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Top 50 for the Week of 12/18/2023

  1. DRAMA – Till We Die (STEM c/o DRAMA MUSIC)
  2. Video Age – Away from the Castle (Winspear)
  3. BJ The Chicago Kid – Gravy (RCA)
  4. Isaiah Collier – Parallel Universe (Night Dreamer)
  5. Aesop Rock – Integrated Tech Solutions (Rhymesayers)
  6. The Veldt – Illuminated 1989 (Little Cloud/5BC)
  7. Ian Sweet – SUCKER (Polyvinyl)
  8. Peter Gabriel – i/o (Reel World)
  9. Blood Chill – Clear Dark Blue (Culture Vacuum)
  10. El Búho – Strata (Wonderwheel)
  11. Cafe Racer – Words In Error (self-released)
  12. Sandunes – The Ground Beneath Her Feet (Tru Thoughts)
  13. Atmosphere – Talk Talk (Rhymesayers)
  14. forestlike – forestlike (Ba Da Bing)
  15. 4x4 Animal Style – When I Was Young (Let It Swim)
  16. Sen Morimoto – Diagnosis (City Slang/Sooper )
  17. HEALTH – RAT WARS (Loma Vista)
  18. Danny Brown – Quaranta (Warp)
  19. Beirut – Hadsel (Pompeoo)
  20. Haiku Hands – Pleasure Beast (Spinning Top)
  21. Midas the Jagaban – Midas Touch Vol. 2: Return of The Mask (Because)
  22. Call Super – Eulo Cramps (Can You Feel the Sun)
  23. Kurt Vile – Back To Moon Beach (Verve)
  24. wht.rbbt.obj – Whiskey Hotel Tango (Rabbit Hole)
  25. Mia Joy – Celestial Mirror (Fire Talk)
  26. BassKase – Rabbit Holes (Soundpoint)
  27. Woolworthy – Electric Heartbreak (Boss Tunage)
  28. DJ Manny – Hypnotized (Planet Mu)
  29. See Jazz – Is This Anything? (Flower Sounds)
  30. jess joy – SOURCEHEIRESS (Joyful Noise)
  31. The Sundae Painters – Sundae Painters (Leather Jacket)
  32. Harp – Albion (Bella Union/PIAS)
  33. Psychedelic Porn Crumpets – Fronzoli (What Reality)
  34. Quantic – Dancing While Falling (Play It Again Sam)
  35. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – The Silver Cord (KGLW )
  36. bar italia – The Twits (Matador)
  37. Jockstrap – I<3UQTINVU (Rough Trade )
  38. Chicken Happen – Chicken Happen IV (self-released)
  39. Course – Tight Feathers (self released)
  40. George Riley – Un/limited Love (Ninja Tune)
  41. Sleeping Jesus – Hollywood Smile (The Garden Shed)
  42. Various Artists – Remixes JID020 (Jazz Is Dead)
  43. Lila Blue – Sweet Pea (Tiger Bomb)
  44. Yuhan Su – Liberated Gesture (Sunnyside)
  45. O. – SLICE (Speedy Wunderground)
  46. Iron & Wine – Who Can See Forever Soundtrack (Sub Pop)
  47. Keys N Krates – IN:TENSION (Last Gang/MNRK)
  48. Anna Hillburg – Tired Girls (Speakeasy Studios SF)
  49. The Gaslight Anthem – History Books (Rich Mahogany/Thirty Tigers)
  50. Tkay Maidza – Sweet Justice (4AD)

This week's adds

  1. Barbara Manning – Charm of Yesterday…Convenience of Tomorrow (Ba Da Bing)

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TOP 50 FOR THE WEEK OF 12/11/2023

