March has begun, and spring is just around the corner! Help us celebrate its impending arrival by checking out our latest batch of Charts & Adds!
Top 5 Charts:
1.) WAAX – Big Grief
Big Grief may be Brisbane group WAAX’s debut album, but an impressive debut it is. The songs passionately and unflinchingly examine the trials and tribulations of coming of age. WAAX finds a beautiful balance with a sound that is both energetic and heartfelt.
2.) Tame Impala – The Slow Rush
Tame Impala’s groundbreaking Currents was a hard album to follow up; this may be, in part, why The Slow Rush arrived a full five years later. Though it is debatable whether this album lives up to its predecessor, The Slow Rush is a dynamic album and a strong return for Tame Impala.
3.) Yehan Jehan – Earth Arrangements, Vol. 1
What is, perhaps, the most impressive aspect of young Paris-based artist Yehan Jehan’s debut LP, Earth Arrangements, is how the creation of the record demonstrates his wide range of talent. Not only did Jehan produce the entire album, he also created the accompanying art and music videos.
4.) Grimes – Miss Anthropocene
In her fifth studio album, Claire Boucher (aka Grimes) returns with what might be her most astonishing collection of tracks yet. With her typically unsettling flair and alien-like sound, Grimes tackles topics such as climate change, the patriarchy, and death.
5.) Deserta – Black Aura My Sun
Matthew Doty, the artist behind Deserta, finds a sweet spot somewhere between Sigur Ros and Slowdive in this sweeping record. Its conception began in 2017 and has since expanded into Black Aura My Sun.
Top 30 Charts
| Rank | Artist | Record | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | WAAX | Big Grief | Dew Process |
| 2 | Tame Impala | The Slow Rush | Interscope |
| 3 | Yehan Jehan | Earth Arrangements, Vol. 1 | Aphrodite |
| 4 | Grimes | Miss Anthropocene | 4AD/Beggars Group |
| 5 | Deserta | Black Aura My Sun | Felte |
| 6 | King Krule | Man Alive! | True Panther/Matador |
| 7 | Marcus King | El Dorado | Fantasy/Concord |
| 8 | Shopping | All Or Nothing | Fatcat |
| 9 | Yves Tumor | “Gospel For A New Century” [Single] | Warp |
| 10 | Star Parks | The New Sounds Of Late Capitalism | Modern Outsider |
| 11 | glass beach | the first glass beach album | Run For Cover |
| 12 | Opus Orange | Miles From Nowhere | Emoto |
| 13 | Destroyer | Have We Met | Merge |
| 14 | Fat Tony and Taydex | Wake Up | Carpark |
| 15 | Denzel Curry and Kenny Beats | Unlocked | Loma Vista |
| 16 | Mount Sharp | That Shadow | Dadstache |
| 17 | Elephant Stone | Hollow | Elephants On Parade |
| 18 | Termination Dust | Growing Down | Glacial Pace |
| 19 | Wild Nothing | Laughing Gas [EP] | Captured Tracks |
| 20 | Hey, Cowboy! | Get In My Fanny Pack And Let’s Go | Self-released |
| 21 | Kid Nobody | Discretion [EP] | Self-released |
| 22 | Ballroom Thieves | Unlovely | Nettwerk |
| 23 | Sarah Mary Chadwick | Please Daddy | Sinderlyn |
| 24 | Mosss | Pale Blue [EP] | Yum |
| 25 | Lightning Bug | October Song | Marbled Arm |
| 26 | Hello Forever | Whatever It Is | Self-released |
| 27 | Squirrel Flower | I Was Born Swimming | Polyvinyl |
| 28 | Andy Shauf | The Neon Skyline | Anti- |
| 29 | Dan Deacon | Mystic Familiar | Domino |
| 30 | Applesauce Tears | Wonders | Black Cottage |
Top 3 Adds:
1.) Soccer Mommy – Color Theory
Recommended if you like: Snail Mail, Mitski, Jay Som, Black Belt Eagle Scout
2.) Down Time – Hurts Being Alive
Recommended if you like: Tennis, Bad Bad Hats, Frankie Cosmos, Big Thief
3.) Spendtime Palace – Room with a View [EP]
Recommended if you like: Boy Pablo, Slow Hollows, Mr Twin Sister
Top 10 Adds
| Rank | Artist | Record | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soccer Mommy | Color Theory | Loma Vista/Concord |
| 2 | Down Time | Hurts Being Alive | Twist & Shout |
| 3 | Spendtime Palace | Room with a View [EP] | Park the Van |
| 4 | Kevin Krauter | Full Hand | Bayonet |
| 5 | Swim Mountain | If [EP] | Monday |
| 6 | Chiiild | Synthetic Soul [EP] | Avant Garden/Island |
| 7 | Ratboys | Printer’s Devil | Topshelf |
| 8 | Franc Moody | Dream in Colour | Juicebox |
| 9 | Sour Widows | Sour Widows | Self-released |
| 10 | Caribou | Suddenly | Merge |