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Top 50 for the week of 09/19/2022

  1. Sudan ArchivesNatural Brown Prom Queen (Stones Throw)
  2. SantigoldSpirituals (Little Jerk)
  3. The Afghan WhigsHow Do You Burn? (Royal Cream/BMG)
  4. Ezra FurmanAll Of Us Flames (ANTI-)
  5. Así AsíMal de Otros (Self-Released)
  6. Rat TallyIn My Car (6131)
  7. Bleach PartyAcrylic Blends (self-released)
  8. Thee Sacred SoulsThee Sacred Souls (Daptone)
  9. Bev Rage & The DrinksExes & Hexes (Whats For Breakfast?)
  10. Charles StepneyStep on Step (International Anthem)
  11. Julia JacklinPRE PLEASURE (Polyvinyl)
  12. Built to SpillWhen The Wind Forgets Your Name (Sub Pop)
  13. Hot ChipFreakout/Release (Domino)
  14. The VeldtEntropy Is The Mainline To God (The Acid Test/Little Cloud)
  15. StereolabPulse of the Early Brain (Switched On Volume 5) (Duophonic/Warp)
  16. 8-bit crEEpsDress for the Future (self-released )
  17. The ParanoydsTalk Talk Talk (Third Man)
  18. CodeineDessau (Numero Group)
  19. Sampa The GreatAs Above, So Below (Loma Vista/Concord)
  20. Freak GenesHologram (Feel It)
  21. Dendrons5-3-8 (Innovative Leisure)
  22. Karim Nagi & EnsembleHuzam (self-released)
  23. Doleful LionsFables Of The Reincarnation (self-released )
  24. Rachika NayarHeaven Come Crashing (NNA)
  25. Au SuisseAu Suisse (City Slang)
  26. Stella DonnellyFlood (Secretly Canadian)
  27. S. RaekwonI Like It When You Smile (Father/Daughter)
  28. PreoccupationsArrangements (self-released)
  29. David NanceIf You're Hungry, You Get Fed (Western)
  30. The Soft Pink TruthWas It Ever Real? (Thrill Jockey)
  31. Sylvan EssoNo Rules Sandy (Loma Vista/Concord)
  32. Claudea lot's gonna change (American Dreams)
  33. Bitchin BajasBajascillators (Drag City)
  34. Keefe Jackson / Oscar Jan Hoogland / Joshua Abrams / Mikel Patrick AveryThese Things Happen (Astral Spirits Records)
  35. Kaitlyn Aurelia SmithLet's Turn It Into Sound (Ghostly International )
  36. Cass McCombsHeartmind (ANTI-)
  37. Terence Etc.V O R T E X (Brainfeeder)
  38. Henry Franklin, Adrian Younge, Ali Shaheed MuhammadHenry Franklin JID014 (Jazz Is Dead)
  39. Teddy and the Rough RidersTeddy and the Rough Riders (Appalachia/Cleft)
  40. Why Bonnie90 In November (Keeled Scales)
  41. Danger Mouse & Black ThoughtCheat Codes (BMG)
  42. Conjunto PrimitivoMorir y Renacer (Chicago Research)
  43. BastonLa Martyre (Howlin' Banana)
  44. CanLIVE IN CUXHAVEN 1976 (Mute)
  45. Yuta MatsumuraRed Ribbon (Low Company)
  46. Dane TerryI May Rail and I May Whine (self-released)
  47. The Lounge SocietyTired of Liberty (Speedy Wunderground/PIAS)
  48. Benoit & SergioLost Decade (FourFour )
  49. The Mountain GoatsBleed Out (Merge)
  50. Panda Bear & Sonic BoomReset (Domino)

