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Top 50 for the Week of 4/7/15

  1. Sufjan StevensCarrie & Lowell (Asthmatic Kitty)
  2. King Khan & BBQ ShowBad News Boys (In the Red)
  3. Kendrick LamarTo Pimp a Butterfly (Interscope)
  4. VarsityVarsity (Jurassic Pop)
  5. Jimmy WhispersSummer in Pain (Moniker)
  6. Courtney BarnettSometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit (Mom + Pop)
  7. Death Cab for CutieKintsugi (Atlantic)
  8. ImplodesReverser (Gilead Media)
  9. Twin ShadowEclipse (Warner Bros.)
  10. Modest MouseStrangers to Ourselves (Epic)
  11. Via TaniaVia Tania and the Tomorrow Music Orchestra (Narooma)
  12. Lower DensEscape from Evil (Domino)
  13. SwervedriverI Wasn't Born to Lose You (Cobraside)
  14. Makaya McCravenIn the Moment (International Anthem)
  15. Moon DuoShadow of the Sun (Sacred Bones)
  16. Lightning BoltFantasy Empire (Thrill Jockey)
  17. Jack DeJohnetteMade in Chicago (ECM)
  18. The Go! TeamThe Scene Between (Memphis Industries)
  19. Various ArtistsUltra-High Frequencies: The Chicago Party (Numero Group)
  20. Jon Spencer Blues ExplosionFreedom Tower: No Wave Dance Party 2015 (Mom + Pop)
  21. The O'My'sKeeping the Faith EP (self-released)
  22. Dorsal FinsMind Renovation (Gripless/Remote Control)
  23. Ryley WalkerPrimrose Green (Dead Oceans)
  24. BADBADNOTGOOD & Ghostface KillahSour Soul (Lex)
  25. Chastity BeltTime to Go Home (Hardly Art)
  26. JEFF the BrotherhoodWasted on the Dream (Infinity Cat)
  27. Purity RingAnother Eternity (4AD)
  28. Cannibal OxBlade of the Ronin (IGC)
  29. THEESatisfactionEarthEE (Sub Pop)
  30. IbeyiIbeyi (XL)
  31. ChelanEqual Under Pressure (self-released)
  32. Tobias Jesso Jr.Goon (True Panther)
  33. Will ButlerPolicy (Merge)
  34. Young GuvRipe 4 Luv (Slumberland)
  35. LiturgyThe Ark Work (Thrill Jockey)
  36. Petite NoirThe King of Anxiety EP (Domino)
  37. Radical DadsUniversal Coolers (Old Flame)
  38. Lala LalaHave a Good Day (Manic Static)
  39. LoneLadyHinterland (Warp)
  40. PileYou're Better than This (Exploding in Sound)
  41. VetiverComplete Strangers (Easy Sound Recordings)
  42. Matthew E. WhiteFresh Blood (Domino)
  43. The Prefab MessiahsKeep Your Stupid Dreams Alive (Burger)
  44. ReptarLurid Glow (Joyful Noise)
  45. The Bitter RootsNoise Vibrations and Fumes (Water Works Hill)
  46. Sir Richard BishopTangier Sessions (Drag City)
  47. Fairmont8 ½ (Mint 400)
  48. Diamond RugsCosmetics (Sycamore/Thirty Tigers)
  49. Evans the DeathExpect Delays (Slumberland)
  50. Simon JoynerGrass, Branch & Bone (Woodsist)

This week's adds

  • MinskThe Crash & the Draw (Relapse)
  • Ghastly MenaceSongs of Ghastly Menace (The Record Machine)
  • WaxahatcheeIvy Tripp (Merge)
  • Toro y MoiWhat For? (Carpark)
  • Godspeed You! Black Emperor‘Asunder, Sweet and Other Distress’ (2015)
  • The Soft MoonDeeper (Captured Tracks)
  • JlinDark Energy (Planet Mu)
  • Royal ThunderCrooked Doors (Relapse)
  • KywoPearl EP (self-released)
  • RazorhouseCodex Du EP (Heat Shield)
  • MarriagesSalome (Sargent House)
  • DinnerThree EPs 2012-2014 (Captured Tracks)
  • DrengeUndertow (ADA)
  • Laura MarlingShort Movie (Ribbon)
  • Vijay Iyer TrioBreak Stuff (ECM)
  • Faith HealerCosmic Troubles (Mint)
  • American WrestlersAmerican Wrestlers (Fat Possum)
  • POW!Fight Fire (Castle Face)

