Jah's Weekly Top 40

[heppolo]

Geese song is quite enjoyable I must say

[JahWomble]

18/2/23 Pleasure Pool become the third act to scale the entire chart (40-1) since its return in 2016 (She Drew The Gun and Yugen Blakrok being the previous pair)... As anticipated, the returning GoGo Penguin have by some distance the biggest climb (#5, +22), but with strong rises also in evidence for Girl Ray (#15, +14), boygenius (#20, +11) and Geese (#23, +10)... Slipknot take the highest of six new entries with an erstwhile-atypical dark ballad (#28)... All the info:

TW LW PP WI TITLE/ARTIST
01 02 02 06 Pure Touch – Pleasure Pool
02 01 01 07 No More – Steve Mason feat Javed Bashir
03 06 03 03 Return My Head – The Murder Capital
04 05 04 05 Be On Your Way – Daughter
05 27 05 02 Glimmerings – GoGo Penguin
06 03 02 06 Greatest Hits – Jockstrap
07 14 07 04 Blood Ah Go Run – Dave Okumu & The 7 Generations
08 04 01 08 Overcome – Steam Down feat Afronaut Zu, Germain Marvel & TINYMAN
09 15 09 03 Afro Dizzy – A Certain Ratio feat Ellen Beth Abdi
10 07 06 07 Cherry Blue Intention – Special Interest
11 11 11 04 When We Were Very Young – Belle & Sebastian
12 08 07 05 Amen – Gruff Rhys
13 12 12 04 Rice – Young Fathers
14 09 05 09 Gumball – Teeth Machine
15 29 15 02 Everybody’s Saying That – Girl Ray
16 10 08 08 Help – Rozi Plain
17 21 17 05 Fingers of Steel – Shame
18 23 18 03 Strung Out Johnny – Iggy Pop
19 13 10 06 Big Fish, Small Pond – Afflecks Palace
20 31 20 02 $20 – boygenius
21 26 21 03 Beyond the Vale – Smashing Pumpkins
22 28 22 03 I Play My Bass Loud – Gina Birch
23 33 23 02 Cowboy Nudes – Geese
24 24 24 04 Fractals – Beth Orton
25 16 14 06 Cherish – She’s In Parties
26 18 18 05 Nothing Left to Lose – Everything But The Girl
27 17 03 09 Freakout/Release – Hot Chip
28 NE 28 01 Bone Church – Slipknot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaVKM3df8bg
29 20 16 07 Sort Me Out – Trampolene
30 32 30 02 More – Pale Blue Eyes
31 30 30 03 Self-Portraiture – Nuha Ruby Ra
32 NE 32 01 Swing (in a Dream) – Squid https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RooBTIwG13c
33 19 02 11 Red Sky – Pearson Sound
34 35 34 03 Long Live the Strange! – Gaz Coombes
35 22 21 05 Gamma Rays – Temples
36 NE 36 01 I Did It – Unloved https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YD9l69f9_Tc
37 NE 37 01 Town Crank – Clark https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrXghx178lI
38 NE 38 01 Magic Powers – Death Valley Girls https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFXH0ZSXFBM
39 25 07 10 Dilemma – Sea Fever
40 NE 40 01 That Boy on the Stage – Suede https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHcdEoDfkiQ

KEY: TW – This week; LW – Last week; PP – Peak position; WI – Weeks in chart; NE – New entry

[heppolo]

Awesome to see Unloved charting

[JahWomble]

25/2/23 Pleasure Pool hold off GoGo Penguin for a second week at the top... The returning Squid score the biggest climb this week (#11, +21), while boygenius (#10, +10), Slipknot (#13, +15) and Clark (#23, +14) also fare well... Four tracks enter, anchored by Jen Cloher's first outing here since 2017 (#40)... Les numeros:

