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Top 50 for the week of 3/13/2023

  1. U.S. GirlsBless This Mess (4AD)
  2. AlgiersShook (Matador)
  3. GorillazCracker Island (Parlophone)
  4. Sharp PinsTurtle Rock (Hallogallo)
  5. Adi OasisLotus Glow (Unity)
  6. Miss GritFollow the Cyborg (Mute)
  7. Kate FaganI Don't Wanna Be Too Cool (Captured Tracks)
  8. Taleen KaliFlower of Life (Dum Dum)
  9. IvyApartment Life (Bar/None)
  10. Model/ActrizDogsbody (True Panther)
  11. En Attendant AnaPrincipia (Trouble in Mind)
  12. Screaming FemalesDesire Pathway (Don Giovanni)
  13. Caroline PolachekDesire, I Want To Turn Into You (Perpetual Novice)
  14. Various ArtistsMainstream Disco Funk (WEWANTSOUNDS)
  15. LuceroShould've Learned By Now (Liberty & Lament/Thirty Tigers)
  16. Dur-Dur Band Int.The Berlin Session (Out Here)
  17. Blues LawyerAll in Good Time (Dark Entries)
  18. Sunny WarAnarchist Gospel (New West)
  19. KelelaRaven (Warp)
  20. Orchestra GoldMedicine (self-released)
  21. Gina BirchI Play My Bass Loud (Third Man)
  22. Nuovo TestamentoLove Lines (Discoteca Italia)
  23. Faten KanaanAfterpoem (Fire)
  24. TennisPollen (Mutually Detrimental)
  25. Death Valley GirlsIslands In The Sky (Suicide Squeeze)
  26. Shredded SunEach Dot and Each Line (self-released)
  27. CatalogueModern Delusion (Crapoulet)
  28. Amber ArcadesBarefoot on Diamond Road (Fire)
  29. The Go! TeamGet Up Sequences Part Two (Memphis Industries)
  30. Cosmic BullHangin' in the I.P. (self-released)
  31. Judson ClaiborneLive Active Culture, Vol. 1 (Judson Claiborne)
  32. King AyisobaWork Hard (Glitterbeat)
  33. 파란노을 (Parannoul)After the Magic (Topshelf)
  34. TanukichanGizmo (Carpark)
  35. Obey RobotsOne in a Thousand (self-released)
  36. CosmopaarkAnd I Can't Breathe Enough (Howlin Banana)
  37. Jenn HowardValiant Women (Bathtub)
  38. The ChurchThe Hypnogogue (Communicating Vessels)
  39. ShameFood for Worms (Dead Oceans)
  40. Logical FleadhLogical Fleadh (self-released)
  41. GlydersMaria's Hunt (Country Thyme)
  42. The DrinToday My Friend You Drunk the Venom (Feel It)
  43. Black Belt Eagle ScoutThe Land, The Water, The Sky (Saddle Creek)
  44. Yo La TengoThis Stupid World (Matador)
  45. Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs PigsLand of Sleeper (Rocket Recordings)
  46. King StingrayKing Stingray (Cooking Vinyl)
  47. Bridal PartyCool Down (Self-released)
  48. Wax TailorFishing For Accidents (LAB'ORATOIRE)
  49. CrushedExtra Life (self-released)
  50. QuasiBreaking the Balls of History (Sub Pop)

This week's adds

  1. Annelies MonsereMares (Horn of Plenty)
  2. babybaby_exploresFood Near Me, Weather Tomorrow (No Gold)
  3. ChoncyCommunity Chest (Feel It)
  4. Cosey MuellerIrrational Habits (Static Age Musik)
  5. DisintegrationTime Moves for Me (Feel It)
  6. Dutch UnclesTrue Entertainment (Memphis Industries)
  7. Fever RayRadical Romantics (Mute)
  8. Frankie RoseLove as Projection (Slumberland)
  9. Home FrontGames of Power ( La Vida Es Un Mus )
  10. Jackie MendozaGalaxia de Emociones (ZZK)
  11. Jeff Schaller and the Long Way HomeFor Keeps and a Single Day (self-released)
  12. Lia KohlThe Ceiling Reposes (American Dreams)
  13. Lonnie HolleyOh Me Oh My (Jagjaguwar)
  14. Los MundosEn Vivo Desde El Centro De La Tierra (self released)
  15. My Dad Is DeadPeace, Love and Murder ( Birth/Scat)
  16. Smirk7" (self released)
  17. Tagua TaguaTanto (Wonderwheel Recordings)
  18. the temporarily hiddenTales of a World Below (Soundpoint)
  19. The Veils...And Out of the Void Came Love (Ba Da Bing)
  20. Ulrika SpacekCompact Trauma (Tough Love)

