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Top 35 Albums of the Week

Week of October 15th, 2018

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  1. Debutantes | The Debutantes (Beat Rocket)
  2. Aphex Twin | Collapse EP (Warp)
  3. Low | Double Negative (Sub Pop)
  4. Blood Orange | Negro Swan (Domino)
  5. Aki Kumar | Hindi Man Blues (Little Village Foundation)
  6. Beths | Future Me Hates Me (CarPark)
  7. Goon Sax | We're Not Talking (Wichita)
  8. Chai | Pink (Burger)
  9. Potatohead People | Nick & Astro's Guide to the Galaxy (Bastard Jazz)
  10. Dave Alvin and Jimmie Dale Gilmore | Downey To Lubbock (Yep Roc)
  11. Melbreeze | Animazonia (Blue Canoe)
  12. Tirzah | Devotion (Domino)
  13. Mavis Staples | If All I Was Was Black (Anti-)
  14. Instant Music | Instant Music (Dark Entries)
  15. Primo! | Amici (S/R)
  16. Midnight Hour | The Midnight Hour (Linear Labs)
  17. Motoko and Myers | Basis Key (S/R)
  18. Escape-ism | The Lost Record (Merge)
  19. Mitski | Be The Cowboy (Dead Oceans)
  20. Shannon Shaw | Shannon In Nashville (Easy Eye Sound)
  21. Death Wheelers | I Tread On Your Grave (RidingEasy)
  22. Hot Pepper | Spanglish Movement (Guerssen)
  23. Oh Sees | Smote Reverser (Castle Face)
  24. Bad Luck | Four (Origin)
  25. John Coltrane | Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album (Impulse!)
  26. Death and the Maiden | Wisteria (Fishrider)
  27. Emma Ruth Rundle | On Dark Horses (sargent house)
  28. Sarah Davachi | Gave In Rest (Ba Da Bing)
  29. Serpentwithfeet | Soil (Secretly Canadian)
  30. Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio | Live at KEXP! (Colemine)
  31. Angelique Kidjo | Remain In Light (Kravenworks)
  32. Oakland Elementary School Arkestra | Saga of Padani (Modern Harmonic)
  33. Ginkgoa | One Time (Rock Paper Scissors)
  34. Fuck | The Band (Vampire Blues)
  35. Low | Double Negative (Sub Pop)

Week of October 8th, 2018

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  1. Goon Sax | We're Not Talking (Wichita)
  2. Aphex Twin | Collapse EP (Warp)
  3. Exploded View | Obey (Sac Bones)
  4. Less Bells | Solifuge (Kranky)
  5. Gwenifer Raymond | You Never Were Much of a Dancer (Tompkins Square)
  6. Aki Kumar | Hindi Man Blues (Little Village Foundation)
  7. Spiritualized | And Nothing Hurt (Planetary)
  8. Blood Orange | Negro Swan (Domino)
  9. Anna Calvi | Hunter (AAA)
  10. Sha La Das | Love in the Wind (Dunham)
  11. Tirzah | Devotion (Domino)
  12. Mavis Staples | If All I Was Was Black (Anti-)
  13. Illuminati Hotties | Kiss Yr Frenemies (Tiny Engines)
  14. Various Artists | King of the Road: A Tribute to Roger Miller (BMG)
  15. John Coltrane | Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album (Impulse!)
  16. Mudhoney | Digital Garbage (Sub Pop)
  17. Oakland Elementary School Arkestra | Saga of Padani (Modern Harmonic)
  18. Beths | Future Me Hates Me (CarPark)
  19. Debutantes | The Debutantes (Beat Rocket)
  20. Grimskunk | Unreason in the Age of Madness (Indica)
  21. Waxahatchee | Great Thunder (Merge)
  22. Escape-ism | The Lost Record (Merge)
  23. Tommy and the Commies | Here Come Tommy and the Commies! (Slovenly)
  24. Gordon Hellegers | Nyanaje (S/R)
  25. Bodega | Endless Scroll (What's Your Rupture?)
  26. Kev Brown | Homework (Redefinition)
  27. Lumerians | Call of the Void (Fuzz Club)
  28. Brooke Annibale | Hold To The Light (S/R)
  29. Deaf Wish | Lithium Zion (Sub Pop)
  30. Tanukichan | Sundays (Company)
  31. IDLES | Joy As An Act Of Resistance (Partisan)
  32. Mitski | Be The Cowboy (Dead Oceans)
  33. Iceage | Beyondless (Matador)
  34. Grooms | Rejoicer (Death by Audio)
  35. Low | Double Negative (Sub Pop)

