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Top 50 for the Week of 1/8/2018

  1. Twin Peaks – Sweet '17 Singles (Grand Jury)
  2. Miguel – War & Leisure (RCA)
  3. Yazz Ahmed – La Saboteuse (Naim)
  4. Hypnotic Brass Ensemble – Book of Sound (Honest Jon's)
  5. Cindy Wilson – Change (Kill Rock Stars)
  6. Uncle Meg – Can't Stay the Same (self-released)
  7. Elbow – Little Fictions (Concord)
  8. Dawn People – The Star Is Your Future (DFA)
  9. 100 YEARS OF SOLID 'TUDE – 100 YEARS OF SOLID 'TUDE (self-released)
  10. The She's – all female rock and roll quartet (Empty Cellar)
  11. Bitchin Bajas – Bajas Fresh (Drag City)
  12. Blush – Blush (Arrowhawk)
  13. Secret Colours – Dream Dream (self-released)
  14. Hiss Golden Messenger – Hallelujah Anyhow (Merge)
  15. Belle & Sebastian – How to Solve Our Human Problems, Part 1 (Matador)
  16. Mavis Staples – If All I Was Was Black (Anti-)
  17. Angel Olsen – Phases (Jagjaguwar)
  18. Charlotte Gainsbourg – Rest (Because Music)
  19. Brief Candles – Retreater (self-released)
  20. Secret Shine – There Is Only Now (Saint Marie)
  21. Patrick Cosmos – Tonal Rotors (Big Sleep)
  22. Small Tines – Two EP (self-released)
  23. Equiknoxx – Colón Man (DDS)
  24. The Effects – Eyes to the Light (Dischord)
  25. Hamad Kalkaba – Hamad Kalkaba and the Golden Sounds 1974-1975 (Analog Africa)
  26. Golden Teacher – No Luscious Life (self-released)
  27. Various Artists – Outro Tempo: Electronic and Contemporary Music from Brazil 1978-1992 (Music from Memory)
  28. Baths – Romaplasm (Anticon.)
  29. Death of Lovers – The Acrobat (Dais)
  30. Two Sets of Eyes – Two Sets of Eyes EP (self-released)
  31. Laura Baird – I Wish I Were a Sparrow (Ba Da Bing)
  32. Total Control – Laughing at the System (Alter)
  33. Peter Matthew Bauer – Mount Qaf (Divine Love) (Fortune Tellers/Kobalt Music)
  34. Spinning Coin – Permo (Geographic)
  35. Yes I'm Leaving – Pure Joy (Black Wire)
  36. Heron Oblivion – The Chapel (self-released)
  37. Sufjan Stevens – The Greatest Gift (Asthmatic Kitty)
  38. Kicking Giant – This Being the Ballad of Kicking Giant, Halo: NYC/Olympia 1988-1993 (Drawing Room)
  39. Geoffrey Landers – 1 by 1 (Music from Memory)
  40. Peter Oren – Anthropocene (Western Vinyl)
  41. The Luxembourg Signal – Blue Field (Shelflife)
  42. Shredders – Dangerous Jumps (Doomtree)
  43. Quicksand – Interiors (Epitaph)
  44. Lindstrøm – It's Alright Between Us as It Is (Smalltown Supersound)
  45. Mick Trouble – It's the Mick Trouble EP (Emotional Response)
  46. Jessica Boudreaux – No Fury (New Moss)
  47. John Maus – Screen Memories (Ribbon Music)
  48. Björk – Utopia (One Little Indian)
  49. Tarawangsawelas – Wanci (Morphine)
  50. Patrick Cowley – Afternooners (Dark Entries)

This week's adds

  • Booji Boys – Weekend Rocker (Drunken Sailor)
  • Des Demonas – Des Demonas (In the Red)
  • Fafa Galoure – As You Are (self-released)
  • Lars Finberg – Moonlight Over Bakersfield (In the Red)
  • Little Mazarn – Little Mazarn EP (Self Sabotage)
  • Profligate – Somewhere Else (Wharf Cat)
  • Purling Hiss – Breeze EP (Drag City)
  • Solid Space – Space Museum (Dark Entries)
  • Tarantüla – Weird Tales of Radiation and Hate EP (Deranged)
  • Watain – Trident Wolf Eclipse (Century Media)
  • The Prids – Do I Look Like I'm in Love? (This-a-way)