TW LW PP WI TITLE/ARTIST
01 01 01 07 Pure Touch – Pleasure Pool
02 05 02 03 Glimmerings – GoGo Penguin
03 03 03 04 Return My Head – The Murder Capital
04 07 04 05 Blood Ah Go Run – Dave Okumu & The 7 Generations
05 02 01 08 No More – Steve Mason feat Javed Bashir
06 15 06 03 Everybody’s Saying That – Girl Ray
07 04 04 06 Be On Your Way – Daughter
08 06 02 07 Greatest Hits – Jockstrap
09 09 09 04 Afro Dizzy – A Certain Ratio feat Ellen Beth Abdi
10 20 10 03 $20 – boygenius
11 32 11 02 Swing (in a Dream) – Squid
12 11 11 05 When We Were Very Young – Belle & Sebastian
13 28 13 02 Bone Church – Slipknot
14 23 14 03 Cowboy Nudes – Geese
15 08 01 09 Overcome – Steam Down feat Afronaut Zu, Germain Marvel & TINYMAN
16 18 16 04 Strung Out Johnny – Iggy Pop
17 12 07 06 Amen – Gruff Rhys
18 13 12 05 Rice – Young Fathers
19 10 06 08 Cherry Blue Intention – Special Interest
20 22 20 04 I Play My Bass Loud – Gina Birch
21 21 21 04 Beyond the Vale – Smashing Pumpkins
22 17 17 06 Fingers of Steel – Shame
23 37 23 02 Town Crank – Clark
24 NE 24 01 Ovule – Björk feat Shygirl https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D99nPVXWtPc
25 14 05 10 Gumball – Teeth Machine
26 16 08 09 Help – Rozi Plain
27 19 10 07 Big Fish, Small Pond – Afflecks Palace
28 36 28 02 I Did It – Unloved
29 34 29 04 Long Live the Strange! – Gaz Coombes
30 26 18 06 Nothing Left to Lose – Everything But The Girl
31 24 24 05 Fractals – Beth Orton
32 NE 32 01 Tuggemo – Ligeti Quartet x Anna Meredith https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJfcqFrqRJI
33 30 30 03 More – Pale Blue Eyes
34 31 30 04 Self-Portraiture – Nuha Ruby Ra
35 25 14 07 Cherish – She’s In Parties
36 38 36 02 Magic Powers – Death Valley Girls
37 NE 37 01 Start As You Mean to Go On – Yumi & The Weather https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCvi_7rfRyQ
38 29 16 08 Sort Me Out – Trampolene
39 27 03 10 Freakout/Release – Hot Chip
40 NE 40 01 My Witch – Jen Cloher https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_armllVeT0

KEY: TW – This week; LW – Last week; PP – Peak position; WI – Weeks in chart; NE – New entry

[heppolo]

37 NE 37 01 Start As You Mean to Go On – Yumi & The Weather - a bit underwhelming by their standards

[Postdeftoals]

So happy to see Squid climbing that quick.

[JahWomble]

4/3/23 Pleasure Pool see off GoGo Penguin at the top once again... Björk enjoys the biggest climb (#9, +15), with other good moves abounding for Clark (#11, +12), Unloved (#16, +12), Ligeti x Anna (#18, +14) and Jen Cloher (#30, +10)... There are six new entries, including a first chart showing here for The The in what seems like an eternity (#22)... The movers and shakers:

