Two for the Locals (SNS Week of 6/10/2018)

NICK WATERHOUSE'S "It's Time" was one of my favorite "summer songs" of 2017 (despite it not getting any airplay and that the album came out in 2016).    And the third song I've plucked from his album Never Twice is off to a good start for 2018 honors.  That's because "Straight Love Affair" advances to the top spot this week.   Another retro-jazzy style song, it's another refreshing bit of musical candy in the wake of all the depressing stuff that passes for pop music these days.  Or at least that's my opinion of it.  Neko Case's 'Bad Luck" is knocking on the door to the top as well as it advances 4-2, while James Bay's "Pink Lemonade", last week's #1, drops to #3.    The top is very competitive as Curtis Harding's "I Need Your Love", gains points but drops a notch to #4 despite keeping its bullet.   Leon Bridges' also retro "Bad Bad News" is the biggest entry into the top 20 as it moves 21-11.

LOCAL EPers:   Two of my favorite local up and coming acts, who also happened to be related to friends, both released EP's recently.    Hegazy, the twin sister duo comprised of Leila and Omnia, and who are nieces of my longtime friend Diane Tarantino Hegazy, have put out a four-song EP, their first as a band, Young.   It contains their first two singles, the #1 "Alive" and the #2 "Here to Stay", along with two other tracks.   Since there hasn't been another official single or video announced, I am going with "Smolder" as the new entry, it's the Top Debut this week at #73.  It's another song that has become their style:  Sultry, laid-back jazzy song with rough and forceful lyrics.  Another winner for the duo.   Finally, Foster The People gets its eleventh straight top 20, as "I Love My Friends', the fourth single from Sacred Hearts Club, moves 25-20.  Incidentally, the prior single, "Sit Next To Me", which drops off the SNS 100 this week, is gathering stream on the pop chart, perhaps they may have another big hit to complement their 2011 monster "Pumped Up Kicks".   It still has a while to go, however, and I may consider re-adding the song, which peaked at #12 here a few weeks ago.

Meanwhile, Offguard, the five-piece Long Island-based emo rock act fronted by Matt Weiss (the son of friend Annette Weiss), released their first EP as well.  The six song set includes their recent SNS top 5 "Strawberry Moon", and I have plucked the song "Tension" which debuts at #82.  The set has all sorts of moods to it, from the pop-rock of "Strawberry Moon" to the hard-rocking "Hidden Messages", the title track,  there's something for everyone.    The track I added, "Tension" is an acoustic gem that shows off their softer side.   

Also debuting are two bands that have seen success on my blog recently.   Iration, the reggae-band from Hawaii which scored here with "867" and "Borderlines', both #3 SNS hits, are back with "Press Play", which is another pop-reggae flavorable romp.   Meanwhile, Lake Street Dive, which hit the top 10 in 2016 with "Call Off Your Dogs", return with "Good Kisser".  The band, led by Rachael Price, hails from Boston.  

Scenes ‘n’ Soundwaves 100

June 10, 2018

This Week	Last Week	ARTIST-Title	Weeks on List
1	2	NUMBER ONE: NICK WATERHOUSE "Straight Love Affair" Album:  Never Twice	7
2	4	Neko Case - Bad Luck	7
3	1	James Bay - Pink Lemonade	6
4	3	Curtis Harding - Need Your Love	6
5	5	The War on Drugs - Pain	8
6	9	Florence + the Machine - Hunger	5
7	7	Phillip Phillips - Magnetic	8
8	6	Swimming With Bears - French Girls	8
9	14	Lovelytheband - Broken	10
10	18	Cold War Kids - Can We Hang On?	8
11	21	TOP 20 IMPACT OF THE WEEK: LEON BRIDGES "Bad Bad News" Album: Good Thing	8
12	8	Halo Circus - Narcissist	11
13	17	The Neighbourhood  -Scary Love	11
14	10	Jeff Rosenstock - All This Useless Energy	12
15	12	Tennis - Modern Woman●	12
16	13	Cigarettes After Sex - K	12
17	19	Big Thief - Shark Smile	14
18	15	The Vaccines - I Can't Quit	12
19	11	Amy Shark - Adore	12
20	25	Foster the People - I Love My Friends	8

