Happy 10th Anniversary Scenes 'n' Soundwaves - A reflection/recollection of blog thoughts over the years (SNS week of 8/23/2020)

 

What if you threw a party and nobody came?   

For lo these past several weeks, I had thought about what to write for this week, which just happens to be the tenth anniversary of my first weekly blog about music.   I had it pretty much set, which my wife had noticed last week's blog on Facebook, and that there was only one "like"  on it, and that coming from musician and new FB friend David Porfirio, whose new song "Driving At Dusk" from his current album was included and reviewed.     Barb said to me something to the effect of, "see, it's not worth spending all that time on something that nobody reads".     Then I thought to myself, maybe she has a point.   After all, as of this writing, there were only nine views on that blog....the same as the previous week.   Why bother spending hours to compile my current favorite songs on my playlist and then write about that, if nobody is going to read it?    Heck, even one friend commented on my blog the week before that---about the passing of Pepe Cardona of the one-hit wonder Alive 'n' Kickin' and quoted a fact that I had already mentioned---and admitted he just read the post, and not the blog.

Scenes n' Soundwaves celebrates its 10th anniversary this week.

But, hey, that's all fine with me.   Scenes 'n' Soundwaves wasn't meant to appeal to a wide audience.   After all, the main focus was to check out new music---mostly alternative rock, but other genres as well, and most of my friends fall into two categories:    Friends who are my age or close to it, gave up on music back in the mid-1980's; while those millennials and Gen Z friends are more interested in the current pop music scene---which excludes any type of rock music.   So, who am I appealing to?

I looked back at my first "blog", which at the time was just a Facebook note, dated the week of August 23, 2010 but written on August 28th.   It was an introduction to a new thing I was trying...covering music, and listing my twenty favorite current songs.  It got no "likes" or comments.    So, I was actually better off now than then.  

Of course, I would have given this up a long time ago if that was the reception I was continuously getting.  The intention was never to "go viral", and to be honest, that was kind of my worst fear.   I just wanted to perhaps start a discussion on current music with friends on Facebook.  While that really didn't happen, there were, of course, some very popular blogs, and some that I was proud to have written, that touched many people.   I will list some of those below.    

I think, however, what I have been proud of, during these past ten years, was to introduce myself to new artists that I had never heard of before.  Not just the new, popular acts that have scored at pop, alternative and other genres, but those indie artists who have used social media to communicate with their friends and fans.    It is important for many of them to touch base at the grass-roots level with their followers.    Some of them were recommended to me by their friends, and/or relatives, some I discovered at festivals, some on Facebook pages, and one, somehow, someway read a blog where one of his songs had been listed on my playlist and we became friends.   

The Black Keys, had the very first blog #1, with "Tighten Up" in August 2010.

So, what about that first blog ten years ago?   It was pretty much an introduction, but it was my top 20 that I was really into.   The first number one song was "Tighten  Up" by The Black Keys, a duo from Akron, Ohio that had been around since 2001.   I was into a couple of their songs from the mid-2000's; they exuded a "back-to-basic" rock that was a pleasant relief from the rap-rock and nu-metal that seemed to dominate the prior several years.    But this song was actually their breakthrough; it hit #1 a few months later on Billboard's alternative chart, and was the first of six number one's on my playlist.

In my top 20 that week, were mainly alternative acts, some I hadn't heard of before.     Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Metric, Neko Case, Fleet Foxes, Gin Wigmore, Hockey, and Locksley were among the alternative acts of the day.   British indie pop was provided by Jack Penate and V V Brown.   Rock acts from the 1970's (Bachman and Turner) and 1990's (Stone Temple Pilots), both attempting comebacks, were listed as well.    A rock/hip-hop hybrid (The Constellations), Eurodance (Cascada) were there as well.    Pop acts were included, too:  Lady Gaga with "Alejandro" and 80's redux act La Roux ("Bulletproof") as well.     Train, still considered a rock act at that point, had a comeback hit with "Hey Soul Sister", and Sheryl Crow's "Summer Day" were present, and finally a band called the 22-20's were there with "The Latest Heartbreak", a band which I had never heard from again.  Finally, Rachel Allyn's "Stand Still" was there, an aspiring country-rock singer/songwriter from my area; she would lead what would be a stream of self-discoveries over the next ten years.  

