As I continue to "catch up" this summer, many great new songs are starting to replace the old-timers that are finally leaving my list. "Best Friend" by Foster the People has finally permeated my mind; this one is as catchy as "Pumped Up Kicks", unfortunately, this time, pop radio isn't aboard, but that's fine, it for us alt-fans to enjoy. That song flies into my top 10 (#14 to #5), as does "Summer" by Calvin Harris (#15 to #6). It's basically the only "summer" song on my list this year (Dirty Heads' "My Sweet Summer", I believe is about a girl named "Summer"), and it's vying for the top spot, hoping to repeat last year's seasonal song "At the Beach" by Paul Czekaj, which topped my list for six weeks. That song, like much of Harris' output, you gotta love the instrumental/synth-like breaks in it, and the video, of a drag race, is interesting as well.
The three new entries in the Top 20 include the girl-group Tacocat, which is a pop/punk hybrid, echoing the girl groups of the early 60's as well as the new wave revival in the early 80's (The Vivian Girls' "Take It As It Comes" also fits into that category). Hozier's haunting "Take Me to Church" I have discussed before, and, while we're still waiting for a third official single, Fitz & the Tantrums' "6 AM". Enters at #17.
WHAT IS A RIMBAUD?: My top debut this week is "Rimbaud Eyes", by Dum Dum Girls, the second single from their Too True. It was also a recent Brian Sniatkowski Song of the Week as well. It's a driving, hardcore pop-alternative song, but catch enough. Gone is the somberness of their SNS #1 "Coming Down" from almost three years ago. This should follow 'Lost Boys and Girls Club" into the top 20.
Scenes 'n' Soundwaves 100
July 13 - 20, 2014
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:
MS MR
"Think Of You"
Album: Secondhand Rapture
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15
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2
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3
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The Hounds of Winter - Amy's World
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15
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3
|
1
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The Black Keys - Fever
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15
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4
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4
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Mac DeMarco - Chamber of Reflection
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13
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5
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14
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MOVER OF THE WEEK:
FOSTER THE PEOPLE
"Best Friend"
Album: Supermodel
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9
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6
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15
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Calvin Harris - Summer
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9
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7
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7
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Anna Calvi - Eliza
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9
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8
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12
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Terraplane Sun - You Never Know
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13
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9
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5
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Junior Prom - Sheila Put the Knife Down
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15
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10
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11
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Lily Allen - Hard Out Here
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11
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11
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6
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Broken Bells - No Matter What You're Told
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15
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12
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13
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SomeKindaWonderful - Reverse
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11
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13
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9
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Jack White - Lazeretto
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13
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14
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21
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TOP 20 IMPACT OF THE WEEK
HOZIER
"Take Me To Church"
Album: Hozier
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7
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15
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18
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Lykke Li - No Rest of the Wicked
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11
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16
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23
|
Tacocat - Bridge to Hawaii
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7
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17
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25
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Fitz and the Tantrums - 6Am
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5
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18
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20
|
Avi Buffalo - So What
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5
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19
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17
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Lucius - Turn It Around
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30
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20
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10
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Foster the People - Coming of Age
|
26
|
.