TW LW PP WI TITLE/ARTIST
01 01 01 08 Pure Touch – Pleasure Pool
02 02 02 04 Glimmerings – GoGo Penguin
03 03 03 05 Return My Head – The Murder Capital
04 06 04 04 Everybody’s Saying That – Girl Ray
05 11 05 03 Swing (in a Dream) – Squid
06 04 04 06 Blood Ah Go Run – Dave Okumu & The 7 Generations
07 10 07 04 $20 – boygenius
08 05 01 09 No More – Steve Mason feat Javed Bashir
09 24 09 02 Ovule – Björk feat Shygirl
10 09 09 05 Afro Dizzy – A Certain Ratio feat Ellen Beth Abdi
11 23 11 03 Town Crank – Clark
12 13 12 03 Bone Church – Slipknot
13 14 13 04 Cowboy Nudes – Geese
14 07 04 07 Be On Your Way – Daughter
15 12 11 06 When We Were Very Young – Belle & Sebastian
16 28 16 03 I Did It – Unloved
17 16 16 05 Strung Out Johnny – Iggy Pop
18 32 18 02 Tuggemo – Ligeti Quartet x Anna Meredith
19 08 02 08 Greatest Hits – Jockstrap
20 15 01 10 Overcome – Steam Down feat Afronaut Zu, Germain Marvel & TINYMAN
21 20 20 05 I Play My Bass Loud – Gina Birch
22 NE 22 01 $1 One Vote – The The https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XY_KYcxGec
23 18 12 06 Rice – Young Fathers
24 17 07 07 Amen – Gruff Rhys
25 21 21 05 Beyond the Vale – Smashing Pumpkins
26 NE 26 01 Thinking About You – Beck https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6i7iPPiMy0
27 NE 27 01 Freedom – Jadu Heart https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BF5JXUO9zlE
28 19 06 09 Cherry Blue Intention – Special Interest
29 36 29 03 Magic Powers – Death Valley Girls
30 40 30 02 My Witch – Jen Cloher
31 22 17 07 Fingers of Steel – Shame
32 NE 32 01 Kill Me Again – WAEVE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ba-w1CGSkNw
33 37 33 02 Start As You Mean to Go On – Yumi & The Weather
34 29 29 05 Long Live the Strange! – Gaz Coombes
35 NE 35 01 Sculptures of Anything Goes – Arctic Monkeys https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2B0TDFkj0IU
36 33 30 04 More – Pale Blue Eyes
37 26 08 10 Help – Rozi Plain
38 25 05 11 Gumball – Teeth Machine
39 NE 39 01 Casual Cruelty – SLUG https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHjuUNrrcpU
40 27 10 08 Big Fish, Small Pond – Afflecks Palace

KEY: TW – This week; LW – Last week; PP – Peak position; WI – Weeks in chart; NE – New entry

[heppolo]

of course, we have a decent new entry by WAEVE

[navi]

TW LW PP WI TITLE/ARTIST
22 NE 22 01 $1 One Vote – The The https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XY_KYcxGec

i thought they call it a day a long time ago
glad they didn't
great song

[JahWomble]

11/3/23 Squid score back-to-back chart toppers here - albeit well over a year apart... The The, last week's highest new entry, is this week's biggest climber (#10, +12), with Jadu Heart (#17, +10) and WAEVE (#21, +11) also completing decent moves... No fewer than eight tracks enter the Top 40, including a Top 20 debut for Live Skull (#13) and a rapid follow-up for Steve Mason (#29)... The latest standings:

TW LW PP WI TITLE/ARTIST
01 05 01 04 Swing (in a Dream) – Squid
02 01 01 09 Pure Touch – Pleasure Pool
03 02 02 05 Glimmerings – GoGo Penguin
04 04 04 05 Everybody’s Saying That – Girl Ray
05 03 03 06 Return My Head – The Murder Capital
06 07 06 05 $20 – boygenius
07 06 04 07 Blood Ah Go Run – Dave Okumu & The 7 Generations
08 09 08 03 Ovule – Björk feat Shygirl
09 11 09 04 Town Crank – Clark
10 22 10 02 $1 One Vote – The The
11 10 09 06 Afro Dizzy – A Certain Ratio feat Ellen Beth Abdi
12 18 12 03 Tuggemo – Ligeti Quartet x Anna Meredith
13 NE 13 01 Magic Consciousness – Live Skull https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ukht3ykIEY
14 16 14 04 I Did It – Unloved
15 13 13 05 Cowboy Nudes – Geese
16 12 12 04 Bone Church – Slipknot
17 27 17 02 Freedom – Jadu Heart
18 14 04 08 Be On Your Way – Daughter
19 21 19 06 I Play My Bass Loud – Gina Birch
20 26 20 02 Thinking About You – Beck
21 32 21 02 Kill Me Again – WAEVE
22 17 16 06 Strung Out Johnny – Iggy Pop
23 29 23 04 Magic Powers – Death Valley Girls
24 08 01 10 No More – Steve Mason feat Javed Bashir
25 15 11 07 When We Were Very Young – Belle & Sebastian
26 30 26 03 My Witch – Jen Cloher
27 NE 27 01 Feel Good – slowthai https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qv_6XQefJ4
28 20 01 11 Overcome – Steam Down feat Afronaut Zu, Germain Marvel & TINYMAN
29 NE 29 01 The People Say – Steve Mason https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SF3CC4pV4W0
30 25 21 06 Beyond the Vale – Smashing Pumpkins
31 NE 31 01 Portrait – The Goa Express https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwlDokfPtLY
32 19 02 09 Greatest Hits – Jockstrap
33 39 33 02 Casual Cruelty – SLUG
34 NE 34 01 Are You Alive? – Orbital feat Penelope Isles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HisMjagjxHM
35 35 35 02 Sculptures of Anything Goes – Arctic Monkeys
36 24 07 08 Amen – Gruff Rhys
37 23 12 07 Rice – Young Fathers
38 NE 38 01 Song About Love – English Teacher https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4u9AulY9Gdc
39 NE 39 01 Children of the Empire – Weyes Blood https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMAK05tpoI4
40 NE 40 01 Rock and a Calm Place – Antony Szmierek https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZ0LC_H88pU

