Irish post-punks Fontaines D.C. lean hard into their Britpop side via the moody and melodic new LP Romance. We’re into it. Plus, LA beatmaker Flying Lotus holds strong at no. 3 for the second week in a row with his trippy, Twin Peaks inspired single “Garmonbozia.”
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New and notable: New and notable: Grammy winning, Philly-based artist Bilal recently announced his first new LP in over eight years, Adjust Brightness (due on Sep. 27). The album's genre-hopping lead single “Sunshine" (hip-hop-D’n’B-jazz-chill-out), leads it to a respectable chart debut just outside of the top 20.
Top 30 Albums (8.27.2024)
| 1 | Fontaines D.C. | “Romance” |
| 2 | Leon Bridges | "Leon" |
| 3 | Flying Lotus | “Garmonbozia” [Single] |
| 4 | Father John Misty | “Greatest Hits: I Followed My Dreams and My Dreams Said to Crawl” |
| 5 | Thee Sacred Souls | “Got a Story to Tell” |
| 6 | Chicano Batman | “Tanto Arriba Como Abajo” [Single] |
| 7 | Dehd | “Poetry” |
| 8 | Peter Cat Recording Co. | “BETA” |
| 9 | Soweto Gospel Choir x Groove Terminator | “History of House” |
| 10 | BADBADNOTGOOD | “Mid Spiral” |
| 11 | Rosie Lowe | “Lover, Other” |
| 12 | Nilüfer Yanya | “My Method Actor” |
| 13 | Goat | "Goat" |
| 14 | Phantogram | “Memory of a Day” |
| 15 | Adrian Quesada & Abraham Alexander |
“Like A Bird/Sing Sing OST” |
| 16 | Jack White | “No Name” |
| 17 | Ray LaMontagne | “Long Way Home” |
| 18 | Braxe + Falcon | “All This Love (Feat. Bibio)” [Single] |
| 19 | RÜFÜS DU SOL | “Lately” [Single] |
| 20 | Karen O & Danger Mouse | “Super Breath” [7" Single] |
| 21 | Elkka | “Prism of Pleasure” |
| 22 | Bilal | “Adjust Brightness” |
| 23 | Fcukers | “Baggy$$” |
| 24 | Claude Fontaine | “La Mer” |
| 25 | Noga Erez | “THE VANDALIST” |
| 26 | FINNEAS | “For Cryin' Out Loud!” |
| 27 | Magdalena Bay | “Imaginal Disk” |
| 28 | Bonobo | “Expander” [Single] |
| 29 | Kelly Finnigan | “A Lover Is Born” |
| 30 | Jamie xx | “In Waves” |