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Top 35 Albums of the Week

Week of January 5th, 2024

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  1. Hauschka | Philanthropy (City Slang)
  2. The Serfs | Half Eaten by Dogs (Trouble In Mind)
  3. Animal Collective | Isn’t It Now? (Domino)
  4. Brabrabra | Mangooona (Absolutely Kosher)
  5. Blue Ocean | Fertile State (Slumberland)
  6. Niecy Blues | Exit Simulation (kranky)
  7. Creation Rebel | Hostile Environment (On-U Sound)
  8. Sufjan Stevens | Javelin (Asthmatic Kitty)
  9. Ni Zheng | body of immanence (Syrphe)
  10. Umeko Ando | Upopo Sanke (Pingipung)
  11. Viv & Riley | Imaginary People (Free Dirt)
  12. Claud | Supermodels (Dead Oceans)
  13. bar italia | The Twits (Matador)
  14. Martina Bertoni | Hypnagogia (Karlrecords)
  15. Matthew Halsall | An Ever Changing View (Gondwana)
  16. H31r | HeadSpace (Big Dada)
  17. Melenas | Ahora (Trouble in Mind)
  18. Amaara | Child of Venus (Lady Moon)
  19. Colleen | Le jour et la nuit du réel (Thrill Jockey)
  20. CHAI | CHAI (Sub Pop)
  21. Mitski | The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We (Dead Oceans)
  22. Yussef Dayes | Black Classical Music (Nonesuch)
  23. Slowdive | everything is alive (Dead Oceans)
  24. Sainkho Namtchylak | Where Water Meets Water: Bird Songs and Lullabyes (Ponderosa)
  25. Everyone Is Dirty | Caramels For Grandpa (Self-Released)
  26. Dead Moon | Going South (Mississippi)
  27. Bryan Day & Dereck Higgins | Woven Territories (Public Eyesore)
  28. San Kazakgascar | Too Many People (Lather)
  29. Matmos | Return to Archive (Smithsonian Folkways)
  30. Alicja-pop | I’m Here I’m There / Not Gonna Be Dumb – Single (Feel It)
  31. Ricardo Dias Gomes | Muito Sol (Hive Mind)
  32. Kurt Vile | Back to Moon Beach (Verve Forecast)
  33. Current Affairs | Off the Tongue (Tough Love)
  34. Danny Brown | Quaranta (Warp)
  35. Quantic | Dancing While Falling (Play It Again Sam)

Week of December 29th, 2023

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  1. Panda Bear & Sonic Boom | Reset in Dub (Domino)
  2. Melenas | Ahora (Trouble in Mind)
  3. bar italia | The Twits (Matador)
  4. Hauschka | Philanthropy (City Slang)
  5. Anton Barbeau | Morgenmusik/Nachtschlager (Think Like a Key)
  6. Hiroshi Yoshimura | Surround (Temporal Drift)
  7. Brabrabra | Mangooona (Absolutely Kosher)
  8. Juliana Hatfield | Juliana Hatfield Sings ELO (American Laundromat)
  9. Mitski | The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We (Dead Oceans)
  10. Kurt Vile | Back to Moon Beach (Verve)
  11. Boxhead Ensemble | Ancient Music (Jealous Butcher)
  12. Tirzah | trip9love…??? (Domino)
  13. Hotline TNT | Cartwheel (Third Man)
  14. Ricardo Dias Gomes | Muito Sol (Hive Mind)
  15. Jalen Ngonda | Come Around and Love Me (Daptone Records)
  16. Osees | Intercepted Message (In The Red)
  17. abracadabra | shapes & colors (Melodic)
  18. King Krule | Space Heavy (Matador)
  19. Thomas Carnacki | Cadavre Isolé (Alethiometer)
  20. Everyone Is Dirty | Caramels For Grandpa (Self-Released)
  21. Joshua Redman | where are we (Blue Note Records)
  22. Matmos | Return to Archive (Smithsonian Folkways)
  23. Lee Gamble | Models (Hyperdub)
  24. Quinn Deveaux & The California Honeydrops | Very Best Thing / Take You Back – Single (Sofaburn)
  25. Alice Gerrard | Sun to Sun (Sleepy Cat)
  26. Duane Betts | Wild & Precious Life (Royal Potato Family)
  27. Various Artists | Mr Bongo Record Club, Vol. 6 (Mr Bongo)
  28. Lucinda Williams | Stories From A Rock N Roll Heart (Highway 20)
  29. Aga Khan Master Musicians | Nowruz (Smithsonian Folkways)
  30. The Serfs | Half Eaten By Dogs (Trouble In Mind)
  31. Savannah Campbell | Wrong Side of the Radio (Quasi-Star Records)
  32. Martina Bertoni | Hypnagogia (Karlrecords)
  33. Molly Burch | Daydreamer (Captured Tracks)
  34. Be Your Own Pet | Mommy (Third Man)
  35. Elisapie | Inuktitut (Bonsound)

