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Top 50 for the Week of 7/21/15

  1. Veruca Salt – Ghost Notes (El Camino)
  2. California Wives – Heavy EP (HOMHOMHOM)
  3. Leon Bridges – Coming Home (Columbia)
  4. The Cairo Gang – Goes Missing (God?)
  5. Sweet Cobra – Earth (Magic Bullet)
  6. RP Boo – Fingers, Bank Pads & Shoe Prints (Planet Mu)
  7. The Bird and the Bee – Recreational Love (Rostrum)
  8. King Tut's Tomb – Shred (1980)
  9. Son Lux – Bones (Glassnote)
  10. Blackheart Honeymoon – Mountains Speak (self-released)
  11. The Bishop's Daredevil Stunt Club – Rock and Roll Motorcycle Dinosaur (self-released)
  12. Failure – The Heart is a Monster (INgrooves)
  13. Eleventh Dream Day – Works for Tomorrow (Thrill Jockey)
  14. Pete Rock – PeteStrumentals 2 (Mello Music Group)
  15. Vince Staples – Summertime '06 (Def Jam)
  16. Cold Cave – Full Cold Moon (Heartworm)
  17. Eternal Summers – Gold and Stone (Kanine)
  18. J Fernandez – Many Levels of Laughter (Joyful Noise)
  19. Nervosas – Nervosas (Dirtnap)
  20. Golden Eels – Periscopes in the Air (self-released)
  21. Miguel – Wildheart (RCA)
  22. Kinski – 7 (or 8) (Kill Rock Stars)
  23. Gossamer – Automaton (Innovative Leisure)
  24. Damaged Bug – Cold Hot Plumbs (Castle Face)
  25. Arthur Russell – Corn (Audika)
  26. Bully – Feels Like (StarTime International)
  27. Goblin Rebirth – Goblin Rebirth (Relapse)
  28. Various Artists – Royal Jesters: English Oldies (Numero Group)
  29. The Shifties – Western Automatic (self-released)
  30. Pins – Wild Nights (Bella Union)
  31. Jaill – Brain Cream (Burger)
  32. Nick Diamonds – City of Quartz (Manque Music)
  33. Yonatan Gat – Director (Joyful Noise)
  34. Ken Camden – Dream Memory (kranky)
  35. The Webstirs – Now You've Really Done It (Ginger)
  36. Ecstatic Vision – Sonic Praise (Relapse)
  37. Songs of Water – Stars and Dust (Freshwater)
  38. n. Lannon – Falling Inside (Badman)
  39. No Joy – More Faithful (Mexican Summer)
  40. Nozinja – Nozinja Lodge (Warp)
  41. White Reaper – White Reaper Does it Again (Polyvinyl)
  42. KaiL Baxley – A Light That Never Dies (Forty Below)
  43. Refused – Freedom (Epitaph)
  44. Self Defense Family – Heaven is Earth (Deathwish Inc.)
  45. Zomes – Near Unison (Near Unison)
  46. Nova Heart – Nova Heart (FakeLoveMusic)
  47. Dollys – Oh, Please (Mint 400/Sniffling Indie Kids)
  48. Black Vincent – Teardrop Deluxe (self-released)
  49. The Deslondes – The Deslondes (New West)
  50. Mates of State – You're Going to Make It EP (Barsuk)

This week's adds

  • Avery R. Young – Booker T. Soltreyne: A Race Rekkid (A. R-Rah International)
  • Stirrup – A Man Can't Ride on One (Whistler)
  • Creeping Pink – Mirror Woods (Castle Face)
  • The Velvet Teen – All Is Illusory (Topshelf)
  • Wume – Maintain (Ehse)
  • The Chemical Brothers – Born in the Echoes (Astralwerks)
  • Locrian – Infinite Dissolution (Relapse)
  • Ratatat – Magnifique (XL)
  • Jeremy and the Harlequins – American Dreamer (self-released)
  • Tame Impala – Currents (Interscope)
  • Strange Wilds – Subjective Concepts (Sub Pop)
  • Flying Saucer Attack – Instrumentals 2015 (Drag City)
  • Wilco – Star Wars (dBpm)
  • Runner of the Woods – Thirsty Valley (self-released)
  • Roommate – Make Like (Strange Weather)

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Top 50 for the Week of 7/14/15