Although for the first several weeks I only showed a top 20, there were songs below that.   The first week, in fact there were only 44 songs listed, as it took a few weeks of discovering music that I may as well make it a top 100 list.    Featured in positions 21 to 44 that first week were everything from Katy Perry ("California Gurls"), Sarah McLachan, ("Loving You Is Easy"), Michael Buble ("Haven't Met You Yet"), Black Eyed Peas ("Rock Your Body") and Miley Cyrus ("Party In the USA"), to those that would make a bigger impact in the years to come:  Zac Brown Band ("Highway 20 Ride"), Grace Potter & the Nocturnals ("Tiny Light"). Also included also was none other than Creed Bratton, he of The Office, and Grass Roots fame, with "Rubber Tree".

WHAT'S IN A NAME? One of the biggest obstacles of my blog was giving it a name.   For the first several weeks, it was known simply as "Top 20 Music List".  Bland, right?  After a few months, it was changed to the cooler-sounding "Music Vibe", but that lasted only two weeks.  "S.T..20" was next (it stood for "Sheldon's Top 20", a play on "Casey's (Kasem) Top 40, a syndicated radio top 40 program; that only lasted one week.   "On My Radar", lasted two weeks.  As 2011 started, it was "Top 20 of the Week" (and occasionally "Top 100" as I started featuring the whole list).  That actually stuck around for three months, until I, at the urging of a friend, moved it to an actual blog platform.   Beginning in April 2011, it was on the BlogSpot platform, where it still exists to this day.   It was then I came up with "Scenes 'n' Soundwaves", which encompassed the music "scene" going on, as well as the music itself.   Still, the chart I referred to as "SoundRaves" for a while, before I just started calling the whole thing "Scenes 'n' Soundwaves", with the "100" added shortly thereafter (a play on Billboard's Hot 100).  Finally early this year, I added "Playlist" to the name.    

And while, over the past ten years, the focus has been on current indie and alternative artists, other genres have been represented, such as country, reggae, pop, R&B, blues, and others.    And classic rock and pop artists weren't ignored either; I  have added recent music, such 1960's acts such as The Beach Boys, The Monkees, Tommy James, Santana, and most recently The Rolling Stones; and 70's bands such as The Cars, Heart, Foreigner, (Jeff Lynne's) ELO and others.   Eighties groups like Depeche Mode and Duran Duran also had entries. 

I think everyone, similar to radio stations has had a "core group" of artists, ones that I've spotlighted constantly.   Mine would have to include The Black Keys, Fitz & the Tantrums, Cage the Elephant, Tennis, Foster the People,  Nick Waterhouse, Michael Kiwanuka, Grace Potter, Donna Missal, Winnetka Bowling League, and a few others.

But enough of that.   What have I actually blogged about?   Aside from the usual analysis of new music, the greatest reactions came from other music-related subjects, such as periods and seasons of music growing up, memorable weekend (and week-long) getaways in which music was involved, reviews of albums and new songs, mostly by indie and aspiring artists, as well as the passings of noted musicians, disc jockeys, and friends.    Below are some blogs that I have been proud to write and/or those that have gotten the best reactions:

SEASONS AND EVENTS OF MUSIC:

The Summer  of 1966 was my first experience with listening to Top 40 AM radio.  This blog from June, 2011 talks about the music and activity that summer when  I was 9 years old.

https://sheldonsoundwaves.blogspot.com/2011/06/summer-of-66-my-first-encounter-with.html

The next summer, was commonly known as the "summer of love".   Still only ten, that second summer of music was still memorable.  From June 2015:

https://sheldonsoundwaves.blogspot.com/2015/07/the-summer-of-lovegrowing-up-sns-weeks.html

The following spring brought some more good music.  In April 2015, I looked back at the Spring of 1968. https://sheldonsoundwaves.blogspot.com/2015/04/glorious-spring-sns-week-of-4192015.html