This week's adds

  1. Alhaji Waziri OshomahWorld Spirituality Classics 3: The Muslim Highlife Of Alhaji Waziri Oshomah (Luaka Bop)
  2. Blood OrangeFour Songs (RCA)
  3. ClutchSunrise On Slaughter Beach (Weathermaker)
  4. Death Cab for CutieAsphalt Meadows (Atlantic)
  5. JockstrapI Love You Jennifer B (Rough Trade)
  6. Kenny BeatsLOUIE (XL)
  7. Marlon WilliamsMy Boy (Dead Oceans)
  8. Miya Folick2007 (Nettwerk)
  9. MotteCold + Liquid (Ba Da Bing)
  10. Nina NastasiaRiderless Horse (Temporary Residence)
  11. No AgePeople Helping People (Drag City)
  12. Scone Cash PlayersBrooklyn to Brooklin (Daptone)
  13. Son LittleLike Neptune (Anti)
  14. The BethsExpert in a Dying Field (Carpark)
  15. WhitneySpark (Secretly Canadian)

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Top 50 for the Week of 09/12/2022

  1. Thee Sacred SoulsThee Sacred Souls (Daptone)
  2. Así AsíMal de Otros (Self-Released)
  3. Julia JacklinPRE PLEASURE (Polyvinyl)
  4. StereolabPulse of the Early Brain (Switched On Volume 5) (Duophonic/Warp)
  5. Stella DonnellyFlood (Secretly Canadian)
  6. Charles StepneyStep on Step (International Anthem)
  7. Ezra FurmanAll Of Us Flames (ANTI-)
  8. Au SuisseAu Suisse (City Slang)
  9. Hot ChipFreakout/Release (Domino)
  10. BastonLa Martyre (Howlin' Banana)
  11. Cass McCombsHeartmind (ANTI-)
  12. Sylvan EssoNo Rules Sandy (Loma Vista/Concord)
  13. CompilationAfter Dark 4 (Italians Do It Better)
  14. The Soft Pink TruthWas It Ever Real? (Thrill Jockey)
  15. The VeldtEntropy Is The Mainline To God (The Acid Test/Little Cloud)
  16. Bev Rage & The DrinksExes & Hexes (Whats For Breakfast?)
  17. Rat TallyIn My Car (6131)
  18. Claudea lot's gonna change (American Dreams)
  19. 8-bit crEEpsDress for the Future (self-released)
  20. Danger Mouse & Black ThoughtCheat Codes (BMG)
  21. RöyksoppProfound Mysteries II (Dog Triumph)
  22. Kiwi Jr.Chopper (Sub Pop)
  23. Panda Bear & Sonic BoomReset (Domino)
  24. MoritatVermilion (self-released)
  25. The Lounge SocietyTired of Liberty (Speedy Wunderground/PIAS)
  26. Benoit & SergioLost Decade (FourFour)
  27. Tall DwarfsUnravelled: 1981–2002 (Merge)
  28. Conjunto PrimitivoMorir y Renacer (Chicago Research)
  29. Bitchin BajasBajascillators (Drag City)
  30. Terence Etc.V O R T E X (Brainfeeder)
  31. Doleful LionsFables Of The Reincarnation (self-released)
  32. Russian CirclesGnosis (Sargent House)
  33. Dane TerryI May Rail and I May Whine (self-released)
  34. Why Bonnie90 In November (Keeled Scales)
  35. BorisHeavy Rocks (2022) (Relapse)
  36. CheekfaceToo Much to Ask (self-released)
  37. Karim Nagi & EnsembleHuzam (self-released)
  38. Pool KidsPool Kids (Skeletal Lightning)
  39. LifeguardCrowd Can Talk (Born Yesterday)
  40. Emily Jane PowersAlways (self-released)
  41. Kaitlyn Aurelia SmithLet's Turn It Into Sound (Ghostly International)
  42. Kyle KiddSoothsayer (American Dreams)
  43. CompilationPDX Pop Now! Compilation Vol. 19 (Disc 1) (PDX Pop Now!)
  44. Mo TroperMTV (Lame-O)
  45. Thanya IyerRest EP (Topshelf)
  46. Teddy and the Rough RidersTeddy and the Rough Riders (Appalachia/Cleft)
  47. Monolithe NoirRin (Capitane)
  48. Mariel BuckleyEverywhere I Used to Be (Birthday Cake)
  49. History at Our DisposalLOUNGEMUSIC (Talented Friends)
  50. The Mountain GoatsBleed Out (Merge)

