twenty one pilots hold on to the top spot for a second week with their heartwarming love song “The Craving”, while Fontaines D.C., AWOLNATION and Beach Weather remain at #2, 3 & 4 for a second week with “Starburster”, “Panoramic View” and “High In Low Places”, respectively. Northern Virginia singer-songwriter The Frontier‘s uplifting song of tribute “Like You Do” moves up a notch to #5, and the melancholy and introspective “What if i feel like this my whole life?” by English singer-songwriter HULLAH enters the top 10 at #9. He just released another new single “Roads” this past Friday, August 30th. The biggest upward mover this week is “Messy” by English singer-songwriter Lola Young, advancing nine spots to #12.

Debuting this week are three great songs by innovative and rather unorthodox artists, the first of which is “That’s How I’m Feeling” by Detroit-born and now Nashville-based singer-songwriter and guitarist extraordinaire Jack White. The song is from his sixth studio album No Name, which dropped August 2nd. White gained more of my respect a few days ago when he posted this scathing rant against the despicable Donald Trump after a woman named Margo Martin played “Seven Nation Army” at one of his campaign rallies: “Oh….Don’t even think about using my music you fascists. Law suit coming from my lawyers about this (to add to your 5 thousand others.) Have a great day at work today Margo Martin. And as long as I’m here, a double fuck you DonOLD for insulting our nation’s veterans at Arlington you scum. You should lose every military family’s vote immediately from that if ANYTHING makes sense anymore.” His words pretty closely mirror my feelings for the odious mutherfucker.

The second debut is the delightfully catchy “Death Valley High” by enigmatic gay alt-country singer-songwriter Orville Peck (born Daniel Pitout in Johannesburg, South Africa, and known for always wearing a mask so as not to show his face publicly) and legendary singer-songwriter Beck. Co-written with Beck, the song is from Peck’s third studio album Stampede, also released on August 2nd. The album features 16 tracks, all of which are duets with other artists. Beck’s influence is immediately apparent, as the song features a riff that’s similar to the recent Black Keys #1 hit song “Beautiful People (Stay High)”, which he also co-wrote and produced.

The third debut, entering at #30, is “Big Cat Tattoos” by Scottish singer-songwriter Hamish Hawk, whose music has been described as sophisti-pop, post-punk and art rock. His rich baritone voice has been compared to those of Scott Walker, Neil Hannon and Morrissey. Released in late April, the song is from his third solo studio album A Firmer Hand, which dropped August 16th. The critically acclaimed album features 12 tracks touching on Hawk’s relationships with the men in his life including friends, lovers, family members and colleagues, and exploring themes of sex, lust, rejection, masculinity, shame and sexual repression.

1. THE CRAVING – twenty one pilots (1)
2. STARBURSTER – Fontaines D.C. (2)
3. PANORAMIC VIEW – AWOLNATION (3)
4. HIGH IN LOW PLACES – Beach Weather (4)
5. LIKE YOU DO – The Frontier (6)
6. LOST IN SPACE – Foster the People (7)
7. OH NO! – The Decemberists (8)
8. ESPRESSO – Sabrina Carpenter (10)
9. WHAT IF I FEEL LIKE THIS MY WHOLE LIFE? – HULLAH (11)
10. A FORETOLD ECSTASY – Mayflower Madame (5)
11. RAINBOW – Cage the Elephant (15)
12. MESSY – Lola Young (21)
13. WAKING LIFE – Nicholas a. Milillo feat. Dee Wolf, Bobby Jasso, Gabrielle Marella and the voice of Tony Milillo (18)
14. LUNCH – Billie Eilish (9)
15. STARGAZING – Myles Smith (19)
16. RUN YOUR MOUTH – The Marías (13)
17. I HAD SOME HELP – Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen (12)
18. YOU JUST PLAYED MY MIND – Oli Barton (20)
19. BIRDS OF A FEATHER – Billie Eilish (24)
20. GOOD LUCK, BABE! – Chappell Roan (25)
21. WAR – Healer (22)
22. HONEY – Mr Bewlay (23)
23. WRECKAGE – Pearl Jam (14)
24. PAYBACK – Aaron Frazer (17)
25. END OF BEGINNING – Djo (16)
26. INTO GOLD – London Grammar (29)
27. PERMANENT RECORD – GG Fearn (30)
28. THAT’S HOW I’M FEELING – Jack White (N)
29. DEATH VALLEY HIGH – Orville Peck & Beck (N)
30. BIG CAT TATTOOS – Hamish Hawk (N)