  1. The Cairo Gang – Goes Missing (God?)
  2. Eleventh Dream Day – Works for Tomorrow (Thrill Jockey)
  3. The Webstirs – Now You've Really Done It (Ginger)
  4. The Shifties – Western Automatic (self-released)
  5. Arthur Russell – Corn (Audika)
  6. Ken Camden – Dream Memory (kranky)
  7. Pete Rock – PeteStrumentals 2 (Mello Music Group)
  8. Bully – Feels Like (StarTime International)
  9. RP Boo – Fingers, Bank Pads & Shoe Prints (Planet Mu)
  10. Flesh Panthers – NGC 2632 (Tall Pat/Dumpster Tapes)
  11. The Bishop's Daredevil Stunt Club – Rock and Roll Motorcycle Dinosaur (self-released)
  12. Various Artists – Royal Jesters: English Oldies (Numero Group)
  13. Dollys – Oh, Please (Mint 400/Sniffling Indie Kids)
  14. Miguel – Wildheart (RCA)
  15. Jaill – Brain Cream (Burger)
  16. Eternal Summers – Gold and Stone (Kanine)
  17. Vince Staples – Summertime '06 (Def Jam)
  18. Daughn Gibson – Carnation (Sub Pop)
  19. FFS – FFS (Domino)
  20. Cold Cave – Full Cold Moon (Heartworm)
  21. J Fernandez – Many Levels of Laughter (Joyful Noise)
  22. Nick Diamonds – City of Quartz (Manque Music)
  23. King Tut's Tomb – Shred (1980)
  24. Donnie Trumpet & The Social Experiment – Surf (self-released)
  25. Mates of State – You're Going to Make It EP (Barsuk)
  26. High on Fire – Luminiferous (eOne Music)
  27. No Joy – More Faithful (Mexican Summer)
  28. Golden Eels – Periscopes in the Air (self-released)
  29. Son Lux – Bones (Glassnote)
  30. Damaged Bug – Cold Hot Plumbs (Castle Face)
  31. Sink Tapes – In the Rug (Mint 400/Sniffling Indie Kids)
  32. Songs of Water – Stars and Dust (Freshwater)
  33. Groove Witness – Wandering Soul (self-released)
  34. Kinski – 7 (or 8) (Kill Rock Stars)
  35. Ego – Best of Chapters 1-4 (Maximum Pelt)
  36. Jennifer Hall – Jennifer Hall EP (self-released)
  37. Nova Heart – Nova Heart (FakeLoveMusic)
  38. Nozinja – Nozinja Lodge (Warp)
  39. Tasseomancy – Palm Wine Revisited (Healing Power)
  40. Nicolas Jaar – Pomegranates (self-released)
  41. Refused – Freedom (Epitaph)
  42. De Lux – Generation (Innovative Leisure)
  43. Zomes – Near Unison (Near Unison)
  44. Pins – Wild Nights (Bella Union)
  45. Mutoid Man – Bleeder (Sargent House)
  46. n. Lannon – Falling Inside (Badman)
  47. Rob Mazurek - Exploding Star Orchestra – Galactic Parables Volume 1 (Cuneiform)
  48. Linden – Rest and Be Thankful (Slumberland)
  49. Black Vincent – Teardrop Deluxe (self-released)
  50. KaiL Baxley – A Light That Never Dies (Forty Below)

This week's adds

  • Avery R. Young – Booker T. Soltreyne: A Race Rekkid (A. R-Rah International)
  • Prinzhorn Dance School – Home Economics (DFA)
  • Pale Chalice – Negate the Infinite and Miraculous (Gilead Media)
  • Vattnet Viskar – Settler (Century Media)
  • Leon Bridges – Coming Home (Columbia)
  • Khemmis – Absolution (20 Buck Spin)
  • Blackheart Honeymoon – Mountains Speak (self-released)
  • Failure – The Heart is a Monster (INgrooves)
  • White Reaper – White Reaper Does it Again (Polyvinyl)
  • Gossamer – Automaton (Innovative Leisure)
  • Veruca Salt – Ghost Notes (El Camino)
  • Sweet Cobra – Earth (Magic Bullet)
  • Ecstatic Vision – Sonic Praise (Relapse)
  • Goblin Rebirth – Goblin Rebirth (Relapse)
  • The Landing – How Strange To Be - EP (self-released)
  • Yonatan Gat – Director (Joyful Noise)
  • The Bird and the Bee – Recreational Love (Rostrum)
  • California Wives – Heavy EP (HOMHOMHOM)
  • Nervosas – Nervosas (Dirtnap)

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Top 50 for the Week of 7/7/15

