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Top 50 for the Week of 12/23/2024

  1. Drasii – Spirito Celeste (FPE)
  2. Kim Deal – Nobody Loves You More (4AD)
  3. Sofie Royer – Young-Girl Forever (Stones Throw)
  4. Fazerdaze – Soft Power (section1)
  5. Keri Johnsrud & Shawn Maxwell – C₈H₁₀N₄O₂ (self-released)
  6. Tuff Sudz – Tough Suds (Tough Soundz)
  7. Tiny Moving Parts – Deep in the Blue (self-released)
  8. Wussy – Cincinnati Ohio (Shake It)
  9. hemlock – 444 (self-released)
  10. Compilation – Ready! Aim!! 1!2!3!4! - A Tribute To M.O.T.O. (Chain Smoking)
  11. Compilation – TRAИƧA (Red Hot)
  12. Michael Kiwanuka – Small Changes (Polydor)
  13. Kelly Finnigan – A Lover Was Born (Colemine)
  14. Saint Etienne – The Night (Heavenly)
  15. Dean & Britta & Sonic Boom – A Peace of Us (Carpark)
  16. California Snow Story – Christmas Dreams (Shelflife)
  17. Las Palabras – Fe (La Castanya)
  18. Father John Misty – Mahashmashana (Sub Pop)
  19. Billy Joel Jr. – Rubberhose (self-released)
  20. Sunshy – I don't care what comes next (self-released)
  21. The Effigies – For Ever Grounded (40th Anniversary Edition) (BFD)
  22. Julián Mayorga – Chak Chak Chak Chak (Glitterbeat)
  23. Lauren Mayberry – Vicious Creature (Island)
  24. Chris Greene Quartet – Conversance (Pravda)
  25. Morpho – Morpho Season (Hit the North)
  26. The Bongo Hop – La Pata Coja (Underdog)
  27. Astrachan – Cleaner Than Clean (Happen Twice)
  28. Big'n – The End Comes Too Soon (Computer Students)
  29. Rogê – Curyman II (Diamond West)
  30. Lykanthea – Some Viscera (self-released)
  31. Qlowski – The Wound (Maple Death/Feel It)
  32. Beachwood Sparks – Across The River of Stars (Curation)
  33. Tarzan Grip – Lobotomy (House of Dissent)
  34. Trudy and the Romance – Blue Thunder (B3SCI)
  35. Flying Lotus – Spirit Box (Warp)
  36. Man-eaters – Quatro Muchachos (Feel It)
  37. Black Cat Heart Attack – A Rough Tongue (Hit Refresh)
  38. Background Character – Recordings 2024 (Self-Released)
  39. Hunger Anthem – Lift (Cornelius Chapel)
  40. Yesness – See You at the Solipsist Convention (Joyful Noise)
  41. The Fleshtones – It's Getting Late (...and More Songs About Werewolves) (Yep Roc)
  42. anocean – climbing walls EP (self-released)
  43. NAO11 – Final Outro (self-released)
  44. Ella Thompson – Ripple on the Wing (Hopestreet)
  45. Friedberg – Hardcore Workout Queen (Clouds Hill)
  46. Mount Eerie – Night Palace (P.W. Elverum & Sun)
  47. SiP – Leos Ultras (Not Not Fun)
  48. Nicky Lawrence – Ugly Black Woman (Gypsy Soul)
  49. Tombstones In Their Eyes – Asylum Harbour (Kitten Robot)
  50. Carlita – Sentimental (Ninja Tune)

This week's adds

  • Brian Nasty – Anywhere, But Here With You (Big Dada)
  • Fennesz – Mosaic (P-Vine)
  • Kendrick Lamar – GNX (PGLang/Interscope)
  • Staring Problem – Equinox (Modern Tapes)

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Top 50 for the Week of 12/16/24

