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Top 50 for the Week of 11/01/2021

  1. Joy CrookesSkin (Speakerbox)
  2. La LuzLa Luz (Hardly Art)
  3. Circuit Des Yeux-io (Matador)
  4. Vanishing TwinOokii Gekkou (Fire)
  5. Dos SantosCity of Mirrors (International Anthem)
  6. Fire-ToolzEternal Home (Hausu Mountain)
  7. RP BooEstablished! (Planet Mu)
  8. Dua SalehCROSSOVER (Against Giants)
  9. Black MarbleFast Idol (Sacred Bones)
  10. DeerhoofActually, You Can (Joyful Noise)
  11. AtmosphereWORD? (Rhymesayers)
  12. Lala LalaI Want the Door to Open (Hardly Art)
  13. Adia VictoriaA Southern Gothic (Atlantic)
  14. Various ArtistsI'll Be Your Mirror: A Tribute to The Velvet Underground & Nico (Verve)
  15. Cold BeatWar Garden (Like LTD)
  16. TirzahColourgrade (Domino)
  17. DummyMandatory Enjoyment (Trouble in Mind)
  18. John CarpenterHalloween Kills (Sacred Bones)
  19. Various ArtistsYou Are Essential ( No Sé Discos )
  20. Karate School DropoutHokuPsychosister (Self-released)
  21. Brett NauckeMirror Ensemble (American Dreams)
  22. Soft SpeakerPriestess of Carnality (Self-Released)
  23. Laura Jane GraceAt War with the Silverfish (Polyvinyl)
  24. Quantic & Nidia GongoraAlmas Conectadas (Tru Thoughts)
  25. illuminati hottiesLet Me Do One More (Snack Shack Tracks/Hopeless)
  26. Various ArtistsCameroon Garage Funk (Analog Africa)
  27. Guided by VoicesIt's Not Them. It Couldn't Be Them. It Is Them! (GBV Inc)
  28. Roy Montgomery featuring Emma JohnstonRhymes of Chance (Ba Da Bing)
  29. iLLismFamily Over Everything (THE CRWN)
  30. Macie StewartMouth Full of Glass (Orindal)
  31. Press APress A (self-released)
  32. WilliamListen Every Day (Aquariphone)
  33. CommonA Beautiful Revolution Pt. 2 (Loma Vista)
  34. BADBADNOTGOODTalk Memory (XL Recordings )
  35. Orquesta Akokán16 Rayos (Daptone)
  36. Moor MotherBlack Encyclopedia of the Air (ANTI-)
  37. Damu The FudgemunkConversation Peace (Def Pressé)
  38. Esperanza SpaldingSONGWRIGHTS APOTHECARY LAB (Concord)
  39. Xenia RubinosUna Rosa (Anti-)
  40. ShadTAO (Secret City)
  41. Weak SignalBianca (Colonel)
  42. Kaley RutledgeTender Heart (Tone Tree)
  43. GrouperShade (Kranky)
  44. Magdalena BayMercurial World (Luminelle)
  45. Scam AvenueScam Avenue (self-released)
  46. Des DemonasCure for Love (In the Red)
  47. AlvildaNégatif (Alien Snatch)
  48. The OpheliasCrocus (Joyful Noise)
  49. The ConnellsSteadman's Wake (Black Park)
  50. Neptune's CoreEvolving (self-released)