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Top 50 for the Week of 1/1/2018

  1. Mavis Staples – If All I Was Was Black (Anti-)
  2. Twin Peaks – Sweet '17 Singles (Grand Jury)
  3. Charlotte Gainsbourg – Rest (Because Music)
  4. Miguel – War & Leisure (RCA)
  5. Elbow – Little Fictions (Concord)
  6. Bitchin Bajas – Bajas Fresh (Drag City)
  7. Angel Olsen – Phases (Jagjaguwar)
  8. Hypnotic Brass Ensemble – Book of Sound (Honest Jon's)
  9. Secret Colours – Dream Dream (self-released)
  10. Belle & Sebastian – How to Solve Our Human Problems, Part 1 (Matador)
  11. Paul Weller – A Kind Revolution (Parlophone)
  12. Baths – Romaplasm (Anticon.)
  13. Neil Young & Promise of the Real – The Visitor (Reprise)
  14. Björk – Utopia (One Little Indian)
  15. The Golden Boys – Better than Good Times (12XU)
  16. Mick Trouble – It's the Mick Trouble EP (Emotional Response)
  17. Secret Shine – There Is Only Now (Saint Marie)
  18. Various Artists – Outro Tempo: Electronic and Contemporary Music from Brazil 1978-1992 (Music from Memory)
  19. Brief Candles – Retreater (self-released)
  20. Yazz Ahmed – La Saboteuse (Naim)
  21. Dawn People – The Star Is Your Future (DFA)
  22. Mutual Interest – Better Than I Expected (Sniffling Indie Kids/Mint 400)
  23. Sufjan Stevens – The Greatest Gift (Asthmatic Kitty)
  24. Total Control – Laughing at the System (Alter)
  25. Hamad Kalkaba – Hamad Kalkaba and the Golden Sounds 1974-1975 (Analog Africa)
  26. Tarawangsawelas – Wanci (Morphine)
  27. 100 YEARS OF SOLID 'TUDE – 100 YEARS OF SOLID 'TUDE (self-released)
  28. The Luxembourg Signal – Blue Field (Shelflife)
  29. OCS – Memory of a Cut Off Head (Castle Face)
  30. Patrick Cosmos – Tonal Rotors (Big Sleep)
  31. Equiknoxx – Colón Man (DDS)
  32. ChanHays – Here (Droppin' Science)
  33. Cindy Wilson – Change (Kill Rock Stars)
  34. Kicking Giant – This Being the Ballad of Kicking Giant, Halo: NYC/Olympia 1988-1993 (Drawing Room)
  35. Two Sets of Eyes – Two Sets of Eyes EP (self-released)
  36. Laura Baird – I Wish I Were a Sparrow (Ba Da Bing)
  37. The Effects – Eyes to the Light (Dischord)
  38. Blush – Blush (Arrowhawk)
  39. Shredders – Dangerous Jumps (Doomtree)
  40. Lindstrøm – It's Alright Between Us as It Is (Smalltown Supersound)
  41. Mutts – Stick Together EP (self-released)
  42. Alex Lipinski – Alex (A Recordings)
  43. Hüsker Dü – Savage Young Dü (Numero Group)
  44. Chris Gantry – At the House of Cash (Drag City)
  45. Escape-ism – Introduction to Escape-ism (Merge)
  46. Chomper – Medicine Mountain (Iron Pier)
  47. The She's – all female rock and roll quartet (Empty Cellar)
  48. Exploded View – Summer Came Early EP (Sacred Bones)
  49. Hiss Golden Messenger – Hallelujah Anyhow (Merge)
  50. SAVAK – Cut-Ups (Ernest Jenning Recording Co.)

