Top 50 for the Week of 4/14/15

1. Toro y Moi – What For? (Carpark)
2. Waxahatchee – Ivy Tripp (Merge)
3. Courtney Barnett – Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit (Mom + Pop)
4. King Khan & BBQ Show – Bad News Boys (In the Red)
5. The Soft Moon – Deeper (Captured Tracks)
6. Ghastly Menace – Songs of Ghastly Menace (Record Machine)
7. Kendrick Lamar – To Pimp a Butterfly (Interscope)
8. Varsity – Varsity (Jurassic Pop)
9. Modest Mouse – Strangers to Ourselves (Epic)
10. Jlin – Dark Energy (Planet Mu)
11. Twin Shadow – Eclipse (Warner Bros.)
12. Death Cab for Cutie – Kintsugi (Atlantic)
13. Jimmy Whispers – Summer in Pain (Moniker)
14. Dinner – Three EPs 2012-2014 (Captured Tracks)
15. Godspeed You! Black Emperor – Asunder, Sweet and Other Distress (Constellation)
16. Sufjan Stevens – Carrie & Lowell (Asthmatic Kitty)
17. Ryley Walker – Primrose Green (Dead Oceans)
18. Implodes – Reverser (Gilead Media)
19. American Wrestlers – American Wrestlers (Fat Possum)
20. Razorhouse – Codex Du EP (Heat Shield)
21. Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Freedom Tower: No Wave Dance Party 2015 (Mom + Pop)
22. Marriages – Salome (Sargent House)
23. Laura Marling – Short Movie (Ribbon)
24. Kywo – Pearl EP (self-released)
25. Will Butler – Policy (Merge)
26. Moon Duo – Shadow of the Sun (Sacred Bones)
27. JEFF the Brotherhood – Wasted on the Dream (Infinity Cat)
28. THEESatisfaction – EarthEE (Sub Pop)
29. Lower Dens – Escape from Evil (Domino)
30. BADBADNOTGOOD & Ghostface Killah – Sour Soul (Lex)
31. Liturgy – The Ark Work (Thrill Jockey)
32. The Go! Team – The Scene Between (Memphis Industries)
33. Via Tania – Via Tania and the Tomorrow Music Orchestra (Narooma)
34. POW! – Fight Fire (Castle Face)
35. Gateway Drugs – Magick Spells (Cobraside)
36. Shana Falana – Set Your Lightning Fire Free (Team Love)
37. Royal Thunder – Crooked Doors (Relapse)
38. Lightning Bolt – Fantasy Empire (Thrill Jockey)
39. Minsk – The Crash & the Draw (Relapse)
40. Petite Noir – The King of Anxiety EP (Domino)
41. Drenge – Undertow (ADA)
42. Marika Hackman – We Slept at Last (Dirty Hit)
43. Crown Larks – Blood Dancer (Spacelung/Landbreathing)
44. Vijay Iyer Trio – Break Stuff (ECM)
45. Vetiver – Complete Strangers (Easy Sound Recordings)
46. Bombadil – Hold On (Ramseur)
47. Swervedriver – I Wasn't Born to Lose You (Cobraside)
48. Tica Douglas – Joey (self-released)
49. The Prefab Messiahs – Keep Your Stupid Dreams Alive (Burger)
50. Raymond Abercrombie – Key, White (Posture)

This week's adds

• Lili K. – Ruby (Freshly Baked)
• The Variable Why – Looking at the Triangles (Patient Sounds)
• Young Fathers – White Men Are Black Men (Big Dada)
• Tal National – Zoy Zoy (FatCat)
• Calexico – Edge of the Sun (Anti- ‎)
• The Mountain Goats – Beat the Champ (Merge)
• Suuns and Jerusalem in My Heart – Suuns and Jerusalem in My Heart (Secretly Canadian)
• White Hills – Walks for Motorists (Thrill Jockey)
• Mavis Staples – Your Good Fortune EP (Anti-)
• Tei Shi – Verde EP (Mom+Pop)
• Kathryn Calder – Kathryn Calder (File Under: Music)
• Monophonics – Sound of Sinning (Transistor Sound)
• Pale Blue – The Past We Leave Behind (2MR)
• Becca Stevens Band – Perfect Animal (UMG)

