There’s so much great music out now that it pains me to have to limit this week’s chart to only 30 songs. The gorgeous duet “Northern Attitude” by Noah Kahan and Hozier holds onto the top spot for a second week, while The Black Keys‘ “Beautiful People (Stay High)” moves up two spots to #2. The biggest upward mover again this week is “Neon Pill” by Cage the Elephant, leaping 10 spots to #4, and entering the top 10 are “The Tower” by Future Islands and “Mother Nature” by MGMT. Another big upward mover this week is the delightful “My Golden Years” by The Lemon Twigs, jumping six spots to #16.
Three stupendous songs make their debut this week. The first, entering at #28, is “I’m in Love” by Jelani Aryeh, a remarkably talented young Filipino/African-American singer and songwriter from San Diego I recently learned about from fellow blogger K.F. Hartless (who has a wonderful blog Yard Sale of Thoughts, in which she pairs her outstanding poetry with specially selected songs). Aryeh’s music is a glorious blend of indie rock, R&B, hip-hop, pop and experimental sounds, and I fell in love with his infectious song the moment I heard it. The second debut, coming in at #29, is the heartwarming “Find My Way” by L.A.-based duo Ships Have Sailed (which I reviewed last month). It’s their sixth song to appear in my Top 30. Finally, we have “Everything We Need” by Southern California duo Mojave Grey, entering at #30. Based in Joshua Tree and consisting of Zander Bleck and Michael Pozzi, they play a captivating and sophisticated style of electronic music they call Desert Minimal Rock, drawing inspiration from such electronic dance acts as RÜFÜS DU SOL and Bob Moses.
- NORTHERN ATTITUDE – Noah Kahan feat. Hozier (1)
- BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE (STAY HIGH) – The Black Keys (4)
- LOSE CONTROL – Teddy Swims (2)
- NEON PILL – Cage the Elephant (14)
- ALL I DIE FOR – SWiiMS (3)
- NOTHING MATTERS – The Last Dinner Party (6)
- BLAME BRETT – The Beaches (9)
- WINTER COWBOY – Frank Joshua (10)
- THE TOWER – Future Islands (11)
- MOTHER NATURE – MGMT (12)
- ALIVE! – Bakar (13)
- MODERN GIRL – Bleachers (7)
- LOVIN ON ME – Jack Harlow (15)
- THE AMERICAN DREAM IS KILLING ME – Green Day (5)
- WHAT NOW – Brittany Howard (8)
- MY GOLDEN YEARS – The Lemon Twigs (22)
- NICE TO KNOW YOU – lovelytheband (18)
- YOUR WORLD NOW – Marc Schuster (19)
- NORMAL PEOPLE THINGS – Lovejoy (20)
- MEANT TO BE – Wilco (21)
- BLUSH – Vazum (25)
- LUNAR ECLIPSE – The Vaccines (26)
- DIAMOND AND THE MISSING SON – Unquiet Nights (27)
- COOL ABOUT IT – boygenius (16)
- MY LOVE MINE ALL MINE – Mitski (17)
- BICYCLE AWAY – Sam Rappaport (29)
- KOOL AID BLUE – The Sylvia Platters (30)
- I’M IN LOVE – Jelani Aryeh (N)
- FIND MY WAY – Ships Have Sailed (N)
- EVERYTHING WE NEED – Mojave Grey (N)
ECLECTIC MUSIC LOVER 
A bit of movement going on there, nice to see Wilco creeping up there slowly…age catches up to us all I guess, I know they are likely 10 years younger than me. Anyway other than actually knowing who they were, I typically don’t know the artists. Thanks to your list I pay attention to some of these names I would not have otherwise. Like Boy Genius, who knew, no boys!
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Always happy to broaden your musical horizons, Randy.
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You’re right, there’s so much new music coming out, it’s impossible to keep track, even when you take a fresh look at it every week. I have a “catching up” post scheduled for tomorrow, which captures a few songs I “missed” during just the first two weeks of this month.
I also continue to be amazed how you, Graham from Aphoristic Album Reviews and I keep looking week after week for new music and rarely overlap at all in what each of us finds. Of course, it reflects our individual tastes but it’s also a good indication of the sheer volume of new music coming out. Music remains vibrant and that’s what I think matters the most!
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Very true!
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