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Top 50 for the Week of 6/16/15

  1. Flesh PanthersNGC 2632 (Tall Pat/Dumpster Tapes)
  2. FFSFFS (Domino)
  3. Sharon Van EttenI Don't Want to Let You Down EP (Jagjaguwar)
  4. Donnie Trumpet & The Social ExperimentSurf (self-released)
  5. Unknown Mortal OrchestraMulti-Love (Jagjaguwar)
  6. Jim O'RourkeSimple Songs (Drag City)
  7. AlgiersAlgiers (Matador)
  8. A$AP RockyAt.Long.Last.A$AP (RCA)
  9. Jennifer HallJennifer Hall EP (self-released)
  10. GirlpoolBefore the World Was Big (Wichita)
  11. Matt Skiba and the SekretsKuts (Superball)
  12. Michelle BladesAtaraxia (Midnight Special)
  13. My Brightest DiamondI Had Grown Wild EP (Asthmatic Kitty )
  14. Jamie xxIn Colour (Young Turks)
  15. Thee Oh SeesMutilator Defeated at Last (Castle Face)
  16. Someone Still Loves You Boris YeltsinThe High Country (Polyvinyl)
  17. Summer CampBad Love (Moshi Moshi)
  18. Robert PollardFaulty Superheroes (GBV Inc.)
  19. Rob Mazurek - Exploding Star OrchestraGalactic Parables Volume 1 (Cuneiform)
  20. Holly HerndonPlatform (4AD)
  21. Reina del CidThe Cooling (self-released)
  22. Juan WautersWho Me? (Captured Tracks )
  23. Hot ChipWhy Make Sense? (Domino)
  24. Daughn GibsonCarnation (Sub Pop)
  25. And So I Watch You From AfarHeirs (Sargent House)
  26. Shana Cleveland & The SandcastlesOh Man, Cover the Ground (Suicide Squeeze)
  27. Joanna GruesomePeanut Butter (Slumberland)
  28. King Gizzard & The Lizard WizardQuarters (Castle Face)
  29. ShamirRatchet (XL)
  30. Groove WitnessWandering Soul (self-released)
  31. Towkio.Wav Theory (self-released)
  32. Jacco GardnerHypnophobia (Polyvinyl)
  33. Shilpa RayLast Year's Savage (Northern Spy)
  34. Trails and WaysPathology (Barsuk)
  35. Kid WaveWonderlust (Heavenly)
  36. Various Artists50 Bands and a Cat for Indiana Equality (Joyful Noise)
  37. CrocodilesBoys (Zoo Music)
  38. Palma VioletsDanger in the Club (Rough Trade)
  39. Nosaj ThingFated (Innovative Leisure)
  40. Prinzhorn Dance SchoolHome Economics (DFA)
  41. Circuit des YeuxIn Plain Speech (Thrill Jockey)
  42. Patrick WatsonLove Songs for Robots (Domino)
  43. Spaces of DisappearancePassionate Electronics (Walk-In)
  44. Jonah Parzen-JohnsonRemember When Things Were Better Tomorrow (Primary)
  45. Daniel BachmanRiver (Three Lobed Recordings)
  46. The SonicsThis is the Sonics (Revox)
  47. SewingneedleVote of No Confidence (Aerial Ballet )
  48. The Tallest Man on EarthDark Bird is Home (Dead Oceans)
  49. Delia GonzalezIn Remembrance (DFA)
  50. ValetNature (kranky)

This week's adds

  • Paradise LostThe Plague Within (Century Media)
  • Black VincentTeardrop Deluxe (self-released)
  • Flesh WorldThe Wild Animals in My Life (Iron Lung)
  • Stranger CatIn the Wilderness (Joyful Noise)
  • DommengangEverybody's Boogie (Thrill Jockey)
  • The DeslondesThe Deslondes (New West)
  • Vadaat CharigimSinking as a Stone (Burger)
  • Tau CrossTau Cross (Relapse)
  • No JoyMore Faithful (Mexican Summer)
  • PinsWild Nights (Bella Union)
  • TasseomancyPalm Wine Revisited (Healing Power)
  • Kinski7 (or 8) (Kill Rock Stars)
  • Vattnet ViskarSettler (Century Media)
  • TempelThe Moon Lit Our Path (Prosthetic)
  • Nick DiamondsCity of Quartz (Manque Music)
  • J FernandezMany Levels of Laughter (Joyful Noise)
  • KEN modeSuccess (Season of Mist)
  • NozinjaNozinja Lodge (Warp)

