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Chainsaw Charts 2/17/25

Chainsaw Charts

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1DECEASEDChildren of the MorgueHells Headbangers
2HIGH ON FIRECometh The StormMNRK
3KNOCKED LOOSEYou Won’t Go Before You’re Supposed ToPure Noise
4SPITEThe Third TempleInvictus
5THOUUmbilicalSacred Bones
6UNDEATHMore InsaneProsthetic
7BLACK CURSEBurning in Celestial PoisonSepulchral Voice
8SIDEREANSpilling the Astral ChaliceEdged Circle
9UNAUSSPRECHLICHEN KULTENHäxan SabaothIron Bonehead
10BLIND GIRLSAn Exit ExistsPersistent Vision

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1PHRENELITHAshen WombDark Descent
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Underground Charts 2/17/25

Underground Charts

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1JAE SKEESEGround LevelDrumwork/Equity
2EDDIE CHACONLay LowStones Throw
3KURIOUSMajicianRhymesayers/Metalface
4LYRICS BORNGoodbye, Sticky RiceMobile Home
5MICHI“There’s No Heaven ” [Single]Stones Throw
6HEAVY BLOOM“CRASH” [Single]Self-Released
7LORD JAH-MONTE OGBON“So You Really Don’t Miss Me?” [Single]Lex
8VICTORIA PORT“Cigarette” [Single]First Word
9LO STEVE“Canal Street Motion” [Single]Self-Released
10RAHIM SAMAD“Daylight” [Single]Self-Released
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Afterhours Charts 2/17/25

Afterhours Charts

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1ENRAILEDeepfake FantasySelf-Released
2ELA MINUSDIADomino
3OKLOUChoke EnoughTrue Panther
4ROSE GRAYLouder, PleasePlay It Again Sam
5GENDER AMPLIFIEDIn BloomGender Amplified
6SEO“28” [Single]Self-Released
7PANORAM“What It Means” [Single]Running Back
8RIKA TANAOblivionSelf-Released
9ღDJ魔女っ娘ミラクるんღMir4clen 5Lost Frog
10SHRIEK X DETCHIBEPlayOnlineSelf-Released
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Jazz Charts 2/17/25

Jazz Charts

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1JOE ALTERMAN FT. HOUSTON PERSONBrisket For BreakfastSelf-Released
2MAVIS PANRisingSelf-Released
3CATHERINE RUSSELL AND SEAN MASONMy IdealDot Time
4JEFF RUPERTIt Gets BetterRupe
5IMMANUEL WILKINSBlues BloodBlue Note
6GREG WARDFull CreamSugah Hoof
7PHILIP WEBERNDOERFERTidesShifting Paradigm
8JUAN MEGNA GROUPMariwoSelf-Released
9SERGIO PEREIRABOSSA+Tiger Turn
10KAMASI WASHINGTONFearless MovementYoung

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1YELLOWJACKETSFasten UpMack Avenue
2CLIFF KORMANUrban TracksSS
3ZACCAI CURTISCubop Lives!Truth Revolution
4DANYA STEPHENSHopiumContagious
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Top Charts 2/17/25