This week's adds

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Top 50 for the Week of 12/25/2017

  1. Twin Peaks – Sweet '17 Singles (Grand Jury)
  2. Hypnotic Brass Ensemble – Book of Sound (Honest Jon's)
  3. Various Artists – Bloodshot Records' 13 Days of Xmas (Bloodshot)
  4. Mavis Staples – If All I Was Was Black (Anti-)
  5. Belle & Sebastian – How to Solve Our Human Problems, Part 1 (Matador)
  6. Charlotte Gainsbourg – Rest (Because Music)
  7. The She's – all female rock and roll quartet (Empty Cellar)
  8. Secret Colours – Dream Dream (self-released)
  9. Mutts – Stick Together EP (self-released)
  10. Björk – Utopia (One Little Indian)
  11. Miguel – War & Leisure (RCA)
  12. Cindy Wilson – Change (Kill Rock Stars)
  13. Total Control – Laughing at the System (Alter)
  14. SAVAK – Cut-Ups (Ernest Jenning Recording Co.)
  15. Secret Shine – There Is Only Now (Saint Marie)
  16. The Effects – Eyes to the Light (Dischord)
  17. Lindstrøm – It's Alright Between Us as It Is (Smalltown Supersound)
  18. Baths – Romaplasm (Anticon.)
  19. Dawn People – The Star Is Your Future (DFA)
  20. Equiknoxx – Colón Man (DDS)
  21. Uncle Meg – Can't Stay the Same (self-released)
  22. Gingerlys – Gingerlys (Topshelf/Babe City)
  23. ChanHays – Here (Droppin' Science)
  24. Escape-ism – Introduction to Escape-ism (Merge)
  25. Angel Olsen – Phases (Jagjaguwar)
  26. Small Tines – Two EP (self-released)
  27. Dead Leaf Echo – Beyond.Desire (Papercup)
  28. Laura Baird – I Wish I Were a Sparrow (Ba Da Bing)
  29. Two Sets of Eyes – Two Sets of Eyes EP (self-released)
  30. Geoffrey Landers – 1 by 1 (Music from Memory)
  31. Sparrow Steeple – A Aardvark EP (Ever/Never)
  32. Alexander – Alexander (self-released)
  33. Bitchin Bajas – Bajas Fresh (Drag City)
  34. The Golden Boys – Better than Good Times (12XU)
  35. Blush – Blush (Arrowhawk)
  36. George Maple – Lover (Kobalt)
  37. Peter Matthew Bauer – Mount Qaf (Divine Love) (Fortune Tellers/Kobalt Music)
  38. John Maus – Screen Memories (Ribbon Music)
  39. Exploded View – Summer Came Early EP (Sacred Bones)
  40. Sufjan Stevens – The Greatest Gift (Asthmatic Kitty)
  41. Patrick Cosmos – Tonal Rotors (Big Sleep)
  42. The Hold Steady – "Entitlement Crew" b/w "A Snake in the Shower" 7" (Frenchkiss)
  43. They Might Be Giants – "I Left My Body" (self-released)
  44. The Stroppies – It's a Hit! EP (Hobbies Galore)
  45. Brief Candles – Retreater (self-released)
  46. U-Men – U-Men (Sub Pop)
  47. Alex Lipinski – Alex (A Recordings)
  48. Quicksand – Interiors (Epitaph)
  49. Bekon – "Cold as Ice" (Candy and Promises)
  50. Scotch the Filmmaker – "Sweet Love" (self-released)

This week's adds

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Top 50 for the Week of 12/18/2017

