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Top 50 for the Week of 10/14/2024

  1. HoneyglazeReal Deal (Fat Possum)
  2. CaribouHoney (Merge)
  3. The WAEVECity Lights (Transgressive)
  4. The SmileCutouts (XL)
  5. TashaAll This and So Much More (Bayonet)
  6. The Jesus LizardRack (Ipecac)
  7. PulsarsPulsars (Tiny Global)
  8. Godspeed You Black Emperor!"NO TITLE AS OF 13 FEBRUARY 2024 28,340 DEAD" (Constellation)
  9. Nicole Mitchell and Ballaké SissokoBamako*Chicago Sound System (FPE)
  10. MustafaDunya (Jagjaguwar)
  11. Jamie xxIn Waves (Young)
  12. DummyFree Energy (Trouble in Mind )
  13. Cassie RamoneSweetheart (CD-R)
  14. Nilüfer YanyaMy Method Actor (Ninja Tune)
  15. Ginger RootSHINBANGUMI (Ghostly International)
  16. Fake FruitMucho Mistrust (Carpark)
  17. Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed MuhammadJazz is Dead 021 (Jazz Is Dead)
  18. beastiiFollower (Dark Circles)
  19. PlumCan't Hold On To It (Eye Vybe Records)
  20. MEMORIALSMemorial Waterslides (Fire)
  21. Dawn Richard and Spencer ZahnQuiet in a World Full of Noise (Merge)
  22. Nubya GarciaOdyssey (Concord)
  23. Wild PinkDulling the Horns (Fire Talk)
  24. PROBLEMSEnter The Annals (The Record Machine)
  25. Maxx McGatheyImaginary Eyes (Nudie)
  26. OtterlymusicCorinthians 13 (self-released)
  27. Marquis HillComposers Collective: Beyond The Jukebox (Black Unlimited Music Group)
  28. VelvetronSomething/Anything (self-released)
  29. Blood IncantationAbsolute Elsewhere (Century Media)
  30. Katy J PearsonSomeday, Now (Heavenly/PIAS)
  31. Claude FontaineLa Mer (Innovative Leisure)
  32. The TheEnsoulment (earMUSIC)
  33. HindsVIVA HINDS (Lucky Number )
  34. Peel Dream MagazineRose Main Reading Room (Top Shelf)
  35. Xiu Xiu13" Frank Beltrame Italian Stiletto with Bison Horn Grips (Polyvinyl)
  36. Alan SparhawkWhite Roses, My God (Subpop)
  37. Los BitchosTalkie Talkie (City Slang)
  38. FcukersBaggy$$ EP (Technicolour)
  39. MJ LendermanManning Fireworks (Anti-)
  40. Beats y BateriaMigratum (Stolen Mask)
  41. Wiseboy JeremyPumpkin Seeds (Equity)
  42. Thee Sacred SoulsGot A Story To Tell (Daptone)
  43. A Place To Bury StrangersSynthesizer (Dedstrange)
  44. The Bug ClubOn the Intricate Inner Workings of the System (Sub Pop)
  45. Fat DogWOOF. (Domino)
  46. OceanatorEverything is Love and Death (Polyvinyl)
  47. Emily Haden LeeThe Woman I Would Be (self-released)
  48. Official ClaireMidnight Dickbiter (self-released)
  49. SOPHIESOPHIE (Transgressive)
  50. Kate BollingerSongs From A Thousand Frames Of Mind (Ghostly International)

This week's adds

  1. Abstract CrimewaveThe Longest Night (Chimp Limbs)
  2. Chat PileCool World (The Flenser)
  3. Christian Lee HutsonParadise Pop. 10 (Anti-)
  4. DrookThe Pure Joy of Jumping (self-released)
  5. Mo Dottiopaque (self-released)
  6. Public Service BroadcastingThe Last Flight (O/Silva Screen)
  7. Rahim RedcarHOPECORE (Because)
  8. Seun Kuti & Egypt 80Heavier Yet (Lays The Crownless Head) (Record Kicks)
  9. The Hard QuartetThe Hard Quartet (Matador)
  10. The Junior LeagueOur Broadcast Day (Greenleaves Sound/Kool Kat Musik)
  11. The Linda LindasNo Obligation (Epitaph)
  12. Touché AmoréSpiral In A Straight Line (Rise)
  13. VerbotenVerböten (Inside Outside)
  14. Vitesse XThis Infinite (Music-Website)

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Top 50 for the Week of 10/07/2024