Top Charts

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1ERICK THE ARCHITECTI’ve Never Been Here BeforeIDOL
2PANCHIKO“Ginkgo” [Single]Nettwerk
312 RODSIf We Stayed AliveTerrible Hands
4CHERRY GLAZERRSugarSecretly Canadian
5HIGHCome Back Down [EP]Kanine
6INHALEROpen WidePolydor
7KING ROPESIdahoBig And Just Little
8MEAT COMPUTERSlept On The Floor Still Dreamt About Youlabels r 4 soup
9SEAFOOD SAMStanding On Giant Shouldersdrink sum wtr
10SHEGON o lo volvere a hacerErnie
11SPIRA MEExisting & Lingeringexisting
12STARTING EARLY“Do As I Do” [Single]Self-Released
13APHEX TWINSelected Ambient Works Volume II (Expanded Edition)Warp
14CAKES DA KILLABlack SheepYoung Art
15CHUCK STRANGERSA Forsaken Lover’s PleaLex
16FLIGHT ATTENDANTFlight AttendantMoraine
17GIRLPUPPY“I Just Do” [Single]Captured Tracks
18HALIMAEXU [EP]drink sum wtr
19KENNY MASONAngel EyesRCA
20LYRICS BORNGoodbye, Sticky RiceMobile Home
21MACHINEDRUM3FOR82Ninja Tune
22MERCURYSwarm The Hive Mind [EP]Big Loud Rock
23MILAN RINGMangosAstral People/PIAS
24MUDDYOUSH23Self-Released
25NXWORRIESWhy Lawd?Stones Throw
26POTATOHEAD PEOPLEEat Your Heart OutBastard Jazz
27RITCHIETriple Digits [112]AWAL
28SGLILY AND EMOTIONALSGenki RockFull Metal
29TOMBSTONES IN THEIR EYESAsylum HarbourKitten Robot
30ANGEL OLSENCosmic Waves Volume 1somethingscosmic/Jagjaguwar

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1EMI POP“No Puedo Dormir” [Single]Self-Released
2ART D’ECCOSerene DemonPaper Bag
3KESTRELSBetter WonderDarla
4JOHN GLACIERLike A Ribbon [EP]Young
5VENTURINGGhostholdingdeadAir
6HORSEGIRLPhonetics On And OnMatador
7SAINT MOTELSaint Motel & the Symphony in the SkyElektra
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Chainsaw Charts 2/11/25

Chainsaw Charts

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1BLACK CURSEBurning in Celestial PoisonSepulchral Voice
2DEFEATED SANITYChronicles of LunacySeason of Mist
3SIDEREANSpilling the Astral ChaliceEdged Circle
4CANDYIt’s Inside YouRelapse
5HAMMOKLook How Long Lasting Everything Is Moving Forward for OnceThirty Something
6THOUUmbilicalSacred Bones
7ULCERATECutting The Throat Of GodDebemur Morti
8MITOCHONDRIONVitriseptomeProfound Lore
9ABHORRATIONDemonolatryInvictus
10CHAT PILECool WorldThe Flenser

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Underground Charts 2/11/25

Underground Charts

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1TRANSAVARIOUS ARTISTSRed Hot
2JAE SKEESEGround LevelDrumwork/Equity
3ERROL EATS EVERYTHINGErrol Eats EverythingBig Chune
4HANNAH STOKES“Waste Time” [Single]Raised Eden
5LYRICS BORNGoodbye, Sticky RiceMobile Home
6KURIOUSMajicianRhymesayers/Metalface
7MICHIDirty TalkStones Throw
8WAHIDTHEY ALL GO MAD! [EP]Innovative Leisure
9EDDIE CHACONLay LowStones Throw
10CUATRO CINCO“2045” [Single]Bendito

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1WRETCH 32“Feels” [Single]Self-Released
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Afterhours Charts 2/11/25

Afterhours Charts

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1ENRAILEDeepfake FantasySelf-Released
2ELA MINUSD​IADomino
3OKLOUChoke EnoughTrue Panther
4ROSE GRAYLouder, PleasePlay It Again Sam
5GENDER AMPLIFIEDIn BloomGender Amplified
6SEO“28” [Single]Self-Released
7PANORAM“What It Means” [Single]Running Back
8RIKA TANAOblivionSelf-Released
9ღDJ魔女っ娘ミラクるんღMir4clen 5Lost Frog
10SHRIEK X DETCHIBEPlayOnlineSelf-Released

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1OKLOUChoke EnoughTrue Panther
2GENDER AMPLIFIEDIn BloomGender Amplified
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DO IT, WITH HEART

Good day, beloved reader,

I’m chai, and I might be the luckiest girl in the world.

A beautifully wise friend of mine told me the other day that while he was traveling this past summer, he’d introduce himself to everybody he met by saying: “I’m ____, and I’m a lover. I love you and I love me; I love loving you and I love loving me.”