  1. Twin Peaks – Sweet '17 Singles (Grand Jury)
  2. Mavis Staples – If All I Was Was Black (Anti-)
  3. Uncle Meg – Can't Stay the Same (self-released)
  4. Cindy Wilson – Change (Kill Rock Stars)
  5. Charlotte Gainsbourg – Rest (Because Music)
  6. Belle & Sebastian – How to Solve Our Human Problems, Part 1 (Matador)
  7. OCS – Memory of a Cut Off Head (Castle Face)
  8. Various Artists – Bloodshot Records' 13 Days of Xmas (Bloodshot)
  9. Miguel – War & Leisure (RCA)
  10. Secret Colours – Dream Dream (self-released)
  11. Tarawangsawelas – Wanci (Morphine)
  12. The Effects – Eyes to the Light (Dischord)
  13. Scotch the Filmmaker – "Sweet Love" (self-released)
  14. Hypnotic Brass Ensemble – Book of Sound (Honest Jon's)
  15. The Hold Steady – "Entitlement Crews" b/w "A Snake in the Shower" 7" (Frenchkiss)
  16. Mutts – Stick Together EP (self-released)
  17. The She's – all female rock and roll quartet (Empty Cellar)
  18. Two Sets of Eyes – Two Sets of Eyes EP (self-released)
  19. Angel Olsen – Phases (Jagjaguwar)
  20. Secret Shine – There Is Only Now (Saint Marie)
  21. Björk – Utopia (One Little Indian)
  22. Total Control – Laughing at the System (Alter)
  23. Alex Lipinski – Alex (A Recordings)
  24. ChanHays – Here (Droppin' Science)
  25. Baths – Romaplasm (Anticon.)
  26. Small Tines – Two EP (self-released)
  27. The Luxembourg Signal – Blue Field (Shelflife)
  28. Spinning Coin – Permo (Geographic)
  29. Brief Candles – Retreater (self-released)
  30. John Maus – Screen Memories (Ribbon Music)
  31. Bitchin Bajas – Bajas Fresh (Drag City)
  32. Mutual Interest – Better Than I Expected (Sniffling Indie Kids/Mint 400)
  33. George Maple – Lover (Kobalt)
  34. Sufjan Stevens – The Greatest Gift (Asthmatic Kitty)
  35. El Perro Del Mar – "Fight for Life" (The Control Group)
  36. Reverend Horton Heat – "Donuts in the Snow" (Victory)
  37. Scupper – Some Gauls (Blue Cheese Toothpaste)
  38. Death of Lovers – The Acrobat (Dais)
  39. SAVAK – Cut-Ups (Ernest Jenning Recording Co.)
  40. Hater – Red Blinders EP (Fire)
  41. Blush – Blush (Arrowhawk)
  42. Dead Leaf Echo – Beyond.Desire (Papercup)
  43. Jessica Boudreaux – No Fury (New Moss)
  44. Virginia Wing/Xam Duo – Tomorrow's Gift (Fire)
  45. Acid Dad – "Die Hard" b/w "Bodies" 7" (Greenway)
  46. The Stroppies – It's a Hit! EP (Hobbies Galore)
  47. The Khan Jamal Creative Arts Ensemble – Drum Dance to the Motherland (Eremite)
  48. The Telescopes – Stone Tape (Yard Press)
  49. Yes I'm Leaving – Pure Joy (Black Wire)
  50. Golden Teacher – No Luscious Life (self-released)

This week's adds

  • 100 YEARS OF SOLID 'TUDE – 100 YEARS OF SOLID 'TUDE (self-released)
  • Equiknoxx – Colón Man (DDS)
  • Flying Saucer Attack – In Search of Spaces (VHF)
  • Geoffrey Landers – 1 by 1 (Music from Memory)
  • Hamad Kalkaba – Hamad Kalkaba and the Golden Sounds 1974-1975 (Analog Africa)
  • The Living Eyes – Modern Living (Neck Chop)
  • This Pale Fire – Alchemy (Tone Tonic)

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Top 50 for the Week of 12/11/2017