Top 50 for the Week of 4/7/15

1. Sufjan Stevens – Carrie & Lowell (Asthmatic Kitty)
2. King Khan & BBQ Show – Bad News Boys (In the Red)
3. Kendrick Lamar – To Pimp a Butterfly (Interscope)
4. Varsity – Varsity (Jurassic Pop)
5. Jimmy Whispers – Summer in Pain (Moniker)
6. Courtney Barnett – Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit (Mom + Pop)
7. Death Cab for Cutie – Kintsugi (Atlantic)
8. Implodes – Reverser (Gilead Media)
9. Twin Shadow – Eclipse (Warner Bros.)
10. Modest Mouse – Strangers to Ourselves (Epic)
11. Via Tania – Via Tania and the Tomorrow Music Orchestra (Narooma)
12. Lower Dens – Escape from Evil (Domino)
13. Swervedriver – I Wasn't Born to Lose You (Cobraside)
14. Makaya McCraven – In the Moment (International Anthem)
15. Moon Duo – Shadow of the Sun (Sacred Bones)
16. Lightning Bolt – Fantasy Empire (Thrill Jockey)
17. Jack DeJohnette – Made in Chicago (ECM)
18. The Go! Team – The Scene Between (Memphis Industries)
19. Various Artists – Ultra-High Frequencies: The Chicago Party (Numero Group)
20. Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Freedom Tower: No Wave Dance Party 2015 (Mom + Pop)
21. The O'My's – Keeping the Faith EP (self-released)
22. Dorsal Fins – Mind Renovation (Gripless/Remote Control)
23. Ryley Walker – Primrose Green (Dead Oceans)
24. BADBADNOTGOOD & Ghostface Killah – Sour Soul (Lex)
25. Chastity Belt – Time to Go Home (Hardly Art)
26. JEFF the Brotherhood – Wasted on the Dream (Infinity Cat)
27. Purity Ring – Another Eternity (4AD)
28. Cannibal Ox – Blade of the Ronin (IGC)
29. THEESatisfaction – EarthEE (Sub Pop)
30. Ibeyi – Ibeyi (XL)
31. Chelan – Equal Under Pressure (self-released)
32. Tobias Jesso Jr. – Goon (True Panther)
33. Will Butler – Policy (Merge)
34. Young Guv – Ripe 4 Luv (Slumberland)
35. Liturgy – The Ark Work (Thrill Jockey)
36. Petite Noir – The King of Anxiety EP (Domino)
37. Radical Dads – Universal Coolers (Old Flame)
38. Lala Lala – Have a Good Day (Manic Static)
39. LoneLady – Hinterland (Warp)
40. Pile – You're Better than This (Exploding in Sound)
41. Vetiver – Complete Strangers (Easy Sound Recordings)
42. Matthew E. White – Fresh Blood (Domino)
43. The Prefab Messiahs – Keep Your Stupid Dreams Alive (Burger)
44. Reptar – Lurid Glow (Joyful Noise)
45. The Bitter Roots – Noise Vibrations and Fumes (Water Works Hill)
46. Sir Richard Bishop – Tangier Sessions (Drag City)
47. Fairmont – 8 ½ (Mint 400)
48. Diamond Rugs – Cosmetics (Sycamore/Thirty Tigers)
49. Evans the Death – Expect Delays (Slumberland)
50. Simon Joyner – Grass, Branch & Bone (Woodsist)

This week's adds

• Minsk – The Crash & the Draw (Relapse)
• Ghastly Menace – Songs of Ghastly Menace (The Record Machine)
• Waxahatchee – Ivy Tripp (Merge)
• Toro y Moi – What For? (Carpark)
• Godspeed You! Black Emperor – ‘Asunder, Sweet and Other Distress’ (2015)
• The Soft Moon – Deeper (Captured Tracks)
• Jlin – Dark Energy (Planet Mu)
• Royal Thunder – Crooked Doors (Relapse)
• Kywo – Pearl EP (self-released)
• Razorhouse – Codex Du EP (Heat Shield)
• Marriages – Salome (Sargent House)
• Dinner – Three EPs 2012-2014 (Captured Tracks)
• Drenge – Undertow (ADA)
• Laura Marling – Short Movie (Ribbon)
• Vijay Iyer Trio – Break Stuff (ECM)
• Faith Healer – Cosmic Troubles (Mint)
• American Wrestlers – American Wrestlers (Fat Possum)
• POW! – Fight Fire (Castle Face)

