Top 50 for the Week of 5-27-2013

1. The National - Trouble Will Find Me (4AD)
2. The Cell Phones - Get You Alone (self-released)
3. Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City (XL)
4. Mikal Cronin - MCII (Merge)
5. Chance the Rapper - Acid Rap (self-released)
6. Saturday Looks Good to Me - One Kiss Ends it All (Polyvinyl)
7. Savages - Silence Yourself (Matador)
8. Ghostface Killah & Adrian Younge - Twelve Reasons to Die (Wax Poetics)
9. RP Boo - Legacy (Planet Mu)
10. Deerhunter - Monomania (4AD)
11. Wild Nothing - Empty Estate EP (Captured Tracks)
12. Kisses - Kids in LA (Cascine)
13. !!! - Thr!!!er (Warp)
14. Sam Amidon - Bright Sunny South (Nonesuch)
15. Guided By Voices - English Little League (GBV Inc.)
16. Classixx - Hanging Gardens (Innovative Leisure)
17. Fitz and the Tantrums - More Than Just a Dream (Elektra)
18. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Mosquito (Interscope)
19. MS MR - Secondhand Rapture (Columbia)
20. ADULT. - The Way Things Fall (Ghostly International)
21. Club 8 - Above the City (Labrador)
22. Phoenix - Bankrupt! (Glassnote)
23. The Thermals - Desperate Ground (Saddle Creek)
24. The Uncluded - Hokey Fright (Rhymesayers)
25. Saltland - I Thought It Was Us But It Was All Of Us (Constellation)
26. Magic Milk - Magic Milk & the Goons (Jeffrey Drag)
27. Vieux Farka Touré - Mon Pays (Six Degrees)
28. Various Artists - Sub Pop 1000 (Sub Pop)
29. Alice Russell - To Dust (Tru Thoughts)
30. Shuggie Otis - Wings of Love (Epic)
31. Man or Astroman? - Defcon 5...4...3...2...1 (Communicating Vessels)
32. Junip - Junip (Mute)
33. The Dillinger Escape Plan - One of Us is the Killer (Sumerian)
34. Bibio - Silver Wilkinson (Warp)
35. CocoRosie - Tales of a GrassWidow (Transistor)
36. Luke Winslow-King - The Coming Tide (Bloodshot)
37. Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats - Mind Control (Metal Blade)
38. Neon Neon - Praxis Makes Perfect (Lex)
39. Still Corners - Strange Pleasures (Sub Pop)
40. Advance Base - The World is in a Bad Fix Everywhere EP (Ordinal)
41. She & Him - Volume 3 (Merge)
42. Life Coach - Alphawaves (Thrill Jockey)
43. A Giant Dog - Bone (Tic Tac Totally)
44. Major Lazer - Free the Universe (Secretly Canadian)
45. HOTT MT - I Made This (Manimal/French Kiss)
46. Fielded - Ninety-Thirty-Thirty (Captcha)
47. Iggy & The Stooges - Ready to Die (Fat Possum)
48. Coliseum - Sister Faith (Temporary Residence)
49. Survival - Survival (Thrill Jockey)
50. Rollin Hunt - The Phoney (Moniker)

