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Top 50 for the Week of 10/09/2023

  1. Slow PulpYard (ANTI- )
  2. WilcoCousin (dBpm)
  3. Blonde RedheadSit Down for Dinner (section1)
  4. CHAICHAI (Sub Pop)
  5. Nation of LanguageStrange Disciple (Play It Again Sam)
  6. Lydia LovelessNothing's Gonna Stand In My Way Again (Bloodshot)
  7. Cleo SolHeaven (Forever Living Originals)
  8. CoventryOur Lady Of Perpetual Health (Septic Jukebox)
  9. DeeperCareful! (Sub Pop)
  10. Animal CollectiveIsn't It Now? (Domino)
  11. MelenasAhora (Trouble In Mind)
  12. Cherry GlazerrI Don't Want You Anymore (Secretly Canadian)
  13. GAIKADrift (Big Dada)
  14. LewsbergOut and About (12XU)
  15. Yussef DayesBlack Classical Music (Brownswood/Cashmere Thoughts/Nonesuch)
  16. Joey NebulousJoey Spumoni Creamy Dreamy Party All The Time (Dear Life)
  17. Sincere EngineerCheap Grills (Hopeless)
  18. yeulesoftscars (Ninja Tune)
  19. LalalarEn Kötü Iyi Olur (Bongo Joe)
  20. Tirzahtrip9love...??? (Domino)
  21. Slowdiveeverything is alive (Dead Oceans)
  22. NonameSundial (self-released)
  23. Molly BurchDaydreamer (Captured Tracks)
  24. BombinoSahel (Partisan)
  25. AnjimileThe King (4AD)
  26. Corinne Bailey RaeBlack Rainbows (Black Rainbows Music/Thirty Tigers)
  27. DessaBury the Lede (DoomTree)
  28. The NationalLaugh Track (4AD)
  29. WoodsPerennial (Woodsist)
  30. Idris Ackamoor & The PyramidsAfro Futuristic Dreams (Strut)
  31. Explosions In the SkyEnd (Temporary Residence)
  32. MitskiThe Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We (Dead Oceans)
  33. Jeff RosenstockHELLMODE (Polyvinyl)
  34. LuggageHand Is Bad (Amish Records)
  35. Tim Kinsella & Jenny PulseGiddy Skelter (Kill Rock Stars)
  36. Irreversible EntanglementsProtect Your Light (Impulse!)
  37. RomyMid Air (Young)
  38. Various ArtistsDarkside Disco (Optimo Music)
  39. WastelanderWhat is Left of Me (self-released)
  40. SeabliteLemon Lights (Mt. St. Mtn)
  41. Carlos Niño & Friends(I'm just) Chillin', on Fire (International Anthem)
  42. Loraine JamesGentle Confrontation (Hyperdub)
  43. The Chemical BrothersFor That Beautiful Feeling (Republic)
  44. Public MemoryElegiac Beat (Felte)
  45. EdgingGood Sex Music (self-released)
  46. Annie Leethcharge (self-released)
  47. CuticlesMajor Works (Siltbreeze)
  48. RadianDistorted Rooms (Thrill Jockey)
  49. HydroplaneSelected Songs 1997-2003 (World of Echo)
  50. Teenage FanclubNothing Lasts Forever (Merge)

This week's adds

  1. Adulkt LifeThere Is No Desire (JABS)
  2. Axis:sovABlinded by Oblivion (God?)
  3. Daniel VillarrealLados B (International Anthem)
  4. DeadbeatKübler-Ross Soliloquies (BLKRTZ)
  5. Graveyard6 (Nuclear Blast)
  6. Jordan MartinsFogery Nagles ()
  7. Lunar AshRosa & The Red Thread (House of Ash)
  8. MoonshakeEva Luna (Deluxe) (Beggars Arkive)
  9. Sufjan StevensJavelin (Asthmatic Kitty )
  10. Vanishing TwinAfternoon X (Fire)

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Top 50 for the Week of 10/02/2023