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Top 50 for the Week of 6/9/15

  1. AlgiersAlgiers (Matador)
  2. Jim O'RourkeSimple Songs (Drag City)
  3. Sharon Van EttenI Don't Want to Let You Down EP (Jagjaguwar)
  4. ShamirRatchet (XL)
  5. Jamie xxIn Colour (Young Turks)
  6. Thee Oh SeesMutilator Defeated at Last (Castle Face)
  7. Towkio.Wav Theory (self-released)
  8. Hot ChipWhy Make Sense? (Domino)
  9. A$AP RockyAt.Long.Last.A$AP (RCA)
  10. GirlpoolBefore the World Was Big (Wichita)
  11. King Gizzard & The Lizard WizardQuarters (Castle Face)
  12. Jacco GardnerHypnophobia (Polyvinyl)
  13. ValetNature (kranky)
  14. Guantanamo BaywatchDarling...It's Too Late (Suicide Squeeze)
  15. Trails and WaysPathology (Barsuk)
  16. Holly HerndonPlatform (4AD)
  17. Someone Still Loves You Boris YeltsinThe High Country (Polyvinyl)
  18. BlurThe Magic Whip (Warner Bros.)
  19. d. stinePutting Orphans to Bed (self-released)
  20. LapaluxLustmore (Brainfeeder)
  21. Gold StarDark Days (Starfish)
  22. Unknown Mortal OrchestraMulti-Love (Jagjaguwar)
  23. Joanna GruesomePeanut Butter (Slumberland)
  24. Surfer Blood1000 Palms (Joyful Noise)
  25. Robert PollardFaulty Superheroes (GBV Inc.)
  26. My Brightest DiamondI Had Grown Wild EP (Asthmatic Kitty )
  27. Bossa IVFuga Azzurri (self-released)
  28. Daniel BachmanRiver (Three Lobed Recordings)
  29. Various Artists50 Bands and a Cat for Indiana Equality (Joyful Noise)
  30. The SonicsThis is the Sonics (Revox)
  31. Circuit des YeuxIn Plain Speech (Thrill Jockey)
  32. GoatsnakeBlack Age Blues (Southern Lord)
  33. Shana Cleveland & The SandcastlesOh Man, Cover the Ground (Suicide Squeeze)
  34. Juan WautersWho Me? (Captured Tracks )
  35. Kid WaveWonderlust (Heavenly)
  36. And So I Watch You From AfarHeirs (Sargent House)
  37. Reina del CidThe Cooling (self-released)
  38. Spaces of DisappearancePassionate Electronics (Walk-In)
  39. The Helio SequenceThe Helio Sequence (Sub Pop)
  40. Django DjangoBorn Under Saturn (Ribbon)
  41. Stealing SheepNot Real (Heavenly)
  42. Various ArtistsThe Alchemist and Oh No Present: Welcome to Los Santos (Mass Appeal)
  43. Death AlleyBlack Magick Boogieland (Tee Pee)
  44. WeedeaterGoliathan (Season of Mist)
  45. ValkyrieShadows (Relapse)
  46. CrocodilesBoys (Zoo Music)
  47. Shilpa RayLast Year's Savage (Northern Spy)
  48. Icky BlossomsMask (Saddle Creek)
  49. Palma VioletsDanger in the Club (Rough Trade)
  50. Nosaj ThingFated (Innovative Leisure)

