After a long, steady climb, the wonderfully ebullient “Two Car Family” by Leeds five-piece Apollo Junction has reached the pinnacle of my Weekly Top 30. The song is from their latest album All In, which is so full of great songs, I could just as easily have chosen some of its other tracks to place at the top of my list. I love their melodic, high-energy brand of electro pop-rock, and so do thousands of adoring fans. I’m so happy to see their star continue to rise.
In other major chart developments this week, the captivating song of unrequited love “Caviar”, by my favorite artist Two Feet, leaps 10 spots to #10. I love the sultry vibe and gorgeous Latin-flavored guitars. Counting both his solo tracks and collaborations with SubUrban and grandson, Two Feet has continuously had a song on my Weekly Top 30 every single week since early November of 2020! Portugal. The Man‘s “What Me Worry?” and the Red Hot Chili Peppers‘ “Black Summer” both climb six spots to #21 and #22, respectively. Finally, there’s so much great new music out now, I wanted to add at least eight new tracks this week. But that would have required dropping eight from my list, which I just could not do. So, I had to settle for only three stellar new additions: “Broken Horses” by Brandi Carlisle, “Once Twice Melody” by Beach House, and “Cheer Up Baby” by Inhaler.
- TWO CAR FAMILY – Apollo Junction (3)
- THE HARDEST CUT – Spoon (1)
- ONE AND THE SAME – Future Theory (4)
- CHAPSTICK – COIN (6)
- THE ONLY HEARTBREAKER – Mitski (8)
- WAKE ME UP – Foals (5)
- I SEE THE SUN – Solar Eyes (2)
- THE OUTSIDE – twenty øne piløts (7)
- OH MY GOD – Adele (10)
- CAVIAR – Two Feet (20)
- HEAD IN THE CLOUDS – Thunder Fox (11)
- JUST LIKE ALWAYS – Oli Barton & the Movement & Maella (13)
- REDCHURCH STREET BLUES – Philip Morgan Lewis (14)
- I’LL CALL YOU MINE – girl in red (16)
- BROKEN HEARTS – Ships Have Sailed (17)
- B-SIDE – Khruangbin & Leon Bridges (19)
- SOMETHING FROM NOTHING/POINTS OF LIGHT – Secret Postal Society (18)
- MAGNIFICENT HURT – Elvis Costello & the Imposters (15)
- LOVE DIES YOUNG – Foo Fighters (21)
- GIVE A LITTLE LOVIN’ – Jamie Alimorad (22)
- WHAT, ME WORRY? – Portugal. The Man (27)
- BLACK SUMMER – Red Hot Chili Peppers (28)
- STARTS WITH YOU – Shimmer Johnson (9) 19th week on chart
- CRUTCH – Band of Horses (12)
- IF YOU EVER LEAVE, I’M COMING WITH YOU – The Wombats (26)
- LOVE BRAND NEW – Bob Moses (29)
- BROKEN HORSES – Brandi Carlisle (N)
- ONCE TWICE MELODY – Beach House (N)
- WON’T STAND DOWN – Muse (30)
- CHEER UP BABY – Inhaler (N)
ECLECTIC MUSIC LOVER 
“Two Car Family” has a great vibe… Reminds me a little bit of “Pump It Up” by Elvis Costello and “Subterranean Homesick Blues” by Bob Dylan!
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I’m trying to work this out. So, the song ‘Two Car Family’ is your best song this year until now?
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good song by the way. Sorry wanted to clarify
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No, it’s my new favorite song this week, though it would definitely rank among my top 10 favorites thus far in 2022.
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I see. But it says No1 so far for 2022. So you change these at a later date?
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No I don’t say that anywhere. Each week I put out a new Top 30, and “Two Car Family” takes over the top spot this week. It may remain at #1 again next week, or perhaps another song will be #1.
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I see. Excuse my ignorance. I’m indebted to read your posts amigo!
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No problem. I just had to re-read what I wrote to see it was confusing or misleading.
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Your new no. 1 is a pretty catchy tune by yet another band that’s completely new to me. From your new entries, my early favorites are the Brandi Carlile and Inhaler songs. From the latter, I previously featured “Totally,” another nice track from their debut album; though I have to admit I like “Cheer Up Baby” even more!
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Is it just me, or is ‘Broken Horses’ a little like ‘Freedom 90’?
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I think it’s just you, as I don’t hear it at all. The same thing was said about Lorde’s “Solar Power”.
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I wasn’t familiar with Apollo Junction but I really enjoyed Two Car Family. Thank you for that!
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Glad you like it too!
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Great playlist Jeff! Especially that Leon Bridges tune, gonna have to do a deep dive on him now!
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Thanks so much Jack! Nice to hear from you, and thanks for stopping by and commenting. Leon Bridges is brilliant, and so are Khruangbin.
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I like the Apollo Junction cut…really cool.
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