21
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19
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Boyce Avenue - I'll Be the One
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13
|
22
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8
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Kings of Leon - Temple
|
32
|
23
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24
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Arctic Monkeys - Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High
|
13
|
24
|
16
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Pharrell Williams - Happy
|
21
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25
|
26
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Lana Del Rey - West Coast
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11
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26
|
37
|
Vivian Girls - Take It As It Comes
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5
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27
|
27
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Kongos - Come With Me Now
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24
|
28
|
38
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Maroon 5 - Maps
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5
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29
|
30
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Afghan Whigs - Algiers
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17
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30
|
36
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Vampire Weekend - Step
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5
|
31
|
22
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Young the Giant - Crystallized
|
15
|
32
|
35
|
No - Leave the Door Wide Open
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17
|
33
|
43
|
Damien Jurado - Silver Timothy
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15
|
34
|
29
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Hospitality - Going Out
|
24
|
35
|
28
|
Cage the Elephant - Take It or Leave It
|
19
|
36
|
61
|
Brick + Mortar - Locked In A Cage
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24
|
37
|
71
|
The Fresh & Onlys - Animal of One
|
3
|
38
|
58
|
Rachel Allyn - Restless Times Call for Reckless Measures
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5
|
39
|
31
|
Zedd f. Hayley Williams - Stay the Night
|
26
|
40
|
33
|
Fitz and the Tantrums - The Walker
|
36
|
41
|
41
|
Kings of Leon - Wait For Me
|
11
|
42
|
42
|
Phantogram - Nothing But Trouble
|
9
|
43
|
46
|
Man Man - Loot My Body
|
7
|
44
|
74
|
Jessica Lea Mayfield - I Wanna Love You
|
3
|
45
|
34
|
Young the Giant - It's About Time
|
33
|
46
|
45
|
Chromeo - Jealous
|
15
|
47
|
48
|
Ray LaMontagna - Supernova
|
7
|
48
|
50
|
Lorde - Glory and Gore
|
7
|
49
|
60
|
The Orwells - Who Needs You
|
9
|
50
|
32
|
Temples - Shelter Song
|
25
|
51
|
49
|
Paramore - Ain't It Fun
|
11
|
52
|
53
|
Nico & Vinz - Am I Wrong
|
9
|
53
|
55
|
Caveman - In the City
|
5
|
54
|
54
|
Dirty Heads - My Sweet Summer
|
7
|
55
|
52
|
Band of Skulls - Hoochie Coochie
|
13
|
56
|
39
|
Rachel Allyn- Triggerman
|
24
|
57
|
47
|
Bleachers - I Wanna Get Better
|
17
|
58
|
56
|
Bear Hands - Giants
|
21
|
59
|
40
|
Silversun Pickups - Cannibal
|
25
|
60
|
44
|
Tired Pony - All Things All At Once
|
34
|
61
|
72
|
OK Go - The Writing's on the Wall
|
3
|
62
|
63
|
Capital Cities - One Minute More
|
7
|
63
|
66
|
Haim - Falling
|
9
|
64
|
69
|
The Neighbourhood - Let It Go
|
7
|
65
|
51
|
Wild Cub - Thunder Clatter
|
28
|
66
|
73
|
Phillip Phillips - Reging Fire
|
5
|
67
|
79
|
Jenny Lewis - Just One of the Guys
|
3
|
68
|
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TOP DEBUT:
 DUM DUM GIRLS "Rimbaud Eyes" Album: Too True |
1
|
69
|
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Young the Giant - Mind Over Matter
|
1
|
70
|
68
|
Idina Menzel - Let It Go
|
11
|
71
|
75
|
The Head and the Heart - Another Story
|
7
|
72
|
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|
The Kooks - Around Town
|
1
|
73
|
57
|
Avicii - Hey Brother
|
25
|
74
|
70
|
Katy Perry - Birthday
|
9
|
75
|
82
|
Meg Myers - Desire
|
3
|
76
|
85
|
Kongos - I'm Only Joking
|
3
|
77
|
----
|
Sam Roberts Band - Shapesifters
|
1
|
78
|
----
|
Royal Bangs - Better Run
|
1
|
79
|
78
|
Ingrid Michaelson - Girls Chase Boys
|
9
|
80
|
----
|
Spoon - Do You
|
1
|
81
|
----
|
Strand of Oaks - Goshen '97
|
1
|
82
|
86
|
Jungle - Time
|
3
|
83
|
----
|
The Shins - So Now What
|
1
|
84
|
89
|
Sam Smith - Stay With Me
|
5
|
85
|
90
|
Broods - Bridges
|
3
|
86
|
67
|
Caveman - Shut You Down
|
33
|
87
|
76
|
Vance Joy - Riptide
|
26
|
88
|
84
|
The Pretty Reckless - Heaven Knows
|
9
|
89
|
----
|
David Gray - Back in the World
|
1
|
90
|
64
|
Haim - Forever
|
35
|
91
|
77
|
The War on Drugs - Red Eyes
|
11
|
92
|
93
|
St. Vincent - Birth in Reverse
|
3
|
93
|
----
|
Horse Thief - Devil
|
1
|
94
|
59
|
Phantogram - Fall in Love
|
28
|
95
|
65
|
Temples - Keep In the Dark
|
21
|
96
|
94
|
Milky Chance - Stolen Dance
|
3
|
97
|
62
|
Sleeper Agent - Waves
|
19
|
98
|
81
|
Cherub - Doses and Mimosas
|
17
|
99
|
----
|
Slaptop - Sunrise
|
1
|
100
|
80
|
Wild Belle - It's Too Late
|
24
|
TREMORS:
101. Iggy Azelea, Fancy
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