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top 50 for the Week of 03/06/2023

  1. U.S. GirlsBless This Mess (4AD)
  2. Kate FaganI Don't Wanna Be Too Cool (Captured Tracks)
  3. Young FathersHeavy Heavy (Ninja Tune)
  4. Death Valley GirlsIslands In The Sky (Suicide Squeeze)
  5. Caroline PolachekDesire, I Want To Turn Into You (Perpetual Novice)
  6. En Attendant AnaPrincipia (Trouble in Mind)
  7. Screaming FemalesDesire Pathway (Don Giovanni)
  8. KelelaRaven (Warp)
  9. AlgiersShook (Matador)
  10. Woodrow Hart & the HaymakerDown in the Belly (self-released)
  11. LuceroShould've Learned By Now (Liberty & Lament/Thirty Tigers)
  12. Dur-Dur Band Int.The Berlin Session (Out Here)
  13. CompilationMainstream Disco Funk (WEWANTSOUNDS)
  14. Cel RayCellular Raymond (self-released)
  15. Shredded SunEach Dot and Each Line (self-released)
  16. The ChurchThe Hypnogogue (Communicating Vessels)
  17. Yo La TengoThis Stupid World (Matador)
  18. Blues LawyerAll in Good Time (Dark Entries)
  19. Bridal PartyCool Down (Self-released)
  20. Andy ShaufNorm (ANTI-)
  21. The Go! TeamGet Up Sequences Part Two (Memphis Industries)
  22. GlydersMaria's Hunt (Country Thyme)
  23. Black Belt Eagle ScoutThe Land, The Water, The Sky (Saddle Creek)
  24. Orchestra GoldMedicine (self-released)
  25. King TuffSmalltown Stardust (Sub Pop)
  26. ShameFood for Worms (Dead Oceans)
  27. Wax TailorFishing For Accidents (LAB'ORATOIRE)
  28. Bobbie LovesongOn the Wind (Woodsist)
  29. Margo PriceStrays (Loma Vista)
  30. Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs PigsLand of Sleeper (Rocket Recordings)
  31. FranLeaving (Fire Talk)
  32. Sunny WarAnarchist Gospel (New West)
  33. CompilationWOMAN, LIFE, FREEDOM (Apranik)
  34. Jonah Yanoportrait of a dog (Innovative Leisure)
  35. Laurie StyversGemini Girl: The Complete Hush Recordings (High Moon)
  36. Cheater SlicksIll-Fated Cusses (In the Red)
  37. Avey Tare7s (Domino)
  38. CivicTaken By Force (ATO)
  39. Hands of HydraHands of Hydra (self-released)
  40. WeaklungWe Bring About Our Own Demise (self-released)
  41. Poi Dog PonderingKeep On Loving Each Other (self-released)
  42. 파란노을 (Parannoul)After the Magic (Topshelf)
  43. Guided by VoicesLa La Land (GBV Inc)
  44. Billy NomatesCACTI (Invada)
  45. LadytronTime's Arrow (Cooking Vinyl)
  46. Half GringaAncestral Home (self-released)
  47. Oozing WoundWe Cater to Cowards (Thrill Jockey)
  48. Blatant Dissent1985-1986 (Alona's Dream)
  49. The DrinToday My Friend You Drunk the Venom (Feel It)
  50. Waldo WittLong Daze, Dark Nights (self-released)

This week's adds

  • @ Mind Palace Music (Carpark)
  • Adi OasisLotus Glow (Unity)
  • Carnivorous BellsRoom Above All (Human Headstone)
  • CatalogueModern Delusion (Crapoulet)
  • Cosmic BullHangin' in the I.P. (self-released)
  • CosmopaarkAnd I Can't Breathe Enough (Howlin Banana)
  • Faten KanaanAfterpoem (Fire)
  • Gina BirchI Play My Bass Loud (Third Man)
  • GorillazCracker Island (Parlophone/Warner)
  • The HÿssHÿss III: the Hÿssening EP (self-released)
  • Horse LordsLive in Leipzig (RVNG Intl.)
  • Ins KinoIns Kino 2 (self-released)
  • IvyApartment Life (25th Anniversary Edition) (Bar/None)
  • Jenn HowardValiant Women (Bathtub)
  • Judson ClaiborneLive Active Culture, Vol. 1 (self-released)
  • King AyisobaWork Hard (Glitterbeat)
  • LANNDSMusic For The Future (Run for Cover)
  • Logical FleadhLogical Fleadh (self-released)
  • Miss GritFollow the Cyborg (Mute)
  • Model/ActrizDogsbody (True Panther)
  • Nuovo TestamentoLove Lines (Discoteca Italia)
  • Obey RobotsOne in a Thousand (self-released)
  • Sharp PinsTurtle Rock (Hallogallo)
  • Taleen KaliFlower of Life (Dum Dum)
  • TanukichanGizmo (Carpark)
  • TennisPollen (Mutually Detrimental)
  • Wheatie MattiasichOld Glow (Open Mouth)