Top 50 for the Week of 3/31/15

1. Kendrick Lamar – To Pimp a Butterfly (Interscope)
2. King Khan & BBQ Show – Bad News Boys (In the Red)
3. Ryley Walker – Primrose Green (Dead Oceans)
4. Modest Mouse – Strangers to Ourselves (Epic)
5. Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Freedom Tower: No Wave Dance Party 2015 (Mom + Pop)
6. Swervedriver – I Wasn't Born to Lose You (Cobraside)
7. Will Butler – Policy (Merge)
8. Dorsal Fins – Mind Renovation (Gripless/Remote Control)
9. Via Tania – Via Tania and the Tomorrow Music Orchestra (Narooma)
10. Lightning Bolt – Fantasy Empire (Thrill Jockey)
11. The Go! Team – The Scene Between (Memphis Industries)
12. Raymond Abercrombie – Key, White (Posture)
13. Moon Duo – Shadow of the Sun (Sacred Bones)
14. Various Artists – Ultra-High Frequencies: The Chicago Party (Numero Group)
15. Pops Staples – Don't Lose This (dBpm)
16. Makaya McCraven – In the Moment (International Anthem)
17. Keiya – Work EP (self-released)
18. Purity Ring – Another Eternity (4AD)
19. LoneLady – Hinterland (Warp)
20. The Prefab Messiahs – Keep Your Stupid Dreams Alive (Burger)
21. Jack DeJohnette – Made in Chicago (ECM)
22. Screaming Females – Rose Mountain (Don Giovanni)
23. Eula – Wool Sucking (Mirror Universe)
24. Pile – You're Better than This (Exploding in Sound)
25. Crown Larks – Blood Dancer (Spacelung/Landbreathing)
26. In Tall Buildings – Driver (Western Vinyl)
27. The O'My's – Keeping the Faith EP (self-released)
28. BADBADNOTGOOD & Ghostface Killah – Sour Soul (Lex)
29. The Bright Light Social Hour – Space is Still the Place (Frenchkiss)
30. JEFF the Brotherhood – Wasted on the Dream (Infinity Cat)
31. Lala Lala – Have a Good Day (Manic Static)
32. Colleen Green – I Want to Grow Up (Hardly Art)
33. Sonny and the Sunsets – Talent Night at the Ashram (Polyvinyl)
34. Chastity Belt – Time to Go Home (Hardly Art)
35. Of Montreal – Aureate Gloom (Polyvinyl)
36. THEESatisfaction – EarthEE (Sub Pop)
37. Evans the Death – Expect Delays (Slumberland)
38. Matthew E. White – Fresh Blood (Domino)
39. Dan Deacon – Gliss Riffer (Domino)
40. Tobias Jesso Jr. – Goon (True Panther)
41. Simon Joyner – Grass, Branch & Bone (Woodsist)
42. Bombadil – Hold On (Ramseur)
43. Gateway Drugs – Magick Spells (Cobraside)
44. Liturgy – The Ark Work (Thrill Jockey)
45. Cannibal Ox – Blade of the Ronin (IGC)
46. Daniel Knox – Daniel Knox (Carrot Top)
47. Doe – First Four (Specialist Subject)
48. Young Guv – Ripe 4 Luv (Slumberland)
49. Radical Dads – Universal Coolers (Old Flame)
50. The Juliana Hatfield Three – Whatever, My Love (American Laundromat)

This week's adds

• Varsity – Varsity (Jurassic Pop)
• Courtney Barnett – Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit (Mom + Pop)
• Jimmy Whispers – Summer in Pain (Moniker)
• Sufjan Stevens – Carrie & Lowell (Asthmatic Kitty)
• Twin Shadow – Eclipse (Warner Bros.)
• Vetiver – Complete Strangers (Easy Sound Recordings)
• Wino & Conny Ochs – Freedom Conspiracy (Exile on Mainstream)
• Dane Terry – Color Movies (Tonk)
• Houndmouth – Little Neon Limelight (Rough Trade)
• Implodes – Reverser (Gilead Media)
• Lower Dens – Escape from Evil (Domino)
• Tica Douglas – Joey (self-released)
• Death Cab for Cutie – Kintsugi (Atlantic)

