Topping our charts this week are two of the dreamiest, coolest, most interesting female voices–Grimes at #1 (for the 3rd week in a row! We <3 Grimes) and the endlessly talented multi-instrumentalist Emily Wells at #2.
Since I’ve already posted Grimes videos here and here, check out this video for Wells’ single “Passenger”–this song has haunted me for years, ever since I heard her perform it at the Motley back in spring ’10–I’m even more obsessed now that she’s finally released it on her newest album.
TOP 30
1 Grimes Visions 4AD
2 Emily Wells Mama Partisan
3 Zammuto Zammuto Temporary Residence
4 The Magnetic Fields Love at the Bottom of the Sea Merge
5 Bear in Heaven “I Love You, It’s Cool” Dead Oceans/Hometapes
6 Vacationer Gone Downtown Records
7 Miniature Tigers Mia Pharoah Modern Art
8 M. Ward A Wasteland Companion Merge
9 Sleigh Bells Reign of Terror Mom & Pop
10 Nora and the Brights Kill ‘Em With Kindness Self-Released
11 Phantogram Nightlife Barsuk
12 Humans Traps Hybriditiy
13 Radar Eyes Radar Eyes Hozac
14 Die Zorros Future Voodoo Rhythm
15 Thee Oh Sees Carrion Crawler/The Dream In the Red
16 Wowser Bowser Wowser Bowser Self-Released
17 The Men Open Your Heart Sacred Bones
18 Sea Lions Everything You Always Wanted to know About Sea Lions But Were Afraid to Ask Slumberland
19 Sleeping in the Aviary “You and Me, Ghost” Science of Sound
20 Tennis Young and Old Fat Possum
21 Austra Feel it Break Domino
22 Elephants and Castle Transitions Plug Research
23 First Aid Kit The Lion’s Roar Wichita Recordings, Ltd.
24 ThEESatisfaction awE naturalE Sub Pop
25 The Lijadu Sisters Mother Africa Knitting Factory
26 Black Dice Mr. Impossible Ribbon Music
27 Kishi Bashi 151a Joyful Noise
28 Xiu Xiu Always Polyvinyl
29 Yellow Ostrich Strange Land Barsuk
30 Capsula In the Land of Silver Souls Krian Music Group
AMERICANA
1 M. Ward A Wasteland Companion Merge
2 First Aid Kit The Lion’s Roar Wichita Recordings Ltd.
3 Sharon van Etten Tramp Jagjaguwar
4 Becky and John I’ll Be There If You Ever Want- Single Third Man Records
5 Ben Howard Old Pine Communion Music
6 The Buffalo Skinners The Buffalo Skinners Self-Released
7 Daniel Rossen Silent Hour/Golden Mile EP Warp Records
8 Daughter The Wild Youth Glassnote
9 Olivia Buntaine Living in Abandoned Homes Self-Released
10 Paladino Paladino Self-Released
WORLD
1 Lijadu Sisters Mother Africa KFR
2 Caetano Veloso and David Byrne Live At Carnegie Hall Nonesuch
3 Galactic Carnivale Electricos Anti
4 Novalima Karimba ESL
5 Zun Zun Egui Katang Bella Union
6 Fráncois and the Atlas Mountains E Volo Love Domino
7 VARIOUS ARTISTS Putumayo Presents: Brazilian Beat Putumayo
8 Gaby Moreno Illustrated Songs Self-Released
9 Helado Negro Canta Lechuza Asthmatic Kitty
10 Brownout Oozy Nat Geo
HIP HOP
1 ThEESatisfaction awE naturalE Sub Pop
2 Wugazi 13 Chambers S/r
3 Eligh and Amplive therapy at 3 Legendary Music
4 Quakers Quakers Stones Throw
5 Doomtree No Kings Doom Tree Records
6 Spoek Mathambo Father Creeper Sub Pop
7 Ecid Werewolf Hologram Fill In the Breaks
8 Elevated The Toby Sessions Upper Left Entertainment
9 Dark Time sunshine Single Fake four
10 Scorched Transmissions Scorched Transmissions Post Egoism
RPM
1 Bear In Heaven “I Love You, It’s Cool” Dead Oceans/Hometapes
2 Phantogram Nightlife Barsuk
3 Austra Feel It Break domino
4 Elephant & Castle Transitions Plug Research Music
5 Tanlines Mixed Emotions True Panther Sounds / Hostess
6 Black Dice Mr. Impossible Ribbon Music
7 Ear Pwr Ear Pwr Carpark
8 Geographer Myth Modern Art Records
9 Bonobo Black Sands Remixed Ninja tune
10 Yppah Eighty One Ninja tune