  1. Cafe Racer – Words In Error (self-released)
  2. Video Age – Away from the Castle (Winspear)
  3. DJ Manny – Hypnotized (Planet Mu)
  4. DRAMA – Till We Die (STEM c/o DRAMA MUSIC)
  5. Sandunes – The Ground Beneath Her Feet (Tru Thoughts)
  6. The Veldt – Illuminated 1989 (Little Cloud/5BC)
  7. Beirut – Hadsel (Pompeoo)
  8. Aesop Rock – Integrated Tech Solutions (Rhymesayers)
  9. Iron & Wine – Who Can See Forever Soundtrack (Sub Pop)
  10. Haiku Hands – Pleasure Beast (Spinning Top)
  11. Sen Morimoto – Diagnosis (City Slang/Sooper )
  12. Danny Brown – Quaranta (Warp)
  13. bar italia – The Twits (Matador)
  14. George Riley – Un/limited Love (Ninja Tune)
  15. Midas the Jagaban – Midas Touch Vol. 2: Return of The Mask (Because)
  16. Chicken Happen – Chicken Happen IV (self-released)
  17. See Jazz – Is This Anything? (Flower Sounds)
  18. jess joy – SOURCEHEIRESS (Joyful Noise)
  19. Various Artists – Remixes JID020 (Jazz Is Dead)
  20. Lila Blue – Sweet Pea (Tiger Bomb)
  21. Puppets for Poets – Boat of Dreams (self-released)
  22. The DIFF – Whats The DIFF (Cheap Kiss)
  23. Kurt Vile – Back To Moon Beach (Verve)
  24. Cat Power – Cat Power Sings Dylan: The 1966 Royal Albert Hall Concert (Domino)
  25. BJ The Chicago Kid – Gravy (RCA)
  26. Resavoir – Resavoir (International Anthem)
  27. Woolworthy – Electric Heartbreak (Boss Tunage)
  28. Ian Sweet – SUCKER (Polyvinyl)
  29. O. – SLICE (Speedy Wunderground)
  30. Vince Clarke – Songs of Silence (Mute)
  31. The Gaslight Anthem – History Books (Rich Mahogany/Thirty Tigers)
  32. Islet – Soft Fascination (Fire)
  33. El Búho – Strata (Wonderwheel)
  34. Yuhan Su – Liberated Gesture (Sunnyside)
  35. Keys N Krates – IN:TENSION (Last Gang/MNRK)
  36. The Chills – Brave Words (Spoken Bravely: The Remix) (Flying Nun/Fire)
  37. Drop Nineteens – Hard Light (Wharf Cat )
  38. Mode Hexe – Norphonic (Love All Day)
  39. BassKase – Rabbit Holes (Soundpoint)
  40. Call Super – Eulo Cramps (Can You Feel the Sun)
  41. Quantic – Dancing While Falling (Play It Again Sam)
  42. Anna Hillburg – Tired Girls (Speakeasy Studios SF)
  43. Liza Anne – Utopian (Anti-Fragile)
  44. Marnie Stern – The Comeback Kid (Joyful Noise)
  45. ill peach – THIS IS NOT AN EXIT (Hardly Art)
  46. Alyssa Bray – Timing (self-released)
  47. 4x4 Animal Style – When I Was Young (Let It Swim)
  48. Ruth Garbus – Alive People (Ordinal)
  49. The Smashing Times – This Sporting Life (K)
  50. Kishi Bashi – Music from the Song Film: Omoiyari (Joyful Noise)

This week's adds

  • A.L. West – The Store (Spirit Research)
  • Atmosphere – Talk Talk (Rhymesayers)
  • Blood Chill – Clear Dark Blue (Culture Vacuum)
  • forestlike – forestlike (patsy presents)
  • HEALTH – Rat Wars (Loma Vista)
  • Isaiah Collier – Parallel Universe (Night Dreamer)
  • Peter Gabriel – I/O (Real World)
  • Sleeping Jesus – Hollywood Smile (The Garden Shed)
  • The Sundae Painters – Sundae Painters (Leather Jacket)
  • wht.rbbt.obj – Whiskey Hotel Tango (Rabbit Hole)

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Top 50 for the Week of 12/04/2023

