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 Jun 27 – Jul 3 presents:
Top 30 for Jun 27 – Jul 3
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thao & the Get Down Stay Down | A Man Alive | Ribbon Music |
| 2 | TEEN | Love Yes | Carpark |
| 3 | TacocaT | Lost Time | Hardly Art |
| 4 | Gazebos | Die Alone | Hardly Art |
| 5 | Kristin Kontrol | X-Communicate | Sub Pop |
| 6 | Mitski | Puberty 2 | Dead Oceans |
| 7 | White Lung | Paradise | Domino |
| 8 | Lucy Dacus | No Burden | EggHunt |
| 9 | Gnoomes | Ngan! | Rocket Recordings |
| 10 | Frankie Cosmos | Next Thing | Bayonet |
| 11 | Summer Cannibals | Full of It | Kill Rock Stars |
| 12 | Chris Cohen | As If Apart | Captured Tracks |
| 13 | Regrettes | A Living Human Girl | Warner Bros. |
| 14 | Nap Eyes | Thought Rock Fish Scale | Paradise of Bachelors |
| 15 | The Suffers | The Suffers | Rhyme & Reason |
| 16 | Tanya Donelly | Swan Song Series | American Laundromat |
| 17 | Bob Mould | Patch the Sky | Merge |
| 18 | Frightened Rabbit | Painting of a Panic Attack | Canvasback |
| 19 | Aloha | Little Windows Cut Right Through | Polyvinyl |
| 20 | Sunflower Bean | Human Ceremony | Fat Possum |
| 21 | Boulevards | Groove! | Captured Tracks |
| 22 | Esperanza Spalding | Emily’s D+Evolution | Concord |
| 23 | Fruit Bats | Absolute Loser | Easy Sound |
| 24 | Casket Girls | The Night Machines | Graveface |
| 25 | Amber Arcades | Fading Lines | Heavenly |
| 26 | Levitation Room | Ethos | Burger |
| 27 | Car Seat Headrest | Teens of Denial | Matador |
| 28 | Lydia Lunch and Marc Hurtado | My Lover the Killer | Munster |
| 29 | Big Thief | Masterpiece | Saddle Creek |
| 30 | Erin McKeown | According to Us | TVP |
Anna C. July 4th, 2016
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Gazebos, Kristin Kontrol, TacocaT, TEEN, Thao & The Get Down Stay Down
Top 30 for Mar 21-27 presents:
Top 30 for Mar 21-27
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quilt | Plaza | Mexican Summer |
| 2 | Charles Bradley | Changes | Daptone |
| 3 | Thao & The Get Down Stay Down | A Man Alive | Ribbon |
| 4 | Shopping | Why Choose | FatCat |
| 5 | Toxic Moxie | VHS Box Set | self-released |
| 6 | Bob Mould | Patch the Sky | Merge |
| 7 | Rokia Traoré | Né So | Nonesuch |
| 8 | The James Hunter Six | Hold On! | Daptone |
| 9 | Joy Formidable | Hitch | self-released |
| 10 | Bombino | Azel | Partisan |
| 11 | The Bonnevilles | Arrow Pierce My Heart | Alive |
| 12 | Aziza Brahim | Abbar el Hamada | Glitterbeat |
| 13 | The KVB | …Of Desire | Invada |
| 14 | Mothers | When You Walk a Long Distance You Are Tired | Grand Jury |
| 15 | The Spook School | Try to be Hopeful | Fortuna POP! |
| 16 | The Suffers | The Suffers | Rhyme & Reason |
| 17 | Iggy Pop | Post Pop Depression | Loma Vista / Concord |
| 18 | Wild Nothing | Life of Pause | Captured Tracks |
| 19 | Esperanza Spalding | Emily's D+Evolution | Concord |
| 20 | Savages | Adore Life | Matador |
| 21 | Thermals | Hey You [single] | Saddle Creek |
| 22 | Dreamtime | Dreamtime [reissue] | Captcha / Cardinal Fuzz |
| 23 | Fatima Al Qadiri | Brute | Hyperdub |
| 24 | Brackish Water Jamboree | Brackish Water Jamboree | Riverrock |
| 25 | Sidestepper | Supernatural Love | Real World |
| 26 | Mavis Staples | Livin' on a High Note | Anti- |
| 27 | Laney Jones | Laney Jones | self-released |
| 28 | Eerie Wanda | Hum | Beyond Beyond is Beyond |
| 29 | Gazebos | Die Alone | Hardly Art |
| 30 | Lucy Dacus | No Burden | EggHunt |
Anna C. March 28th, 2016
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Charles Bradley, Quilt, Shopping, Thao & The Get Down Stay Down, Toxic Moxie
Top 30 for Feb 29 – Mar 13 presents:
Top 30 for Feb 29 – Mar 13
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lucy Dacus | No Burden | EggHunt |
| 2 | Esperanza Spalding | Emily's D+Evolution | Concord |
| 3 | Toxic Moxie | VHS Box Set | self-released |
| 4 | Thao & The Get Down Stay Down | A Man Alive | Ribbon Music |
| 5 | Prince Rama | Xtreme Now | Carpark |
| 6 | Sidestepper | Supernatural Love | Real World |
| 7 | Peter Astor | Spilt Milk | Slumberland |
| 8 | Imaginary Sons | Let it Beer | self-released |
| 9 | Hinds | Leave Me Alone | Mom+Pop |
| 10 | Heron Oblivion | Heron Oblivion | Sub Pop |
| 11 | Various Artists | Daptone Gold II | Daptone |
| 12 | Camp Howard | Camp Howard | Crystal Pistol |
| 13 | Spook School | Try to be Hopeful | Fortuna POP! |
| 14 | Nap Eyes | Thought Rock Fish Scale | Paradise of Bachelors |
| 15 | Various Artists | The Rough Guide To South African Jazz | World Music Network |
| 16 | Quilt | Plaza | Mexican Summer |
| 17 | Teen | Love Yes | Carpark |
| 18 | Various Artists | Cease and Desist: DIY Post Punk Cult Classics | Optimo Music |
| 19 | Savages | Adore Life | Matador |
| 20 | Sons of the Void | Sons of the Void | Sunrise Ocean Bender |
| 21 | Fat White Family | Songs for Our Mothers | Fat Possum |
| 22 | Porches | Pool | Domino |
| 23 | DIIV | Is the Is Are | Captured Tracks |
| 24 | Your Friend | Gumption | Domino |
| 25 | Gazebos | Die Alone | Hardly Art |
| 26 | Essaie Pas | Demaine est une autre nuit | DFA |
| 27 | Burnt Palms | Back on My Wall | We Were Never Being Boring |
| 28 | Eleanor Friedberger | New View | Frenchkiss |
| 29 | Trillions | Superposition | self-released |
| 30 | Aziza Brahim | Abbar el Hamada | Glitterbeat |
Anna C. March 14th, 2016
Posted In: Charts
Tags: Esperanza Spalding, Lucy Dacus, Prince Rama, Thao & The Get Down Stay Down, Toxic Moxie