Top 50 for the Week of 5-20-2013

1. Chance the Rapper - Acid Rap (self-released)
2. Savages - Silence Yourself (Matador)
3. Mikal Cronin - MCII (Merge)
4. Deerhunter - Monomania (4AD)
5. Shuggie Otis - Wings of Love (Epic)
6. Bibio - Silver Wilkinson (Warp)
7. Ghostface Killah & Adrian Younge - Twelve Reasons to Die (Wax Poetics)
8. Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City (XL)
9. Neon Neon - Praxis Makes Perfect (Lex)
10. ADULT. - The Way Things Fall (Ghostly International)
11. She & Him - Volume 3 (Merge)
12. The Thermals - Desperate Ground (Saddle Creek)
13. RP Boo - Legacy (Planet Mu)
14. Rollin Hunt - The Phoney (Moniker)
15. !!! - Thr!!!er (Warp)
16. Dungeonesse - Dungeonesse (Secretly Canadian)
17. Magic Milk - Magic Milk & the Goons (Jeffrey Drag)
18. Various Artists - Sub Pop 1000 (Sub Pop)
19. Alice Russell - To Dust (Tru Thoughts)
20. No Joy - Wait to Pleasure (Mexican Summer)
21. The Uncluded - Hokey Fright (Rhymesayers)
22. Phoenix - Bankrupt! (Glassnote)
23. Pure X - Crawling Up the Stairs (AcŽphale)
24. Man or Astroman? - Defcon 5...4...3...2...1 (Communicating Vessels)
25. Colin Stetson - New History Warfare Vol. 3: To See More Light (Constellation)
26. Wolf Eyes - No Answer: Lower Floors (De Stijl)
27. Still Corners - Strange Pleasures (Sub Pop)
28. Charli XCX - True Romance (IAMSOUND)
29. Alpine - A is for Alpine (Votiv)
30. k-os - BLack on BLonde (Nettwerk)
31. Karl Hyde - Edgeland (UMe)
32. Iron & Wine - Ghost on Ghost (Nonesuch)
33. Classixx - Hanging Gardens (Innovative Leisure)
34. Small Black - Limits of Desire (Jagjaguwar)
35. Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats - Mind Control (Metal Blade)
36. Glenn Jones - My Garden State (Thrill Jockey)
37. Fielded - Ninety-Thirty-Thirty (Captcha)
38. Coliseum - Sister Faith (Temporary Residence)
39. Akron/Family - Sub Verses (Dead Oceans)
40. Steve Earle & The Dukes (& Duchesses) - The Low Highway (New West)
41. Zomes - Time Was (Thrill Jockey)
42. Dirty Fences - Too High to Kross (Volcom)
43. Life Coach - Alphawaves (Thrill Jockey)
44. Nynke - Alter (Crammed Discs)
45. Lilacs & Champagne - Danish & Blue (Mexican Summer)
46. Guided By Voices - English Little League (GBV Inc.)
47. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Mosquito (Interscope)
48. Murph Law - Music & Madness (self-released)
49. The Belle Game - Ritual Tradition Habit (Boompa)
50. Alessi's Ark - The Still Life (Bella Union)

Top 50 for the Week of 5-14-2013

1. !!! - Thr!!!er (Warp)
2. Major Lazer - Free the Universe (Secretly Canadian)
3. Deerhunter - Monomania (4AD)
4. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Mosquito (Interscope)
5. Savages - Silence Yourself (Matador)
6. Alice Russell - To Dust (Tru Thoughts)
7. She & Him - Volume 3 (Merge)
8. Shuggie Otis - Wings of Love (Epic)
9. Phoenix - Bankrupt! (Glassnote)
10. Har Mar Superstar - Bye Bye 17 (Cult)
11. RP Boo - Legacy (Planet Mu)
12. Various Artists - Sub Pop 1000 (Sub Pop)
13. Rollin Hunt - The Phoney (Moniker)
14. ADULT. - The Way Things Fall (Ghostly International)
15. No Joy - Wait to Pleasure (Mexican Summer)
16. The Thermals - Desperate Ground (Saddle Creek)
17. The Uncluded - Hokey Fright (Rhymesayers)
18. Magic Milk - Magic Milk & the Goons (Jeffrey Drag)
19. Fielded - Ninety-Thirty-Thirty (Captcha)
20. James Blake - Overgrown (Republic)
21. Iggy & The Stooges - Ready to Die (Fat Possum)
22. The Belle Game - Ritual Tradition Habit (Boompa)
23. Still Corners - Strange Pleasures (Sub Pop)
24. Small Black - Limits of Desire (Jagjaguwar)
25. Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats - Mind Control (Metal Blade)
26. Advance Base - The World is in a Bad Fix Everywhere EP (Ordinal)
27. The Growl - What Would Christ Do?? (self-released)
28. Life Coach - Alphawaves (Thrill Jockey)
29. Thee Oh Sees - Floating Coffin (Castle Face)
30. Iron & Wine - Ghost on Ghost (Nonesuch)
31. Classixx - Hanging Gardens (Innovative Leisure)
32. Dead Confederate - In the Marrow (Spiderbomb)
33. Tullycraft - Lost in Light Rotation (Magic Marker)
34. Colin Stetson - New History Warfare Vol. 3: To See More Light (Constellation)
35. Wolf Eyes - No Answer: Lower Floors (De Stijl)
36. Coliseum - Sister Faith (Temporary Residence)
37. The Flaming Lips - The Terror (Warner Bros.)
38. Kurt Vile - Wakin on a Pretty Daze (Matador)
39. Young Man - Beyond Was All Around Me (Frenchkiss)
40. k-os - BLack on BLonde (Nettwerk)
41. Broadheds - Broadheds (Dangerbird)
42. Coma - In Technicolor (Kompakt)
43. Junip - Junip (Mute)
44. Glenn Jones - My Garden State (Thrill Jockey)
45. Pale Horseman - Pale Horseman (self-released)
46. Bleached - Ride Your Heart (Dead Oceans)
47. The Shivas - Whiteout! (K)
48. Hockey - Wyeth Is (Forever Racing)
49. Pan American - Cloud Room, Glass Room (kranky)
50. Lilacs & Champagne - Danish & Blue (Mexican Summer)

