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Top 35 Albums of the Week

Week of December 1st, 2023

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  1. Melenas | Ahora (Trouble In Mind)
  2. Say She She | Silver (Karma Chief)
  3. Thomas Carnacki | Cadavre Isole (Alethiometer)
  4. Acid Arab | ٣ (Trois) (Crammed Discs)
  5. Matmos | Return To Archive (Smithsonian Folkways)
  6. The Lloyds | Attitude Check (Liberation Hall)
  7. Tommy Stinson’s Cowboys In The Campfire | Wronger (Done To Death)
  8. Vanishing Twin | Afternoon X (Fire)
  9. Blue Ocean | Fertile State (Slumberland)
  10. LAGOSS | Imaginary Island Music, Vol. 2: Ascension (Keroxen)
  11. The Outta Sorts | Inside Outside USA (Self-Released)
  12. L’Rain | I Killed Your Dog (Mexican Summer)
  13. Mitski | The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We (Dead Oceans)
  14. Various Artists | Zum Audio, Vol. 5 (Zum)
  15. Ladyybirdd (Gina Izzo) | Tomorrow’s Yesterday (Innova)
  16. Blockhead | The Aux (Backwoodz Studioz)
  17. Jalen Ngonda | Come Around And Love Me (Daptone)
  18. Tomas Fujiwara | Pith (Out of Your Head)
  19. Charif Megarbane | Marzipan (Habibi Funk 023) (HABIBI Funk)
  20. Faizal Mostrixx | Mutations (Glitterbeat)
  21. Ratboys | The Window (Topshelf)
  22. Marnie Stern | The Comeback Kid (Joyful Noise)
  23. Azu Tiwaline | The FIfth Dream (I.O.T)
  24. Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard | Pioneering Women of Bluegrass: The Definitive Edition (Smithsonian Folkways)
  25. Decisive Pink | Ticket to Fame (Fire)
  26. Sampha | Lahai (Young)
  27. Mohamad Zatari Trio | Istehlal (Zehra)
  28. H31R | HeadSpace (Big Dada)
  29. Niecy Blues | Exit Simulation (kranky)
  30. Girl Ray | Prestige (Moshi Moshi Records)
  31. Bobby Lee | Endless Skyways (Tompkins Square)
  32. Marta Del Grandi | Selva (Fire)
  33. Sofia Kourtesis | Madres (Ninja Tune)
  34. A Beacon School | yoyo (Grind Select)
  35. El Kontessa | Nos Habet Caramel (Bilna’es)

Week of November 24th, 2023

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  1. Azu Tiwaline | The Fifth Dream (I.O.T.)
  2. Pierre Omer’s Swing Revue | Tropical Breakdown (Voodoo Rhythm)
  3. Charif Megarbane | Marzipan (Habibi Funk 023) (Habibi Funk )
  4. Sampha | Lahai (Young)
  5. Niecy Blues | Exit Simulation (Kranky)
  6. Guilherme Coutinho E O Grupo Stalo | Guilherme Coutinho E O Grupo Stalo (Mr Bongo)
  7. Girl Ray | Prestige (Moshi Moshi )
  8. L’Rain | I Killed Your Dog (Mexican Summer)
  9. Pachyman | Switched-On (ATO Records)
  10. African Head Charge | A Trip to Bolgatanga (On-U Sound)
  11. Slowdive | everything is alive (Dead Oceans)
  12. The Free Music | Free Music (Part 1) (Habibi Funk 021) (Habibi Funk)
  13. Blue Ocean | Fertile State (Slumberland )
  14. Small Crush | Penelope (Asian Man)
  15. Juliana Hatfield | Juliana Hatfield Sings ELO (American Laundromat)
  16. Laurel Halo | Atlas (Awe)
  17. Be Your Own Pet | Mommy (Third Man )
  18. False Figure | Castigations (Transylvanian)
  19. Bobby Lee | Endless Skyways (Tompkins Square)
  20. Helen Money & Will Thomas | Trace (Thrill Jockey)
  21. Dub Specialist | Studio One Space-Age Dub Special (Soul Jazz)
  22. abracadabra | Shapes & Colors (Melodic)
  23. µ-Ziq | 1977 (Balmat)
  24. Aga Khan Master Musicians | Nowruz (Smithsonian Folkways )
  25. Sofia Kourtesis | Madres (Ninja Tune)
  26. Róisín Murphy | Hit Parade (Ninja Tune)
  27. Faizal Mostrixx | Mutations (Glitterbeat)
  28. Population II | Électrons libres du québec (Bonsound)
  29. Ghost Train Orchestra & Kronos Quartet | Songs & Symphoniques: The Music of Moondog (Cantaloupe)
  30. Rocket 808 | House of Jackpots (12XU)
  31. Elisapie | Inuktitut (Bonsound)
  32. Radian | Distorted Rooms (Thrill Jockey)
  33. Salami Rose Joe Louis | Akousmatikous (Brainfeeder)
  34. Forbidden Overture | Turned On (Dark Entries)
  35. Sonny Rhodes | The Essential Sonny Rhodes – Songs and Stories (Need To Know)