Later that same year, the autumn was rather intriguing.   My blog from October of 2015 went back to the autumn of 1968:

https://sheldonsoundwaves.blogspot.com/2015/10/the-mystical-autumn-of-68-sns-week-of.html

Woodstock, August 1969

You can't, of course, run a music blog, without one on the most iconic music festival of all time, especially on its 50th anniversary.   Written in August 2019, a recount of Woodstock. https://sheldonsoundwaves.blogspot.com/2019/08/remembering-woodstock-50-years-on-sns.html

In March 1974, there was a bus trip in high school during my senior year to Lake Placid.  A March 2013 recollection of that rather wild weekend:

https://sheldonsoundwaves.blogspot.com/2013/03/lake-plastered-sns-312013.html

  

NEW ARTISTS TO DISCOVER:

One of my happiest parts of the blog was being able to check out new artists that were "under the radar", whether they were "obscure", "up-and-coming", "aspiring" or just plain "indie"  (and I've used many of those names over the years.

An August 2015 blog lists the 20 favorite up-and-comers to that point:

https://sheldonsoundwaves.blogspot.com/2015/09/heres-to-up-and-comers-and-those-who.html

Rachel Allyn, from Ogdensburg NJ, set the  blog playlist ablaze the first half of the 2010's with her melding of classic rock and country. 

Rachel Allyn was the first artist that I had "discovered"; when my wife and I went to a bar on nearby Lake Hopatcong.  She melded classic rock with contemporary country.   We got to know her and as well as her parents.   She released three albums.   In a February 2013 blog, I talk about her and review her then-new album D.I.Y (Do It Yourself).

https://sheldonsoundwaves.blogspot.com/2013/03/diy-sns-2162013.html

Two years later, I access her accomplishments once again:

https://sheldonsoundwaves.blogspot.com/2015/07/rachelfive-years-later-sns-6282015.html

Finally, by 2017, it appeared that Rachel called it quits:

https://sheldonsoundwaves.blogspot.com/2017/03/reconstructing-rachel-sns-week-of.html

"Spinn"

Spinn, is a country-oriented duo from here in New Jersey.   We attended a food truck festival, where they played.  I reviewed it in October of 2018.

https://sheldonsoundwaves.blogspot.com/2018/10/spinn-twins-sns-week-of-9302018.html

Hegazy, twins (Leila and Omnia) from Staten Island

My Roselle Park and Facebook friend Diane Tarantino Hegazy had frequently posted about her talented nieces, twins Omnia and Leila Hegazy.   While both  forged solo careers, by the middle of the 2010's, they decided to join forces as one band, called Hegazy.   Here is their story, from November, 2017:

https://sheldonsoundwaves.blogspot.com/2017/11/sisters-are-doin-for-themselves-sns.html

Shannon Marsyada

Shannon Marsyada is a talented singer-songwriter who I discovered performing at a fall festival in Jim Thorpe, PA back in 2013.   Hailing from Hazelton in that state, she became a friend, and had released an album, Oceans, in July 2019.  That same month, I blogged about her life, her career and reviewed that album.

https://sheldonsoundwaves.blogspot.com/2019/07/shannon-marsyada-shines-on-new-oceans.html

Paul Czekaj

I can thank my blog for meeting and checking out the music of New Jersey "laureate" Paul Czekaj.   A veteran of the Jersey Shore scene and various duos and bands, he forged a solo career in the 2010's.   In November 2019, he released a new single, "The Painter of the Sky".  I reviewed that song as well as touched upon his career.

https://sheldonsoundwaves.blogspot.com/2019/11/paul-czekaj-painter-of-new-jersey-sns.html

Tom Corea

One of my most well-received blogs came earlier this year, about Tom Corea,  who I knew from High School, but has gone on to a very musical career, owning a studio in his home, producing and playing in several bands as well.   Here is his story:

https://sheldonsoundwaves.blogspot.com/2020/05/tom-corea-drummer-producer-workhorse.html