  1. Secret Colours – Dream Dream (self-released)
  2. Charlotte Gainsbourg – Rest (Because Music)
  3. Hypnotic Brass Ensemble – Book of Sound (Honest Jon's)
  4. Cindy Wilson – Change (Kill Rock Stars)
  5. Angel Olsen – Phases (Jagjaguwar)
  6. Mavis Staples – If All I Was Was Black (Anti-)
  7. Mutts – Stick Together EP (self-released)
  8. ChanHays – Here (Droppin' Science)
  9. OCS – Memory of a Cut Off Head (Castle Face)
  10. Brief Candles – Retreater (self-released)
  11. Secret Shine – There Is Only Now (Saint Marie)
  12. The She's – all female rock and roll quartet (Empty Cellar)
  13. Baths – Romaplasm (Anticon.)
  14. Björk – Utopia (One Little Indian)
  15. Miguel – War & Leisure (RCA)
  16. Bitchin Bajas – Bajas Fresh (Drag City)
  17. Jessica Boudreaux – No Fury (New Moss)
  18. Sufjan Stevens – The Greatest Gift (Asthmatic Kitty)
  19. John Maus – Screen Memories (Ribbon Music)
  20. Dawn People – The Star Is Your Future (DFA)
  21. Laura Baird – I Wish I Were a Sparrow (Ba Da Bing)
  22. Lindstrøm – It's Alright Between Us as It Is (Smalltown Supersound)
  23. Two Sets of Eyes – Two Sets of Eyes EP (self-released)
  24. The Golden Boys – Better than Good Times (12XU)
  25. Shredders – Dangerous Jumps (Doomtree)
  26. Chomper – Medicine Mountain (Iron Pier)
  27. Hüsker Dü – Savage Young Dü (Numero Group)
  28. The Luxembourg Signal – Blue Field (Shelflife)
  29. Spinning Coin – Permo (Geographic)
  30. The Telescopes – Stone Tape (Yard Press)
  31. Hater – Red Blinders EP (Fire)
  32. George Maple – Lover (Kobalt)
  33. Hy Maya – The Mysticism of Sound & Cosmic Language (2 disc) (Smog Veil)
  34. Patrick Cowley – Afternooners (Dark Entries)
  35. Dan Melchior – Road Not Driving EP (Ever/Never)
  36. Exploded View – Summer Came Early EP (Sacred Bones)
  37. Dead Leaf Echo – Beyond.Desire (Papercup)
  38. Quicksand – Interiors (Epitaph)
  39. The Dayoffs – The Dayoffs (Emerald & Doreen Recordings)
  40. Scupper – Some Gauls (Blue Cheese Toothpaste)
  41. Death of Lovers – The Acrobat (Dais)
  42. Escape-ism – Introduction to Escape-ism (Merge)
  43. The Cowboys – The Cowboys (HoZac)
  44. Gingerlys – Gingerlys (Topshelf/Babe City)
  45. Kicking Giant – This Being the Ballad of Kicking Giant, Halo: NYC/Olympia 1988-1993 (Drawing Room)
  46. Elstow – Planets Away (self-released)
  47. Patrick Cosmos – Tonal Rotors (Big Sleep)
  48. The Khan Jamal Creative Arts Ensemble – Drum Dance to the Motherland (Eremite)
  49. Yes I'm Leaving – Pure Joy (Black Wire)
  50. U-Men – U-Men (Sub Pop)

This week's adds

  • Total Control – Laughing at the System (Alter)
  • SAVAK – Cut-Ups (Ernest Jenning Recording Co.)
  • Blush – Blush (Arrowhawk)
  • Various Artists – Bloodshot Records' 13 Days of Xmas (Bloodshot)
  • Alex Lipinski – Alex (A Recordings)
  • The County Liners – Maryjane Dunphe & Chris McDonnell in the County Liners EP (Wharf Cat)
  • Geoffrey Landers – 1 by 1 (Music from Memory)
  • King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard – Polygondwanaland (ATO)
  • Belle & Sebastian – How to Solve Our Human Problems, Part 1 (Matador)
  • This Pale Fire – Alchemy (Tone Tonic)
  • Mutual Interest – Better Than I Expected (Sniffling Indie Kids/Mint 400)
  • Small Tines – Two EP (self-released)
  • The Effects – Eyes to the Light (Dischord)
  • Tarawangsawelas – Wanci (Morphine)
  • Uncle Meg – Can't Stay the Same (self-released)
  • Twin Peaks – Sweet '17 Singles (Grand Jury)

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