MAKING SENSE OF IT ALL: This is my second blog of the year, and although I'm still running late, I did cut a couple of days off the lag. This is dated January 26, and of course, we are now in February. I have my work cut out for me as I want to get my February 2 edition out before our annual ski trip which will run from February 7 until the 10th.
As I have mentioned before, last year's edition was intrumental not only in that involved getting together with great friends, but of the music that came out as well. Some of it was personal...songs not on the radio charts, but on my SNS list that I heard driving northward on my iPod. Some shared by friends when we partied in the hotel room that first night, and in my friend's car Sirius XM station while driving various places over that weekend.
This year, however, as I got into things a little late, there is a bit of confusion. New music still really hasn't taken hold as of yet. It's possible that it will be the trip itself that will expose some new sounds. The chaos can be seen by looking at my current SNS 100 chart as another song that has been around for a while but never quite hit the top, does this week. Golden Void's 1970's retro-conglomerate gem, "The Curve", after peaking at #2 a while ago, moves up from #5 to grap the top spot. In fact, 15 points separate the top 14 songs. Most of the top songs are in decline, and have yet to be replaced by anything new. As yes, it's conceivably possible that Thao and the Get Down Stay Down could jump all the way from #14 to #1 new week, but we shall see. And yes, I am aware that there are no new songs in the Top 20. Hopefully that will change soon.
Last week, I mentioned two songs by bands which made an impact on my listening habits last year, Foxygen and Veronica Falls. Well, there's a few more of them this go round.
The Top Debut at a very lofty #39 (the highest debut in around two years), is "Musing of the Tide", by LA outfit Pageants. Pageants, if you haven't kept up on reading my blog, is a project headed by Rebecca Coleman, who used to be with Avi Buffalo, the twee pop outfit that scored my #2 song of 2010, "What's In It For". She left that band to start Pageants, which technically is a group, but is really a vehicle for her own compositions. The first project heard was around this time last year, called "Edible Rust", which landed in my top five, and also #17 for the year.
But while "Rust" was nothing more than a promo, "Musing of the Tide" is the first official release for Rebecca and her band. I would have added this song anyway, but after a first listen to it, I can say it's the best song of this young year so far. This has the pop sensibilities of her former band's song, but with a decided rock edge. Coleman's voice is sincere and soothing, yet forceful. Comparisions have already been made to artists such as Liz Phair and Mazzy Star. Coleman and Devon O'Brien, the charter members of this band, have been joined by Dylan Wood.
Pageants have been touring their native West Coast, but one only hopes that they come east. The band's first album is due later this year. I am proud to say that I've been following this band since the start; I've been a Coleman fan since her Avi Buffalo days. Here's wishing her the best of luck.
ALL ABOUT NOTHING: Another band with a song I listened to much of last year, Wild Nothing, is back with a new album and song. "Nowhere",wasb a hit for me last winter, peaking at #4 and #25 for the year, and the band, a Virginia outfit headed by Jack Tatum, released their second full-length, Nocturne, last August. So yes, I'm a little late to that party, but the first single, "Shadow" is out. Again, a worth effort from these dream poppers. Tatum's vocal are understated, and the tone of the song is a very dreamy one, with echos of The Cure's set against dreamy strings, makes this a very worthwhile listen. The song debuts at #66. They will be in Australia and other parts of the world, but will be at New York's Randall's Island at the Governor's Ball festival on June 7, among the likes of Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, Kanye West, Bloc Party and others.
MY HOME NEW JERSEY PART 3?: Last week, a friend of my posted a video "Jersey Strong", as, more than three months after the devastation Superstorm Sandy, many areas are still struggling to get back on their feet. Many have not even been allowed back to check the damage to their homes, some roads just opened last week. Others are in the process of rebuilding. "Jersey Strong" has been the mantra for a state that was down but never out. The first release that I am aware of that celebrates the efforts of the state is this song by a band called After the Reign. While songs like the recent Paul Czekaj "My Home..." have celebrated the joys and merits of the great state that I live in (and of which "Part 2" hangs in at #100 this week), this effort is all about the strength and resilence of us to bounce right back. It's interesting in that is has a country flavor to it (as that genre is not really associated with Jersey--unless Rachel Allyn has a thing to say about it!), but it also reminds me of the various songs that surfaced after 9/11. And although it's an act of God that did us in this time, the song is all about the will of the people of this state to rebuild and reestablish the things that made us great in the first place.
