WE'RE A CANADIAN BAND: Metric scores its first SNS #1 as "Youth Without Youth" jumps into the top spot this week. The Canadian outfit led by Emily Haynes, formed in Toronto, in 1998, has been one of my favorites over the past several years. They have released five studio albums, but the first one to attract my attention was 2009's Fantasies. In fact, one of the tracks, "Help I'm Alive" was my #1 song of that year in my year-end list. Another great song of theirs hailed from the Twilight: Eclipse soundtrack (the second film in the popular series). "Eclipse (I'm Yours)", reached #2 (kept out by The Black Keys' "Tighten Up"), and itself landed at #6 on my 2010 year end list.
"Youth...." hails from their just-released fifth set, Synthetica, and Haynes herself handles the synthesizer as well as keyboards and of course, the lead vocals. The sound is pure millenium indie-rock, and the single has such a bouncy beat. It grow on you with every listen. There's a good chance that the band will have a year-end top 10 song for the third time in four years, in 2010. On September 23rd, they'll be playing Radio City Music Hall in New York City, which I think is a cool venue to see them.
Elsewhere in the upper echelon, we have The Decemberists finally cracking the Top 10 with "One Engine". As I speculated a few weeks ago, it joins Maroon 5's "Come Away To The Water" as two songs from the soundtrack of the hit movie The Hunger Games. I'm not sure why this Portland band isn't getting airplay with this song, but that's OK.
The biggest entry into the Top 20 belongs to Passion Pit, with "Take A Walk". The band is from Cambridge, Massachusetts, and the song is from their second album Gossamer. They did make some noise their first time out with their debut Manners (#51 on Billboard's Album Chart). A single from that album "The Reeling", landed at #21 on my year end Top 100 for 2009. This Saturday, they'll be playing in Randall Island, a show that might be worth catching.
The top debut this week is the third track from The Black Keys' latest album El Camino. This one is called "Little Black Submarine". A slower, more acoustic number starting off, then starts cranking up midway--as opposed to the bouncy "Gold On the Ceiling" or the frantic "Lonely Boy", it eeriely reminds me a little of "Stairway To Heaven", which just becomes another indication of this duo's versatality.
Of Monsters and Men is next with "Mountain Sound", the follow-up to "Little Talks", the Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zero's "Home" soundalike which just fell off after a nice 25-week run on SNS. This is actually just an album cut (the new single will be "Dirty Paws") from their current (and debut) album My Head Is An Animal. It too, has that kind of upbeat sound, if not otherwise similar to the prior song. You still can't help but compare it to the Sharpe song, however.
DELAYED REACTION: A couple of the hits on my past SNS charts are still developing into hits elsewhere. The number 1 Alternative song this week is Grouplove's "Tongue Tied", knocking out the Black Keys two week run with "Gold on the Ceiling". "Tongue Tied", also at #64 on the Hot 100 and slowing moving up, reached my top 10 in late February. The song is falling slowly in its 27th week on SNS, and if the song catches on a la fun. or Gotye, we could see it quite a while longer (I'm still not really tired of it).
But probably the biggest lag between an SNS hit and a national hit could be Ellie Goulding's "Lights". It has been creeping towards the top 10 on the Hot 100, #12 this week, and re-enters the Adult Top 40 list at #21. "Lights" was my #1 song back in December. It fell off my chart in March after a 24-week run, but if it cracks the national top 10, I may re-add the song.
SCENES 'N' SOUNDWAVES 100 for Week of June 18, 2012:
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This Week
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Last Week
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ARTIST-Title
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Weeks on List
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1
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3
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METRIC
"Youth Without Youth"
Album: Synthetica
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8
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2
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4
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Maroon 5 - Come Away To the Water
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13
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3
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2
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The Shins- The Rifle's Spiral
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11
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4
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5
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Those Darlins - Screws Get Loose
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15
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5
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1
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Ty Segall & White Fence - I Am Not A Game
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13
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6
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8
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Grace Potter & the Nocturnals - Never Go Back
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10
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7
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11
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The Decemberists - One Engine
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11
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8
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6
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Electric Guest - This Head I Hold
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16
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9
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9
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Gotye f. Kimbra - Somebody That I Used to Know
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22
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10
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7
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Garbage - Blood For Poppies
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13
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11
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12
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Toby Keith - Red Solo Cup
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13
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12
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10
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Lady Antebellum - Dancing Away With My Heart
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13
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13
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17
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Mayer Hawthorne - Henny and Gingerale
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6
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14
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18
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The Wombats - Jump Into the Fog
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15
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15
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14
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Jack White - Sixteen Saltines
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11
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16
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20
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Linkin Park - Burn It Down
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8
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17
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32
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TOP 20 IMPACT OF THE WEEK: 
PASSION PIT
"Take A Walk"
Album: Gossamer
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5
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18
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19
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Town Hall - Good Boy
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12
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19
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21
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Florence + the Machine - No Light, No Light
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23
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20
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16
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Beach House - Myth
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14
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21
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15
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Silversun Pickups - Bloody Mary
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12
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22
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23
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Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros - That's What's Up
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8
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23
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22
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Marriages - Ride In My Place
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12
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24
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36
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The Kooks - Is It Me
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4
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25
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13
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Dante vs Zombies - Natural Disaster
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14
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26
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27
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Eve6 - Victoria
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14
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27
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25
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Florence + the Machine - Breath of Life
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6
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28
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29
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Oberhofer - Away From You
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9
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29
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28
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The Hives - Go Right Ahead
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12
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30
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26
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The Black Keys - Gold On the Ceiling
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21
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31
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30
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The Offspring - Days Go By
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6
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32
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37
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Best Coast - The Only Place
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5
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33
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24
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Fitz and the Tantrums - L.O.V.
