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Top 35 Albums of the Week

Week of September 30th, 2019

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  1. Mort Garson | Mother Earth's Plantasia (Sacred Bones Records)
  2. Iggy Pop | Free (Loma Vista)
  3. Clairo | Immunity (Fader)
  4. Lizzo | Cuz I Love You (Atlantic)
  5. Prince | Originals (Warner Bros.)
  6. Sampa the Great | The Return (Ninja Tune)
  7. Automatic | Signal (Stones Throw)
  8. Vivian Girls | Memory (Polyvinyl)
  9. Toshifumi Hinata | Broken Belief (Music From Memory)
  10. (Sandy) Alex G | House of Sugar (Domino)
  11. Laurie Anderson, Choegyal Tenzin, & Jesse Paris | Songs From the Bardo (Smithsonian)
  12. Subhumans | Crisis Point (Pirates Press)
  13. Ceremony | In The Spirit World Now (Relapse)
  14. King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard | Infest The Rat's Nest (Flightless)
  15. Ezra Furman | Twelve Nudes (Bella Union)
  16. TK & the Holy Know-Nothings | Arguably OK (Mama Bird)
  17. Tinariwen | Amadjar (ANTI)
  18. Alexander Noice | Noice (Orenda records)
  19. Billie Eilish | When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? (Interscope)
  20. Dax Pierson | Live in Oakland (Ratskin)
  21. Jay Som | Anak Ko (Polyvinyl)
  22. Body Without Organs | Isis and Thoth (Dark Entries)
  23. Dude York | Falling (Hardly Art)
  24. Thee Oh Sees | Face Stabber (Castle Face)
  25. Various Artists | Soul Slabs Vol.2 (Colemine)
  26. Trash Kit | Horizon (Upset the Rhythm)
  27. Laurence Pike | Holy Spring (Leaf)
  28. Julie Coker | A Life In The Limelight (Lagos Disco & Itsekiri Highlife 1976-1981) (Kalita Records)
  29. Breathe Blow Burn | Breathe Blow Burn (Super Invincible)
  30. Divino Niño | Foam (Winspear)
  31. Bobby Tenderloin Universe | The Bobby Tenderloin Universe (Keeping On)
  32. Lady Lark | Permission (Rinse & Repeat)
  33. Jesca Hoop | Stonechild (Memphis Industries)
  34. Bedouine | Bird Songs of a Killjoy (Spacebomb)
  35. Dream Syndicate | These Times (Anti)

Week of September 23rd, 2019

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  1. Iggy Pop | Free (Loma Vista)
  2. Jay Som | Anak Ko (Polyvinyl)
  3. Clairo | Immunity (Fader)
  4. Dax Pierson | Live in Oakland (Ratskin)
  5. Jefre Cantu-Ledesma | Tracing Back the Radiance (Mexican Summer)
  6. Gigi Masin & Jonny Nash | Postcards From Nowhere (Melody As Truth)
  7. Black Midi | Schlagenheim (Rough Trad)
  8. Jeanines | S/T (Slumberland)
  9. Tinariwen | Amadjar (ANTI)
  10. World | Reddish (Microminiature)
  11. Nerija | Blume (Domino)
  12. Pharmakon | Devour (Sacred Bones)
  13. Detroit Illharmonic Symphony | Terminal Underground (S/R)
  14. Holly Herndon | Proto (4AD)
  15. Kate Tempest | The Book Of Traps and Lessons (Republic)
  16. Body Without Organs | Isis and Thoth (Dark Entries)
  17. Dave Hamilton's Raw Detroit Gospel | Sacred Sounds: 1969-1974 (Kent Soul)
  18. Kali Malone | The Sacrificial Code (iDeal Recordings)
  19. Black Belt Eagle Scout | At The Party With My Brown Friends (Saddle Creek)
  20. Lorn | Rarities (Wednesday Sound)
  21. Anderson, Laurie, Choegyal Tenzin, Smith, Jesse Paris | Songs From the Bardo (Smithsonian)
  22. King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard | Infest The Rat's Nest (Flightless)
  23. TK & the Holy Know-Nothings | Arguably OK (Mama Bird)
  24. Felicia Atkinson | The Flower and the Vessel (Shelter Press)
  25. Blood Orange | Angel's Pulse (Domino)
  26. Lizzo | Cuz I Love You (Atlantic)
  27. Mort Garson | Mother Earth's Plantasia (Sacred Bones Records)
  28. Roselit Bone | Crisis Actor (Get Loud)
  29. Bird And The Bee | Interpreting The Masters Vol. 2: A Tribute To Van Halen (Release Me)
  30. Kamaal Williams | The Return (Black Focus)
  31. Barbara Howard | On the Rise (Remined)
  32. Various Artists | Soul Slabs Vol.2 (Colemine)
  33. Chelique Sarabia | Revolucion 'Electronica' en Musica Venezolana (Pharaway Sounds)
  34. Crumb | Jinx (S/R)
  35. Quantic | Atlantic Oscillations (Tru Thoughts)

