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Top 35 Albums of the Week

Week of July 30th, 2012

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  1. John Maus | A Collection of Rarities (Ribbon)
  2. Icky Blossoms | S/T (Saddle Creek)
  3. Los Straitjackets | Jet Set (yep roc)
  4. The Monochrome Set | Strange Boutique (Water)
  5. Trust | TRST (Arts and Crafts)
  6. A Place to Bury Strangers | Worship (Dead Oceans)
  7. Twin Shadow | Confess (4AD)
  8. Afro Latin Vintage Orchestra | Last Odyssey (Ubiquity)
  9. Old Crow Medicine Show | Carry me back (ATO)
  10. Dr. John | Locked Down (Nonesuch)
  11. Grass Widow | Internal Logic (HLR)
  12. Fiona Apple | The Idler Wheel is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve More Than Ropes Will Ever Do (Epic)
  13. James & Evander | Bummer Pop (Velvet Blue)
  14. Echo Lake | Wild Peace (Slumberland)
  15. Jill Barber | Mischievous Moon (Outside Music)
  16. FUTURE SOUNDS OF BUENOS AIRES | Various Artists (Waxploitation/ZZK)
  17. Crocodiles | Endless Flowers (Frenchkiss)
  18. Metric | Synthetica (MomPop)
  19. Dead Can Dance | Anastasis (Pias)
  20. King Tuff | S/T (Sub Pop)
  21. Eternal Summers | Correct Behavior (Kanine)
  22. Future of the Left | The Plot Against Common Sense (The Syndicate)
  23. Julia Holter | Ekstasis (RVNG Intl)
  24. The Sultans of Soul | Various Artists (Wind Hit)
  25. Twin Steps | Serial Parade (Cola Bruin)
  26. Bondi Blaster | Lo Juimo (Stronghold Sound)
  27. Umbrella Bed | Go (Mad Butcher)
  28. Patti Smith | Banga (Columbia)
  29. Diego's Umbrella | Proper Cowboy (Ninth Street Opus)
  30. Trust | TRST (Arts and Crafts)
  31. Jimmy Cliff | Rebirth (Sun Power)
  32. Jill Barber | Mischievous Moon (Outside Music)
  33. Twin Shadow | Confess (4AD)
  34. Liars | WIXIW (Mute)
  35. Dirty Projectors | Swing Lo Magellan (Domino)

Week of July 23rd, 2012

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  1. Hot Chip | In Our Heads (Domino)
  2. Factrix | Scheintot (Superior Viaduct)
  3. The Monochrome Set | Strange Boutique (Water)
  4. Magic Trick | Ruler of the Night (Hardly Art)
  5. James & Evander | Bummer Pop (Velvet Blue)
  6. DIIV | Oshin (Captured Tracks)
  7. Metric | Synthetica (MomPop)
  8. Here We Go Magic | A Different Ship (Secretly Canadian)
  9. Sonny and the Sunsets | Longtime Companion (Polyvinyl)
  10. Jeans Wilder | Totally (Everloving)
  11. Fiona Apple | The Idler Wheel is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve More Than Ropes Will Ever Do (Epic)
  12. FUTURE SOUNDS OF BUENOS AIRES | Various Artists (Waxploitation/ZZK)
  13. Monophonics | In Your Brain (Ubiquity)
  14. Afrolicious | Pleasuretime (ESL)
  15. Esperanza Spalding | Radio Music Society (Heads Up International)
  16. JD McPherson | Signs & Signifiers (Rounder)
  17. MAXIMUM SITAR | Various Artists (Particles)
  18. Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra | Reel to Reel (Ubiquity)
  19. Orkestar Zirkonium | Too Hot for Sleep (S/R)
  20. Amadou & Mariam | Folila (Nonesuch)
  21. TOP SHOT COMPILATION | Various Artists (Top Shot)
  22. Kindness | World, You Need a Change of Mind (Casablanca)
  23. A Place to Bury Strangers | Worship (Dead Oceans)
  24. Simian Mobile Disco | Unpatterns (Wichita Recordings)
  25. Lower Dens | Nootropics (Ribbon)
  26. Swans | The Burning World (Water)
  27. Sugarman Three | What the World Needs Now (Daptone)
  28. Marissa Nadler | The Sister (Box Of Cedar)
  29. The Sultans of Soul | Various Artists (Wind Hit)
  30. Bobby Womack | The Bravest Man in the Universe (XL)
  31. Hot Chip | In Our Heads (Domino)
  32. Trust | TRST (Arts and Crafts)
  33. Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra | Reel to Reel (Ubiquity)
  34. Bombay Royale | You Me Bullets Love (Hopestreet)
  35. Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends | Flaming LIps and Heady Fwends (Warner Brothers)

