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Top 50 for the Week of 05/10/2021

  1. Man's Body – A Set Of Steak Knives (NocturnalSol)
  2. Arooj Aftab – Vulture Prince (New Amsterdam)
  3. WheelUP – Good Love (Tru Thoughts)
  4. Dawn Richard – Second Line (Merge)
  5. Juliana Hatfield – Blood (American Laundromat)
  6. Matt Sweeney & Bonnie "Prince" Billy – Superwolves (Drag City)
  7. Mother Nature & BoatHouse – SZNZ (Closed Sessions)
  8. Sasha and the Valentines – So You Think You Found Love? (Oof)
  9. The Juan MacLean – I Can't Explain (Me Me Me)
  10. Crumb – Ice Melt (Crumb)
  11. Rochelle Jordan – Play With the Changes (Young Art)
  12. Gel Set – Tone Invasion (2MR)
  13. Ryley Walker – Course in Fable (Husky Pants)
  14. The Black Oil Brothers – All Wheel Jive (self-released)
  15. The Mysteries of Life – Blue Jay (self-released)
  16. Eleventh Dream Day – Since Grazed (Comedy Minus One)
  17. Mike Nesmith – Different Drum: The Unreleased RCA Masters (Real Gone Music)
  18. Bowerbirds – becalmyounglovers (Psychic Hotline)
  19. Fauvely – Beautiful Places (Self-released)
  20. Spread Joy – Spread Joy (Feel It)
  21. Mello Music Group – Bushido (Mello Music Group)
  22. Douglas – Ashes (J'aime Trop)
  23. Kasai Allstars – Black Ants Always Fly Together, One Bangle Makes No Sound (Crammed Discs)
  24. Dry Cleaning – New Long Leg (4AD)
  25. tUnE-yArDs – sketchy. (4AD)
  26. Guided by Voices – Earth Man Blues (GBV Inc)
  27. Rachel Ewe – Ghost Girl (self-released)
  28. Damon Locks Black Monument Ensemble – NOW (International Anthem)
  29. Raquel Rodriguez – Sweet Side (self-released)
  30. Khalab & M'berra Ensemble – M'berra (Real World)
  31. Alan Vega – Mutator (Sacred Bones)
  32. Dinosaur Jr. – Sweep It Into Space (Jagjaguwar)
  33. Various Artists – Bills & Aches & Blues (4AD)
  34. Nick Waterhouse – Promenade Blue (Innovative Leisure)
  35. The Armed – ULTRAPOP (Sargent House)
  36. Waste Man – One Day It'll All Be You (Feel It)
  37. Nick Hakim and Roy Nathanson – Small Things (NYXO)
  38. M.A.Z.E. – II (Lumpy)
  39. Sequoyah Murray – Skin Needs Skin (Self-released)
  40. Lou Heneise – Trial & Error (self-released)
  41. Ratboys – Happy Birthday, Ratboy (Topshelf)
  42. Silver Synthetic – Silver Synthetic (Third Man)
  43. Dom & The Wizards – The Australian Cyclone Intensity Scale (Tenth Court)
  44. New Madrid – New Madrid (Lemonade)
  45. Alice Phoebe Lou – Glow (Self-released)
  46. Teenage Fanclub – Endless Arcade (Merge)
  47. Figueroa – The World As We Know It (NOMARK)
  48. Ottoman Turks – Ottoman Turks II (State Fair)
  49. Prequel – Love Or (I Heard You Like Heartbreak) (Rhythm Section International)
  50. Gilligan Moss – Gilligan Moss (Foreign Family Collective)

