Top 30 for 2016 presents:
Top 30 for 2016
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lucy Dacus | No Burden | Egghunt |
| 2 | Camp Howard | Camp Howard | Crystal Pistol |
| 3 | Clair Morgan | New Lions & the Not-Good Night | Egghunt |
| 4 | Thao & The Get Down Stay Down | A Man Alive | Ribbon Music |
| 5 | Get in the Car | Get in the Car | self-released |
| 6 | The Wimps | The Wimps | Bad Grrrl |
| 7 | Toxic Moxie | VHS Box Set | self-released |
| 8 | TacocaT | Lost Time | Hardly Art |
| 9 | The Julie Ruin | Hit Reset | Hardly Art |
| 10 | Teen | Love Yes | Carpark |
| 11 | Imaginary Sons | Don’t Impress Me | Bossy Lil’ Thing |
| 12 | Lydia Loveless | Real | Bloodshot |
| 13 | Savages | Adore Life | Matador |
| 14 | Summer Cannibals | Full of It | Kill Rock Stars |
| 15 | The Frightnrs | Nothing More to Say | Daptone |
| 16 | Avers | Omega/Whatever | EggHunt |
| 17 | Naked Pictures | NUDES | self-released |
| 18 | Flock of Dimes | If You See Me, Say Yes | Partisan |
| 19 | Mitski | Puberty 2 | Dead Oceans |
| 20 | Grass Panther | Vignette | Nosy Pants |
| 21 | Bob Mould | Patch the Sky | Merge |
| 22 | Eleanor Friedberger | New View | Frenchkiss |
| 23 | Esperanza Spalding | Emily’s D+Evolution | Concord |
| 24 | Frankie Cosmos | Next Thing | Bayonet |
| 25 | Quilt | Plaza | Mexican Summer |
| 26 | Warpaint | Heads Up | Rough Trade |
| 27 | Pete Curry | Doin’ Nothin’ | Crystal Pistol |
| 28 | Parquet Courts | Human Performance | Rough Trade |
| 29 | Sidestepper | Supernatural Love | Real World |
| 30 | The Suffers | The Suffers | Rhyme & Reason |
Anna C. December 31st, 2016
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Camp Howard, Clair Morgan, Get in the Car, Lucy Dacus, Thao & The Get Down Stay Down
Top 30 for Dec 12-18 presents:
Top 30 for Dec 12-18
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Imaginary Sons | Don’t Impress Me | Bossy Lil’ Thing |
| 2 | Young Scum | Zona | Citrus City |
| 3 | Grass Panther | Vignette | self-released |
| 4 | Clair Morgan | New Lions & the Not-Good Night | EggHunt |
| 5 | Way, Shape or Form | Elseware | self-released |
| 6 | Camp Howard | Camp Howard | Citrus City / Bad Grrrl / Crystal Pistol |
| 7 | Dazeases | C R U M B S | self-released |
| 8 | Sylvan Esso | Radio b/w Kick Jump Twist | Loma Vista Recordings |
| 9 | Eleanor Friedberger | New View | Frenchkiss |
| 10 | Jenny Hval | Blood Bitch | Sacred Bones |
| 11 | Kadhja Bonet | The Visitor | Fat Possum |
| 12 | The Wimps | The Wimps | self-released |
| 13 | Petrichor | Petrichor | self-released |
| 14 | Lightfields | Feelings | self-released |
| 15 | Pete Curry | Doin’ Nothin’ | self-released |
| 16 | Jack Skuller | Sun Studio Sessions | Mint 400 |
| 17 | Hope Sandoval & the Warm Inventions | Until the Hunter | Tendril Tales |
| 18 | Forth Wanderers | Slop | Father/Daughter |
| 19 | Martha Wainwright | Goodnight City | PIAS |
| 20 | Ruby Friedman Orchestra | Gem | Pulchrum |
| 21 | Agnes Obel | Citizen of Glass | PIAS |
| 22 | Fever High | All Work | Sire |
| 23 | Lisa Mitchell | Warriors | PIAS |
| 24 | La Femme | Mystère | Disques Pointus |
| 25 | Emma Ruth Rundle | Marked for Death | Sargent House |
| 26 | Hannah Williams & the Affirmations | Late Nights & Heartbreak | Record Kicks |
| 27 | Weyes Blood | Front Row Seat to Earth | Mexican Summer |