This week's adds

  • Rider/HorseSelect Trials (Ever/Never)
  • Angel Du$tYAK: A Collection of Truck Songs (Roadrunner)
  • Bitchin BajasSwitched on Ra (Drag City)
  • Chime SchoolChime School (Slumberland)
  • CIA DebutanteDust (Siltbreeze)
  • ClinicFantasy Island (Domino)
  • Charlotte CornfieldHighs in the Minuses (Double Double Whammy)
  • CochonneEmergency (Sorry State)
  • Eris DrewQuivering in Time (T4T LUV NRG)
  • Everyday SpecialsHalf Off Heartbreak (self-released)
  • Hand HabitsFun House (Saddle Creek)
  • Helado NegroFar In (4AD)
  • Jordana & TV GirlSummer's Over (Grand Jury)
  • Kay YoungThis Here Feels Good (Play It Again Sam)
  • LewsbergIn Your Hands (12XU)
  • MastodonHushed and Grim (Reprise)
  • Marissa NadlerThe Path of the Clouds (Sacred Bones)
  • Mess EsqueMess Esque (Drag City)
  • Mick JenkinsElephant in the Room (Cinematic Music)
  • Nightmares on WaxShout Out! To Freedom... (Warp)
  • Parquet CourtsSympathy for Life (Rough Trade)
  • SiP/PrezzanoSiP/Prezzano (Moon Glyph)
  • The ConvenienceAccelerator (Winspear)
  • The Embryos National Absurdatory (Kool Kat)
  • The SilverWard of Roses (Gilead Media)
  • The War on DrugsI Don't Live Here Anymore (Atlantic)
  • TonstartssbandhtPetunia (Mexican Summer)
  • Xeno & OaklanderVi/deo (Dais)

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Top 50 for the Week of 10/25/2021

  1. Vanishing TwinOokii Gekkou (Fire)
  2. Dos SantosCity of Mirrors (International Anthem)
  3. Karate School DropoutHokuPsychosister (Self-released)
  4. Lala LalaI Want the Door to Open (Hardly Art)
  5. Neptune's CoreEvolving (self-released)
  6. Macie StewartMouth Full of Glass (Orindal)
  7. BADBADNOTGOODTalk Memory (XL Recordings)
  8. Cold BeatWar Garden (Like LTD)
  9. Brett NauckeMirror Ensemble (American Dreams)
  10. RP BooEstablished! (Planet Mu)
  11. Xenia RubinosUna Rosa (Anti-)
  12. DeerhoofActually, You Can (Joyful Noise)
  13. The World is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to DieIllusory Walls (Epitaph)
  14. Magdalena BayMercurial World (Luminelle)
  15. Shannon LayGeist (Sub Pop)
  16. ShadTAO (Secret City)
  17. Various ArtistsCameroon Garage Funk (Analog Africa)
  18. Julia ShapiroZorked (Suicide Squeeze)
  19. WingtipsCutting Room Floor (Artoffact)
  20. The WebstirsThe Webstirs (Presmark)
  21. WikiHalf God (self-released)
  22. Injury ReserveBy the Time I Get to Phoenix (self-released)
  23. illuminati hottiesLet Me Do One More (Snack Shack Tracks/Hopeless)
  24. Damu The FudgemunkConversation Peace (Def Pressé)
  25. Angélica GarciaEcho Eléctrico (Spacebomb)
  26. AtmosphereWORD? (Rhymesayers)
  27. Various ArtistsI'll Be Your Mirror: A Tribute to The Velvet Underground & Nico (Verve)
  28. Laura Jane GraceAt War with the Silverfish (Polyvinyl)
  29. Orquesta Akokán16 Rayos (Daptone)
  30. CalicocoUnderneath (Dadstache)
  31. John CarpenterHalloween Kills (Sacred Bones)
  32. Odonis OdonisSpectrums (Felte)
  33. StrandedMidnight Sun (Double Phantom)
  34. Pays P.Ça V Aller (Peculiar Works Music)
  35. Scam AvenueScam Avenue (self-released)
  36. HovvdyTrue Love (Grand Jury)
  37. Ducks Ltd.Modern Fiction (Carpark)
  38. MonoPilgrimage of the Soul (Temporary Residence)
  39. NAOAnd Then Life Was Beautiful (Little Tokyo)
  40. Public Service BroadcastingBright Magic (PIAS)
  41. The ShivasFeels So Good // Feels So Bad (Tender Loving Empire)
  42. CommonA Beautiful Revolution Pt. 2 (Loma Vista)
  43. Moor MotherBlack Encyclopedia of the Air (ANTI-)
  44. Adia VictoriaA Southern Gothic (Atlantic)
  45. PorchesAll Day Gentle Hold ! (Domino)
  46. Tara Clerkin TrioIn Spring (World of Echo)
  47. Buffalo NicholsBuffalo Nichols (Fat Possum)
  48. Ireesh LalJourney Through The Chakras (Self-released)
  49. FotoformHorizons (Dismal Nitch)
  50. Andy ShaufWilds (Anti-)