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Top 50 for the Week of 3/31/15

  1. Kendrick LamarTo Pimp a Butterfly (Interscope)
  2. King Khan & BBQ ShowBad News Boys (In the Red)
  3. Ryley WalkerPrimrose Green (Dead Oceans)
  4. Modest MouseStrangers to Ourselves (Epic)
  5. Jon Spencer Blues ExplosionFreedom Tower: No Wave Dance Party 2015 (Mom + Pop)
  6. SwervedriverI Wasn't Born to Lose You (Cobraside)
  7. Will ButlerPolicy (Merge)
  8. Dorsal FinsMind Renovation (Gripless/Remote Control)
  9. Via TaniaVia Tania and the Tomorrow Music Orchestra (Narooma)
  10. Lightning BoltFantasy Empire (Thrill Jockey)
  11. The Go! TeamThe Scene Between (Memphis Industries)
  12. Raymond AbercrombieKey, White (Posture)
  13. Moon DuoShadow of the Sun (Sacred Bones)
  14. Various ArtistsUltra-High Frequencies: The Chicago Party (Numero Group)
  15. Pops StaplesDon't Lose This (dBpm)
  16. Makaya McCravenIn the Moment (International Anthem)
  17. KeiyaWork EP (self-released)
  18. Purity RingAnother Eternity (4AD)
  19. LoneLadyHinterland (Warp)
  20. The Prefab MessiahsKeep Your Stupid Dreams Alive (Burger)
  21. Jack DeJohnetteMade in Chicago (ECM)
  22. Screaming FemalesRose Mountain (Don Giovanni)
  23. EulaWool Sucking (Mirror Universe)
  24. PileYou're Better than This (Exploding in Sound)
  25. Crown LarksBlood Dancer (Spacelung/Landbreathing)
  26. In Tall BuildingsDriver (Western Vinyl)
  27. The O'My'sKeeping the Faith EP (self-released)
  28. BADBADNOTGOOD & Ghostface KillahSour Soul (Lex)
  29. The Bright Light Social HourSpace is Still the Place (Frenchkiss)
  30. JEFF the BrotherhoodWasted on the Dream (Infinity Cat)
  31. Lala LalaHave a Good Day (Manic Static)
  32. Colleen GreenI Want to Grow Up (Hardly Art)
  33. Sonny and the SunsetsTalent Night at the Ashram (Polyvinyl)
  34. Chastity BeltTime to Go Home (Hardly Art)
  35. Of MontrealAureate Gloom (Polyvinyl)
  36. THEESatisfactionEarthEE (Sub Pop)
  37. Evans the DeathExpect Delays (Slumberland)
  38. Matthew E. WhiteFresh Blood (Domino)
  39. Dan DeaconGliss Riffer (Domino)
  40. Tobias Jesso Jr.Goon (True Panther)
  41. Simon JoynerGrass, Branch & Bone (Woodsist)
  42. BombadilHold On (Ramseur)
  43. Gateway DrugsMagick Spells (Cobraside)
  44. LiturgyThe Ark Work (Thrill Jockey)
  45. Cannibal OxBlade of the Ronin (IGC)
  46. Daniel KnoxDaniel Knox (Carrot Top)
  47. DoeFirst Four (Specialist Subject)
  48. Young GuvRipe 4 Luv (Slumberland)
  49. Radical DadsUniversal Coolers (Old Flame)
  50. The Juliana Hatfield ThreeWhatever, My Love (American Laundromat)

This week's adds

  • VarsityVarsity (Jurassic Pop)
  • Courtney BarnettSometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit (Mom + Pop)
  • Jimmy WhispersSummer in Pain (Moniker)
  • Sufjan StevensCarrie & Lowell (Asthmatic Kitty)
  • Twin ShadowEclipse (Warner Bros.)
  • VetiverComplete Strangers (Easy Sound Recordings)
  • Wino & Conny OchsFreedom Conspiracy (Exile on Mainstream)
  • Dane TerryColor Movies (Tonk)
  • HoundmouthLittle Neon Limelight (Rough Trade)
  • ImplodesReverser (Gilead Media)
  • Lower DensEscape from Evil (Domino)
  • Tica DouglasJoey (self-released)
  • Death Cab for CutieKintsugi (Atlantic)