| 28 | The Seshen | Flames & Figures | Tru Thoughts |
| 29 | The Pretenders | Alone | BMG |
| 30 | Jeff Rosenstock | Worry. | Side One Dummy |
Anna C. December 19th, 2016
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Clair Morgan, Grass Panther, Imaginary Sons, Way Shape or Form, Young Scum
Top 30 for Sep 19-25 presents:
Top 30 for Sep 19-25
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | White Laces | No Floor | EggHunt |
| 2 | Clair Morgan | New Lions & the Not-Good Night | EggHunt |
| 3 | Imaginary Sons | Don’t Impress Me | Bossy Lil Thing |
| 4 | Vieux Kante | The Young Man’s Harp | Sterns Africa |
| 5 | Against Me! | Shape Shift with Me | Total Treble |
| 6 | Grumbling Fur | FurFour | Thrill Jockey |
| 7 | Nots | Cosmetic | Goner |
| 8 | Pill | Convenience | Mexican Summer |
| 9 | M.I.A. | AIM | Interscope |
| 10 | Teenage Fanclub | Here | Merge |
| 11 | Sara Watkins | Young in all the wrong ways | New West |
| 12 | Lydia Loveless | Real | Bloodshot |
| 13 | Mitski | Puberty 2 | Dead Oceans |
| 14 | Angel Olsen | My Woman | Jagjaguwar |
| 15 | Young the Giant | Home of the Strange | Fueled by Ramen |
| 16 | The Julie Ruin | Hit Reset | Hardly Art |
| 17 | Tim Presley | The WiNK | Drag City |
| 18 | Drugdealer | The End of Comedy | Weird World |
| 19 | Southern Culture on the Skids | The Electric Pinecones | Kudzu |
| 20 | Pete RG | Tender Souls | 4L |
| 21 | Katie Burden | Strange Moon | Cautionary Tail |
| 22 | 3hattrio | Solitaire | self-released |
| 23 | Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds | Skeleton Tree | Kobalt |
| 24 | The Head and the Heart | Signs of Light | Warner Bros. |
| 25 | Do Yo Thangs | One Plus One | Hopestreet |
| 26 | Boxed in | Melt | Nettwerk |
| 27 | Luke Winslow-King | I’m Glad Trouble Don’t Last Always | Bloodshot |
| 28 | Flock of Dimes | If You See Me, Say Yes | Partisan |
| 29 | Okkervil River | Away | ATO |
| 30 | Drive-By Truckers | American Band | ATO |
Anna C. September 26th, 2016
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Against Me!, Clair Morgan, Imaginary Sons, Vieux Kante, White Laces
Top 30 for Jul 11-17 presents:
Top 30 for Jul 11-17
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clair Morgan | New Lions & the Not-Good Night | Egghunt |
| 2 | Get In The Car | Get In The Car | self-released |
| 3 | Nelly Kate | Woodshedding | self-released |
| 4 | Toxic Moxie | VHS Box Set | self-released |
| 5 | Naked Pictures | Nudes | self-released |
| 6 | Money Chica | Echo En Mexico | Vampisoul |
| 7 | Joe Battan | Call My Name | Vampisoul |
| 8 | The Wimps | The Wimps | Bad Grrrl |
| 9 | Jeremy D. Simmons | Pie in the Sky | Elephant Ear |
| 10 | Tanya Donelly | Swan Song Series | American Laundromat |
| 11 | The Coathangers | Nosebleed Weekend | Suicide Squeeze |
| 12 | TacocaT | Lost Time | Hardly Art |
| 13 | Blood Orange | Freetown Sound | Domino |
| 14 | Miramar | Dedication to Sylvia Rexach | Barbes |
| 15 | Kristin Kontrol | X-Communicate | Sub Pop |
| 16 | Andy Shauf | The Party | Anti- |
| 17 | Kevin Morby | Singing Saw | Dead Oceans |
| 18 | Bob Mould | Patch the Sky | Merge |
| 19 | King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard | Nonagon Infinity | ATO |
| 20 | Frankie Cosmos | Next Thing | Bayonet |
