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Top 50 for the Week of 12/06/2021

  1. p.a. Pritchett vs. BassKaseThrowdown At The No K Corral (Soundpoint)
  2. Aesop Rock & BlockheadGarbology (Rhymesayers)
  3. Makaya McCravenDeciphering The Message (Blue Note)
  4. Swansea SoundLive at the Rum Puncheon (HHBTM/Skep Wax)
  5. Curtis HardingIf Words Were Flowers (ANTI-)
  6. Beach HouseOnce Twice Melody: Chapter 1 (Sub Pop)
  7. HushdropsThe Static (Pravda)
  8. Nicholas Tremulis & The ProdigalsRarified World (Immediate Family)
  9. Mr Twin SisterAl Mundo Azul (Twin Group)
  10. Snail MailValentine (Matador)
  11. Helado NegroFar In (4AD)
  12. Ben LaMar GayOpen Arms to Open Us (International Anthem/Nonesuch)
  13. TashaTell Me What You Miss The Most (Father/Daughter)
  14. Dwaal TroupeLucky Dog (Self-released)
  15. NNAMDÏAre You Happy (Sooper)
  16. Charles RumbackSeven Bridges (Astral Spirits)
  17. Rosie Lowe & Duval TimothySON (Carrying Color)
  18. Lily KonigsbergLily We Need to Talk Now (Wharf Cat)
  19. Haviah MightyStock Exchange (self-released)
  20. Artifacts...and then there's this (Astral Spirits)
  21. Courtney BarnettThings Take Time, Take Time (Mom+Pop/Milk)
  22. Desert LiminalGlass Fate (Whited Sepulchre)
  23. Safety TownFake It (Earth Libraries)
  24. Eris DrewQuivering In Time (T4T LUV)
  25. M SageWants a Diamond Pivot Bright (Florabelle)
  26. Circuit Des Yeux-io (Matador)
  27. Alien NosejobPaint it Clear (Feel It)
  28. Good Looking SonFantasy Weekend (Feel It)
  29. Dakota TheimTangled Heart (Self-released)
  30. Damon AlbarnThe Nearer The Fountain, More Pure The Stream Flows (Transgressive)
  31. Robert Plant & Alison KraussRaise The Roof (Rounder/Concord)
  32. Joan As Police Woman, Tony Allen, & Dave OkumuThe Solution is Restless (Play It Again Sam)
  33. Phương TâmMagical Nights: Saigon Surf, Twist & Soul (1964-1966) (Sublime Frequencies)
  34. Jennifer O'ConnorBorn at the Disco (Kiam)
  35. The ExbatsNow Where Were We (Goner)
  36. Bat FangsQueen of My World (Don Giovanni)
  37. megiapadiddies vol. 1 (Self-released)
  38. Cedric NoelHang Time (Joyful Noise)
  39. IDLESCRAWLER (Partisan)
  40. Hard FeelingsHard Feelings (Domino)
  41. ParcelsDay/Night (Because)
  42. PapercutsBaxter's Bliss (Psychic Friends)
  43. CompilationScrap Metal Vol. 1 (RidingEasy)
  44. Jarvis CockerChansons d'Ennui Tip Top (ABKCO)
  45. Kay YoungThis Here Feels Good (Play It Again Sam)
  46. Parquet CourtsSympathy for Life (Rough Trade)
  47. The War on DrugsI Don't Live Here Anymore (Atlantic)
  48. carter wardNew Plateau (Self-Released)
  49. The EmbryosNational Absurdatory (Kool Kat)
  50. MakthaverskanFör Allting (Run For Cover)