This week's adds

  • Axis: Sova – Fractal EP (God?)
  • Electric Looking Glass – Somewhere Flowers Grow (We Are Busy Bodies)
  • Fire-Toolz – I Can't Die EP (self-released)
  • Flowertown – Flowertown (Mt. St. Mtn)
  • Flying Lotus – Yasuke (Warp)
  • Gojira – Fortitude (Roadrunner)
  • Guardian Singles – Guardian Singles (Trouble in Mind)
  • Haunted Shed – Faultering Light (Strolling Bones)
  • Hemai – Strange Beauty (Tru Thoughts)
  • Iceage – Seek Shelter (Mexican Summer)
  • Jacober – Light Years (Crafted Sounds)
  • L'Orange & Namir Blade – Imaginary Everything (Mello Music Group)
  • Luca Yupanqui – Sounds of the Unborn (Sacred Bones)
  • Mia Joy – Spirit Tamer (Fire Talk)
  • Mope City – Within the Walls (Tenth Court)
  • Myd – Born a Loser (Because/Ed Banger)
  • Rosali – No Medium (Spinster)
  • Rosie Tucker – Sucker Supreme (Epitaph)
  • Squid – Bright Green Field (Warp)
  • Sufjan Stevens – Convocations (Asthmatic Kitty)
  • The Dead Space – Chlorine Sleep (12XU)
  • Ya Tseen – Indian Yard (Sub Pop)
  • Yellow Pills – Space Age Inferno (Mint 400)
  • Zombi – Liquid Crystal EP (Relapse)
  • Los Retros – Looking Back (Stones Throw)

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TOP 50 FOR THE WEEK OF 05/03/2021

  1. Sasha and the Valentines – So You Think You Found Love? (Oof)
  2. Damon Locks Black Monument Ensemble – NOW (International Anthem)
  3. The Fratellis – Half Drunk Under A Full Moon (Cooking Vinyl)
  4. Ryley Walker – Course in Fable (Husky Pants)
  5. Teenage Fanclub – Endless Arcade (Merge)
  6. Rachel Ewe – Ghost Girl (self-released)
  7. Eleventh Dream Day – Since Grazed (Comedy Minus One)
  8. Various Artists – Bills & Aches & Blues (4AD)
  9. Ratboys – Happy Birthday, Ratboy (Topshelf)
  10. Dinosaur Jr. – Sweep It Into Space (Jagjaguwar)
  11. Boogarins – Manchaca Vol. 2 (Overseas Artists)
  12. Jeff Rosenstock – SKA DREAM (Polyvinyl)
  13. Khalab & M'berra Ensemble – M'berra (Real World)
  14. Innov Gnawa – Lila (Daptone)
  15. Yaya Bey – The Things I Can't Take With Me (Big Dada)
  16. Spread Joy – Spread Joy (Feel It)
  17. Floatie – Voyage Out (Exploding in Sound)
  18. Vic Mensa – I TAPE (Roc Nation)
  19. Armand Hammer & The Alchemist – Haram (BackwoodzStudioz)
  20. Douglas – Ashes (J'aime Trop)
  21. Guided by Voices – Earth Man Blues (GBV Inc)
  22. Tangled Shoelaces – Turn My Dial (Chapter Music)
  23. Minor Moon – Tethers (Ruination)
  24. Fauvely – Beautiful Places (Self-released)
  25. New Madrid – New Madrid (Lemonade)
  26. Anna Fox Rochinski – Cherry (Don Giovanni)
  27. The Armed – ULTRAPOP (Sargent House)
  28. Jupiter & Okwess – Na Kozonga (Everloving)
  29. Teno Afrika – Amapiano Selections (Awesome Tapes from Africa)
  30. Lou Heneise – Trial & Error (self-released)
  31. OK Cool – Drivers (Take A Hike)
  32. Liquid Soul – Lost Soul Vol. 1 (Soul What)
  33. Field Music – Flat White Moon (Memphis Industries)
  34. Gilligan Moss – Gilligan Moss (Foreign Family Collective)
  35. Babitha – Through the Light (Spunk)
  36. La Femme – Paradigmes (Disque Pointu)
  37. Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra – Promises (Luaka Bop)
  38. Maks The Fox – That We Exist (self-released)
  39. Mother Nature & BoatHouse – SZNZ (Closed Sessions)
  40. Rob Frye – Exoplanet (Astral Spirits)
  41. Dry Cleaning – New Long Leg (4AD)
  42. Perfume Genius – IMMEDIATELY Remixes (Matador)
  43. tUnE-yArDs – sketchy. (4AD)
  44. Sunny War – Simple Syrup (Hen House Studios/ORG)
  45. The Pink Stones – Introducing... (Normaltown)
  46. Silver Synthetic – Silver Synthetic (Third Man)
  47. Nick Hakim and Roy Nathanson – Small Things (NYXO)
  48. Flock of Dimes – Head of Roses (Sub Pop)
  49. Slow Planes – Superterrestrial (Self-released)
  50. KRGA – Moi St. (Hoser)

