Week of June 7, 2010

Heavy:

Blackmarket – St. Vincent Decor

Broken Social Scene – Forgiveness Rock Record

Declaim – Fonk

Delta Spirit – History From Below

Everest – On Approach

Frog Eyes – Paul’s Tomb: A Triumph

Girl In A Coma – Adventures In Coverland

Gogol Bordello – Trans-Continental Shuffle

Hank III – Rebel Within

Holy Fuck – Latin

Hooray For Earth – Momo

Jamie Lidell – Compass

LCD Soundsystem – This Is Happening

Lindstr0m and Christabelle – Life Is No Cool

Mantler – Monody

May Erlewine – Golden

Monster Movie – Everyone Is A Ghost

Parlovr – S/T

Pearly Gates Music – S/T

Porier – Running High

Quitzow – Juice Water

Sage Francis – Li(f)e

Skybox – Morning After Cuts

Solex vs. Christina Martinez and Jon Spencer – Amsterdam Showdown, Kingstreet Throwdown

Soup – The Great Awakening

Sugar & Gold – Get Wet!

Surfer Blood – Astro Coast

The Dead Weather – Sea Of Cowards

The Flaming Lips – Dark Side of the Moon

The Joy Formidable – A Balloon Called Moaning

The Kissaway Trail – Sleep Mountain

The National – High Violet

The New Young Pony Club – The Optimist

The Poison Control Center – Sad Sour Future

The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band – The Wages

Typhoon – Hunger & Thirst

V/A – The New Brazilian Music Vol. 1

Wakey! Wakey! – Almost Everything I Wish I’d Said the Last Time I Saw You

Wintersleep – New Inheritors

Yello – Touch

Medium:

Blunt Mechanic – World Record

500 Million Society

Anders Osborne – American Patch Work

Autokratz – Animal

Boy Eats Drum Machine – S/T

Caribou – Swim

Carnivores – All Night Dead USA

Christina B – The Spins

Club 8 – The People’s Record

Dark Time Sunshine – Vessel

David Byrne & Fatboy Slim – Here Lies Love

Delorean – Subiza

Disgust Of Us – S/T

Dosh – TommyElsinore – The Chemicals EP

Fang Island – S/T

Flynig Lotus – Cosmogram

Gayngs – Relayted

Gotan Project – Tango 3.0

Her Majesty – Images From The Vanishing Night

Horse Feathers – Thistled Spring

Hyfontis and The Bishop’s Band – Carnival Authority

Inlets – Inter Arbiter

Jamon – In The Year Of The Pig

Jesse Malin – Love It To Life

Laura Marling – I Speak Because I Can

Lou Rhodes – One Good Thing

Love Is All – Two Thousand and Ten Injuries

MGMT – Congratulations

Midas Fall – Eleven Return and Revert

Minus The Bear – OMNI

Murder By Death – Good Morning Magpie

Nada Surf – If I Had A Hi-Fi

Phosphorescent – Here’s To Taking It Easy

Sara Jaffe – Suburban Nature

Seth Bernard – Is This You?

Setting Sun – Fantasurreal

Snowglobe – Little More Lived In

The Hotrats – Turn Ons

The Kyle Sowashes – Nobody

The Morning Benders – Big Echo

The New Pornographers

The Sights – Most of What Follows Is True

The Whitsundays – Saul

Tobacco – Manic Meat

Toy Soldiers – Whisper Down The Lane

Twinkranes – Spektrumtheatresnakes

Two Door Cinema Club – Tourist History

Unnatural Helpers – Cracked Love & Other Drugs

Woods – At Echo Lake

Young Livers – Of Misery And Toil

Light:

Ali Farka Toure & Toumani Diabate – Ali and Toumani

A Weather – Everyday Ballons

Archie Bronson Outfit – Coconut

Balkan Beat Box – Blue Eyed Black Boy

Batusis – S/T

Ben Sollee and Daniel Martin Moore – Dear Companion

Benyaro – Good Day Better

Black Francis – Nonstoperotik

Bonnie “Prince” Billy  & The Cairo Gang – The Wonder Show Of The World

Bonobo – Black Sands

Chris Riffle – Introducing

Codeine Velvet Club – S/T

Creature With The Atom Brain – Transylvania

Doug Keith – The Lucky Ones

Drive By Truckers – The Big To-Do

Dum Dum Girls – I Will Be

Elsinore – The Chemicals EP

Evelyn Evelyn – S/T

Free Energy – Stuck On Nothing

Goldfrapp – Head First

Gonna Get Got – Mixtapes On Acid: Vol 1

Green Flashing Light – Don’t Try To Escape

Growing – Pumps!