  1. Nilüfer YanyaMy Method Actor (Ninja Tune)
  2. Cassie RamoneSweetheart (CD-R)
  3. DummyFree Energy (Trouble in Mind)
  4. HoneyglazeReal Deal (Fat Possum)
  5. Sima CunninghamHigh Roller (Ruination)
  6. The WAEVECity Lights (Transgressive)
  7. Jamie xxIn Waves (Young)
  8. TashaAll This and So Much More (Bayonet)
  9. Nubya GarciaOdyssey (Concord)
  10. Wiseboy JeremyPumpkin Seeds (Equity)
  11. Xiu Xiu13" Frank Beltrame Italian Stiletto with Bison Horn Grips (Polyvinyl)
  12. Fontaines D.C.Romance (XL)
  13. PROBLEMSEnter The Annals (The Record Machine)
  14. Alan SparhawkWhite Roses, My God (Subpop)
  15. The TheEnsoulment (earMUSIC)
  16. PlumCan't Hold On To It (Eye Vybe Records)
  17. beastiiFollower (Dark Circles)
  18. PulsarsPulsars (Tiny Global)
  19. VelvetronSomething/Anything (self-released)
  20. Joan As Police WomanLemons, Limes and Orchids (Play It Again Sam)
  21. Beats y BateriaMigratum (Stolen Mask)
  22. The Jesus LizardRack (Ipecac)
  23. Nicole Mitchell and Ballaké SissokoBamako*Chicago Sound System (FPE)
  24. Shemekia CopelandBlame It On Eve (Alligator)
  25. Claude FontaineLa Mer (Innovative Leisure)
  26. Ginger RootSHINBANGUMI (Ghostly International)
  27. Ezra CollectiveDance, No One's Watching (Partisan)
  28. Naima BockBelow a Massive Dark Land (Sub Pop)
  29. FcukersBaggy$$ EP (Technicolour)
  30. OceanatorEverything is Love and Death (Polyvinyl)
  31. Emily Haden LeeThe Woman I Would Be (self-released)
  32. Molchat DomaBelaya Polosa (Sacred Bones)
  33. Marquis HillComposers Collective: Beyond The Jukebox (Black Unlimited Music Group)
  34. Tension PetsCubey (self-released)
  35. Lunar VacationEverything Matters, Everything's Fire (Keeled Scales)
  36. Nada SurfMoon Mirror (New West)
  37. The Bug ClubOn the Intricate Inner Workings of the System (Sub Pop)
  38. My Brightest DiamondFight The Real Terror (Western Vinyl)
  39. Two Fields OverGrains of Verse (Self-Released)
  40. SeefeelEverything Squared (Warp)
  41. The FeedersThe Feeders (self-released)
  42. BounteThree (Zen Dozer)
  43. Fig DishFeels Like the Very First Two Times (Forge Again)
  44. Katy J PearsonSomeday, Now (Heavenly/PIAS)
  45. Peel Dream MagazineRose Main Reading Room (Top Shelf)
  46. Jerry PaperINBETWEEZER (Stones Throw)
  47. Ed Schrader's Music BeatOrchestra Hits (Upset the Rhythm)
  48. JunioreTrois, Deux, Un (Le Phonographe)
  49. juliemy anti-aircraft friend (Atlantic)
  50. Los BitchosTalkie Talkie (City Slang)

This week's adds

  • A Place to Bury StrangersSynthesizer (Dedstrange)
  • Anna ButterssMighty Vertebrate (International Anthem)
  • Balance and Composurewith you in spirit (Memory)
  • Blood IncantationAbsolute Elsewhere (Century Media)
  • CaribouHoney (Merge)
  • Dawn Richard & Spencer ZahnQuiet in a World Full of Noise (Merge)
  • Godspeed You! Black EmperorNO​ ​TITLE AS OF 13 FEBRUARY 2024 28​,​340 DEAD (Constellation)
  • Half WaifSee You at the Maypole (Anti-)
  • Kate BollingerSongs From A Thousand Frames Of Mind (Ghostly International)
  • Maxx McGatheyImaginary Eyes (Nudie)
  • MEMORIALSMemorial Waterslides (Fire)
  • Merce LemonWatch Me Drive Them Dogs Wild (Darling)
  • MustafaDunya (Jagjaguwar)
  • OtterlymusicCorinthians 13 EP (self-released)
  • Pale WavesSmitten (Dirty Hit)
  • PharmakonMaggot Mess (Sacred Bones)
  • SOPHIESOPHIE (Transgressive/Future Classic)
  • The Sensational Country Blues WondersIf I Stop Moving, I'll Fall From The Sky (self-released)
  • The SmileCutouts (XL)
  • Thee Sacred SoulsGot A Story To Tell (Daptone)
  • TSHASad Girl (Ninja Tune)
  • Various ArtistsJazz Is Dead 021 (Jazz Is Dead)
  • Wild PinkDulling the Horns (Fire Talk)

