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Top 35 Albums of the Week

Week of February 16th, 2024

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  1. African Head Charge | A Trip To Bolgatanga (On-U Sound)
  2. Charles Mingus | Changes: The Complete 1970s Atlantic Studio Recordings (Rhino Atlantic)
  3. Various Artists | American Soul Music: This Is The Place 1963-1974 (Cairo)
  4. Robert Finley | Black Bayou (Easy Eye Sound)
  5. Sampha | Lahai (Young)
  6. Aziz Konkrite | Siba Sawt-System #1 (Shouka)
  7. Creation Rebel | Hostile Environment (On-U Sound)
  8. Lonnie Holley | Oh Me Oh My (Jagjaguwar)
  9. Substantial | Adultish (Substantial Art & Music)
  10. Salamanda | In Parallel (Wisdom Teeth)
  11. Funkwrench Blues | Soundtrack For A Film Without Pictures (Need To Know)
  12. Matana Roberts | Coin Coin Chapter Five: In the garden… (Constellation)
  13. Juicebumps | JUMBO (Rocks in Your Head, Time Room)
  14. Jalen Ngonda | Come Around and Love Me (Daptone)
  15. Niecy Blues | Exit Simulation (kranky)
  16. Faizal Mostrixx | Mutations (Glitterbeat)
  17. Surplus 1980 | Illusion of Consistency (Self-Released)
  18. Nasiphi Booi & Sthamzen | Yenza Kwenzeke Make It Happen (Self-Released)
  19. Mercer Hassy Orchestra | Duke’s Place (Mercer Hassy)
  20. Ollella | Back Back Back (S/R)
  21. Philip Perkins | Undanceable (Artifact)
  22. Irreversible Entanglements | Protect Your Light (Impulse!)
  23. Black Market Brass | Hox (Colemine)
  24. Danny Brown | Quaranta (Warp)
  25. Noname | Sundial (AWAL)
  26. The Umbrellas | Fairweather Friend (Slumberland)
  27. Various Artists | Remixes JID020 (Jazz Is Dead)
  28. Jayda G | Guy (Ninja Tune)
  29. Emerald Suspension | Sounds to Hear Alone (Emerald Suspension)
  30. Say She She | Silver (Karma Chief)
  31. Nihiloxica | Source of Denial (Crammed Discs)
  32. Various Artists | Tell Everybody! (21st Century Juke Joint Blues From Easy Eye Sound) (Easy eye Sound)
  33. Aga Khan Master Musicians | Nowruz (Smithsonian Folkways)
  34. Grooblen | A Wormhole is a Freeway to the Stars (Riot Daddy)
  35. Anna St. Louis | In The Air (Woodsist / Mare)

Week of February 9th, 2024

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  1. Various Artists | American Soul Music: This Is The Place 1963-1974 (Cairo)
  2. Black Market Brass | Hox (Colemine)
  3. Robert Finley | Black Bayou (Easy Eye Sound)
  4. Jalen Ngonda | Come Around and Love Me (Daptone)
  5. Aziz Konkrite | Siba Sawt-System #1 (Shouka)
  6. Ben Harper | Wide Open Light (Chrysalis)
  7. Sampha | Lahai (Young)
  8. Galya Bisengalieva | Polygon (One Little Independent)
  9. Astrid Sonne | Great Doubt (Escho)
  10. A Beacon School | yoyo (Grind Select)
  11. Say She She | Silver (Karma Chief)
  12. Pachyman | Switched-On (ATO)
  13. Salamanda | In Parallel (Wisdom Teeth)
  14. Jackson Greenberg | The Things We Pass On Through Our Genes (cmtx)
  15. Apollo Suns | Departures (DO RIGHT!)
  16. Guardian Singles | Feed Me To The Doves (Trouble In Mind)
  17. H31R | HeadSpace (Big Dada)
  18. Ghost Funk Orchestra | A Trip To the Moon (Karma Chief)
  19. Various Artists | Mr Bongo Record Club, Vol. 6 (Mr Bongo)
  20. bar italia | The Twits (Matador)
  21. Elisapie | Inuktitut (Bonsound)
  22. The Tubs | Dead Meat (Trouble In Mind)
  23. Jlin | Perspective (Planet Mu)
  24. Kristin Hersh | Clear Pond Road (Fire)
  25. Girl Ray | Prestige (Moshi Moshi)
  26. Hiroshi Yoshimura | Surround (Temporal Drift)
  27. Blonde Redhead | Sit Down for Dinner (section1)
  28. African Head Charge | A Trip To Bolgatanga (On-U Sound)
  29. G’s Us | What Them Dogs Don’t Know They Know (Alpha Pup)
  30. The Umbrellas | Fairweather Friend (Slumberland)
  31. Bas Jan | Back to the Swamp (Fire)
  32. Tolerance | Complete Discography + Demos (Mesh-Key)
  33. Marika Hackman | Big Sigh (Chrysalis)
  34. Edinburgh School for the Deaf | New Youth Bible (Absolutely Kosher)
  35. Anna St. Louis | In the Air (Woodsist / Mare)