KEY: TW – This week; LW – Last week; PP – Peak position; WI – Weeks in chart; NE – New entry

[heppolo]

English Teacher caught my attention

[JahWomble]

18/3/23 Squid strengthen their hold at the top, despite new competition from Live Skull... The latter are among the week's biggest climbers (#2, +11), however the prize goes to the resurgent Steve Mason (#11, +18): also scoring well are slowthai (#13, +14), The Goa Express (#20, +11), English Teacher (#22, +16), Orbital (#24, +10) and Weyes Blood (#26, +13)... Five newcomers take their bows, headed up by a first showing for Heartworms (#29)... Burn after reading:

TW LW PP WI TITLE/ARTIST
01 01 01 05 Swing (in a Dream) – Squid
02 13 02 02 Magic Consciousness – Live Skull
03 02 01 10 Pure Touch – Pleasure Pool
04 03 02 06 Glimmerings – GoGo Penguin
05 04 04 06 Everybody’s Saying That – Girl Ray
06 10 06 03 $1 One Vote – The The
07 09 07 05 Town Crank – Clark
08 06 06 06 $20 – boygenius
09 08 08 04 Ovule – Björk feat Shygirl
10 12 10 04 Tuggemo – Ligeti Quartet x Anna Meredith
11 29 11 02 The People Say – Steve Mason
12 07 04 08 Blood Ah Go Run – Dave Okumu & The 7 Generations
13 27 13 02 Feel Good – slowthai
14 21 14 03 Kill Me Again – WAEVE
15 05 03 07 Return My Head – The Murder Capital
16 17 16 03 Freedom – Jadu Heart
17 20 17 03 Thinking About You – Beck
18 14 14 05 I Did It – Unloved
19 19 19 07 I Play My Bass Loud – Gina Birch
20 31 20 02 Portrait – The Goa Express
21 23 21 05 Magic Powers – Death Valley Girls
22 38 22 02 Song About Love – English Teacher
23 11 09 07 Afro Dizzy – A Certain Ratio feat Ellen Beth Abdi
24 34 24 02 Are You Alive? – Orbital feat Penelope Isles
25 15 13 06 Cowboy Nudes – Geese
26 39 26 02 Children of the Empire – Weyes Blood
27 26 26 04 My Witch – Jen Cloher
28 16 12 05 Bone Church – Slipknot
29 NE 29 01 Retributions of an Awful Life – Heartworms https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thC-C_Bk8H0
30 24 01 11 No More – Steve Mason feat Javed Bashir
31 33 31 03 Casual Cruelty – SLUG
32 18 04 09 Be On Your Way – Daughter
33 NE 33 01 Micro Aggression – Coach Party https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzj37q3o8R8
34 NE 34 01 It’s Just a Bit of Blood – bdrmm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FKFTV-PIhI
35 22 16 07 Strung Out Johnny – Iggy Pop
36 25 11 08 When We Were Very Young – Belle & Sebastian
37 NE 37 01 We Were Still Are – Future Utopia feat Kae Tempest https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Gi6NUs_g3g
38 40 38 02 Rock and a Calm Place – Antony Szmierek
39 NE 39 01 Family Tree – Captain Starlet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8PIsFP2vp0
40 28 01 12 Overcome – Steam Down feat Afronaut Zu, Germain Marvel & TINYMAN

KEY: TW – This week; LW – Last week; PP – Peak position; WI – Weeks in chart; NE – New entry

[heppolo]

Heartworms, Coach Party, bdrmm all provide brilliant new entries.