This week's adds

  • The Afghan WhigsHow Do You Burn? (Royal Cream/BMG)
  • Amateur HourKrökta Tankar och Brända Vanor (Appetite)
  • Bleach PartyAcrylic Blends (self released)
  • Built to SpillWhen the Wind Forgets Your Name (Sub Pop)
  • CanLive in Cuxhaven 1976 (Mute)
  • CodeineDessau (Numero Group)
  • Dendrons5-3-8 (Innovative Leisure)
  • Henry Franklin, Adrian Younge, & Ali Shaheed MuhammadHenry Franklin JID 014 (Jazz Is Dead)
  • Little MazarnTexas River Song (Dear Life)
  • David NanceIf You're Hungry, You Get Fed (Western)
  • Rachika NayarHeaven Come Crashing (NNA)
  • The ParanoydsTalk Talk Talk (Third Man)
  • PreoccupationsArrangements (self-released)
  • The PrizeWrong Side of Town (Anti Fade)
  • S. RaekwonI Like It When You Smile (Father/Daughter)
  • Sampa the GreatAs Above, So Below (Loma Vista/Concord)
  • SantigoldSpirituals (Little Jerk)
  • Sudan ArchivesNatural Brown Prom Queen (Stones Throw)
  • Syko FriendThe Code (PPM)
  • JJ UliusVol. 2 (DFA)
  • UnlovedThe Pink Album (Heavenly / PIAS)
  • Yuta MatsumuraRed Ribbon (Low Company)

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Top 50 for the Week of 09/05/2022

  1. Stella DonnellyFlood (Secretly Canadian)
  2. Hot ChipFreakout/Release (Domino)
  3. Thee Sacred SoulsThee Sacred Souls (Daptone)
  4. Claudea lot's gonna change (American Dreams)
  5. Sylvan EssoNo Rules Sandy (Loma Vista/Concord)
  6. Bev Rage & The DrinksExes & Hexes (Whats For Breakfast?)
  7. Ezra FurmanAll Of Us Flames (Anti-)
  8. BastonLa Martyre (Howlin' Banana)
  9. Danger Mouse & Black ThoughtCheat Codes (BMG)
  10. Cass McCombsHeartmind (ANTI-)
  11. Conjunto PrimitivoMorir y Renacer (Chicago Research)
  12. Doleful LionsFables Of The Reincarnation (self-released)
  13. Pool KidsPool Kids (Skeletal Lightning)
  14. 8-bit crEEpsDress for the Future (self-released)
  15. Kaitlyn Aurelia SmithLet's Turn It Into Sound (Ghostly International)
  16. Why Bonnie90 In November (Keeled Scales)
  17. Rat TallyIn My Car (6131)
  18. RöyksoppProfound Mysteries II (Dog Triumph)
  19. OseesA Foul Form (Castle Face)
  20. Kiwi Jr.Chopper (Sub Pop)
  21. Eli WinterEli Winter (Three Lobed)
  22. Emily Jane PowersAlways (self-released)
  23. KokorokoCould We Be More (Brownswood)
  24. Monolithe NoirRin (Capitane)
  25. Mariel BuckleyEverywhere I Used to Be (Birthday Cake)
  26. Panda Bear & Sonic BoomReset (Domino)
  27. The MoversThe Movers Vol. 1 - 1970-1976 (Analog Africa)
  28. Maggie RogersSurrender (Capitol)
  29. Keefe Jackson / Oscar Jan Hoogland / Joshua Abrams / Mikel Patrick AveryThese Things Happen (Astral Spirits Records)
  30. Terence Etc.V O R T E X (Brainfeeder)
  31. MoritatVermilion (self-released)
  32. Benoit & SergioLost Decade (FourFour)
  33. Freak GenesHologram (Feel It)
  34. ClammCare (Chapter)
  35. The Mountain GoatsBleed Out (Merge)
  36. MarciMarci (Arbutus)
  37. BeyoncéRENAISSANCE (Columbia/Parkwood)
  38. Kyle KiddSoothsayer (American Dreams)
  39. Thanya IyerRest EP (Topshelf)
  40. Teddy and the Rough RidersTeddy and the Rough Riders (Appalachia/Cleft)
  41. THICKHappy Now (Epitaph)
  42. Kamikaze Palm TreeMint Chip (Drag City)
  43. BorisHeavy Rocks (2022) (Relapse)
  44. Of MontrealFreewave Lucifer (Polyvinyl)
  45. LifeguardCrowd Can Talk (Born Yesterday)
  46. LocrianNew Catastrophism (Profound Lore)
  47. Russian CirclesGnosis (Sargent House)
  48. Katie Alice GreerBarbarism (FourFour)
  49. LIFENorth East Coastal Town (The Liquid Label)
  50. GoonHour of Green Evening (self-released)