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Top 50 for the Week of 02/27/23

  1. Screaming FemalesDesire Pathway (Don Giovanni)
  2. Caroline PolachekDesire, I Want To Turn Into You (Perpetual Novice)
  3. Dur-Dur Band Int.The Berlin Session (Out Here)
  4. Black Belt Eagle ScoutThe Land, The Water, The Sky (Saddle Creek)
  5. Bridal PartyCool Down (self-released)
  6. Shredded SunEach Dot and Each Line (self-released)
  7. Sunny WarAnarchist Gospel (New West)
  8. KelelaRaven (Warp)
  9. FranLeaving (Fire Talk)
  10. Young FathersHeavy Heavy (Ninja Tune)
  11. QuasiBreaking the Balls of History (Sub Pop)
  12. Woodrow Hart & the HaymakerDown in the Belly (self-released)
  13. Blues LawyerAll in Good Time (Dark Entries)
  14. Yo La TengoThis Stupid World (Matador)
  15. Orchestra GoldMedicine (self-released)
  16. King TuffSmalltown Stardust (Sub Pop)
  17. LadytronTime's Arrow (Cooking Vinyl )
  18. koleżankaAlone with the Sound the Mind Makes ( Bar/None)
  19. PearlaOh Glistening Onion, The Nighttime Is Coming (Spacebomb)
  20. GlydersMaria's Hunt (Country Thyme)
  21. Various ArtistsWOMAN, LIFE, FREEDOM (Apranik)
  22. The WAEVEThe WAEVE (Transgressive/PIAS)
  23. Andy ShaufNorm (ANTI-)
  24. Cor De LuxMedia (self-released)
  25. The DrinToday My Friend You Drunk the Venom (Feel It)
  26. Amber ArcadesBarefoot on Diamond Road (Fire)
  27. Avey Tare7s (Domino)
  28. LiselPatterns for Auto-Tuned Voices and Delay (Ba Da Bing)
  29. The Go! TeamGet Up Sequences Part Two (Memphis Industries)
  30. Half GringaAncestral Home (self-released)
  31. Art Ensemble Of ChicagoThe Sixth Decade: From Paris to Paris (Rogue Art )
  32. King StingrayKing Stingray (Cooking Vinyl)
  33. Cheater SlicksIll-Fated Cusses (In the Red)
  34. Wax TailorFishing For Accidents (LAB'ORATOIRE)
  35. CivicTaken By Force (ATO)
  36. babyfangIn the Face Of (LucidHaus)
  37. Billy NomatesCACTI (Invada)
  38. Oozing WoundWe Cater to Cowards (Thrill Jockey)
  39. Leland WhittyAnyhow (Innovative Leisure )
  40. July TalkRemember Never Before (Six Shooter)
  41. Son of DribbleSon of Drib Against the Wind (Minimum Table Stacks)
  42. Various ArtistsScrap Metal Volume 2 (RidingEasy)
  43. Kate NVWOW (RVNG Intl.)
  44. CrushedExtra Life (self-released)
  45. These PeopleIn Place of Time (Green Witch/Parallel Division)
  46. The CloudsThe Clouds (DFA)
  47. SamiaHoney (Grand Jury)
  48. The TubsDead Meat (Trouble In Mind)
  49. White ReaperAsking for a Ride (Elektra)
  50. John CaleMercy (Double Six)

This week's adds

  1. Big NobodyRipped From The Dream (Legacy Junk Ltd.)
  2. Big|BraveNature Morte (Thrill Jockey)
  3. Cel RayCellular Raymond (self-released)
  4. Death Valley GirlsIslands In The Sky (Suicide Squeeze)
  5. En Attendant AnaPrincipia (Trouble in Mind)
  6. Laurie StyversGemini Girl: The Complete Hush Recordings (High Moon)
  7. LuceroShould've Learned By Now (Liberty & Lament/Thirty Tigers)
  8. Kate Fagan – I Don't Wanna Be Too Cool (Captured Tracks)
  9. Noah KleinZion (Moon Glyph)
  10. Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs PigsLand of Sleeper (Rocket Recordings)
  11. ShameFood for Worms (Dead Oceans)
  12. The ChurchThe Hypnogogue (Communicating Vessels)
  13. The NecksTravel (Northern Spy)
  14. U.S. GirlsBless This Mess (4AD)
  15. Waldo WittLong Daze, Dark Nights (self-released)
  16. Various ArtistsMainstream Disco Funk (WEWANTSOUNDS)

