Paint It Rad (self-released)
  16. Iron & Wine – Light Verse (Sub Pop)
  17. Cindy Lee – Diamond Jubilee (Realistik)
  18. Chicano Batman – Notebook Fantasy (ATO)
  19. The Gossip – Real Power (Columbia)
  20. Ride – Interplay (Wichita/PIAS)
  21. Cakes Da Killa – Black Sheep (Young Art)
  22. Bnny – One Million Love Songs (Fire Talk)
  23. Bloodhype – Equation of time (self-released)
  24. Edging – Concrete Cumming (self-released)
  25. Vaudevileins – Lights Out (Self-Released)
  26. Sons of Ra – Tropic of Cancer (self-released)
  27. Khruangbin – A LA SALA (Dead Oceans)
  28. Chastity Belt – Live Laugh Love (Suicide Squeeze)
  29. Sahra Halgan – HIDDO DHAWR (Danaya)
  30. Cor.Ece & Bad Colours – Been Here Before (Bastard Jazz)
  31. Joyer – Night Songs (Hit the North)
  32. Local Natives – But I'll Wait For You (Loma Vista/Concord)
  33. Einstürzende Neubauten – Rampen: apm (alien pop music) (Potomak)
  34. Ana Lua Caiano – Vou Ficar Neste Quadrado (Glitterbeat)
  35. Waxahatchee – Tigers Blood (Anti-)
  36. Minor Moon – The Light Up Waltz (Ruination)
  37. Daundry – Pria (Self-Released)
  38. The Reds, Pinks and Purples – Unwishing Well (Slumberland)
  39. Dent May – What's for Breakfast? (Carpark)
  40. Reyna Tropical – Malegría (Psychic Hotline)
  41. Trinket – New Hobby (Sad Club)
  42. Seafood Sam – Standing on Giant Shoulders (drink sum wtr)
  43. Kindsight – No Shame No Fame (Rama Lama)
  44. A Certain Ratio – It All Comes Down to This (Mute)
  45. Judas Priest – Invincible Shield (Epic)
  46. Sly5thAve – Liberation (Tru Thoughts)
  47. Gouge Away – Deep Sage (Deathwish Inc)
  48. Linda Smith – I So Liked Spring (Captured Tracks)
  49. The Rocky Valentines – Erase (Velvet Blue)
  50. Corridor – Mimi (Sub Pop)

This week's adds

  1. Bloodhype – Equation of time (self-released)
  2. Bullion – Affection (Ghostly International)
  3. Céu – Novela (Urban Jungle/ONErpm)
  4. Edging – Concrete Cumming (self-released)
  5. Ekko Astral – pink balloons (Topshelf)
  6. Grand Public – Sensations Diversions (Lisbon Lux)
  7. Iron & Wine – Light Verse (Sub Pop)
  8. Joh Chase – SOLO (Kill Rock Stars)
  9. Joyer – Night Songs (Hit the North)
  10. Local Natives – But I'll Wait For You (Loma Vista/Concord)
  11. MINISKIRT – Paint It Rad (self-released)
  12. Owen – The Falls of Sioux (Polyvinyl)
  13. Paola Prestini & Nelson Patton Duo – Ancient City (VisionIntoArt)
  14. REPENT – REPENT (self-released)

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top 50 for the Week of 04/29/2024