Week of November 17th, 2023

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  1. Creation Rebel | Hostile Environment (On-U Sound)
  2. Tommy Stinson’s Cowboys In The Campfire | Wronger (Self-Released)
  3. Silkroad Ensemble | Phoenix Rising (Self-Released)
  4. Vanishing Twin | Afternoon X (Fire Records)
  5. Matmos | Return to Archive (Smithsonian Folkways)
  6. Charif Megarbane | Marzipan (Habibi Funk 023) (HABIBI Funk Records)
  7. Joni Mitchell | Joni Mitchell Archives, Vol. 3: The Asylum Years (1972-1975) (Rhino)
  8. El Kontessa | Nos Habet Caramel (Bilna’es)
  9. Population II | Electrons libres du quebec (Bonsound)
  10. Noname | Sundial (Self-Released)
  11. Ghost Train Orchestra & Kronos Quartet | Songs & Symphoniques: The Music of Moondog (Cantaloupe)
  12. Pachyman | Switched-On (ATO)
  13. Lagoss | Imaginary Island Music, Vol. 2: Ascension (Keroxen)
  14. L’Rain | I Killed Your Dog (Mexican Summer)
  15. Various Artists | Middle Eastern Grooves (Selected by DJ Kobayashi) (Batov)
  16. Jenny Lewis | Joy’All (Blue Note)
  17. Cindy Wilson | Realms (Kill Rock Stars)
  18. Molly Tuttle and Golden Highway | City of Gold (Nonesuch)
  19. Mitski | The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We (Dead Oceans)
  20. Aga Khan Master Musicians | Nowruz (Smithsonian Folkways)
  21. Blue Ocean | Fertile State (Slumberland)
  22. Nick Drake and the Sad Beads | Nick Drake and the Sad Beads (Self-Released)
  23. Various Artists | Imaginational Anthem, Vol. XII : I Thought I Told You – A Yorkshire Tribute to Michael Chapman (Tompkins Square)
  24. Dudu Tassa & Jonny Greenwood | Jarak Qaribak (World Circuit)
  25. Various Artists | Mr Bongo Record Club, Vol. 6 (Mr Bongo)
  26. Califone | villagers (Jealous Butcher)
  27. Holy Tongue | Deliverance and Spiritual Warfare (Amidah)
  28. Janet Evra | Meet Me in Paris (Plum Jazz Records)
  29. Marta Del Grandi | Selva (Fire)
  30. Elisapie | Inuktitut (Bonsound)
  31. Orbitalpatterns | Impostor Syndrome (Artificial Owl)
  32. Markus Floats | Fourth Album (Constellation)
  33. V/Z | Suono Assente (AD 93)
  34. GracieHorse | L.A. Shit (Wharf Cat)
  35. Juliana Hatfield | Sings ELO (American Laundromat)