Week of September 16th, 2019

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  1. Mort Garson | Mother Earth's Plantasia (Sacred Bones Records)
  2. Dax Pierson | Live in Oakland (Ratskin)
  3. Sequoyah Murray | Before You Begin (Thrill Jockey)
  4. Lizzo | Cuz I Love You (Atlantic)
  5. Kali Malone | The Sacrificial Code (iDeal Recordings)
  6. Jesca Hoop | Stonechild (Memphis Industries)
  7. Brother May | Aura Type Orange (S/R)
  8. Lorn | Rarities (Wednesday Sound)
  9. Remulak | One (Village Live)
  10. Kamaal Williams | The Return (Black Focus)
  11. Dean Hurley | Anthology Resource Vol. 2: Philosophy of Beyond (Sacred Bones Records)
  12. Cari Cari | Anaana (S/R)
  13. Prettiest Eyes | Volume 3 (Castle Face)
  14. Seablite | Grass Stains and Novacaine (Emotional Response)
  15. Tinariwen | Amadjar (ANTI)
  16. Sarathy Korwar | More Arriving (Leaf)
  17. Felicia Atkinson | The Flower and the Vessel (Shelter Press)
  18. Holly Herndon | Proto (4AD)
  19. Jay Som | Anak Ko (Polyvinyl)
  20. Violent Femmes | Hotel Last Resort (PIAS)
  21. G&D | Black Love and War (Some Otha Ship Connect)
  22. Thee Oh Sees | Face Stabber (Castle Face)
  23. Denzel Curry | Zuu (Loma Vista)
  24. Various Artists | Soul Slabs Vol.2 (Colemine)
  25. Bill Baird | Owl (Dangerbird)
  26. Jeanines | S/T (Slumberland)
  27. Darts | I Like You But Not Like That (Alternative Tentacles)
  28. Nerija | Blume (Domino)
  29. Redd Kross | Beyond The Door (Merge)
  30. Eyvind Kang | Chirality (I Dischi Angelica)
  31. Stratis | New Face (Dark Entries)
  32. Fly Pan Am | C'est Ca (Con Stella Ties)
  33. Mustafa Khaliq Ahmed | Son of the Drum Song (ChaosMusic)
  34. Sacred Paws | Run Around the Sun (Merge)
  35. Laurence Pike | Holy Spring (Leaf)

Week of September 9th, 2019

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  1. Mort Garson | Mother Earth's Plantasia (Sacred Bones Records)
  2. Dax Pierson | Live in Oakland (Ratskin)
  3. Dave Hamilton's Raw Detroit Gospel | Sacred Sounds: 1969-1974 (Kent Soul)
  4. Kali Malone | The Sacrificial Code (iDeal Recordings)
  5. Jesca Hoop | Stonechild (Memphis Industries)
  6. Body Without Organs | Isis and Thoth (Dark Entries)
  7. Kate Tempest | The Book Of Traps and Lessons (Republic)
  8. Lizzo | Cuz I Love You (Atlantic)
  9. Holly Herndon | Proto (4AD)
  10. Black Belt Eagle Scout | At The Party With My Brown Friends (Saddle Creek)
  11. Dean Hurley | Anthology Resource Vol. 2: Philosophy of Beyond (Sacred Bones Records)
  12. Thom Yorke | Anima (XL)
  13. Black Midi | Schlagenheim (Rough Trad)
  14. Various Artists | Outro Tempo II: Electronic and Contemporary Music From Brazil, 1984-1996 (Music From Memory)
  15. Jay Som | Anak Ko (Polyvinyl)
  16. Brother May | Aura Type Orange (S/R)
  17. Gigi Masin & Jonny Nash | Postcards From Nowhere (Melody As Truth)
  18. Cate Le Bon | Reward (Mexican Summer)
  19. Horse Jumper of Love | So Divine (Run For Cover)
  20. Mustafa Khaliq Ahmed | Son of the Drum Song (ChaosMusic)
  21. Good Riddance | Thoughts and Prayers (Fat Wreck Chords)
  22. Kaigen | Truth Addict (Order Label)
  23. Sacred Paws | Run Around the Sun (Merge)
  24. Seablite | Grass Stains and Novacaine (Emotional Response)
  25. Erik Wollo | Sources (Early Works 1986-1992) (Smalltown Supersound)
  26. Breathe Blow Burn | Breathe Blow Burn (Super Invincible)
  27. Eddy Senay | Step by Step (Modern Harmonic)
  28. Redd Kross | Beyond The Door (Merge)
  29. Stratis | New Face (Dark Entries)
  30. Sequoyah Murray | Before You Begin (Thrill Jockey)
  31. Various Artists | Soul Slabs Vol.2 (Colemine)
  32. Mighty Sparrow | The Slave (Modern Harmonic)
  33. Playdate | Manitoulin Tapes (Seance Centre)
  34. Vanishing Twin | The Age of Immunology (Fire)
  35. Sophia Shen | The Unveiling (S/R)