Top 50 for the Week of 3/24/15

1. Purity Ring – Another Eternity (4AD)
2. Various Artists – Ultra-High Frequencies: The Chicago Party (Numero Group)
3. Ryley Walker – Primrose Green (Dead Oceans)
4. Swervedriver – I Wasn't Born to Lose You (Cobraside)
5. Makaya McCraven – In the Moment (International Anthem)
6. Dorsal Fins – Mind Renovation (Gripless/Remote Control)
7. Will Butler – Policy (Merge)
8. Moon Duo – Shadow of the Sun (Sacred Bones)
9. Of Montreal – Aureate Gloom (Polyvinyl)
10. Cannibal Ox – Blade of the Ronin (IGC)
11. Jack DeJohnette – Made in Chicago (ECM)
12. Crown Larks – Blood Dancer (Spacelung/Landbreathing)
13. Lala Lala – Have a Good Day (Manic Static)
14. Ibeyi – Ibeyi (XL)
15. Daniel Knox – Daniel Knox (Carrot Top)
16. In Tall Buildings – Driver (Western Vinyl)
17. Evans the Death – Expect Delays (Slumberland)
18. Father John Misty – I Love You, Honeybear (Sub Pop)
19. Raymond Abercrombie – Key, White (Posture)
20. Screaming Females – Rose Mountain (Don Giovanni)
21. Via Tania – Via Tania and the Tomorrow Music Orchestra (Narooma)
22. Pile – You're Better than This (Exploding in Sound)
23. The Bright Light Social Hour – Space is Still the Place (Frenchkiss)
24. Radical Dads – Universal Coolers (Old Flame)
25. Beardyman – Distractions (Tummy Touch)
26. Pops Staples – Don't Lose This (dBpm)
27. Lightning Bolt – Fantasy Empire (Thrill Jockey)
28. Doe – First Four (Specialist Subject)
29. Matthew E. White – Fresh Blood (Domino)
30. Dan Deacon – Gliss Riffer (Domino)
31. Colleen Green – I Want to Grow Up (Hardly Art)
32. The O'My's – Keeping the Faith EP (self-released)
33. Sir Richard Bishop – Tangier Sessions (Drag City)
34. Drug Cabin – Yard Work (401K Music Inc.)
35. Kate Pierson – Guitars and Microphones (Lazy Meadow)
36. Various Artists – Monster Compilation Vol. 1 (Dumpster Tapes)
37. BADBADNOTGOOD & Ghostface Killah – Sour Soul (Lex)
38. Sonny and the Sunsets – Talent Night at the Ashram (Polyvinyl)
39. The Juliana Hatfield Three – Whatever, My Love (American Laundromat)
40. Eula – Wool Sucking (Mirror Universe)
41. Father Murphy – Croce (The Flenser)
42. THEESatisfaction – EarthEE (Sub Pop)
43. Bombadil – Hold On (Ramseur)
44. Young Buffalo – House (Votiv)
45. Petite Noir – The King of Anxiety EP (Domino)
46. Keiya – Work EP (self-released)
47. Axis: Sova – Early Surf (God?)
48. Simon Joyner – Grass, Branch & Bone (Woodsist)
49. Fluoride – Material (Bayonet)
50. Young Guv – Ripe 4 Luv (Slumberland)

This week's adds

Kendrick Lamar – To Pimp a Butterfly (Interscope)

Liturgy – The Ark Work (Thrill Jockey)

King Khan & BBQ Show – Bad News Boys (In the Red)

Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Freedom Tower: No Wave Dance Party 2015 (Mom + Pop)

Modest Mouse – Strangers to Ourselves (Epic)

The Go! Team – The Scene Between (Memphis Industries)

Chastity Belt – Time to Go Home (Hardly Art)

JEFF the Brotherhood – Wasted on the Dream (Infinity Cat)

Dayna Stephens – Reminiscent (Criss Cross)

Tobias Jesso Jr. – Goon (True Panther)

LoneLady – Hinterland (Warp)

Gateway Drugs – Magick Spells (Cobraside)

Corsair – One Eyed Horse (Shadow Kingdom)

The Prefab Messiahs – Keep Your Stupid Dreams Alive (Burger)

