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Top 50 for the Week of 04/15/2024

  1. Impulsive HeartsFit 4 The Apocalypse (Cavity Search)
  2. SerengetiKDIV (self-released)
  3. Dent MayWhat's for Breakfast? (Carpark)
  4. KhruangbinA LA SALA (Dead Oceans)
  5. BnnyOne Million Love Songs (Fire Talk)
  6. Chicano BatmanNotebook Fantasy (ATO)
  7. WaxahatcheeTigers Blood (Anti-)
  8. Sahra HalganHIDDO DHAWR (Danaya)
  9. RideInterplay (Wichita/PIAS)
  10. The GossipReal Power (Columbia)
  11. Brittany HowardWhat Now (Island)
  12. PhosphorescentRevelator (Verve)
  13. Drahlaangeltape (Captured Tracks)
  14. Jon Langford & the Bright ShinersWhere It Really Starts (Tiny Global)
  15. Adrianne LenkerBright Future (4AD)
  16. Yard ActWhere's My Utopia? (Republic)
  17. The God Awful Small Affairs333 (self-released)
  18. Bolis PupulLetter To Yu (Deewee/Because)
  19. Kim GordonThe Collective (Matador)
  20. Devon WelshCome With Me if You Want to Live (American Dreams)
  21. Nourished by TimeCatching Chickens EP (XL)
  22. The Dandy WarholsROCKMAKER (Sunset Blvd)
  23. Sheer MagPlaying Favorites (Third Man)
  24. Cheer-AccidentVacate (Cuneiform)
  25. Ethnic Heritage EnsembleOpen Me, A Higher Consciousness of Sound and Spirit (Spiritmuse)
  26. The Rocky ValentinesErase (Velvet Blue)
  27. Reyna TropicalMalegría (Psychic Hotline)
  28. Cor.Ece & Bad ColoursBeen Here Before (Bastard Jazz)
  29. JlinAkoma (Planet Mu)
  30. Chastity BeltLive Laugh Love (Suicide Squeeze)
  31. Shabazz PalacesExotic Birds of Prey (Sub Pop)
  32. Non LaLike Before (Mint)
  33. Sly5thAveLiberation (Tru Thoughts)
  34. Bacao Rhythm & Steel BandBRSB (Big Crown)
  35. Alejandro EscovedoEcho Dancing (Yep Roc)
  36. Cakes Da KillaBlack Sheep (Young Art)
  37. Hannah FrancesKeeper of the Shepherd (Ruination)
  38. CuspThanks So Much (Self-Released)
  39. Brittany BindrimVelella Velella (Metropolis)
  40. Cosmic BullBand Substances (self-released)
  41. Caleb Landry JonesHey Gary, Hey Dawn (Sacred Bones)
  42. Halo MaudCelebrate (Heavenly/PIAS)
  43. Judas PriestInvincible Shield (Epic)
  44. Glass BeamsMahal (Ninja Tune)
  45. Gouge AwayDeep Sage (Deathwish Inc)
  46. BleachersBleachers (Dirty Hit)
  47. Psymon SpineHead Body Connector (Northern Spy)
  48. Modern English1 2 3 4 (Mesh & Lace)
  49. Faye WebsterUnderdressed at the Symphony (Secretly Canadian)
  50. DaundryPria (Self-Released)

This week's adds

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  • Ana Lua CaianoVou Ficar Neste Quadrado (Glitterbeat)
  • BODEGAOur Brand Could Be Yr Life (Chrysalis)
  • Cindy LeeDiamond Jubilee (Realistik)
  • Empress OfFor Your Consideration (Giant)
  • English TeacherThis Could Be Texas (Island)
  • InstigatorsThe Best of Instigators — Auckland Ska Punk 1981​-​1982 (Leather Jacket/Ripper)
  • Jane PennySurfacing (Luminelle)
  • Jane WeaverLove in Constant Spectacle (Fire)
  • Maggie RogersDon't Forget Me (Capitol)
  • METZUp On Gravity Hill (Sub Pop)
  • Minor MoonThe Light Up Waltz (Ruination)
  • The Reds, Pinks & PurplesUnwishing Well (Slumberland)
  • ValebolValebol (Otherly Love)

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Top 50 for the Week of 04/08/2024