  1. CHAICHAI (Sub Pop)
  2. Slowdiveeverything is alive (Dead Oceans)
  3. NonameSundial (self-released)
  4. Lydia LovelessNothing's Gonna Stand In My Way Again (Bloodshot)
  5. DeeperCareful! (Sub Pop)
  6. Irreversible EntanglementsProtect Your Light (Impulse!)
  7. Cleo SolHeaven (Forever Living Originals)
  8. CoventryOur Lady Of Perpetual Health (Septic Jukebox)
  9. RatboysThe Window (Topshelf)
  10. yeulesoftscars (Ninja Tune)
  11. RomyMid Air (Young)
  12. BombinoSahel (Partisan)
  13. Corinne Bailey RaeBlack Rainbows (Black Rainbows Music/Thirty Tigers)
  14. Yussef DayesBlack Classical Music (Brownswood/Cashmere Thoughts/Nonesuch)
  15. Grrrl GangSpunky! (Kill Rock Stars)
  16. Explosions In the SkyEnd (Temporary Residence)
  17. Various ArtistsThe Duchess Of Malfi (Self-released)
  18. LalalarEn Kötü Iyi Olur (Bongo Joe)
  19. Speedy OrtizRabbit Rabbit (Wax Nine)
  20. WoodsPerennial (Woodsist)
  21. WajattaWaiting for the Get Down (Brainfeeder)
  22. Teenage FanclubNothing Lasts Forever (Merge)
  23. Nation of LanguageStrange Disciple (Play It Again Sam)
  24. MitskiThe Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We (Dead Oceans)
  25. jaimie branchFly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war)) (International Anthem)
  26. Tube AlloysMagnetic Point (Urge/La Vida Es Un Mus)
  27. Tirzahtrip9love...??? (Domino)
  28. Bebel GilbertoJoão (PIAS)
  29. Jeff RosenstockHELLMODE (Polyvinyl)
  30. Loraine JamesGentle Confrontation (Hyperdub)
  31. Tim Kinsella & Jenny PulseGiddy Skelter (Kill Rock Stars)
  32. Man's BodyNew Chroma (NocturnalSol)
  33. AnjimileThe King (4AD)
  34. HydroplaneSelected Songs 1997-2003 (World of Echo)
  35. KieferIt's Ok, B U (Stones Throw)
  36. SextilePush (Sacred Bones)
  37. The Chemical BrothersFor That Beautiful Feeling (Republic)
  38. DAIISTARGood Time (Fuzz Club)
  39. Allison RussellThe Returner (Fantasy)
  40. Various ArtistsPDX Pop Now! Vol. 20 (PDX Pop Now!)
  41. Frankie and the Witch FingersData Doom (Reverberation Appreciation Society/Greenway)
  42. Coco MontoyaWriting on the Wall (Alligator)
  43. Matt TieglerHands Free Down Hill (self-released)
  44. Honestly SameHot Plate Only (Moon Glyph)
  45. Ovef OwVs. The Worm (Whats For Breakfast?/Oort Cloud)
  46. Mick JenkinsThe Patience (RBC/BMG)
  47. GAIKADrift (Big Dada)
  48. SparklehorseBird Machine (ANTI- )
  49. Will Butler + Sister SquaresWill Butler + Sister Squares (Merge)
  50. ColleenLe jour et la nuit du réel (Thrill Jockey)

This week's adds

  1. Annie Leethcharge (self-released)
  2. Blonde RedheadSit Down for Dinner (section1)
  3. Cherry GlazerrI Don't Want You Anymore (Secretly Canadian)
  4. CuticlesMajor Works (Siltbreeze)
  5. DessaBury the Lede (DoomTree)
  6. Jerry David DeCiccaNew Shadows (self-released)
  7. Joey NebulousJoey Spumoni Creamy Dreamy Party All The Time (Dear Life)
  8. LuggageHand Is Bad (Amish Records)
  9. Molly BurchDaydreamer (Captured Tracks)
  10. OhmuWhen Will Our Forever Longing Be Satiated (self-released)
  11. SeabliteLemon Lights (Mt. St. Mtn)
  12. Sincere EngineerCheap Grills (Hopeless)
  13. Slow PulpYard (ANTI- )
  14. Subsonic EyeAll Around You (Topshelf)
  15. The NationalLaugh Track (4AD)
  16. WastelanderWhat is Left of Me (self-released)
  17. WilcoCousin (dBpm)
  18. Various ArtistsBolinus Brandaris: Flamenco from the Bay of Cadiz (Dust-to-Digital)
  19. Various ArtistsDarkside Disco (Optimo Music)