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Top 50 for the Week of 3/24/15

  1. Purity RingAnother Eternity (4AD)
  2. Various ArtistsUltra-High Frequencies: The Chicago Party (Numero Group)
  3. Ryley WalkerPrimrose Green (Dead Oceans)
  4. SwervedriverI Wasn't Born to Lose You (Cobraside)
  5. Makaya McCravenIn the Moment (International Anthem)
  6. Dorsal FinsMind Renovation (Gripless/Remote Control)
  7. Will ButlerPolicy (Merge)
  8. Moon DuoShadow of the Sun (Sacred Bones)
  9. Of MontrealAureate Gloom (Polyvinyl)
  10. Cannibal OxBlade of the Ronin (IGC)
  11. Jack DeJohnetteMade in Chicago (ECM)
  12. Crown LarksBlood Dancer (Spacelung/Landbreathing)
  13. Lala LalaHave a Good Day (Manic Static)
  14. IbeyiIbeyi (XL)
  15. Daniel KnoxDaniel Knox (Carrot Top)
  16. In Tall BuildingsDriver (Western Vinyl)
  17. Evans the DeathExpect Delays (Slumberland)
  18. Father John MistyI Love You, Honeybear (Sub Pop)
  19. Raymond AbercrombieKey, White (Posture)
  20. Screaming FemalesRose Mountain (Don Giovanni)
  21. Via TaniaVia Tania and the Tomorrow Music Orchestra (Narooma)
  22. PileYou're Better than This (Exploding in Sound)
  23. The Bright Light Social HourSpace is Still the Place (Frenchkiss)
  24. Radical DadsUniversal Coolers (Old Flame)
  25. BeardymanDistractions (Tummy Touch)
  26. Pops StaplesDon't Lose This (dBpm)
  27. Lightning BoltFantasy Empire (Thrill Jockey)
  28. DoeFirst Four (Specialist Subject)
  29. Matthew E. WhiteFresh Blood (Domino)
  30. Dan DeaconGliss Riffer (Domino)
  31. Colleen GreenI Want to Grow Up (Hardly Art)
  32. The O'My'sKeeping the Faith EP (self-released)
  33. Sir Richard BishopTangier Sessions (Drag City)
  34. Drug CabinYard Work (401K Music Inc.)
  35. Kate PiersonGuitars and Microphones (Lazy Meadow)
  36. Various ArtistsMonster Compilation Vol. 1 (Dumpster Tapes)
  37. BADBADNOTGOOD & Ghostface KillahSour Soul (Lex)
  38. Sonny and the SunsetsTalent Night at the Ashram (Polyvinyl)
  39. The Juliana Hatfield ThreeWhatever, My Love (American Laundromat)
  40. EulaWool Sucking (Mirror Universe)
  41. Father MurphyCroce (The Flenser)
  42. THEESatisfactionEarthEE (Sub Pop)
  43. BombadilHold On (Ramseur)
  44. Young BuffaloHouse (Votiv)
  45. Petite NoirThe King of Anxiety EP (Domino)
  46. KeiyaWork EP (self-released)
  47. Axis: SovaEarly Surf (God?)
  48. Simon JoynerGrass, Branch & Bone (Woodsist)
  49. FluorideMaterial (Bayonet)
  50. Young GuvRipe 4 Luv (Slumberland)

This week's adds

Kendrick LamarTo Pimp a Butterfly (Interscope)

LiturgyThe Ark Work (Thrill Jockey)

King Khan & BBQ ShowBad News Boys (In the Red)

Jon Spencer Blues ExplosionFreedom Tower: No Wave Dance Party 2015 (Mom + Pop)

Modest MouseStrangers to Ourselves (Epic)

The Go! TeamThe Scene Between (Memphis Industries)

Chastity BeltTime to Go Home (Hardly Art)

JEFF the BrotherhoodWasted on the Dream (Infinity Cat)

Dayna StephensReminiscent (Criss Cross)

Tobias Jesso Jr.Goon (True Panther)

LoneLadyHinterland (Warp)

Gateway DrugsMagick Spells (Cobraside)

CorsairOne Eyed Horse (Shadow Kingdom)

The Prefab MessiahsKeep Your Stupid Dreams Alive (Burger)

ReptarLurid Glow (Joyful Noise)