SCENES'N'SOUNDWAVES 100
January 26, 2013
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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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5
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NUMBER 1:
GOLDEN VOID
"The Curve"
Album: Golden Void
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15
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2
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4
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Generationals - When They Fight They Fight
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13
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3
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1
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ZZ Ward - Put the Gun Down
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18
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4
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6
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Grizzly Bear - Yet Again
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17
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5
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7
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Churchill - Change
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19
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6
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2
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Grace Potter and the Nocturnals - Stars
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19
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7
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8
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Leila - Mirror Mirror
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15
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8
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3
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The Killers - I Feel it In My Bones
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7
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9
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10
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Grace Potter and the Nocturnals - Runaway
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13
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10
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9
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Fun - Carry On
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13
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11
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12
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TOP 20 MPACT OF THE WEEK:
P!NK
"Try"
Album: The Truth About Love
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13
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12
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11
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The Vaccines - I Always Knew
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10
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13
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13
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The Satelliters - Shake Shake Shake
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10
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14
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16
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Thao & The Get Down Stay Down - Holy Roller
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9
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15
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15
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Dinosaur Jr. - Don't Pretend You Didn't Know
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14
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16
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19
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Kelly Clarkson - Catch My Breath
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11
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17
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14
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Child Actor - If You Loved Me
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15
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18
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18
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The Satelliters - Lost in Time
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20
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19
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20
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Gary Clark Jr. Ain't Messin' Around
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8
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20
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17
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Alabama Shakes - I Ain't The Same
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14
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21
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24
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The Raveonettes - Curse the Night
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11
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22
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26
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Civil Twilight - River
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14
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23
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27
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Tame Impala - Apocalypse Dreams
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11
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24
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33
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Passion Pit - Carried Away
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7
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25
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50
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Veronica Falls - Teenage
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2
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26
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40
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Tame Impala - Feels Like We Only Go Backward
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6
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27
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21
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Matt & Kim - Let's Go
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10
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28
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38
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Ed Sheeran - The A Team
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13
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29
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41
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Maroon 5 - Daylight
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5
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30
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28
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The Lumineers - Ho Hey
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29
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31
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46
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Taylor Swift - I Knew You Were Trouble
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5
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32
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35
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Ra Ra Riot - Beta Love
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8
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33
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31
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The Killers - Miss Atomic Bomb
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10
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34
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29
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Dirty Beaches - Elizabeth's Theme
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23
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35
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22
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Adele - Skyfall
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15
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36
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25
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Green Day - Let Yourself Go
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15
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37
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32
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Benjamin Gibbard - Teardrop Windows
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14
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38
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71
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MOVER OF THE WEEK:
BRUNO MARS
"Locked Out of Heaven"
Album: Unorthodox Jukebox
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2
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39
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TOP DEBUT:
PAGEANTS
"Musing of the Tide"
(Single only)
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1
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40
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23
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Phillip Phillips - Home
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34
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41
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37
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Muse - The Madness
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17
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42
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47
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The Lumineers - Stubborn Love
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6
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43
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55
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The Mowglis - San Francisco
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6
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44
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30
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Django Django - Default
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22
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45
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52
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Shinedown - Enemies
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9
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46
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78
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Train - Mermaid
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2
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47
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49
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Allen Stone - Unaware
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8
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48
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58
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Dum Dum Girls - Lord Knows
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5
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49
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75
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Foxygen - Shuggie
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2
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50
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36
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Rebecca Ferguson - Nothing's Real But Love
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24
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51
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39
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Alex Clare - Too Close
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34
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52
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42
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The Heavy - What Makes A Good Man
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30
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53
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44
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Mumford & Sons - I Will Wait
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23
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54
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54
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Ke$ha - Die Young
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7
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55
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63
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Yeasayer - Reagen's Skeleton
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7
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56
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48
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Capital Cities - Safe and Sound
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8
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57
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66
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San Cisco - Awkward
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9
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58
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70
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Frank Ocean - Thinking About You
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5
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59
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43
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Silversun Pickups - The Pit
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18
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60
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67
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Willy Moon - Yeah Yeah
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9
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61
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After the Reign - Jersey Strong
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1
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62
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51
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Tegan and Sara - Closer
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11
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63
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74
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Family of the Year - Hero
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7
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64
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45
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The Joy Formidable - This Ladder Is Ours
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13
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65
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80
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Gold Fields - Dark Again
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2
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66
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Wild Nothing - Shadow
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1
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67
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Two Door Cinema Club - Sun
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1
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68
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56
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Metric - Breathing Underwater
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18
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69
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60
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Pink - Blow Me (One Last Kiss)
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28
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|
70
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83
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The Neighborhood - Sweater Weather
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2
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|
71
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57
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Yeasayer - Henrietta
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22
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72
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68
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Widowspeak - Ballad of the Golden Hour
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9
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73
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82
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Lifehouse f. Natasha Bedingfield - Between the Raindrops
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2
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74
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53
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Maroon 5 - One More Night
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25
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75
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Avett Brothers - February Seven
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1
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76
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64
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Youngblood Hawke - We Come Running
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23
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77
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87
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Deap Vally - Ain't Far
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5
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78
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34
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The Hounds of Winter - Come on Christmas
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7
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79
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61
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The Offspring - Turning Into You
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10
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80
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81
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Gaslight Anthem - Handwritten
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6
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81
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Mister Lie - Pupine
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1
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82
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90
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Dinosaur Jr. - Pierce the Morning Rain
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2
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83
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Alex Clare - Up All Night
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1
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84
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72
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The Shins - It's Only Life
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22
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85
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84
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Letting Up Despite Great Faults - Bulletproof
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15
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86
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93
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Youth Lagoon - Dropola
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2
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87
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----
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Neon Trees - Lessons In Love
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1
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88
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----
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The 1975 - Sex
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1
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89
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62
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Gin Wigmore - Man Like That
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9
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90
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92
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Walk the Moon - Tightrope
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20
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91
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69
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Kopecky Family Band - Heartbeat
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20
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92
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77
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Neon Trees - Everybody Talks
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27
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93
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86
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Jack White - Freedom at 21
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22
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94
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88
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Grouplove - Itchin' On A Photograph
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24
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95
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----
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Alpha Rev - Sing Loud
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1
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96
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59
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Cee Lo Green - What Christmas Means to Me
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8
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97
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65
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The Hounds of Winter - Christmas All Over Again
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6
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98
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85
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Blake Shelton f. Reba - Oklahoma Christmas
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7
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99
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96
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Those Darlins - Mystic Mind
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19
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100
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73
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Paul Czekaj - My Home New Jersey Part II
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9
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