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Top 35 Albums of the Week

Week of March 21st, 2025

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  1. Helen Ganya | Share Your Care (Bella Union / Whited Sepulchre)
  2. LI YILEI | NONAGE (Métron)
  3. ALVILDA | C’est déjà l’heure (Static Shock)
  4. Marshall Allen | New Dawn (Mexican Summer)
  5. Naked Roommate | Pass The Loofah (Trouble In Mind)
  6. Samba Touré | Baarakelaw (Glitterbeat)
  7. Yama Uba | Silhouettes (Psychic Eye / Ratskin)
  8. Ale Hop & Titi Bakorta | Mapambazuko (Nyege Nyege)
  9. Fontaines D.C. | Romance (XL)
  10. The Okmoniks | Afterparty Fever!!! (Slovenly)
  11. Yuma Abe | Hotel New Yuma (Thaian / SPACE SHOWER)
  12. Dub Syndicate | Obscured By Vision (On-U Sound)
  13. Sylvie Courvoisier & Mary Halvorson | Bone Bells (Pyroclastic)
  14. Thee Sacred Souls | Got a Story to Tell (Penrose / Daptone)
  15. IC3PEAK | Coming Home (S/R)
  16. Kolonel Djafaar | Getaway (Batov)
  17. João Selva | Onda (Underdog)
  18. SML | Small Medium Large (International Anthem)
  19. Various Artists | Metro Subterranean (Hyperspace Communications)
  20. BADBADNOTGOOD | Mid Spiral (XL)
  21. Traxman | Da Mind Of Traxman Vol.3 (Planet Mu)
  22. Squid | Cowards (Warp)
  23. Galaxie 500 | Uncollected Noise New York ’88-’90 (Silver Current)
  24. Ebo Taylor | JID022 (Jazz Is Dead)
  25. 400 Lonely Things | Children of Eidolon (Room40)
  26. Kim Deal | Nobody Loves You More (4AD)
  27. The Chills | Spring Board: The Early Unrecorded Songs (Fire)
  28. Amadou & Mariam | La vie est belle (Because)
  29. Nels Cline | Concentrik Quartet (Blue Note)
  30. Shabaka | Possession (Impulse!)
  31. Aux Meadows | Draw Near (Eiderdown)
  32. Lara Sarkissian | Remnants (btwn Earth+Sky)
  33. Phoebe White | Cowgirl’s Delight (PoetMan)
  34. A Moving Sound | The Wheel of Life (ARC)
  35. Talking Heads | Talking Heads: 77 (Super Deluxe Edition) (Rhino)