  1. Kim Deal – Nobody Loves You More (4AD)
  2. Drasii – Spirito Celeste (FPE)
  3. Flying Lotus – Spirit Box (Warp)
  4. hemlock – 444 (self-released)
  5. Michael Kiwanuka – Small Changes (Polydor)
  6. Billy Joel Jr. – Rubberhose (self-released)
  7. Friedberg – Hardcore Workout Queen (Clouds Hill)
  8. Mount Eerie – Night Palace (P.W. Elverum & Sun )
  9. Various Artists – TRAИƧA (Red Hot)
  10. Fazerdaze – Soft Power (section1)
  11. Father John Misty – Mahashmashana (Sub Pop)
  12. Las Palabras – Fe (La Castanya)
  13. Sunshy – I don't care what comes next (self-released)
  14. The Effigies – For Ever Grounded (40th Anniversary Edition) (BFD)
  15. Wussy – Cincinnati Ohio (Shake It)
  16. Hunger Anthem – Lift (Cornelius Chapel)
  17. Qlowski – The Wound (Maple Death/Feel It)
  18. Beachwood Sparks – Across The River of Stars (Curation)
  19. NAO11 – Final Outro (self-released)
  20. Tombstones In Their Eyes – Asylum Harbour (Kitten Robot)
  21. Tuff Sudz – Tough Suds (Tough Soundz )
  22. Keri Johnsrud & Shawn Maxwell – C₈H₁₀N₄O₂ (self-released)
  23. Background Character – Recordings 2024 (Self-Released)
  24. Spun Out – Dream Noise (self-released)
  25. Kelly Finnigan – A Lover Was Born (Colemine)
  26. The Bongo Hop – La Pata Coja (Underdog)
  27. Sofie Royer – Young-Girl Forever (Stones Throw)
  28. Adrian Younge – Linear Labs: São Paulo (Linear Labs )
  29. Dean & Britta & Sonic Boom – A Peace of Us (Carpark)
  30. Various Artists – Neptunes (Smugglers Way)
  31. Carlita – Sentimental (Ninja Tune)
  32. Various Artists – Like Someone I Know: A Celebration Of Margo Guryan (Sub Pop)
  33. Katrina Ford – H.E.A.R.T. (Violin Films)
  34. Tiny Moving Parts – Deep in the Blue (self-released)
  35. California Snow Story – Christmas Dreams (Shelflife)
  36. The Fleshtones – It's Getting Late (...and More Songs About Werewolves) (Yep Roc)
  37. Trudy and the Romance – Blue Thunder (B3SCI)
  38. Latvian Radio – Off We Go (Belpid)
  39. variety – Subtropical (Very Soft)
  40. The Cure – Songs Of A Lost World (Fiction/Capitol)
  41. Amyl and The Sniffers – Cartoon Darkness (B2B)
  42. Black Cat Heart Attack – A Rough Tongue (Hit Refresh)
  43. Rogê – Curyman II (Diamond West)
  44. anocean – climbing walls EP (self-released)
  45. Ella Thompson – Ripple on the Wing (Hopestreet)
  46. Morpho – Morpho Season (Hit the North)
  47. SiP – Leos Ultras (Not Not Fun)
  48. Big'n – The End Comes Too Soon (Computer Students)
  49. Local the Neighbour – VALLEY pt. 2 (Slightly Above Average)
  50. Yesness – See You at the Solipsist Convention (Joyful Noise)

This week's adds

  • Julián Mayorga – Chak Chak Chak Chak (Glitterbeat)
  • Lauren Mayberry – Vicious Creature (Island)
  • Lykanthea – Some Viscera (self-released)
  • Saint Etienne – The Night (Heavenly)

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Top 50 for the Week of 12/09/2024