  1. Vampire Weekend – Only God Was Above Us (Columbia)
  2. Serengeti – KDIV (self-released)
  3. Valebol – Valebol (Otherly Love)
  4. Cloud Nothings – Final Summer (Pure Noise)
  5. Cindy Lee – Diamond Jubilee (Realistik)
  6. Impulsive Hearts – Fit 4 The Apocalypse (Cavity Search)
  7. Baby Rose / BADBADNOTGOOD – Slow Burn (Secretly Canadian)
  8. English Teacher – This Could Be Texas (Island)
  9. The Gossip – Real Power (Columbia)
  10. Minor Moon – The Light Up Waltz (Ruination)
  11. A Certain Ratio – It All Comes Down to This (Mute)
  12. Ride – Interplay (Wichita/PIAS)
  13. Bnny – One Million Love Songs (Fire Talk)
  14. Brigitte Calls Me Baby – This House is Made of Corners (ATO)
  15. Fabiana Palladino – Fabiana Palladino (Paul Institute / XL)
  16. Cor.Ece & Bad Colours – Been Here Before (Bastard Jazz)
  17. BODEGA – Our Brand Could Be Yr Life (Chrysalis)
  18. Maggie Rogers – Don't Forget Me (Debay/Capitol)
  19. Jlin – Akoma (Planet Mu)
  20. Vinto Van Go – Vinto Van Go (Self-Released)
  21. Chicano Batman – Notebook Fantasy (ATO)
  22. Waxahatchee – Tigers Blood (Anti-)
  23. Empress Of – For Your Consideration (Giant)
  24. Jane Weaver – Love In Constant Spectacle (Fire)
  25. The God Awful Small Affairs – 333 (self-released)
  26. The Reds, Pinks and Purples – Unwishing Well (Slumberland)
  27. Sahra Halgan – HIDDO DHAWR (Danaya)
  28. The Rocky Valentines – Erase (Velvet Blue)
  29. Khruangbin – A LA SALA (Dead Oceans)
  30. Reyna Tropical – Malegría (Psychic Hotline)
  31. Adrianne Lenker – Bright Future (4AD)
  32. Daundry – Pria (Self-Released)
  33. Ana Lua Caiano – Vou Ficar Neste Quadrado (Glitterbeat)
  34. METZ – Up On Gravity Hill (Subpop)
  35. Logic1000 – Mother (Therapy/Because)
  36. Salt Cathedral – Before Its Gone (Independent)
  37. Sly5thAve – Liberation (Tru Thoughts)
  38. Brittany Howard – What Now (Island)
  39. Torrey – Torrey (Slumberland)
  40. Vaudevileins – Lights Out (Self-Released)
  41. Sons of Ra – Tropic of Cancer (self-released)
  42. Ohpen Ahrms – Lying Beside You (self-released)
  43. Ethnic Heritage Ensemble – Open Me, A Higher Consciousness of Sound and Spirit (Spiritmuse)
  44. Cheer-Accident – Vacate (Cuneiform)
  45. Seafood Sam – Standing on Giant Shoulders (drink sum wtr)
  46. Mei Semones – Kabutomushi (Bayonet)
  47. Instigators – The Best of Instigators — Auckland Ska Punk 1981-1982 (Leather Jacket/Ripper)
  48. Jane Penny – Surfacing (Luminelle)
  49. Chastity Belt – Live Laugh Love (Suicide Squeeze)
  50. Julia Holter – Something in the Room She Moves (Domino)

This week's adds

  • Bloodhype – Equation of Time (self-released)
  • Bullion – Affection (Ghostly International)
  • Céu – Novela (Urban Jungle / ONErpm)
  • Edging – Concrete Cumming (self-released)
  • Ekko Astral – pink balloons (Topshelf)
  • Grand Public – Sensations Diversions (Lisbon Lux)
  • Iron & Wine – Light Verse (Sub Pop)
  • Joh Chase – SOLO (Kill Rock Stars)
  • Joyer – Night Songs (Hit the North)
  • Local Natives – But I’ll Wait For You (Loma Vista)
  • Miniskirt – Paint It Rad (self-released)
  • Owen – The Falls of Sioux (Polyvinyl)
  • Paolo Prestini & Nelson Patton Duo – Ancient City (VisionIntoArt)
  • REPENT – REPENT (self-released)

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Top 50 for the Week of 04/22/2024