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Top 50 for the Week of 09/25/2023

  1. RatboysThe Window (Topshelf)
  2. MitskiThe Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We (Dead Oceans)
  3. RomyMid Air (Young)
  4. Jeff RosenstockHELLMODE (Polyvinyl)
  5. Ovef OwVs. The Worm (Whats For Breakfast?/Oort Cloud)
  6. SparklehorseBird Machine (ANTI-)
  7. DeeperCareful! (Sub Pop)
  8. Nation of LanguageStrange Disciple (Play It Again Sam)
  9. BombinoSahel (Partisan)
  10. Slowdiveeverything is alive (Dead Oceans)
  11. CoventryOur Lady Of Perpetual Health (Septic Jukebox)
  12. NonameSundial (self-released)
  13. Neptune's CoreCalled Upon (Side Hustle)
  14. Corinne Bailey RaeBlack Rainbows (Black Rainbows Music/Thirty Tigers)
  15. Yussef DayesBlack Classical Music (Brownswood/Cashmere Thoughts/Nonesuch)
  16. The Chemical BrothersFor That Beautiful Feeling (Republic)
  17. Danger Mouse & JeminiBorn Again (Lex)
  18. Black Cat Heart AttackBlack Cat Heart Attack (Hit Refresh)
  19. Man's BodyNew Chroma (NocturnalSol)
  20. Tirzahtrip9love...??? (Domino)
  21. Frankie and the Witch FingersData Doom (Reverberation Appreciation Society/Greenway)
  22. Tim Kinsella & Jenny PulseGiddy Skelter (Kill Rock Stars)
  23. Dengue FeverTing Mong (Tuk Tuk)
  24. FiddleheadDeath Is Nothing To Us (Run For Cover)
  25. Mick JenkinsThe Patience (RBC/BMG)
  26. EdgingGood Sex Music (self-released)
  27. Tube AlloysMagnetic Point (Urge/La Vida Es Un Mus)
  28. LalalarEn Kötü Iyi Olur (Bongo Joe)
  29. Speedy OrtizRabbit Rabbit (Wax Nine)
  30. PoggySister (Mint 400)
  31. SextilePush (Sacred Bones)
  32. Tall Tall TreesStick to the Mystical I (Joyful Noise)
  33. Cindy WilsonRealms (Kill Rock Stars)
  34. Who Is She?Goddess Energy (Father/Daughter)
  35. Honestly SameHot Plate Only (Moon Glyph)
  36. Worry ClubAll Frogs Go To Heaven (self-released)
  37. The Hurtin' KindIt Won't Happen That Way (self-released)
  38. AnjimileThe King (4AD)
  39. Bebel GilbertoJoão (PIAS)
  40. Angel Du$tBrand New Soul (Pop Wig)
  41. Jalen NgondaCome Around and Love Me (Daptone)
  42. Swansea SoundTwentieth Century (Skep Wax)
  43. Public MemoryElegiac Beat (Felte)
  44. Be Your Own PetMommy (Third Man)
  45. IslandsAnd That's Why Dolphins Lost Their Legs (ELF)
  46. Genesis OwusuSTRUGGLER (Ourness/AWAL)
  47. jaimie branchFly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war)) (International Anthem)
  48. LewsbergOut and About (12XU)
  49. Cautious ClayKarpeh (Blue Note)
  50. BaronessStone (Abraxan Hymns)