Week of December 15th, 2023

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  1. Hiroshi Yoshimura | Surround (Temporal Drift)
  2. Creation Rebel | Hostile Environment (On-U Sound)
  3. Melenas | Ahora (Trouble In Mind)
  4. Barbara Manning | Charm of Yesterday…Convenience of Tomorrow (Ba Da Bing!)
  5. Colleen | Le jour et la nuit du réel (Thrill Jockey)
  6. Hauschka | Philanthropy (City Slang)
  7. bar italia | The Twits (Matador)
  8. Vanishing Twin | Afternoon X (Fire)
  9. L’Rain | I Killed Your Dog (Mexican Summer)
  10. Juliana Hatfield | Juliana Hatfield Sings ELO (American Laundromat)
  11. Matmos | Return to Archive (Smithsonian Folkways)
  12. The Cowboys | Sultan of Squat (Feel It)
  13. Jungle | Volcano (Caiola)
  14. Laurel Halo, Lucy Railton & James Underwood | Atlas (Awe)
  15. Thomas Carnacki | Cadavre Isolé (Alethiometer)
  16. Devendra Banhart | Flying Wig (Mexican Summer)
  17. Brabrabra | Mangooona (Absolutely Kosher)
  18. King Krule | Space Heavy (Matador)
  19. Noname | Sundial (Noname)
  20. Armand Hammer | We Buy Diabetic Test Strips (Fat Possum)
  21. Loretta Lynch | All the Right Regrets (S/R)
  22. The Serfs | Half Eaten by Dogs (Trouble in Mind)
  23. Thee Oh Sees | Intercepted Message (In The Red)
  24. Lee Gamble | Models (Hyperdub)
  25. Various Artists | Mr Bongo Record Club, Vol. 6 (Mr Bongo)
  26. Lucinda Williams | Stories from a Rock N Roll Heart (Highway 20)
  27. Sun’s Signature | Sun’s Signature (Extended) (Partisan)
  28. Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 | These Things Remain Unassigned (Bulbous Monocle)
  29. The Replacements | Tim (Let It Bleed Edition) (Rhino)
  30. Tirzah | trip9love…??? (Domino)
  31. Jalen Ngonda | Come Around and Love Me (Daptone)
  32. Marnie Stern | The Comeback Kid (Joyful Noise)
  33. Skip the Needle | Octavia of Earth Volume 2 (Soulectric)
  34. Maurice Louca & Elephantine | Moonshine (Northern Spy)
  35. Faizal Mostrixx | Mutations (Glitterbeat)

Week of December 8th, 2023

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  1. Thomas Carnacki | Cadavre Isole (Alethiometer)
  2. Mega Bog | End of Everything (Mexican Summer)
  3. Melenas | Ahora (Trouble In Mind)
  4. Slowdive | everything is alive (Dead Oceans)
  5. Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 | These Things Remain Unassigned (Bulbous Monocle)
  6. Niecy Blues | Exit Simulation (kranky)
  7. Jalen Ngonda | Come Around and Love Me (Daptone )
  8. Peter Barclay | I’m Not Your Toy (Numero Group)
  9. Margo Cilker | Valley Of Heart’s Delight (Fluff & Gravy)
  10. The Serfs | Half Eaten By Dogs (Trouble In Mind)
  11. Current Affairs | Off the Tongue (Tough Love )
  12. Ale Hop | Why Is It They Say A City Like Any City? (Karlrecords)
  13. Aga Khan Master Musicians | Nowruz (Smithsonian Folkways )
  14. Vanishing Twin | Afternoon X (Fire )
  15. Acid Arab | ٣ (Trois) (Crammed Discs)
  16. Matmos | Return to Archive (Smithsonian Folkways )
  17. Ghost Train Orchestra & Kronos Quartet | Songs & Symphoniques: The Music of Moondog (Cantaloupe )
  18. Colleen | Le Jour Et La Nuit Du Réel (Thrill Jockey)
  19. Juliana Hatfield | Juliana Hatfield Sings ELO (American Laundromat )
  20. Pretenders | Relentless (Parlophone UK)
  21. Animal Collective | Isn’t It Now? (Domino)
  22. Sun’s Signature | Sun’s Signature (Extended) (Partisan )
  23. Les Rallizes Dénudés | Citta’ ’93 (Temporal Drift)
  24. Sofia Kourtesis | Madres (Ninja Tune)
  25. Say She She | Silver (Karma Chief)
  26. Blockhead | The Aux (Backwoodz Studioz)
  27. No-No Boy | Empire Electric (Smithsonian Folkways )
  28. ill peach | THIS IS NOT AN EXIT (Hardly Art)
  29. Girl Ray | Prestige (Moshi Moshi )
  30. Night Beats | Rajan (Suicide Squeeze )
  31. Charlie Apicella & Iron City Meet the Griots Speak | Destiny Calling (OA2 )
  32. Alice Gerrard | Sun to Sun (Sleepy Cat)
  33. Tirzah | trip9love…??? (Domino)
  34. XDS | Bicycle Ripper (Mt.St.Mtn.)
  35. Onyon | Last Days On Earth (Trouble In Mind)