Week of October 1st, 2018

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  1. Sarah Davachi | Gave In Rest (Ba Da Bing)
  2. Aki Kumar | Hindi Man Blues (Little Village Foundation)
  3. Sha La Das | Love in the Wind (Dunham)
  4. Bodega | Endless Scroll (What's Your Rupture?)
  5. Exploded View | Obey (Sac Bones)
  6. Dirty Projectors | Lamp Lit Prose (Domino)
  7. Mavis Staples | If All I Was Was Black (Anti-)
  8. Ross from Friends | Family Portrait (Brainfeeder)
  9. Lower Self | Lower Self (S/R )
  10. Culture Abuse | Bay Dream (Epitaph)
  11. Debutantes | The Debutantes (Beat Rocket)
  12. Brandon Coleman | Resistance (Brainfeeder)
  13. Blood Orange | Negro Swan (Domino)
  14. Nostrum Grocers | Nostrum Grocers (Ruby Yacht)
  15. Peace To Mateo | Some Strange Reason (Young Heavy Souls)
  16. Mitski | Be The Cowboy (Dead Oceans)
  17. Dorian Concept | The Nature of Imitation (Brainfeeder)
  18. Barbiana Complex | Glamour of Evil (Dr. Chill Bones)
  19. Rio Mira | Marimba Del Pacifico (AYA)
  20. Tapes and Tubes | Retroactive (S/R)
  21. Tirzah | Devotion (Domino)
  22. Kev Brown | Homework (Redefinition)
  23. Grimskunk | Unreason in the Age of Madness (Indica)
  24. Body/Head | The Switch (Matador)
  25. Roy Montgomery | Suffuse (Grapefruit)
  26. Ben Pirani | How Do I Talk to My Brother? (Colemine)
  27. Hot Pepper | Spanglish Movement (Guerssen)
  28. LFZ | Name Plus Focus (Castle Face)
  29. Astronauts, Etc. | Living in Symbol (Company)
  30. Aphex Twin | Collapse EP (Warp)
  31. Primo! | Amici (S/R)
  32. Joyfultalk | Plurality Trip (Constellation)
  33. Simian Mobile Disco | Murmurations (Wichita)
  34. IDLES | Joy As An Act Of Resistance (Partisan)
  35. Deaf Wish | Lithium Zion (Sub Pop)

Week of September 24th, 2018

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  1. Mavis Staples | If All I Was Was Black (Anti-)
  2. John Coltrane | Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album (Impulse!)
  3. Low | Double Negative (sub pop)
  4. Astronauts, Etc. | Living in Symbol (Company)
  5. Aki Kumar | Hindi Man Blues (Little Village Foundation)
  6. Motrik | Safety Copy (Jealous Butcher)
  7. Roy Montgomery | Suffuse (Grapefruit)
  8. Michael Beharie & Teddy Rankin-Parker | A Heart From Your Shadow (Mondoj)
  9. Reverbivores | Orbit to Intercept (S/R)
  10. Elisapie | The Ballad of the Runaway Girl (Bonsound)
  11. Blood Orange | Negro Swan (Domino)
  12. Glenn Jones | The Giant Who Ate Himself (Thrill Jockey)
  13. Mitski | Be The Cowboy (Dead Oceans)
  14. Motoko and Myers | Basis Key (S/R)
  15. Lower Self | Lower Self (S/R )
  16. Sarah Davachi | Gave In Rest (Ba Da Bing)
  17. Joyfultalk | Plurality Trip (Constellation)
  18. Bodega | Endless Scroll (What's Your Rupture?)
  19. Primo! | Amici (S/R)
  20. Ben Pirani | How Do I Talk to My Brother? (Colemine)
  21. Marcus Miller | Laid Black (Blue Note)
  22. Sly5thAve | The Invisible Man: An Orchestral Tribute to Dr. Dre (Tru Thoughts)
  23. Dorian Concept | The Nature of Imitation (Brainfeeder)
  24. James Williamson and the Pink Hearts | Behind the Shade (Leopard Lady)
  25. Wild Nothing | Indigo (Captured Tracks)
  26. Beths | Future Me Hates Me (CarPark)
  27. Emma Ruth Rundle | On Dark Horses (sargent house)
  28. Waxahatchee | Great Thunder (Merge)
  29. SIS | Euphorbia (Native Cat)
  30. Zoe Speaks | Wings (Redbird Records)
  31. Still Corners | Slow Air (Wrecking Light)
  32. Nicole Mitchell | Maroon Cloud (FPE Records)
  33. Sunflower Bean | Twentytwo In Blue (Mom + Pop)
  34. Roman Barten-Sherman | solo guitar compositions (SR)
  35. Motoko and Myers | Basis Key (S/R)