This week's adds

  • Black MarbleFast Idol (Sacred Bones)
  • CherubsSLO BLO 4 FRNZ & SXY (Relapse)
  • Circuit Des Yeux-io (Matador)
  • Dua SalehCROSSOVER (AGAINST GIANTS)
  • DummyMandatory Enjoyment (Trouble in Mind)
  • Eagle JohnsonThe Last Gun (self-released)
  • Fire-ToolzEternal Home (Hausu Mountain)
  • GrouperShade (Kranky)
  • Guided By VoicesIt's Not Them. It Couldn't Be Them. It Is Them! (GBV Inc)
  • iLLismFamily Over Everything (The CRWN)
  • Joy CrookesSkin (Speakerbox)
  • Kaley RutledgeTender Heart (Tone Tree)
  • La Luz La Luz (Hardly Art)
  • Quantic & Nidia GongoraAlmas Conectadas (Tru Thoughts)
  • Robin HatchT.O.N.T.O. (Robin)
  • Roy Montgomery featuring Emma JohnstonRhymes of Chance (Ba Da Bing)
  • Vonbrig∂iHanagal (Iron Lung)
  • Weak SignalBianca (Colonel)

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Top 50 for the Week of 10/18/2021

  1. Lala LalaI Want the Door to Open (Hardly Art)
  2. Cold BeatWar Garden (Like LTD)
  3. illuminati hottiesLet Me Do One More (Snack Shack Tracks/Hopeless)
  4. Adia VictoriaA Southern Gothic (Atlantic)
  5. CompilationI'll Be Your Mirror: A Tribute to The Velvet Underground & Nico (Verve)
  6. CompilationCameroon Garage Funk (Analog Africa)
  7. Little SimzSometimes I Might Be Introvert (AGE 101)
  8. Soft SpeakerPriestess of Carnality (Self-Released)
  9. Laura Jane GraceAt War with the Silverfish (Polyvinyl)
  10. Native SoulTeenage Dreams (Awesome Tapes from Africa)
  11. Neptune's CoreEvolving (self-released)
  12. Macie StewartMouth Full of Glass (Orindal)
  13. WingtipsCutting Room Floor (Artoffact)
  14. ShadTAO (Secret City)
  15. ScreensaverExpressions of Interest (Upset the Rhythm)
  16. Ducks Ltd.Modern Fiction (Carpark)
  17. SmirkEP (Total Punk/Iron Lung)
  18. Lady BlackbirdBlack Acid Soul (Foundation Music/BMG)
  19. BassKaseA Fist Full of Dubs (SoundPoint)
  20. RP BooEstablished! (Planet Mu)
  21. The WebstirsThe Webstirs (Presmark)
  22. TirzahColourgrade (Domino)
  23. CalicocoUnderneath (Dadstache)
  24. LowHEY WHAT (Sub Pop)
  25. Bomba EstéreoDeja (Sony Music Latin)
  26. Carolyn WonderlandTempting Fate (Alligator)
  27. Des DemonasCure for Love (In the Red)
  28. Public Service BroadcastingBright Magic (PIAS)
  29. The ShivasFeels So Good // Feels So Bad (Tender Loving Empire)
  30. Spirits Having FunTwo (Born Yesterday)
  31. Shannon LayGeist (Sub Pop)
  32. Moor MotherBlack Encyclopedia of the Air (ANTI-)
  33. Damu The FudgemunkConversation Peace (Def Pressé)
  34. WhoopWhoop! (Porcelain)
  35. FotoformHorizons (Dismal Nitch)
  36. NAOAnd Then Life Was Beautiful (Little Tokyo)
  37. José GonzálezLocal Valley (Mute)
  38. Alicia WalterI Am Alicia (Sooper)
  39. CompilationYou Are Essential (No Sé Discos)
  40. Girl KGirl K Is For The People (Take This To Heart)
  41. Brett NauckeMirror Ensemble (American Dreams)
  42. WilliamListen Every Day (Aquariphone)
  43. Gone To ColorGone To Color (self-released)
  44. HovvdyTrue Love (Grand Jury)
  45. Amon TobinHow Do You Live (Nomark)
  46. Myriam GendronMa Délire - Songs of Love Lost & Found (Feeding Tube)
  47. The OpheliasCrocus (Joyful Noise)
  48. Film SchoolWe Weren't Here (Sonic Ritual)
  49. CheekfaceEmphatically Mo' (b-sides) (New Professor)
  50. Mild High ClubGoing Going Gone (Stones Throw)