Top 50 for the Week of 5-7-2013

1. Shuggie Otis - Wings of Love (Epic)
2. Iggy & The Stooges - Ready to Die (Fat Possum)
3. !!! - Thr!!!er (Warp)
4. Thee Oh Sees - Floating Coffin (Castle Face)
5. Alice Russell - To Dust (Tru Thoughts)
6. No Joy - Wait to Pleasure (Mexican Summer)
7. The Thermals - Desperate Ground (Saddle Creek)
8. Bleached - Ride Your Heart (Dead Oceans)
9. Magic Milk - Magic Milk & the Goons (Jeffrey Drag)
10. Fielded - Ninety-Thirty-Thirty (Captcha)
11. Rollin Hunt - The Phoney (Moniker)
12. Iron & Wine - Ghost on Ghost (Nonesuch)
13. Akron/Family - Sub Verses (Dead Oceans)
14. The Shivas - Whiteout! (K)
15. Major Lazer - Free the Universe (Secretly Canadian)
16. Generationals - Heza (Polyvinyl)
17. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Mosquito (Interscope)
18. Kurt Vile - Wakin on a Pretty Daze (Matador)
19. Phoenix - Bankrupt! (Glassnote)
20. Classixx - Hanging Gardens (Innovative Leisure)
21. Har Mar Superstar - Bye Bye 17 (Cult)
22. Wire - Change Becomes Us (Pink Flag)
23. Colin Stetson - New History Warfare Vol. 3: To See More Light (Constellation)
24. James Blake - Overgrown (Republic)
25. The Flaming Lips - The Terror (Warner Bros.)
26. The Veils - Time Stays, We Go (Pitched Beast)
27. Charli XCX - True Romance (IAMSOUND)
28. Bored Nothing - Bored Nothing (Spunk/Cooperative Music)
29. White Fence - Cyclops Reap (Castle Face)
30. Dead Confederate - In the Marrow (Spiderbomb)
31. Junip - Junip (Mute)
32. Pale Horseman - Pale Horseman (self-released)
33. Steve Earle & The Dukes (& Duchesses) - The Low Highway (New West)
34. Alessi's Ark - The Still Life (Bella Union)
35. k-os - BLack on BLonde (Nettwerk)
36. Milk Music - Cruise Your Illusion (Fat Possum)
37. Tullycraft - Lost in Light Rotation (Magic Marker)
38. Meat Puppets - Rat Farm (Megaforce)
39. The Knife - Shaking the Habitual (2 disc) (Mute)
40. Coliseum - Sister Faith (Temporary Residence)
41. Nynke - Alter (Crammed Discs)
42. Young Man - Beyond Was All Around Me (Frenchkiss)
43. Broadheds - Broadheds (Dangerbird)
44. Lilacs & Champagne - Danish & Blue (Mexican Summer)
45. Bombino - Nomad (Nonesuch)
46. Implodes - Recurring Dream (kranky)
47. Black Bug - Reflecting the Light (HoZac)
48. The Belle Game - Ritual Tradition Habit (Boompa)
49. The Luxury Liners - They're Flowers (Western Vinyl)
50. Billy Bragg - Tooth & Nail (Cooking Vinyl)