Week of September 17th, 2018

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  1. Hot Pepper | Spanglish Movement (Guerssen)
  2. Primo! | Amici (S/R)
  3. Kev Brown | Homework (Redefinition)
  4. Mavis Staples | If All I Was Was Black (Anti-)
  5. John Coltrane | Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album (Impulse!)
  6. Lumerians | Call of the Void (Fuzz Club)
  7. Robbie Fulks & Linda Gail Lewis | Wild! Wild! Wild! (Bloodshot)
  8. Mitski | Be The Cowboy (Dead Oceans)
  9. Ty Segall & White Fence | Joy (Drag City)
  10. Aki Kumar | Hindi Man Blues (Little Village Foundation)
  11. Bodega | Endless Scroll (What's Your Rupture?)
  12. Still Corners | Slow Air (Wrecking Light)
  13. DeVotchKa | This Night Falls Forever (Concord)
  14. Sly5thAve | The Invisible Man: An Orchestral Tribute to Dr. Dre (Tru Thoughts)
  15. Gone Beyond & Mumbles | Notes From the Underground (Content)
  16. Chai | Pink (Burger)
  17. Shannon Shaw | Shannon In Nashville (Easy Eye Sound)
  18. Snail Mail | Lush (Matador)
  19. Blood Orange | Negro Swan (Domino)
  20. DsorDNE | E Un Sole (Dark Entries)
  21. Gordon Hellegers | Nyanaje (S/R)
  22. IDLES | Joy As An Act Of Resistance (Partisan)
  23. Dave Alvin and Jimmie Dale Gilmore | Downey To Lubbock (Yep Roc)
  24. Ben Pirani | How Do I Talk to My Brother? (Colemine)
  25. Peace To Mateo | Some Strange Reason (Young Heavy Souls)
  26. Roy Montgomery | Suffuse (Grapefruit)
  27. Lucero | Among the Ghosts (Liberty & Lament)
  28. Dorian Concept | The Nature of Imitation (Brainfeeder)
  29. Deaf Wish | Lithium Zion (Sub Pop)
  30. Table Sugar | Introductory Material (Water Wing)
  31. Body/Head | The Switch (Matador)
  32. Michael Beharie & Teddy Rankin-Parker | A Heart From Your Shadow (Mondoj)
  33. Tony Molina | Kill The Lights (Slumberland Records)
  34. Chancha Via Circuito | Bienaventuranza (Wonder Wheel)
  35. John Coltrane | Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album (Impulse!)

Week of September 10th, 2018

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  1. Kev Brown | Homework (Redefinition)
  2. Creation Factory | The Creation Factory (Lolipop)
  3. Oh Sees | Smote Reverser (Castle Face)
  4. Chai | Pink (Burger)
  5. Mitski | Be The Cowboy (Dead Oceans)
  6. Mavis Staples | If All I Was Was Black (Anti-)
  7. Lumerians | Call of the Void (Fuzz Club)
  8. Various Artists | King of the Road: A Tribute to Roger Miller (BMG)
  9. Cuasares | Afro-Progresivo (Pharaway Sounds)
  10. Chancha Via Circuito | Bienaventuranza (Wonder Wheel)
  11. Bodega | Endless Scroll (What's Your Rupture?)
  12. Ben Pirani | How Do I Talk to My Brother? (Colemine)
  13. Primo! | Amici (S/R)
  14. Helena Hauff | Qualm (Ninja Tune)
  15. Sly5thAve | The Invisible Man: An Orchestral Tribute to Dr. Dre (Tru Thoughts)
  16. Miss Information | Sequence (Pioneer Works Press)
  17. Neko Case | Hell-On (Anti)
  18. Jeremy and the Harlequins | Remember This (Yep Roc)
  19. Eric Mcfadden | Pain By Numbers (Whiskey Bayous)
  20. Ty Segall & White Fence | Joy (Drag City)
  21. Dorian Concept | The Nature of Imitation (Brainfeeder)
  22. Yuka & Chronoship | Ship (OMP)
  23. Benni | The Return (Goner)
  24. Ophelias | Almost (Joyful Noise)
  25. Naked Eye Ensemble | Storylines Crossing (Starkland)
  26. Schlienz,Guenter | Collage Tristes (Was Ist Das?)
  27. Thunderpussy | Thunderpussy (Stardog)
  28. Death and the Maiden | Wisteria (Fishrider)
  29. Peace To Mateo | Some Strange Reason (Young Heavy Souls)
  30. Vinyl Williams | Opal (Blau Up)
  31. Ethan Gold | Expanses (Teenage Synthrumentals) (Electrik Gold)
  32. Underworld & Iggy Pop | Teatime Dub Encounters (Caroline)
  33. Shuta Hasunuma & U-zhaan | 2 Tone (S/R)
  34. Deaf Wish | Lithium Zion (SubPop)
  35. Oh Sees | Smote Reverser (Castle Face)