
Talk in Waves holds onto the top spot for a second week with his exuberant ear worm “Feels Right”, while ROLE MODEL moves up two spots into second place this week with his delightful “Sally, When the Wine Runs Out”. London singer-songwriter Art Block remains at #3 with his darkly beautiful “Love Is A Fire”. The prolific artist has released three more singles since “Love Is A Fire”, and in fact, numerous acts have since dropped newer singles than their songs on this chart, including Healer, almost monday, sombr, Sorry Ghost, Twenty One Pilots, Royel Otis, Unobliterated, Western Jaguar, Caamp and Matt Maeson, and I simply cannot keep up with them all! “Five More Seconds” by English duo Seafret and Scottish singer-songwriter KT Tunstall enters the top 10 at #9.
There are two new debuts again this week, the first of which is “”Wreck” by American singer-songwriter Neko Case, who since the late 1990s has released music both as a solo artist (including with her backing band Her Boyfriends) and as a member and lead singer of Canadian indie rock band The New Pornographers. “Wreck” is the lead single from her forthcoming eighth studio album Neon Grey Midnight Green, to be released on September 26. The second debut, entering at #30, is “Downstairs” by American singer-songwriter and musician Matt Maeson. The song is featured on his third and latest album A Quiet and Harmless Living, which dropped this past Friday, September 12th. Matt’s great single “Hallucinogenics” ranks #5 on my 100 Best Songs of 2020 list.
- FEELS RIGHT – Talk in Waves (1)
- SALLY, WHEN THE WINE RUNS OUT – ROLE MODEL (4)
- LOVE IS A FIRE – Art Block (3)
- NO RAIN, NO FLOWERS – The Black Keys (2)
- LONDON TOWN – Healer (5)
- JUPITER – almost monday ft. Jordana (8)
- UNDRESSED – sombr (9)
- POLYESTER (YES SIR) – Sorry Ghost (10)
- FIVE MORE SECONDS – Seafret & KT Tunstall (11)
- THE CONTRACT – Twenty One Pilots (6)
- MOODY – Royel Otis (7)
- BACKSEAT – Balu Brigada (12)
- ASSHOLE – The Lumineers (14)
- TODAY’S SONG – Foo Fighters (15)
- BETTER DAYS – Yellowcard (16)
- LIGHT YEARS APART – Unobliterated (18)
- UNRAVELLING – Muse (20)
- AFTERLIFE – Alex G (21)
- AS ALIVE AS YOU NEED ME TO BE – Nine Inch Nails (22)
- BACK TO FRIENDS – sombr (17)
- ENSENADA – Sublime (23)
- MY MIND IS A MOUNTAIN – Deftones (24)
- HORNETS – Western Jaguar (25)
- METAL – The Beths (26)
- EVERYDAY MAGIC – My Morning Jacket (27)
- BETTER OFF EVENTUALLY – Bealby Point (13)
- MISTAKES – Caamp (29)
- THE WEATHER – All Time Low (30)
- WRECK – Neko Case (N)
- DOWNSTAIRS – Matt Maeson (N)
Some great tunes here! I have listened to that new Black Keys album more times than I want to admit.
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Thanks, North. “No Rain, No Flowers” is a fine album indeed!
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New Neko Case sounds really good, her songs are often quite succinct.
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I like it too. I’m not very familiar with much of her previous work but will definitely check more of it out.
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She’s in the New Pornographers too, although she doesn’t write songs for them.
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Talk in Waves’ “Feels Right” just is a catchy song with an upbeat vibe, so it’s nice to see it defend the top spot. From your new entries I’m particularly intrigued with Neko Case, a name I had not heard in a while. I really love her 2009 song “People Got a Lotta Nerve.” I’ve earmarked Case’s forthcoming album for my Sep 27 weekly new music review.
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Jake (aka Talk in Waves) has a talent for writing catchy songs for sure. I’m not terribly familiar with Neko Case’s music, but really like “Wreck”, and as I responded to Graham, I need to check out more of her back catalog.
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