This week's adds

  • Alan Vega – Mutator (Sacred Bones)
  • Arooj Aftab – Vulture Prince (New Amsterdam)
  • Bowerbirds – becalmyounglovers (Psychic Hotline)
  • Crumb – Ice Melt (Crumb)
  • Dawn Richard – Second Line (Merge)
  • Dom & the Wizards – The Australian Cyclone Intensity Scale (Tenth Court)
  • Gel Set – Tone Invasion (2MR)
  • Hannah Jadagu – What's Going On? (Sub Pop)
  • Juan Wauters – Real Life Situations (Captured Tracks)
  • Juliana Hatfield – Blood (American Laundromat)
  • Kasai Allstars – Black Ants Always Fly Together, One Bangle Makes No Sound (Crammed Discs)
  • Leon Vynehall – Rare, Forever (Ninja Tune)
  • M.A.Z.E. – II (Lumpy)
  • Man's Body – A Set of Steak Knives (NocturnalSol)
  • Matt Sweeney & Bonnie "Prince" Billy – Superwolves (Drag City)
  • Mello Music Group – Bushido (Mello Music Group)
  • Michael Nesmith – Different Drum: The Unreleased RCA Masters (Real Gone Music)
  • Mysteries of Life – Blue Jay (self-released)
  • Nathan Roche – Drink Up, Rainforest Sinatra (Gone with the Weed)
  • Ottoman Turks – Ottoman Turks II (State Fair)
  • Pedazo De Carne Con Ojo – Dun Dun (Citrus City)
  • Raquel Rodriguez – Sweet Side (self-released)
  • Rochelle Jordan – Play with the Changes (Young Art)
  • Smirk – LP (Feel It)
  • The Black Oil Brothers – All Wheel Jive (self-released)
  • The Finches – Shame (self-released)
  • The Juan MacLean – I Can't Explain (Me Me Me)
  • Various Artists – VOL2TUS (Volutus)
  • Waste Man – One Day It'll All Be You (Feel It)
  • WheelUp – Good Love (Tru Thoughts)

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Top 50 for the Week of 04/26/2021

