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Top 35 Albums of the Week

Week of October 6th, 2023

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  1. Yussef Dayes | Black Classical Music (Nonesuch)
  2. Slowdive | everything is alive (Dead Oceans)
  3. Teenage Fanclub | Nothing Lasts Forever (Merge)
  4. billy woods & Kenny Segal | Maps (Backwoodz Studioz)
  5. Optic Sink | Glass Blocks (Feel It)
  6. Sparklehorse | Bird Machine (Anti/Epitaph)
  7. Mikaela Davis | And Southern Star (Kill Rock Stars)
  8. abracadabra | shapes & colors (Melodic)
  9. Cheryl E. Leonard & Wobbly | Multiple Park (Gilgongo)
  10. Laurel Halo | Atlas (Awe)
  11. Silicone Prairie | Vol. II (Feel It)
  12. The Hu | Rumble of Thunder (Deluxe Edition) (Better Noise)
  13. Dengue Fever | Ting Mong (Tuk Tuk)
  14. The Clientele | I Am Not There Anymore (Merge)
  15. Loretta Lynch | All the Right Regrets (S/R)
  16. Alam Khan; Alam Khan, Arjun K. Verma & Del Sol Quartet | The Resonance Between (AMMP)
  17. Arvo Zylo | 333 (No Part of It)
  18. Killer Mike | Michael (Loma Vista)
  19. Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard | Pioneering Women of Bluegrass: The Definitive Edition (Smithsonian Folkways)
  20. CellBorg | CellBorg (Fuzzy Warbles)
  21. Kammerflimmer Kollektief | Schemen (Karlrecords)
  22. Will Bernard & Beth Custer | Sky (Dreck to Disk)
  23. Various Artists | Anjunadeep 14 – The Selection (Anjunadeep)
  24. Hvozd | Krehkou krajinou (Slnko)
  25. CHAI | CHAI (Sub Pop)
  26. Slaughter Beach, Dog | Crying, Laughing, Waving, Smiling (Lame-O)
  27. Kristin Hersh | Clear Pond Road (Fire)
  28. Orchestra Gold | Medicine (S/R)
  29. Supershy | Happy Music (Beyond The Groove)
  30. Sun's Signature | Sun's Signature (Partisan)
  31. Caterina Barbieri | Myuthafoo (light-years)
  32. Cindy Wilson | Realms (Kill Rock Stars)
  33. Asher White | New Excellent Woman (Ba Da Bing!)
  34. Alice Phoebe Lou | Shelter (S/R)
  35. Brad Mehldau | Your Mother Should Know: Brad Mehldau Plays The Beatles (Nonesuch)

Week of September 29th, 2023

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  1. Mapache | Swinging Stars (Innovative Leisure)
  2. Julie Byrne | The Greater Wings (Ghostly International)
  3. Caterina barbieri | Myuthafoo (light-years)
  4. abracadabra | shapes & colors (Melodic)
  5. Decisive Pink | Ticket to Fame (Fire)
  6. Yussef Dayes | Black Classical Music (Nonesuch)
  7. Slowdive | everything is alive (Dead Oceans)
  8. Alam Khan, Arjun K. Verma & Del Sol Quartet | The Resonance Between (AMMP)
  9. Will Bernard & Beth Custer | Sky (Dreck to Disk)
  10. Marta Salogni & Tom Relleen | Music For Open Spaces (Hands in the Dark)
  11. The HU | Rumble Of Thunder (Deluxe Edition) (Better Noise)
  12. Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway | City of Gold (Nonesuch)
  13. Loretta Lynch | All the Right Regrets (s/r)
  14. Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard | Pioneering Women of Bluegrass: The Definitive Edition (Smithsonian Folkways)
  15. Small Crush | Penelope (Asian Man)
  16. Emily Rach Beisel | Particle Of Organs (Amalga)
  17. Dom La Nena | Leon (Sabia)
  18. Kammerflimmer Kollektief | Schemen (Karlrecords)
  19. Steve Roach | Rest of Life (Projekt)
  20. CHAI | CHAI (Sub Pop)
  21. CellBorg | CellBorg (Fuzzy Warbles)
  22. Sparklehorse | Bird Machine (Anti/Epitaph)
  23. Jose Medeles | Railroad Cadences & Melancholic Anthems (Jealous Butcher)
  24. Water From Your Eyes | Everyone's Crushed (Matador)
  25. Various Artists | A moi la liberté – Early Electronic Raï (Algérie 1983-90) (Born Bad)
  26. Rhiannon Giddens | You're the One (Nonesuch)
  27. TEKE::TEKE | Hagata (Kill Rock Stars)
  28. King Tubby | Dubbing With the Observer (Doctor Bird)
  29. Cheryl E Leonard & Wobbly | Multiple Park (Gilgongo)
  30. Richard Carr | Night Fragments (Convivium)
  31. Woods | Perennial (Woodsist)
  32. Various Artists | Cumbia Cumbia Cumbia Vol 1 (Vampi Soul)
  33. The Outta Sorts | Inside Outside USA (Outta Sorts)
  34. Laura Groves | Radio Red (Bella Union)
  35. Kendra Morris | Babble (Karma Chief)