This week's adds

  • CanLive in Brighton 1975 (Mute)
  • Cassandra Jenkins(An Overview on) An Overview on Phenomenal Nature (Ba Da Bing!)
  • CynicAscension Codes (Season of Mist)
  • elbowFlying Dream 1 (Polydor)
  • Emily RobbHow to Moonwalk (Petty Bunco)
  • FPAPrincess Wiko (37d03d)
  • Gentleman JesseLose Everything (Beach Impediment)
  • Jeff ParkerForfolks (International Anthem/Nonesuch)
  • Julie DoironI Thought of You (You've Changed)
  • Loney HutchinsBuried Loot, Demos from the House of Cash and "Outlaw" Era, '73-'78 (Cleft)
  • MassageLane Lines EP (Mt. St. Mtn.)
  • Old SawCountry Tropics (Lobby Art)
  • Robert Görl & Deutsch Amerikanische FreundschaftNur Noch Einer (Gronland)
  • Various ArtistsEssiebons Special 1973 - 1984 // Ghana Music Power House (Analog Africa)
  • VersusLet's Electrify! (Teenbeat)

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Top 50 for the Week of 11/29/2021

  1. Makaya McCravenDeciphering The Message (Blue Note)
  2. PapercutsBaxter's Bliss (Psychic Friends)
  3. Ben LaMar GayOpen Arms to Open Us (International Anthem/Nonesuch)
  4. TashaTell Me What You Miss The Most (Father/Daughter)
  5. HushdropsThe Static (Pravda)
  6. IDLESCRAWLER (Partisan)
  7. Helado NegroFar In (4AD)
  8. Courtney BarnettThings Take Time, Take Time (Mom+Pop/Milk)
  9. Theon CrossIntra-I (New Soil/Marathon)
  10. Damon AlbarnThe Nearer The Fountain, More Pure The Stream Flows (Transgressive)
  11. megiapadiddies vol. 1 (self-released)
  12. Dua SalehCROSSOVER (Against Giants)
  13. Mick JenkinsElephant In The Room (Cinematic Music)
  14. Circuit Des Yeux-io (Matador)
  15. Nicholas Tremulis & The ProdigalsRarified World (Immediate Family)
  16. Cedric NoelHang Time (Joyful Noise)
  17. Rosie Lowe & Duval TimothySON (Carrying Color)
  18. MakthaverskanFör Allting (Run For Cover)
  19. John ColtraneA Love Supreme: Live In Seattle (Impulse!)
  20. Quantic & Nidia GongoraAlmas Conectadas (Tru Thoughts)
  21. Robert Plant & Alison KraussRaise The Roof (Rounder/Concord)
  22. Joan As Police Woman, Tony Allen, & Dave OkumuThe Solution is Restless (Play It Again Sam)
  23. ConvergeBloodmoon: I (Epitaph)
  24. ABBAVoyage (Capitol)
  25. Safety TownFake It (Earth Libraries)
  26. Artifacts...and then there's this (Astral Spirits)
  27. Lily KonigsbergLily We Need to Talk Now (Wharf Cat)
  28. Dakota TheimTangled Heart (Self-released)
  29. LadyhawkeTime Flies (Mid Century/BMG)
  30. Pip BlomWelcome Break (Heavenly/PIAS)
  31. Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night SweatsThe Future (Stax/Fantasy/Concord)
  32. MastodonHushed and Grim (Mastodon)
  33. The War on DrugsI Don't Live Here Anymore (Atlantic)
  34. Eris DrewQuivering In Time (T4T LUV)
  35. DPCDDPCD SINGS (Self-released)
  36. NNAMDïAre You Happy (Sooper)
  37. carter wardNew Plateau (Self-Released)
  38. M SageWants a Diamond Pivot Bright (Florabelle)
  39. Hard FeelingsHard Feelings (Domino)
  40. TōthDEATH (Northern Spy)
  41. Nation of LanguageA Way Forward (Play It Again Sam)
  42. Endless BoogieAdmonitions (No Quarter)
  43. Jennifer O'ConnorBorn at the Disco (Kiam)
  44. MoviolaBroken Rainbows (Anyway)
  45. Destroy BoysOpen Mouth, Open Heart (Hopeless)
  46. Bat FangsQueen of My World (Don Giovanni)
  47. Nightmares on WaxShout Out! To Freedom... (Warp)
  48. Parquet CourtsSympathy for Life (Rough Trade)
  49. Robin HatchT.O.N.T.O. (Ramp Global)
  50. Dwaal TroupeLucky Dog (Self-released)