This week's adds

  • Carlos Niño & Friends(I'm just) Chillin'; on Fire (International Anthem)
  • CHAICHAI (Sub Pop)
  • Cleo SolHeaven (Forever Living Originals)
  • CollateGenerative Systems (Domestic Departure)
  • ColleenLe jour et la nuit du réel (Thrill Jockey)
  • Devendra BanhartFlying Wig (Mexican Summer)
  • Explosions in the SkyEnd (Temporary Residence)
  • Flat WormsWitness Marks (God? / Drag City)
  • GAIKADrift (Big Dada)
  • GrailsAnches en Maat (Temporary Residence)
  • Grrrl GangSpunky! (Kill Rock Stars)
  • HydroplaneSelected Songs 1997-2003 (World of Echo)
  • Idris Ackamoor & The PyramidsAfro Futuristic Dreams (Strut)
  • Irreversible EntanglementsProtect Your Light (Impulse!)
  • Kevin DrewAging (Arts & Crafts)
  • KieferIt's Ok, B U (Stones Throw)
  • Loraine JamesGentle Confrontation (Hyperdub)
  • LulucDiamonds (Community)
  • Lydia LovelessNothing's Gonna Stand In My Way Again (Bloodshot)
  • Matt TieglerHands Free Down Hill (self-released)
  • Mike CooperBlack Flamingo (Room40)
  • NeverNo Guarantee (Feels So Good)
  • RadianDistorted Rooms (Thrill Jockey)
  • Ron LazzerettiFat Head, Sunday Paper (self-released)
  • Sally Anne MorganCarrying (Thrill Jockey)
  • Teenage FanclubNothing Lasts Forever (Merge)
  • Tony JayPerfect Worlds (Slumberland)
  • Various ArtistsDuchess of Malfi Soundtrack (self released)
  • WajattaWaiting For The Get Down (Brainfeeder)
  • Will Butler + Sister SquaresWill Butler + Sister Squares (Merge)
  • WoodsPerennial (Woodsist)
  • yeulesoftscars (Ninja Tune)

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Top 50 for the Week of 09/18/2023

  1. DeeperCareful! (Sub Pop)
  2. NonameSundial (self-released)
  3. Ovef OwVs. The Worm (Whats For Breakfast?/Oort Cloud)
  4. Slowdiveeverything is alive (Dead Oceans)
  5. Speedy OrtizRabbit Rabbit (Wax Nine)
  6. Genesis OwusuSTRUGGLER (Ourness/AWAL)
  7. The Chemical BrothersFor That Beautiful Feeling (Republic)
  8. RatboysThe Window (Topshelf)
  9. Tirzahtrip9love...??? (Domino)
  10. Jeff RosenstockHELLMODE (Polyvinyl)
  11. SparklehorseBird Machine (ANTI-)
  12. Yussef DayesBlack Classical Music (Brownswood/Cashmere Thoughts/Nonesuch)
  13. Danger Mouse & JeminiBorn Again (Lex)
  14. jaimie branchFly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war)) (International Anthem)
  15. JungleVolcano (Caiola/AWAL)
  16. CompilationPDX Pop Now! Vol. 20 (PDX Pop Now!)
  17. Drab MajestyAn Object In Motion (Dais)
  18. ShamirHomo Anxietatem (Kill Rock Stars)
  19. DAIISTARGood Time (Fuzz Club)
  20. Film SchoolField (Felte)
  21. LalalarEn Kötü Iyi Olur (Bongo Joe)
  22. Bebel GilbertoJoão (PIAS)
  23. Bonnie "Prince Billy"Keeping Secrets Will Destroy You (Drag City)
  24. Kristin HershClear Pond Road (Fire)
  25. Allison RussellThe Returner (Fantasy)
  26. Spirit of the Beehivei'm so lucky (Saddle Creek)
  27. CompilationEccentric Northern Soul (Numero Group)
  28. Mick JenkinsThe Patience (RBC/BMG)
  29. Cautious ClayKarpeh (Blue Note)
  30. The ArmedPerfect Saviors (Sargent House)
  31. African Head ChargeA Trip to Bolgatanga (On-U Sound)
  32. FlorryThe Holey Bible (Dear Life)
  33. Alabaster DePlumeCome with Fierce Grace (International Anthem)
  34. Jalen NgondaCome Around and Love Me (Daptone)
  35. Toro Y MoiSandhills (Dead Oceans)
  36. FiddleheadDeath Is Nothing To Us (Run For Cover)
  37. IslandsAnd That's Why Dolphins Lost Their Legs (ELF)
  38. Who Is She?Goddess Energy (Father/Daughter)
  39. OseesIntercepted Message (In The Red)
  40. Sonic YouthLive in Brooklyn 2011 (Silver Current)
  41. EdgingGood Sex Music (self-released)
  42. Worry ClubAll Frogs Go To Heaven (self-released)
  43. Man's BodyNew Chroma (NocturnalSol)
  44. John FaheyProofs & Meditations (Drag City)
  45. Public MemoryElegiac Beat (Felte)
  46. Cindy WilsonRealms (Kill Rock Stars)
  47. Hiss Golden MessengerJump for Joy (Merge)
  48. Hannah GeorgasI'd Be Lying if I Said I Didn't Care (Real Kind/Arts & Crafts)
  49. Aphex TwinBlackbox Life Recorder 21f / in a room7 F760 (Warp)
  50. Laura GrovesRadio Red (Bella Union)