Week of September 25th, 2023

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  1. Slowdive | everything is alive (Dead Oceans)
  2. abracadabra | shapes & colors (Melodic)
  3. Osees | Intercepted Message (In the Red)
  4. Brad Mehldau | Your Mother Should Know: Brad Mehldau Plays The Beatles (Nonesuch)
  5. King Krule | Space Heavy (Matador)
  6. CHAI | CHAI (Sub Pop)
  7. Mapache | Swinging Stars (Innovative Leisure)
  8. Dom La Nena | Leon (Sabia)
  9. Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway | City of Gold (Nonesuch)
  10. Alam Khan, Arjun K. Verma & Del Sol Quartet | The Resonance Between (AMMP)
  11. The HU | Rumble Of Thunder (Deluxe Edition) (Better Noise)
  12. Kammerflimmer Kollektief | Schemen (Karlrecords)
  13. Dengue Fever | Room 720 (Tuk Tuk)
  14. Black Market Brass | Hox (Colemine)
  15. Corker | Falser Truths (Feel It)
  16. CellBorg | CellBorg (Fuzzy Warbles)
  17. Marta Salogni & Tom Relleen | Music For Open Spaces (Hands in the Dark)
  18. Yussef Dayes | Black Classical Music (Nonesuch)
  19. Chuck Johnson | Music From Burden Of Proof (All Saints)
  20. Cassie Wieland & Vicky Chow | HYMN (Canteloupe)
  21. Cut Worms | Cut Worms (Jagjaguwar)
  22. Aphex Twin | Blackbox Life Recorder 21f / in a room7 F760 (Warp)
  23. Helen Money & Will Thomas | Trace (Thrill Jockey)
  24. King Tubby | Dubbing With The Observer (Doctor Bird)
  25. The Clientele | I Am Not There Anymore (Merge)
  26. Loretta Lynch | All The Right Regrets (Self Released)
  27. Julie Byrne | The Greater Wings (Ghostly International)
  28. DJ Female Convict Scorpion | Confucius, Milton Berle (Self Released)
  29. MimiCof | Distant Symphony (Karlrecords)
  30. Sun's Signature | Sun's Signature (Extended) (Partisan)
  31. Decisive Pink | Ticket to Fame (Fire)
  32. Frank Schultz | Blots (Stickfigure)
  33. Lonnie Holley | Oh Me Oh My (Jagjaguwar)
  34. Bala Desejo | SIM SIM SIM (Mr Bongo)
  35. Snõõper | Super Snõõper (Third Man)