This week's adds

  • Angélica GarciaEcho Eléctrico (Spacebomb)
  • AtmosphereWORD? (Rhymesayers)
  • BADBADNOTGOODTalk Memory (XL)
  • Boy ScoutsWayfinder (Anti-)
  • Buffalo NicholsBuffalo Nichols (Fat Possum)
  • DeerhoofActually, You Can (Joyful Noise)
  • Dos SantosCity of Mirrors (International Anthem)
  • Esperanza SpaldingSONGWRIGHTS APOTHECARY LAB (Concord)
  • John CarpenterHalloween Kills Original Soundtrack (SacredBones)
  • Julia ShapiroZorked (Suicide Squeeze)
  • Karate School DropoutHokuPsychosister (self-released)
  • Kowloon Walled CityPiecework (Neurot/Gilead Media)
  • Ireesh LalJourney Through The Chakras (self-released)
  • Magdalena BayMercurial World (Luminelle)
  • Odonis OdonisSpectrums (Felte)
  • Orquesta Akokán16 Rayos (Daptone)
  • Pays P.Ça V Aller (Peculiar Music Works)
  • PorchesAll Day Gentle Hold ! (Domino)
  • StrandedMidnight Sun (Double Phantom)
  • Tara Clerkin TrioIn Spring EP (World of Echo)
  • The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to DieIllusory Walls (Epitaph)
  • Vanishing TwinOokii Gekou (Fire)
  • WikiHalf God (self-released)
  • Xenia RubinosUna Rosa (Anti-)

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Top 50 for the Week of 10/11/2021