  1. Eleventh Dream Day – Works for Tomorrow (Thrill Jockey)
  2. Various Artists – Royal Jesters: English Oldies (Numero Group)
  3. Eternal Summers – Gold and Stone (Kanine)
  4. J Fernandez – Many Levels of Laughter (Joyful Noise)
  5. Arthur Russell – Corn (Audika)
  6. Pete Rock – PeteStrumentals 2 (Mello Music Group)
  7. Ego – Best of Chapters 1-4 (Maximum Pelt)
  8. Jim O'Rourke – Simple Songs (Drag City)
  9. Nick Diamonds – City of Quartz (Manque Music)
  10. Bully – Feels Like (StarTime International)
  11. No Joy – More Faithful (Mexican Summer)
  12. King Tut's Tomb – Shred (1980)
  13. Donnie Trumpet & The Social Experiment – Surf (self-released)
  14. Kinski – 7 (or 8) (Kill Rock Stars)
  15. Jaill – Brain Cream (Burger)
  16. Ken Camden – Dream Memory (kranky)
  17. The Cairo Gang – Goes Missing (God?)
  18. Flesh Panthers – NGC 2632 (Tall Pat/Dumpster Tapes)
  19. The Webstirs – Now You've Really Done It (Ginger)
  20. Cold Cave – Full Cold Moon (Heartworm)
  21. Nova Heart – Nova Heart (FakeLoveMusic)
  22. Nozinja – Nozinja Lodge (Warp)
  23. The Deslondes – The Deslondes (New West)
  24. The Shifties – Western Automatic (self-released)
  25. Algiers – Algiers (Matador)
  26. Son Lux – Bones (Glassnote)
  27. Daughn Gibson – Carnation (Sub Pop)
  28. Damaged Bug – Cold Hot Plumbs (Castle Face)
  29. Nicolas Jaar – Pomegranates (self-released)
  30. Pins – Wild Nights (Bella Union)
  31. Summer Camp – Bad Love (Moshi Moshi)
  32. Girlpool – Before the World Was Big (Wichita)
  33. Refused – Freedom (Epitaph)
  34. Thee Oh Sees – Mutilator Defeated at Last (Castle Face)
  35. Mates of State – You're Going to Make It EP (Barsuk)
  36. KaiL Baxley – A Light That Never Dies (Forty Below)
  37. FFS – FFS (Domino)
  38. Rob Mazurek - Exploding Star Orchestra – Galactic Parables Volume 1 (Cuneiform)
  39. Groove Witness – Wandering Soul (self-released)
  40. A$AP Rocky – At.Long.Last.A$AP (RCA)
  41. Mutoid Man – Bleeder (Sargent House)
  42. De Lux – Generation (Innovative Leisure)
  43. Jennifer Hall – Jennifer Hall EP (self-released)
  44. High on Fire – Luminiferous (eOne Music)
  45. Zomes – Near Unison (Near Unison)
  46. Linden – Rest and Be Thankful (Slumberland)
  47. KEN mode – Success (Season of Mist)
  48. Dommengang – Everybody's Boogie (Thrill Jockey)
  49. Self Defense Family – Heaven is Earth (Deathwish Inc.)
  50. Prinzhorn Dance School – Home Economics (DFA)

This week's adds

  • Michelle Blades – Ataraxia (Midnight Special)
  • Death Alley – Black Magick Boogieland (Tee Pee)
  • Little Wings – Explains (Woodsist)
  • Robert Pollard – Faulty Superheroes (GBV Inc.)
  • Weedeater – Goliathan (Season of Mist)
  • Jacco Gardner – Hypnophobia (Polyvinyl)
  • Sharon Van Etten – I Don't Want to Let You Down EP (Jagjaguwar)
  • My Brightest Diamond – I Had Grown Wild EP (Asthmatic Kitty )
  • Jamie xx – In Colour (Young Turks)
  • Lucifer – Lucifer I (Rise Above)
  • Lapalux – Lustmore (Brainfeeder)
  • Needs – Needs (File Under: Music)
  • Trails and Ways – Pathology (Barsuk)
  • Holly Herndon – Platform (4AD)
  • King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Quarters (Castle Face)
  • Shamir – Ratchet (XL)
  • Kid606 – Recollected Ambient Works Vol. 1: Bored of Excitement (Tigerbeat6)
  • Valkyrie – Shadows (Relapse)
  • Tau Cross – Tau Cross (Relapse)
  • Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin – The High Country (Polyvinyl)
  • Tempel – The Moon Lit Our Path (Prosthetic)
  • Paradise Lost – The Plague Within (Century Media)
  • Mamaleek – Via Dolorosa (The Flenser)
  • Juan Wauters – Who Me? (Captured Tracks )
  • Kid Wave – Wonderlust (Heavenly)

