
While the top two songs on my latest Weekly Top 30 – Arcade Fire‘s “Unconditional I (Lookout Kid)” and Lizzo‘s “About Damn Time” – remain in place for a second week, there are lots of changes to the rest of the list. Several songs fall out of the top 10, including Harry Styles‘ “As It Was” after a 15-week run in that rarefied group, clearing the way for a newer crop of songs to move up. Jumping seven spots to #3 is “Closer”, by The Frontier (the music project of the very gracious, funny and talented Northern Virginia-based Jake Mimikos). We’ve followed one another on social media for over six years, and I’m quite fond of both him and his music. Entering the top 10 are: “The Funeral” by YUNGBLUD, which leaps eight spots to #4, “In the Mirror” by The Interrupters, climbing five spots to #8, “Mistakes” by Sharon Van Etten, up six spots to #9, and “Warning Signs” by Band of Horses, which moves up four spots to #10.
Other big movers this week are Stephen Sanchez, with his stunning retro love ballad “Until I Found You”, which leaps 10 spots to #12, and British artist NAVE, whose hauntingly beautiful “Broken Record” climbs five spots to #16. Two songs make their debut this week, “Viva Las Vengeance” by Panic! At the Disco (which recently spent three weeks at #1 on the Billboard Alternative Airplay chart, and took a while to click with me) at #28, and “Sidelines” by Phoebe Bridgers, which enters at #30.
- UNCONDITIONAL I (LOOKOUT KID) – Arcade Fire (1)
- ABOUT DAMN TIME – Lizzo (2)
- CLOSER – The Frontier (10)
- THE FUNERAL – YUNGBLUD (12)
- SEVENTEEN GOING UNDER – Sam Fender (3)
- A LITTLE BIT OF LOVE – Weezer (5)
- SYNCHRONIZE – Milky Chance (8)
- IN THE MIRROR – The Interrupters (13)
- MISTAKES – Sharon Van Etten (15)
- WARNING SIGNS – Band of Horses (14)
- TELL ME THE TRUTH – Two Feet (5)
- UNTIL I FOUND YOU – Stephen Sanchez (22)
- BELIEVE – Caamp (6)
- AS IT WAS – Harry Styles (7)
- THE FOUNDATIONS OF DECAY – My Chemical Romance (9)
- BROKEN RECORD – NAVE (21)
- DESPERATELY WANTING – The Star Crumbles (18)
- LIN MANUEL – Onism E (19)
- FAILURE TO COMPLY – MISSIO (20)
- SUPERMODEL – Måneskin (23)
- LONELY – Sea Girls (11)
- BONES – Imagine Dragons (24)
- GREY – Holy Coves (25)
- LEMON TREE – Mt. Joy (28)
- TEK IT – Cafuné (29)
- 2am – Foals (16)
- MY LOVE – Florence + the Machine (17)
- VIVA LAS VENGEANCE – Panic! At the Disco (N)
- COMPLIANCE – Muse (30)
- SIDELINES – Phoebe Bridgers (N)
I really like “Sidelines”. I’ve been close to featuring it on my blog a few times already. Maybe I’ll do it soon!
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I’ve been remiss in not having a Phoebe Bridgers song on my Weekly Top 30 before.
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It makes me happy to know that Panic! At the Disco is still putting out bangers 😀
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Is Weezer back? I’ve been so out of the music scene this summer (mainly movie and taking care of a daughter), I had no idea! I’ve always loved Weezer since my college days. They “sold out” a bit on sound and entertainment package, but they’ll always have an indie grit, and I admire their tenacity! I’ll have to check out their latest…
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Weezer never left! They’ve been consistently putting out music for years, and have released six albums since 2016.
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