| 21 | The Claypool Lennon Delirium | Monolith of Phobos | ATO |
| 22 | William Tyler | Modern Country | Merge |
| 23 | Aloha | Little Windows Cut Right Through | Polyvinyl |
| 24 | Whitney | Light Upon the Lake | Secretly Canadian |
| 25 | Cate Le Bon | Crab Day | Drag City |
| 26 | Fruit Bats | Absolute Loser | Easy Sound |
| 27 | Mystery Lights | The Mystery Lights | Wick |
| 28 | BADBADNOTGOOD | IV | Innovative Leisure |
| 29 | Omar | I Want It to Be | Freestyle |
| 30 | case/lang/veirs | case/lang/veirs | Anti- |
Anna C. July 18th, 2016
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Clair Morgan, Get in the Car, Naked Pictures, Nelly Kate, Toxic Moxie
Top 30 for Jul 4-10 presents:
Top 30 for Jul 4-10
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nelly Kate | Woodshedding | self-released |
| 2 | Peoples Blues of Richmond | Quit or Die | Circus Rock |
| 3 | Jeremy D. Simmons | Pie in the Sky | self-released |
| 4 | Inter Arma | Paradise Gallows | Relapse |
| 5 | Clair Morgan | New Lions and the Not-Good Night | EggHunt |
| 6 | Lady God | Lady God #2 | self-released |
| 7 | Bandrew | In the Meantime | self-released |
| 8 | Get In The Car | Get In The Car | self-released |
| 9 | Lucy Dacus | No Burden | EggHunt |
| 10 | Explosions in the Sky | The Wilderness | Temporary Residence Ltd. |
| 11 | Mitski | Puberty 2 | Dead Oceans |
| 12 | Bob Mould | Patch the Sky | Merge |
| 13 | Greys | Outer Heaven | Carpark |
| 14 | M83 | Junk | Mute |
| 15 | Parquet Courts | Human Performance | Rough Trade |
| 16 | Summer Cannibals | Full of It | Kill Rock Stars |
| 17 | Andrew Bird | Are You Serious | Loma Vista |
| 18 | Paul Simon | Stranger to Stranger | Concord |
| 19 | Let’s Eat Grandma | I, Gemini | PIAS |
| 20 | Still Parade | Concrete Vision | Lefse |
| 21 | case/lang/veirs | case/lang/veirs | Anti- |
| 22 | Kills | Ash & Ice | Domino |
| 23 | James Blake | The Colour in Anything | Republic |
| 24 | Jessy Lanza | Oh No | Hyperdub |
| 25 | Big Thief | Masterpiece | Saddle Creek |
| 26 | Monkees | Good Times! | Rhino |
| 27 | Holy Fuck | Congrats | Innovative Leisure |
| 28 | Radiohead | A Moon Shaped Pool | XL |
| 29 | Wire | Nocturnal Koreans | Pink Flag |
| 30 | Pete Astor | Spilt Milk | Slumberland |
Anna C. July 11th, 2016
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Clair Morgan, Inter Arma, Jeremy D. Simmons, Nelly Kate, Peoples Blues of Richmond
Top 30 for Jun 13-26 presents:
Top 30 for Jun 13-26
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clair Morgan | New Lions & the Not-Good Night | EggHunt |
| 2 | Toxic Moxie | VHS Box Set | self-released |
| 3 | Get in the Car | Get in the Car | self-released |
| 4 | Camp Howard | Camp Howard | Crystal Pistol / Citrus City / Bad Grrrl |
| 5 | Bandrew | In the Meantime | self-released |
| 6 | Kingbees | The Big Rock | Omnivore |
| 7 | Marissa Nadler | Strangers | Sacred Bones Records |
| 8 | Doll Baby | Polliwog EP | self-released |
| 9 | The So So Glos | Kamikaze | Votiv |
| 10 | Various Artists | Heartworn Highways Soundtrack | Light in the Attic |
| 11 | Imaginary Sons | Don’t Impress Me | Bossy Lil Thing |
| 12 | Miramar | Dedication to Sylvia Rexach | Barbès |
| 13 | Empty Houses | Daydream | Sargent House |
| 14 | Anthony Joseph | Caribbean Roots | Heavenly Sweetness / Strut |
| 15 | Lisa Prank | Adult Teen | Father/Daughter |