[JahWomble]

25/3/23 Squid keep the box seat from Live Skull for another week, but not much in it between Brighton's finest and the NYC veterans... bdrmm (#21, +13) and Future Utopia (#24, +13) share the spoils for biggest jump, with English Teacher (#11, +11) and Heartworms (#18, +11) making inroads... Six tracks join the party, headed by Fontaines DC (#27) who enter the chart - for the thirteenth time in under five years - with their contribution to the imminent Nick Drake covers compilation The Endless Coloured Ways: meanwhile, excellent North London goth-folksters LOCKS make a first showing (#33)... Take it to the bridge, or somewhere close:

TW LW PP WI TITLE/ARTIST
01 01 01 06 Swing (in a Dream) – Squid
02 02 02 03 Magic Consciousness – Live Skull
03 06 03 04 $1 One Vote – The The
04 11 04 03 The People Say – Steve Mason
05 03 01 11 Pure Touch – Pleasure Pool
06 07 06 06 Town Crank – Clark
07 13 07 03 Feel Good – slowthai
08 05 04 07 Everybody’s Saying That – Girl Ray
09 14 09 04 Kill Me Again – WAEVE
10 10 10 05 Tuggemo – Ligeti Quartet x Anna Meredith
11 22 11 03 Song About Love – English Teacher
12 04 02 07 Glimmerings – GoGo Penguin
13 20 13 03 Portrait – The Goa Express
14 08 06 07 $20 – boygenius
15 16 15 04 Freedom – Jadu Heart
16 24 16 03 Are You Alive? – Orbital feat Penelope Isles
17 09 08 05 Ovule – Björk feat Shygirl
18 29 18 02 Retributions of an Awful Life – Heartworms
19 17 17 04 Thinking About You – Beck
20 26 20 03 Children of the Empire – Weyes Blood
21 34 21 02 It’s Just a Bit of Blood – bdrmm
22 12 04 09 Blood Ah Go Run – Dave Okumu & The 7 Generations
23 15 03 08 Return My Head – The Murder Capital
24 37 24 02 We Were Still Are – Future Utopia feat Kae Tempest
25 18 14 06 I Did It – Unloved
26 33 26 02 Micro Aggression – Coach Party
27 NE 27 01 Cello Song – Fontaines DC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezDU--NeT4c
28 21 21 06 Magic Powers – Death Valley Girls
29 31 29 04 Casual Cruelty – SLUG
30 39 30 02 Family Tree – Captain Starlet
31 19 19 08 I Play My Bass Loud – Gina Birch
32 25 13 07 Cowboy Nudes – Geese
33 NE 33 01 Nola – LOCKS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WngLClkuk4E
34 NE 34 01 Pinking Shears – Mandy, Indiana https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8I7JGpeI-E
35 27 26 05 My Witch – Jen Cloher
36 23 09 08 Afro Dizzy – A Certain Ratio feat Ellen Beth Abdi
37 28 12 06 Bone Church – Slipknot
38 NE 38 01 Float – Janelle Monae https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ET_h_9_cF9M
39 NE 39 01 Complete Me – Django Django feat Self Esteem https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26v-w1pxmMw
40 NE 40 01 Human Algebra – The Selecter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyjY_5piGnQ

KEY: TW – This week; LW – Last week; PP – Peak position; WI – Weeks in chart; NE – New entry

[Thriller]

The Django Django tune is good, very 1990!

[heppolo]

I didn't pay much attention to the Cello Song at first and now I think I was wrong.

[JahWomble]

I didn't pay much attention to the Cello Song at first and now I think I was wrong.

Given their recognised style, it's a pretty faithful cover.

