There are so many summer songs out there, but really none (or at least, popular) for the autumn season. Some late-blooming tunes, like "Beach Baby" and "Summer Breeze" became hits this time of year, but, aside from Roger Williams' 1957 instrumental "Autumn Leaves", can you think of any? I certainly can't.
But, having said that, I think those songs that were hits this time of year are very memorable; watching football games (first high school, then of course the pros), going to school, then college, some of my best times were this time of year. There, of course, some years that stand out more than others. In my case, it was 1968. I really can't explain why that year; nothing overtly happened to me then, other than I entered a new school in seventh grade.
"Hey Jude" was probably the best soundtrack to that season; it seemed to be #1 during that whole period. It was then #2, and 3 until almost Christmas. Add "Those Were the Days", "Midnight Confessions", "Magic Carpet Ride", "My Special Angel", "Little Green Apples", "Gotta Get A Message To You", "Time Has Come Today", and even the flip-side of "Hey Jude", "Revolution". That fall, in addition to going to Junior High School, I bowled in a league on Saturday morning, went to my Church youth group (and I remember going on a hayride in late October of that year, to where, I can't remember though). It was sort of magical even though I only turned twelve.
They just don't make songs like that anymore, but you just can't take away those memories!
BACK TO THE FUTURE: So now, we turn to the current music scene--or at least my take on it. Hanging in there for a fourth week at the top is "Elizabeth's Song" by Dirty Beaches, but there is formidible competion coming up the ranks. The "Sniatkowski songs", as I like to call then: Brian's "Default" (Django Django, which is now getting airplay on WEQX), and his brother Mark's favorite, The Satelliters' garage-tinged and aptly-named "Lost In Time" garner spots 2 and 3.
Some great movers going on, headed by Adele's "Skyfall" which rockets 48-10 and is the first song to reach the Top 10 in its second week in over a year. The James Bond theme is picking up airplay on many radio formats, similar to her smash, "Rolling In the Deep", another song that made my top 10 in its second week. Other strong movers include "Change" by Churchill (11-7), "Yet Again" by Grizzly Bear (36-14), "If You Loved Me" by Child Actor (59-26), and "Mirror, Mirror" by Leila (63-38). Looks like it will, indeed be a nice autumn, at least on my SNS chart.
FEELIN' NO PAIN: Remember Dinosaur Jr? The Amherst, Massachusetts alternative rockers have been around since the ealry 1990's, but are best known for their modern rock hits "Start Choppin" from 1993, and especially "Feel the Pain" from the following year (as well as my favorite track "Outta Hand", both from that year's "Without A Sound". Success faded after that, and the band broke up in 1997.
The band, however, reformed in 2006 and have released a few albums since, including Bet On Sky, their latest. which was released here last month. The lead track is "Don't Pretend You Didn't Know", and it's the top debut at #66. Despite them being away, they have lost absolutely nothing, as listening to this track suggests. The feedback rock of their older stuff is still there. And actually, it reminds me of a cross between the two Without a Sound tracks I mentioned above, if that's possibile. This is a band that should have been more popular than it was. Rarely do bands split up this long but come back as if they never left. They are touring, mostly in the U.S., and will pull into New York's Terminal 5 come December 1. Might be a great show to check out.
SCENES 'N' SOUNDWAVES 100 for Week of October 15, 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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1
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DIRTY BEACHES
"Elizabeth's Theme"
(Single Only)
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10
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2
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3
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Django Django - Default
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9
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3
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4
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The Satelliters - Lost in Time
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7
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4
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2
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Rebecca Ferguson - Nothing's Real But Love
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11
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5
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6
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Mumford & Sons - I Will Wait
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10
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6
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5
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The Heavy - What Makes A Good Man
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17
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7
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11
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Churchill - Change
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6
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8
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8
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Psy - Gangnam Style
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4
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9
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7
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Pink - Blow Me (One Last Kiss)
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15
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10
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48
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TOP 20 IMPACT OF THE WEEK
ADELE
"Skyfall"
Album: Skyfall (Soundtrack)
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2
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11
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13
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Grassfight - Look Homeward Heathen
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15
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12
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19
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Youngblood Hawke - We Come Running
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10
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13
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10
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Ty Segall Band - I Brought My Eyes
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20
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14
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36
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Grizzly Bear - Yet Again
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4
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15
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20
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Yeasayer - Henrietta
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9
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16
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24
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Grace Potter & the Nocturnals - Stars
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6
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17
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9
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The Avett Brothers - Live and Die
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14
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18
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18
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Kopecky Family Band - Heartbeat
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7
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19
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16
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Hedley -Kiss You Inside Out
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8
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20
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23
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The Shins - It's Only Life
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9
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21
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28
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ZZ Ward - Put the Gun Down
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5
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22
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22
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Phillip Phillips - Home
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21
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23
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17
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Snow Patrol - In the End
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12
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24
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14
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Dignan Porch - Picking Up Dust
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14
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25
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21