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Top 50 for the Week of 02/20/2023

  1. Yo La TengoThis Stupid World (Matador)
  2. The DrinToday My Friend You Drunk the Venom (Feel It)
  3. Sunny WarAnarchist Gospel (New West)
  4. KelelaRaven (Warp)
  5. Black Belt Eagle ScoutThe Land, The Water, The Sky (Saddle Creek)
  6. GlydersMaria's Hunt (Country Thyme)
  7. CrushedExtra Life (Self-Released)
  8. FranLeaving (Fire Talk)
  9. Orchestra GoldMedicine (self-released)
  10. Various ArtistsWOMAN, LIFE, FREEDOM (Apranik)
  11. Young FathersHeavy Heavy (Ninja Tune)
  12. LadytronTime's Arrow (Cooking Vinyl )
  13. The Go! TeamGet Up Sequences Part Two (Memphis Industries)
  14. 파란노을 (Parannoul)After the Magic (Topshelf)
  15. July TalkRemember Never Before (Six Shooter)
  16. Wax TailorFishing For Accidents (LAB'ORATOIRE)
  17. Hey Hey My MyHigh_Life (Vietnam)
  18. Andy ShaufNorm (ANTI-)
  19. Half GringaAncestral Home (self-released)
  20. Poi Dog PonderingKeep On Loving Each Other (self-released)
  21. King TuffSmalltown Stardust (Sub Pop)
  22. CivicTaken By Force (ATO)
  23. Emelia AustinFrom Another Sky (Anxiety Blanket)
  24. Star CollectorAttack, Sustain, Decay... Repeat (Self-Released)
  25. CrossleggedAnother Blue (Self-Released)
  26. QuasiBreaking the Balls of History (Sub Pop)
  27. Complete Mountain AlmanacComplete Mountain Almanac (Bella Union/PIAS)
  28. Margo PriceStrays (Loma Vista)
  29. The TubsDead Meat (Trouble In Mind)
  30. NighttimeKeeper Is the Heart (Ba Da Bing!)
  31. Oozing WoundWe Cater to Cowards (Thrill Jockey)
  32. Beau WanzerA Dead Person's Monologue (iDEAL Recordings)
  33. Art Ensemble Of ChicagoThe Sixth Decade: From Paris to Paris (Rogue Art )
  34. William IsRoadstar (Aquariphone)
  35. Meg BairdFurling (Drag City)
  36. Leland WhittyAnyhow (Innovative Leisure )
  37. MarlodyI'm Not Sure at All (Skep Wax)
  38. Rozi PlainPrize (Memphis Industries)
  39. Belle & SebastianLate Developers (Matador)
  40. Stella KolaStella Kola (Fountain Flight)
  41. Heavy BlanketMoon Is (Outer Battery)
  42. The MenNew York City (Fuzz Club)
  43. Robert ForsterThe Candle and the Flame (Tapete)
  44. Ibex CloneAll Channels Clear (Goner)
  45. Bobbie LovesongOn the Wind (Woodsist)
  46. babyfangIn the Face Of (LucidHaus)
  47. SamiaHoney (Grand Jury)
  48. Guided by VoicesLa La Land (GBV Inc)
  49. FixturesHollywood Dog (Bobo Integral/Naturally)
  50. MARRIED FMMARRIED FM (self-released)

This week's adds

  • Amber ArcadesBarefoot on Diamond Road (Fire)
  • Avey Tare7s (Domino)
  • Big|BraveNature Morte (Thrill Jockey)
  • Blues LawyerAll in Good Time (Dark Entries)
  • Bridal PartyCool Down (self-released)
  • Caroline PolachekDesire, I Want to Turn into You (Perpetual Novice)
  • Cheater SlicksIll-Fated Cusses (In the Red)
  • Cor de LuxMedia (self-released)
  • Dur-Dur Band Int.The Berlin Session (Out Here)
  • King StingrayKing Stingray (Cooking Vinyl)
  • koleżankaAlone with the Sound the Mind Makes (Bar/None)
  • LiselPatterns for Auto-tuned Voices and Delay (Ba Da Bing)
  • Narrow HeadMoments of Clarity (Run for Cover)
  • PearlaOh Glistening Onion, The Nighttime Is Coming (Spacebomb)
  • PILEAll Fiction (Exploding in Sound)
  • Screaming FemalesDesire Pathway (Don Giovanni)
  • SialSangkar (La Vida Es Un Mus)
  • Son of DribbleSon of Drib Against the Wind (Minimum Table Stacks)
  • The WAEVEThe WAEVE (Transgressive/PIAS)
  • Various ArtistsDifficult Messages (Disciples)
  • Various ArtistsScrap Metal Volume 2 (RidingEasy)