This week's adds

  • Jad Fair & Norman BlakeYes (Joyful Noise)
  • Steve Von TillA Life Unto Itself (Neurot)
  • Best CoastCalifornia Nights (Harvest)
  • SquarepusherDamogen Furies (Warp)
  • BraidsDeep In the Iris (Arbutus)
  • WestkustLast Forever (Run for Cover/Luxury)
  • Saun & StarrLook Closer (Daptone)
  • MGMG (Mute)
  • Rose WindowsRose Windows (Sub Pop)
  • Show Me the BodySMTB EP (Letter Racer)
  • SwearwordsSolar Vortex (self-released)
  • Alabama ShakesSound & Color (ATO)
  • WinterSupreme Blue Dream (Lolipop)
  • TribulationThe Children of the Night (Century Media)
  • DTCVUptime! (Unsatisfied)
  • Matt Skiba and the SekretsKuts (Superball)
  • Daughn GibsonCarnation (Sub Pop)
  • Donnie Trumpet & The Social ExperimentSurf (self-released)
  • Groove WitnessWandering Soul (self-released)
  • Paradise LostThe Plague Within (Century Media)
  • Rob Mazurek - Exploding Star OrchestraGalactic Parables Volume 1 (Cuneiform)
  • SewingneedleVote of No Confidence (Aerial Ballet )
  • Summer CampBad Love (Moshi Moshi)
  • Round EyeRound Eye (Ripping)
  • Jonah Parzen-JohnsonRemember When Things Were Better Tomorrow (Primary)
  • LuciferLucifer I (Rise Above)
  • Flesh PanthersNGC 2632 (Tall Pat/Dumpster Tapes)
  • Jennifer HallJennifer Hall EP (self-released)
  • Prinzhorn Dance SchoolHome Economics (DFA)
  • FFSFFS (Domino)

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Top 50 for the Week of 6/2/15

  1. Hot ChipWhy Make Sense? (Domino)
  2. Circuit des YeuxIn Plain Speech (Thrill Jockey)
  3. Towkio.Wav Theory (self-released)
  4. Spaces of DisappearancePassionate Electronics (Walk-In)
  5. Icky BlossomsMask (Saddle Creek)
  6. The SonicsThis is the Sonics (Revox)
  7. Surfer Blood1000 Palms (Joyful Noise)
  8. Best CoastCalifornia Nights (Harvest)
  9. White EyesWhite Eyes (Numero Group)
  10. CrocodilesBoys (Zoo Music)
  11. Guantanamo BaywatchDarling...It's Too Late (Suicide Squeeze)
  12. Bossa IVFuga Azzurri (self-released)
  13. Unknown Mortal OrchestraMulti-Love (Jagjaguwar)
  14. Joanna GruesomePeanut Butter (Slumberland)
  15. The Helio SequenceThe Helio Sequence (Sub Pop)
  16. Django DjangoBorn Under Saturn (Ribbon)
  17. Chui WanChui Wan (Maybe Mars)
  18. Nosaj ThingFated (Innovative Leisure)
  19. Girl BandThe Early Years EP (Rough Trade)
  20. Built to SpillUntethered Moon (Warner Bros.)
  21. Various Artists50 Bands and a Cat for Indiana Equality (Joyful Noise)
  22. Palma VioletsDanger in the Club (Rough Trade)
  23. The Tallest Man on EarthDark Bird is Home (Dead Oceans)
  24. They Might Be GiantsGlean (Idlewild)
  25. Giant SandHeartbreak Pass (New West)
  26. Shilpa RayLast Year's Savage (Northern Spy)
  27. Elvis DepressedlyNew Alhambra (Run for Cover)
  28. Hop AlongPainted Shut (Saddle Creek)
  29. Peach Kelli PopPeach Kelli Pop III (Burger)
  30. SwearwordsSolar Vortex (self-released)
  31. BlurThe Magic Whip (Warner Bros.)
  32. WireWire (Pink Flag)
  33. LegoweltAnaconda Flow EP (Technicolour)
  34. BanditosBanditos (Bloodshot)
  35. ColleenCaptain of None (Thrill Jockey)
  36. East India YouthCulture of Volume (XL)
  37. BraidsDeep In the Iris (Arbutus)
  38. And So I Watch You From AfarHeirs (Sargent House)
  39. KnxwledgeHud Dreems (Stones Throw)
  40. Delia GonzalezIn Remembrance (DFA)
  41. Passion PitKindred (Columbia)
  42. Saun & StarrLook Closer (Daptone)
  43. Patrick WatsonLove Songs for Robots (Domino)
  44. Mikal CroninMCIII (Merge)
  45. SlugRipe (Memphis Industries)
  46. Daniel BachmanRiver (Three Lobed Recordings)
  47. DTCVUptime! (Unsatisfied)
  48. Mavis StaplesYour Good Fortune EP (Anti-)
  49. William SteffeyAccidents and Melodies (Aquariphone)
  50. John Andrews & The YawnsBit By the Fang (Woodsist)

