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Top 35 Albums of the Week

Week of January 16th, 2023

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  1. Belle and Sebastian | A Bit of Previous (Matador)
  2. White Hills | The Revenge of Heads on Fire (Heads on Fire Industries)
  3. Weyes Blood | And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow (Sub Pop)
  4. Soul Revivers | On The Grove (Acid Jazz)
  5. Lee Fields | Sentimental Fool (Daptone Recording Co.)
  6. Medicine Singers | S-T (Joyful Noise)
  7. Joe Chambers | Dance Kobina (Blue Note)
  8. Soft Moon | Exister (Sacred Bones)
  9. Sarathy Korwar | KALAK (Leaf)
  10. Tim Bernardes | Mil Coisas Invisiveis (Phychic Hotline)
  11. Various Artists | Pay It All Back Vol. 8 (On-U Sound)
  12. Various Artists | Saturno 2000: La Rebejada De Lls Sonideros 1962-1983 (Analog Africa)
  13. Buddy Guy | The Blues Don't Lie (RCA)
  14. The Staples Jr. Singers | When Do We Get Paid (Luaka Bop)
  15. Horance Andy | Midnight Rocker (Warp)
  16. Congotronics International | Where's the One? (Crammed Discs)
  17. Lucrecia Dalt | Ay! (RVNG Intl)
  18. Bartees Strange | Farm To Table (4AD)
  19. Soul Revivers | Grove Dub (Acid Jazz UK)
  20. Horsegirl | Versions of modern Performance (Matador)
  21. SESSA | ESTRELA ACESA (MEXICAN SUMMER)
  22. Weather Station | How Is It That I Should Look At The Stars (Fat Possum)
  23. Frankie Cosmos | Inner World Peace (Sub Pop)
  24. Rhabdomantic Orchestra | Almagre (Agogo)
  25. Bibi Club | Le Soleil et la Mer (Secret City Records)
  26. Gaye Su Akyol | Anadolu Elderi (Glitterbeat)
  27. Montparnasse Musique | Archeology (Real World)
  28. Alvvays | Blue Rev (Polyvinyl)
  29. Bigcat | Rasa (Wormhole World)
  30. Nadia Ackerman | Coconut Bunny Cake (Natachie Music)
  31. Sorry | Anywhere but here (Domino)
  32. Winston Brothers | Drift (Colemine)
  33. Batida | Neon Colonialismo (Crammed Discs)
  34. Carla dal Forno | Come Around (Kallista)
  35. Julia Jacklin | Pre Pleasure (Polyvinyl)

Week of March 2nd, 2020

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  1. Bootsy Collins | World Wide Funk (Mascot)
  2. Dr. Rubberfunk | My Life at 45 (Jalapeno)
  3. Aoife Nessa Frances | Land of No Junction (Ba Da Bing)
  4. Bossacucanova E Roberto Menescal | Bossa Got The Blues (Sixdegrees)
  5. The Comet is Coming | Trust in the Lifeforce of the Deep Mystery (Impulse)
  6. Ex-Girl | Kero! Kero! Kero! (Secret)
  7. Yin Yin | The Rabbit that Hunts Tigers (Bongo Joe)
  8. José Orozco Mora | Formas Aparentes (Constellation Tatsu)
  9. OOIOO | Nijimusi (Thrill Jockey)
  10. Louise Bock | Abyss: For Cello (Geographic North)
  11. Ursula 1000 | Esoterique (Insect Queen)
  12. Los Pirañas | Historia Natural (Glitterbeat)
  13. Yppah | Sunset In The Deep End (Future Archive)
  14. Drive-By Truckers | The Unraveling (ATO)
  15. Spacek Steve | Houses (Black Focus)
  16. Dan Deacon | Mystic Familiar (Domino)
  17. Bohren & der Club of Gore | Patchouli Blue (Ipecac)
  18. Orthy | Fable Living (Hollow Sound)
  19. Wrekmeister Harmonies | We Love to Look at the Carnage (Thrill Jockey)
  20. Baba Ali | This House (30th Century Records)
  21. Brooklyn Funk Essentials | Stay Good (Dorado)
  22. T3 | Mr. Fantastic (Delicious Vinyl)
  23. Antibalas | Fu Chronicles (Daptone)
  24. Taktus | Mirrored Glass (Compositions by Ann Southham and Phililp Glass) (Ravello)
  25. Caterina Barbieri | Ecstatic Computation (Editions Mego)
  26. DJ Shadow | Our Pathetic Age (Mass Appeal)
  27. Codek | Tam Tam Remixes (Dark Entries)
  28. Mr. Elevator | Goodbye, Blue Sky (Castle Face)
  29. Rrose | Hymn to Moisture (Eaux)
  30. Have A Nice Life | Sea of Worry (The Flenser)
  31. Earl Sweatshirt | Some Rap Songs (Tan Cressida)
  32. Frank Bey | All My Dues Are Paid (Nola Blue)
  33. Girl Ray | Girl (Moshi Moshi)
  34. Burial | Tunes 2011-2019 (Hyperdub)
  35. Chromatics | Closer To Grey (Italians Do It Better)