This week's adds

  • Aesop Rock & BlockheadGarbology (Rhymesayers)
  • Alien NosejobPaint it Clear (Feel It)
  • Beach HouseOnce Twice Melody: Chapter 1 (Sub Pop)
  • Charles RumbackSeven Bridges (Astral Spirits)
  • Curtis HardingIf Words Were Flowers (Anti-)
  • Desert LiminalGlass Fate (Whited Sepulchre)
  • Good Looking SonFantasy Weekend (Feel It)
  • Haviah MightyStock Exchange (self-released)
  • Mike Adams at His Honest WeightOscillate Wisely (10th Anniversary Edition) (Joyful Noise)
  • Mr Twin SisterAl Mundo Azul (Twin Group)
  • Nicholas GauninHulahula Kāne (Moon Glyph)
  • p.a. Pritchett vs. BassKaseThrowdown at the No K Corral (Soundpoint)
  • ParcelsDay/Night (Because)
  • Richard Dawson & CircleHenki (Weird World)
  • Swansea SoundLive at the Rum Puncheon (HHBTM/Skep Wax)

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TOP 50 FOR THE WEEK OF 11/22/2021

  1. MakthaverskanFör Allting (Run For Cover)
  2. Hard FeelingsHard Feelings (Domino)
  3. NNAMDïAre You Happy (Sooper)
  4. IDLESCRAWLER (Partisan)
  5. Lily KonigsbergLily We Need to Talk Now (Wharf Cat)
  6. HushdropsThe Static (Pravda)
  7. Dos SantosCity of Mirrors (International Anthem)
  8. TashaTell Me What You Miss The Most (Father/Daughter)
  9. Clear HistoryBad Advice Good People (Upset The Rhythm)
  10. Karate School DropoutHokuPsychosister (Self-released)
  11. Theon CrossIntra-I (New Soil/Marathon)
  12. Courtney BarnettThings Take Time, Take Time (Mom+Pop/Milk)
  13. Jarvis CockerChansons d'Ennui Tip Top (ABKCO)
  14. Snail MailValentine (Matador)
  15. Phương TâmMagical Nights: Saigon Surf, Twist & Soul (1964-1966) (Sublime Frequencies)
  16. Safety TownFake It (Earth Libraries)
  17. Lala LalaI Want the Door to Open (Hardly Art)
  18. Circuit Des Yeux-io (Matador)
  19. MUNYAVoyage to Mars (Luminelle)
  20. La LuzLa Luz (Hardly Art)
  21. BADBADNOTGOODTalk Memory (XL Recordings )
  22. Low LifeFrom Squats to Lots: The Agony & XTC of Low Life (Goner)
  23. Bat FangsQueen of My World (Don Giovanni)
  24. Artifacts...and then there's this (Astral Spirits)
  25. Eris DrewQuivering In Time (T4T LUV)
  26. SiP/PrezzanoSiP/Prezzano (Moon Glyph)
  27. The EmbryosNational Absurdatory (Kool Kat)
  28. John ColtraneA Love Supreme: Live In Seattle (Impulse!)
  29. Marissa NadlerThe Path of the Clouds (Sacred Bones)
  30. Joy CrookesSkin (Speakerbox)
  31. ayaim hole (Hyperdub)
  32. The ExbatsNow Where Were We (Goner)
  33. GeeseProjector (Partisan)
  34. The War on DrugsI Don't Live Here Anymore (Atlantic)
  35. Mick JenkinsElephant In The Room (Cinematic Music)
  36. carter wardNew Plateau (Self-Released)
  37. Nick Mazzarella TrioWhat You Seek is Seeking You (Astral Spirits)
  38. M SageWants a Diamond Pivot Bright (Florabelle)
  39. Vanishing TwinOokii Gekkou (Fire)
  40. Nation of LanguageA Way Forward (Play It Again Sam)
  41. Penelope IslesWhich Way to Happy (Bella Union/Pias)
  42. NaytronixOther Possibilities (OAR)
  43. Lunar VacationInside Every Fig Is A Dead Wasp (Keeled Scales)
  44. ClinicFantasy Island (Domino)
  45. Guided by VoicesIt's Not Them. It Couldn't Be Them. It Is Them! (GBV Inc)
  46. Magdalena BayMercurial World (Luminelle)
  47. Cold BeatWar Garden (Like LTD)
  48. Everyday SpecialsHalf Off Heartbreak (self-released)
  49. Various ArtistsYou Are Essential ( No Sé Discos )
  50. Angel Du$tYAK: A Collection of Truck Songs (Roadrunner)

