Some of you who read my blog or this post may wonder what my weekly Top 30 lists represent or how they’re compiled. They’re essentially lists of my favorite songs for a given week, my own personal Top 30 that I would focus on were I the program manager of my own radio station.

There’s so much great music out now that I could have included 40 songs on this week’s Top 30. And all the songs in this week’s top six could easily be #1 (two of them already have). The sultry “High in Low Places” by Beach Weather remains on top for a second week, while Pearl Jam‘s gorgeous song “Wreckage” moves up a notch to #2. I love Glass Animals‘ “Creatures in Heaven”, AWOLNATION‘s “Panoramic View” and Fontaines D.C.’s “Starburster” so much, as well as “The Craving”, which reinforces yet again why twenty one pilots continue to be one of my favorite music acts of all time.

Entering the top 10 this week are “On the Game” by The Black Keys and “A Foretold Ecstasy” by Norwegian psych-noir band Mayflower Madame. The one debut is “Waking Life” by Nicholas a. Milillo featuring Dee Wolf, Bobby Jasso, Gabrielle Marella and the voice of Tony Milillo. I reviewed the dramatic song when it came out four weeks ago. 

1. HIGH IN LOW PLACES – Beach Weather (1)
2. WRECKAGE – Pearl Jam (3)
3. CREATURES IN HEAVEN – Glass Animals (2)
4. PANORAMIC VIEW – AWOLNATION (5)
5. STARBURSTER – Fontaines D.C. (6)
6. THE CRAVING – twenty one pilots (10)
7. END OF BEGINNING – Djo (7)
8. TOO SWEET – Hozier (4)
9. ON THE GAME – The Black Keys (12)
10. A FORETOLD ECSTASY – Mayflower Madame (14)
11. BURIAL GROUND – The Decemberists & James Mercer (8)
12. MURDER ON THE DANCEFLOOR – Royel Otis (9)
13. LUNCH – Billie Eilish (17)
14. THE BREAK – Blame My Youth (15)
15. TOO MUCH – girl in red (16)
16. FOR US ALL – Asgard Raven (11)
17. I HAD SOME HELP – Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen (19)
18. LIKE YOU DO – The Frontier (20)
19. GOLD – Caitlin Lavagna (13)
20. VICES – 5ilas & Shimmer Johnson (22)
21. LOST IN SPACE – Foster the People (23)
22. RUN YOUR MOUTH – The Marías (24)
23. WHAT IF I FEEL LIKE THIS MY WHOLE LIFE? – HULLAH (25)
24. PAYBACK – Aaron Frazer (26)
25. ESPRESSO – Sabrina Carpenter (27)
26. SCARED TO START – Michael Marcagi (18)
27. RAINBOW – Cage the Elephant (29)
28. JUST WANNA SLEEP – Halfloves (30)
29. I’VE GOT LOVING FOR YOU – Bottlecap Mountain (21)
30. WAKING LIFE – Nicholas a. Milillo feat. Dee Wolf, Bobby Jasso, Gabrielle Marella and the voice of Tony Milillo (N)