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TOP 50 FOR THE WEEK OF 03-17-2015

  1. THEESatisfactionEarthEE (Sub Pop)
  2. Ryley Walker - Primrose Green (Dead Oceans)
  3. Various Artists - Ultra-High Frequencies: The Chicago Party (Numero Group)
  4. Screaming Females - Rose Mountain (Don Giovanni)
  5. The Juliana Hatfield Three - Whatever My Love (American Laundromat)
  6. In Tall Buildings Driver (Western Vinyl)
  7. BADBADNOTGOOD & Ghostface Killah - Sour Soul (Lex)
  8. Will ButlerPolicy (Merge)
  9. Purity Ring - Another Eternity (4AD)
  10. Of Montreal - Aureate Gloom (Polyvinyl)
  11. Pops Staples - Don't Lose This (dBpm)
  12. Dan Deacon - Gliss Riffer (Domino)
  13. The O'My's - Keeping the Faith EP (self-released)
  14. Ibeyi Ibeyi (XL)
  15. Father John Misty - I Love You Honeybear (Sub Pop)
  16. Keiya - Work EP (self-released)
  17. Crown Larks - Blood Dancer (Spacelung/Landbreathing)
  18. Daniel Knox - Daniel Knox (Carrot Top)
  19. Lala Lala - Have a Good Day (Manic Static)
  20. Drug Cabin - Yard Work (401K Music Inc.)
  21. Treasure Fleet - The Sun Machine (Recess)
  22. Sonny and the Sunsets - Talent Night at the Ashram (Polyvinyl)
  23. Ricked Wicky - I Sell the Circus (GBV Inc.)
  24. Kate Pierson - Guitars and Microphones (Lazy Meadow)
  25. Cannibal Ox - Blade of the Ronin (IGC)
  26. John Till - John Till (self-released)
  27. Houndstooth - No News from Home (No Quarter)
  28. Shana Falana - Set Your Lightning Fire Free (Team Love)
  29. Radical Dads - Universal Coolers (Old Flame)
  30. Doe - First Four (Specialist Subject)
  31. Petite Noir - The King of Anxiety EP (Domino)
  32. Chelan - Equal Under Pressure (self-released)
  33. Matthew E. White - Fresh Blood (Domino)
  34. Colleen Green - I Want to Grow Up (Hardly Art)
  35. Dream Version Beginners (self-released)
  36. Ghastly Menace - Songs of Ghastly Menace (The Record Machine)
  37. Bombadil - Hold On (Ramseur)
  38. Eula - Wool Sucking (Mirror Universe)
  39. Sir Richard Bishop - Tangier Sessions (Drag City)
  40. Xylouris White Goats (Other Music)
  41. DJ Clent - Last Bus to Lake Park (Duck N' Cover)
  42. TorcheRestarter (Relapse)
  43. José González - Vestiges & Claws (Mute)
  44. Ty Segall Band - Live in San Francisco (Castle Face)
  45. MournMourn (Captured Tracks)
  46. Raymond Abercrombie - Key White (Posture)
  47. Marika Hackman - We Slept at Last (Dirty Hit)
  48. Rats Rest - Permanent Catastrophe EP (Erste Theke Tonträger)
  49. Buxton - Half a Native (New West)
  50. King Woman - Doubt EP (The Flenser)

This week's adds

  • Dorsal Fins - Mind Renovation (Gripless/Remote Control)
  • Jack DeJohnette - Made in Chicago (ECM)
  • Lightning Bolt - Fantasy Empire (Thrill Jockey)
  • Makaya McCraven - In the Moment (International Anthem)
  • Pile - You're Better than This (Exploding in Sound)
  • Swervedriver - I Wasn't Born to Lose You (Cobraside)
  • Via Tania - Via Tania and the Tomorrow Music Orchestra (Narooma)
  • Evans the Death - Expect Delays (Slumberland)
  • Father MurphyCroce (The Flenser)
  • Harm's WayRust (Deathwish Inc.)
  • Moon Duo - Shadow of the Sun (Sacred Bones)
  • Simon Joyner - Grass Branch & Bone (Woodsist)
  • The Bitter Roots - Noise Vibrations and Fumes (Water Works Hill)
  • The Bright Light Social Hour - Space is Still the Place (Frenchkiss)
  • UfomammutEcate (Neurot)

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TOP 50 FOR THE WEEK OF 03-10-2015