Week of February 24th, 2020

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  1. OOIOO | Nijimusi (Thrill Jockey)
  2. Bootsy Collins | World Wide Funk (Mascot)
  3. Aoife Nessa Frances | Land of No Junction (Ba Da Bing)
  4. Antibalas | Fu Chronicles (Daptone)
  5. Ko Shin Moon | 78 Fragments (Akuphone)
  6. Matthew Shipp Trio | Signature (ESP-Disk)
  7. Emily Jane White | Immanent Fire (Talitres)
  8. Los Pirañas | Historia Natural (Glitterbeat)
  9. Tindersticks | No Treasure But Hope (City Slang)
  10. Inner Travels | Nature Spirit (Inner Islands)
  11. Various Artists | Mogadisco – Dancing Mogadishu (Somalia 1972-1991) (Analog Africa)
  12. Gonks | Five Things You Didn't Know About The Gonks (Rocks In Your Head)
  13. Various Artists | Classic Productions by Surin Phaksiri: Luk Thong Gems from the 1960s-1980s (Light in the Attic)
  14. Moon Diagrams | Trappy Bats (Geographic North)
  15. Alina Pash | Pintea:Gory (Hitwonder)
  16. Burial | Tunes 2011-2019 (Hyperdub)
  17. Khruangbin & Leon Bridges | Texas Sun (Columbia)
  18. Kate Amrine | This Is My Letter To The World (innova)
  19. The Haden Triplets | The Family Songbook (Trimeter Records)
  20. Have A Nice Life | Sea of Worry (The Flenser)
  21. Gemini Rising | Best Case Life (S/R)
  22. Wiki | OOFIE (Wikset Enterprise)
  23. Anthene | Weightless (Home Normal)
  24. Ulla | Tumbling Towards A Wall (Experiences Ltd.)
  25. Dissemblance | Over the Sand (Mannequin)
  26. Frankiie | Forget Your Head (Paper Bag)
  27. Sarah Shook & The Disarmers | Years (Bloodshot)
  28. Billy Woods | Terror Management (Backwoodz Studioz)
  29. Open Spaces | Opening Space (Constellation Tatsu)
  30. Cerrone | DNA (Planetary)
  31. Glass Beach | The First Glass Beach Album (Run For Cover)
  32. MSSV | Live Flowers (Striped Light)
  33. Dr. Rubberfunk | My Life at 45 (Jalapeno)
  34. YL Hooi | Untitled (Altered States Tapes )
  35. Sandy | Traces (Geographic North)

Week of February 17th, 2020

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  1. Various Artists | Mogadisco – Dancing Mogadishu (Somalia 1972-1991) (Analog Africa)
  2. The Comet is Coming | Trust in the Lifeforce of the Deep Mystery (Impulse)
  3. Ko Shin Moon | 78 Fragments (Akuphone)
  4. Bootsy Collins | World Wide Funk (Mascot)
  5. OOIOO | Nijimusi (Thrill Jockey)
  6. DJ Shadow | Our Pathetic Age (Mass Appeal)
  7. Yin Yin | The Rabbit that Hunts Tigers (Bongo Joe)
  8. Ashan | Transfigurations (Inner Islands)
  9. Chromatics | Closer To Grey (Italians Do It Better)
  10. Dr. Rubberfunk | My Life at 45 (Jalapeno)
  11. Frances Quinlan | Likewise (Saddle Creek)
  12. Antibalas | Fu Chronicles (Daptone)
  13. Dissemblance | Over the Sand (Mannequin)
  14. Louise Bock | Abyss: For Cello (Geographic North)
  15. Neil Young | Tonight's The Night Live (Reprise)
  16. Sarah Shook & The Disarmers | Years (Bloodshot)
  17. Gang Starr | One of the Best Yet (Gang Starr Enterprises)
  18. A Winged Victory for the Sullen | The Undivided Five (Ninja Tune)
  19. Corridor | Junior (Sub Pop)
  20. Battles | Juice B Crypts (Warp)
  21. Aoife Nessa Frances | Land of No Junction (Ba Da Bing)
  22. Subduxtion | The Black Point (Aagoo)
  23. Orquesta Akokan | Orquesta Akokan (Daptone)
  24. Mr. Wrong | Create a Place (Waterwing)
  25. Cash Pony | Roughhousing (Pirates Press)
  26. Tunes of Negation | Reach the Endless Sea (Cosmo Rhythmatic)
  27. Elizabeth Joan Kelly | Farewell, Doomed Planet (Self Released)
  28. of Montreal | UR Fun (Polyvinyl)
  29. Various Artists | Classic Productions by Surin Phaksiri: Luk Thong Gems from the 1960s-1980s (Light in the Attic)
  30. Frank Bey | All My Dues Are Paid (Nola Blue)
  31. Shintaro Sakamoto | Boat (Zelone Records)
  32. FKA Twigs | Magdalene (Young Turks Recordings)
  33. Angel Bat Dawid | The Oracle (International Anthem)
  34. Haerim Elizabeth Lee | My Time is Now (Innova)
  35. Awkward i | Impossible Junction (Antifragile)

