Twenty One Pilots maintain a firm grip on the top spot for a third week with their beautiful song “Drag Path”, while Brigitte Calls Me Baby‘s delightfully boisterous “Slumber Party” and Talk in Waves‘ plaintive Americana-tinged “Waiting for Me” move up a notch to #s 2 and 3, respectively. “Riptides” by Death Cab for Cutie moves up three to enter the top 10 at #10, and The Strokes are the biggest upward movers again this week, as “Going Shopping” jumps seven spots to #13.
Four terrific songs enter my chart this week, starting with the infectious “Until The Sun Explodes” by Long Beach, California-based ska punk band Sublime, comprised of founding members Eric Wilson (bass) and Bud Gaugh (drums), as well as vocalist Jakob Newell, son of founding member Bradley Nowell who died in 1996. Their previous single “Ensenada” reached #1 on my chart this past November and has spent nearly eight months and counting at #1 on Billboard‘s Rock/Alternative Airplay chart!
Coming in at #28 is “Self Aware”, the debut single by Israeli alternative rock band Temper City, which consists of musicians Chen Kordova, Aviv Barenholz and Eitan Peled. Released in February, the song quickly went viral on TikTok and has already amassed over 109 million streams on Spotify, and 3.7 million views on YouTube. The track’s style and sound have been compared to acts like Steve Lacy, Hozier, Cage the Elephant and The Neighbourhood, all favorites of mine. I only heard it a few days ago and already love it. I was surprised to learn that it’s the first song by an Israeli band to ever appear on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart.
Next up is “Kill Me Fast” by veteran Canadian rock band Three Days Grace. Formed in the 90s and now based in Toronto, they’re comprised of the original line-up of guitarist and lead vocalist Adam Gontier, drummer and backing vocalist Neil Sanderson and bassist Brad Walst, plus Barry Stock who joined as lead guitarist in 2003, and Walst’s younger brother Matt, who was a longtime songwriter for the band and became lead singer in 2013 when Gontier left Three Days Grace (he rejoined in 2024). The song is from their eighth studio album Alienation, released in August 2025.
The fourth new entry is “In My Room” by American singer-songwriter and record producer Julia Wolf (born Julia Capello). The song was originally released in March 2024 as the lead single from her second studio album Pressure, which dropped in May 2025, but was re-released as the title track of a five-song EP in late March, at which point it finally charted in the U.S. Wolf states the rather dark song is about missing an ex-partner who’s moved on.
- DRAG PATH – Twenty One Pilots (1)
- SLUMBER PARTY – Brigitte Calls Me Baby (3)
- WAITING FOR ME – Talk in Waves (4)
- BEDROOM POSTERS – Yellowcard feat. Good Charlotte (7)
- LOOK OUT FOR ME – Turnstile (6)
- DIFFERENT KIND OF LOVE – Young the Giant (9)
- I REMEMBER WHEN – MISSIO (2)
- YOUR FAVORITE TOY – Foo Fighters (10)
- YOU GOT TO LOSE – The Black Keys (5)
- RIPTIDES – Death Cab for Cutie (13)
- THE GREAT DIVIDE – Noah Kahan (11)
- HEAVY FOOT – Mon Rovîa (12)
- GOING SHOPPING – The Strokes (20)
- BURN FOR YOU RMX – Between Daze (15)
- HEADLIGHTS – In Color (18)
- HOMEWRECKER – sombr (19)
- SITE UNSEEN – Courtney Barnett featuring Waxahatchee (17)
- DOUBLETAKE – Edgehill (8)
- STARLIGHT – Cannons (14)
- FREAKIN’ OUT – Dexter and The Moonrocks (23)
- YOU AND FOREVER – Bleachers (21)
- DYING TO LOVE – Bad Omens (22)
- DROP DEAD – Olivia Rodrigo (25)
- BE WITH YOU – Muse (24)
- TO LOVE SOMEBODY – Holly Humberstone (27)
- HULA GIRL – The Neighbourhood (16) 21st week on chart
- UNTIL THE SUN EXPLODES – Sublime (N)
- SELF AWARE – Temper City (N)
- KILL ME FAST – Three Days Grace (N)
- IN MY ROOM – Julia Wolf (N)
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