  1. The Veldt – Illuminated 1989 (Little Cloud/5BC)
  2. Aesop Rock – Integrated Tech Solutions (Rhymesayers)
  3. Sen Morimoto – Diagnosis (City Slang/Sooper)
  4. DRAMA – Till We Die (STEM c/o DRAMA MUSIC)
  5. Sandunes – The Ground Beneath Her Feet (Tru Thoughts)
  6. Beirut – Hadsel (Pompeoo)
  7. Kurt Vile – Back To Moon Beach (Verve)
  8. jess joy – SOURCEHEIRESS (Joyful Noise)
  9. See Jazz – Is This Anything? (Flower Sounds)
  10. Call Super – Eulo Cramps (Can You Feel the Sun)
  11. BJ The Chicago Kid – Gravy (RCA)
  12. Born Days – My Little Dark (AudioSport)
  13. Woolworthy – Electric Heartbreak (Boss Tunage)
  14. George Riley – Un/limited Love (Ninja Tune)
  15. Ian Sweet – SUCKER (Polyvinyl)
  16. Marnie Stern – The Comeback Kid (Joyful Noise)
  17. Mint Field – Aprender a Ser (felte)
  18. Midas the Jagaban – Midas Touch Vol. 2: Return of The Mask (Because)
  19. Hotline TNT – Cartwheel (Third Man)
  20. The DIFF – Whats The DIFF (Cheap Kiss)
  21. Vince Clarke – Songs of Silence (Mute Records)
  22. The Smashing Times – This Sporting Life (K)
  23. DJ Shadow – Action Adventure (Mass Appeal)
  24. Juliana Hatfield – Juliana Hatfield Sings ELO (American Laundromat)
  25. Mia Joy – Celestial Mirror (Fire Talk)
  26. Chicken Happen – Chicken Happen IV (self-released)
  27. Resavoir – Resavoir (International Anthem)
  28. BassKase – Rabbit Holes (Soundpoint)
  29. El Búho – Strata (Wonderwheel)
  30. Tkay Maidza – Sweet Justice (4AD)
  31. Cat Power – Cat Power Sings Dylan: The 1966 Royal Albert Hall Concert (Domino)
  32. bar italia – The Twits (Matador)
  33. Sofia Kourtesis – Madres (Ninja Tune)
  34. Pip Blom – Bobbie (Heavenly/PIAS)
  35. Alien Nosejob – The Derivative Sounds of… or… A Dog Always Returns to its Vomit (Goner)
  36. Jenn Champion – The Last Night of Sadness (Gay Forever)
  37. Alyssa Bray – Timing (self-released)
  38. Course – Tight Feathers (self released)
  39. Nathan Graham – Saint of Second Chances (Pravda)
  40. Psychedelic Porn Crumpets – Fronzoli (What Reality)
  41. Shabazz Palaces – Robed in Rareness (Sub Pop)
  42. Anna Hillburg – Tired Girls (Speakeasy Studios SF)
  43. The Chills – Brave Words (Spoken Bravely: The Remix) (Flying Nun/Fire)
  44. The Serfs – Half Eaten By Dogs (Trouble in Mind)
  45. The Mountain Goats – Jenny from Thebes (Merge)
  46. Circus Devils – Squeeze the Needle (Guided By Voices Inc.)
  47. Rat Columns – Babydoll (Tough Love)
  48. Quantic – Dancing While Falling (Play It Again Sam)
  49. The Gaslight Anthem – History Books (Rich Mahogany/Thirty Tigers)
  50. Sylvester – Private Recordings, August 1970 (Dark Entries)

This week's adds

  • Cafe Racer – Words in Error (self-released)
  • Danny Brown – Quaranta (Warp)
  • DJ Manny – Hypnotized (Planet Mu)
  • Haiku Hands – Pleasure Beast (Spinning Top)
  • Harp – Albion (Bella Union / PIAS)
  • Iron & Wine – Who Can See Forever Soundtrack (Sub Pop)
  • Lila Blue – Sweet Pea (MOXE)
  • O. – SLICE (Speedy Wunderground/PIAS)
  • Puppets for Poets – Boat of Dreams (self-released)
  • Ruth Garbus – Alive People (Ordinal)
  • Scott Whiddon – The Best of Intentions (self-released)
  • Various Artists – Remixes JID 020 (Jazz Is Dead)
  • Video Age – Away from the Castle (Winspear)
  • Yuhan Su – Liberated Gesture (Sunnyside)

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Top 50 for the Week of 11/27/2023