This week's adds

  • Así AsíMal de Otros (self released)
  • Au SuisseAu Suisse (City Slang)
  • Bitchin BajasBajascillators (Drag City)
  • Dendrons"5-3-8" (only in quotes to not make it a date) (Innovative Leisure)
  • Jonathan PersonneJonathan Personne (Bonsound)
  • Julia JacklinPRE PLEASURE (Polyvinyl)
  • Karim Nagi & EnsembleHuzam (self-released)
  • Living HourSomeday Is Today (Kanine)
  • The Lounge SocietyTired of Liberty (Speedy Wunderground / PIAS)
  • Mo TroperMTV (Lame-O)
  • Rachika NayarHeaven Come Crashing (NNA)
  • The Soft Pink TruthWas It Ever Real? (Thrill Jockey)
  • StereolabPulse of the Early Brain (Switched On Volume 5) (Duophonic/Warp)
  • The VeldtEntropy Is the Mainline to God (self-released)
  • Various ArtistsAfter Dark 4 (Italians Do It Better)
  • Various ArtistsPDX Pop Now! Compilation Vol 19 (PDX Pop Now!)

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Top 50 for the Week of 08/29/2022

  1. Sylvan EssoNo Rules Sandy (Loma Vista/Concord)
  2. Danger Mouse & Black ThoughtCheat Codes (BMG)
  3. Hot ChipFreakout/Release (Domino)
  4. Claudea lot's gonna change (American Dreams)
  5. Cass McCombsHeartmind (ANTI-)
  6. Terence Etc.V O R T E X (Brainfeeder)
  7. KokorokoCould We Be More (Brownswood)
  8. Rat TallyIn My Car (6131)
  9. 8-bit crEEpsDress for the Future (self-released )
  10. Russian CirclesGnosis (Sargent House)
  11. BastonLa Martyre (Howlin' Banana)
  12. ZenizenP.O.C. (Proof of Concept) (Topshelf)
  13. Pool KidsPool Kids (Skeletal Lightning)
  14. Death BellsBetween Here & Everywhere (Dais)
  15. Beach BunnyEmotional Creature (Mom+Pop)
  16. Kyle KiddSoothsayer (American Dreams)
  17. The Mountain GoatsBleed Out (Merge)
  18. Tall DwarfsUnravelled: 1981–2002 (Merge)
  19. Kiwi Jr.Chopper (Sub Pop)
  20. Panda Bear & Sonic BoomReset (Domino)
  21. Katie Alice GreerBarbarism (FourFour)
  22. FloristFlorist (Double Double Whammy)
  23. BrijeanAngelo (Ghostly International)
  24. Celestine UkwuNo Condition Is Permanent (Mississippi)
  25. LifeguardCrowd Can Talk (Born Yesterday)
  26. Emily Jane PowersAlways (self-released)
  27. I AMBeyond (Division 81)
  28. GoonHour of Green Evening (self-released)
  29. Kamikaze Palm TreeMint Chip (Drag City)
  30. CheekfaceToo Much to Ask (self-released)