Hurricane Bells – Tonight Is The Ghost

JBM – Not Even In July

Laurent Bouroque – What We Talk About

Lawrence Arabia – Chant Darling

Liars – Sisterworld

Matt Pond PA – The Dark Leaves

Nedry – Condors

Pavement – Quarantine The Past: The Best of Pavement

Red Sea Pedestrians – Adrift

River City Extension – Unmistakable

Rocky Votolato – True Devotion

Roky Erickson with Okerville River – True Love Cast Out All Evil

Samara Lubeski – Futureslip

Sambassaduer – European

Shannon & The Clams – I Wanna Go Home

Shout Out Louds – Work

Stanton Moore – Groove Alchemy

Tarlton – Evergreens

Tartufi – Nests of Waves And Wire

The Apples In Stereo – Travellers In Space & Time

The Discobiscuits – Planet Anthem

The Holmes Brothers – Feed My Soul

The Tallest Man On Earth – The Wild Hunt

The Weakerthans – Live at the Burton Cummings Theater

The White Stripes – Under Great White Northern Lights

They Never Sleep – Isn’t It Time You Experienced A New Disease

This Moment In Black History – Public Square

V/A – Nigeria Afrobeat Special: The New Explosive Sound in 1970s

V/A – Panama! 3

V/A – The BYG Deal

White Dancer – Their Planes Will Block Out The Sun

White Hinterland – Kairos

Wu-Tang – Return of the Wu

Yung Mars – Santa Cruz Or Bust

Week of May 24, 2010

Heavy:

Week of May 17, 2010

Heavy:
500 Million Society – S/T
Anders Osborne – American Patchwork
Autokratz – Animal
Batusis – S/T
Blunt Mechanic – World Record
Blackmarket – St. Vincent Decor
Boy Eats Drum Machine – S/T
Caribou – Swim
Carnivores – All Night Dead USA
Christina B – The Spins
Club 8 – The Peoples Record
Dark Time Sunshine – Vessel
David Byrne & Fatboy Slim – Here Lies Love
Delorean – Subiza
Delta Spirit – History From Below
Disgust of Us – S/T
Dosh – Tommy
Doug Keith – The Lucky Ones
Frog Eyes – Paul’s Tomb: A Triumph
Gayngs – Relayted
Gogol Bordello – Trans-Continental Shuffle
Gonna Get Got – Mixtapes on Acid Vol:1
Gotan Project – Tango 3.0
Growing – Pumps!
Hank III – Rebel Within
Holy Fuck – Latin
Hooray For Earth – Momo
Horse Feathers – Thistled Spring
Hyfontis and The Bishop’s Band – Carnival Authority
Inlets – Inter Arbiter
Jamon – In the Year of the Pig
The Joy Formidable – A Balloon Called Moaning
The Kissaway Trail – Sleep Mountain
The Kyle Sowashes – Nobody
LCD Soundsystem – This Is Happening
Lou Rhodes – One Good Thing
Love Is All – Two Thousand and Ten Injuries
Laura Marling – I Speak Because I Can
Matt Pond PA – The Dark Leaves
May Erlewine – Golden
Midas Fall – Eleven Return and Revert
Minus The Bear – Omni
Murder By Death – Good Morning Magpie
Nada Surf – If I Had A Hi-Fi
The National – High Violet
The New Pornographers – Together
Phosphorescent – Here’s To Taking It Easy
River City Extension – Unmistakable
Roky Ericson w/ Okkerville River – True Love Cast Out All Evil
Sage Francis – Li(f)e
Sarah Jaffe – Suburban Nature
Setting Sun – Fantasurreal
Skybox – Morning After Cuts
Snowglobe – Little More Lived In
Solex vs. Christina Martinez and Jon Spencer -
Tobacco – Manic Meat
Twinkranes – Spektrumtheatresnakes
Young Livers – Of Misery and Toil
Seth Bernard – Is This You?
The Sights – Most of What Follows is True
Special Patrol Group – Completes One Task
Stanton Moore – Groove Alchemy
Tartufi – Nests of Waves and Wine
Two Door Cinema Club – Tourist History
Typhoon – Hunger & Thirst
Unnatural Helpers – Cracked Love & Other Drugs
Wakey! Wakey! – Almost Everything I Wish I’d Said the Last Time I Saw You
The Whitsundays – Saul
Woods – At Echo Lake
Yung Mars – Santa Cruz or Bust