Week of March 14th, 2025

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  1. The Mommyheads | Acorn “Remastered” (Mommyhead)
  2. Fontaines D.C. | Romance (XL)
  3. FKA twigs | EUSEXUA (Atlantic)
  4. Juniore | Trois, Deux, Un (Le Phonographe)
  5. Various Artists | Metro Subterranean (Dark Entries / Hyperspace Communications)
  6. Ebo Taylor, Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad | JID022 (Jazz Is Dead)
  7. Nice Biscuit | SOS (The Reverberation Appeciation Society)
  8. PyPy | Sacred Times (Goner)
  9. Mulatu Astatke & Hoodna Orchestra | Tension (Batov)
  10. Naked Roommate | Pass The Loofah (Trouble In Mind)
  11. The Chills | Spring Board: The Early Unrecorded Songs (Fire)
  12. A Moving Sound & Ethel | The Wheel of Life (ARC)
  13. citron citron | Maréeternelle (Bongo Joe)
  14. The Linda Lindas | No Obligation (Epitaph)
  15. Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp | Ventre Unique (Bongo Joe)
  16. Dennis Bovell & The 4th Street Orchestra | The 4th Street Orchestra Collection (Doctor Bird)
  17. Traxman | Da Mind Of Traxman Vol.3 (Planet Mu)
  18. Morton Feldman & Tobias Hume | Feldman and Hume: Intermissions (Sawyer Editions)
  19. Brother Ali | Satisfied Soul (Mello)
  20. Yama Uba | Silhouettes (Psychic Eye / Ratskin)
  21. Tim Hecker | Shards (kranky)
  22. Xeno & Oaklander | Via Negativa (in the doorway light) (Dais)
  23. Various Artists | Alley of the Sun (Not Not Fun)
  24. Ezra Collective | Dance, No One’s Watching (Partisan)
  25. Soccer Mommy | Evergreen (Loma Vista)
  26. Ken Ikeda | Sacred Offering (Room 40)
  27. Robber Robber | Wild Guess (S/R)
  28. Aux Meadows | Draw Near (Eiderdown)
  29. Erik Klinga | Elusive Shimmer (Thanatosis)
  30. Various Artists | DJ Notoya Presents Tokyo Bliss (WeWantSounds)
  31. Adrian Younge | Adrian Younge Presents Linear Labs: São Paulo (Linear Labs)
  32. Maya Beiser & Terry Riley | Maya Beiser x Terry Riley: In C (Islandia)
  33. Marshall Allen | New Dawn (Mexican Summer)
  34. Dub Syndicate | Obscured By Version (On-U Sound)
  35. Various Artists | Noise Forest (Cold Spring)

Week of March 7th, 2025

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  1. Third Coast Percussion | Glass: Aguas da Amazonia (Rockwell)
  2. Various Artists | DJ Notoya Presents: Tokyo Bliss (WeWantSounds)
  3. Ken Ikeda | Sacred Offering (Room 40)
  4. Kelly Lee Owens | Dreamstate (dh2)
  5. Naked Roommate | Pass The Loofah (Trouble In Mind)
  6. Being Dead | EELS (Bayonet)
  7. The Linda Lindas | No Obligation (Epitaph)
  8. Liana Flores | Flower of the Soul (Verve)
  9. Rainbow Girls | HAUNTING (Rainbow Girls)
  10. Juniore | Trois, Deux, Un (Le Phonographe)
  11. Peace De Résistance | Lullaby For the Debris (La Vida Es Un Mus Discos)
  12. Nice Biscuit | SOS (Reverberation Appreciation Society)
  13. Immanuel Wilkins | Blues Blood (Blue Note)
  14. Nala Sinephro | Endlessness (Warp)
  15. Vinkepeezer | everything is a frequency (Kazemat)
  16. Eric Alexander & Mike LeDonne | Together (Cellar Live)
  17. PyPy | Sacred Times (Goner)
  18. Sholeh Asgary | آبـان (Aban) (Crystalline Morphologies)
  19. MJ Lenderman | Manning Fireworks (Anti/Epitaph)
  20. The Bongo Hop | La Pata Coja (Underdog)
  21. Ezra Collective | Dance, No One’s Watching (Partisan)
  22. Various Artists | Like Someone I Know: A Celebration of Margo Guryan (Sub Pop)
  23. Songhoy Blues | Héritage (Transgressive)
  24. Mulatu Astatke | Tension (Batov)
  25. Xeno & Oaklander | Via Negativa (in the doorway light) (Dais; Dais Records)
  26. Manu Chao | Viva Tu (Because )
  27. Shellac | To All Trains (Touch and Go)
  28. Yuma Abe | Hotel New Yuma (Thaian / Space Shower)
  29. Lara Sarkissian | Remnants (btwn Earth+Sky)
  30. Linda Smith | Till Another Time: 1988-1996 (Captured Tracks)
  31. Marshall Allen | New Dawn (Mexican Summer/Weekend)
  32. Fontaines D.C. | Romance (XL)
  33. Aux Meadows | Draw Near (Eiderdown)
  34. Kim Deal | Nobody Loves You More (4AD)
  35. Various Artists | Even the Forest hums: Ukrainian Sonic Archives 1971-1996 (Light in the Attic)