Week of February 2nd, 2024

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  1. Tolerance | Complete Discography + Demos (Mesh-Key)
  2. Lewsberg | Out And About (12XU)
  3. Various Artists | Remixes JID020 (Jazz Is Dead)
  4. Observer All Stars & King Tubby | Dubbing With the Observer (Doctor Bird)
  5. Robert Finley | Black Bayou (Easy Eye Sound)
  6. Various Artists | American Soul Music: This Is The Place 1963-1974 (Cairo)
  7. Vince Clarke | Songs of Silence (Mute)
  8. Yussef Dayes | Black Classical Music (Nonesuch)
  9. The Umbrellas | Fairweather Friend (Slumberland)
  10. Dead Moon | Going South (Mississippi )
  11. Aziz Konkrite | Siba Sawt-System #1 (Shouka)
  12. Charm School | Finite Jest (sonaBLAST! )
  13. Martina Bertoni | Hypnagogia (Karlrecords)
  14. Glasser | Crux (One Little Independent)
  15. Armand Hammer | We Buy Diabetic Test Strips (Fat Possum)
  16. Ghost Funk Orchestra | A Trip To the Moon (Karma Chief)
  17. La Sécurité | Stay Safe! (Mothland)
  18. Killer Mike | Michael (Loma Vista)
  19. Hiroshi Yoshimura | Surround (Temporal Drift)
  20. Jalen Ngonda | Come Around and Love Me (Daptone)
  21. Blonde Redhead | Sit Down for Dinner (section1)
  22. Cécile McLorin Salvant | Mélusine (Nonesuch)
  23. Elisapie | Inuktitut (Bonsound)
  24. Creation Rebel | Hostile Environment (On-U Sound)
  25. Isabelle Faust | Solo: Matteis – Pisendel – Biber – Guillemain – Vilsmayr (harmonia mundi)
  26. Hania Rani | Ghosts (Gondwana)
  27. Galya Bisengalieva | Polygon (One Little Independent)
  28. Nihiloxica | Source of Denial (Crammed Discs)
  29. Nick Drake and the Sad Beads | Nick Drake and the Sad Beads (Self-Released)
  30. Noname | Sundial (AWAL)
  31. A Beacon School | yoyo (Grind Select)
  32. Miguel Atwood-Ferguson | Les Jardins Mystiques, Vol. 1 (Brainfeeder)
  33. The Mutilations | It Won’t Take Long (Sausage King )
  34. Current Affairs | Off the Tongue (Tough Love)
  35. Eartheater | Powders (Chemical X)

Week of January 26th, 2024

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  1. Various Artists | American Soul Music: This Is The Place 1963-1974 (Cairo)
  2. bar italia | The Twits (Matador)
  3. La Sécurité | Stay Safe! (Mothland)
  4. Blonde Redhead | Sit Down For Dinner (section1)
  5. Emerald Suspension | Sounds to Hear Alone (Self-Released)
  6. Sweeping Promises | Good Living Is Coming For You (Sub Pop)
  7. Slowdive | everything is alive (Dead Oceans)
  8. Mitski | The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We (Dead Oceans)
  9. Jungle | Volcano (Caiola)
  10. Lana Del Rey | Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd (Interscope)
  11. The Umbrellas | Fairweather Friend (Slumberland)
  12. Squirrel Flower | Tomorrow’s Fire (Polyvinyl)
  13. Various Artists | Bear’s Sonic Journals: Sing Out! (Live at the Berkeley Community Theater, 4/25/1981) (Owsley Stanley Foundation)
  14. Ghost Funk Orchestra | A Trip To the Moon (Karma Chief)
  15. Robert Finley | Black Bayou (Easy Eye Sound)
  16. Quantic | Dancing While Falling (Play It Again Sam)
  17. Niecy Blues | Exit Simulation (kranky)
  18. Rahill | Flowers At Your Feet (Big Dada)
  19. Charif Megarbane | Marzipan (Habibi Funk 023) (Habibi Funk)
  20. Cécile McLorin Salvant | Mélusine (Nonesuch)
  21. El Kontessa | Nos Habet Caramel (Bilna’es)
  22. Say She She | Silver (Karma Chief)
  23. Otyken | Phenomenon (Aboriginal)
  24. Tolerance | Complete Discography + Demos (Vanity)
  25. Aziz Konkrite | Siba Sawt-System #1 (Shouka)
  26. Aesop Rock | Integrated Tech Solutions (Rhymesayers)
  27. Juicebumps | JUMBO (Rocks in Your Head, Time Room)
  28. Nihiloxica | Source of Denial (Crammed Discs)
  29. Matthew Halsall | An Ever Changing View (Gondwana)
  30. San Kazakgascar | Too Many People (Lather)
  31. The Kills | God Games (Domino)
  32. Guardian Singles | Feed Me To The Doves (Trouble in Mind)
  33. Poolside | Blame It All On Love (Counter)
  34. Astrid Sonne | Great Doubt (Escho)
  35. Current Affairs | Off the Tongue (Tough Love)