REMEMBERING:

As you might expect, long time artists (and sadly, a few "short time" ones0, left us during these past ten years--not just the musicians but those who presented them.  Here are a few:

Amy Winehouse:  https://sheldonsoundwaves.blogspot.com/2011/07/loss-of-wasted-talent-soundraves-week.html

Adam Yauch (Beastie Boys) and Donna Summer: https://sheldonsoundwaves.blogspot.com/2012/05/music-heaven-just-gets-larger-music.html

Lesley Gore: https://sheldonsoundwaves.blogspot.com/2015/02/it-was-her-party-but-well-cry-if-we.html

Scott Weiland (Stone Temple Pilots, Velvet Revolver):  https://sheldonsoundwaves.blogspot.com/2015/12/remembering-scott-weiland-sns-week-of.html

Prince: https://sheldonsoundwaves.blogspot.com/2016/04/purple-reign-sns-weeks-of-410-4172016.html

Chuck Berry and Chuck Barris: https://sheldonsoundwaves.blogspot.com/2017/03/chuck-b-times-2-sns-weeks-of-319-262017.html

Chester Bennington (Linkin Park): https://sheldonsoundwaves.blogspot.com/2017/07/remembering-chester-bennington-sns-week.html

Tom Petty: https://sheldonsoundwaves.blogspot.com/2017/10/remembering-tom-petty-sns-weeks-of-101.html

David Cassidy: https://sheldonsoundwaves.blogspot.com/2017/11/goodbye-to-teen-idol-hello-again-to-alt.html

Pat DiNizio (Smithereens): https://sheldonsoundwaves.blogspot.com/2017/12/behind-wall-of-sleep-sns-weeks-of-123.html

Aretha Franklin: https://sheldonsoundwaves.blogspot.com/2018/08/sing-it-out-aretha-sns-weeks-of-85-and.html

Davy Jones (Monkees): https://sheldonsoundwaves.blogspot.com/2012/03/growing-up-with-davy-jones-music-review.html

Peter Tork (Monkees); https://sheldonsoundwaves.blogspot.com/2019/03/remembering-peter-tork-sns-week-of.html

Ginger Baker (Cream), and Larry Justrom (Lynyrd Skynyrd, 38 Special): https://sheldonsoundwaves.blogspot.com/2019/03/remembering-peter-tork-sns-week-of.html

Charlie Daniels: https://sheldonsoundwaves.blogspot.com/2020/07/remembering-charlie-daniels-sns-week-of.html

David Bowie: https://sheldonsoundwaves.blogspot.com/2016/01/turn-and-face-strange-sns-week-of.html

Pepe Cardona (Alive n' Kickin'): https://sheldonsoundwaves.blogspot.com/2020/08/just-little-bit-tighter-now-remembering.html

Pete Fornatale: https://sheldonsoundwaves.blogspot.com/2012/04/loss-of-another-broadcast-legend-music.html

Dan Ingram: https://sheldonsoundwaves.blogspot.com/2018/06/so-long-kemosabes-remembering-dan.html

Dick Clark: https://sheldonsoundwaves.blogspot.com/2012/04/thats-all-for-now-music-review-4162012.html

Casey Kasem: https://sheldonsoundwaves.blogspot.com/2014/08/keep-reaching-for-stars-sns-629-782014.html

OTHER MEMORABLE BLOGS:

Here is a list of other memorable blogs that I was proud to have written  They include passings of friends as well as other interesting aspects of the music industry.