This week's adds

  • Ben Lamar GayOpen Arms to Open Us (International Anthem/Nonesuch)
  • Cedric NoelHang Time (Joyful Noise)
  • Dakota TheimTangled Heart (self-released)
  • Damon AlbarnThe Nearer The Fountain, More Pure The Stream Flows (Transgressive/[PIAS])
  • David Christian & the Pinecone OrchestraFor Those We Met on the Way (Tapete)
  • DPCDDPCD SINGS (self-released)
  • Dwaal TroupeLucky Dog (self-released)
  • Irreversible EntanglementsOpen the Gates (International Anthem/Don Giovanni)
  • Joan As Police Woman, Tony Allen, & Dave OkumuThe Solution is Restless (Play It Again Sam)
  • LadyhawkeTime Flies (Mid Century / BMG)
  • Makaya McCravenDeciphering The Message (Blue Note)
  • megiapadiddies vol. 1 (self-released)
  • Nicholas Tremulis & The ProdigalsRarified World (Immediate Family)
  • PapercutsBaxter's Bliss (Psychic Friends)
  • Pip BlomWelcome Break (Heavenly / PIAS)
  • Robert Plant & Alison KraussRaise the Roof (Rounder/Concord)
  • Rosie Lowe & Duval TimothySON (Carrying Color)
  • The CowboyRiddles from the Universe (Feel It)
  • TŌTHDeath [EP] (Northern Spy)
  • Various ArtistsScrap Metal Vol. 1 (RidingEasy)

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Top 50 for the Week of 11/15/2021

  1. ABBAVoyage (Capitol)
  2. TashaTell Me What You Miss The Most (Father/Daughter)
  3. Artifacts...and then there's this (Astral Spirits)
  4. Snail MailValentine (Matador)
  5. Safety TownFake It (Earth Libraries)
  6. MUNYAVoyage to Mars (Luminelle)
  7. Helado NegroFar In (4AD)
  8. Jarvis CockerChansons d'Ennui Tip Top (ABKCO)
  9. Circuit Des Yeux-io (Matador)
  10. La LuzLa Luz (Hardly Art)
  11. Slow CrushHush (Quiet Panic)
  12. Pepe DeluxéPhantom Cabinet Vol. 1 (Catskills)
  13. Emma Ruth RundleEngine Of Hell (Sargent House)
  14. Destroy BoysOpen Mouth, Open Heart (Hopeless)
  15. Bitchin BajasSwitched on Ra (Drag City)
  16. Quantic & Nidia GongoraAlmas Conectadas (Tru Thoughts)
  17. BADBADNOTGOODTalk Memory (XL Recordings)
  18. Lunar VacationInside Every Fig Is A Dead Wasp (Keeled Scales)
  19. Dos SantosCity of Mirrors (International Anthem)
  20. Lala LalaI Want the Door to Open (Hardly Art)
  21. The EmbryosNational Absurdatory (Kool Kat)
  22. John ColtraneA Love Supreme: Live In Seattle (Impulse!)
  23. Marissa NadlerThe Path of the Clouds (Sacred Bones)
  24. Dua SalehCROSSOVER (Against Giants)
  25. Xenia RubinosUna Rosa (Anti-)
  26. Orquesta Akokán16 Rayos (Daptone)
  27. Cold BeatWar Garden (Like LTD)
  28. Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night SweatsThe Future (Stax/Fantasy/Concord)
  29. Bat FangsQueen of My World (Don Giovanni)
  30. ClinicFantasy Island (Domino)
  31. Parquet CourtsSympathy for Life (Rough Trade)
  32. Guided by VoicesIt's Not Them. It Couldn't Be Them. It Is Them! (GBV Inc)
  33. Esperanza SpaldingSONGWRIGHTS APOTHECARY LAB (Concord)
  34. Mick JenkinsElephant In The Room (Cinematic Music)
  35. M SageWants a Diamond Pivot Bright (Florabelle)
  36. WikiHalf God (self-released)
  37. Laura ReznekAgrimony (Birthday Cake)
  38. GeeseProjector (Partisan)
  39. Hand HabitsFun House (Saddle Creek)
  40. Nightmares on WaxShout Out! To Freedom... (Warp)
  41. Jordana & TV GirlSummer's Over (Grand Jury)
  42. The War on DrugsI Don't Live Here Anymore (Atlantic)
  43. Eris DrewQuivering In Time (T4T LUV)
  44. Nick Mazzarella TrioWhat You Seek is Seeking You (Astral Spirits)
  45. Fire-ToolzEternal Home (Hausu Mountain)
  46. The WebstirsThe Webstirs (Presmark)
  47. Joy CrookesSkin (Speakerbox)
  48. Tone Chop and Frost GambleOne Two (self-released)
  49. KazyakHand Me Down (Self Released)
  50. MastodonHushed and Grim (Mastodon)

