I did get some music in during my time there on my own, with my iPod, on the flight down and back, as well as hanging out by the pool (although I didn't go in). The weather in Florida was actually cool for the area, with most days not much over 70 degrees (it did hit 80 one time), and very breezy. One night it got down to 39. But I loved the breeze and it was very comfortable, especially when you compared it to the cold and snow back home.
MUST BE THE HOLIDAYS: The cold and bit of snow, along with the fact that we're now in December means one thing. Christmas songs! If you're on my Facebook page, you will see that I'm counting down, once again, my Top 100 holiday songs of the season. As in years past, I will blog separately about that list, which encompasses songs throughout the years, up to 2012. The Killers' "I Feel It In My Bones", which set a record for the fastest climb to #1 last December (since tied by "Out of My League" by Fitz & the Tantrums) is the only new entry from last year's "season class" to make the 100 this year.
Two more seasonal songs join Straight No Chaser and Kelly Clarkson, who both debuted last week. Paul Czekaj who has illustrated so far this year, the state's strength and comeback after Sandy, the joys of the beach, life on a motorcycle, now adds the holiday season to his repertoire. Once again, the accompanying video shows scenes around this area, mostly at New York's Rockefeller Center free and skating rink, a great place to be this time of year. It's a mid-tempo beat, and a very sentimental one as well. It stands up to much of the classics out there without sounding like anything else. Nice job. Paul debuts at #96 this week.
A bit more unusual is "Fool's Holiday", by All Time Low, a band from Towson, Maryland. They've been around since 2005, releasing five albums, most recently 2012's Don't Panic. Their last three releases have hit Billboard's Album chart, but this is their first appearance on SNS. This one is a hard rockin' mid tempo song, with around the same tempo as the Czekaj tune. It's got the requisite jingle bells in the background, but this is a bouncy rocker. The song enters at #99.
Still to come are the annual Killers song, "Christmas in L.A.", which will debut next week, and I'm hoping to see Tom Corea's Bad Attitude project out soon as well; he was mixing the song in his East Hanover NJ studio during Thanksgiving week. Plus of course, anything else that stands out. I've pretty much opted for "originals" this year rather than the standard covers, it's not that I don't like them, but they've been done so much that new versions don't really put a spin on it, but I'll add a couple before the big day gets there.
(Note: It's later in the day, and Tom just posted the new Bad Attitude single, "Merry Christmas Anyway". Holy Cow! it's one awesome rocker. Too late to be included on my SNS 100 on this edition, look for a big debut next week, assuming it's available for download.)
ALSO DEBUTING: The Top Debut this week is "Tonight I'm Perfect" by Danish band New Politics, the follow-up to the fun hit "Harlem". The new one is not the joyous romp of the previous song, but still up-tempo and perhaps a bit more introspective. It is upbeat, however, and it prevents the band from being a sort of a novelty act. A worthy follow-up; both songs are on their latest, A Bad Girl in Harlem.
IN SYNC, PARTY II: Lorde's "Royals", which has been going thru my head a lot lately, ascends to the top spot, matching the Billboard's #1 designation that it's held for the past nine weeks. It's only the second time that both charts had the same number one song; it previously happened with fun.'s "We Are Young" early last year. Three other songs, Pink's "Just Give Me A Reason", and Adele's "Rolling in the Deep" and "Someone Like You", we #1 on both charts, but never in the same week.
Scenes 'n' Soundwaves 100
December 1, 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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2
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NUMBER ONE:
LORDE
"Royals"
Album: Pure Heroine
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15
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2
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1
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Field Mouse - How Do You Know
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17
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3
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7
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Wild Belle - Backslider
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5
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4
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3
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Cage the Elephant - Come A Little Closer
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16
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5
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5
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Terraplane Sun - Get Me Golden
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18
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6
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6
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Fitz and the Tantrums - Keeping Our Eyes Out
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14
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7
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4
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Man Man - Head On
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17
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8
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8
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Golden Void - Rise to the Out of Reach
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16
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9
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13
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Fitz and the Tantrums - The Walker
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5
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10
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11
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Capital Cities - Safe and Sound
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17
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11
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9
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Portugal. The Man - Purple Yellow Red & Blue
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22
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12
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12
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The Veils - Another Night on Earth
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14
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13
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14
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Those Darlins - Optimist
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8
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14
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10
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Wild Belle - Keep You
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38
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15
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22
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TOP 20 IMPACT OF THE WEEK:
SAN CISCO
"Fred Astaire"
Album: San Cisco
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8
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16
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16
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Avicii - Wake Me Up
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12
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17
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23
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Paul Czekaj - Wheels On Fire
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4
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18
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19
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The Satelliters - Where Do We Go
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12
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19
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18
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Zedd f. Foxes - Clarify
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12
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20
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21
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Florence + the Machine - Spectrum (Say My Name)
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15
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21
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17
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Emiliana Torrini -Speed of Dark
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6
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22
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26
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Cold War Kids - Lost That Easy
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8
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23
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15
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Foals - My Number
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21
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24
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34
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Cate Le Bon - Are You With Me Now
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4
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25
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25
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Arcade Fire - Reflektor
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12
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26
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37
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Shannon Marsyada Trio - What You Do To Me
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4
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27
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30
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Taylor Centers - Alibi
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10
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28
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24
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Smith Westerns - Varsity
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10
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29
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29
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Panic! at the Disco - Miss Jackson
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8
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30
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31
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Lady Gaga - Applause
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14
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31
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35
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Emeli Sande - My Kind of Love
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10
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32
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36
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Phillip Phillips - Where We Came From
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10
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33
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45
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Haim - Forever
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4
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34
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20
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Tame Impala - Elephant
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23
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35
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32
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Fitz and the Tantrums - Out of My League
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41
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36
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40
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King Tuff - Sun Medallion
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6
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37
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28
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Matthew Koma - One Night
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16
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38
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47
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Ylvis - The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?)