Top 50 for the Week of 2-19-2013

1. My Bloody Valentine - m b v (self-released)
2. Frightened Rabbit - Pedestrian Verse (Atlantic)
3. Serengeti - Saal (Graveface)
4. Veronica Falls - Waiting for Something to Happen (Slumberland)
5. Eels - Wonderful, Glorious (Vagrant)
6. Jacco Gardner - Cabinet of Curiosities (Trouble in Mind)
7. Beach Fossils - Clash the Truth (Captured Tracks)
8. Richard Thompson - Electric (New West)
9. Local Natives - Hummingbird (Frenchkiss)
10. Toro Y Moi - Anything in Return (Carpark)
11. Roger Knox and the Pine Valley Cosmonauts - Stranger in My Land (Bloodshot)
12. Ducktails - The Flower Lane (Domino)
13. Thao and The Get Down Stay Down - We the Common (Ribbon)
14. The Joy Formidable - Wolf's Law (Atlantic)
15. Tegan and Sara - Heartthrob (Warner Bros.)
16. Pissed Jeans - Honeys (Sub Pop)
17. Unknown Mortal Orchestra - II (Jagjaguwar)
18. Warm Soda - Someone for You (Castle Face)
19. Grouper - The Man Who Died in His Boat (kranky)
20. Bad Indians - Are on the Other Side (CQ)
21. Jenny O. - Automechanic (Holy Trinity)
22. Lucrecia Dalt - Commotus (HEM)
23. Yo La Tengo - Fade  (Matador)
24. Hang Time - Hang Time (Kilby)
25. The Kingston Springs - The Kingston Springs (self-released)
26. Airstrip - Willing (Holidays for Quince)
27. The Ruby Suns - Christopher (Sub Pop)
28. La Luz - Damp Face EP (Burger)
29. Fear of Men - Early Fragments (Kanine)
30. Buke and Gase - General Dome (Brassland)
31. ON AN ON - Give In (Roll Call)
32. Endless Boogie - Long Island (No Quarter)
33. Maker - Maker Vs. Now-Again 2 (Now-Again)
34. Pillowfight - Pillowfight (Bulk)
35. Foxygen - We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic (Jagjaguwar)
36. Bleeding Rainbow - Yeah Right (Kanine)
37. Big Harp - Chain Letters (Saddle Creek)
38. Dom La Nena - Ela (Six Degrees)
39. Ben Harper with Charlie Musselwhite - Get Up! (Stax/Concord)
40. Parquet Courts - Light Up Gold (What's Your Rupture?)
41. Darkstar - News from Nowhere (Warp)
42. Petra Haden - Petra Goes to the Movies (ANTI-)
43. Red Baraat - Shruggy Ji (Sinj)
44. Various Artists - Son of Rogues Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs & Chanteys (ANTI-)
45. Matmos - The Marriage of True Minds (Thrill Jockey)
46. Dan Friel - Total Folklore (Thrill Jockey)
47. TTNG - 13.0.0.0.0 (Sargent House)
48. Widowspeak - Almanac (Captured Tracks)
49. Brokeback - Brokeback and the Black Rock (Thrill Jockey)
50. Mice Parade - Candela (FatCat)

This week's adds

• Dead Confederate - Peyote People EP (Spiderbomb)
• DJ Nu-Mark - Broken Sunlight (Hot Plate)
• Foals - Holy Fire (Warner Bros.)
• Geater Davis - Lost Soul (Luv N Haight)
• Guards - In Guards We Trust (Black Bell)
• Hemmingbirds - The Vines of Age (self-released)
• Iceage - You're Nothing (Matador)
• Jamie Lidell - Jamie Lidell (Warp)
• Kacey Johansing - Grand Ghosts (self-released)
• Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Push the Sky Away (Bad Seed Ltd.)
• Panda Riot - Northern Automatic Music (Saint Marie)
• Parenthetical Girls - Privilege (Abridged) (Slender Means Society)
• Pascal Pinon - Twosomeness (Morr Music)
• Sallie Ford & The Sound Outside - Untamed Beast (Partisan)
• Samantha Crain - Kid Face (Ramseur)
• Seaven Teares - Power Ballads (Northern Spy)
• STRFKR - Miracle Mile (Polyvinyl)
• Superhuman Happiness - Hands (Royal Potato Family)
• The Black Twig Pickers - Rough Carpenters (Thrill Jockey)
• VYIE - Nightingale EP (Post-Echo)