Week of December 1st, 2023

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  1. Melenas | Ahora (Trouble In Mind)
  2. Say She She | Silver (Karma Chief)
  3. Thomas Carnacki | Cadavre Isole (Alethiometer)
  4. Acid Arab | ٣ (Trois) (Crammed Discs)
  5. Matmos | Return To Archive (Smithsonian Folkways)
  6. The Lloyds | Attitude Check (Liberation Hall)
  7. Tommy Stinson’s Cowboys In The Campfire | Wronger (Done To Death)
  8. Vanishing Twin | Afternoon X (Fire)
  9. Blue Ocean | Fertile State (Slumberland)
  10. LAGOSS | Imaginary Island Music, Vol. 2: Ascension (Keroxen)
  11. The Outta Sorts | Inside Outside USA (Self-Released)
  12. L’Rain | I Killed Your Dog (Mexican Summer)
  13. Mitski | The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We (Dead Oceans)
  14. Various Artists | Zum Audio, Vol. 5 (Zum)
  15. Ladyybirdd (Gina Izzo) | Tomorrow’s Yesterday (Innova)
  16. Blockhead | The Aux (Backwoodz Studioz)
  17. Jalen Ngonda | Come Around And Love Me (Daptone)
  18. Tomas Fujiwara | Pith (Out of Your Head)
  19. Charif Megarbane | Marzipan (Habibi Funk 023) (HABIBI Funk)
  20. Faizal Mostrixx | Mutations (Glitterbeat)
  21. Ratboys | The Window (Topshelf)
  22. Marnie Stern | The Comeback Kid (Joyful Noise)
  23. Azu Tiwaline | The FIfth Dream (I.O.T)
  24. Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard | Pioneering Women of Bluegrass: The Definitive Edition (Smithsonian Folkways)
  25. Decisive Pink | Ticket to Fame (Fire)
  26. Sampha | Lahai (Young)
  27. Mohamad Zatari Trio | Istehlal (Zehra)
  28. H31R | HeadSpace (Big Dada)
  29. Niecy Blues | Exit Simulation (kranky)
  30. Girl Ray | Prestige (Moshi Moshi Records)
  31. Bobby Lee | Endless Skyways (Tompkins Square)
  32. Marta Del Grandi | Selva (Fire)
  33. Sofia Kourtesis | Madres (Ninja Tune)
  34. A Beacon School | yoyo (Grind Select)
  35. El Kontessa | Nos Habet Caramel (Bilna’es)

Week of November 24th, 2023

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  1. Azu Tiwaline | The Fifth Dream (I.O.T.)
  2. Pierre Omer’s Swing Revue | Tropical Breakdown (Voodoo Rhythm)
  3. Charif Megarbane | Marzipan (Habibi Funk 023) (Habibi Funk )
  4. Sampha | Lahai (Young)
  5. Niecy Blues | Exit Simulation (Kranky)
  6. Guilherme Coutinho E O Grupo Stalo | Guilherme Coutinho E O Grupo Stalo (Mr Bongo)
  7. Girl Ray | Prestige (Moshi Moshi )
  8. L’Rain | I Killed Your Dog (Mexican Summer)
  9. Pachyman | Switched-On (ATO Records)
  10. African Head Charge | A Trip to Bolgatanga (On-U Sound)
  11. Slowdive | everything is alive (Dead Oceans)
  12. The Free Music | Free Music (Part 1) (Habibi Funk 021) (Habibi Funk)
  13. Blue Ocean | Fertile State (Slumberland )
  14. Small Crush | Penelope (Asian Man)
  15. Juliana Hatfield | Juliana Hatfield Sings ELO (American Laundromat)
  16. Laurel Halo | Atlas (Awe)
  17. Be Your Own Pet | Mommy (Third Man )
  18. False Figure | Castigations (Transylvanian)
  19. Bobby Lee | Endless Skyways (Tompkins Square)
  20. Helen Money & Will Thomas | Trace (Thrill Jockey)
  21. Dub Specialist | Studio One Space-Age Dub Special (Soul Jazz)
  22. abracadabra | Shapes & Colors (Melodic)
  23. µ-Ziq | 1977 (Balmat)
  24. Aga Khan Master Musicians | Nowruz (Smithsonian Folkways )
  25. Sofia Kourtesis | Madres (Ninja Tune)
  26. Róisín Murphy | Hit Parade (Ninja Tune)
  27. Faizal Mostrixx | Mutations (Glitterbeat)
  28. Population II | Électrons libres du québec (Bonsound)
  29. Ghost Train Orchestra & Kronos Quartet | Songs & Symphoniques: The Music of Moondog (Cantaloupe)
  30. Rocket 808 | House of Jackpots (12XU)
  31. Elisapie | Inuktitut (Bonsound)
  32. Radian | Distorted Rooms (Thrill Jockey)
  33. Salami Rose Joe Louis | Akousmatikous (Brainfeeder)
  34. Forbidden Overture | Turned On (Dark Entries)
  35. Sonny Rhodes | The Essential Sonny Rhodes – Songs and Stories (Need To Know)