Adele might be an established pop star now, but  in the beginning of the decade, I was a huge fan, as she was compared to Amy Winehouse.  Here's the story on how I became a fan: https://sheldonsoundwaves.blogspot.com/2011/05/adele-from-whos-she-to-huge-fan-in-18.html

A friend, Jeannemarie Ahrens, that I was close with back in 1983, passed away in 2011, we shared a love for music: https://sheldonsoundwaves.blogspot.com/2011/10/remembering-jeanne-marie-music-review.html

My Mom, in the late 1960's and early 1970's, worked for an music instrument and amp company and met many acts in person, as well as talking with them on the phone.    This is the story of one encounter with Jimi Hendrix.  https://sheldonsoundwaves.blogspot.com/2012/08/my-mom-and-jimi-hendrix-music-review.html

Superstorm Sandy hit the mid-Atlantic coast, causing extensive damage to the Jersey Shore, and areas around New York City.  In December of 2013, there was a benefit concert at New York's Madison Square Garden that was televised.    Here was a review of this star-studded event.  This  blog was tweeted by Chris Martin of the band Coldplay:   https://sheldonsoundwaves.blogspot.com/2012/12/music-therapy-sns-week-of-12102012.html

The Beatles hit our shores by storm on February 9, 1964.  Fifty years later, I took a look back: https://sheldonsoundwaves.blogspot.com/2014/02/it-was-50-years-ago-today-sns-292014.html

One of the common Facebook "copy and paste" posts going around was to nominate a person to post 12 (later 10) albums that had an effect on you.   While I avoided doing that as a post, I put them all in one blog; https://sheldonsoundwaves.blogspot.com/2016/10/twelve-albums-that-made-lasting.html

Ron Pietranowicz was a friend that I knew since third grade and had a nice career in music, playing in several bands.   Sadly, he passed away in late 2016 of a heart attack.   My remembrances of him (some of my words were used in eulogies spoken during his wake).   Sadly, his wife, Kathy Brady, also passed away just last month.https://sheldonsoundwaves.blogspot.com/2016/11/remembering-spike-sns-weeks-of-1113.html

Remembering my Mom, who passed away in 2018, and the music influence she had on me: https://sheldonsoundwaves.blogspot.com/2018/02/remembering-mom-sns-week-of-242018.html

Mortimer was an up-and-coming band from the 1960's that included my wife's cousin, from the mid Hudson valley, which attracted some buzz and reviews from the major trade magazines.   They had a brush with greatness as their path crossed with The Beatles:  https://sheldonsoundwaves.blogspot.com/2019/04/mortimer-near-brush-with-greatness-sns.html

WPLJ was an iconic radio station which started out as a freeform rock station, became album-oriented rock, then top 40 and finally a Hot AC station.   It signed off in 2019, but not before leaving a legacy.   https://sheldonsoundwaves.blogspot.com/2019/05/a-fond-farewell-to-wplj-sns-week-of.html

Did  you ever hear  a  song  on the  radio but they never announced it?  This is a story of a 26-year search to find the name and artist of this particular 80's song. https://sheldonsoundwaves.blogspot.com/2015/04/the-twenty-six-year-search-sns-week-of.html

THEN AND NOW: Earlier I had listed artists that were on my first Top 20 ten years ago, and things really haven't changed too much.   While Rachel Allyn was indeed swimming against the tide as an local, indie artists, they now dominate.  ScreenAge tops this week's list, followed by fellow Jerseyans Donna Missal (twice), Elise Farnsworth and King Tappa.   Like Bachman & Turner ten years earlier, there is a classic rock act---The Pretenders---in the top 20.  Reggae is represented via Pepper and King Tappa, bluesy rock courtesy of Ray LaMontagne, quirky pop via AJR.  Females or female-leads/co-leads have always been in favor, (8 of 20 back then, 9 of 20 now).   I do think the decibels have mellowed, however in the ten years, but pop-friendly alternative rock is very apparent now, with acts like Eliza & the Delusionals, Colony House, The Regrettes, and Winnetka Bowling League.  

NOW WHAT? So, where do we go from here? As many of you may know, I had retired the blog  at the end of 2019, ending with my Top 200 of the 2010's.   But, with COVID-19 hitting by mid-March  and the closing of schools putting me out of a substitute job, it pretty much forced me to retire.   With some key new music I've listened to that came  out, and with free time, I thought the time was right to reactivate  the blog.   The quarantine actually helped matters:   Not really having the time to get out to the venues to watch and listen, artists were forced to perform online via social media applications.    That  really helped me to discover more indie and local artists, such as C. Lynne Smith and Avi Wisnia, and the artists under auspices of Nick Ciavetta's (Sea  of Otters)  Friggin' Fabulous Productions .    I was also introduced to Elise Farnsworth, Christina Alessi, David Porfirio, Karen Wallo, John Wilkey, and others.

