The wonderfully trippy and boisterous “Overrated” by Canadian artist dwi holds the top spot for a second week on my latest Top 30 chart. Sliding into second place is the enchanting love song “Kisses” by British indie dream pop band Slowdive. Songs by two of my favorite acts – “Walk Through the Fire” by Virginia-based singer-songwriter The Frontier, and “Good Vibrations” by Texas-based duo MISSIO – both climb four spots to #5 and #6, respectively. Moving up five spots and entering the top 10 are “Dial Drunk” by Vermont-based singer-songwriter Noah Kahan, at #8, and “Odyssey”, a breezy collaboration between French alt-rock band Phoenix and American singer-songwriter Beck, at #9. “Dial Drunk” has become a huge breakout hit for Kahan, and his version of the song with guest vocals by Post Malone, is currently #1 on the Billboard Alternative Airplay and Adult Alternative Airplay charts.
Three songs make their debut this week: “Under You” by the mighty Foo Fighters, at #28, the sultry love song “My Kinda Girl” by British collective The 23s (which I recently reviewed), at #29, and the sweet love song “Darling” by Canadian artist Western Jaguar, from his wonderful album Oblivion (which I also reviewed), at #30.
- OVERRATED – dwi (1)
- KISSES – Slowdive (4)
- PINEAPPLE SUNRISE – Beach Weather (2)
- SAY YES TO HEAVEN – Lana Del Rey (3)
- WALK THROUGH THE FIRE – The Frontier (9)
- GOOD VIBRATIONS – MISSIO (10)
- CALL ME WHAT YOU LIKE – Lovejoy (5)
- DIAL DRUNK – Noah Kahan (13)
- ODYSSEY – Beck & Phoenix (14)
- THE NARCISSIST – Blur (6)
- FRANCESCA – Hozier (15)
- PUPPET SHOW – Beck Black (7)
- BONES – HEALER (8)
- CANNONBALLERS – Colony House (16)
- FORGIVING TIES – Deer Tick (17)
- LAST TIME EVERY TIME FOREVER – Grian Chatten (11)
- DAYDREAMS AND ALGORITHMS – Eleanor Collides (18)
- ORBIT – Gooseberry (12)
- WHAT WAS I MADE FOR? – Billie Eilish (21)
- LOVING YOU – Cannons (22)
- RUNNING OUT OF TIME – Paramore (23)
- WHEN WE WERE CLOSE – Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit (24)
- DAYLIGHT – David Kushner (20)
- BAD IDEA RIGHT? – Olivia Rodrigo (25)
- OVERCOME – Nothing But Thieves (26)
- PULL ME THROUGH – Royal Blood (30)
- PSYCHOS – Jenny Lewis (19)
- UNDER YOU – Foo Fighters (N)
- MY KINDA GIRL – The 23s (N)
- DARLING – Western Jaguar (N)
ECLECTIC MUSIC LOVER 
Foo Fighters, a band I largely ignored until about a year or two ago, are my favorite among your new entries. I also like your new picks by The 23s and Western Jaguar.
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I can’t believe you ignored Foo Fighters for so long Christian, though truth be told, I pretty much ignored them too – along with many other rock & alternative bands – until my musical reawakening in 2013, when I finally pulled my narrow-minded head out of my ass!
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Western Jaguar’s “Darling” is a great tune! (Keep an eye out for a remix sometime in the future!)
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Nice to hear you took part in his remix challenge!
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I like Royal Blood’s song and Western Jaguar’s Darling…very good pop songs Jeff.
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They’re both great bands. Thanks for listening & commenting Max. You’re all caught up with my posts!
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I know!!!!! Thank you for the same thing on mine. Jeff if my works calms down (so I can listen) I hope to stay caught up….Thanks for being patient with me.
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Ironically, you won’t need to expend much effort to stay caught up with my posts going forward, as I’ve decided to quit writing reviews for a while. I’ll still post my weekly top 30 lists, and may post an occasional article from time to time.
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Getting into a rut? If so… I totally get it. As you know I pick a couple times a year and take a break.
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No, just hit with yet another bout of feeling burned out and used. Writing about music should be fun, rather than feeling like a chore much of the time.
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I totally get it Jeff. Right now I’m enjoying it but there are times when it does feel like a job.
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The one big difference is that you’re writing about what you want to write about, which is not always the case for me. Some of the music I write about is of my own choosing, because I really like it or the musicians/bands making it, but some I do as a favor to the artists or bands. To make matters worse, I really don’t enjoy writing, which is a big problem for a blogger!
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Yes you have me there Jeff. I never have posted a song that I don’t like…ever.
Yes. not enjoying writing is not a great thing to feel.
Well I’m happy you are going to continue in at least some way for right now.
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I totally get it too. I try to write about songs I like only and even then it feels like a chore from time to time (having to write email responses stating why I don’t want to write about the song they sent me is particularly draining). It shouldn’t feel like a job, specially when you are not getting paid a salary either.
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I don’t even bother to respond any longer to most of the emails sending me music and wanting reviews, as I receive too many to deal with. It does feel like an unpaid job a lot of the time, taking up my time that could be spent on other activities.
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I don’t respond nowadays unless the sender sends me a follow-up. I respond them just to prevent them from pestering me about it. I would ignore them as well but very often the email comes from PR folks who from time to time do send me tracks that I like. But yeah, it does feel like an unpaid job.
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