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3
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39
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60
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Caveman - Shut You Down
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2
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40
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39
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Coldplay - Atlas
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8
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41
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44
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Eagulls - Nerve Endings
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6
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42
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49
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Phosphorescent - Ride On/Right On
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6
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43
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74
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MOVER OF THE WEEK:
YOUNG THE GIANT
"It's About Time"
Album: Mind Over Matter
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2
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44
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42
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The Killers - Shot At the Night
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8
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45
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27
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Robin Thicke f. T.I. & Pharrel Williams - Blurred Lines
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19
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46
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55
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Of Montreal - Fugitive Air
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5
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|
47
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56
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The Joy Formidable - Silent Treatment
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5
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48
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59
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Tired Pony - All Things All At Once
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3
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49
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54
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Hands - The Game is Changing Us
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12
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50
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68
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Man Man - Pyramids
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2
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51
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46
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Brent Dennen - Wild Child
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10
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52
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33
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Passenger - Let Her Go
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19
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53
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58
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Bastille - Pompeii
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6
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54
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52
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Bonnie McKee - American Girl
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10
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|
55
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72
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Cut Copy - We Are Explorers
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2
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56
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63
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Jagwar Ma - Come Save Me
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4
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57
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71
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Valerie June - You Can't Be Told
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3
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58
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88
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Straight No Chaser - Nutcracker
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5
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|
59
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48
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Franz Ferdinand - Right Action
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19
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|
60
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51
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OneRepublic - Counting Stars
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17
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|
61
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50
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Wig Party - She Figured It Out
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12
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62
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62
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Taylor Swift f. Ed Sheeran - Everything Has Changed
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10
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|
63
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70
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The Colourist - Little Games
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4
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|
64
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38
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Katy Perry - Roar
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16
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|
65
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65
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J Roddy Wilson and the Business - Heavy Bells
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10
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|
66
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81
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Twin Forks - Cross My Mind
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3
|
|
67
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69
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Pearl Jam - Sirens
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6
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|
68
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41
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Blake Shelton - Boys 'Round Here
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21
|
|
69
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76
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Holy Ghost - Okay
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3
|
|
70
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53
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Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros - Better Days
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17
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|
71
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79
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The Fray - Love Don't Die
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3
|
|
72
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96
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Kelly Clarkson - Underneath The Tree
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2
|
|
73
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43
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Kings of Leon - Supersoaker
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18
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|
74
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82
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The Head and the Heart - Shake
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4
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|
75
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87
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Alt J - Tesselate
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2
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|
76
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57
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Leila Hegazy - The Reason Why
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17
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|
77
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75
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Sara Bareilles - Brave
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25
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|
78
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83
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Bruno Mars - Gorilla
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4
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|
79
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TOP DEBUT:
NEW POLITICS
"Tonight You're Perfect"
Album: A Bad Girl In Harlem
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1
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80
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86
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Plain White T's - The Giving Tree
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3
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|
81
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92
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Imagine Dragons - Demons
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11
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|
82
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66
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Porchistas - Johnny Miner
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14
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|
83
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89
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Leila Hegazy - Mirror Mirror
|
33
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|
84
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90
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John Mayer - Wildfire
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3
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|
85
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----
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Katy Perry - Unconditinally
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1
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|
86
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Portugal. the Man - Modern Jesus
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1
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|
87
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67
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The Avett Brothers - Another Is Waiting
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12
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|
88
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93
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Goo Goo Dolls - Come to Me
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2
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|
89
|
94
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Twenty-one Pilots - House of Gold
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2
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|
90
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95
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The So So Glos - Lost Weekend
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2
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|
91
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----
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Miley Cyrus - Wrecking Ball
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1
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|
92
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----
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Kings of Leon - Temple
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1
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|
93
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73
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The Livesays - Until You Kissed Me Like That
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12
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|
94
|
85
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White Denim - Pretty Green
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4
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|
95
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----
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Lorde - Team
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1
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|
96
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----
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Paul Czekaj - Christmas Is Forever
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1
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97
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----
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Broken Bells - Holding On For Life
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1
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|
98
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----
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Daughtry - Waiting For Superman
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1
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|
99
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All the Low - Fool's Holiday
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1
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|
100
|
61
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Phoenix - Trying to Be Cool
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25
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TREMORS:
101. Arctic Monkeys, Do I Wanna Know
102. James Blunt, Bonfire Heart
103. Lucius, Turn It Around
104. Jack Johnston, Radiate
105. Thirty Seconds to Mars, City of Angels
106. The Airborne Toxic Event, Hell and Back
107. The Limousines, Love and A Dog From Hell
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