by Jay Boeding on June 11, 2019
The National takes over the #1 spot on our Top Ten Albums of the Week chart, knocking off Vampire Weekend. Cate Le Bon was just outside last week’s top ten, and storms into the chart at #3. Broken Social Scene and Tacocat are in at four and five, with The Get Up Kids debuting on the chart at #8.
Palehound, Yeasayer and Crystal Cities all return to the playlist with new music this week. Stef Chura and Slowness are featured on the station for the first time.
Beck moves into the top spot on this week’s Top 10 Songs of the Week chart. Ex Hex comes in at #2 with Vampire Weekend’s “This Life” sliding down to third. Soak and Wintersleep round out the top five with chart debuts from Calexico & Iron & Wine, Karen O & Danger Mouse, FOAMM and Gardens & Villa.
Top Ten Albums of the Week
1. The National – I Am Easy To Find
2. Vampire Weekend – Father Of The Bride
3. Cate Le Bon – Reward
4. Broken Social Scene – Let’s Try The After
5. Tacocat – This Mess Is A Place
6. Middle Kids – New Songs For Old Problems [EP]
7. Cayucas – Real Life
8. The Get Up Kids – Problems (Polyvinyl)
9. Jenny Lewis – On The Line
10. Alex Lahey – The Best of Luck Club
New Albums Added to the Playlist
1. Palehound – Black Friday (Polyvinyl)
2. Yeasayer – Erotic Reruns (Yeasayer)
3. Crystal Cities – Under The Cold Light Of The Moon (Audio Network)
4. Stef Chura – Midnight (Saddle Creek)
5. Slowness – Berths (Schoolkids)
Top 10 Songs of the Week
1. Beck – Saw Lightning
2. Ex Hex – No Reflection
3. Vampire Weekend – This Life
4. SOAK – Knock Me Off My Feet
5. Wintersleep – Never Let You Go
6. Calexico & Iron & Wine – Father Mountain
7. Karen O & Danger Mouse – Turn The Light
8. Gardens & Villa – Underneath The Moon
9. FOAMMM – Rollerblades
10. Vampire Weekend – Unbearably White
by Jay Boeding on June 5, 2019
Vampire Weekend maintains #1 on the Top Ten Albums chart, with The National moving up to second place and strong showings from Tacocat and Alex Lahey. Middle Kids cracks the top 10.
JR JR leads this week’s New Albums chart. Kishi Bashi returns to the playlist with “Omoiyari”. The rest of the group are all new artists making their debuts on DMPulse!
Vampire Weekend takes the top song spot this week, moving Alex Lahey to #2. Beck moves up one while Cage the Elephant is down to #4 and Middle Kids holds at #5. SOAK cracks the top 10 along with “Unbearably White” from Vampire Weekend.
Top Ten Albums of the Week
1. Vampire Weekend – Father Of The Bride
2. The National – I Am Easy To Find
3. Tacocat – This Mess Is A Place
4. Alex Lahey – The Best of Luck Club
5. Cayucas – Real Life
6. Jenny Lewis – On The Line
7. Craig Finn – I Need A New War
8. Broken Social Scene – Let’s Try The After
9. Local Natives – Violet Street
10. Middle Kids – New Songs For Old Problems [EP]
New Albums Added to the Playlist
1. JR JR – Invocations/Conversations (Love Is EZ)
2. Kishi Bashi – Omoiyari (Joyful Noise)
3. Pip Blom – Boat (Heavenly)
4. The Gotobeds – Debt Begins at 30 (Sub Pop)
5. Sacred Paws – Run Around The Sun (Merge)
6. Flying Lotus – Flamagra (Warp)
7. Repeat Repeat – Glazed (Dangerbird)
Top 10 Songs of the Week
1. Vampire Weekend – This Life
2. Alex Lahey – Don’t Be so Hard on Yourself
3. Beck – Saw Lightning
4. Cage The Elephant – Night Running
5. Middle Kids – Real Thing
6. Cayucas – Real Life
7. Ex Hex – No Reflection
8. SOAK – Knock Me Off My Feet
9. Vampire Weekend – Unbearably White
10. Wintersleep – Never Let You Go
by Jay Boeding on May 28, 2019
As mentioned last week, Vampire Weekend was going to be difficult to hold out of the top spot, and this week it climbed over Cayucas to switch places as the #1 Album of the Week on DMPulse. Cage the Elephant, Broken Social Scene stay put at #3 and #4, with Craig Finn cracking the top 5. The National and Alex Lahey go from the New Albums Added chart into the Top Ten Albums chart.
Middle Kids new EP lands the top spot on the New Albums Added to the Playlist chart. Indie veterans Sebadoh return with a rollicking new record while new artists Cold Showers, Faye Webster and Hayden Thorpe premiere on our playlist.
Alex Lahey makes a big drive to #1, moving up seven spots from last week. Cage The Elephant makes a nice move as well, up four spots to land at #2 on the Top 10 Songs of the Week Chart. Vampire Weekend is the highest debut this week, in at #3 with This Life. Beck also debuts on the Top 10 at #4 and Middle Kids rounds out the Top 5.