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Top 50 for the Week of 02/13/2023

  1. Young FathersHeavy Heavy (Ninja Tune)
  2. The Go! TeamGet Up Sequences Part Two (Memphis Industries)
  3. Little SimzNO THANK YOU (Forever Living Originals/AWAL)
  4. Ghost ForestGhost Forest (Rot Studios)
  5. GlydersMaria's Hunt (Country Thyme)
  6. FranLeaving (Fire Talk)
  7. Half GringaAncestral Home (Self-Released)
  8. 파란노을 (Parannoul)After the Magic (Topshelf)
  9. Orchestra GoldMedicine (Orchestra Gold)
  10. King TuffSmalltown Stardust (Sub Pop)
  11. Doom FlowerLimestone Ritual (Record Label')
  12. Poi Dog PonderingKeep On Loving Each Other (self-released)
  13. July TalkRemember Never Before (Six Shooter)
  14. LadytronTime's Arrow (Cooking Vinyl )
  15. Belle & SebastianLate Developers (Matador)
  16. For Tracy HydeHotel Insomnia (P-Vine)
  17. Bobbie LovesongOn the Wind (Woodsist)
  18. White ReaperAsking for a Ride (Elektra)
  19. PJ HarveyB-Sides, Demos & Rarities (UMe/Island)
  20. William IsRoadstar (Aquariphone)
  21. Oozing WoundWe Cater to Cowards (Thrill Jockey)
  22. Gone To ColorGone To Color RMXS (Self-Released)
  23. Jonah Yanoportrait of a dog (Innovative Leisure)
  24. Meg BairdFurling (Drag City)
  25. Rozi PlainPrize (Memphis Industries)
  26. DuckwrthChrome Bull (Supergood/The Blind Youth)
  27. Emelia AustinFrom Another Sky (Anxiety Blanket)
  28. Ibex CloneAll Channels Clear (Goner)
  29. Paul JacksAmphibious (Tritone)
  30. Guided by VoicesLa La Land (GBV Inc)
  31. The TubsDead Meat (Trouble In Mind)
  32. The Murder CapitalGigi's Recovery (Human Season)
  33. WeaklungWe Bring About Our Own Demise (self-released)
  34. Blatant Dissent1985-1986 (Alona's Dream)
  35. Art Ensemble Of ChicagoThe Sixth Decade: From Paris to Paris (Rogue Art )
  36. SatomimagaeAwa (Expanded) (RVNG Intl.)
  37. SamiaHoney (Grand Jury)
  38. Italia 90Living Human Treasure (Brace Yourself)
  39. Billy NomatesCACTI (Invada)
  40. FixturesHollywood Dog (Bobo Integral/Naturally)
  41. Hands of HydraHands of Hydra (self-released)
  42. CompilationWOMAN, LIFE, FREEDOM (Apranik)
  43. Leland WhittyAnyhow (Innovative Leisure )
  44. Robert ForsterThe Candle and the Flame (Tapete)
  45. Complete Mountain AlmanacComplete Mountain Almanac (Bella Union/PIAS)
  46. babyfangIn the Face Of (LucidHaus)
  47. Arbor Labor UnionYonder (Sophomore Lounge)
  48. Fucked UpOne Day (Merge)
  49. Skull PractitionersNegative Stars (In the Red)
  50. We Are ScientistsLobes (1)

This week's adds

  1. Andy ShaufNorm (Anti)
  2. Black Belt Eagle ScoutThe Land, The Water, The Sky (Saddle Creek)
  3. CivicTaken By Force (ATO)
  4. CrossleggedAnother Blue (Self-Released)
  5. CrushedExtra Life (Self-Released)
  6. Heavy BlanketMoon Is (Outer Battery)
  7. Hey Hey My MyHigh_Life (Vietnam)
  8. Ivan JulianSwing Your Lanterns (Pravda)
  9. Kate NVWOW (RVNG Intl.)
  10. KelelaRaven (Warp)
  11. Nolen SellwoodOtherwise (New Folk)
  12. QuasiBreaking the Balls of History (Sub Pop)
  13. Star CollectorAttack, Sustain, Decay... Repeat (Self-Released)
  14. Stella KolaStella Kola (Fountain Flight)
  15. The DrinToday My Friend You Drunk the Venom (Feel It)

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