| 16 | Kaleo | A/B | New Elektra |
| 17 | Vexine | Little Sin | Zap |
| 18 | Sunwatchers | Sunwatchers | Castle Face |
| 19 | TacocaT | Lost Time | Hardly Art |
| 20 | Spray Paint | Feel the Clamps | Goner |
| 21 | Honey Radar | Blank Cartoon | What’s Your Rupture? |
| 22 | Andy Shauf | The Party | Anti- |
| 23 | PUP | The Dream is Over | SideOneDummy |
| 24 | King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard | Nonagon Infinity | ATO |
| 25 | Frankie Cosmos | Next Thing | Bayonet |
| 26 | Whitney | Light Upon the Lake | Secretly Canadian |
| 27 | Summer Cannibals | Full of It | Kill Rock Stars |
| 28 | Steve Gunn | Eyes on the Lines | Matador |
| 29 | Cate Le Bon | Crab Day | Drag City |
| 30 | Andrew Bird | Are You Serious | Loma Vista |
Anna C. June 27th, 2016
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Bandrew, Camp Howard, Clair Morgan, Get in the Car, Toxic Moxie
Top 30 for May 23-29 presents:
Top 30 for May 23-29
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Get in the Car | Get in the Car | self-released |
| 2 | Camp Howard | Camp Howard | Bad Grrrl / Crystal Pistol / Citrus City |
| 3 | Clair Morgan | New Lions & the Not-Good Night | Egghunt |
| 4 | The Lickshots | The Lickshots | Rockers International |
| 5 | CTMF | SQ1 | Damaged Goods |
| 6 | Helen Love | Smash Hits | Alcopop! |
| 7 | Augustus Pablo | Original Rockers | Greensleeves |
| 8 | TEEN | Love Yes | Carpark |
| 9 | Nap Eyes | Thought Rock Fish Scale | Paradise of Bachelors |
| 10 | Tanya Donelly | Swan Song Series | American Laundromat |
| 11 | Kacy & Clayton | Strange Country | New West |
| 12 | Kevin Morby | Singing Saw | Dead Oceans |
| 13 | Quilt | Plaza | Mexican Summer |
| 14 | Bob Mould | Patch the Sky | Merge |
| 15 | Greys | Outer Heaven | Carpark |
| 16 | King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard | Nonagon Infinity | ATO |
| 17 | Frankie Cosmos | Next Thing | Bayonet |
| 18 | TacocaT | Lost Time | Hardly Art |
| 19 | Parquet Courts | Human Performance | Rough Trade |
| 20 | Cate Le Bon | Crab Day | Drag City |
| 21 | Adia Victoria | Beyond the Bloodhounds | Canvasback / Atlantic |
| 22 | Aurora | All My Demons Greeting Me as a Friend | Glassnote |
| 23 | Fruit Bats | Absolute Loser | Easy Sound |
| 24 | Thao & The Get Down Stay Down | A Man Alive | Ribbon Music |
| 25 | PUP | The Dream Is Over | SideOneDummy |
| 26 | Tracy Bryant | Subterranean | Burger |
| 27 | Mutual Benefit | Skip a Sinking Stone | Mom + Pop |
| 28 | Beth Orton | Kidsticks | Anti- |
| 29 | Gold Panda | Good Luck and Do Your Best | City Slang |
| 30 | Holy Fuck | Congrats | Innovative Leisure |
Anna C. May 30th, 2016
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Camp Howard, Clair Morgan, CTMF, Get in the Car, The Lickshots
Top 30 for May 16-22 presents:
Top 30 for May 16-22
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clair Morgan | New Lions & the Not-Good Night | EggHunt |
| 2 | Toxic Moxie | VHS Box Set | self-released |
| 3 | The Wimps | The Wimps | BadGrrrl |
| 4 | Manatree | Manatree | Egghunt |
| 5 | NO BS! Brass Band | Brass Knuckles | self-released |
| 6 | ZOMBI | Shape Shift | Relapse |
| 7 | A Giant Dog | Pile | Merge |
| 8 | TacocaT | Lost Time | Hardly Art |
| 9 | My Darling Fury | Aches | self-released |