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Top 50 for the Week of 6/30/15

  1. Eleventh Dream Day – Works for Tomorrow (Thrill Jockey)
  2. J Fernandez – Many Levels of Laughter (Joyful Noise)
  3. The Shifties – Western Automatic (self-released)
  4. Damaged Bug – Cold Hot Plumbs (Castle Face)
  5. Mates of State – You're Going to Make It EP (Barsuk)
  6. Daughn Gibson – Carnation (Sub Pop)
  7. Arthur Russell – Corn (Audika)
  8. Ken Camden – Dream Memory (kranky)
  9. Donnie Trumpet & The Social Experiment – Surf (self-released)
  10. Groove Witness – Wandering Soul (self-released)
  11. Son Lux – Bones (Glassnote)
  12. FFS – FFS (Domino)
  13. Sharon Van Etten – I Don't Want to Let You Down EP (Jagjaguwar)
  14. Jamie xx – In Colour (Young Turks)
  15. Circuit des Yeux – In Plain Speech (Thrill Jockey)
  16. Algiers – Algiers (Matador)
  17. Summer Camp – Bad Love (Moshi Moshi)
  18. Girlpool – Before the World Was Big (Wichita)
  19. Thee Oh Sees – Mutilator Defeated at Last (Castle Face)
  20. Zomes – Near Unison (Near Unison)
  21. Flesh Panthers – NGC 2632 (Tall Pat/Dumpster Tapes)
  22. Nick Diamonds – City of Quartz (Manque Music)
  23. Bully – Feels Like (StarTime International)
  24. Jennifer Hall – Jennifer Hall EP (self-released)
  25. Jim O'Rourke – Simple Songs (Drag City)
  26. A$AP Rocky – At.Long.Last.A$AP (RCA)
  27. De Lux – Generation (Innovative Leisure)
  28. Prinzhorn Dance School – Home Economics (DFA)
  29. Spaces of Disappearance – Passionate Electronics (Walk-In)
  30. Shamir – Ratchet (XL)
  31. The Deslondes – The Deslondes (New West)
  32. Pins – Wild Nights (Bella Union)
  33. Kinski – 7 (or 8) (Kill Rock Stars)
  34. Jacco Gardner – Hypnophobia (Polyvinyl)
  35. Stranger Cat – In the Wilderness (Joyful Noise)
  36. No Joy – More Faithful (Mexican Summer)
  37. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Quarters (Castle Face)
  38. KEN mode – Success (Season of Mist)
  39. My Brightest Diamond – I Had Grown Wild EP (Asthmatic Kitty )
  40. Matt Skiba and the Sekrets – Kuts (Superball)
  41. High on Fire – Luminiferous (eOne Music)
  42. Holly Herndon – Platform (4AD)
  43. Linden – Rest and Be Thankful (Slumberland)
  44. Black Vincent – Teardrop Deluxe (self-released)
  45. Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin – The High Country (Polyvinyl)
  46. Sewingneedle – Vote of No Confidence (Aerial Ballet )
  47. Lapalux – Lustmore (Brainfeeder)
  48. Tasseomancy – Palm Wine Revisited (Healing Power)
  49. Trails and Ways – Pathology (Barsuk)
  50. Kid Wave – Wonderlust (Heavenly)

This week's adds

  • Legowelt – Anaconda Flow EP (Technicolour)
  • Crocodiles – Boys (Zoo Music)
  • Guantanamo Baywatch – Darling...It's Too Late (Suicide Squeeze)
  • Tempel – The Moon Lit Our Path (Prosthetic)
  • Prurient – Frozen Niagara Falls (Profound Lore)
  • Bossa IV – Fuga Azzurri (self-released)
  • And So I Watch You From Afar – Heirs (Sargent House)
  • Knxwledge – Hud Dreems (Stones Throw)
  • Shilpa Ray – Last Year's Savage (Northern Spy)
  • Patrick Watson – Love Songs for Robots (Domino)
  • Icky Blossoms – Mask (Saddle Creek)
  • Unknown Mortal Orchestra – Multi-Love (Jagjaguwar)
  • Elvis Depressedly – New Alhambra (Run for Cover)
  • Joanna Gruesome – Peanut Butter (Slumberland)
  • Daniel Bachman – River (Three Lobed Recordings)
  • Reina del Cid – The Cooling (self-released)
  • White Eyes – White Eyes (Numero Group)
  • Hot Chip – Why Make Sense? (Domino)
  • Jad Fair & Norman Blake – Yes (Joyful Noise)

