Top 50 for the Week of 1-18-16

1. Tortoise – The Catastrophist (Thrill Jockey)
2. Leaf Peeper & Vesper Chimes – God's Country (Lungbasket)
3. Terrible Truths – Terrible Truths (Bedroom Suck)
4. David Bowie – Blackstar (Columbia)
5. Josh Berman Trio – A Dance and a Hop (Delmark)
6. Plates of Cake – Becoming Double (self-released)
7. Violet Mice – Neither//Nor (Athletic Tapes)
8. Brother Starrace – Passion Prayers EP (self-released)
9. Etti/Etta – Refrains (Mint 400)
10. jennylee – right on! (Rough Trade)
11. Various Artists – 30th Century Records Compilation Volume I (30th Century / Columbia)
12. The Besnard Lakes – A Coliseum Complex Museum (Jagjaguwar)
13. Javier Escovedo – Kicked Out of Eden (Saustex)
14. Howlish – Outer (Sniffling Indie Kids)
15. Bambi Kino Duo – See Heat (International Anthem)
16. Coldair – The Provider (Twelves)
17. Julien Baker – Sprained Ankle (6131)
18. Savage Beliefs – Big Big Sky (Alona's Dream)
19. Erykah Badu – But You Caint Use My Phone (self-released)
20. Pusha T – King Push: Darkest Before Dawn - The Prelude (G.O.O.D. Music/Def Jam)
21. Sabbatical – Sundown (Love All Day)
22. Noun – Throw Your Body on the Gears and Stop the Machine with Your Blood (Don Giovanni)
23. Various Artists – Bloodshot Six Pack to Go: Working Songs for the Drinking Class (Bloodshot)
24. Mooner – Masterpiece (Aerial Ballet)
25. Robert Stillman – Rainbow (Orindal)
26. Le1f – Riot Boi (Warner Bros)
27. Traams – Modern Dancing (FatCat)
28. W-X – W-X (Castle Face)
29. Bloom – Adoration (self-released)
30. Drawing Water – Drawing Water EP (Lauren)
31. The Most Serene Republic – Mediac (Maplemusic)
32. Krisp – Sonic Monarch (gummdrops)
33. Wonky Tonk – Stuff We Leave Behind (self-released)
34. Reversing Falls – Reversing Falls 2 (self-released)
35. Spacin' – Total Freedom (Richie)
36. Perfecto – You Can't Run from the Rhythm EP (Joyful Noise)
37. Ego – Best of Chapters 5-8 (Maximum Pelt)
38. Ian William Craig – Cradle for the Wanting (Recital)
39. Oneohtrix Point Never – Garden of Delete (Warp)
40. Baroness – Purple (Abraxan Hymns)
41. diNMachine – The Opposites of Unity (Greedy Dilettante)
42. Indian Handcrafts – Creeps (Sargent House)
43. Dog & Wolf – Filler for the Vacancies (self-released)
44. Sunn O))) – Kannon (Southern Lord)
45. Lil Bub – Science & Magic: A Soundtrack to the Universe (Joyful Noise)
46. Sumrra – 5 Viajes / 5 Journeys (Clermont)
47. Niche – Heading East (Retro Futurist)
48. Shye Ben Tzur, Jonny Greenwood, and the Rajasthan Express – Junun (Nonesuch)
49. Dave Segedy – Lay Up (Old Flame)
50. Philosophical Zombie – Loneliness is Blue and Not Blue (Killer Wall)

This week's adds

• d.stine – the pinwheel (self-released)
• Skin Tags – Skin Tags EP (self-released)
• Tow'rs – The Great Minimum (self-released)
• Witchcraft – Nucleus (Nuclear Blast)
• Dressy Bessy – Kingsized (Yep Roc)
• Leif Elggren – Das Baank (Rekem)
• Udüsic – self-titled EP (Painkiller)
• Cian Nugent – Night Fiction (Woodsist)
• Running – Wake Up Applauding (Castle Face)
• Bloodiest – Bloodiest (Relapse)
• Hinds – Leave Me Alone (Mom + Pop)