Week of February 28th, 2025

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  1. Juniore | Trois, Deux, Un (Le Phonographe)
  2. HYPER GAL | After Image (SKiN GRAFT)
  3. Naked Roommate | Pass The Loofah (Trouble In Mind)
  4. PyPy | Sacred Times (Goner)
  5. Church Chords | elvis, he was Schlager (Otherly Love)
  6. FKA twigs | EUSEXUA (Atlantic)
  7. Galaxie 500 | Uncollected Noise New York ’88-’90 (20/20/20 / Silver Current)
  8. Mulatu Astatke & Hoodna Orchestra | Tension (Batov)
  9. Molly Nilsson | Un-American Activities (DARK SKIES ASSOCIATION)
  10. Ethel Cain | Perverts (Daughters of Cain)
  11. Aux Meadows | Draw Near (Eiderdown)
  12. Ibibio Sound Machine | The Black Notes EP (Merge)
  13. Amyl and The Sniffers | Cartoon Darkness (Virgin)
  14. Yama Uba | Silhouettes (Psychic Eye / Ratskin)
  15. American Patchwork Quartet | American Patchwork Quartet (Carolina Jasmine)
  16. Keiji Haino | Black Blues (Room40)
  17. Henry Canyons & Fresh Kils | Educated Guesses (URBNET)
  18. Claude Fontaine | La Mer (Innovative Leisure)
  19. Various Artists | Noise Forest (Cold Spring)
  20. People Like Us | Copia (Cutting Hedge)
  21. Marshall Allen | New Dawn (Mexican Summer)
  22. Artificial Go | Hopscotch Fever (Feel It)
  23. The Linda Lindas | No Obligation (Epitaph)
  24. sm^sher | pit of mine (Scrawl World Ltd)
  25. Mermaid Chunky | slif slaf slof (DFA)
  26. Sgt. Splendor | Death Of The Hoochie Koo (Buena Vista West)
  27. The Okmoniks | Afterparty Fever!!! (Slovenly)
  28. John Glacier | Like A Ribbon (Young)
  29. Caleb Landry Jones | Hey Gary, Hey Dawn (Sacred Bones)
  30. Calcutta Kid | Anjali (7335079)
  31. Fake Fruit | Mucho Mistrust (Carpark)
  32. Q Lazzarus | Goodbye Horses: The Many Lives of Q Lazzarus (Music From The Motion Picture) (Sacred Bones)
  33. Milan W. | Leave Another Day (Stroom)
  34. RL Huber | Return of the Cosmonaut (RL Huber)
  35. Squid | Cowards (Warp)