  31. Maggie RogersSurrender (Capitol)
  32. Conjunto PrimitivoMorir y Renacer (Chicago Research)
  33. History at Our DisposalLOUNGEMUSIC (Talented Friends)
  34. Harlan T. BoboPorch Songs (Goner)
  35. The MoversThe Movers Vol. 1 - 1970-1976 (Analog Africa)
  36. TalliesPatina ( Kanine)
  37. GamblersWhen We Exit (self-released)
  38. Lava La RueHi-Fidelity (Marathon)
  39. Of MontrealFreewave Lucifer (Polyvinyl)
  40. SpacemothNo Past No Future (Carpark/Wax Nine)
  41. Minami DeutschFortune Goodies (Guruguru Brain)
  42. LaunderHappening (Ghostly International)
  43. Chat PileGod's Country (Flenser)
  44. THICKHappy Now (Epitaph)
  45. Aux MeadowsAux Meadows (self-released)
  46. OneidaSuccess (Joyful Noise)
  47. Bad BreedingHuman Capital (One Little Independent)
  48. The Valery TrailsThe Sky Is Blue (self-released)
  49. Meridian Brothers & El Grupo RenacimientoMeridian Brothers & El Grupo Renacimiento (Ansonia )
  50. The Frowning CloudsGospel Sounds & More from the Church of Scientology (Anti Fade)

This week's adds

  • Benoit & SergioLost Decade (FourFour)
  • Bev Rage & the DrinksExes & Hexes (What's For Breakfast?)
  • CLAMMCare (Chapter)
  • Doleful LionsFables of The Reincarnations (self released)
  • Eli WinterEli Winter (Three Lobed)
  • Ezra FurmanAll of Us Flames (Anti-)
  • Freak GenesHologram (Feel It)
  • Kaitlyn Aurelia SmithLet's Turn it Into Sound (Ghostly International)
  • Keefe Jackson / Oscar Jan Hoogland / Joshua Abrams / Mikel Patrick AveryThese Things Happen (Astral Spirits)
  • LIFENorth East Coastal Town (The Liquid Label)
  • LocrianNew Catastrophism (Profound Lore)
  • Mariel BuckleyEverywhere I Used to Be (Birthday Cake)
  • Monolithe NoirRin (Capitane)
  • MortitatVermillon (self released)
  • OseesA Foul Form (Castle Face)
  • Pianos Become the TeethDrift (Epitaph)
  • RöyksoppProfound Mysteries II (Dog Triumph)
  • Stella DonnellyFlood (Secretly Canadian)
  • Teddy and the Rough RidersTeddy and the Rough Riders (Appalachia / Cleft)
  • Thanya IyerRest EP (Topshelf)
  • Thee Sacred SoulsThee Sacred Souls (Daptone)
  • Why Bonnie90 In November (Keeled Scales)
  • WorthitpurchaseTruthtelling (Anxiety Blanket)

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Top 50 for the Week of 08/22/2022

