Top 100 Albums of the Month

August 2023

  1. Decisive Pink | Ticket to Fame (Fire)
  2. Snõõper | Super Snõõper (Third Man)
  3. Faten Kanaan | Afterpoem (Fire)
  4. The Free Music | Free Music (Part 1) (Habibi Funk)
  5. µ-Ziq | 1977 (Balmat)
  6. Various Artists | Padang Moonrise: The Birth of the Modern Indonesian Recording Industry (1955 - 69) (Soundway)
  7. Meg Baird | Furling (Drag City)
  8. WITCH | Zango (Desert Daze)
  9. Various Artists | Silberland, Vol. 2 - The Driving Side of Kosmische Musik 1974-1984 (Bureau B)
  10. Various Artists | The Endless Coloured Ways: The Songs of Nick Drake (Chrysalis)
  11. bar italia | Tracey Denim (Matador)
  12. Arthur Russell | Picture of Bunny Rabbit (Audika)
  13. TEKE::TEKE | Hagata (Kill Rock Stars)
  14. Nabihah Iqbal | DREAMER (Ninja Tune)
  15. Altin Gün | aşk (ATO)
  16. ANOHNI and the Johnsons | My Back Was a Bridge for You to Cross (Secretly Canadian)
  17. Aphex Twin | Blackbox Life Recorder 21f / in a room7 F760 (Warp Records)
  18. Sweeping Promises | Good Living Is Coming For You (Feel It)
  19. Various Artists | Studio One Space-Age Dub Special (Soul Jazz)
  20. Cruel Diagonals | Fractured Whole (Beacon Sound)
  21. Dele Sosimi & the Estuary 21 | The Confluence (Wah Wah 45s)
  22. Iftin Band | Mogadishu's Finest: The Al-Uruba Sessions (Ostinato)
  23. Acid Wave | heart2heart (Hogar)
  24. HANABIE. (花冷え。) | Reborn Superstar! (Sony Music Japan)
  25. Rrose | Please Touch (Eaux)
  26. Cassie Wieland & Vicky Chow | HYMN (Cantaloupe)
  27. Maria BC | Hyaline (Father/Daughter)
  28. Bala Desejo | SIM SIM SIM (Mr. Bongo)
  29. Various Artists | Perú Selvático - Sonic Expedition into the Peruvian Amazon 1972-1986 (Analog Africa No.36) (Analog Africa)
  30. Yazmin Lacey | Voice Notes (On Your Own)
  31. The Movers | The Movers - Vol. 1 - 1970-1976 (Analog Africa No.35) (Analog Africa)
  32. Oval | Romantiq (Thrill Jockey)
  33. Black Belt Eagle Scout | The Land, The Water, The Sky (Saddle Creek)
  34. Sylvan Esso | No Rules Sandy (Loma Vista)
  35. Wye Oak | Every Day Like the Last (Merge)
  36. Thomas Lauderdale & Satan's Pilgrims | Thomas Lauderdale Meets the Pilgrims (feat. Pink Martini) (Heinz Records)
  37. Nina Simone | You've Got To Learn (Live) (Verve)
  38. Orchestra Gold | Medicine (Self Released)
  39. Wednesday | Rat Saw God (Dead Oceans)
  40. schroothoop | MACADAM (Sdban Ultra)
  41. Water From Your Eyes | Everyone's Crushed (Matador)
  42. Ya Tosiba | ASAP inşallah (Huge Bass)
  43. Yan Tregger | Space Oddities (1974-1991) (Born Bad)
  44. Kendra Morris | Babble (Karma Chief)
  45. Olivia Jean | Raving Ghost (Third Man)
  46. Various Artists | Cumbia Cumbia Cumbia Vol 1 (Vampi Soul)
  47. King Tubby & The Observer All Stars | Dubbing With the Observer (Doctor Bird)
  48. DJ Female Convict Scorpion | Confucius, Milton Berle (Self Released)
  49. Dom La Nena | Leon (Sabia)
  50. Screaming Females | Desire Pathway (Don Giovanni)
  51. Etceteral | Rhizome (Glitterbeat)