I love him, and I love that, so I’m going to follow that river: for the month of love and candy hearts, I’ve started working on a playlist called “DO IT, WITH HEART.”

Now, I’ve never been a fan of Valentine’s Day, but I think I’ve come around to it this year. There is a lot of love around me. There are small joys as far as the eye can see, so at what point do those small joys become the fabric of experience itself?

At this point, would be my guess.

I started making the playlist last Friday after a particularly beautiful dance / ceremony I got to be a part of. It took place in this big hall in a church, lit by dimmed lanterns hung at different heights from the ceiling.

There were hearts and stars and sparkles projected on the walls; there were baskets of flower petals that would end up thrown in the air like confetti, and on the floor arranged into shapes; there were cups of cacao thickened by coconut oil and almond butter held in the hands of each friend there; there was a kind woman telling me to listen to the heart—asking me why I was still stuck in my head.

It was something out of a dream.

Making this playlist has been a curious little process because the inspiration is so diffuse, but I tend to want to keep things cohesive. I’ve been trying only to add songs that really make me feel that warm dreamscape joy, either ones that have made me feel that way before, or new ones that share the same tenderness.

It’s a tiny personal anthology of songs for moments; for people; for sights and other sounds, so I’ve had to suspend my urge to add filler or obscurity to smooth the whole thing out.

The first song I added to the playlist is one I heard last Friday, a live mixing of “Temptation” (a New Order cover) and “Star Guitar” by The Chemical Brothers.

The next songs added were “Witches” by Alice Phoebe Lou and “This Night Has Opened My Eyes” by The Smiths. Both smell like heavy hickory smoke and dusk air to me. Both are back-pocket flowers and cuddle puddles in eclectically-decorated houses.

Mother Nature’s Bitch” by Okay Kaya falls in that camp as well. Very honest and lightly addicting, the lyrics to this one are quite dear to me (“Here I am / Easy to please / Here I am / Okay with it”). I remember being 16 and loving how sage green it sounded—and I remember a few nights ago, noticing that the Spotify banner for “Watch This Liquid Pour Itself” is the same green as my big sister’s eyes.

Truthfully, most of the songs in this playlist are teenage keepsakes I still tote around. “Empire Ants” by Gorillaz and Little Dragon, “Lies in the Eyes of Love” by Part Time, and “Air Supply” by Sweet Trip are all tokens of a real-life first love: they are big blue eyes, bandaged fingers, carefully collected trinkets; clay-stained aprons, wilting wildflowers, plumes of incense smoke slowly spilling out into the six p.m. sun.

Lil Thing” by Knox Fortune, “Headshots (4r da locals)” by Isaiah Rashad, and “Landline” by binki are caffeine shivers, curls lobbed too short, and the air rollerskating its way from winter into spring.

This morning’s addition is “Butterflies” by TV Girl, George Clanton, and Jordana. This one is for the little love in between little loves, the complete and utter gift it is to reminisce.

I’m not sure how long this playlist will get, given that we’re only a week into February, but I’m excited to see where it goes. I hope you like this patchwork playlist if you take a listen; for those less involved, it’s at the very least songs you’ll probably know… easy listening.

love & cacao & butterflies & gratitude & disco,

dirty chai <3

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Jazz Charts 2/11/25

Jazz Charts

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1DWAYNE CLEMONSCenter Of Gravity: Live At SmallsCellar
2PHILIP WEBERNDOERFERTidesShifting Paradigm
3SERGIO PEREIRABOSSA+Tiger Turn
4WAYNE ESCOFFERYAloneSmoke Sessions
5KAMASI WASHINGTONFearless MovementYoung
6RENEE ROSNESCrossing PathsSmoke Sessions
7AROOJ AFTABNight ReignVerve
8MILTON NASCIMENTO AND ESPERANZA SPALDINGMilton + EsperanzaConcord
9PLANET D NONETEchoes Of Harlem: A Salute To Duke Ellington, Vol. 2Eastlawn
10RYAN KEBERLE AND CATHARSISMusic Is ConnectionAlternate Side