Week of September 18th, 2023

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  1. abracadabra | shapes & colors (Melodic)
  2. Slowdive | everything is alive (Dead Oceans)
  3. Yussef Dayes | Black Classical Music (Nonesuch)
  4. Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer & Shahzad Ismaily | Love In Exile (Verve)
  5. Dengue Fever | Ting Mong (Tuk Tuk)
  6. Various Artists | Ecuatoriana: El Universo Paralelo De Polibio Mayorga 1969 – 1981 (Analog Africa)
  7. The Clientele | I Am Not There Anymore (Merge)
  8. Cécile McLorin Salvant | Mélusine (Nonesuch)
  9. Dom La Nena | Leon (Sabia)
  10. Peter Barclay | I'm Not Your Toy (Numero Group)
  11. Sparklehorse | Bird Machine (Anti/Epitaph)
  12. Maria BC | Hyaline (Father/Daughter)
  13. Civilistjävel! | Fyra Platser (Felt)
  14. Art Ensemble of Chicago | The SIxth Decade from Paris to Paris (RogueArt)
  15. JFDR | Museum (Houndstooth)
  16. Cut Worms | Cut Worms (Jagjaguwar)
  17. King Tubby | Dubbing With The Observer (Doctor Bird)
  18. Amaara | Child of Venus (Lady Moon)
  19. W.I.T.C.H. | Zango (Desert Daze)
  20. Hannah Jadagu | Aperture (Sub Pop)
  21. Rrose | Please Touch (Eaux)
  22. Arthur Russell | Picture of Bunny Rabbit (Audika Records)
  23. Kammerflimmer Kollektief | Schemen (Karlrecords)
  24. Rhiannon Giddens | You're the One (Nonesuch)
  25. Brad Mehldau | Your Mother Should Know: Brad Mehldau Plays The Beatles (Nonesuch)
  26. The 1981 | Move On (Dandy Boy)
  27. Pantayo | Ang Pagdaloy (Telephone Explosion)
  28. Talk West | Black Coral Sprig (Scissor Tail)
  29. Mike Cooper | Life and Death in Paradise (Paradise of Bachelors)
  30. Frankie and the Witch Fingers | Data Doom (Greenway)
  31. Various Artists | A moi la liberté – Early Electronic Raï (Algérie 1983-90) (Born Bad)
  32. A Produce | The Clearing (Independent Project)
  33. Ricardo Dias Gomes | Muito Sol (Hive Mind)
  34. Sufjan Stevens | Reflections (Asthmatic Kitty)
  35. Fairmount String Quartet | Unleashed (Spring Garden)

Week of September 11th, 2023

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  1. Dengue Fever | Ting Mong (Tuk Tuk)
  2. abracadabra | shapes & colors (Melodic)
  3. Bobby Harden & The Soulful Saints | Bridge of Love (Dala)
  4. Nina Simone | You've Got To Learn (Verve)
  5. Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway | City of Gold (Nonesuch)
  6. The Clientele | I Am Not There Anymore (Merge)
  7. WITCH | Zango (Desert Daze)
  8. Various Artists | Ecuatoriana – El Universo Paralelo de Polibio Mayorga 1969-1981 (Analog Africa)
  9. Thomas Lauderdale & Satan's Pilgrims | Thomas Lauderdale Meets the Pilgrims (Heinz)
  10. Various Artists | Studio One Space-Age Dub Special (Soul Jazz)
  11. PJ Harvey | I Inside the Old Year Dying (Partisan)
  12. Rrose | Please Touch (Eaux)
  13. Bill Converse | Take Parts (Dark Entries)
  14. Motrik | MOON: The Cosmic Electrics of MOTRIK (Jealous Butcher)
  15. EYELIDS | A Colossal Waste Of Light (Jealous Butcher)
  16. Dom La Nena | Leon (Sabia)
  17. Various Artists | Gaia: Selected Ambient & Downtempo Works (1996-2003) (Music From Memory)
  18. Various Artists | Between the Music Volume 1 (End of the Road)
  19. Pantayo | Ang Pagdaloy (Telephone Explosion)
  20. Sourdurent | l’Herbe De Détourne (Bongo Joe)
  21. Various Artists | A moi la liberté – Early Electronic Raï (Algérie 1983-90) (Born Bad Record)
  22. Rhiannon Giddens | You're the One (Nonesuch)
  23. Small Crush | Penelope (Asian Man)
  24. Ratboys | The Window (Topshelf)
  25. TEKE::TEKE | Hagata (Kill Rock Stars)
  26. Maria BC | Hyaline (Father/Daughter)
  27. Will Bernard & Beth Custer | Sky (Dreck to Disk)
  28. James Holden | Imagine This Is A High Dimensional Space Of All Possibilities (Border Community)
  29. King Krule | Space Heavy (Matador)
  30. Amaara | Child of Venus (Lady Moon)
  31. HANABIE. (花冷え。) | Reborn Superstar! (来世は偉人！) (Sony)
  32. Various Artists | Jukebox Mambo Vol IV: Afro-Latin Accents in Rhythm & Blues 1946-62 (Jazzman)
  33. The Goods | E.P. (Dandy Boy)
  34. Black Milk | Everybody Good? (Mass Appeal)
  35. Arthur Alexander | …Steppin' Out! (Big Stir )