  1. CompilationCameroon Garage Funk (Analog Africa)
  2. TirzahColourgrade (Domino)
  3. illuminati hottiesLet Me Do One More (Snack Shack Tracks/Hopeless)
  4. CompilationI'll Be Your Mirror: A Tribute to The Velvet Underground & Nico (Verve)
  5. Neptune's CoreEvolving (self-released)
  6. RP BooEstablished! (Planet Mu)
  7. WingtipsCutting Room Floor (Artoffact)
  8. Injury ReserveBy the Time I Get to Phoenix (self-released)
  9. Damu The FudgemunkConversation Peace (Def Pressé)
  10. Macie StewartMouth Full of Glass (Orindal)
  11. BassKaseA Fist Full of Dubs (SoundPoint)
  12. Soft SpeakerPriestess of Carnality (Self-Released)
  13. Bomba EstéreoDeja (Sony Music Latin)
  14. Brett NauckeMirror Ensemble (American Dreams)
  15. Little SimzSometimes I Might Be Introvert (AGE 101)
  16. Ducks Ltd.Modern Fiction (Carpark)
  17. CommonA Beautiful Revolution Pt. 2 (Loma Vista)
  18. MonoPilgrimage of the Soul (Temporary Residence)
  19. Alvilda Négatif (Alien Snatch)
  20. Amon TobinHow Do You Live (Nomark)
  21. Pond9 (Spinning Top)
  22. Public Service BroadcastingBright Magic (PIAS)
  23. Laura Jane GraceAt War with the Silverfish (Polyvinyl)
  24. Adia VictoriaA Southern Gothic (Atlantic)
  25. 박혜진 Park Hye JinBefore I Die (Ninja Tune)
  26. LowHEY WHAT (Sub Pop)
  27. Kuf Knotz & Christine Eliseké myōōnėdé (Hightide)
  28. SmirkEP (Total Punk/Iron Lung)
  29. NAOAnd Then Life Was Beautiful (Little Tokyo)
  30. Mild High ClubGoing Going Gone (Stones Throw)
  31. Moor MotherBlack Encyclopedia of the Air (ANTI-)
  32. Native SoulTeenage Dreams (Awesome Tapes from Africa)
  33. CalicocoUnderneath (Dadstache)
  34. Ada Leaone hand on the steering wheel the other sewing a garden (Saddle Creek)
  35. Myriam GendronMa Délire - Songs of Love Lost & Found (Feeding Tube)
  36. The ShivasFeels So Good // Feels So Bad (Tender Loving Empire)
  37. Film SchoolWe Weren't Here (Sonic Ritual)
  38. Eric HiltonCeremony (Montserrat House)
  39. Colleen GreenCool (Hardly Art)
  40. DPCDIt's Hard for a Rich Man to Enter the Kingdom of God (self-released)
  41. Spirits Having FunTwo (Born Yesterday)
  42. ChvrchesScreen Violence (Glassnote)
  43. FlowertownTime Trials (Paisley Shirt)
  44. Sufjan Stevens & Angelo De AugustineA Beginner's Mind (Asthmatic Kitty)
  45. CheekfaceEmphatically Mo' (b-sides) (New Professor)
  46. Lady BlackbirdBlack Acid Soul (Foundation Music/BMG)
  47. Saint EtienneI've Been Trying To Tell You (Heavenly)
  48. Tobacco CityTobacco City, USA (Scissor Tail)
  49. Central Heat ExchangeCentral Heat Exchange (Birthday Cake/Citrus City/Sunroom)
  50. Girl KGirl K Is For The People (Take This To Heart)

This week's adds

  • Andy ShaufWilds (Anti-)
  • Carolyn WonderlandTempting Fate (Alligator)
  • Des DemonasCure for Love (In the Red)
  • FotoformHorizons (Dismal Nitch)
  • HovvdyTrue Love (Grand Jury)
  • Lala LalaI Want the Door to Open (Hardly Art)
  • Pays P.Ça V Aller (Peculiar Music Works)
  • Scam AvenueScam Avenue (self-released)
  • ScreensaverExpressions of Interest (Upset the Rhythm)
  • ShadTAO (Secret City)
  • Shannon LayGeist (Sub Pop)
  • The WebstirsThe Webstirs (Presmark)
  • Unto OthersStrength (Roadrunner)
  • Various ArtistsYou Are Essential (No Sé Discos)
  • WhoopWhoop! (Porcelain)

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TOP 50 FOR THE WEEK OF 10/04/2021

