This albums chart is specific: rated only by number of total spins from an album on our air. It's an imperfect methodology, punishing those releases in the latter half of the year, but... it's also the easiest to prove, with a spin count to back it up. So, it's raw data that can be trusted, even if it does favor early-year releases. The only exception to the accuracy of this […]
This albums chart is specific: rated first by number of album tracks graduating to long-term rotation, second by total spins. And there's a methodology to that madness: many crucial albums unleashed in the latter half of the year. Those LPs, solid as they may be, would suffer under a "total spins" criteria, because there was less of a year to spin them in. This specific chart helps level the playing […]
Based on sheer volume of new tracks submissions, you'd think it was Bandcamp Friday (it's not, but it will resume in September). More new releases, and more track-for-track quality, than we're used to on any given weekend. Albums, we're celebrating Horsegirl, Just Mustard, Gone, Droopies, Animal Ghosts, Jōetsu Shore, Kamikaze Nurse (pictured above), Pure Hex, Minaxi, and select album tracks from Les Manteez. And those are just the albums. We're […]