Week of September 4th, 2023

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  1. Bala Desejo | Sim Sim Sim (Mr. Bongo)
  2. Sweeping Promises | Good Living Is Coming For You (Feel It)
  3. Decisive Pink | Ticket to Fame (Fire)
  4. Aphex Twin | Blackbox Life Recorder 21f / in a room7 F760 (Warp)
  5. Dengue Fever | Ting Mong (Tuk Tuk)
  6. Small Crush | Penelope (Asian Man)
  7. Will Bernard & Beth Custer | Sky (Dreck to Disk)
  8. King Krule | Space Heavy (Matador)
  9. Water From Your Eyes | Everyone's Crushed (Matador)
  10. Alice Phoebe Lou | Shelter (S/R)
  11. Chuck Johnson | Music From Burden Of Proof (All Saints)
  12. Various Artists | Cumbia Cumbia Cumbia! Vol. 1 (Vampi Soul)
  13. Emily Rach Beisel | Particle Of Organs (Amalga)
  14. Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer & Shahzad Ismaily | Love In Exile (Verve)
  15. Dom La Nena | Leon (Sabia)
  16. Bobby Harden & The Soulful Saints | Bridge of Love (Dala Records)
  17. Ricardo Dias Gomes | Muito Sol (Hive Mind)
  18. Pantayo | Ang Pagdaloy (Telephone Explosion)
  19. James Holden | Imagine This Is A High Dimensional Space Of All Possibilities (Border Community)
  20. Amaara | Child of Venus (Lady Moon)
  21. Sightless Pit | Lockstep Bloodwar (Thrill Jockey)
  22. Arthur Russell | Picture of Bunny Rabbit (Audika)
  23. PJ Harvey | I Inside the Old Year Dying (Partisan)
  24. Kali Uchis | Red Moon In Venus (Universal Music)
  25. Everything But the Girl | Fuse (Buzzin' Fly)
  26. Stellar Legions | Stellar Legions (SDBAN ULTRA)
  27. The Lost Days | In the Store (Speakeasy Studios SF)
  28. The Gray Field Recordings | She Sleeps to the Sound of Knives (Anticlock)
  29. Avalon Emerson | Hot Evening (Another Dove)
  30. Orchestra Gold | Medicine (Orchestra Gold)
  31. No Alternative | Live From The Mabuhay Gardens November 7, 1980 (Liberation Hall)
  32. Wednesday | Rat Saw God (Dead Oceans)
  33. Various Artists | A moi la liberté – Early Electronic Raï (Algérie 1983-90) (Born Bad)
  34. Cassie Wieland & Vicky Chow | HYMN (Canaloupe)
  35. Various Artists | Ecuatoriana – El Universo Paralelo de Polibio Mayorga 1969-1981 (Analog Africa)