Neon Indian takes the number one spot on KJHK’s Top 30 for a second week! If you haven’t listened to Vega Intl. Night School, you can find a full stream of the album on Neon Indian’s youtube channel. An electronic synth pop album, this third release from Mom+Pop/Transgressive is highly experimental and elusive, blending old and new sounds to create an engaging and undeniably energetic listening experience.
Number two on our chart is Homeshake’s Midnight Snack, the second warped and oozy indie funk LP from Peter Sagar, a former touring guitarist for Mac Demarco. Wand takes takes the number three spot with the fuzzy garage rock album 1000 Days. Number four goes to Widowspeak’s All Yours, and rounding out the top 5 this week is Deradoorian’s experimental and entrancing The Expanding Flower Planet, the debut release from former Dirty Projectors member Angel Deradoorian.
New to the chart this week: Battles with La Di Da Di, Lettuce with Crush, and Fuzz with II.
| 1 | NEON INDIAN | Vega Intl Night School | Mom And Pop | |
| 2 | HOMESHAKE | Midnight Snack | Sinderlyn | |
| 3 | WAND | 1,000 Days | Drag City | |
| 4 | WIDOWSPEAK | All Yours | Captured Tracks | |
| 5 | DERADOORIAN | The Expanding Flower Planet | Anticon | |
| 6 | CIRCA WAVES | Young Chasers | Virgin | |
| 7 | ALEX G | Beach Music | Domino | |
| 8 | LA GUERRE | Sapphires | ||
| 9 | SMALL BLACK | Best Blues | Jagjaguwar | |
| 10 | KURT VILE | B’lieve I’m Goin Down… | Matador | |
| 11 | WAVVES | V | Ghostramp-WBR | |
| 12 | TELEKINESIS | Ad Infinitum | Merge | |
| 13 | BEIRUT | No No No | 4AD | |
| 14 | YOUTH LAGOON | Savage Hills Ballroom | Fat Possum | |
| 15 | SHEEPDOGS | Future Nostalgia | Dine Alone | |
| 16 | BALTHAZAR | Thin Walls | Play It Again Sam | |
| 17 | CHILDBIRTH | Women’s Rights | Suicide Squeeze | |
| 18 | SHANNON AND THE CLAMS | Gone By Dawn | Hardly Art | |
| 19 | BLITZEN TRAPPER | All Across This Land | Vagrant | |
| 20 | WORLD IS A BEAUTIFUL PLACE AND I AM NO LONGER AFRAID TO DIE | Harmlessness | Epitaph | |
| 21 | PETITE NOIR | La Vie Est Belle/Life Is Beautiful | Domino | |
| 22 | CARAVAN PALACE | Robot | Le Plan | |
| 23 | SHIGETO | Intermission EP | Ghostly | |
| 24 | HERMITUDE | Dark Night Sweet Light | Nettwerk | |
| 25 | MENACE BEACH | Super Transporterreum [EP] | Memphis Industries | |
| 26 | MAMMOTH LIFE | Baycation [EP] | ||
| 27 | BATTLES | La Di Da Di | Warp | |
| 28 | BORN RUFFIANS | Ruff | Yep Roc | |
| 29 | LETTUCE | Crush | Self-Released | |
| 30 | FUZZ | II | In The Red |
Our top five adds this week are each massively distinct musical works: Oneohtrix Point Never’s trancy and mildly disturbing electronic single, Sticky Drama from upcoming release Garden of Delete; Delicate indie folk from Florist with Holdly, reminiscent of Girlpool or The Blow; Wild Child, with their fourth indie pop/folk release, Fools; hip-hop artist Chance The Rapper’s killer new single, Angels; spacey psych rock from Cheatahs release, Mythlogies.
| 1 | ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER | “Sticky Drama” [Single] | Warp | |
| 2 | FLORIST | Holdly | Double Double Whammy | |
| 3 | WILD CHILD | Fools | Dualtone | |
| 4 | CHANCE THE RAPPER | “Angels” [Single] | Self-Released | |
| 5 | CHEATAHS | Mythologies | Wichita |