  1. Chicano BatmanNotebook Fantasy (ATO)
  2. RideInterplay (Wichita/PIAS)
  3. Brittany HowardWhat Now (Island)
  4. WaxahatcheeTigers Blood (Anti-)
  5. Reyna TropicalMalegría (Psychic Hotline)
  6. Cor.Ece & Bad ColoursBeen Here Before (Bastard Jazz)
  7. Chastity BeltLive Laugh Love (Suicide Squeeze)
  8. The GossipReal Power (Columbia)
  9. Hannah FrancesKeeper of the Shepherd (Ruination)
  10. foamboyEating Me Alive (N.I.T.A.)
  11. Sheer MagPlaying Favorites (Third Man)
  12. Shabazz PalacesExotic Birds of Prey (Sub Pop)
  13. Brittany BindrimVelella Velella (Metropolis)
  14. Ethnic Heritage EnsembleOpen Me, A Higher Consciousness of Sound and Spirit (Spiritmuse)
  15. GamblersPulverizer (Too Much/Symphonic)
  16. Yard ActWhere's My Utopia? (Republic)
  17. Kim GordonThe Collective (Matador)
  18. gglumThe Garden Dream (Secretly Canadian)
  19. Julia HolterSomething in the Room She Moves (Domino)
  20. The Jesus and Mary ChainGlasgow Eyes (Fuzz Club)
  21. Cheer-AccidentVacate (Cuneiform)
  22. Adrianne LenkerBright Future (4AD)
  23. VesselWrapped in Cellophane (Double Phantom)
  24. Halo MaudCelebrate (Heavenly/PIAS)
  25. Judas PriestInvincible Shield (Epic)
  26. Ghost Funk OrchestraA Trip to the Moon (Karma Chief)
  27. Mary TimonyUntame the Tiger (Merge)
  28. Sick DayOverexposure (Substitute Scene)
  29. Brigitte Calls Me BabyThis House is Made of Corners (ATO)
  30. The Rocky ValentinesErase (Velvet Blue)
  31. Laetitia SadierRooting for Love (Drag City)
  32. Mannequin PussyI Got Heaven (Epitaph)
  33. Erika de CasierStill (4AD)
  34. Logic1000Mother (Therapy/Because)
  35. The Bevis FrondFocus on Nature (Fire)
  36. Rachel DrewOld Sky New (self-released)
  37. JlinAkoma (Akoma)
  38. The Messthetics and James Brandon LewisThe Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis (Impulse!)
  39. RosaliBite Down (Merge)
  40. Sly5thAveLiberation (Tru Thoughts)
  41. Alejandro EscovedoEcho Dancing (Yep Roc)
  42. Sam EvianPlunge (Flying Cloud)
  43. Abdallah OumbadougouAmghar: The Godfather of Tuareg Music, Vol. 1 (Petaluma)
  44. Tomato FlowerNo (Ramo Local)
  45. BleachersBleachers (Dirty Hit)
  46. Modern English1 2 3 4 (Mesh & Lace)
  47. Erick The ArchitectI've Never Been Here Before (IDOL)
  48. Jon Langford & the Bright ShinersWhere It Really Starts (Tiny Global)
  49. Bolis PupulLetter To Yu (Deewee/Because)
  50. Salt CathedralBefore Its Gone (Independent)

This week's adds

  1. BnnyOne Million Love Songs (Fire Talk)
  2. BylandHeavy for a While (MotherWest)
  3. Caleb Landry JonesHey Gary, Hey Dawn (Sacred Bones)
  4. CuspThanks So Much (Self-Released)
  5. DaundryPria (Self-Released)
  6. Dent MayWhat's for Breakfast? (Carpark)
  7. Devon WelshCome With Me if You Want to Live (American Dreams)
  8. Drahlaangeltape (Captured Tracks)
  9. Impulsive HeartsFit 4 The Apocalypse (Cavity Search)
  10. KhruangbinA LA SALA (Dead Oceans)
  11. Sahra HalganHIDDO DHAWR (Danaya)
  12. SerengetiKDIV (self-released)
  13. Still CornersDream Talk (self-released)
  14. The God Awful Small Affairs333 (self-released)

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Top 50 for the Week of 04/01/2024