Week of July 9th, 2012

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  1. Kelly Hogan | I Like to Keep Myself In Pain (Anti-)
  2. Liars | WIXIW (Mute)
  3. Dr. John | Locked Down (Nonesuch)
  4. Monophonics | In Your Brain (Ubiquity)
  5. All Good Funk Alliance | Jacks of All Trades (Fort Knox)
  6. Can | The Lost Tapes Radio Sampler (Mute)
  7. TIME TO GO | Various Artists (Flying Nun)
  8. Sigur Ros | Valtari (XL)
  9. Marissa Nadler | The Sister (Box Of Cedar)
  10. Afrolicious | Pleasuretime (ESL)
  11. Barons of Tang | S/T (Self Released)
  12. Killer Mike | R.A.P. Music (Williams Street)
  13. Jill Barber | Mischievous Moon (Outside Music)
  14. A Place to Bury Strangers | Worship (Dead Oceans)
  15. Batida | S/T (Soundway)
  16. Grass Widow | Internal Logic (HLR)
  17. Papa Grows Funk | Needle in the Groove (Funky Krewe)
  18. Ty Segall Band | Slaughterhouse (In the Red)
  19. Amadou & Mariam | Folila (Nonesuch)
  20. WEST INDIES FUNK VOL. 2 | Various Artists (Trans Air)
  21. Mode Moderne | Strange Bruises (Light Orange)
  22. Patti Smith | Banga (Columbia)
  23. Kindness | World, You Need a Change of Mind (Casablanca)
  24. Thundercat | The Golden Of Apocalypse (Brainfeeder)
  25. Carolina Chocolate Drops | Leaving Eden (Nonesuch)
  26. Emily Jane White | Ode to sentience (Antenna Farm)
  27. Fiona Apple | The Idler Wheel is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve More Than Ropes Will Ever Do (Epic)
  28. Bayonics | Mission Statement (S/R)
  29. White Fence | Family/Perfume Vols. 1 & 2 (Woodsist)
  30. Nick Waterhouse | Time's All Gone (Innovative Leisure)
  31. Late Show | Portable Pop (Trashy Creatures)
  32. Afro Latin Vintage Orchestra | Last Odyssey (Ubiquity)
  33. Niki and the Dove | Instinct (Sub Pop)
  34. A Place to Bury Strangers | Worship (Dead Oceans)
  35. FOR WHOM THE COWBELL TOLLS | Various Artists (Electric Cowbell)

Week of July 2nd, 2012

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  1. Emily Jane White | Ode to sentience (Antenna Farm)
  2. Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra | Reel to Reel (Ubiquity)
  3. Robert Glasper Experiment | Black Radio (Blue Note)
  4. Spiritualized | Sweet Heart, Sweet Light (Fat Possum)
  5. Afrolicious | Pleasuretime (ESL)
  6. Daughn Gibson | All Hell (White Denim)
  7. DRINKING THE GOAT'S BLOOD | Various Artists (RecordLabel)
  8. Magic Trick | Ruler of the Night (Hardly Art)
  9. Amadou & Mariam | Folila (Nonesuch)
  10. All Good Funk Alliance | Jacks of All Trades (Fort Knox)
  11. Big Boy Pete | Cold Turkey (Gear Fab)
  12. TRU THOUGHTS RECORDING COMPILATION | Various Artists (Tru Thoughts)
  13. Trust | TRST (Arts and Crafts)
  14. Patti Smith | Banga (Columbia)
  15. Hot Chip | In Our Heads (Domino)
  16. Liars | WIXIW (Mute)
  17. Marissa Nadler | The Sister (Box Of Cedar)
  18. FUTURE SOUNDS OF BUENOS AIRES | Various Artists (Waxploitation/ZZK)
  19. Exitmusic | Passage (Secretly Canadian)
  20. Cut Chemist | Outro (Revisited) feat. Blackbird (A Stable Sound)
  21. MAXIMUM SITAR | Various Artists (Particles)
  22. Public Image Ltd. | This Is PiL (S/R)
  23. K-Holes | Dismania (Hardly Art)
  24. Walkmen | Heaven (Fat possum)
  25. Can | The Lost Tapes Radio Sampler (Mute)
  26. Bayonics | Mission Statement (S/R)
  27. Heavy Cream | Super Treatment (Infinity Cat)
  28. Excavacations | Object Permanence (Weird Forest)
  29. Sidi Toure | Koima (Thrill Jockey)
  30. Hot Chip | In Our Heads (Domino)
  31. Ty Segall & White Fence | Hair (Drag City)
  32. All Good Funk Alliance | Jacks of All Trades (Fort Knox)
  33. DJ SMOKESTACK PRESENTS: SHITALA 2 | Various Artists (S/R)
  34. Bombay Royale | You Me Bullets Love (Hopestreet)
  35. Beach House | Bloom (Sub Pop)