Week of January 19th, 2024

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  1. Brabrabra | Mangooona (Absolutely Kosher)
  2. abracadabra | shapes & colors (Melodic)
  3. CHAI | CHAI (Sub Pop)
  4. Otyken | Phenomenon (Aboriginal)
  5. Various Artists | American Soul Music: This Is The Place 1963-1974 (Cairo)
  6. Guilherme Coutinho | Guilherme Coutinho e O Grupo Stalo (Mr Bongo)
  7. Matmos | Return to Archive (Smithsonian Folkways)
  8. Yussef Dayes | Black Classical Music (Nonesuch)
  9. Sparklehorse | Bird Machine (Anti/Epitaph)
  10. Thomas Carnacki | Cadavre Isolé (Alethiometer)
  11. Matthew Halsall | An Ever Changing View (Gondwana)
  12. Vince Clarke | Songs of Silence (Mute)
  13. Lewsberg | Out And About (12XU)
  14. Aga Khan Master Musicians | Nowruz (Smithsonian Folkways)
  15. En Attendant Ana | Principia (Trouble in Mind)
  16. Azu Tiwaline | The Fifth Dream (I.O.T.)
  17. The Serfs | Half Eaten By Dogs (Trouble in Mind)
  18. Cécile McLorin Salvant | Mélusine (Nonesuch)
  19. Loretta Lynch | All the Right Regrets (Loretta Lynch)
  20. Rahill | Flowers At Your Feet (Big Dada)
  21. Kurt Vile | Back to Moon Beach (Verve Forecast)
  22. Various Artists | Tell Everybody! (21st Century Juke Joint Blues From Easy Eye Sound) (Easy Eye Sound)
  23. Mr. Greg & Cass McCombs | Mr. Greg & Cass Mccombs Sing and Play New Folk Songs for Children (Smithsonian Folkways)
  24. Blues Lawyer | Sight Gags On The Radio (Dark Entries)
  25. Umeko Ando | Upopo Sanke (Pingipung)
  26. Hiroshi Yoshimura | Surround (Temporal Drift)
  27. Holy Tongue | Deliverance and Spiritual Warfare (Amidah)
  28. Ricardo Dias Gomes | Muito Sol (Hive Mind)
  29. The Cowboys | Sultan of Squat (Feel It)
  30. Alice Gerrard | Sun to Sun (Sleepy Cat)
  31. Róisín Murphy | Hit Parade (Ninja Tune)
  32. Radian | Distorted Rooms (Thrill Jockey)
  33. Niecy Blues | Exit Simulation (kranky)
  34. Sextile | Push (Sacred Bones)
  35. Pachyman | Switched-On (ATO)

Week of January 12th, 2024

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  1. abracadabra | shapes & colors (Melodic)
  2. Slowdive | everything is alive (Dead Oceans)
  3. En Attendant Ana | Principia (Trouble in Mind)
  4. Rhiannon Giddens | You’re the One (Nonesuch)
  5. Jalen Ngonda | Come Around and Love Me (Daptone)
  6. Panda Bear, Sonic Boom & Adrian Sherwood | Reset in Dub (Domino)
  7. Various Artists | American Soul Music: This is the Place (Cairo)
  8. Thomas Carnacki | Cadavre Isole (Alethiometer)
  9. Matmos | Return to Archive (Smithsonian Folkways)
  10. Will Bernard & Beth Custer | Sky (Dreck to Disk)
  11. Hauschka | Philanthropy (City Slang)
  12. Dengue Fever | Ting Mong (Tuk Tuk)
  13. Ladyybirdd (Gina Izzo) | Tomorrow’s Yesterday (Innova)
  14. CHAI | CHAI (Sub Pop)
  15. bar italia | The Twits (Matador)
  16. Yussef Dayes | Black Classical Music (Nonesuch)
  17. The HU | Rumble of Thunder (Better Noise)
  18. Elisapie | Inuktitut (Bonsound)
  19. Hiroshi Yoshimura | Surround (Temporal Drift)
  20. Pachyman | Switched-On (ATO)
  21. Molly Tuttle | City of Gold (Molly Tuttle)
  22. Mitski | The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We (Dead Oceans)
  23. King Krule | Space Heavy (Matador)
  24. Sparklehorse | Bird Machine (Anti/Epitaph)
  25. Loretta Lynch | All The Right Regrets (Self-Released)
  26. Brabrabra | Mangooona (Absolutely Kosher)
  27. Son Rompe Pera | Chimborazo (AYA)
  28. kwes. | Rye Lane (Original Score) (Warp Records)
  29. Chino | Common Oddity – EP (Pinkman)
  30. Noname | Sundial (Noname, Inc)
  31. Umeko Ando | Upopo Sanke (Pingipung)
  32. Various Artists | Middle Eastern Grooves (Selected by DJ Kobayashi) (Batov)
  33. Lewsberg | Out And About (12XU)
  34. Ghost Train Orchestra & Kronos Quartet | Songs & Symphoniques: The Music of Moondog (Cantaloupe)
  35. Joni Mitchell | Joni Mitchell Archives, Vol. 3: The Asylum Years (1972-1975) (Rhino)