  1. DRAMA – Till We Die (STEM c/o DRAMA MUSIC)
  2. Ian Sweet – SUCKER (Polyvinyl)
  3. BJ The Chicago Kid – Gravy (RCA)
  4. Pip Blom – Bobbie (Heavenly/PIAS)
  5. Cat Power – Cat Power Sings Dylan: The 1966 Royal Albert Hall Concert (Domino)
  6. Sen Morimoto – Diagnosis (City Slang/Sooper )
  7. Nathan Graham – Saint of Second Chances (Pravda)
  8. Beirut – Hadsel (Pompeoo)
  9. Aesop Rock – Integrated Tech Solutions (Rhymesayers)
  10. Mint Field – Aprender a Ser (felte)
  11. BassKase – Rabbit Holes (Soundpoint)
  12. Woolworthy – Electric Heartbreak (Boss Tunage)
  13. Call Super – Eulo Cramps (Can You Feel the Sun)
  14. Marnie Stern – The Comeback Kid (Joyful Noise)
  15. Jorja Smith – falling or flying (FAMM)
  16. jess joy – SOURCEHEIRESS (Joyful Noise)
  17. El Búho – Strata (Wonderwheel)
  18. Sofia Kourtesis – Madres (Ninja Tune)
  19. Chicken Happen – Chicken Happen IV (self-released)
  20. George Riley – Un/limited Love (Ninja Tune)
  21. Tkay Maidza – Sweet Justice (4AD)
  22. Kishi Bashi – Music from the Song Film: Omoiyari (Joyful Noise)
  23. Shabazz Palaces – Robed in Rareness (Sub Pop)
  24. S.L. Houser – Hibiscus (Spaceflight )
  25. Liza Anne – Utopian (Anti-Fragile)
  26. ill peach – THIS IS NOT AN EXIT (Hardly Art)
  27. The Kills – God Games (Domino)
  28. 4x4 Animal Style – When I Was Young (Let It Swim)
  29. Psychedelic Porn Crumpets – Fronzoli (What Reality)
  30. Anna Hillburg – Tired Girls (Speakeasy Studios SF)
  31. Jockstrap – I<3UQTINVU (Rough Trade )
  32. David Safran – The Little Recidivist (Lack of Options)
  33. Madame Reaper and the Gentlemen's Club – Madame Reaper's Gentlemen's Club (The Club)
  34. Midas the Jagaban – Midas Touch Vol. 2: Return of The Mask (Because)
  35. Scream – DC Special (Dischord)
  36. Quantic – Dancing While Falling (Play It Again Sam)
  37. Mia Joy – Celestial Mirror (Fire Talk)
  38. Resavoir – Resavoir (International Anthem)
  39. Course – Tight Feathers (self released)
  40. Circus Devils – Squeeze the Needle (GBV, Inc)
  41. Land Of Talk – Performances (Saddle Creek)
  42. Juliana Hatfield – Juliana Hatfield Sings ELO (American Laundromat)
  43. Charlie Vettuno – Lime Juice (Innovative Leisure)
  44. Uni Boys – Buy This Now! (Curation)
  45. Paul Giallorenzo Trio – Play (Delmark)
  46. Dolph Chaney – Mug (Courtesy Version) (Big Stir)
  47. TALsounds – Shift ( NNA Tapes )
  48. H31R – HeadSpace (Big Dada)
  49. Keys N Krates – IN:TENSION (Last Gang/MNRK)
  50. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – The Silver Cord (KGLW )

This week's adds

  1. Blue Ocean – Fertile State (Slumberland)
  2. Guided by Voices – Nowhere To Go But Up (GBV Inc)
  3. Kurt Vile – Back To Moon Beach (Verve)
  4. Patrick Shiroishi – I was too young to hear silence (American Dreams)
  5. Ryan Davis & the Roadhouse Band – Dancing on the Edge (Sophomore Lounge)
  6. Sandunes – The Ground Beneath Her Feet (Tru Thoughts)
  7. See Jazz – Is This Anything? (Flower Sounds)
  8. The DIFF – Whats The DIFF (Cheap Kiss)
  9. The Veldt – Illuminated 1989 (Little Cloud/5BC)
  10. Vince Clarke – Songs of Silence (Mute Records)

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Top 50 for the Week of 11/20/2023