Week of June 25th, 2012

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  1. WEST INDIES FUNK VOL. 2 | Various Artists (Trans Air)
  2. Dr. John | Locked Down (Nonesuch)
  3. Liars | WIXIW (Mute)
  4. Sigur Ros | Valtari (XL)
  5. Afro Latin Vintage Orchestra | Last Odyssey (Ubiquity)
  6. Various Artists | Power Corruption & Lies Covered (Mojo)
  7. Avengers | Teenage Rebel (Superior Viaduct)
  8. Mirel Wagner | S/T (Friendly Fire)
  9. Afrolicious | Pleasuretime (ESL)
  10. James & Evander | Bummer Pop (Velvet Blue)
  11. Excavacations | Object Permanence (Weird Forest)
  12. Emily Wells | Mama (Partisan)
  13. Carolina Chocolate Drops | Leaving Eden (Nonesuch)
  14. Walkmen | Heaven (Fat possum)
  15. Spiritualized | Sweet Heart, Sweet Light (Fat Possum)
  16. Future Sounds of Buenos Aires | Various Artists (Waxploitation/ZZK)
  17. Violens | TRUE (Slumberland)
  18. Can | The Lost Tapes Radio Sampler (Mute)
  19. Patricio Hidalgo | El Regreso de la Conga (Afro Jarocho)
  20. Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra | Reel to Reel (Ubiquity)
  21. Trust | TRST (Arts and Crafts)
  22. Gemma Ray | Island Fire (Bronze Rat)
  23. Chairlift | Something (Columbia)
  24. King Lollipop | Woodland Whoopee Songs of Ol' Callowhee! (1-2-3-4 Go!)
  25. Nick Waterhouse | Time's All Gone (Innovative Leisure)
  26. Damon Albarn | Dr Dee (EMI)
  27. King Tuff | S/T (Sub Pop)
  28. Andrew Bird | Break It Yourself (Mom + Pop)
  29. Blue Foundation | In My Mind I Am Free (Dead People's Choice)
  30. Shawn Lee | Synthesizers In Space (ESL)
  31. Nick Waterhouse | Time's All Gone (Innovative Leisure)
  32. Monophonics | In Your Brain (Ubiquity)
  33. Mockingbirds | Lacuna (S/R)
  34. Dr. John | Locked Down (Nonesuch)
  35. Ty Segall & White Fence | Hair (Drag City)

Week of June 11th, 2012

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  1. Bombay Royale | You Me Bullets Love (Hopestreet)
  2. Jon Porras | Black Mesa (Thrill Jockey)
  3. Reggie Watts | A Live at Central Park (Comedy Central)
  4. Japandroids | Celebration Rock (Polyvinyl)
  5. Alexander Tucker | Third Mouth (Thrill Jockey)
  6. Jack White | Blunderbuss (Third Man/Columbia)
  7. Squarepusher | Ufabulum (Warp)
  8. Miike Snow | Happy to You (Universal Republic)
  9. Carolina Chocolate Drops | Leaving Eden (Nonesuch)
  10. Sigur Ros | Valtari (XL)
  11. Afrolicious | Pleasuretime (ESL)
  12. Mucca Pazza | Safety Fifth (Electric Cowbell)
  13. All Good Funk Alliance | Jacks of All Trades (Fort Knox)
  14. Santigold | Master of My Make-Believe (Atlantic)
  15. Skeptics | The Complete Early Years 1965-1969 (Gear Fab)
  16. TIME TO GO | Various Artists (Flying Nun)
  17. Beck | I Just Started Hating Some People Today (Third Man)
  18. Best Coast | The Only Place (Mexican Summer)
  19. Beach House | Bloom (Sub Pop)
  20. THEESatisfaction | awE naturalE (Sub Pop)
  21. Liars | WIXIW (Mute)
  22. Emily Wells | Mama (Partisan)
  23. Bayonics | Mission Statement (S/R)
  24. Blockhead | Inerludes After Midnight (Just Isn't)
  25. JD McPherson | Signs & Signifiers (Rounder)
  26. ORIGINAL RAW SOUL VOL. 3 | Various Artists (Now-Again)
  27. Joey Ramone | Ya Know? (Mutated)
  28. MADE IN ICELAND V | Various Artists (Iceland Music Export)
  29. The B-Music of Jean Rollin | Various Artists (Finders Keepers)
  30. Bombay Royale | You Me Bullets Love (Hopestreet)
  31. Broncho | Can't Get Past the Lips (Guestroom)
  32. All Good Funk Alliance | Jacks of All Trades (Fort Knox)
  33. Dr. John | Locked Down (Nonesuch)
  34. Beach House | Bloom (Sub Pop)
  35. Mucca Pazza | Safety Fifth (Electric Cowbell)