  1. Daniel Knox - Daniel Knox (Carrot Top)
  2. Purity Ring - Another Eternity (4AD)
  3. Colleen Green - I Want to Grow Up (Hardly Art)
  4. Of Montreal - Aureate Gloom (Polyvinyl)
  5. The O'My's - Keeping the Faith EP (self-released)
  6. In Tall Buildings - Driver (Western Vinyl)
  7. Dan Deacon - Gliss Riffer (Domino)
  8. Lala Lala - Have a Good Day (Manic Static)
  9. Father John Misty - "I Love You, Honeybear" (Sub Pop)
  10. The Juliana Hatfield Three - "Whatever, My Love" (American Laundromat)
  11. Sonny and the Sunsets - Talent Night at the Ashram (Polyvinyl)
  12. Various Artists - Ultra-High Frequencies: The Chicago Party (Numero Group)
  13. Screaming Females - Rose Mountain (Don Giovanni)
  14. Treasure Fleet - The Sun Machine (Recess)
  15. Diamond Rugs - Cosmetics (Sycamore/Thirty Tigers)
  16. Pops Staples - Don't Lose This (dBpm)
  17. Doe - First Four (Specialist Subject)
  18. Ibeyi - Ibeyi (XL)
  19. The Kandinsky Effect - Somnambulist (Cuneiform)
  20. Kate Pierson - Guitars and Microphones (Lazy Meadow)
  21. Ricked Wicky - I Sell the Circus (GBV Inc.)
  22. The Dodos - Individ (Polyvinyl)
  23. Björk - Vulnicura (One Little Indian)
  24. Doomtree - All Hands (Doomtree)
  25. Dream Version - Beginners (self-released)
  26. Various Artists - Dance Mania: Ghetto Madness (Strut)
  27. Axis: Sova - Early Surf (God?)
  28. Matthew E. White - Fresh Blood (Domino)
  29. Keath Mead - Sunday Dinner (Company)
  30. ONO - Ennui (Priority Male)
  31. Darlings - Feel Better (Wild Canary)
  32. Frankie and the Witch Fingers - Frankie and the Witch Fingers (Permanent)
  33. Buxton - Half a Native (New West)
  34. Ty Segall Band - Live in San Francisco (Castle Face)
  35. Various Artists - Monster Compilation Vol. 1 (Dumpster Tapes)
  36. Mourn - Mourn (Captured Tracks)
  37. Mount Eerie - Sauna (P.W. Elverum & Sun)
  38. Sir Richard Bishop - Tangier Sessions (Drag City)
  39. A Place to Bury Strangers - Transfixiation (Dead Oceans)
  40. Danny Kroha - Angels Watching Over Me (Third Man)
  41. Aphex Twin - Computer Controlled Acoustic Instruments pt 2 EP (Warp)
  42. The Thons - Hot Fun (self-released)
  43. Young Buffalo - House (Votiv)
  44. John Till - John Till (self-released)
  45. Rats Rest - Permanent Catastrophe EP (Erste Theke Tonträger)
  46. The Amazing - Picture You (Partisan)
  47. Young Guv - Ripe 4 Luv (Slumberland)
  48. Cody & the Gateway Drugs - Songs for the New Depression (self-released)
  49. Ghastly Menace - Songs of Ghastly Menace (The Record Machine)
  50. Boduf Songs - Stench of Exist (The Flenser)

This week's adds

BADBADNOTGOOD & Ghostface Killah - Sour Soul (Lex)
Bombadil - Hold On (Ramseur)
Cannibal Ox - Blade of the Ronin (IGC)
Crown Larks - Blood Dancer (Spacelung/Landbreathing)
Drug Cabin - Yard Work (401K Music Inc.)
EULA - Wool Sucking (Mirror Universe)
Fairmont - 8 1/2 (Mint 400)
Houndstooth - No News from Home (No Quarter)
Keiya - Work EP (self-released)
Marika Hackman - We Slept at Last (Dirty Hit)
Petite Noir - The King of Anxiety EP (Domino)
Radical Dads - Universal Coolers (Old Flame)
Raymond Abercrombie - "Key, White" (Posture)
Ryley Walker - Primrose Green (Dead Oceans)
Shana Falana - Set Your Lightning Fire Free (Team Love)
THEESatisfaction - EarthEE (Sub Pop)
Will Butler - Policy (Merge)

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