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NACC NOTABLES: FIVE NACC 200 FEATURES 1] Turnstile rises 2-1 to score their first NACC 200 chart-topper. Their fourth LP and second NACC 200 Top 10 album also tops NACC NEXT for a second week, 2] King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard soars 51-3 with their 27th LP. This is...

RIP: We would be remiss not to mention the passing of two music icons this past week: Brian Wilson and Sly Stone. Very few musicians have even been called a genius and deserved it. Brian Wilson was a massively important influence in a wide range of genres, from punk,...

It's funny how just two weeks ago (and the weeks before that) we were discussing how incredibly close the battles were for #1 at the top of the NACC 200, when now a cavernous gap has opened up between the #1 and #2 records on the chart. This week it's basically...

The mighty three-way see-saw battle for #1 between Japanese Breakfast, Tunde Adebimpe, and Bon Iver may have continued this week were it not for a fresh new competitor that came on the scene last week. Between the three of them, Adebimpe edged back in front of...

The battle for #1 over the past month or so has been one of the most interesting in NACC 200 history. We've seen two albums trade places for the #1 spot before, but lately, three albums have been battling it out. A player whose time we thought had come and gone turns...

The race for #1 was a wild one this week, with three horses in the race. After being ousted from #1 last week, Bon Iver made a valiant effort to retake the top spot back from Japanese Breakfast, and they did indeed climb over them. But in the end, neither took the...

Falling from #1 on the NACC 200 doesn't always mean an album's run at the top is over. Ten times previously, we've seen artists relinquish #1 only to reclaim it again. Most recently, Sufjan Stevens did it at the beginning of 2024. But Japanese Breakfast does get a...

Bon Iver enjoys a second week atop the NACC 200 with their fifth studio album, SABLE, fABLE (Jagjaguwar), though it almost didn't happen. After taking over the top spot from Japanese Breakfast last week with a slim 23-point edge, the gap between the two bands shrinks...

Eau Claire, WI six-piece Bon Iver scored the highest debut of the year two weeks ago, opening at #11 on the NACC 200. That was a fairly good indication of where things were headed. This week, the band's fifth studio album, SABLE, fABLE (Jagjaguwar), completes its...