[JahWomble]

1/4/23 Resurgent hardcore legends Live Skull finally take over at number one... Two cuts share the best move - Fontaines DC (#10, +17) and LOCKS (#16, +17), with bdrmm (#9, +12), Future Utopia (#14, +10) and Django Django (#26, +13) also stretching collective legs... Four tracks emerge, fronted-up by the evergreen Chemical Brothers (#25)... Those block-rocking beats:

TW LW PP WI TITLE/ARTIST
01 02 01 04 Magic Consciousness – Live Skull
02 01 01 07 Swing (in a Dream) – Squid
03 04 03 04 The People Say – Steve Mason
04 03 03 05 $1 One Vote – The The
05 07 05 04 Feel Good – slowthai
06 11 06 04 Song About Love – English Teacher
07 09 07 05 Kill Me Again – WAEVE
08 06 06 07 Town Crank – Clark
09 21 09 03 It’s Just a Bit of Blood – bdrmm
10 27 10 02 Cello Song – Fontaines DC
11 05 01 12 Pure Touch – Pleasure Pool
12 13 12 04 Portrait – The Goa Express
13 10 10 06 Tuggemo – Ligeti Quartet x Anna Meredith
14 24 14 03 We Were Still Are – Future Utopia feat Kae Tempest
15 20 15 04 Children of the Empire – Weyes Blood
16 33 16 02 Nola – LOCKS
17 18 17 03 Retributions of an Awful Life – Heartworms
18 16 16 04 Are You Alive? – Orbital feat Penelope Isles
19 15 15 05 Freedom – Jadu Heart
20 08 04 08 Everybody’s Saying That – Girl Ray
21 12 02 08 Glimmerings – GoGo Penguin
22 26 22 03 Micro Aggression – Coach Party
23 30 23 03 Family Tree – Captain Starlet
24 19 17 05 Thinking About You – Beck
25 NE 25 01 No Reason – Chemical Brothers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jm_WdaHBdlg
26 39 26 02 Complete Me – Django Django feat Self Esteem
27 22 04 10 Blood Ah Go Run – Dave Okumu & The 7 Generations
28 34 28 02 Pinking Shears – Mandy, Indiana
29 14 06 08 $20 – boygenius
30 17 08 06 Ovule – Björk feat Shygirl
31 NE 31 01 Amnesia – M83 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zNqhzl2Qv0
32 23 03 09 Return My Head – The Murder Capital
33 38 33 02 Float – Janelle Monae
34 28 21 07 Magic Powers – Death Valley Girls
35 NE 35 01 Happy Feet – Do Nothing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4bYwFUfJmE
36 25 14 07 I Did It – Unloved
37 31 19 09 I Play My Bass Loud – Gina Birch
38 NE 38 01 Layla – Unknown Mortal Orchestra https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KN4ZIrNES9Y
39 40 39 02 Human Algebra – The Selecter
40 32 13 08 Cowboy Nudes – Geese

KEY: TW – This week; LW – Last week; PP – Peak position; WI – Weeks in chart; NE – New entry

[Blondini]

Another one for Layla! Better late than never in both our cases.

[heppolo]

Ironically not the most memorable tune by M83

[JahWomble]

8/4/23 LOCKS vault all above them to bag a perhaps-unexpected debut chart-topper, thereby also claiming the biggest climb for the second-successive week (#1, +15): Chemical Brothers (#12, +13), Captain Starlet (#13, +10) and Mandy, Indiana (#17, +11) also break the ten-place barrier... Drahla are the best-placed of five newcomers (#26) - the group's first showing in almost four years... Lips synced:

TW LW PP WI TITLE/ARTIST
01 16 01 03 Nola – LOCKS
02 06 02 05 Song About Love – English Teacher
03 01 01 05 Magic Consciousness – Live Skull
04 03 03 05 The People Say – Steve Mason
05 05 05 05 Feel Good – slowthai
06 10 06 03 Cello Song – Fontaines DC
07 02 01 08 Swing (in a Dream) – Squid
08 09 08 04 It’s Just a Bit of Blood – bdrmm
09 04 03 06 $1 One Vote – The The
10 07 07 06 Kill Me Again – WAEVE
11 14 11 04 We Were Still Are – Future Utopia feat Kae Tempest
12 25 12 02 No Reason – Chemical Brothers
13 23 13 04 Family Tree – Captain Starlet
14 17 14 04 Retributions of an Awful Life – Heartworms
15 08 06 08 Town Crank – Clark
16 12 12 05 Portrait – The Goa Express
17 28 17 03 Pinking Shears – Mandy, Indiana
18 11 01 13 Pure Touch – Pleasure Pool
19 18 16 05 Are You Alive? – Orbital feat Penelope Isles
20 22 20 04 Micro Aggression – Coach Party
21 15 15 05 Children of the Empire – Weyes Blood
22 13 10 07 Tuggemo – Ligeti Quartet x Anna Meredith
23 31 23 02 Amnesia – M83
24 26 24 03 Complete Me – Django Django feat Self Esteem
25 33 25 03 Float – Janelle Monae
26 NE 26 01 Lip Sync – Drahla https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrAK1cUYvuc
27 19 15 06 Freedom – Jadu Heart
28 20 04 09 Everybody’s Saying That – Girl Ray
29 35 29 02 Happy Feet – Do Nothing
30 21 02 09 Glimmerings – GoGo Penguin
31 NE 31 01 Swim Back – Daughter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXuYBBjHHiQ
32 24 17 06 Thinking About You – Beck
33 38 33 02 Layla – Unknown Mortal Orchestra
34 39 34 03 Human Algebra – The Selecter
35 27 04 11 Blood Ah Go Run – Dave Okumu & The 7 Generations
36 NE 36 01 The Girl is Crying in Her Latte – Sparks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTAxPhxADo0
37 NE 37 01 Telephones 4 Eyes – Hak Baker https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7fZbWmjJjY
38 30 08 07 Ovule – Björk feat Shygirl
39 29 06 09 $20 – boygenius
40 NE 40 01 Bloodsuckers – Saint Agnes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FAbDf3Ft8I

KEY: TW – This week; LW – Last week; PP – Peak position; WI – Weeks in chart; NE – New entry

[heppolo]

"Lip Sync" starts really aggro and tough, immediately draws you in.

[JahWomble]

15/4/23 LOCKS maintain their hold at the top, despite having to fend off a sudden burst of energy from bdrmm... Comeback victors Daughter take the week's best move (#14, +17), while Drahla (#15, +11) and Hak Baker (#21, +16) also make significant strides... Five tracks emerge, fronted-up by a typically-languid return effort from This Is The Kit (#22)... Hotter, not colder:

TW LW PP WI TITLE/ARTIST
01 01 01 04 Nola – LOCKS
02 08 02 05 It’s Just a Bit of Blood – bdrmm
03 02 02 06 Song About Love – English Teacher
04 06 04 04 Cello Song – Fontaines DC
05 12 05 03 No Reason – Chemical Brothers
06 04 03 06 The People Say – Steve Mason
07 05 05 06 Feel Good – slowthai
08 13 08 05 Family Tree – Captain Starlet
09 03 01 06 Magic Consciousness – Live Skull
10 17 10 04 Pinking Shears – Mandy, Indiana
11 07 01 09 Swing (in a Dream) – Squid
12 11 11 05 We Were Still Are – Future Utopia feat Kae Tempest
13 09 03 07 $1 One Vote – The The
14 31 14 02 Swim Back – Daughter
15 26 15 02 Lip Sync – Drahla
16 10 07 07 Kill Me Again – WAEVE
17 24 17 04 Complete Me – Django Django feat Self Esteem
18 23 18 03 Amnesia – M83
19 14 14 05 Retributions of an Awful Life – Heartworms
20 16 12 06 Portrait – The Goa Express
21 37 21 02 Telephones 4 Eyes – Hak Baker
22 NE 22 01 Inside Outside – This Is The Kit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-I7fiuRhxV8
23 29 23 03 Happy Feet – Do Nothing
24 19 16 06 Are You Alive? – Orbital feat Penelope Isles
25 15 06 09 Town Crank – Clark
26 20 20 05 Micro Aggression – Coach Party
27 25 25 04 Float – Janelle Monae
28 36 28 02 The Girl is Crying in Her Latte – Sparks
29 NE 29 01 living in recycled times – The Orb feat Rachel D’Arcy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdlIv-0vvwY
30 33 30 03 Layla – Unknown Mortal Orchestra
31 21 15 06 Children of the Empire – Weyes Blood
32 18 01 14 Pure Touch – Pleasure Pool
33 22 10 08 Tuggemo – Ligeti Quartet x Anna Meredith
34 40 34 02 Bloodsuckers – Saint Agnes
35 NE 35 01 Burnt Pictures – audiobooks feat OneDa https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKQ1ePnGGRw
36 NE 36 01 Afterlife – Temples https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxHZiYjSAfg
37 27 15 07 Freedom – Jadu Heart
38 28 04 10 Everybody’s Saying That – Girl Ray
39 30 02 10 Glimmerings – GoGo Penguin
40 NE 40 01 Holidays – Afflecks Palace https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkyHL7cs4js