21	26	Bishop Briggs - White Flag	6
22	23	The Raveonettes - Ghost	9
23	28	Beck -Colors	6
24	16	The Decemberists - Severed	14
25	38	The Big Takeover - Rainboots	5
26	36	Camila Cabello - Never Be the Same	7
27	63	MOVER OF THE WEEK: KUNGS vs COOKIN' ON 3 BURNERS "This Girl" Album: Layers	2
28	20	Django Django - In Your Beat	12
29	34	Middle Kids - Mistake	10
30	32	Sunflower Bean - I Was A Fool	7
31	27	Alice Merton - No Roots●	22
32	35	Alvvays - Plimsoll Punks	9
33	37	Ray LaMontagne - Such A Simple Thing	7
34	42	Alice Merton - Lash Out	4
35	29	Portugal. The Man - Live In the Moment●	22
36	24	AJR f. Rivers Cuomo - Sober UP	10
37	22	Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats - You Worry Me	14
38	33	Joywave - Doubt	11
39	30	The Palms - Don't Waste My Time	13
40	31	Christina Taylor - American Dreamin'	14
41	51	Lord Huron - Wait By the River	5
42	53	The Heirs - Suburban Wonderland	13
43	56	Two Feet - I Feel Like Dorwning	6
44	57	The Regrettes - Come Through	5
45	40	Moon Taxi  - Two High●	25
46	41	Ed Sheeran - Perfect●	21
47	47	Vance Joy - Lay It On Me●	19
48	58	Ash - Buzzkill	6
49	44	Charlie Puth - How Long	10
50	71	Zedd f. Maren Morris and Grey - The Middle	3
51	48	St. Vincent - Los Ageless	13
52	74	The Doughboys - Sink or Swim	3
53	62	Obesza f. Leon Bridges - Across the Room	9
54	39	Franz Ferdinand - Always Ascending	13
55	54	Cold War Kids f. Bishop Briggs - So Tied Up▲	27
56	65	Bebe Rexha f. Florida-Georgia Line - Meant to Be	6
57	73	Car Seat Headrest- Hervous Young Inhumans	4
58	46	Walk the Moon - One Foot●	20
59	49	Hegazy - Alive●	20
60	67	Everything Everything - Breadwinner	5
61	70	Bleachers - Alfie's Song	4
62	82	Dreamers  - Screws	2
63	45	Jessica Lea Mayfield - Sorry Is Gone	14
64	79	Smash Palace - It Happened to Me	2
65	69	The Knocks f. Foster the People - Ride or Die	5
66	52	Metz - Cellophane	14
67	55	Bleachers - I Miss Those Days●	14
68	66	Weezer - Happy Hour●	23
69	75	Panic at the Disco - Say Amen (Saturday Night)	5
70	80	Beach House - Lemon Glow	3
71	50	Kid Rock - American Rock n Roll	8
72	61	The Neighbourhood - 24/7	19
73	---	TOP DEBUT: HEGAZY "Smolder" Album: Young (EP)	1
74	43	Hegazy -Here To Stay	15
75	60	The Wombats - Lemon to A Knife Fight	14
76	64	Foster the People - Sit Next To Me●	20
77	84	Caroline Rose - Soul No. 5	2
78	78	Calvin Harris f. Dua Lipa - One Kiss	4
79	---	Iration - Press Play	1
80	86	The Wombats - Turn	2
81	94	Meg Myers - Numb	2
82	---	Øffguard -Tension	1
83	---	Lake Street Dive - Good Kisser	1
84	59	The Killers - Run For Cover	14
85	83	Jade Bird - Lottery	4
86	76	Awolnation - Handyman	6
87	72	Ty Segall - Alta	11
88	77	Muse - Thought Contagion	7
89	81	Cold War Kids - Invincible▲	29
90	93	Morgan Saint - Just Friends	3
91	68	Paramore - Fake Happy	19
92	92	Imagine Dragons - Whatever It Takes	4
93	90	Nick Waterhouse - It's Time▲	38
94	---	Vance Joy - Saturday Sun	1
95	85	The War on Drugs - Holding On▲	27
96	91	Miley Cyrus - Malibu▲	39
97	---	Blue October - I Hope You're Happy	1
98	87	King Tappa - Can't Stop This Feeling	22
99	---	Selena Gomez - Back To You	1
100	95	Bruno Mars - Finesse	3

Songs with the greatest increase in favorite points over the prior week.

●    Songs with 25 or more plays on my iPod.

▲      Songs with 50 or more plays on my iPod.
 

The “Scenes ‘n’ Soundwaves 100” is a list of current and recent song playlist which I am listening to.