Week of November 10th, 2023

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  1. Matmos | Return to Archive (Smithsonian Folkways)
  2. Jeff Sanford’s Cartoon Jazz Orchestra | Playland at the Beach (Little Village)
  3. Faizal Mostrixx | Mutations (Glitterbeat )
  4. Charif Megarbane | Marzipan (Habibi Funk 023) (HABIBI Funk)
  5. Creation Rebel | Hostile Environment (On-U Sound)
  6. Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard | Pioneering Women of Bluegrass: The Definitive Edition (Smithsonian Folkways)
  7. Various Artists | Middle Eastern Grooves (Selected by DJ Kobayashi) (Batov Records)
  8. Mitski | The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We (Dead Oceans)
  9. Dengue Fever | Ting Mong (Tuk Tuk)
  10. Noname | Sundial (Awal)
  11. Isabelle Faust | Solo: Matteis – Pisendel – Biber – Guillemain – Vilsmayr (Harmonia Mundi)
  12. Parchman Prison Prayer | Some Mississippi Sunday Morning (Glitterbeat)
  13. billy woods & Kenny Segal | Maps (Backwoodz Studioz)
  14. Blue Ocean | Fertile State (Slumberland)
  15. Current Affairs | Off the Tongue (Tough Love)
  16. Various Artists | Mr Bongo Record Club, Vol. 6 (Mr. Bongo)
  17. Eluvium | (Whirring Marvels In) Consensus Reality (Temporary Residence)
  18. The Goods | The Goods – EP (Dandy Boy)
  19. Flamingods | Head of Pomegranate (The Liquid Label)
  20. Colleen | Le jour et la nuit du réel (Thrill Jockey)
  21. Salami Rose Joe Louis | Akousmatikous (Brainfeeder)
  22. Viv & Riley | Imaginary People (Free Dirt)
  23. African Head Charge | A Trip to Bolgatanga (On-U Sound)
  24. Laurel Halo | Atlas (Awe)
  25. abracadabra | shapes & colors (Melodic)
  26. Wilco | Cousin (dBpm)
  27. Sparklehorse | Bird Machine (Anti/Epitaph)
  28. Molly Tuttle and Golden Highway | City of Gold (Nonesuch)
  29. LADYYBIRDD (Gina Izzo) | Tomorrow’s Yesterday (innova recordings)
  30. Armand Hammer | We Buy Diabetic Test Strips (Fat Possum)
  31. Big Thief | Vampire Empire / Born For Loving You (4AD)
  32. Silkroad Ensemble | Phoenix Rising (Self-Released)
  33. Ghost Train Orchestra & Kronos Quartet | Songs & Symphoniques: The Music of Moondog (Cantaloupe Music)
  34. Sextile | Push (Sacred Bones)
  35. Danger Mouse & Jemini The Gifted One | Born Again (Lex Records)