  1. Ian Sweet – SUCKER (Polyvinyl)
  2. Aesop Rock – Integrated Tech Solutions (Rhymesayers)
  3. Sofia Kourtesis – Madres (Ninja Tune)
  4. DRAMA – Till We Die (STEM c/o DRAMA MUSIC)
  5. El Búho – Strata (Wonderwheel)
  6. Mint Field – Aprender a Ser (felte)
  7. Sen Morimoto – Diagnosis (City Slang/Sooper)
  8. 4x4 Animal Style – When I Was Young (Let It Swim)
  9. Pip Blom – Bobbie (Heavenly/PIAS)
  10. BJ The Chicago Kid – Gravy (RCA)
  11. Marnie Stern – The Comeback Kid (Joyful Noise)
  12. TALsounds – Shift (NNA Tapes)
  13. Course – Tight Feathers (self released)
  14. Cat Power – Cat Power Sings Dylan: The 1966 Royal Albert Hall Concert (Domino)
  15. Hotline TNT – Cartwheel (Third Man)
  16. BassKase – Rabbit Holes (Soundpoint)
  17. Tkay Maidza – Sweet Justice (4AD)
  18. Quantic – Dancing While Falling (Play It Again Sam)
  19. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – The Silver Cord (KGLW)
  20. Paul Giallorenzo Trio – Play (Delmark)
  21. Jorja Smith – falling or flying (FAMM)
  22. Charlie Vettuno – Lime Juice (Innovative Leisure)
  23. Keys N Krates – IN:TENSION (Last Gang/MNRK)
  24. Nathan Graham – Saint of Second Chances (Pravda)
  25. Chicken Happen – Chicken Happen IV (self-released)
  26. Jamila Woods – Water Made Us (Jagjaguwar)
  27. The Chills – Brave Words (Spoken Bravely: The Remix) (Flying Nun/Fire)
  28. The Gaslight Anthem – History Books (Rich Mahogany/Thirty Tigers)
  29. Seafood Sam – Afros In The Wind (drink sum wtr)
  30. Sylvester – Private Recordings, August 1970 (Dark Entries)
  31. The Kills – God Games (Domino)
  32. DJ Shadow – Action Adventure (Mass Appeal)
  33. Say She She – Silver (Colemine/Karma Chief)
  34. Shawn Maxwell – J Town Suite (self-released)
  35. Slauson Malone 1 – EXCELSIOR (Warp)
  36. Drop Nineteens – Hard Light (Wharf Cat)
  37. bar italia – The Twits (Matador)
  38. Zuli – Komy EP (self-released)
  39. The Drums – Jonny (ANTI-)
  40. Cupid & Psyche – Romantic Music (Felte)
  41. Mia Joy – Celestial Mirror (Fire Talk)
  42. Alyssa Bray – Timing (self-released)
  43. Madame Reaper and the Gentlemen's Club – Madame Reaper's Gentlemen's Club (The Club)
  44. Nicole Mitchell & Alexander Hawkins – At Earth School (Astral Spirits)
  45. S.L. Houser – Hibiscus (Spaceflight)
  46. Anna Hillburg – Tired Girls (Speakeasy Studios SF)
  47. Liza Anne – Utopian (Anti-Fragile)
  48. Jockstrap – I<3UQTINVU (Rough Trade)
  49. MUNYA – Jardin (Luminelle)
  50. Allah-Las – Zuma 85 (Calico Discos/Innovative Leisure)

This week's adds


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  • Beirut – Hadsel (Pompeoo)

  • Call Super – Eulo Cramps (can you feel the sun)

  • Circus Devils – Squeeze the Needle (GBV Inc)

  • David Safran – The Little Recidivist [EP] (Lack of Options)

  • George Riley – Un/limited Love (Ninja Tune)

  • H31R – HeadSpace (Big Dada)

  • jess joy – SOURCEHEIRESS (Joyful Noise)

  • Kishi Bashi – Music from the Song Film: Omoiyari (Joyful Noise)

  • Lucas Davies – Town (self-released)

  • Midas the Jagaban – Midas Touch Vol. 2: Return of The Mask EP (Because)

  • Mope City – Population: 4 (Tenth Court)

  • Psychedelic Porn Crumpets – Fronzoli (What Reality?)

  • Rat Columns – Babydoll (Tough Love)

  • Scream – DC Special (Dischord)

  • Shabazz Palaces – Robbed in Rareness (Sub Pop)

  • The Smashing Times – This Sporting Life (K)

  • Woolworthy – Electric Heartbreak (Boss Tuneage)


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