To be honest, knowing as we have for some time that British funk-soul brothers Jungle would be dropping their fourth LP Volcano during this week’s stretch of chart data collection… We were already 99.9 percent sure it was coming in at number one. And you know what? It feels good to be right, especially when the music delivers as consistently as Jungle’s does.
New and notable: Enigmatic (but always eviscerating) emcee Noname recently announced a new LP, Sundial. Many doubted it would come to fruition when promised, but surprise: It’s here, it’s spectacular, and it’s number 12 on the chart. Plus, quirky Oaklanders Meernaa whip up a fever pitch of anticipation for the Oct. 6 release of their new album So Far So Good, and Global Beat: Australia alum Skeleten officially gets under our skin. Work it all out to our Top 30 Spotify playlist.
Top 30 Albums (8.13.2023)
| 1 | Jungle | Volcano |
| 2 | Little Dragon | Slugs of Love |
| 3 | Pearl & The Oysters | Coast 2 Coast |
| 4 | James Blake | Playing Robots Into Heaven |
| 5 | Poolside | Blame It All On Love |
| 6 | Danger Mouse & Jemini | Born Again |
| 7 | Sirens of Lesbos | Peace |
| 8 | Les Imprimés | Rêverie |
| 9 | Hot Chip | Fire Of Mercy (Feat. yunè pinku) |
| 10 | John Carroll Kirby | Blowout |
| 11 | Girl Ray | Prestige |
| 12 | Noname | Sundial |
| 13 | The Hives | The Death of Randy Fitzsimmons |
| 14 | Skeleten | Under Utopia |
| 15 | Thee Marloes | Logika b/w True Love [Single] |
| 16 | Say She She | Silver |
| 17 | Allah-Las | Zuma 85 |
| 18 | WITCH | Zango |
| 19 | Benny Sings | Wait For The Summer [Single] |
| 20 | Kiefer | It’s Ok, B U |
| 21 | Meernaa | So Far So Good |
| 22 | Courtney Barnett | Different Now (Split 7" w/ Kurt Vile) |
| 23 | Salin | Si Chomphu [Single] |
| 24 | Tentendo | Find My Way [Single] |
| 25 | Pachyman | Switched-On |
| 26 | Bacao Rhythm and Steel Band | How We Do b/w Nuthin' But A G Thang [Single] |
| 27 | Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs & Moullinex | So Alive [Single] |
| 28 | Wilco | Cousin |
| 29 | ODESZA & Yellow House | Flaws in Our Design |
| 30 | Farhot | Nowroz 1401 |