This week's adds

  • ayaim hole (Hyperdub)
  • carter wardNew Plateau (self-released)
  • ChateauI (Hobbies Galore)
  • Clear HistoryBad Advice Good People (Upset the Rhythm)
  • ConvergeBloodmoon: I (Epitaph)
  • Endless BoogieAdmonitions (No Quarter)
  • FURWhen You Walk Away (777)
  • Generationals ILEANA (Polyvinyl)
  • Hard FeelingsHard Feelings (Domino)
  • HushdropsThe Static (Pravda)
  • IDLESCRAWLER (Partisan)
  • Jennifer O'ConnorBorn at the Disco (Kiam)
  • Lily KonigsbergLily We Need to Talk Now (Wharf Cat)
  • Low LifeFrom Squats to Lots: The Agony & XTC of Low Life (Goner)
  • MakthaverskanFör Allthing (Through Love)
  • MoviolaBroken Rainbows (Anyway)
  • Nation of LanguageA Way Forward (Play It Again Sam)
  • NaytronixOther Possibilities (OAR)
  • NNAMDÏAre You Happy (Sooper)
  • Penelope IslesWhich Way to Happy (Bella Union / PIAS)
  • Phillip-Michael ScalesSinner-Songwriter (Dixie Frog)
  • Phuong TamMagical Nights: Saigon Surf, Twist and Soul (1964-1966) (Sublime Frequencies)
  • Sam EvianTime to Melt (Fat Possum)
  • Sloppy JaneMadison (Saddest Factory)
  • The DodosGrizzly Peak (Polyvinyl)
  • The ExbatsNow Where Were We (Goner)
  • Theon CrossIntra-I (New Soil/Marathon)

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Top 50 for the Week of 11/08/2021