Week of February 21st, 2025

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  1. FKA twigs | EUSEXUA (Atlantic)
  2. Mulatu Astatke | Tension (Batov)
  3. Marshall Allen | New Dawn (Week-End/Mexican Summer)
  4. Lawrence English | Even the Horizon Knows Its Bounds (Room 40)
  5. Ale Hop & Titi Bakorta | Mapambazuko (Nyege Nyege)
  6. Sam Amidon | Salt River (River Lea)
  7. David Bowie | Rock ‘n’ Roll Star! (Rhino)
  8. The Softies | The Bed I Made (Father/Daughter)
  9. Saint Etienne | The Night (Heavenly)
  10. Sholeh Asgary | آبـان (Aban) (Crystalline Morphologies)
  11. Ibibio Sound Machine | The Black Notes EP (Merge)
  12. Shellac | To All Trains (Touch and Go)
  13. New Order | Brotherhood (Definitive Edition) (Warner Bros.)
  14. Various Artists | Cardinals At the Window (S/R)
  15. Ethel Cain | Perverts (Daughters of Cain)
  16. Molchat Doma | Belaya Polosa (Sacred Bones)
  17. American Patchwork Quartet | American Patchwork Quartet (Carolina Jasmine)
  18. Lara Sarkissian | Remnants (Lower Grand)
  19. PyPy | Sacred Times (Goner)
  20. Oliver Coates | Throb, shiver, arrow of time (Rvng Intl.)
  21. Linda Smith | I So Liked Spring (Captured Tracks)
  22. HYPER GAL | After Image (Skin Graft)
  23. Naked Roommate | Pass The Loofah (Trouble In Mind)
  24. Various Artists | Tales Of A Kitchen Porter (Dandy Boy)
  25. Cameron Winter | Heavy Metal (Partisan / Play It Again Sam)
  26. Rogê | Curyman II (Diamond West Records)
  27. Nice Biscuit | SOS (Reverbation Appreciation Society)
  28. Various Artists | Alley of the Sun (Not Not Fun)
  29. Nala Sinephro | Endlessness (Warp)
  30. Franz Ferdinand | The Human Fear (Domino)
  31. Emily D’Angelo | freezing (Deutsche Grammophon)
  32. BADBADNOTGOOD | Mid Spiral (XL )
  33. Peter Perrett | The Cleansing (Domino)
  34. Soccer Mommy | Evergreen (Loma Vista)
  35. Ben Goldberg, Todd Sickafoose & Scott Amendola | Here to There (Secret Hatch)

Week of February 14th, 2025

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  1. Mulatu Astatke & Hoodna Orchestra | Tension (Batov)
  2. Galaxie 500 | Uncollected Noise New York ’88-’90 (20/20/20 / Domino )
  3. Naked Roommate | Pass The Loofah (Trouble In Mind)
  4. Ale Hop & Titi Bakorta | Mapambazuko (Nyege Nyege Tapes)
  5. Chuck Johnson | Sun Glories (Western Vinyl)
  6. Franz Ferdinand | The Human Fear (Domino)
  7. Various Artists | Tales Of A Kitchen Porter (Dandy Boy)
  8. Maya Beiser & Terry Riley | Maya Beiser x Terry Riley: In C (Islandia)
  9. Various Artists | Noise Forest (Cold Spring)
  10. Lawrence English | Even The Horizon Knows Its Bounds (Room 40)
  11. Kelly Lee Owens | Dreamstate (dh2)
  12. Novo Line | Artifact (S/R)
  13. Lara Sarkissian | Remnants (btwn Earth+Sky)
  14. People Like Us | Copia (Cutting Hedge)
  15. Rogê | Curyman II (Diamond West)
  16. The Bug Club | On the Intricate Inner Workings of the System (Sub Pop)
  17. Peter Perrett | The Cleansing (Domino)
  18. Shabaka | Possession (Impulse!)
  19. The Marías | Submarine (Nice Life/Atlantic)
  20. Thee Sacred Souls | Got a Story to Tell (Daptone)
  21. Magdalena Bay | Imaginal Disk (Mom+Pop)
  22. Kim Deal | Nobody Loves You More (4AD)
  23. PAN Project Ensemble | Borderless Flows (Neuma)
  24. Beachwood Sparks | Across the River of Stars (Curation)
  25. Yasmin Williams | Acadia (Nonesuch)
  26. Being Dead | EELS (Bayonet)
  27. Cavalier & Child Actor | CINE (Backwoodz Studioz)
  28. New Order | Brotherhood (Definitive Edition) (WM UK)
  29. Jerron Paxton | Things Done Changed (Smithsonian Folkways)
  30. Jeff Parker ETA IVtet | The Way Out of Easy (International Anthem)
  31. Saint Etienne | The Night (Heavenly)
  32. Manu Chao | Viva Tu (RADIO BEMBA)
  33. Jenny Scheinman | All Species Parade (Royal Potato Family)
  34. Damu The Fudgemunk | Peace of Action (Def Pressé)
  35. Chrystabell & David Lynch | Cellophane Memories (Sacred Bones)