  1. The GossipReal Power (Columbia)
  2. WaxahatcheeTigers Blood (Anti-)
  3. Brittany HowardWhat Now (Island)
  4. The Messthetics and James Brandon LewisThe Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis (Impulse!)
  5. Sheer MagPlaying Favorites (Third Man)
  6. Nourished by TimeCatching Chickens EP (XL)
  7. Cheer-AccidentVacate (Cuneiform)
  8. Ethnic Heritage EnsembleOpen Me, A Higher Consciousness of Sound and Spirit (Spiritmuse)
  9. JlinAkoma (Akoma)
  10. foamboyEating Me Alive (N.I.T.A.)
  11. Mary TimonyUntame the Tiger (Merge)
  12. The Jesus and Mary ChainGlasgow Eyes (Fuzz Club)
  13. BoecknerBoeckner! (Sub Pop)
  14. Laura Jane GraceHole in My Head (Polyvinyl)
  15. Adrianne LenkerBright Future (4AD)
  16. Bolis PupulLetter To Yu (Deewee/Because)
  17. Laetitia SadierRooting for Love (Drag City)
  18. Mannequin PussyI Got Heaven (Epitaph)
  19. Erika de CasierStill (4AD)
  20. Hurray for the Riff RaffThe Past Is Still Alive (Nonesuch)
  21. RosaliBite Down (Merge)
  22. Bacao Rhythm & Steel BandBRSB (Big Crown)
  23. Cakes Da KillaBlack Sheep (Young Art)
  24. Sick DayOverexposure (Substitute Scene)
  25. Yellow Pills47 Cowgirls (Mint 400)
  26. Kim GordonThe Collective (Matador)
  27. Sly5thAveLiberation (Tru Thoughts)
  28. Alejandro EscovedoEcho Dancing (Yep Roc)
  29. Abdallah OumbadougouAmghar: The Godfather of Tuareg Music, Vol. 1 (Petaluma)
  30. BleachersBleachers (Dirty Hit)
  31. Hannah FrancesKeeper of the Shepherd (Ruination)
  32. Cosmic BullBand Substances (self-released)
  33. Ghost Funk OrchestraA Trip to the Moon (Karma Chief)
  34. The Dandy WarholsROCKMAKER (Sunset Blvd)
  35. TorreyTorrey (Slumberland)
  36. MildlifeChorus (Heavenly/PIAS)
  37. Psymon SpineHead Body Connector (Northern Spy)
  38. Screaming FemalesClover (Don Giovanni)
  39. Brigitte Calls Me BabyThis House is Made of Corners (ATO)
  40. Jon Langford & the Bright ShinersWhere It Really Starts (Tiny Global)
  41. Les Amazones d'AfriqueMusow Danse (Real World)
  42. Julia HolterSomething in the Room She Moves (Domino)
  43. Sam EvianPlunge (Flying Cloud)
  44. Tomato FlowerNo (Ramo Local)
  45. Nouvelle VagueShould I Stay Or Should I Go? (PIAS)
  46. Real EstateDaniel (Domino)
  47. Brittany BindrimVelella Velella (Metropolis)
  48. FrikoWhere we've been, Where we go from here (ATO)
  49. Gouge AwayDeep Sage (Deathwish Inc)
  50. Robert PossDrones, Songs, and Fairy Dust (Trace Elements)

This week's adds

  1. Chastity BeltLive Laugh Love (Suicide Squeeze)
  2. Cor.Ece & Bad ColoursBeen Here Before (Bastard Jazz)
  3. GamblersPulverizer (Too Much/Symphonic)
  4. Logic1000Mother (Therapy/Because)
  5. Non LaLike Before (Mint)
  6. Reyna TropicalMalegría (Psychic Hotline)
  7. RideInterplay (Wichita/PIAS)
  8. Salt CathedralBefore Its Gone (Independent)
  9. Shabazz PalacesExotic Birds of Prey (Sub Pop)
  10. The Rocky ValentinesErase (Velvet Blue)
  11. VesselWrapped in Cellophane (Double Phantom)

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Top 50 for the Week of 03/25/2024