Week of November 3rd, 2023

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  1. Ghost Train Orchestra & Kronos Quartet | Songs & Symphoniques: The Music of Moondog (Cantaloupe)
  2. Charif Megarbane | Marzipan (Habibi Funk 023) (Habibi Funk)
  3. Wilco | Cousin (dBpm)
  4. Animal Collective | Isn’t It Now? (Domino)
  5. Vanishing Twin | Afternoon X (Fire)
  6. Slowdive | everything is alive (Dead Oceans)
  7. Creation Rebel | Hostile Environment (On-U Sound)
  8. Various Artists | Zum Audio, Vol. 5 (Zum)
  9. Laurel Halo | Atlas (Awe)
  10. Califone | villagers (Jealous Butcher)
  11. Sampha | Lahai (Young)
  12. Laura Groves | Radio Red (Bella Union)
  13. Now That’s What I Call Surf | Volume Two (Self-Released)
  14. Geese | 3D Country (Partisan)
  15. Bobby Lee | Endless Skyways (Tompkins Square)
  16. Markus Floats | Fourth Album (Constellation)
  17. Various Artists | Traces of Illusion (Compiled by Skyrager) (Spacetalk)
  18. Colleen | Le jour et la nuit du réel (Thrill Jockey)
  19. Kammerflimmer Kollektief | Schemen (Karlrecords)
  20. Aline’s étoile magique | éclipse (Elastic)
  21. Mitski | The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We (Dead Oceans)
  22. Sufjan Stevens | Javelin (Asthmatic Kitty)
  23. King Krule | Space Heavy (Matador)
  24. African Head Charge | A Trip To Bolgatanga (On-U Sound)
  25. PJ Harvey | I Inside the Old Year Dying (Partisan)
  26. The Sampaguitas | Folk Songs From The Philippines And Beyond (Little Village)
  27. Mighty Poplar | Mighty Poplar (Free Dirt)
  28. Noname | Sundial (AWAL)
  29. Cinder Well | Cadence (Free Dirt)
  30. Blues Lawyer | Sight Gags On The Radio (Dark Entries)
  31. El Kontessa | Nos Habet Caramel (Bilna’es)
  32. Tom Bickley | Jepson Prairie (Other Minds)
  33. Orbitalpatterns | Impostor Syndrome (Artificial Owl)
  34. LAGOSS | Imaginary Island Music, Vol. 2: Ascension (Keroxen)
  35. The Drums | Jonny (Anti/Epitaph)

Week of October 27th, 2023

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  1. Mitski | The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We (Dead Oceans)
  2. Slowdive | everything is alive (Dead Oceans)
  3. Slaughter Beach, Dog | Crying, Laughing, Waving, Smiling (Lame-O)
  4. Matana Roberts | Coin Coin Chapter Five: In the garden… (Constellation)
  5. Deeper | Careful! (Sub Pop)
  6. Sufjan Stevens | Javelin (Asthmatic Kitty)
  7. King Krule | Space Heavy (Matador)
  8. abracadabra | shapes & colors (Melodic)
  9. Now That’s What I Call Surf | Volume Two (Self-Released)
  10. Decisive Pink | Ticket to Fame (Fire)
  11. False Figure | Castigations (Transylvanian)
  12. The Damned | Darkadelic (earMUSIC)
  13. Jon Hassell | Further Fictions (Ndeya)
  14. Osees | Intercepted Message (In The Red)
  15. Various Artists | Zum Audio, Vol. 5 (Zum)
  16. Ghost Train Orchestra & Kronos Quartet | Songs & Symphoniques: The Music of Moondog (Cantaloupe)
  17. DJ Female Convict Scorpion | Confucius, Milton Berle (Self-Released)
  18. Colleen | Le jour et la nuit du réel (Thrill Jockey)
  19. Discos Resaca Collective | Back In The Day In ESSJ (Discos Resaca)
  20. Nicolas Horvath & William Susman | Quiet Rhythms Book I (Collection 1001 Notes)
  21. Sampha | Lahai (Young)
  22. Laurel Halo | Atlas (Awe)
  23. Jeff Rosenstock | HELLMODE (Polyvinyl)
  24. Miki Yamanaka | Shades Of Rainbow (Cellar Live)
  25. Radian | Distorted Rooms (Thrill Jockey)
  26. Salami Rose Joe Louis | Akousmatikous (Brainfeeder)
  27. Sparklehorse | Bird Machine (Anti/Epitaph)
  28. Tombstones in Their Eyes | Sea of Sorrow (Kitten Robot)
  29. µ-Ziq | 1977 (Balmat)
  30. Glitter Wizard | Kiss the Boot (Kitten Robot)
  31. Yan Tregger | Space Oddities (1974-1991) (Born Bad)
  32. WITCH | Zango (Desert Daze)
  33. Snõõper | Super Snõõper (Third Man)
  34. Lael Neale | Star Eaters Delight (Sub Pop)
  35. Rogê | Curyman (Diamond West)