But there is a downside.  As I mentioned above, I have had trouble gaining a following who love and appreciate new, current music.   And the few who have, nonetheless, haven't supported the blog.   While at times it is a labor of love and my desire to tell the world about new music,, with the pandemic, it seems the  weeks just zoom on by.   It gets frustrating blogging about the pandemic week after week.    I will be continuing the blog until the end of the year, but  often just posting the playlist, unless a thought about a music experience crosses my mind.    There will be my "Song of the Summer" edition in a few weeks, and of course my annual "Top 100" at year's end. 

So, for now, I just want to thank my readers, and the aspiring artists who have been performing a craft that they love doing and giving me and others such hope and joy with the written note.

BRIEFLY CURRENT:   As I mentioned earlier, ScreenAge grabs the brass ring this week with "Blue Eyed Addiction"; it's the fourth #1 in as many weeks.   In fact, there is a logjam in the top 10 that any song in there could hit the  top next week, and that includes "Change" by Pepper, which inches back up to #3, after a six week run at the top.

Six new adds this week.   While Gary Clark Jr's This Land is over a year old, after the successful run of "Pearl Cadillac", I reached for another song from that album that I had also heard back in February, "Feelin' Like a Million", another with fresh rock sensibility with hip-hop overtones; it's the Top Debut this week.   Silversun Pickups, a regular on the playlist,  debut with "Toy Soldier", which, yes, is a cover of Martika's hit from the summer of 1989.    Harry Styles' "Watermelon Sugar'", which is pretty much true to a title, is a pop confection with rock-ish overtones.   I read a recent article about why this ex-One Direction singer isn't on alternative radio.   I figured I'd take a chance on this one; his first solo hit, 2017's "Sign of the Times" was added here and peaked at a respectable #38.  Arkells, Cayucas, and Car Seat Headrest,  all previously featured here, round out the adds.

