This week’s chart comes from Dave Segal, a long-time music journalist and staff writer for Seattle’s The Stranger weekly. He has also written for XLR8R, Alternative Press, Jazz Times, Portland Mercury, among others, and is somewhat of an authority of what’s good. Here’s the top 15 tracks he’s digging at the moment.

01 Strangeloop- “2010” (Brainfeeder)
02 Tortoise- “High Class Slim Came Floatin’ In” (Thrill Jockey)
03 Free the Robots- “Sci-fidelity” (Alpha Pup)
04 Can- “Apsectacle” (Spoon)
05 Wolfgang Voigt- “Kammer” (Profan)
06 Deru- “Basically, Fuck You” (Mush)
07 Actress- Get Ohn (Fairlight Mix)” (Honest Jon’s)
08 Deepchord Presents Echospace- “Summer Haze” (Modern Love)
09 Deepchord Presents Echospace- “Float” (Modern Love)
10 Actress- Let’s Fly (Honest Jon’s)
11 The Alps- “Telepathe” (Type)
12 Christy Essien- “Take Life Easy” (Academy LPs)
13 Paul White- “My Guitar Whales” (One-Handed Music/Now-Again)
14 Herbie Hancock- “Hang Up Your Hang Ups” (Columbia)
15 Four Tops – “You Keep Running Away” (Motown)