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15
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34
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35
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Snow Patrol - This Isn't Everything You Are
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9
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35
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31
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Dirty Heads - Spread Too Thin
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14
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36
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48
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Trails and Ways - Nunca
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4
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37
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49
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Kelly Clarkson - Dark Side
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3
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38
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42
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Graffiti6 - Stare Into the Sun
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6
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39
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33
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Fun. f. Janelle Monae - We Are Young
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29
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40
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39
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Lost n the Trees - Golden Eyelids
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11
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41
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51
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M83 - Reunion
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5
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42
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52
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Wolf Gang - The King and All His Men
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3
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43
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40
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Grouplove - Tongue Tied
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27
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|
44
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34
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Miike Snow - Paddling Out
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13
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45
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44
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Zach Heckendorf - All the Right Places
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10
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46
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38
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The Rapture - How Deep is Your Love
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23
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|
47
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45
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Maroon 5- Payphone
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6
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48
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46
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Chromatics - Kill For Love
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8
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49
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53
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Fun. - Some Nights
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12
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|
50
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54
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Alabama Shakes - Hold On
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14
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51
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59
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Phillip Phillips - Home
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4
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52
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41
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Train - Drive By
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23
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53
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47
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Smash Palace - Living It Lonely
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8
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54
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43
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E'lissa Jones - Best I Ever Had
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16
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55
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50
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The Fray - Run For Your Life
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9
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56
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74
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MOVER OF THE WEEK:
THE BEACH BOYS
"That's Why God Made the Radio"
Album: That's Why God Made the Radio
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2
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57
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56
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Foo Fighters - Bridge Burning
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9
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58
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58
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Gotye - Eyes Wide Open
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9
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|
59
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68
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Ty Segall - I Brought My Eyes
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3
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|
60
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64
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The Gaslight Anthem - 45
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4
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|
61
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78
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Train - 50 Ways to Say Goodbye
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2
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|
62
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62
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Alex Clare - Too Close
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6
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|
63
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66
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Reptor - Sebastian
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4
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|
64
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82
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Beach House - Lazuli
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2
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65
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65
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Florence + the Machine - Never Let Me Go
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15
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66
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TOP DEBUT:
THE BLACK KEYS
"Little Black Submarines"
Album: El Camino
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1
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67
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57
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Rachel Allyn- Ain't No Fun
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27
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68
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55
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Gary Clark Jr - Bright Lights
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21
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|
69
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71
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Frank Turner - I Still Believe
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3
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|
70
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75
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Katy Perry - Wide Awake
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3
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|
71
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Of Monsters and Men - Mountain Sound
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1
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|
72
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88
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Eric Hutchinson - Watching You Watch Him
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2
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73
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87
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The Phenomenal Handclap Band - Radio Girls
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3
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74
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60
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Young the Giant - Apartment
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18
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75
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80
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The Walkmen - Heaven
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3
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|
76
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67
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Caveman - Old Friend
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21
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|
77
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94
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The Tallest Man on Earth - 1904
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2
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|
78
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70
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Veronica Falls - Bad Feeling
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22
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|
79
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61
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Allo Darlin - Capricornia
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5
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|
80
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73
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Atlas Genius - Trojans
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4
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81
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83
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Blind Pilot - Half Moon
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4
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|
82
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69
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Wild Nothing - Nowhere
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21
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|
83
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96
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Awolnation - Kill Your Heroes
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2
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|
84
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72
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Haley Reinhart - Free
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13
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85
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81
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Colbie Caillat - Brighter Than the Sun
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14
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86
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86
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White Violet - Lays Around Lazy
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3
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|
87
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Gossip - Move in the Right Direction
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1
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|
88
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63
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Norah Jones - Happy Pills
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15
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|
89
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77
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Morning Parade - Headlights
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8
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|
90
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91
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Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe
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3
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|
91
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92
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J.D. McPherson - North Side Gal
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3
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|
92
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98
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Theory of A Deadman - Hurricane
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2
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|
93
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Junior Doctor - Oh Oh
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1
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94
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89
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Mayer Hawthorne - The Walk
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36
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|
95
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Dr. Dog - Lonesome
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1
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|
96
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79
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Colbie Caillat - Favorite Song
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13
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97
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----
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Dead Sara - Weatherman
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1
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98
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Matchbox Twenty - She's So Mean
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1
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|
99
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76
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Pageants - Edible Rust
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23
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100
|
90
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NeedtoBreathe - Keep Your Eyes Open
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5
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