Scenes ‘n’ Soundwaves 100 Playlist

August 23, 2020

This Week	Last Week	ARTIST-Title	Weeks on List
1	3	NUMBER ONE: SCREEN AGE "Blue Eyed Addiction" (Single Only)	15
2	1	Donna Missal - How Does It Feel	9
3	4	Pepper - Change●	17
4	2	Real Estate ft Sylvan Esso - Paper Cup	10
5	5	MyKey ft. Cavetown -Was It Something I Said?	12
6	8	Bakar - Hell N Back	8
7	7	Donna Missal - Let You Let Me Down	14
8	11	Elise Farnsworth - In the Morning Light	6
9	6	Delacey  - Chapel	18
10	10	Eliza and the Delusionals - Pull Apart Heart	13
11	12	Colony House - Original Material	12
12	9	King Tappa - No Drama	13
13	13	Milky Chance and Jack Johnson - Don't Let Me Down	9
14	14	Ray LaMontagne - Strong Enough	11
15	16	Delta Spirit - How About It	6
16	15	AJR - Bang!	18
17	18	Best Coast - Everything Has Changed	19
18	20	Pretenders - The Buzz	9
19	23	TOP 20 IMPACT OF THE WEEK: THE REGRETTES "What Am I Gonna Do Today" (Single Only)	8
20	29	Winnetka Bowling League - Come to the Beach	3
21	19	Nick Waterhouse - Wreck the Rod	11
22	27	Christina Alessi - So In Love With You	7
23	31	Shannon Marsyada - A Love That Doesn't Hurt	4
24	26	Guards - So It Goes	7
25	24	The Rolling Stones - Living in a Ghost Town	17
26	30	My Morning Jacket - Feel You	5
27	33	Black Pumas - Colors	10
28	25	ZZ Ward - Break Her Heart	11
29	21	Foster the People - Lamb's Wool	12
30	51	MOVER OF THE WEEK: MICHAEL KIWANUKA "You Ain't The Problem" Album: Kiwanuka	2
31	17	MGMT - In the Afternoon	15
32	34	Weezer - Hero	10
33	22	Winnetka Bowling League - Kangaroo	14
34	28	Phoebe Bridgers - Kyoto	8
35	35	Finneas - Let's Fall in Love For the Night	12
36	39	The Milwaukees - No Way Out	6
37	65	The Mystery Lights - 21 & Countiing X	2
38	36	The Outcrops - Lost Days●	22
39	48	Tennis - How To Forgive	4
40	63	David Porfirio - Driving at Dusk	2
41	32	Avi Wisnia - Sky Blue Sky	13
42	43	The Head and the Heart - Honeybee	7
43	47	The Jayhawks - This Forgotten Town	5
44	62	Karen Wallo - Rain Away My Sorrow	2
45	45	Mallrat -Groceries	12
46	46	Major Lazer ft Marcus Mumford - Lay Your Head On Me	13
47	42	Awolnation - Mayday Fiesta Fever	7
48	50	Neon Trees - New Best Friend	4
49	37	Kjband - Life Without Complications	15
50	49	Saint Motel - A Good Song Never Dies	5
51	38	Avi Buffalo - Skeleton Painting	16
52	41	Halsey - You Should Be Sad	16
53	61	Kathleen Edwards - Options Open	3
54	69	Amy Shark - Everybody Rise	3
55	40	Neon Trees - Used to Like	18
56	60	Norah Jones - I'm Alive	12
57	70	Semisonic - You're Not Alone	3
58	58	The Lumineers - Salt and the Sea	8
59	68	Dreamers - Heat Seeker	6
60	78	Chicano Batman - Blank State	2
61	44	Elise Farnsworth - Safety Net	16
62	67	The Backseat Lovers - Kilby Girl	6
63	72	Echosmith - Lonely Generation	7
64	55	Gary Clark Jr - Pearl Cadillac	21
65	52	Benee - Glitter	18
66	56	Beabadoobee - She Plays Bass	14
67	---	TOP DEBUT: GARY CLARK JR "Feelin' Like a Million" Album: This Land	1
68	53	Haim - The Steps	16
69	81	Sia - Together	3
70	54	C. Lynne Smith - Real	19
71	75	The 1975 - If You're Too Shy	6
72	76	Leon Bridges ft. Terrace Martin - Sweeter	4
73	84	Dua Lipa - Break My Heart	3
74	57	Twenty-One Pilots - Level of Concern	17
75	85	The Beths - Dying to Believe	9
76	64	Caroline Rose - Feel The Way I Want	20
77	66	Dayglow - Can I Call You Tonight	14
78	80	John Wilkey - Giddy	5
79	89	Jeff Rosenstock - State Line	2
80	71	Tennis - Runner●	25
81	83	Sea Wolf - Blood Pact	3
82	59	Blake Shelton ft Gwen Stefani - Nobody But You	15
83	82	Goo Goo Dolls - Fearless	5
84	---	Silversun Pickups - Toy Soldiers	1
85	---	Harry Styles - Watermelon Sugar	1
86	88	Grouplove - Inside Out	2
87	86	Avi Kaplan - I'll Get By	4
88	90	OK Go - All Together Now	2
89	---	Cayucas - Yeah Yeah Yeah	1
90	74	Tennis - Need Your Love	19
91	79	Caroline Rose - Do You Think We'll Last Forever	11
92	---	Arkells - Years In the Making	1
93	73	Tame Impala - Lost in Yesterday	17
94	---	Car Seat Headrest - Hollywood	1
95	77	Iration - Chill Out	4
96	91	Donna Missal - Hurt By You	18
97	95	Michael Kiwanuka - Hero●	29
98	87	The Big Takeover - Weight of the World	12
99	92	Shannon Marsyada - Say It More	19
100	93	Wallows - OK	11

 

Songs with the greatest increase in favorite points over the prior week.   ● Songs with 25 or more plays on iTunes/iPods ▲   Songs with 50 or more plays.