  1. Danger Mouse & Black ThoughtCheat Codes (BMG)
  2. Sylvan EssoNo Rules Sandy (Loma Vista/Concord)
  3. Kiwi Jr.Chopper (Sub Pop)
  4. Panda Bear & Sonic BoomReset (Domino)
  5. Claudea lot's gonna change (American Dreams)
  6. 8-bit crEEpsDress for the Future (Self-Released)
  7. Conjunto PrimitivoMorir y Renacer (Chicago Research)
  8. Pool KidsPool Kids (Skeletal Lightning)
  9. BrijeanAngelo (Ghostly International)
  10. Beach BunnyEmotional Creature (Mom+Pop)
  11. Emily Jane PowersAlways (self-released)
  12. InterpolThe Other Side of Make-Believe (Matador)
  13. KokorokoCould We Be More (Brownswood)
  14. Kyle KiddSoothsayer (American Dreams)
  15. ZenizenP.O.C. (Proof of Concept) (Topshelf)
  16. Lil SilvaYesterday Is Heavy (Nowhere)
  17. Celestine UkwuNo Condition Is Permanent (Mississippi)
  18. TwenOne Stop Shop (self-released)
  19. JayWoodSlingshot (Captured Tracks)
  20. BorisHeavy Rocks (2022) (Relapse)
  21. CheekfaceToo Much to Ask (self-released)
  22. LifeguardCrowd Can Talk (Born Yesterday)
  23. Katie Alice GreerBarbarism (FourFour)
  24. Chat PileGod's Country (Flenser)
  25. Working Men's ClubFear Fear (Heavenly/PIAS)
  26. Meridian Brothers & El Grupo RenacimientoMeridian Brothers & El Grupo Renacimiento (Ansonia)
  27. FriendshipLove The Stranger (Merge)
  28. Sun's SignatureSun's Signature (Partisan)
  29. BeyoncéRENAISSANCE (Columbia/Parkwood)
  30. ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of DeadXI: Bleed Here Now (Dine Alone)
  31. Al RoseAgain the Beginner (Monkey Holding Peach)
  32. Double WigDouble Wig (Carbon/Feeding Tube)
  33. Ty SegallHello, Hi (Drag City)
  34. SpacemothNo Past No Future (Carpark/Wax Nine)
  35. I AMBeyond (Division 81)
  36. CB Radio GorgeousTour Tape '22 (Trouble In Mind)
  37. Phil Yates & the AffiliatesA Thin Thread (Futureman)
  38. FloristFlorist (Double Double Whammy)
  39. The Valery TrailsThe Sky Is Blue (self-released)
  40. The Frowning CloudsGospel Sounds & More from the Church of Scientology (Anti Fade)
  41. The Wheel WorkersHarbor (Sinkhole Texas, Inc.)
  42. TalliesPatina (Kanine)
  43. PhantasiaGhost Stories (Beach Impediment)
  44. Orchestre MassakoOrchestre Massako (Analog Africa)
  45. Maggie RogersSurrender (Capitol)
  46. SuperorganismWorld Wide Pop (Domino)
  47. FlowertownHalf Yesterday (Mt. St. Mtn.)
  48. Sam Prekop and John McEntireSons Of (Thrill Jockey)
  49. CURLEYSCURLEYS (Total Punk)
  50. Primordial UndermindAn Imaginal Abydos (Sunrise Ocean Bender)

This week's adds

  • Aux MeadowsAux Meadows (self-released)
  • Bad BreedingHuman Capital (Iron Lung)
  • BastonLa Martyre (Howlin' Banana)
  • Bill OrcuttMusic for Four Guitars (Pailalia)
  • Cass McCombsHeartmind (Anti-)
  • CubeProof of Bells (H&S Ranch)
  • GoonHour of Green Evening (self-released)
  • Harlan T. BoboPorch Songs (Goner)
  • History at Our DisposalLoungemusic (Talented Friends)
  • Hot ChipFreakout/Release (Domino)
  • Kamikaze Palm TreeMint Chip (Drag City)
  • the Mountain GoatsBleed Out (Merge)
  • OneidaSuccess (Joyful Noise)
  • Rat TallyIn My Car (6131)
  • Russian CirclesGnosis (Sargent House)
  • Tall DwarfsUnravelled: 1981-2002 (Merge)
  • Terence Etc.V O R T E X (Brainfeeder)
  • THICKHappy Now (Epitaph)

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