  1. Drasii – Spirito Celeste (FPE)
  2. Rogê – Curyman II (Diamond West)
  3. Fazerdaze – Soft Power (section1)
  4. Mope Grooves – Box Of Dark Roses (12XU)
  5. Chris Greene Quartet – Conversance (Pravda)
  6. Michael Kiwanuka – Small Changes (Polydor)
  7. Amyl and The Sniffers – Cartoon Darkness (B2B)
  8. Dean & Britta & Sonic Boom – A Peace of Us (Carpark)
  9. Compilation – TRAИƧA (Red Hot)
  10. Kelly Finnigan – A Lover Was Born (Coalmine)
  11. Friedberg – Hardcore Workout Queen (Clouds Hill)
  12. Adrian Younge – Linear Labs: São Paulo (Linear Labs)
  13. The Fleshtones – It's Getting Late (...and More Songs About Werewolves) (Yep Roc)
  14. Father John Misty – Mahashmashana (Sub Pop)
  15. Sunshy – I don't care what comes next (self-released)
  16. Astrachan – Cleaner Than Clean (Happen Twice)
  17. Compilation – Ready! Aim!! 1!2!3!4! - A Tribute To M.O.T.O. (Chain Smoking)
  18. The Bongo Hop – La Pata Coja (Underdog)
  19. Brother Ali – Satisfied Soul (Mello Music)
  20. Keri Johnsrud & Shawn Maxwell – C₈H₁₀N₄O₂ (self-released)
  21. Man-eaters – Quatro Muchachos (Feel It)
  22. Tiny Moving Parts – Deep in the Blue (self-released)
  23. Les Hay Babies – Tintamarre (Simone)
  24. Julia Logan – Faraway Nearby (Dumont Dumont)
  25. Unknown Component – Emotional Auditory Reaction (self-released)
  26. Mount Eerie – Night Palace (P.W. Elverum & Sun)
  27. Sofie Royer – Young-Girl Forever (Stones Throw)
  28. Beachwood Sparks – Across The River of Stars (Curation)
  29. Nicky Lawrence – Ugly Black Woman (Gypsy Soul)
  30. Flying Lotus – Spirit Box (Warp)
  31. Carlita – Sentimental (Ninja Tune)
  32. THUS LOVE – All Pleasure (Captured Tracks)
  33. Kokoroko – Get the Message (Brownswood)
  34. Morpho – Morpho Season (Hit the North)
  35. The Effigies – For Ever Grounded (40th Anniversary Edition) (BFD)
  36. Big'n – The End Comes Too Soon (Computer Students)
  37. Local the Neighbour – VALLEY pt. 2 (Slightly Above Average)
  38. Qlowski – The Wound (Maple Death/Feel It)
  39. anocean – climbing walls EP (self-released)
  40. Tombstones In Their Eyes – Asylum Harbour (Kitten Robot)
  41. Tomin – A Willed and Conscious Balance (International Anthem)
  42. Laura Marling – Patterns In Repeat (Chrysalis/Partisan)
  43. Background Character – Recordings 2024 (Self-Released)
  44. Spun Out – Dream Noise (self-released)
  45. Wussy – Cincinnati Ohio (Shake It)
  46. The Gates of Slumber – The Gates of Slumber (Svart)
  47. Cracker – Alternative History: A Cracker Retrospective (Cooking Vinyl)
  48. Tarzan Grip – Lobotomy (House of Dissent)
  49. Our Girl – The Good Kind (Bella Union)
  50. Black Cat Heart Attack – A Rough Tongue (Hit Refresh)

This week's adds

  • Billy Joel Jr. – Rubberhose (self-released)
  • California Snow Story – Christmas Dreams EP (Shelflife)
  • Hemlock – 444 (self-released)
  • Hunger Anthem – Lift (Cornelius Chapel)
  • Kim Deal – Nobody Loves You More (4AD)
  • Tuff Sudz – Tough Suds (Tough Soundz)

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Top 50 for the Week of 12/02/2024