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Top 50 for the Week of 6/23/15

  1. FFS – FFS (Domino)
  2. Shamir – Ratchet (XL)
  3. J Fernandez – Many Levels of Laughter (Joyful Noise)
  4. Flesh Panthers – NGC 2632 (Tall Pat/Dumpster Tapes)
  5. Donnie Trumpet & The Social Experiment – Surf (self-released)
  6. Prinzhorn Dance School – Home Economics (DFA)
  7. Vadaat Charigim – Sinking as a Stone (Burger)
  8. Pins – Wild Nights (Bella Union)
  9. Towkio – .Wav Theory (self-released)
  10. A$AP Rocky – At.Long.Last.A$AP (RCA)
  11. Nick Diamonds – City of Quartz (Manque Music)
  12. Circuit des Yeux – In Plain Speech (Thrill Jockey)
  13. No Joy – More Faithful (Mexican Summer)
  14. Jim O'Rourke – Simple Songs (Drag City)
  15. Summer Camp – Bad Love (Moshi Moshi)
  16. Jacco Gardner – Hypnophobia (Polyvinyl)
  17. Jennifer Hall – Jennifer Hall EP (self-released)
  18. Nozinja – Nozinja Lodge (Warp)
  19. Black Vincent – Teardrop Deluxe (self-released)
  20. Groove Witness – Wandering Soul (self-released)
  21. Dommengang – Everybody's Boogie (Thrill Jockey)
  22. Bossa IV – Fuga Azzurri (self-released)
  23. Sharon Van Etten – I Don't Want to Let You Down EP (Jagjaguwar)
  24. Jamie xx – In Colour (Young Turks)
  25. Shilpa Ray – Last Year's Savage (Northern Spy)
  26. Icky Blossoms – Mask (Saddle Creek)
  27. Tasseomancy – Palm Wine Revisited (Healing Power)
  28. Joanna Gruesome – Peanut Butter (Slumberland)
  29. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Quarters (Castle Face)
  30. Hot Chip – Why Make Sense? (Domino)
  31. Algiers – Algiers (Matador)
  32. Crocodiles – Boys (Zoo Music)
  33. Robert Pollard – Faulty Superheroes (GBV Inc.)
  34. And So I Watch You From Afar – Heirs (Sargent House)
  35. My Brightest Diamond – I Had Grown Wild EP (Asthmatic Kitty )
  36. Stranger Cat – In the Wilderness (Joyful Noise)
  37. Unknown Mortal Orchestra – Multi-Love (Jagjaguwar)
  38. Shana Cleveland & The Sandcastles – Oh Man, Cover the Ground (Suicide Squeeze)
  39. Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin – The High Country (Polyvinyl)
  40. Kinski – 7 (or 8) (Kill Rock Stars)
  41. Michelle Blades – Ataraxia (Midnight Special)
  42. Daughn Gibson – Carnation (Sub Pop)
  43. Guantanamo Baywatch – Darling...It's Too Late (Suicide Squeeze)
  44. Rob Mazurek - Exploding Star Orchestra – Galactic Parables Volume 1 (Cuneiform)
  45. Spaces of Disappearance – Passionate Electronics (Walk-In)
  46. Trails and Ways – Pathology (Barsuk)
  47. Holly Herndon – Platform (4AD)
  48. KEN mode – Success (Season of Mist)
  49. Matt Skiba and the Sekrets – Kuts (Superball)
  50. Valet – Nature (kranky)

This week's adds

  • Paradise Lost – The Plague Within (Century Media)
  • Jad Fair & Norman Blake – Yes (Joyful Noise)
  • Eleventh Dream Day – Works for Tomorrow (Thrill Jockey)
  • Mates of State – You're Going to Make It EP (Barsuk)
  • High on Fire – Luminiferous (eOne Music)
  • Fight Amp – Constantly Off (Brutal Panda)
  • Zomes – Near Unison (Near Unison)
  • Arthur Russell – Corn (Audika)
  • Bully – Feels Like (StarTime International)
  • Son Lux – Bones (Glassnote)
  • Ken Camden – Dream Memory (kranky)
  • Damaged Bug – Cold Hot Plumbs (Castle Face)
  • The Shifties – Western Automatic (self-released)
  • Linden – Rest and Be Thankful (Slumberland)
  • De Lux – Generation (Innovative Leisure)

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