  1. Mother Nature & BoatHouse – SZNZ (Closed Sessions)
  2. Rob Frye – Exoplanet (Astral Spirits)
  3. Eleventh Dream Day – Since Grazed (Comedy Minus One)
  4. Ratboys – Happy Birthday, Ratboy (Topshelf)
  5. Field Music – Flat White Moon (Memphis Industries)
  6. Fauvely – Beautiful Places (Self-released)
  7. El Michels Affair – Yeti Season (Big Crown)
  8. Spread Joy – Spread Joy (Feel It)
  9. Jupiter & Okwess – Na Kozonga (Everloving)
  10. Bernice – Eau De Bonjourno (Telephone Explosion)
  11. Vic Mensa – I TAPE (Roc Nation)
  12. Floatie – Voyage Out (Exploding in Sound)
  13. Moontype – Bodies of Water (Born Yesterday)
  14. KRGA – Moi St. (Hoser)
  15. Various Artists – Bills & Aches & Blues (4AD)
  16. Dolph Chaney – This Is Dolph Chaney (Big Stir)
  17. Fimber Bravo – Lunar Tredd (Moshi Moshi)
  18. Yaya Bey – The Things I Can't Take With Me (Big Dada)
  19. Perfume Genius – IMMEDIATELY Remixes (Matador)
  20. Maks The Fox – That We Exist (self-released)
  21. Minor Moon – Tethers (Ruination)
  22. Damon Locks Black Monument Ensemble – NOW (International Anthem)
  23. Citrus Clouds – Collider (Lolipop)
  24. Silver Synthetic – Silver Synthetic (Third Man)
  25. Tash Sultana – Terra Firma (Mom + Pop)
  26. Nick Hakim and Roy Nathanson – Small Things (NYXO)
  27. Kishi Bashi – Emigrant (Joyful Noise)
  28. Genghis Tron – Dream Weapon (Relapse)
  29. Nick Waterhouse – Promenade Blue (Innovative Leisure)
  30. The Reds, Pinks and Purples – Uncommon Weather (Slumberland)
  31. The Armed – ULTRAPOP (Sargent House)
  32. OK Cool – Drivers (Take A Hike)
  33. Liquid Soul – Lost Soul Vol. 1 (Soul What)
  34. Miho Hatori – Between Isekai and Slice of Life (Self-released)
  35. Civic – Future Forecast (Flightless)
  36. Nubiyan Twist – Freedom Fables (Strut)
  37. Sofia Kourtesis – Fresia Magdalena (Werkdiscs)
  38. tUnE-yArDs – sketchy. (4AD)
  39. serpentwithfeet – DEACON (Jagjaguwar)
  40. His Name Is Alive – Hope Is A Candle: Home Recordings 1985-1990 Vol.3 (Disciples)
  41. Teno Afrika – Amapiano Selections (Awesome Tapes from Africa)
  42. Figueroa – The World As We Know It (NOMARK)
  43. Flock of Dimes – Head of Roses (Sub Pop)
  44. Yeek – Valencia (AWAL)
  45. Divine Sweater – Divine Sweater Presents: The Ten Year Plan (self-released)
  46. Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra – Promises (Luaka Bop)
  47. Dominique Fils-Aimé – Three Little Words (Ensoul)
  48. Spirit of the Beehive – ENTERTAINMENT, DEATH (Saddle Creek)
  49. Fake Fruit – Fake Fruit (Rocks in Your Head)
  50. Xiu Xiu – OH NO (Polyvinyl)

This week's adds

  • Babitha – Through the Light EP (Spunk)
  • Big|Brave – Vital (Southern Lord)
  • Boogarins – Manchaca Vol. 2 (Overseas Artists)
  • Dinosaur Jr. – Sweep It Into Space (Jagjaguwar)
  • Douglas – Ashes (J'aime Trop)
  • Guided by Voices – Earth Man Blues (GBV Inc)
  • Innov Gnawa – Lila (Daptone)
  • Jaywood – Some Days (Captured Tracks)
  • Khalab & M'berra Ensemble – M'berra (Real World)
  • Lou Heneise – Trial & Error (self-released)
  • New Madrid – New Madrid (Lemonade)
  • Rachel Ewe – Ghost Girl (self-released)
  • Ryley Walker – Course in Fable (Husky Pants)
  • Sasha and the Valentines – So You Think You Found Love? (Oof)
  • Tangled Shoelaces – Turn My Dial (Chapter Music)
  • Teenage Fanclub – Endless Arcade (Merge)
  • The Fratellis – Half Drunk Under a Full Moon (Cooking Vinyl)
  • The Pink Stones – Introducing... (Normaltown)

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Top 50 for the Week of 04/19/2021