  1. Fazerdaze – Soft Power (section1)
  2. Sunshy – I don't care what comes next (self-released)
  3. Desert Liminal – Black Ocean (Fantastique)
  4. Michael Kiwanuka – Small Changes (Polvdor)
  5. Kelly Finnigan – A Lover Was Born (Coalmine)
  6. Wussy – Cincinnati Ohio (Shake It)
  7. Amyl and The Sniffers – Cartoon Darkness (B2B)
  8. Tiny Moving Parts – Deep in the Blue (self-released)
  9. The Bongo Hop – La Pata Coja (Underdog)
  10. Friedberg – Hardcore Workout Queen (Clouds Hill)
  11. The Cure – Songs Of A Lost World (Fiction/Capitol)
  12. Various Artists – Like Someone I Know: A Celebration Of Margo Guryan (Sub Pop)
  13. Humdrum – Every Heaven (Slumberland)
  14. Funkrust Brass Band – Make a Little Spark (self-released)
  15. Father John Misty – Mahashmashana (Sub Pop)
  16. Morpho – Morpho Season (Hit the North)
  17. The Effigies – For Ever Grounded (40th Anniversary Edition) (BFD)
  18. Mount Eerie – Night Palace (P.W. Elverum & Sun )
  19. Mope Grooves – Box Of Dark Roses (12XU)
  20. Brother Ali – Satisfied Soul (Mello Music)
  21. Man-eaters – Quatro Muchachos (Feel It)
  22. Sofie Royer – Young-Girl Forever (Stones Throw)
  23. Fashion Club – A Love You Cannot Shake (Felte )
  24. Little Moon – Dear Divine (Joyful Noise)
  25. Various Artists – Neptunes (Smugglers Way)
  26. Yesness – See You at the Solipsist Convention (Joyful Noise)
  27. The Fleshtones – It's Getting Late (...and More Songs About Werewolves) (Yep Roc)
  28. anocean – climbing walls EP (self-released)
  29. Flying Lotus – Spirit Box (Warp)
  30. Two Shell – Two Shell (Young )
  31. Tess Parks – Pomegranate (Fuzz Club)
  32. Porridge Radio – Clouds In The Sky They Will Always Be There For Me (Secretly Canadian)
  33. Chris Greene Quartet – Conversance (Pravda)
  34. SiP – Leos Ultras (Not Not Fun)
  35. Big'n – The End Comes Too Soon (Computer Students)
  36. Adrian Younge – Linear Labs: São Paulo (Linear Labs )
  37. Beachwood Sparks – Across The River of Stars (Curation)
  38. Tombstones In Their Eyes – Asylum Harbour (Kitten Robot)
  39. Latvian Radio – Off We Go (Belpid)
  40. Soccer Mommy – Evergreen (Loma Vista/Concord)
  41. High Vis – Guided Tour (Dais)
  42. Phantogram – Memory of a Day (Neon Gold/Avenue A)
  43. Black Cat Heart Attack – A Rough Tongue (Hit Refresh)
  44. The Effigies – Burned (BFD)
  45. Les Hay Babies – Tintamarre (Simone )
  46. Kokoroko – Get the Message (Brownswood)
  47. The Smashing Times – Mrs Ladyships and the Cleanerhouse Boys (Perennial)
  48. Japandroids – Fate & Alcohol (ANTI-)
  49. La Femme – Rock Machine (Disque Pointu)
  50. Nicky Lawrence – Ugly Black Woman (Gypsy Soul)

This week's adds


  1. Astrachan – Cleaner Than Clean (Happen Twice)

  2. Cracker – Alternative History: A Cracker Retrospective (Cooking Vinyl)

  3. Cracker – Alternative History: A Cracker Retrospective (Cooking Vinyl)

  4. Drasii – Spirito Celeste (FPE)

  5. Julia Logan – Faraway Nearby (Dumont Dumont)

  6. Keri Johnsrud & Shawn Maxwell – C₈H₁₀N₄O₂ (self-released)

  7. Local the Neighbour – VALLEY pt. 2 (Slightly Above Average)

  8. Main Era – Archie (Pleasure Tapes)

  9. Qlowski – The Wound (Maple Death/Feel It)

  10. Rogê – Curyman II (Diamond West)

  11. The Gates of Slumber – The Gates of Slumber (Svart)

  12. Unlettered – Five Mile Point (self-released)

  13. Various Artists – Ready! Aim!! 1!2!3!4! - A Tribute To M.O.T.O. (Chain Smoking)

  14. Various Artists – TRAИƧA (Red Hot)


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Top 50 for the Week of 11/25/2024