Week of September 2nd, 2019

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  1. Dean Hurley | Resource Volume II: Philosophy of Beyond (Sacred Bones Records)
  2. Sacred Paws | Run Around the Sun (Merge)
  3. Various Artists | Unusual Sounds (Anthology)
  4. Dave Hamilton's Raw Detroit Gospel | Sacred Sounds: 1969-1974 (Kent Soul)
  5. Jay Som | Anak Ko (Polyvinyl)
  6. Kate Tempest | The Book Of Traps and Lessons (Republic)
  7. Remulak | One (Village Live)
  8. Jesca Hoop | Stonechild (Memphis Industries)
  9. Eddy Senay | Step by Step (Modern Harmonic)
  10. Lizzo | Cuz I Love You (Atlantic)
  11. Mort Garson | Mother Earth's Plantasia (Sacred Bones Records)
  12. Kali Malone | The Sacrificial Code (iDeal Recordings)
  13. Dude York | Falling (Hardly Art)
  14. Barbara Howard | On the Rise (Remined)
  15. Tycho | Weather (Mom + Pop)
  16. Seablite | Grass Stains and Novacaine (Emotional Response)
  17. Erik Wollo | Sources (Early Works 1986-1992) (Smalltown Supersound)
  18. Daona | The Secret Assembly (Faustus)
  19. Prince | Originals (Warner Bros.)
  20. Peter Perrett | Humanworld (Domino)
  21. Mannequin Pussy | Patience (Epitaph)
  22. Sequoyah Murray | Before You Begin (Thrill Jockey)
  23. Brother May | Aura Type Orange (S/R)
  24. Bird And The Bee | Interpreting The Masters Vol. 2: A Tribute To Van Halen (Release Me)
  25. Purple Mountains | Purple Mountains (Drag City)
  26. Black Belt Eagle Scout | At The Party With My Brown Father (Saddle Creek)
  27. Kyle Craft | Showboat Honey (Sub Pop)
  28. Soda Lite | Vale & Stone (Inner Islands)
  29. Roselit Bone | Crisis Actor (Get Loud)
  30. Necking | Cut Your Teeth (Mint)
  31. Andrew Tasselmyer & Patrick Spatz | Interior Currents (Constellation Tatsu)
  32. Business of Dreams | Ripe for Anarchy (Knock Yr Socks Off)
  33. Black Midi | Schlagenheim (Rough Trad)
  34. Steel Pulse | Mass Manipulation (Rootfire Cooperative)
  35. Choosey & Exile | Black Beans (Dirty Science)

Week of August 26th, 2019

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  1. Sacred Paws | Run Around the Sun (Merge)
  2. Jesca Hoop | Stonechild (Memphis Industries)
  3. Jeanines | S/T (Slumberland)
  4. Cari Cari | Anaana (S/R)
  5. Dream Syndicate | These Times (Anti)
  6. Prince | Originals (Warner Bros.)
  7. Various Artists | Soul Slabs Vol.2 (Colemine)
  8. Black Belt Eagle Scout | At The Party With My Brown Friends (Saddle Creek)
  9. Delbert McClinton and Self-Made Men + Dana | Tall, Dark and Handsome (Hot Shot)
  10. Barbara Howard | On the Rise (Remined)
  11. Bubbha Thomas & the Lightmen | Complete Works: Free As You Want to Be (Now-Again)
  12. dTHEd | hyperbeatz vol. 1 (Boring Machines)
  13. Trash Kit | Horizon (Upset the Rhythm)
  14. Eyal Vilner Big Band | Swing Out! (S/R)
  15. Martin Hayes and Brooklyn Rider | The Butterfly (In A Circle)
  16. Bill Baird | Owl (Dangerbird)
  17. Keb' Mo' | Oklahoma (Concord)
  18. Julia Shapiro | Perfect Version (Hardly Art)
  19. Julie Coker | A Life In The Limelight (Lagos Disco & Itsekiri Highlife 1976-1981) (Kalita Records)
  20. Breathe Blow Burn | Breathe Blow Burn (Super Invincible)
  21. Quantic | Atlantic Oscillations (Tru Thoughts)
  22. Darts | I Like You But Not Like That (Alternative Tentacles)
  23. Mavis Staples | We Get By (Anti-)
  24. Various Artists | Unusual Sounds (Anthology)
  25. Tropical Fuck Storm | Braindrops (Joyful Noise)
  26. In Order to Survive | Live/Shapeshifter (AUM Fidelity)
  27. Mighty Sparrow | The Slave (Modern Harmonic)
  28. Thom Yorke | Anima (XL)
  29. Tycho | Weather (Mom + Pop)
  30. Gauche | A People's History of Gauche (Merge)
  31. Bill Callahan | Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest (Drag City)
  32. Vanishing Twin | The Age of Immunology (Fire)
  33. Black Keys | Let's Rock (Easy Eye)
  34. Various Artists | Outro Tempo II: Electronic and Contemporary Music From Brazil, 1984-1996 (Music From Memory)
  35. Briefs | Platinum Rats (Burger)