Medium:
Archie Bronson Outfit – Coconut
Balkan Beat Box – Blue Eyed Black Boy
Benyaro – Good Day Better
The Besnard Lakes – Are The Roaring Night
Black Francis – Nonstoperotik
Bonobo – Black Sands
Bonnie “Prince” Bill & The Cairo Gang – The Wonder Show of the World
Chris Riffle – Introducing
Codeine Velvet Club – S/T
Creature With The Atom Brain – Transylvania
The Discobiscuits – Planet Anthem
Drive By Truckers – The Big To-Do
Dum Dum Girls – I Will Be
Elsinore – The Chemicals EP
Evelyn Eveyln – S/T
Fang Island – S/T
Flynig Lotus – Cosmogram
Free Energy – Stuck On Nothing
Frightened Rabbit
Goldfrapp – Headfirst
Green Flashing Light – Don’t Try To Escape, You Can’t
Her Majesty – Images From The Vanishing Night
The Hotrats – Turn Ons
Hurricane Bells – Tonight Is The Ghost
JBM – Not Even In July
Jesse Malin – Love It To Life
Joanna Newsom – Have One On Me
Lay Low – Farewell Goodnight’s Sleep
Laurent Borque – What We Talk About
Lawrence Arabia – Chant Darling
Liars – Sisterworld
MGMT – Congratulations
The Morning Benders – Big Echo
My Robot Friend – Soft-core
Nedry – Condors
Nigeria Afrobeat Special: The New Explosive Sound in 1970s Nigeria
Pavement – Quarantine The Past: The Best of Pavement
Red Sea Pedestrians – Adrift
Rocky Votolato – True Devotion
Rubblebucket – S/T
Samara Lubelski – Futureslip
Shannon & The Clams – I Wanna Go Home
Songs For Snakes – Sleep Through This
The Tallest Man On Earth – The Wild Hunt
Tarlton – Evergreens
They Never Sleep – Isn’t It Time You Experienced A New Disease
V/A – Panama! 3
A Weather – Everyday Ballons
White Dancer – Their Planes Will Block Out The Sun
White Hinterland – Kairos
The White Stripes – Under Great White Northern Lights
World Atlas – S/T
Wu-Tang – Return of the Wu

Light:
Adam Green – Minor Love
Ali Farka Toure & Toumani Diabate – Ali and Toumani
Anais Mitchell – Hadestown
The Apples In Stereo – Travellers In Space & Time
Ben Sollee and Daniel Martin Moore – Dear Companion
Bettie Serveert – Pharmacy of Love
Bird Show Band – S/T
Blessure Grave – Judged By Twelve, Carried By Six
BPOs – The Upside
Brooke Waggoner – Go Easy Little Doves
Butterfly Bones – Pretty Feelings
Cars & Trains – The Roots, The Leaves
Deadstring Brothers – Sao Paulo
Everything Is Made In China – Automatic Movements
Felili – The Moon
Gigi – Maintenant
Gil Scott Heron: I’m New Here
The Holmes Brothers – Feed My Soul
Jaga Jazzist – One-Armed Bandit
JJ – JJ No 3
Johnny Cash – American VI: Ain’t No Grave
Laarks – An Exaltation of Laarks
Malachi – Ugly Side Of Love
Moon Duo – Escape
Nana Grizol – Ruth
Past Lives – Tapestry Of Webs
Pierced Arrows – Descending Shadows
Phantogram – Eyelid Movies
Polysics – Absolute Polysics
The Postelles – White Night EP
Quasi – American Gong
Sambassaduer – European
Shout Out Louds – Work
Sise – Gold
The Singleman Affair – Let’s Kill The Summer
That One Guy – Pacs A Wallop
This Moment In Black History – Public Square
V/A – The BYG Deal
Via Audio – Animalope
The Weakerthans – Live at the Burton Cummings Theater
Yeasayer – Odd Blood

Week of May 29,2009

HEAVY

Meat Puppets-Sewn Together
Phoenix-Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
Love in October-S/T
Elvis Costello-Secret, Profane & Sugar Cane
The Legends-Over and Over
The Cubists-Mechanical
Viva Voce-Rose City
Snow Globe-No Need For A Night Light on A Night Like Tonight
Yves Klein-Blue
Iron and Wine-Around the Well
Vox Jaguars-S/T
Qemists-Join the Q
St. Vincent-Actor
Passion Pit-Manners
Crystal Antlers-Tentacles
Royksopp-Junior
Various Artists-Nexus of the Revolution

Ed Harcourt-Russian Roulet

Floating Action-S/t

Ancient Astronauts

Breaks Breaks Breaks-S/t

Operation Aloha-S/t

Headless Heroes-The Silence of Love

Mynx-S/T

1090 Club

The High Strung-Ode to the Inverse of the Dude

Red Red Meat-reissue

Mochi Pet

Neko Case

Zap Mama-ReGeneration