This week's adds

  • Angel Du$tBrand New Soul (Pop Wig)
  • AnjimileThe King (4AD)
  • BaronessStone (Abraxan Hymns)
  • BombinoSahel (Partisan)
  • Brontez PurnellConfirmed Bachelor (Upset the Rhythm)
  • C.O.F.F.I.NAustralia Stops (Goner)
  • Consensus MadnessConsensus Madness (Iron Lung)
  • Corinne Bailey RaeBlack Rainbows (Black Rainbows Music/Thirty Tigers)
  • CoventryOur Lady of Perpetual Health (Septic Jukebox)
  • Dengue FeverTing Mong (Tuk Tuk)
  • Kipp Stone66689 Blvd Prequel (Closed Sessions)
  • LewsbergOut and About (12XU)
  • Magic CarpetBroken Compass (FPE)
  • MitskiThe Land is Inhospitable and So Are We (Dead Oceans)
  • Nation of LanguageStrange Disciple (Play It Again Sam)
  • PoggySister (Mint 400)
  • PurelinkSigns (Peak Oil)
  • RomyMid Air (Young)
  • SextilePush (Sacred Bones)
  • Stress PositionsWalang Hiya (Iron Lung)
  • Sydney Spraguesomebody in hell loves you (Rude)
  • The Handsome FamilyHollow (Milk & Scissors)
  • Tim Kinsella & Jenny Pulse Giddy Skelter (Kill Rock Stars)
  • Tube AlloysMagnetic Point (Urge/La Vida Es Un Mus)
  • Various ArtistsHani Polyphonic Singing in Yunnan China (Sublime Frequencies)

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Top 50 for the Week of 09/11/2023