| 10 | Radiohead | A Moon Shaped Pool | XL |
| 11 | Beth Orton | 1973 [single] | Anti- |
| 12 | The Suffers | The Suffers | Rhyme & Reason |
| 13 | King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard | Nonagon Infinity | ATO |
| 14 | Ra Ra Riot | Need Your Light | Barsuk |
| 15 | TEEN | Love Yes | Carpark |
| 16 | Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey Birds | La Araña es la Vida | In the Red |
| 17 | Sunflower Bean | Human Ceremony | Fat Possum |
| 18 | Charles Bradley | Changes | Daptone |
| 19 | Aurora | All My Demons Greeting Me as a Friend | Glassnote |
| 20 | Thao & The Get Down Stay Down | A Man Alive | Ribbon Music |
| 21 | Jessy Lanza | Oh No | Hyperdub |
| 22 | Hurry | Guided Meditation | Lame-O |
| 23 | Hazmat Modine | Extra-Deluxe-Supreme | Barbes |
| 24 | Ry X | Dawn | Loma Vista |
| 25 | Oscar | Cut and Paste | Wichita |
| 26 | Bleached | Welcome the Worms | Dead Oceans |
| 27 | Allen Stone | Radius (Deluxe Edition) | ATO |
| 28 | Autolux | Pussy’s Dead | 30th Century |
| 29 | Casey Mecija | Psychic Materials | self-released |
| 30 | Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros | PersonA | Community Music |
Anna C. May 23rd, 2016
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Clair Morgan, Manatree, NO BS Brass Band, The Wimps, Toxic Moxie
Top 30 for May 2-8 presents:
Top 30 for May 2-8
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brian Eno | The Ship | Warp |
| 2 | The Suffers | The Suffers | Rhyme & Reason |
| 3 | Various Artists | Tanbou Toujou Lou: Meringue, Kompa Kreyol, Vodou Jazz & Electric Folklore From Haiti 1960-1981 | Ostinato |
| 4 | Sula Bassana | Shipwrecked | Sulatron |
| 5 | Clair Morgan | New Lions & the Not-Good Night | EggHunt |
| 6 | Aurora | All My Demons Greeting Me as a Friend | Glassnote |
| 7 | Mothers | When You Walk a Long Distance You Are Tired | Grand Jury |
| 8 | Nap Eyes | Thought Rock Fish Scale | Paradise of Bachelors |
| 9 | Explosions in the Sky | The Wilderness | Temporary Residence Ltd. |
| 10 | King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizzard | Nonagon Infinity | ATO |
| 11 | Frankie Cosmos | Next Thing | Bayonet |
| 12 | Sam Beam & Jesca Hoop | Love Letter For Fire | Sub Pop |
| 13 | Wild Nothing | Life of Pause | Captured Tracks |
| 14 | Heron Oblivion | Heron Oblivion | Sub Pop |
| 15 | Esperanza Spalding | Emily’s D+Evolution | Concord Records |
| 16 | Cate Le Bon | Crab Day | Drag City |
| 17 | Charles Bradley | Changes | Daptone |
| 18 | Henri-Pierre Noel | The Reflex Revisions | Wah Wah 45s |
| 19 | Islands | Should I Remain Here at Sea? | Manqué Music |
| 20 | A Giant Dog | Pile | Merge |
| 21 | White Lung | Paradise | Domino |
| 22 | Seratones | Get Gone | Fat Possum |
| 23 | Al Scorch | Circle Round the Signs | Bloodshot |
| 24 | Julianna Barwick | Will | Dead Oceans |
| 25 | Woods | City Sun Eater in the River of Light | Woodsist |
| 26 | Bleached | Welcome the Worms | Dead Oceans |
| 27 | Cha Wa | Funk ‘n’ Feathers | Upt Music |
| 28 | Cellars | Phases | Manifesto |
| 29 | Elephant Revival | Petals | Thirty Tigers / Itz Evolving |
| 30 | Laura Gibson | Empire Builder | Barsuk |
Anna C. May 9th, 2016
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Brian Eno, Clair Morgan, Sula Bassana, Tanbou Toujou Lou, The Suffers