Well, Green Day return to the top spot this week with “The American Dream Is Killing Me”, making it their fourth non-consecutive week at #1. It was the lead single to their critically-acclaimed 14th studio album Saviors, which dropped January 19th. Georgia genre-bending singer-songwriter Teddy Swims, whose sound has been described by Aaron Williams of webzine UPROXX as “Post Malone singing Lenny Williams or Jelly Roll doing Teddy Pendergrass”, moves into second place with his blistering torch song “Lose Control”. The song is from his debut album I’ve Tried Everything but Therapy (Part 1). The captivating “All I Die For” by Canadian indie rock band SWiiMS, which I love more each time I hear it, moves up two spots to #5, while Bleachers‘ “Modern Girl” and The Last Dinner Party‘s “Nothing Matters” also advance two spots to #6 and #8, respectively. Noah Kahan and Hozier enter the top 10 with their rousing “Northern Attitude”, which is now in its third non-consecutive week at #1 on the Billboard AAA chart.

Five excellent new songs make their debut this week. The first and highest debuting is “Beautiful People (Stay High)” by one of my long-time favorite bands The Black Keys, entering at #22. The song is the lead single from their forthcoming 12th studio album Ohio Players. Entering at #27 is “Meant To Be” by Chicago alt-rock band Wilco, the lovely second single from their 13th album Cousin. Coming in at #28 is the delightful “My Golden Years” by indie rock duo The Lemon Twigs. Based in Long Island, the band is comprised of the hyper-talented and charismatic brothers Brian and Michael D’Addario, who began making music in their teens. I love those jangly guitars and beautiful vocal harmonies.

Next up is “Blush” by Detroit-based deathgaze act Vazum, the music project of Zach Pliska and Emily Sturm, entering at #29. The marvelous song is reminiscent of great 80s darkwave and goth rock songs by such bands as Siouxsie and the Banshees and The Cure. Last but certainly not least is “Lunar Eclipse” by English indie rock band The Vaccines. Though they’ve been around since 2010, I only recently learned about them from fellow blogger Christian’s Music Musings when he featured one of their songs in a post. “Lunar Eclipse” is one of many great songs from their outstanding sixth studio album Pick-Up Full of Pink Carnations, which dropped January 12th.

1. THE AMERICAN DREAM IS KILLING ME – Green Day (2)
2. LOSE CONTROL – Teddy Swims (3)
3. WHAT NOW – Brittany Howard (1)
4. COOL ABOUT IT – boygenius (4)
5. ALL I DIE FOR – SWiiMS (7)
6. MODERN GIRL – Bleachers (8)
7. MY LOVE MINE ALL MINE – Mitski (5)
8. NOTHING MATTERS – The Last Dinner Party (10)
9. NORTHERN ATTITUDE – Noah Kahan feat. Hozier (14)
10. ATTRACTION – Wild Horse (6)
11. HOW DID YOU GET HERE? – Antony Szmierek (12)
12. BLAME BRETT – The Beaches (13)
13. WINTER COWBOY – Frank Joshua (16)
14. PRETTY VICIOUS – The Struts (15)
15. THE TOWER – Future Islands (17)
16. ALIVE! - Bakar (18)
17. MOTHER NATURE – MGMT (20)
18. RUN AWAY WITH ME – Cold War Kids (9)
19. LOVIN ON ME – Jack Harlow (21)
20. HOUDINI – Dua Lipa (19)
21. DARLING – Western Jaguar (11) 20th week on chart
22. BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE (STAY HIGH) – The Black Keys (N)
23. NICE TO KNOW YOU – lovelytheband (28)
24. YOUR WORLD NOW – Marc Schuster (29)
25. NORMAL PEOPLE THINGS – Lovejoy (30)
26. NOW AND THEN – The Beatles (22)
27. MEANT TO BE – Wilco (N)
28. MY GOLDEN YEARS – The Lemon Twigs (N)
29. BLUSH – Vazum (N)
30. LUNAR ECLIPSE – The Vaccines (N)