With their expansive and eclectic sound, alternative indie rock band My Morning Jacket have been making innovative music for more than a quarter century. Formed in Louisville, Kentucky in 1998, the band currently consists of founding members Jim James (lead vocals, rhythm guitar) and Tom Blankenship (bass), as well as Patrick Hallahan (drums & percussion), Bo Koster (keyboards, percussion & backing vocals), and Carl Broemel (lead guitar, pedal steel, saxophone & backing vocals). The introspective and lovely “Time Waited” takes over the #1 spot on my latest Top 30 chart. The song is from their latest and 10th album is, released on March 25th. It’s their second song to reach #1 on my chart, their previous being the gorgeous “Feel You”, which also ranks #6 on my list of 100 Best Songs of 2020.

About the song, James told Stereogum: “I made a loop of that piano intro and listened as I went for a walk, and all these melodies started coming to me. For a long time, I didn’t have lyrics, but then I had a dream where I was in a café and a song was playing, and the lyrics to that song became the lyrics to ‘Time Waited’ — the melodies just fit perfectly. And the lyrics are about how flexible time is, how we can bend and warp time, especially if we are following our hearts, the universe and time itself can flow to work with us.” In addition to that beautiful piano, I also love the marvelous guitar work.

In other chart news of note, The Black Keys advance two spots to #3 with “The Night Before”, and English singer-songwriter Frank Joshua climbs three spots to #4 with “Walls”. Two songs enter the top 10: “The Turnaround” by Philadelphia power pop trio DelCobras, and “It’s Amazing To Be Young” by Irish alt-rock band Fontaines D.C., whose song “Starburster” was my favorite song of 2024.

Two songs make their debut, the first of which is “Ritalin” by Texas rock band Dexter and The Moonrocks, who’s previous single “Sad in Carolina” went to # in late December-early January. The second new entry is “catch these fists” by English indie rock duo Wet Leg, comprised of Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers. With a winning combination of infectious melodies, ascerbic lyrics, and their quirky deadpan vocal style, they burst onto the music scene in 2021 with their critically acclaimed eponymous album Wet Leg, which spawned two hits, “Chaise Longue” and “Wet Dream”. “catch these fists” is the lead single from their forthcoming second album Moisturizer, to be released in July.

1. TIME WAITED – My Morning Jacket (2)
2. METAVERSE – Cage the Elephant (1)
3. THE NIGHT BEFORE – The Black Keys (5)
4. WALLS – Frank Joshua (7)
5. TAKE THIS HEART – Brian Lambert (3)
6. RUSHMERE – Mumford & Sons (4)
7. BAD LARRY – Cloakroom (9)
8. MORTAL WOUND – The Veils (10)
9. THE TURNAROUND – DelCobras (11)
10. IT’S AMAZING TO BE YOUNG – Fontaines D.C. (12)
11. STRAIGHT TO THE GROUND – Unquiet Nights (8)
12. LAREDO – Leon Bridges (14)
13. IMPOSTER SYNDROME – Fake Empire (6)
14. SNAKESKIN – NAVE (15)
15. POOR SAD INDIE EVERYTHING – Icarus Phoenix (16)
16. ANKLES – Lucy Dacus (17)
17. LUTHER – Kendrick Lamar & SZA (13)
18. ARCHBISHOP HAROLD HOLMES – Jack White (20)
19. BARBARIAN – AWOLNATION (21)
20. PORCELAIN (LOSING ALL MY PATIENCE) – Somebody’s Child (23)
21. LET THINGS GO – Caamp (24)
22. BASIC BEING BASIC – Djo (22)
23. THREE SIX FIVE – Shinedown (26)
24. EVERYTHING IS PEACEFUL LOVE – Bon Iver (27)
25. SO LONG – Wavves (28)
26. NOTHING I NEED – Lord Huron (30)
27. PEOPLE WATCHING – Sam Fender (18) 19th week on chart
28. SAME OLD SONG – The Lumineers (19)
29. RITALIN – Dexter and The Moonrocks (N)
30. CATCH THESE FISTS – Wet Leg (N)