  1. Brittany HowardWhat Now (Island)
  2. Cheer-AccidentVacate (Cuneiform)
  3. Kim GordonThe Collective (Matador)
  4. Sheer MagPlaying Favorites (Third Man)
  5. The Messthetics and James Brandon LewisThe Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis (Impulse!)
  6. Brigitte Calls Me BabyThis House is Made of Corners (ATO)
  7. TorreyTorrey (Slumberland)
  8. Hannah FrancesKeeper of the Shepherd (Ruination)
  9. foamboyEating Me Alive (N.I.T.A.)
  10. Bolis PupulLetter To Yu (Deewee/Because)
  11. Mary TimonyUntame the Tiger (Merge)
  12. The Dandy WarholsROCKMAKER (Sunset Blvd)
  13. Yard ActWhere's My Utopia? (Republic)
  14. FrikoWhere we've been, Where we go from here (ATO)
  15. BLØØDH¥PETrendoids (Dark Circles)
  16. Ghost Funk OrchestraA Trip to the Moon (Karma Chief)
  17. Hurray for the Riff RaffThe Past Is Still Alive (Nonesuch)
  18. Les Amazones d'AfriqueMusow Danse (Real World)
  19. MeatbodiesFlora Ocean Tiger Bloom (In The Red)
  20. Deep Tunnel ProjectDeep Tunnel Project (Comedy Minus One)
  21. Mannequin PussyI Got Heaven (Epitaph)
  22. Erika de CasierStill (4AD)
  23. Helado NegroPhasor (4AD)
  24. Cosmic BullBand Substances (self-released)
  25. Rachel DrewOld Sky New (self-released)
  26. Laetitia SadierRooting for Love (Drag City)
  27. Modern English1 2 3 4 (Mesh & Lace)
  28. BoecknerBoeckner! (Sub Pop)
  29. Tomato FlowerNo (Ramo Local)
  30. BleachersBleachers (Dirty Hit)
  31. Church Chordselvis, he was Schlager (Otherly Love)
  32. American Patchwork QuartetAmerican Patchwork Quartet (Carolina Jasmine, Inc)
  33. Jon Langford & the Bright ShinersWhere It Really Starts (Tiny Global)
  34. Robert PossDrones, Songs, and Fairy Dust (Trace Elements)
  35. MildlifeChorus (Heavenly/PIAS)
  36. Faye WebsterUnderdressed at the Symphony (Secretly Canadian)
  37. Ducks Ltd.Harm's Way (Carpark)
  38. OrgoneChimera (3 Palm )
  39. Dina ÖgonOrion (Playground Music Scandinavia AB)
  40. Ohpen AhrmsLying Beside You (self-released)
  41. El Perro Del MarBig Anonymous (City Slang)
  42. Abby SageThe Rot (Nettwerk)
  43. STRFKRParallel Realms (Polyvinyl)
  44. Real EstateDaniel (Domino)
  45. GrandaddyBlu Wav (Dangerbird)
  46. Pylon Reenactment SocietyMagnet Factory (Strolling Bones)
  47. Chelsea WolfeShe Reaches Out to She Reaches Out to She (Loma Vista)
  48. Brittany BindrimVelella Velella (Metropolis)
  49. Yellow Pills47 Cowgirls (Mint 400)
  50. Naomi AshleyLove Bug (self-released)

This week's adds

  1. Abdallah OumbadougouAmghar: The Godfather of Tuareg Music, Vol. 1 (Petaluma)
  2. Adrianne LenkerBright Future (4AD)
  3. Alejandro EscovedoEcho Dancing (Yep Roc)
  4. Bacao Rhythm & Steel BandBRSB (Big Crown)
  5. Cakes Da KillaBlack Sheep (Young Art)
  6. Erica Dawn Lyle & Vice CoolerLand Trust: Benefit For NEFOC (Get Better)
  7. Ethnic Heritage EnsembleOpen Me, A Higher Consciousness of Sound and Spirit (Spiritmuse)
  8. Glass BeamsMahal (Ninja Tune)
  9. Gouge AwayDeep Sage (Deathwish Inc)
  10. JlinAkoma (Akoma)
  11. Julia HolterSomething in the Room She Moves (Domino)
  12. Nourished by TimeCatching Chickens EP (XL)
  13. RosaliBite Down (Merge)
  14. Sam EvianPlunge (Flying Cloud)
  15. Sick DayOverexposure (Substitute Scene)
  16. Sly5thAveLiberation (Tru Thoughts)
  17. The GossipReal Power (Columbia)
  18. The Jesus and Mary ChainGlasgow Eyes (Fuzz Club)
  19. WaxahatcheeTigers Blood (Anti-)