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Top 50 for the Week of 09/30/2024

  1. Jamie xxIn Waves (Young)
  2. PulsarsPulsars (Tiny Globe)
  3. Ginger RootSHINBANGUMI (Ghostly International)
  4. The Jesus LizardRack (Ipecac)
  5. PlumCan't Hold On To It (Eye Vybe Records)
  6. Katy J PearsonSomeday, Now (Heavenly/PIAS)
  7. DummyFree Energy (Trouble in Mind)
  8. Fontaines D.C.Romance (XL)
  9. Nada SurfMoon Mirror (New West)
  10. TashaAll This and So Much More (Bayonet)
  11. Beats y BateriaMigratum (Stolen Mask)
  12. Nicole Mitchell and Ballaké SissokoBamako*Chicago Sound System (FPE)
  13. Fig DishFeels Like the Very First Two Times (Forge Again)
  14. Nilüfer YanyaMy Method Actor (Ninja Tune)
  15. JunioreTrois, Deux, Un (Le Phonographe)
  16. ClickbaitAt Your Leisure (self-released)
  17. The TheEnsoulment (earMUSIC)
  18. Spirit of the BeehiveYOU'LL HAVE TO LOSE SOMETHING (Saddle Creek)
  19. Bright EyesFive Dice, All Threes (Dead Oceans)
  20. The Bug ClubOn the Intricate Inner Workings of the System (Sub Pop)
  21. MJ LendermanManning Fireworks (Anti-)
  22. Nick Cave & the Bad SeedsWild God (PIAS)
  23. Emily Haden LeeThe Woman I Would Be (self-released)
  24. Shredded SunWilding (Self-Released)
  25. Girl KMy Future (Take This To Heart)
  26. VelvetronSomething/Anything (self-released)
  27. Fake FruitMucho Mistrust (Carpark)
  28. Peel Dream MagazineRose Main Reading Room (Top Shelf)
  29. WishyTriple Seven (Winspear)
  30. Los BitchosTalkie Talkie (City Slang)
  31. Fat DogWOOF. (Domino)
  32. Jack WhiteNO NAME (Third Man)
  33. Sima CunninghamHigh Roller (Ruination)
  34. beastiiFollower (Dark Circles)
  35. Tension PetsCubey (self-released)
  36. Shemekia CopelandBlame It On Eve (Alligator)
  37. Claude FontaineLa Mer (Innovative Leisure)
  38. HindsVIVA HINDS (Lucky Number)
  39. FoxingFoxing (Grand Paradise)
  40. FcukersBaggy$$ EP (Technicolour)
  41. Official ClaireMidnight Dickbiter (self-released)
  42. OceanatorEverything is Love and Death (Polyvinyl)
  43. TindersticksSoft Tissue (City Slang)
  44. PorchesShirt (Domino)
  45. Toro Y MoiHole Erth (Dead Oceans)
  46. Molchat domaBelaya Polosa (Sacred Bones)
  47. Sofi TukkerBREAD (Virgin)
  48. BeabadoobeeThis Is How Tomorrow Moves (Dirty Hit)
  49. PROBLEMSEnter The Annals (The Record Machine)
  50. The FeedersThe Feeders (self-released)

This week's adds

  • Alan SparhawkWhite Roses, My God (Sub Pop)
  • Cassie RamoneSweetheart (CD-R)
  • Ed Schrader's Music BeatOrchestra Hits (Upset The Rhythm)
  • Jerry PaperINBETWEEZER (Stones Throw)
  • Joan As Police WomanLemons, Limes and Orchids (Play It Again Sam)
  • Lunar VacationEverything Matters, Everything’s Fire (Keeled Scales)
  • Marquis HillComposers Collective: Beyond The JukeBox (Black Unlimited Group)
  • Naima BockBelow A Massive Dark Land (Sub Pop)
  • The WAEVECity Lights (Transgressive)
  • Trace MountainsInto the Burning Blue (Lame-O)
  • Wiseboy JeremyPumpkin Seeds (Equity)
  • Ben BöhmerBloom (Ninja Tune)
  • Cool BandCool Band (self-released)
  • Ezra CollectiveDance, No One's Watching (Partisan)
  • HoneyglazeReal Deal (Fat Possum)
  • marie-noëlle Of The Record2 est égal à 3 (totallyrealprobablynotfake)
  • Nala SinephroEndlessness (Warp)
  • Neva DinovaCanary (Saddle Creek)
  • Nubya GarciaOdysessy (Concord)
  • Two Fields OverGrains of Verse (self-released)
  • Unto OthersNever, Neverland (Century Media)
  • Xiu Xiu13" Frank Beltrame Italian Stiletto with Bison Horn Grips (Polyvinyl)