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Tristan Prettymen - My Oh My
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10
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|
26
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59
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MOVER OF THE WEEK:
CHILD ACTOR
"If You Loved Me"
Album: Victory
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2
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27
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27
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Maroon 5 - One More Night
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12
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28
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12
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Foxygen - Make It Known
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13
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|
29
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32
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Silversun Pickups - The Pit
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5
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|
30
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15
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Two Door Cinema Club - Sleep Alone
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13
|
|
31
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29
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Taylor Swift - We Are Never Getting Back Together
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9
|
|
32
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31
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The Lumineers - Ho Hey
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16
|
|
33
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25
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Basement Batman - On A Streak
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12
|
|
34
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34
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Those Darlins - Mystic Mind
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6
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|
35
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38
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Alex Clare - Too Close
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21
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|
36
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37
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Jack White - Freedom at 21
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9
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37
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30
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The Killers - Runaways
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14
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|
38
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63
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Leila - Mirror Mirror
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2
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|
39
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26
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Matchbox Twenty - She's So Mean
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18
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|
40
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39
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Sean Rowe - Horses
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10
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|
41
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40
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Coldplay - Hurts Like Heaven
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9
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|
42
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47
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Allen Stone - Sleep
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7
|
|
43
|
33
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Grouplove - Itchin' On A Photograph
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11
|
|
44
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49
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Neon Trees - Everybody Talks
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14
|
|
45
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51
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Metric - Breathing Underwater
|
5
|
|
46
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35
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The Black Keys - Little Black Submarine
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18
|
|
47
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46
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Fun. - Some Nights
|
29
|
|
48
|
50
|
Ellie Goulding - Anything Could Happen
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5
|
|
49
|
53
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Taylor Swift - Ronan
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5
|
|
50
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43
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Linkin Park - Lost In the Echo
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8
|
|
51
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56
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No Doubt - Looking Hot
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4
|
|
52
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41
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The Features - Another One
|
15
|
|
53
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42
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The Raveonettes - Observations
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16
|
|
54
|
68
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Golden Void - The Curve
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2
|
|
55
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54
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Helvetia - Nothing in Rambling
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6
|
|
56
|
52
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Emeli Sande - Next To Me
|
17
|
|
57
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60
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Walk the Moon - Tightrope
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7
|
|
58
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55
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Of Monsters and Men - Mountain Sound
|
18
|
|
59
|
58
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Dirty Heads - Dance All Night
|
8
|
|
60
|
44
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Green Day - Oh Love
|
13
|
|
61
|
84
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Green Day - Let Yourself Go
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2
|
|
62
|
45
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Mayer Hawthorne - No Strings
|
10
|
|
63
|
62
|
Little Big Town - Pontoon
|
6
|
|
64
|
67
|
The Soft Moon - Insides
|
6
|
|
65
|
89
|
Letting Up Despite Great Faults - Bulletproof
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2
|
|
66
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TOP DEBUT:
DINOSAUR JR.
"Don't Pretend You Didn't Know"
Album: I Bet On Sky
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1
|
|
67
|
72
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Imagine Dragons - Radioactive
|
6
|
|
68
|
69
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Aerosmith - Legendary Child
|
12
|
|
69
|
57
|
Beach House - Lazuli
|
19
|
|
70
|
92
|
The Beach Boys - Isn't It Time
|
2
|
|
71
|
65
|
The Wombats - Jump Into the Fog
|
32
|
|
72
|
66
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Those Darlins - Screws Get Loose
|
32
|
|
73
|
77
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OneRepublic - Feel Again
|
5
|
|
74
|
88
|
Muse - The Madness
|
4
|
|
75
|
61
|
Kelly Clarkson - Dark Side
|
20
|
|
76
|
83
|
The XX - Angels
|
9
|
|
77
|
64
|
The Mungers - B School
|
15
|
|
78
|
91
|
Daughtry - Start of Something Good
|
4
|
|
79
|
96
|
Train - 50 Ways to Say Goodbye
|
18
|
|
80
|
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Alabama Shakes - I Ain't The Same
|
1
|
|
81
|
70
|
M83 - Reunion
|
22
|
|
82
|
74
|
Weeks - The House We Grew Up In
|
16
|
|
83
|
100
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Blondfire - Where The Kids Are
|
2
|
|
84
|
----
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Benjamin Gibbard - Teardrop Windows
|
1
|
|
85
|
87
|
Sick/Sea - Robot
|
4
|
|
86
|
----
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Civil Twilight - River
|
1
|
|
87
|
71
|
The Royal Concept - Gimme Twice
|
17
|
|
88
|
94
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Sad Robot - Hold On
|
4
|
|
89
|
----
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Divine Fits - Would That Not Be Nice
|
1
|
|
90
|
73
|
Grace Potter & the Nocturnals - Never Go Back
|
27
|
|
91
|
82
|
Maroon 5 - Come Away To the Water
|
30
|
|
92
|
----
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The XX - Chained
|
1
|
|
93
|
81
|
The Shins- The Rifle's Spiral
|
28
|
|
94
|
95
|
Ellie Goulding - Lights
|
39
|
|
95
|
86
|
Oberhofer - Away From You
|
26
|
|
96
|
93
|
Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe
|
20
|
|
97
|
85
|
Trails and Ways - Nunca
|
21
|
|
98
|
99
|
Electric Guest - This Head I Hold
|
33
|
|
99
|
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Alt-J - Fitzpleasure
|
1
|
|
100
|
I Am Dynamite - Where Will We Go
|
1
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