  1. CommonA Beautiful Revolution Pt. 2 (Loma Vista)
  2. The ShivasFeels So Good // Feels So Bad (Tender Loving Empire)
  3. Macie StewartMouth Full of Glass (Orindal)
  4. Laura Jane GraceAt War with the Silverfish (Polyvinyl)
  5. Neptune's CoreEvolving (self-released)
  6. Adia VictoriaA Southern Gothic (Atlantic)
  7. Damu The FudgemunkConversation Peace (Def Pressé)
  8. Bomba EstéreoDeja (Sony Music Latin)
  9. RP BooEstablished! (Planet Mu)
  10. Little SimzSometimes I Might Be Introvert (AGE 101)
  11. Sufjan Stevens & Angelo De AugustineA Beginner's Mind (Asthmatic Kitty)
  12. Film SchoolWe Weren't Here (Sonic Ritual)
  13. Moor MotherBlack Encyclopedia of the Air (ANTI-)
  14. CalicocoUnderneath (Dadstache)
  15. The ConnellsSteadman's Wake (Black Park)
  16. WingtipsCutting Room Floor (Artoffact)
  17. BassKaseA Fist Full of Dubs (SoundPoint)
  18. LowHEY WHAT (Sub Pop)
  19. The Greeting CommitteeDandelion (Harvest)
  20. The Bevis FrondLittle Eden (Fire)
  21. CheekfaceEmphatically Mo' (b-sides) (New Professor)
  22. Mild High ClubGoing Going Gone (Stones Throw)
  23. The TomsTomplicated (Western Vinyl)
  24. Central Heat ExchangeCentral Heat Exchange (Birthday Cake/Citrus City/Sunroom)
  25. Mako Sica Featuring Tatsu Aoki, Thymme Jones & Jacob FawcettGarland of Heads (Astral Spirits)
  26. 박혜진 Park Hye JinBefore I Die (Ninja Tune)
  27. Nite JewelNo Sun (Gloriette)
  28. ChvrchesScreen Violence (Glassnote)
  29. Tobacco CityTobacco City, USA (Scissor Tail)
  30. Liam KazarDue North (Woodsist/Mare)
  31. WilliamListen Every Day (Aquariphone)
  32. Native SoulTeenage Dreams (Awesome Tapes from Africa)
  33. WednesdayTwin Plagues (Orindal)
  34. Boldy James & The AlchemistBo Jackson (ALC)
  35. Cleo SolMother (Forever Living Originals)
  36. The OpheliasCrocus (Joyful Noise)
  37. HTRKRhinestones (N&J Blueberries)
  38. Saint EtienneI've Been Trying To Tell You (Heavenly)
  39. SuunsThe Witness (Joyful Noise)
  40. quickly, quicklyThe Long and Short of It (Ghostly International)
  41. ORISUNTHIS IS ORISUN (self-released)
  42. Press APress A (self-released)
  43. Spirits Having FunTwo (Born Yesterday)
  44. ObeLag (Chicago Research)
  45. BnnyEverything (Fire Talk)
  46. TurnstileGlow On (Roadrunner)
  47. Equipment Pointed AnkhWithout Human Permission (Sophomore Lounge/Astral Spirits)
  48. Kacey Musgravesstar-crossed (MCA Nashville/Interscope)
  49. José GonzálezLocal Valley (Mute)
  50. Alicia WalterI Am Alicia (Sooper)

This week's adds

  • Ada Leaone hand on the steering wheel the other sewing a garden (saddle creek)
  • AlvildaNégatif EP (Alien Snatch)
  • Amon TobinHow Do You Live (NOMARK)
  • Black DiceMod Prog Sic (FourFour)
  • Blue LickHold On, Hold Fast (American Dreams)
  • Brett NauckeMirror Ensemble (American Dreams)
  • Cindy1:2 (Mt. St. Mtn.)
  • DPCDIt's Hard for a Rich Man to Enter the Kingdom of God (self-released)
  • Ducks Ltd.Modern Fiction (Carpark)
  • FlowertownTime Trials (Paisley Shirt)
  • illuminati hottiesLet Me Do One More (Snack Shack Tracks/Hopeless)
  • Injury ReserveBy the Time I Get To Phoenix (self-released)
  • Kuf Knotz & Christine EliseKəˈmyo͞onədē [Community] (Hightide)
  • MONOPilgrimage of the Soul (Temporary Residence)
  • Myriam GendronMa Delire - Songs of Love Lost & Found (Feeding Tube)
  • NAOAnd Then Life Was Beautiful (Little Tokyo)
  • Pond9 (Spinning Top)
  • Public Service BroadcastingBright Magic (PIAS)
  • SmirkEP (Total Punk/Iron Lung)
  • Soft SpeakerPriestess of Carnality (self-released)
  • TirzahColourgrade (Domino)
  • Various ArtistsI’ll Be Your Mirror: A Tribute To The Velvet Underground And Nico (Verve)
  • Various ArtistsCameroon Garage Funk (Analog Africa)

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