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Top 50 for the Week of 09/23/2024


  1. Sima CunninghamHigh Roller (Ruination)

  2. The Jesus LizardRack (Ipecac)

  3. The TheEnsoulment (earMUSIC)

  4. PlumCan't Hold On To It (Eye Vybe Records)

  5. HindsVIVA HINDS (Lucky Number)

  6. beastiiFollower (Dark Circles)

  7. VelvetronSomething/Anything (self-released)

  8. Tension PetsCubey (self-released)

  9. Nicole Mitchell and Ballaké SissokoBamako*Chicago Sound System (FPE)

  10. Ginger RootSHINBANGUMI (Ghostly International)

  11. DummyFree Energy (Trouble in Mind)

  12. Fontaines D.C.Romance (XL)

  13. Fat DogWOOF. (Domino)

  14. MJ LendermanManning Fireworks (Anti-)

  15. Beats y BateriaMigratum (Stolen Mask)

  16. Fig DishFeels Like the Very First Two Times (Forge Again)

  17. Claude FontaineLa Mer (Innovative Leisure)

  18. FcukersBaggy$$ EP (Technicolour)

  19. Peel Dream MagazineRose Main Reading Room (Top Shelf)

  20. SeefeelEverything Squared (Warp)

  21. OceanatorEverything is Love and Death (Polyvinyl)

  22. WishyTriple Seven (Winspear)

  23. CursiveDevourer (Run For Cover)

  24. Molchat domaBelaya Polosa (Sacred Bones)

  25. Shemekia CopelandBlame It On Eve (Alligator)

  26. Fake FruitMucho Mistrust (Carpark)

  27. Spirit of the BeehiveYOU'LL HAVE TO LOSE SOMETHING (Saddle Creek)

  28. BeabadoobeeThis Is How Tomorrow Moves (Dirty Hit)

  29. Los BitchosTalkie Talkie (City Slang)

  30. Dale CroverGlossolalia (Joyful Noise)

  31. Toro Y MoiHole Erth (Dead Oceans)

  32. Jack WhiteNO NAME (Third Man)

  33. Sofi TukkerBREAD (Virgin)

  34. Emily Haden LeeThe Woman I Would Be (self-released)

  35. The FeedersThe Feeders (self-released)

  36. Girl KMy Future (Take This To Heart)

  37. QuiversOyster Cuts (Merge)

  38. Dark ChismeDark Chisme (self-released)

  39. juliemy anti-aircraft friend (Atlantic)

  40. GiftIlluminator (Captured Tracks)

  41. ASHRRSunshine Low (2020 Vision)

  42. Hello MaryEmita Ox (Frenchkiss)

  43. CompilationNo Occupation: Another Benefit for Mutual Aid in Gaza (self-released)

  44. King Gizzard & The Lizard WizardFlight b741 (p(doom)

  45. Nick Cave & the Bad SeedsWild God (PIAS)

  46. Kishi BashiKantos (Joyful Noise)

  47. Killer MikeMichael & The Mighty Midnight Revival - Songs For Sinners And Saints (Loma Vista/Concord)

  48. PROBLEMSEnter The Annals (The Record Machine)

  49. Klaus Johann GrobeIo tu il loro (Trouble in Mind)

  50. BONES UKSOFT (Sumerian)


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This week's adds


  • BatheInside Voice(s): Side A EP (MNRK)

  • Bright EyesFive Dice, All Threes (Dead Oceans)

  • Cool BandCool Band (self-released)

  • Jamie xxIn Waves (Young)

  • JunioreTrois, Deux, Un (Le Phonographe)

  • Katy J PearsonSomeday, Now (Heavenly / PIAS)

  • Nada SurfMoon Mirror (New West)

  • Nilüfer YanyaMy Method Actor (Ninja Tune)

  • Peddler's FrenchTrail Angels (self-released)

  • PulsarsPulsars (Tiny Global)

  • Shredded SunWilding (self-released)

  • TashaAll This and So Much More (Bayonette)


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Top 50 For The Week Of 09/16/2024