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Top 50 for the Week of 03/18/2024

  1. Kim GordonThe Collective (Matador)
  2. foamboyEating Me Alive (N.I.T.A.)
  3. Hannah FrancesKeeper of the Shepherd (Ruination)
  4. FrikoWhere we've been, Where we go from here (ATO)
  5. Brittany BindrimVelella Velella (Metropolis)
  6. Mannequin PussyI Got Heaven (Epitaph)
  7. Erika de CasierStill (4AD)
  8. Sheer MagPlaying Favorites (Third Man)
  9. Laura Jane GraceHole in My Head (Polyvinyl)
  10. Bolis PupulLetter To Yu (Deewee/Because)
  11. Laetitia SadierRooting for Love (Drag City)
  12. Rachel DrewOld Sky New (self-released)
  13. Ducks Ltd.Harm's Way (Carpark)
  14. Yard ActWhere's My Utopia? (Republic)
  15. Faye WebsterUnderdressed at the Symphony (Secretly Canadian)
  16. Hurray for the Riff RaffThe Past Is Still Alive (Nonesuch)
  17. Les Amazones d'AfriqueMusow Danse (Real World)
  18. Tomato FlowerNo (Ramo Local)
  19. BleachersBleachers (Dirty Hit)
  20. Ghost Funk OrchestraA Trip to the Moon (Karma Chief)
  21. Mary TimonyUntame the Tiger (Merge)
  22. MildlifeChorus (Heavenly/PIAS)
  23. CrumbSnatchersPETWAY (Like You Mean It)
  24. Real EstateDaniel (Domino)
  25. IDLESTANGK (Partisan)
  26. BLØØDH¥PETrendoids (Dark Circles)
  27. Huron JohnIndigo Jack & The New World Border (Acrophase)
  28. The Bevis FrondFocus on Nature (Fire)
  29. Pylon Reenactment SocietyMagnet Factory (Strolling Bones)
  30. Muireann BradleyI Kept These Old Blues (Tompkins Square)
  31. Cosmic BullBand Substances (self-released)
  32. goodkittyPicture Albums (self-released)
  33. Alkaline TrioBlood, Hair, and Eyeballs (Rise)
  34. El Perro Del MarBig Anonymous (City Slang)
  35. Helado NegroPhasor (4AD)
  36. Abby SageThe Rot (Nettwerk)
  37. Erika AngellThe Obsession with Her Voice (Constellation)
  38. Modern English1 2 3 4 (Mesh & Lace)
  39. Church Chordselvis, he was Schlager (Otherly Love)
  40. Nouvelle VagueShould I Stay Or Should I Go? (PIAS)
  41. GrandaddyBlu Wav (Dangerbird)
  42. American Patchwork QuartetAmerican Patchwork Quartet (Carolina Jasmine, Inc)
  43. Screaming FemalesClover (Don Giovanni)
  44. Chelsea WolfeShe Reaches Out to She Reaches Out to She (Loma Vista)
  45. The Last Dinner PartyPrelude to Ecstasy (Island)
  46. Future IslandsPeople Who Aren't There Anymore (4AD)
  47. Myra KeyesFlower in the Brick (Self-Released)
  48. Naomi AshleyLove Bug (self-released)
  49. Jordan MackampaWelcome Home, Kid! (AWAL)
  50. Genuine LeatherGenuine Pleasure (The Animal Farm)

This week's adds

  • BoecknerBoeckner! (Sub Pop)
  • Brigitte Calls Me BabyThis House Is Made of Corners EP (ATO)
  • Brittany HowardWhat Now (Island)
  • Cheer-AccidentVacate (Cuneiform)
  • Deep Tunnel ProjectDeep Tunnel Project (Comedy Minus One)
  • Jon Langford & the Bright ShinersWhere It Really Starts (Tiny Global)
  • MeatbodiesFlora Ocean Tiger Bloom (In the Red )
  • Ohpen AhrmsLying Beside You (self-released)
  • Robert PossDrones, Songs, and Fairy Dust (Trace Elements)
  • The Dandy WarholsROCKMAKER (Sunset Blvd)
  • The Messthetics and James Brandon LewisThe Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis (Impulse!)
  • TorreyTorrey (Slumberland)

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