  52. Civilistjävel! | Fyra platser (Felt)
  53. Laura Groves | Radio Red (Bella Union)
  54. Cable Ties | All Her Plans (Merge)
  55. False Figure | Castigations (Transylvanian)
  56. Whatitdo Archive Group | Palace of a Thousand Sounds (Record Kicks)
  57. PJ Harvey | I Inside the Old Year Dying (Partisan)
  58. James Holden | Imagine This Is a High Dimensional Space of All Possibilities (Border Community)
  59. Heavy Metal | IV: Counter Electrode Iron Mono (Total Punk)
  60. Night Beats | Rajan (Suicide Squeeze)
  61. Sun Ra Arkestra | Living Sky (Omni Sound)
  62. Kelela | Raven (Warp)
  63. Meshell Ndegeocello | The Omnichord Real Book (Blue Note)
  64. Helen Money & Will Thomas | Trace (Thrill Jockey)
  65. Forbidden Overture | Turned On (Dark Entries)
  66. Frank Schultz | Blots (Stickfigure)
  67. Aksak Maboul | Une Aventure De VV (Songspiel) (Crammed Discs)
  68. Various Artists | The Inmates Are Running The Asylum (Just 4 Fun)
  69. Mandy, Indiana | Injury Detail (Fire Talk)
  70. EABS & Jaubi | In Search of a Better Tomorrow (Astigmatic)
  71. Cindy | Why Not Now? (Mt.St.Mtn.)
  72. Various Artists | A moi la liberté - Early Electronic Raï (Algérie 1983-90) (Born Bad)
  73. Bully | Lucky For You (Sub Pop)
  74. Arthur Alexander | ...Steppin' Out! (Big Stir Records)
  75. Beach Fossils | Bunny (Bayonet)
  76. Everything But the Girl | Fuse (Buzzin' Fly)
  77. Nick Waterhouse | The Fooler (Innovative Leisure)
  78. Various Artists | Once Again We Are the Children of the Sun Compiled by Paul Hillery (BBE Music)
  79. The Comet Is Coming | Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam (Impulse!)
  80. Asha Puthli | The Essential Asha Puthli (Mr Bongo)
  81. Brian Eno | FOREVERANDEVERNOMORE (Opal)
  82. Various Artists | The Studio Wizardry of Todd Rundgren (Ace)
  83. Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer & Shahzad Ismaily | Love In Exile (Verve)
  84. The Lloyds | Attitude Check (Liberation Hall)
  85. Keturah | Keturah (Hen House)
  86. Derya Yildirim & Grup Simsek | Dost 1 & 2 (Bongo Joe)
  87. Various Artists | Ecuatoriana - El Universo Paralelo de Polibio Mayorga 1969-1981 (Analog Africa No.37) (Analog Africa)
  88. Peter Barclay | I'm Not Your Toy (Numero Group)
  89. Yalla Miku | Yalla Miku (Bongo Joe)
  90. Chuck Johnson | Music from Burden of Proof (All Saints)
  91. Lonnie Holley | Oh Me Oh My (Jagjaguwar)
  92. Forever Pavot | L'idiophone (Born Bad)
  93. Various Artists | Prends le temps d'écouter - musique d'expression libre dans les classes Freinet (1962/1982) (Born Bad)
  94. Various Artists | Hidden Waters: Strange and Sublime Sounds of Rio de Janeiro (Mr. Bongo)
  95. Pantayo | Ang Pagdaloy (Telephone Explosion)
  96. Leslie Keffer | Aethreal (No Part of It)
  97. Madeline Kenney | A New Reality Mind (Carpark)
  98. Glitter Wizard | Kiss the Boot (Kitten Robot)
  99. Homeboy Sandman | Still Champion (Mello)
  100. Cheri Knight | American Rituals (Freedom To Spend)