  1. Various Artists – Bills & Aches & Blues (4AD)
  2. Spread Joy – Spread Joy (Feel It)
  3. Eleventh Dream Day – Since Grazed (Comedy Minus One)
  4. Damon Locks Black Monument Ensemble – NOW (International Anthem)
  5. Fauvely – Beautiful Places (Self-released)
  6. Rogér Fakhr – Fine Anyway (Habibi Funk)
  7. Anna Fox Rochinski – Cherry (Don Giovanni)
  8. KRGA – Moi St. (Hoser)
  9. Ratboys – Happy Birthday, Ratboy (Topshelf)
  10. Nick Waterhouse – Promenade Blue (Innovative Leisure)
  11. The Reds, Pinks and Purples – Uncommon Weather (Slumberland)
  12. Armand Hammer & The Alchemist – Haram (BackwoodzStudioz)
  13. Yaya Bey – The Things I Can't Take With Me (Big Dada)
  14. Nubiyan Twist – Freedom Fables (Strut)
  15. Floatie – Voyage Out (Exploding in Sound)
  16. Vic Mensa – I TAPE (Roc Nation)
  17. La Femme – Paradigmes (Disque Pointu)
  18. Civic – Future Forecast (Flightless)
  19. Sunny War – Simple Syrup (Hen House Studios/ORG)
  20. Minor Moon – Tethers (Ruination)
  21. El Michels Affair – Yeti Season (Big Crown)
  22. Spirit of the Beehive – ENTERTAINMENT, DEATH (Saddle Creek)
  23. Fimber Bravo – Lunar Tredd (Moshi Moshi)
  24. Sofia Kourtesis – Fresia Magdalena (Werkdiscs)
  25. Wurld Series – What's Growing (Meritorio/Melted Ice Cream)
  26. Gilligan Moss – Gilligan Moss (Foreign Family Collective)
  27. Moontype – Bodies of Water (Born Yesterday)
  28. OK Cool – Drivers (Take A Hike)
  29. Diagonal – DIAGONAL (Little Cloud)
  30. Bernice – Eau De Bonjourno (Telephone Explosion)
  31. Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra – Promises (Luaka Bop)
  32. 파란노을 (Parannoul) – To See the Next Part of the Dream (self-released)
  33. Miho Hatori – Between Isekai and Slice of Life (Self-released)
  34. Harry James – Buy The Numbers (Potions)
  35. tUnE-yArDs – sketchy. (4AD)
  36. Willie Dunn – Creation Never Sleeps, Creation Never Dies: The Willie Dunn Anthology (LITA)
  37. Noga Erez – KIDS (City Slang)
  38. Kishi Bashi – Emigrant (Joyful Noise)
  39. Divine Sweater – Divine Sweater Presents: The Ten Year Plan (self-released)
  40. The Deathray Davies – Time Well Wasted (State Fair)
  41. The Mind – Open Up the Window and Leave Your Body (Lumpy)
  42. Figueroa – The World As We Know It (NOMARK)
  43. Perfume Genius – IMMEDIATELY Remixes (Matador)
  44. Alice Phoebe Lou – Glow (Self-released)
  45. Man Made Mountain – Average Man (self-released)
  46. Genghis Tron – Dream Weapon (Relapse)
  47. Citrus Clouds – Collider (Lolipop)
  48. Teno Afrika – Amapiano Selections (Awesome Tapes from Africa)
  49. L’Impératrice – Tako Tsubo (microqlima)
  50. Dominique Fils-Aimé – Three Little Words (Ensoul)

This week's adds

  • The Armed – ULTRAPOP (Sargent House)
  • Field Music – Flat White Moon (Memphis Industries)
  • His Name Is Alive – Hope Is a Candle: Home Recordings 1985-1990 Vol. 3 (Disciples)
  • Jupiter and Okwess – Na Kozonga (Everloving)
  • MAKS The Fox – That We Exist (self-released)
  • Mother Nature – SZNZ (Closed Sessions)
  • Natural Information Society with Evan Parker – descension (Out of Our Constrictions) (Eremite)
  • Nick Hakim & Roy Nathanson – Small Things (NYXO)
  • Pink Siifu & Fly Anakin – Smokebreak EP (Lex)
  • Rob Frye – Exoplanet (Astral Spirits)
  • Silver Synthetic – Silver Synthetic (Third Man)

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Top 50 for the Week of 04/12/2021