This week's adds

  • Steve Von TillA Life Unto Itself (Neurot)
  • The Mountain GoatsBeat the Champ (Merge)
  • RazorhouseCodex Du EP (Heat Shield)
  • Becca Stevens BandPerfect Animal (Universal Music Classics)
  • Young FathersWhite Men Are Black Men Too (Big Dada)
  • Jad Fair & Norman BlakeYes (Joyful Noise)

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Top 50 for the Week of 5/26/15

  1. CrocodilesBoys (Zoo Music)
  2. Hot ChipWhy Make Sense? (Domino)
  3. BlurThe Magic Whip (Warner Bros.)
  4. Unknown Mortal OrchestraMulti-Love (Jagjaguwar)
  5. Joanna GruesomePeanut Butter (Slumberland)
  6. Bossa IVFuga Azzurri (self-released)
  7. Icky BlossomsMask (Saddle Creek)
  8. White EyesWhite Eyes (Numero Group)
  9. Circuit des YeuxIn Plain Speech (Thrill Jockey)
  10. The SonicsThis is the Sonics (Revox)
  11. Surfer Blood1000 Palms (Joyful Noise)
  12. East India YouthCulture of Volume (XL)
  13. Nosaj ThingFated (Innovative Leisure)
  14. KnxwledgeHud Dreems (Stones Throw)
  15. Spaces of DisappearancePassionate Electronics (Walk-In)
  16. Lili K.Ruby (self-released)
  17. Various Artists50 Bands and a Cat for Indiana Equality (Joyful Noise)
  18. Best CoastCalifornia Nights (Harvest)
  19. Guantanamo BaywatchDarling...It's Too Late (Suicide Squeeze)
  20. Passion PitKindred (Columbia)
  21. Mac McCaughanNon-Believers (Merge)
  22. Hop AlongPainted Shut (Saddle Creek)
  23. Mavis StaplesYour Good Fortune EP (Anti-)
  24. Towkio.Wav Theory (self-released)
  25. LegoweltAnaconda Flow EP (Technicolour)
  26. ColleenCaptain of None (Thrill Jockey)
  27. Palma VioletsDanger in the Club (Rough Trade)
  28. The Tallest Man on EarthDark Bird is Home (Dead Oceans)
  29. Speedy OrtizFoil Deer (Carpark)
  30. Giant SandHeartbreak Pass (New West)
  31. And So I Watch You From AfarHeirs (Sargent House)
  32. Delia GonzalezIn Remembrance (DFA)
  33. WestkustLast Forever (Run for Cover/Luxury)
  34. d. stinePutting Orphans to Bed (self-released)
  35. SlugRipe (Memphis Industries)
  36. Daniel BachmanRiver (Three Lobed Recordings)
  37. Chui WanChui Wan (Maybe Mars)
  38. Shilpa RayLast Year's Savage (Northern Spy)
  39. Saun & StarrLook Closer (Daptone)
  40. The Variable WhyLooking at the Triangles (Patient Sounds)
  41. Girl BandThe Early Years EP (Rough Trade)
  42. Fred ThomasAll Are Saved (Polyvinyl)
  43. Django DjangoBorn Under Saturn (Ribbon)
  44. SquarepusherDamogen Furies (Warp)
  45. Gold StarDark Days (Starfish)
  46. BraidsDeep In the Iris (Arbutus)
  47. METZII (Sub Pop)
  48. Elvis DepressedlyNew Alhambra (Run for Cover)
  49. LeggyNice Try (self-released)
  50. Rose WindowsRose Windows (Sub Pop)

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Top 50 for the Week of 5/19/15

