Let’s get right to the music this week. At the top for the sixth week is Pink’s “Blow Me (One Last Kiss)”. The pop-rocker now has the second most weeks at #1 in the just-over two year history of the SNS 100. It is actually gaining more momentum elsewhere. It’s also number one on the Adult Top 40 chart, and finally makes a big leap from #11 to #6 on the Billboard Hot 100. Pink performed the song this week on the new season of the Ellen DeGeneres show. Pink is a very versatile artist, but unfortunately she’s been pigeonholed for a long time in the pop category to make any rock inroads, but I could see this on alternative formats. If Ellie Goulding’s “Lights” could do a reverse crossover, then so certainly can Pink.
Elsewhere the big mover in the top echelon continues to be “Elizabeth’s Theme” by Dirty Beaches. Despite the calming nature of the song, it gives me a feeling of isolation, yet content. To me, it’s a real chill song. I posted the song on my wall for 9/11, of which the eleventh anniversary came this week. True, it’s not patriotic, but I invited friends to just listen to the song and to reflect on those loved ones who died that tragic day. I am thinking about doing a video for this in the near future, perhaps when I take a "chill day" at the beach. It’ll be an undertaking, as I’ve never constructed one before. It remains to be seen whether I can pull it off, but if I do, you’ll be the first to know.
Mumford & Sons is the big mover into the Top 20, but The Killers and The Features also enter the exclusive territory. Knocking on the door is “Default” by Django Django, the British psychedelic quartet. Brian Sniatkowski, who originally posted this song on my Music Page, just recently posted another song by them, “Hail Bop”. This band has a catchy, bouncy sound that just grabs hold of you. Good to know there’s another song in the pipeline from them.
Speaking of the Sniatkowski’s, it was Brian’s brother Mark who recommended the Satelliters “Lost In Time”, as I pointed out last week, the song has that classic garage sound, and it races from 55 to 25.
Let’s get down to the debuts, and there are two pretty strong ones, follow-ups to two of my favorites for the year. Leading the pack is the second single by Grace Potter and the Nocturnals from their current effort The Lion , the Beast, the Beat, called “Stars“. Much slower than what we‘ve come to expect from the Vermonters, Potter, who recently duetted with country star Kenny Chesney, had put a little country element into this one, but the rock guitars still come through. Should be another winner. By the way, this is the weekend that the band will host its annual music festival, Grand Point North up near Burlington (which is a bummer, since we’ll be up there in a couple of weeks; a little too late). Artists on the bill that are familiar to SNS fans include The Avett Brothers, Dr. Dog, and the Sam Roberts Band. Many others appear on the two day festival that started Friday the 14th and continues on Saturday.
Though it might be eclipsed by Pink’s latest in a couple of weeks, Those Darlins’ whose “Screws Get Loose” had a seven week run at #1 SNS and met favorable with my Facebook friends, is back with a new single, “Mystic Mind”, also from their Screws Get Loose album. This one has sort of a “Spirit in the Sky” beat to it. It rocks back and forth, the vocals a bit understated than the last song, but still one worthy of several listens. The trio just completed a tour with the Old 97’s..
Churchill is our last spotlighted debut this week, as “Change” enters at #77. The band hails from Boulder, Colorado, and has what sounds like a female lead singer. Definitely a poppish-rock sound and it infectious that after a few listens this will definitely get into your head. Check it out!
SCENES ‘N’ SOUNDWAVES 100 For Week of September 10, 2012:
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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1
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P!NK
"Blow Me (One Last Kiss)"
Album: The Truth About Love
(6 Weeks at #1)
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10
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2
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2
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Foxygen - Make It Known
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8
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3
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3
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Dignan Porch - Picking Up Dust
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9
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4
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4
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The Heavy - What Makes A Good Man
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12
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5
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8
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Dirty Beaches - Elizabeth's Theme
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5
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6
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5
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The Avett Brothers - Live and Die
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9
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7
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6
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Rebecca Ferguson - Nothing's Real But Love
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6
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8
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7
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Two Door Cinema Club - Sleep Alone
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8
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9
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10
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Matchbox Twenty - She's So Mean
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13
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10
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9
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The Raveonettes - Observations
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11
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11
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11
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The Black Keys - Little Black Submarine
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13
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12
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22
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TOP 20 IMPACT OF THE WEEK: 
MUMFORD & SONS
"I Will Wait"
Album: Babel
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5
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13
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13
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Ty Segall Band - I Brought My Eyes
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15
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14
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15
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Basement Batman - On A Streak
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7
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15
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16
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Grouplove - Itchin' On A Photograph
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6
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16
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19
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Grassfight - Look Homeward Heathen
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10
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17
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18
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Green Day - Oh Love
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8
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18