  1. Mick JenkinsElephant In The Room (Cinematic Music)
  2. Eris DrewQuivering In Time (T4T LUV)
  3. Circuit Des Yeux-io (Matador)
  4. Xenia RubinosUna Rosa (Anti-)
  5. ClinicFantasy Island (Domino)
  6. Parquet CourtsSympathy for Life (Rough Trade)
  7. Lala LalaI Want the Door to Open (Hardly Art)
  8. Bitchin BajasSwitched on Ra (Drag City)
  9. MastodonHushed and Grim (Mastodon)
  10. Helado NegroFar In (4AD)
  11. Marissa NadlerThe Path of the Clouds (Sacred Bones)
  12. BADBADNOTGOODTalk Memory (XL Recordings)
  13. Chime SchoolChime School (Slumberland)
  14. Karate School DropoutHokuPsychosister (Self-released)
  15. Angel Du$tYAK: A Collection of Truck Songs (Roadrunner)
  16. Joy CrookesSkin (Speakerbox)
  17. CompilationCameroon Garage Funk (Analog Africa)
  18. Hand HabitsFun House (Saddle Creek)
  19. Kay YoungThis Here Feels Good (Play It Again Sam)
  20. Jordana & TV GirlSummer's Over (Grand Jury)
  21. Dos SantosCity of Mirrors (International Anthem)
  22. La LuzLa Luz (Hardly Art)
  23. Orquesta Akokán16 Rayos (Daptone)
  24. Injury ReserveBy the Time I Get to Phoenix (self-released)
  25. Mess EsqueMess Esque (Drag City)
  26. Nightmares on WaxShout Out! To Freedom... (Warp)
  27. LewsbergIn Your Hands (12XU)
  28. Angélica GarciaEcho Eléctrico (Spacebomb)
  29. Guided by VoicesIt's Not Them. It Couldn't Be Them. It Is Them! (GBV Inc)
  30. Cold BeatWar Garden (Like LTD)
  31. Macie StewartMouth Full of Glass (Orindal)
  32. The EmbryosNational Absurdatory (Kool Kat)
  33. Neptune's CoreEvolving (self-released)
  34. Brett NauckeMirror Ensemble (American Dreams)
  35. Vanishing TwinOokii Gekkou (Fire)
  36. ShadTAO (Secret City)
  37. TirzahColourgrade (Domino)
  38. TonstartssbandhtPetunia (Mexican Summer)
  39. The War on DrugsI Don't Live Here Anymore (Atlantic)
  40. GrouperShade (Kranky)
  41. iLLismFamily Over Everything (THE CRWN)
  42. CompilationYou Are Essential (No Sé Discos)
  43. Everyday SpecialsHalf Off Heartbreak (self-released)
  44. Dua SalehCROSSOVER (Against Giants)
  45. illuminati hottiesLet Me Do One More (Snack Shack Tracks/Hopeless)
  46. Charlotte CornfieldHighs in the Minuses (Polyvinyl and Double Double Whammy)
  47. CIA DebutanteDust (Siltbreeze)
  48. CherubsSLO BLO 4 FRNZ & SXY (Relapse)
  49. AtmosphereWORD? (Rhymesayers)
  50. Tara Clerkin TrioIn Spring (World of Echo)

This week's adds

  • ABBAVoyage (Capitol)
  • Artifacts... And Then There's This (Astral Spirits)
  • Bat FangsQueen of My World (Don Giovanni)
  • Destroy BoysOpen Mouth, Open Heart (Hopeless)
  • Emma Ruth RundleEngine of Hell (Sargent House)
  • GeeseProjector (Partisan)
  • Jarvis CockerChansons d'Ennui Tip Top (ABKCO)
  • John ColtraneA Love Supreme (Live in Seattle) (Impulse!)
  • KazyakHand Me Down (self-released)
  • Laura ReznekAgrimony (Birthday Cake)
  • Lunar VacationInside Every Fig is a Dead Wasp (Keeled Scales)
  • M. SageWants a Diamond Pivot Bright (Florabelle)
  • MUNYAVoyage to Mars (Luminelle)
  • Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night SweatsThe Future (Stax/Fantasy/Concord)
  • Nick Mazzarella TrioWhat You Seek Is Seeking You (Astral Spirits)
  • Nylon SmileWaiting for Oblivion (Citrus City)
  • Pepe DeluxéPhantom Cabinet Vol. 1 (Catskills)
  • Rider/HorseSelect Trials (Ever/Never)
  • Safety TownFake It (Earth Libraries)
  • Slow CrushHush (Quiet Panic)
  • Snail MailValentine (Matador)
  • TashaTell Me What You Miss The Most (Father/Daughter)
  • Tone Chop & Frost GambleOne Two (self-released)

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