  1. Nosaj ThingFated (Innovative Leisure)
  2. BlurThe Magic Whip (Warner Bros.)
  3. The SonicsThis is the Sonics (Revox)
  4. Spaces of DisappearancePassionate Electronics (Walk-In)
  5. Various Artists50 Bands and a Cat for Indiana Equality (Joyful Noise)
  6. Delia GonzalezIn Remembrance (DFA)
  7. Mac McCaughanNon-Believers (Merge)
  8. The Tallest Man on EarthDark Bird is Home (Dead Oceans)
  9. Circuit des YeuxIn Plain Speech (Thrill Jockey)
  10. The Helio SequenceThe Helio Sequence (Sub Pop)
  11. Surfer Blood1000 Palms (Joyful Noise)
  12. Django DjangoBorn Under Saturn (Ribbon)
  13. Best CoastCalifornia Nights (Harvest)
  14. Mavis StaplesYour Good Fortune EP (Anti-)
  15. William SteffeyAccidents and Melodies (Aquariphone)
  16. SquarepusherDamogen Furies (Warp)
  17. Palma VioletsDanger in the Club (Rough Trade)
  18. Giant SandHeartbreak Pass (New West)
  19. Mikal CroninMCIII (Merge)
  20. ColleenCaptain of None (Thrill Jockey)
  21. BraidsDeep In the Iris (Arbutus)
  22. Tyondai BraxtonHIVE1 (Nonesuch)
  23. WestkustLast Forever (Run for Cover/Luxury)
  24. Hop AlongPainted Shut (Saddle Creek)
  25. Rose WindowsRose Windows (Sub Pop)
  26. Tei ShiVerde EP (Mom+Pop)
  27. WireWire (Pink Flag)
  28. East India YouthCulture of Volume (XL)
  29. George FitzGeraldFading Love (Double Six)
  30. Passion PitKindred (Columbia)
  31. White MannaPan (Captcha)
  32. Ghastly MenaceSongs of Ghastly Menace (Record Machine)
  33. Various ArtistsThe Alchemist and Oh No Present: Welcome to Los Santos (Mass Appeal)
  34. Girl BandThe Early Years EP (Rough Trade)
  35. Pale BlueThe Past We Leave Behind (2MR)
  36. Young FathersWhite Men Are Black Men Too (Big Dada)
  37. BanditosBanditos (Bloodshot)
  38. Chui WanChui Wan (Maybe Mars)
  39. They Might Be GiantsGlean (Idlewild)
  40. METZII (Sub Pop)
  41. Elvis DepressedlyNew Alhambra (Run for Cover)
  42. SlugRipe (Memphis Industries)
  43. Lili K.Ruby (self-released)
  44. SwearwordsSolar Vortex (self-released)
  45. Alabama ShakesSound & Color (ATO)
  46. Built to SpillUntethered Moon (Warner Bros.)
  47. ColiseumAnxiety's Kiss (Deathwish Inc.)
  48. The Mountain GoatsBeat the Champ (Merge)
  49. RazorhouseCodex Du EP (Heat Shield)
  50. Speedy OrtizFoil Deer (Carpark)

This week's adds

  • Guantanamo BaywatchDarling...It's Too Late (Suicide Squeeze)
  • LegoweltAnaconda Flow EP (Technicolour)
  • Towkio.Wav Theory (self-released)
  • Patrick WatsonLove Songs for Robots (Domino)
  • Reina del CidThe Cooling (self-released)
  • Bossa IVFuga Azzurri (self-released)
  • Icky BlossomsMask (Saddle Creek)
  • PrurientFrozen Niagara Falls (Profound Lore)
  • Jad Fair & Norman BlakeYes (Joyful Noise)
  • Unknown Mortal OrchestraMulti-Love (Jagjaguwar)
  • Joanna GruesomePeanut Butter (Slumberland)
  • Daniel BachmanRiver (Three Lobed Recordings)
  • Shilpa RayLast Year's Savage (Northern Spy)
  • Hot ChipWhy Make Sense? (Domino)
  • Gold StarDark Days (Starfish)
  • CrocodilesBoys (Zoo Music)
  • KnxwledgeHud Dreems (Stones Throw)
  • White EyesWhite Eyes (Numero Group)
  • And So I Watch You From AfarHeirs (Sargent House)

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