  1. DummyFree Energy (Trouble in Mind )
  2. Fontaines D.C.Romance (XL)
  3. Sima CunninghamHigh Roller (Ruination)
  4. Fig DishFeels Like the Very First Two Times (Forge Again)
  5. Shemekia CopelandBlame It On Eve (Alligator)
  6. HindsVIVA HINDS (Lucky Number )
  7. OceanatorEverything is Love and Death (Polyvinyl)
  8. Soweto Gospel Choir and Groove TerminatorHistory of House (Umculo House)
  9. Molchat domaBelaya Polosa (Sacred Bones)
  10. MJ LendermanManning Fireworks (Anti-)
  11. Laurie AndersonAmelia (Nonesuch)
  12. Fake FruitMucho Mistrust (Carpark)
  13. Jae SkeeseGround Level (Drumwork Music Group/Equity)
  14. SeefeelEverything Squared (Warp)
  15. King Gizzard & The Lizard WizardFlight b741 (p(doom)
  16. PROBLEMSEnter The Annals (The Record Machine)
  17. PlumCan't Hold On To It (Eye Vybe Records)
  18. Killer MikeMichael & The Mighty Midnight Revival - Songs For Sinners And Saints (Loma Vista/Concord)
  19. Girl KMy Future (Take This To Heart)
  20. Peel Dream MagazineRose Main Reading Room (Top Shelf)
  21. Dark ChismeDark Chisme (self-released)
  22. Toro Y MoiHole Erth (Dead Oceans)
  23. SuunsThe Breaks (Joyful Noise )
  24. Jack WhiteNO NAME (Third Man)
  25. Nick Cave & the Bad SeedsWild God (PIAS)
  26. Kishi BashiKantos (Joyful Noise)
  27. Brigitte Calls Me BabyThe Future Is Our Way Out (ATO)
  28. Marian RunkTwo Wires and a Spark (self-released)
  29. Tension PetsCubey (self-released)
  30. ClickbaitAt Your Leisure (self-released)
  31. MediavoloAway Within (AtHome)
  32. WishyTriple Seven (Winspear)
  33. Google EarthStreet View (Tiny Telephone)
  34. Keep for CheapBig Grass (self-released)
  35. New StrangersNew Strangers (Spirit Research )
  36. Sofi TukkerBREAD (Virgin)
  37. Yannis & The Yaw and Tony AllenLagos Paris London (Transgressive PIAS)
  38. The SoftiesThe Bed I Made (Father/Daughter)
  39. Charly BlissForever (Lucky Number)
  40. Milton Nascimento & esperanza spaldingMilton & esperanza (Concord)
  41. Official ClaireMidnight Dickbiter (self-released)
  42. MoraysVol. 1 (RoosterCow)
  43. InterlayHunting Jacket EP (Pleasure Tapes)
  44. Willie Buck and The Delmark All-StarsLive At Buddy Guy's Legends (Delmark)
  45. Spirit of the BeehiveYOU'LL HAVE TO LOSE SOMETHING (Saddle Creek)
  46. QuiversOyster Cuts (Merge)
  47. Tall JuanRaccoon Nights (self-released)
  48. HataałiiWaiting For A Sign (Dangerbird)
  49. Various ArtistsRed Scare Industries: 20 Years of Dreaming and Scheming (Red Scare)
  50. dog eyesholy friend (Grand Jury)

This week's adds

  • ASHRRSunshine Low (2020 Vision)
  • BeastiiFollower (Dark Circles)
  • Beats y BateriaMigratum (Stolen Mask)
  • BONES UKSOFT (Sumerian)
  • BounteThree (Zen Dozer)
  • ChastityChastity (Deathwish Inc)
  • Claude FontaineLa Mer (Innovative Leisure)
  • CursiveDevourer (Run For Cover)
  • Dale CroverGlossolalia (Joyful Noise)
  • Emily Haden LeeThe Woman I Would Be (self-released)
  • Faces of the BogAnimals (self-released)
  • Fat DogWOOF (Domino)
  • FcukersBaggy$$ (Technicolour)
  • FoxingFoxing (Grand Paradise)
  • GIFTIlluminator (Captured Tracks)
  • Ginger RootSHINBANGUMI (Ghostly International)
  • Hello MaryEmita Ox (Frenchkiss)
  • knittingSome Kind of Heaven (Mint)
  • juliemy anti-aircraft friend (Atlantic)
  • Los BitchosTalkie Talkie (City Slang)
  • My Brightest DiamondFight the Terror (Western Vinyl)
  • Nicole Mitchell and Ballaké SissokoBamako*Chicago Sound System (FPE)
  • Peddler's French Trail Angels (self-released)
  • PorchesShirt (Domino)
  • The Bug ClubOn the Intricate Workings Of The System (Sub Pop)
  • The FeedersThe Feeders EP (self-released)
  • The Jesus LizardRack (Ipecac)
  • The TheEnsoulment (earMUSIC)
  • TindersticksSoft Tissue (City Slang)
  • VelvetronSomething/Anything (self-released)

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