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12
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Phillip Phillips - Home
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16
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19
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21
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The Killers - Runaways
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9
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20
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23
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The Features - Another One
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10
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21
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40
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Django Django - Default
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4
|
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22
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27
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Snow Patrol - In the End
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7
|
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23
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17
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Beach House - Lazuli
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14
|
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24
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14
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Kelly Clarkson - Dark Side
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15
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25
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55
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The Satellites - Lost in Time
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2
|
|
26
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43
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Tristan Prettymen - My Oh My
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5
|
|
27
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25
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Fun. - Some Nights
|
24
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|
28
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20
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Best Coast - The Only Place
|
17
|
|
29
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28
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Of Monsters and Men - Mountain Sound
|
13
|
|
30
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31
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The Mungers - B School
|
10
|
|
31
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46
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Yeasayer - Henrietta
|
4
|
|
32
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26
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The Royal Concept - Gimme Twice
|
12
|
|
33
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29
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Emeli Sande - Next To Me
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12
|
|
34
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45
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Youngblood Hawke - We Come Running
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5
|
|
35
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24
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Trails and Ways - Nunca
|
16
|
|
36
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36
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Chromatics - Into the Black
|
7
|
|
37
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32
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Weeks - The House We Grew Up In
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11
|
|
38
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51
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Mayer Hawthorne - No Strings
|
5
|
|
39
|
38
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Joanna Burns - Simply Speak
|
7
|
|
40
|
44
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The Lumineers - Ho Hey
|
11
|
|
41
|
59
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Hedley -Kiss You Inside Out
|
3
|
|
42
|
50
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Maroon 5 - One More Night
|
7
|
|
43
|
53
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The Shins - It's Only Life
|
4
|
|
44
|
33
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M83 - Reunion
|
17
|
|
45
|
77
|
MOVER OF THE WEEK:
KOPECHY FAMILY BAND
"Heartbeat"
(Single Only)
|
2
|
|
46
|
54
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Taylor Swift - We Are Never Getting Back Together
|
4
|
|
47
|
34
|
Meiko - Leave the Lights On
|
11
|
|
48
|
30
|
No Doubt - Settle Down
|
8
|
|
49
|
35
|
Those Darlins - Screws Get Loose
|
27
|
|
50
|
64
|
Jack White - Freedom at 21
|
4
|
|
51
|
41
|
Oberhofer - Away From You
|
21
|
|
52
|
37
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A Place to Bury Strangers - You Are the One
|
9
|
|
53
|
42
|
Grace Potter & the Nocturnals - Never Go Back
|
22
|
|
54
|
39
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Mayer Hawthorne - Henny and Gingerale
|
18
|
|
55
|
71
|
Coldplay - Hurts Like Heaven0
|
4
|
|
56
|
76
|
Linkin Park - Lost In the Echo
|
3
|
|
57
|
72
|
Alex Clare - Too Close
|
16
|
|
58
|
56
|
Daniel Powter - Cupid
|
9
|
|
59
|
70
|
Sean Rowe - Horses
|
5
|
|
60
|
47
|
Linkin Park - Burn It Down
|
20
|
|
61
|
61
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Aerosmith - Legendary Child
|
7
|
|
62
|
48
|
The Shins- The Rifle's Spiral
|
23
|
|
63
|
66
|
Bloc Party - Octopus
|
7
|
|
64
|
57
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Metric - Youth Without Youth
|
20
|
|
65
|
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TOP DEBUT:
GRACE POTTER & THE NOCTURNALS
"Stars"
Album: The Lion The Beast The Beat
|
1
|
|
66
|
49
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The Kooks - Is It Me
|
16
|
|
67
|
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Those Darlins - Mystic Mind
|
1
|
|
68
|
60
|
Maroon 5 - Come Away To the Water
|
25
|
|
69
|
63
|
The Wombats - Jump Into the Fog
|
27
|
|
70
|
58
|
Gotye f. Kimbra - Somebody That I Used to Know
|
34
|
|
71
|
52
|
Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros - That's What's Up
|
20
|
|
72
|
62
|
Wolf Gang - The King and All His Men
|
15
|
|
73
|
79
|
Dirty Heads - Dance All Night
|
3
|
|
74
|
65
|
Dr. Dog - Lonesome
|
13
|
|
75
|
68
|
Public Image Ltd - One Drop
|
12
|
|
76
|
92
|
Neon Trees - Everybody Talks
|
9
|
|
77
|
73
|
The Gaslight Anthem - 45
|
16
|
|
78
|
82
|
Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe
|
15
|
|
79
|
----
|
Churchill - Change
|
1
|
|
80
|
67
|
Gotye - Eyes Wide Open
|
21
|
|
81
|
81
|
Ellie Goulding - Lights
|
34
|
|
82
|
94
|
Walk the Moon - Tightrope
|
2
|
|
83
|
83
|
Electric Guest - This Head I Hold
|
28
|
|
84
|
75
|
Ty Segall & White Fence - I Am Not A Game
|
25
|
|
85
|
85
|
Dave Matthews Band - Mercy
|
10
|
|
86
|
----
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Helvetia - Nothing in Rambling
|
1
|
|
87
|
69
|
Rome - Dedication
|
11
|
|
88
|
----
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Imagine Dragons - Radioactive
|
1
|
|
89
|
96
|
Allen Stone - Sleep
|
2
|
|
90
|
98
|
The Script f. will.i.am - Hall of Fame
|
2
|
|
91
|
----
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The Soft Moon - Insides
|
1
|
|
92
|
78
|
Train - 50 Ways to Say Goodbye
|
14
|
|
93
|
80
|
Graffiti6 - Stare Into the Sun
|
18
|
|
94
|
95
|
Dispatch - Circles Around the Sun
|
3
|
|
95
|
----
|
Little Big Town - Pontoon
|
1
|
|
96
|
86
|
Lady Antebellum - Dancing Away With My Heart
|
25
|
|
97
|
93
|
Keane - Sovereign Light Cafe
|
4
|
|
98
|
88
|
Florence + the Machine - No Light, No Light
|
35
|
|
99
|
----
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Deadmau 5 f. Gerard Way - Professional Griefers
|
1
|
|
100
|
RE
ENTRY
|
The XX - Angels
|
4
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