Week of February 10th, 2020

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  1. Gonks | Five Things You Didn't Know About The Gonks (Rocks In Your Head)
  2. Emily Jane White | Immanent Fire (Talitres)
  3. Ooioo | Nijimusi (Thrill Jockey)
  4. Antibalas | Fu Chronicles (Daptone)
  5. Ko Shin Moon | 78 Fragments (Akuphone)
  6. The Comet is Coming | Trust in the Lifeforce of the Deep Mystery (Impulse)
  7. DJ Shadow | Our Pathetic Age (Mass Appeal)
  8. Bootsy Collins | World Wide Funk (Mascot)
  9. Ashan | Transfigurations (Inner Islands)
  10. Various Artists | Classic Productions by Surin Phaksiri: Luk Thong Gems from the 1960s-1980s (Light in the Attic)
  11. of Montreal | UR Fun (Polyvinyl)
  12. Saariselka | The Ground Our Sky (Temporary Residence)
  13. Various Artists | Mogadisco – Dancing Mogadishu (Somalia 1972-1991) (Analog Africa)
  14. Bossacucanova E Roberto Menescal | Bossa Got The Blues (Sixdegrees)
  15. Musica Esporadica | Musica Esporadica (Music from Memory)
  16. Chromatics | Closer To Grey (Italians Do It Better)
  17. Tindersticks | No Treasure But Hope (City Slang)
  18. Inner Travels | Nature Spirit (Inner Islands)
  19. Jeff Parker & the New Breed | Suite For Max Brown (International Anthem)
  20. Wiki | OOFIE (Wikset Enterprise)
  21. Frances Quinlan | Likewise (Saddle Creek)
  22. Ulla | Tumbling Towards A Wall (Experiences Ltd.)
  23. Herschel 36 | Astrophysik (Lickety-Splat)
  24. Junius Paul | ISM (International Anthem)
  25. Cash Pony | Roughhousing (Pirates Press)
  26. Rachael Dadd | Flux (Memphis Industries)
  27. Alina Pash | Pintea:Gory (Hitwonder)
  28. Codek | Tam Tam Remixes (Dark Entries)
  29. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds | Ghosteen (Awal Recordings)
  30. The Good Ones | Rwanda, You Should Be Loved (Anti)
  31. Silent Vigils | Lost Rites (Home Normal)
  32. Mr. Wrong | Create a Place (Waterwing)
  33. Matthew Shipp Trio | Signature (ESP-Disk)
  34. Dissemblance | Over the Sand (Mannequin)
  35. Frankiie | Forget Your Head (Paper Bag)

Week of February 3rd, 2020

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  1. Chromatics | Closer To Grey (Italians Do It Better)
  2. Bootsy Collins | World Wide Funk (Mascot)
  3. Orquesta Akokan | Orquesta Akokan (Daptone)
  4. Ko Shin Moon | 78 Fragments (Akuphone)
  5. Emily Jane White | Immanent Fire (Talitres)
  6. DJ Shadow | Our Pathetic Age (Mass Appeal)
  7. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds | Ghosteen (Awal Recordings)
  8. FKA Twigs | Magdalene (Young Turks Recordings)
  9. V/A | The Time For Peace Is Now: Gospel Music About Us (Luaka Bop)
  10. Louise Bock | Abyss: For Cello (Geographic North)
  11. The Comet is Coming | Trust in the Lifeforce of the Deep Mystery (Impulse)
  12. Kinky Friedman | Resurrection (Echo Hill)
  13. Akiko Yano | Gohan Ga Dekitayo (We Want Sound)
  14. Gang Starr | One of the Best Yet (Gang Starr Enterprises)
  15. Prince | 1999 Deluxe Edition (Warner)
  16. Burial | Tunes 2011-2019 (Hyperdub)
  17. Ooioo | Nijimusi (Thrill Jockey)
  18. Various Artists | Mogadisco – Dancing Mogadishu (Somalia 1972-1991) (Analog Africa)
  19. Junius Paul | ISM (International Anthem)
  20. Dissemblance | Over the Sand (Mannequin)
  21. Caterina Barbieri | Ecstatic Computation (Editions Mego)
  22. Rachael Dadd | Flux (Memphis Industries)
  23. Herschel 36 | Astrophysik (Lickety-Splat)
  24. Frank Bey | All My Dues Are Paid (Nola Blue)
  25. Sarah Shook & The Disarmers | Years (Bloodshot)
  26. Yin Yin | The Rabbit that Hunts Tigers (Bongo Joe)
  27. Derya Yildirim and Grup Simsek | Kar Yagar (Bongo Joe)
  28. Yann Tiersen | Portrait (Mute)
  29. Lapalux | Amnioverse (Brainfeeder)
  30. Geowulf | My Resignation (PIAS)
  31. Angel Bat Dawid | The Oracle (International Anthem)
  32. Bossacucanova E Roberto Menescal | Bossa Got The Blues (Sixdegrees)
  33. Ilyas Ahmed | Behold Killers (Geographic North)
  34. Begonia | Fear (Rex Baby Records)
  35. Yao Bobby and Simon Grab | Diamonds (Lava Lava)