Top Ten Albums of the Week
1. Vampire Weekend – Father Of The Bride
2. Cayucas – Real Life
3. Cage The Elephant – Social Cues
4. Broken Social Scene – Let’s Try The After
5. Craig Finn – I Need A New War
6. Local Natives – Violet Street
7. Jenny Lewis – On The Line
8. The National – I Am Easy To Find
9. Tacocat – This Mess Is A Place
10. Alex Lahey – The Best of Luck Club
New Albums Added to the Playlist
1. Middle Kids – New Songs For Old Problems [EP] (Domino)
2. Sebadoh – Act Surprised (Dangerbird)
3. Cold Showers – Motionless (Dais)
4. Morrissey – California Sun (BMG)
5. Faye Webster – Atlanta Millionaires Club (Secretly Canadian)
6. Hayden Thorpe – Diviner (Domino)
Top 10 Songs of the Week
1. Alex Lahey – Don’t Be so Hard on Yourself
2. Cage The Elephant – Night Running
3. Vampire Weekend – This Life
4. Beck – Saw Lightning
5. Middle Kids – Real Thing
6. Modest Mouse – Poison the Well
7. Ex Hex – No Reflection
8. Wintersleep – Never Let You Go
9. Cayucas – Real Life
10. Broken Social Scene – All I Want
by Jay Boeding on May 21, 2019
Cayucas tops the charts with Real Life! Even more impressive is holding off a surging Vampire Weekend record, which goes from #7 to #2. It will be challenging to keep Vampire Weekend out of the top spot next week. A bit forgotten with all the great albums coming out is a strong album from Cage The Elephant, which moves up one to #3. Broken Social Scene and Jenny Lewis move down from the top of the album chart last week to round out the top 5. Debuts in the Top 10 Albums Chat from Tacocat, Foxygen and Big Thief this week.
The New Albums chart is exciting, as I think this is an incredible group of new records for Summer 2019. The first four artists are familiar, with a beautiful new album from The National and an EP from Interpol. Alex Lahey’s The Best of Luck Club debuts while there is a new tunes from Cate Le Bon. The final five on the list are albums we are looking forward to digging into in the weeks ahead.
Tame Impala takes #1 on the Songs Chart. Debuts from Cage The Elephant, Alex Lahey and Middle Kids.
Top Ten Albums of the Week
1. Cayucas – Real Life
2. Vampire Weekend – Father Of The Bride
3. Cage The Elephant – Social Cues
4. Broken Social Scene – Let’s Try The After
5. Jenny Lewis – On The Line
6. Craig Finn – I Need A New War
7. Local Natives – Violet Street
8. Tacocat – This Mess Is A Place
9. Foxygen – Seeing Other People
10. Big Thief – U.F.O.F
New Albums Added to the Playlist
1. The National – I Am Easy To Find (4AD)
2. Alex Lahey – The Best of Luck Club (Dead Oceans)
3. Cate Le Bon – Reward (Mexican Summer)
4. Interpol – A Fine Mess EP (Matador)
5. The Glow – Am I (Double Double Whammy)
6. Slow Pulp – Big Day (Slow Pulp)
7. The Beaches – The Professional (Island)
8. Spencer Radcliffe & Everyone Else – Hot Spring (Run For Cover)
9. Operators – Radiant Dawn (Last Gang)
Top 10 Songs of the Week
1. Tame Impala – Borderline
2. Julia Jacklin – Pressure To Party
3. Ra Ra Riot – Bad To Worse
4. Telekinesis – Cut the Quick
5. Meat Puppets – Warranty
6. Cage The Elephant – Night Running
7. Broken Social Scene – Can’t Find My Heart
8. Alex Lahey – Don’t Be so Hard on Yourself
9. Middle Kids – Real Thing
10. Ex Hex – Tough Enough
by Jay Boeding on May 14, 2019
Broken Social Scene knocks Jenny Lewis off the top of the album chart. Cayucas continues to climb, coming in at #3 with Cage The Elephant in fourth place and Wintersleep holding at #5. The top debut this week is Craig Finn with I Need A New War, edging out other debuts from Vampire Weekend and Local Natives.
Bear Hands leads off a fine group of new albums added to the playlist this week. Some laid back summer tracks from Jon Bryant, Lewis Capaldi and Tamino to check out, plus a new record from The Get Up Kids.
Broken Social Scene captures the top spot on the Top 10 Songs of the Week chart, moving up three from #4. Ex Hex also moves up three but can’t unseat BSS. Two Door Cinema Club and Telekinesis go #3 and #4 with Du Blonde completing the top five. Tame Impala, Ra Ra Riot, Meat Puppets, Julia Jacklin and Beirut all debut on the chart.
Top Ten Albums of the Week
1. Broken Social Scene – Let’s Try The After
2. Jenny Lewis – On The Line
3. Cayucas – Real Life
4. Cage The Elephant – Social Cues
5. Wintersleep – In The Land Of
6. Craig Finn – I Need A New War
7. Vampire Weekend – Father Of The Bride
8. Local Natives – Violet Street
9. Ex Hex – It’s Real
10. Strand of Oaks – Eraserland
New Albums Added to the Playlist
1. Bear Hands – Fake Tunes (Spensive Sounds)
2. The Get Up Kids – Problems (Polyvinyl)
3. Tamino – Amir (Arts & Crafts)
4. Maps – Colours. Reflect. Time. Loss. (Mute)
5. SYML – SYML (Nettwerk)
6. Jon Bryant – Cult Classic (Nettwerk)
7. Lewis Capaldi – Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent (Capitol)
8. The Dream Syndicate – These Times (Anti-)
Top 10 Songs of the Week
1. Broken Social Scene – Can’t Find My Heart
2. Ex Hex – Tough Enough
3. Two Door Cinema Club – Talk
4. Telekinesis – Cut the Quick
5. Du Blonde – BUDDY
6. Tame Impala – Borderline
7. Ra Ra Riot – Bad To Worse
8. Julia Jacklin – Pressure To Party
9. Meat Puppets – Warranty
10. Beirut – Varieties of Exile