  1. Slowdiveeverything is alive (Dead Oceans)
  2. Bebel GilbertoJoão (PIAS)
  3. RatboysThe Window (Topshelf)
  4. jaimie branchFly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war)) (International Anthem)
  5. Ovef OwVs. The Worm (Whats For Breakfast?/Oort Cloud)
  6. Jeff RosenstockHELLMODE (Polyvinyl)
  7. NonameSundial (self-released)
  8. Cautious ClayKarpeh (Blue Note)
  9. Frankie and the Witch FingersData Doom (Reverberation Appreciation Society/Greenway)
  10. Neptune's CoreCalled Upon (Side Hustle)
  11. Mick JenkinsThe Patience (RBC/BMG)
  12. Jovan LandryIntellectual Frequencies (EP) (self-released)
  13. Genesis OwusuSTRUGGLER (Ourness/AWAL)
  14. Worry ClubAll Frogs Go To Heaven (self-released)
  15. Speedy OrtizRabbit Rabbit (Wax Nine)
  16. Be Your Own PetMommy (Third Man)
  17. Bonnie "Prince Billy"Keeping Secrets Will Destroy You (Drag City)
  18. African Head ChargeA Trip to Bolgatanga (On-U Sound)
  19. Public MemoryElegiac Beat (Felte)
  20. Danger Mouse & JeminiBorn Again (Lex)
  21. ShamirHomo Anxietatem (Kill Rock Stars)
  22. Spirit of the Beehivei'm so lucky (Saddle Creek)
  23. MapacheSwinging Stars (Innovative Leisure)
  24. Cindy WilsonRealms (Kill Rock Stars)
  25. Film SchoolField (Felte)
  26. SupershyHappy Music (Beyond the Groove)
  27. CompilationEccentric Northern Soul (Numero Group)
  28. Treasure FleetAmerican Sunshine (Recess)
  29. JungleVolcano (Caiola/AWAL)
  30. Toro Y MoiSandhills (Dead Oceans)
  31. FiddleheadDeath Is Nothing To Us (Run For Cover)
  32. SPELLLINGSPELLLING & The Mystery School (Sacred Bones)
  33. MinisnapBounce Around (Tall Texan)
  34. Aphex TwinBlackbox Life Recorder 21f / in a room7 F760 (Warp)
  35. Madeline KenneyA New Reality Mind (Carpark)
  36. BassKaseNot So Happy Hour (Soundpoint)
  37. FlorryThe Holey Bible (Dear Life)
  38. Jessy LanzaLove Hallucination (Hyperdub)
  39. Black MilkEverybody Good? (Mass Appeal)
  40. Coco MontoyaWriting on the Wall (Alligator)
  41. Buck MeekHaunted Mountain (4AD)
  42. Hiss Golden MessengerJump for Joy (Merge)
  43. Who Is She?Goddess Energy (Father/Daughter)
  44. Girl RayPrestige (Moshi Moshi)
  45. Holy WaveFive of Cups (Suicide Squeeze)
  46. Honestly SameHot Plate Only (Moon Glyph)
  47. Black Cat Heart AttackBlack Cat Heart Attack (Hit Refresh)
  48. Nigel MackBack in Style (Blues Attack)
  49. Everyday SpecialsAMERICAN HANDSHAKE (self-released)
  50. Damon Locks & Rob MazurekNew Future City Radio (International Anthem)

This week's adds

  • Alabaster DePlumeCome with Fierce Grace (International Anthem)
  • Allison RussellThe Returner (Fantasy/Concord)
  • DaiistarGood Time (Fuzz Club)
  • DeeperCareful! (Sub Pop)
  • Jalen NgondaCome Around and Love Me (Daptone)
  • John FaheyProofs & Refutations (Drag City)
  • Kristin HershClear Pond Road (Fire)
  • LalalarEn Kötü Iyi Olur (Bongo Joe)
  • Leo LackritzCrazy Enough (self-released)
  • Man's BodyNew Chroma (NocturnalSol)
  • Nick BertlingProcess and Contact (Futureman)
  • Optic SinkGlass Blocks (Feel It)
  • P.G. SixMurmurs & Whispers (Drag City)
  • RogéCuryman (Diamond West)
  • SparklehorseBird Machine (Anti-)
  • Strawberry RunnersStrawberry Runners (Duper Moon)
  • Swansea SoundTwentieth Century (Skep Wax)
  • Tall Tall TreesStick to the Mystical I (Joyful Noise)
  • The Chemical BrothersFor That Beautiful Feeling (Republic)
  • Tirzahtrip9love...??? (Domino)
  • Various ArtistsPDX Pop Now! Vol. 20 (PDX Pop Now! )
  • Yussef DayesBlack Classical Music (Brownswood/Cashmere Thoughts/Nonesuch)

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