  1. Father John Misty – Mahashmashana (Sub Pop)
  2. Sofie Royer – Young-Girl Forever (Stones Throw)
  3. Friedberg – Hardcore Workout Queen (Clouds Hill)
  4. Sunshy – I don't care what comes next (self-released)
  5. Wussy – Cincinnati Ohio (Shake It)
  6. Fazerdaze – Soft Power (section1)
  7. Adrian Younge – Linear Labs: São Paulo (Linear Labs)
  8. Desert Liminal – Black Ocean (Fantastique)
  9. Mount Eerie – Night Palace (P.W. Elverum & Sun)
  10. The Cure – Songs Of A Lost World (Fiction/Capitol)
  11. Carlita – Sentimental (Ninja Tune)
  12. Spun Out – Dream Noise (self-released)
  13. BassKase – Coming Up for Air (Soundpoint)
  14. Les Hay Babies – Tintamarre (Simone)
  15. Black Cat Heart Attack – A Rough Tongue (Hit Refresh)
  16. The Effigies – Burned (BFD)
  17. La Femme – Rock Machine (Disque Pointu)
  18. Las Palabras – Fe (La Castanya)
  19. Flying Lotus – Spirit Box (Warp)
  20. Tess Parks – Pomegranate (Fuzz Club)
  21. Japandroids – Fate & Alcohol (ANTI-)
  22. Phantogram – Memory of a Day (Neon Gold/Avenue A)
  23. Humdrum – Every Heaven (Slumberland)
  24. Mope Grooves – Box Of Dark Roses (12XU)
  25. SiP – Leos Ultras (Not Not Fun)
  26. Ella Thompson – Ripple on the Wing (Hopestreet)
  27. Big'n – The End Comes Too Soon (Computer Students)
  28. Amyl and The Sniffers – Cartoon Darkness (B2B)
  29. Current Joys – East My Love (Secretly Canadian)
  30. Background Character – Recordings 2024 (Self-Released)
  31. NAO11 – Final Outro (self-released)
  32. Verboten – Verböten (Inside Outside)
  33. Tombstones In Their Eyes – Asylum Harbour (Kitten Robot)
  34. Compilation – Like Someone I Know: A Celebration Of Margo Guryan (Sub Pop)
  35. Kokoroko – Get the Message (Brownswood)
  36. Tomin – A Willed and Conscious Balance (International Anthem)
  37. The Linda Lindas – No Obligation (Epitaph)
  38. Mo Dotti – opaque (self-released)
  39. sponj – The Best EP (self-released)
  40. Fashion Club – A Love You Cannot Shake (Felte)
  41. Funkrust Brass Band – Make a Little Spark (self-released)
  42. Porridge Radio – Clouds In The Sky They Will Always Be There For Me (Secretly Canadian)
  43. anocean – climbing walls EP (self-released)
  44. Laura Marling – Patterns In Repeat (Chrysalis/Partisan)
  45. 7xvethegenius – Death of Deuce (Drumwork Music Group)
  46. Pom Pom Squad – Mirror Starts Moving Without Me (City Slang)
  47. Soccer Mommy – Evergreen (Loma Vista/Concord)
  48. The Mystery Lights – Purgatory (Wick/Daptone)
  49. Berlin Taxi – Milestones (self-released)
  50. Drook – The Pure Joy of Jumping (self-released)

This week's adds

  • Beachwood Sparks – Across the River of Stars (Curation)
  • Brother Ali – Satisfied Soul (Mello Music)
  • Chris Greene Quartet – Conversance (Pravda)
  • Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith & Joe Goddard – Neptunes (Smugglers Way)
  • Kelly Finnigan – A Lover Was Born (Colemine)
  • Man-eaters – Quatro Muchachos (Feel It)
  • Michael Kiwanuka – Small Changes (Geffen)
  • Morpho – Morpho Season (Hit the North)
  • Morricone Youth – Eight Eyes (Country Club)
  • Nicky Lawrence – Ugly Black Woman (Gypsy Soul)
  • The Bongo Hop – La Pata Coja (Underdog)
  • The Effigies – For Ever Grounded (40th Anniversary Edition) (BFD)
  • The Fleshtones – It's Getting Late (...and More Songs About Werewolves) (Yep Roc)
  • Tiny Moving Parts – Deep in the Blue (self-released)
  • Yesness – See You at the Solipsist Convention (Joyful Noise)

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