  1. Ratboys – Happy Birthday, Ratboy (Topshelf)
  2. Fauvely – Beautiful Places (Self-released)
  3. Sunny War – Simple Syrup (Hen House Studios/ORG)
  4. Figueroa – The World As We Know It (NOMARK)
  5. Floatie – Voyage Out (Exploding in Sound)
  6. Moontype – Bodies of Water (Born Yesterday)
  7. Diagonal – DIAGONAL (Little Cloud)
  8. Anna Fox Rochinski – Cherry (Don Giovanni)
  9. Kishi Bashi – Emigrant (Joyful Noise)
  10. Azita – Glen Echo (Drag City)
  11. Perfume Genius – IMMEDIATELY Remixes (Matador)
  12. Dominique Fils-Aimé – Three Little Words (Ensoul)
  13. Godspeed You Black Emperor! – G_d's Pee AT STATE'S END! (Constellation)
  14. Fake Fruit – Fake Fruit (Rocks in Your Head)
  15. serpentwithfeet – DEACON (Jagjaguwar)
  16. Flock of Dimes – Head of Roses (Sub Pop)
  17. Slow Planes – Superterrestrial (Self-released)
  18. Minor Moon – Tethers (Ruination)
  19. Citrus Clouds – Collider (Lolipop)
  20. The Orielles – La Vita Olistica (Heavenly/PIAS)
  21. Dry Cleaning – New Long Leg (4AD)
  22. Liquid Soul – Lost Soul Vol. 1 (Soul What)
  23. Sofia Kourtesis – Fresia Magdalena (Werkdiscs)
  24. Man Made Mountain – Average Man (self-released)
  25. El Michels Affair – Yeti Season (Big Crown)
  26. tUnE-yArDs – sketchy. (4AD)
  27. Tash Sultana – Terra Firma (Mom + Pop)
  28. Valerie June – The Moon And Stars: Prescriptions For Dreamers (Fantasy/Concord)
  29. Arab Strap – As Days Get Dark (Rock Action)
  30. Fruit Bats – The Pet Parade (Merge)
  31. OK Cool – Drivers (Take A Hike)
  32. Harry James – Buy The Numbers (Potions)
  33. Go Time! – Eight Ball (Sound Gypsy)
  34. Josh Caterer – The Hideout Sessions (Pravda)
  35. L’Impératrice – Tako Tsubo (microqlima)
  36. Jackson Scribner – Jackson Scribner (We Know Better)
  37. Fimber Bravo – Lunar Tredd (Moshi Moshi)
  38. Bernice – Eau De Bonjourno (Telephone Explosion)
  39. Vanessa Peters – Modern Age (Idol)
  40. Nubiyan Twist – Freedom Fables (Strut)
  41. Genesis Owusu – Smiling With No Teeth (House Anxiety/Ourness)
  42. Prequel – Love Or (I Heard You Like Heartbreak) (Rhythm Section International)
  43. Noga Erez – KIDS (City Slang)
  44. Chris Corsano & Bill Orcutt – Made Out of Sound (Pailalia)
  45. 파란노을 (Parannoul) – To See the Next Part of the Dream (self-released)
  46. Miho Hatori – Between Isekai and Slice of Life (Self-released)
  47. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – L.W. (KGLW / Flightless)
  48. Alice Phoebe Lou – Glow (Self-released)
  49. Genghis Tron – Dream Weapon (Relapse)
  50. Stereolab – Electrically Possessed (Switched On Volume 4) (Warp/Duophonic)

This week's adds

  • Armand Hammer & The Alchemist – Haram (BackwoodzStudioz)
  • Civic – Future Forecast (Flightless)
  • Damon Locks Black Monument Ensemble – NOW (International Anthem)
  • Divine Sweater – Divine Sweater Presents: The Ten Year Plan (self-released)
  • Eleventh Dream Day – Since Grazed (Comedy Minus One)
  • Gilligan Moss – Gilligan Moss (Foreign Family Collective)
  • KRGA – Moi St. (Hoser)
  • La Femme – Paradigmes (Disque Pointu)
  • Nick Waterhouse – Promenade Blue (Innovative Leisure)
  • Rogér Fakhr – Fine Anyway (Habibi Funk)
  • SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE – ENTERTAINMENT, DEATH (Saddle Creek)
  • Spread Joy – Spread Joy (Feel It)
  • The Mind – Open Up the Window and Leave Your Mind (Lumpy)
  • The Reds, Pinks & Purples – Uncommon Weather (Slumberland)
  • Various – Bills & Aches & Blues (4AD)
  • Wurld Series – What's Growing (Meritorio/Melted Ice Cream)
  • Yaya Bey – The Things I Can't Take With Me (Big Dada)

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