Reptar – Lurid Glow (Joyful Noise)

TOP 50 FOR THE WEEK OF 03-17-2015

1. THEESatisfaction – EarthEE (Sub Pop)
2. Ryley Walker - Primrose Green (Dead Oceans)
3. Various Artists - Ultra-High Frequencies: The Chicago Party (Numero Group)
4. Screaming Females - Rose Mountain (Don Giovanni)
5. The Juliana Hatfield Three - Whatever My Love (American Laundromat)
6. In Tall Buildings – Driver (Western Vinyl)
7. BADBADNOTGOOD & Ghostface Killah - Sour Soul (Lex)
8. Will Butler – Policy (Merge)
9. Purity Ring - Another Eternity (4AD)
10. Of Montreal - Aureate Gloom (Polyvinyl)
11. Pops Staples - Don't Lose This (dBpm)
12. Dan Deacon - Gliss Riffer (Domino)
13. The O'My's - Keeping the Faith EP (self-released)
14. Ibeyi – Ibeyi (XL)
15. Father John Misty - I Love You Honeybear (Sub Pop)
16. Keiya - Work EP (self-released)
17. Crown Larks - Blood Dancer (Spacelung/Landbreathing)
18. Daniel Knox - Daniel Knox (Carrot Top)
19. Lala Lala - Have a Good Day (Manic Static)
20. Drug Cabin - Yard Work (401K Music Inc.)
21. Treasure Fleet - The Sun Machine (Recess)
22. Sonny and the Sunsets - Talent Night at the Ashram (Polyvinyl)
23. Ricked Wicky - I Sell the Circus (GBV Inc.)
24. Kate Pierson - Guitars and Microphones (Lazy Meadow)
25. Cannibal Ox - Blade of the Ronin (IGC)
26. John Till - John Till (self-released)
27. Houndstooth - No News from Home (No Quarter)
28. Shana Falana - Set Your Lightning Fire Free (Team Love)
29. Radical Dads - Universal Coolers (Old Flame)
30. Doe - First Four (Specialist Subject)
31. Petite Noir - The King of Anxiety EP (Domino)
32. Chelan - Equal Under Pressure (self-released)
33. Matthew E. White - Fresh Blood (Domino)
34. Colleen Green - I Want to Grow Up (Hardly Art)
35. Dream Version – Beginners (self-released)
36. Ghastly Menace - Songs of Ghastly Menace (The Record Machine)
37. Bombadil - Hold On (Ramseur)
38. Eula - Wool Sucking (Mirror Universe)
39. Sir Richard Bishop - Tangier Sessions (Drag City)
40. Xylouris White – Goats (Other Music)
41. DJ Clent - Last Bus to Lake Park (Duck N' Cover)
42. Torche – Restarter (Relapse)
43. José González - Vestiges & Claws (Mute)
44. Ty Segall Band - Live in San Francisco (Castle Face)
45. Mourn – Mourn (Captured Tracks)
46. Raymond Abercrombie - Key White (Posture)
47. Marika Hackman - We Slept at Last (Dirty Hit)
48. Rats Rest - Permanent Catastrophe EP (Erste Theke Tonträger)
49. Buxton - Half a Native (New West)
50. King Woman - Doubt EP (The Flenser)

This week's adds

• Dorsal Fins - Mind Renovation (Gripless/Remote Control)
• Jack DeJohnette - Made in Chicago (ECM)
• Lightning Bolt - Fantasy Empire (Thrill Jockey)
• Makaya McCraven - In the Moment (International Anthem)
• Pile - You're Better than This (Exploding in Sound)
• Swervedriver - I Wasn't Born to Lose You (Cobraside)
• Via Tania - Via Tania and the Tomorrow Music Orchestra (Narooma)
• Evans the Death - Expect Delays (Slumberland)
• Father Murphy – Croce (The Flenser)
• Harm's Way – Rust (Deathwish Inc.)
• Moon Duo - Shadow of the Sun (Sacred Bones)
• Simon Joyner - Grass Branch & Bone (Woodsist)
• The Bitter Roots - Noise Vibrations and Fumes (Water Works Hill)
• The Bright Light Social Hour - Space is Still the Place (Frenchkiss)
• Ufomammut – Ecate (Neurot)