  1. Valebol – Valebol (Otherly Love )
  2. Bnny – One Million Love Songs (Fire Talk)
  3. Serengeti – KDIV (self-released)
  4. Cindy Lee – Diamond Jubilee (Realistik)
  5. The Reds, Pinks and Purples – Unwishing Well (Slumberland)
  6. English Teacher – This Could Be Texas (Island)
  7. Chicano Batman – Notebook Fantasy (ATO)
  8. Impulsive Hearts – Fit 4 The Apocalypse (Cavity Search)
  9. Khruangbin – A LA SALA (Dead Oceans)
  10. Minor Moon – The Light Up Waltz (Ruination)
  11. The Gossip – Real Power (Columbia)
  12. METZ – Up On Gravity Hill (Subpop)
  13. Jane Weaver – Love In Constant Spectacle (Fire)
  14. Cusp – Thanks So Much (Self-Released)
  15. Waxahatchee – Tigers Blood (Anti-)
  16. BODEGA – Our Brand Could Be Yr Life (Chrysalis)
  17. Cakes Da Killa – Black Sheep (Young Art)
  18. Ride – Interplay (Wichita/PIAS)
  19. Empress Of – For Your Consideration (Giant)
  20. Maggie Rogers – Don't Forget Me (Debay/Capitol )
  21. Cor.Ece & Bad Colours – Been Here Before (Bastard Jazz)
  22. Brittany Howard – What Now (Island)
  23. Ana Lua Caiano – Vou Ficar Neste Quadrado (Glitterbeat)
  24. The Jesus and Mary Chain – Glasgow Eyes (Fuzz Club)
  25. Ethnic Heritage Ensemble – Open Me, A Higher Consciousness of Sound and Spirit (Spiritmuse)
  26. Dent May – What's for Breakfast? (Carpark)
  27. The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis – The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis (Impulse!)
  28. Instigators – The Best of Instigators — Auckland Ska Punk 1981-1982 (Leather Jacket/Ripper)
  29. Drahla – angeltape (Captured Tracks)
  30. The Dandy Warhols – ROCKMAKER (Sunset Blvd)
  31. Jon Langford & the Bright Shiners – Where It Really Starts (Tiny Global)
  32. The Rocky Valentines – Erase (Velvet Blue)
  33. Reyna Tropical – Malegría (Psychic Hotline)
  34. Adrianne Lenker – Bright Future (4AD)
  35. Jlin – Akoma (Planet Mu)
  36. Chastity Belt – Live Laugh Love (Suicide Squeeze)
  37. Halo Maud – Celebrate (Heavenly/PIAS)
  38. Rosali – Bite Down (Merge)
  39. Torrey – Torrey (Slumberland)
  40. The God Awful Small Affairs – 333 (self-released)
  41. Sick Day – Overexposure (Substitute Scene)
  42. Brittany Bindrim – Velella Velella (Metropolis)
  43. Sahra Halgan – HIDDO DHAWR (Danaya)
  44. Jane Penny – Surfacing (Luminelle)
  45. Judas Priest – Invincible Shield (Epic)
  46. Non La – Like Before (Mint)
  47. Sly5thAve – Liberation (Tru Thoughts)
  48. Daundry – Pria (Self-Released)
  49. Brigitte Calls Me Baby – This House is Made of Corners (ATO)
  50. Cheer-Accident – Vacate (Cuneiform)

This week's adds

  1. A Certain Ratio – It All Comes Down to This (Mute)
  2. Amblare – Amblare (Melodic Virtue)
  3. Ana Lua Caiano – Vou Ficar Neste Quadrado (Glitterbeat)
  4. Baby Rose / BADBADNOTGOOD – Slow Burn (Secretly Canadian)
  5. BODEGA – Our Brand Could Be Yr Life (Chrysalis)
  6. Chanel Beads – Your Day Will Come (Jagjaguwar)
  7. Cindy Lee – Diamond Jubilee (Realistik)
  8. Cloud Nothings – Final Summer (Pure Noise)
  9. Corridor – Mimi (Sub Pop)
  10. Einstürzende Neubauten – Rampen: apm (alien pop music) (Potomak)
  11. Empress Of – For Your Consideration (Giant)
  12. English Teacher – This Could Be Texas (Island)
  13. Fabiana Palladino – Fabiana Palladino (Paul Institute / XL)
  14. Gustaf – Package Pt. 2 (Royal Mountain)
  15. Infinite River – Tabula Rasa (Birdman)
  16. Instigators – The Best of Instigators — Auckland Ska Punk 1981-1982 (Leather Jacket/Ripper)
  17. Jane Penny – Surfacing (Luminelle)
  18. Jane Weaver – Love In Constant Spectacle (Fire)
  19. Joey Joesph – The Little Prince Of Rock N Roll (Eyebrow Palace)
  20. Kindsight – No Shame No Fame (Rama Lama)
  21. Leaving – Hidden View (Moon Glyph)
  22. Linda Smith – I So Liked Spring (Captured Tracks)
  23. Maggie Rogers – Don't Forget Me (Debay/Capitol )
  24. Mei Semones – Kabutomushi (Bayonet)
  25. METZ – Up On Gravity Hill (Subpop)
  26. Minor Moon – The Light Up Waltz (Ruination)
  27. Seafood Sam – Standing on Giant Shoulders (drink sum wtr)
  28. Sons of Ra – Tropic of Cancer (self-released)
  29. The Reds, Pinks and Purples – Unwishing Well (Slumberland)
  30. Trinket – New Hobby (Sad Club)
  31. Valebol – Valebol (Otherly Love )
  32. Vampire Weekend – Only God Was Above Us (Columbia)
  33. Vaudevileins – Lights Out (Self-Released)
  34. Vinto Van Go – Vinto Van Go (Self-Released)

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