KEY: TW – This week; LW – Last week; PP – Peak position; WI – Weeks in chart; NE – New entry

[heppolo]

I've grown to really enjoy Afflecks Palace. "Holidays" is one of their better singles imo.

[JahWomble]

22/4/23 Lower case beats higher, as bdrmm edge past LOCKS to take the top spot... Lower-profile higher-climbers this week with Daughter (#3, +11), Hak Baker (#10, +11) and Temples (#26, +10) all breaching the ten-place target... No fewer than seven newcomers this week, and - two weeks after International Women's Day - all of them feature female vocalists: Bleach Lab (#24) follow up a recent number one, while The Linda Lindas (#34) and (perhaps their natural predecessors) the currently-touring Shonen Knife (#30) also debut... Higher to lower:

TW LW PP WI TITLE/ARTIST
01 02 01 06 It’s Just a Bit of Blood – bdrmm
02 01 01 05 Nola – LOCKS
03 14 03 03 Swim Back – Daughter
04 03 02 07 Song About Love – English Teacher
05 04 04 05 Cello Song – Fontaines DC
06 05 05 04 No Reason – Chemical Brothers
07 10 07 05 Pinking Shears – Mandy, Indiana
08 08 08 06 Family Tree – Captain Starlet
09 06 03 07 The People Say – Steve Mason
10 21 10 03 Telephones 4 Eyes – Hak Baker
11 15 11 03 Lip Sync – Drahla
12 22 12 02 Inside Outside – This Is The Kit
13 07 05 07 Feel Good – slowthai
14 09 01 07 Magic Consciousness – Live Skull
15 12 11 06 We Were Still Are – Future Utopia feat Kae Tempest
16 23 16 04 Happy Feet – Do Nothing
17 11 01 10 Swing (in a Dream) – Squid
18 18 18 04 Amnesia – M83
19 17 17 05 Complete Me – Django Django feat Self Esteem
20 29 20 02 living in recycled times – The Orb feat Rachel D’Arcy
21 13 03 08 $1 One Vote – The The
22 19 14 06 Retributions of an Awful Life – Heartworms
23 28 23 03 The Girl is Crying in Her Latte – Sparks
24 NE 24 01 Indigo – Bleach Lab https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jl7KgBEpzw4
25 16 07 08 Kill Me Again – WAEVE
26 36 26 02 Afterlife – Temples
27 NE 27 01 Samo – A Certain Ratio https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdqIg39mxFM
28 20 12 07 Portrait – The Goa Express
29 34 29 03 Bloodsuckers – Saint Agnes
30 NE 30 01 Mujinto Rock – Shonen Knife https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXiWmTRByaA
31 40 31 02 Holidays – Afflecks Palace
32 27 25 05 Float – Janelle Monae
33 35 33 02 Burnt Pictures – audiobooks feat OneDa
34 NE 34 01 Too Many Things – The Linda Lindas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18_-aBGthXE
35 24 16 07 Are You Alive? – Orbital feat Penelope Isles
36 26 20 06 Micro Aggression – Coach Party
37 NE 37 01 Not Strong Enough – boygenius https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIX_ouNJsTs
38 NE 38 01 In Lightning – Feist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyiekfjfqco
39 25 06 10 Town Crank – Clark
40 NE 40 01 Madres – Sofia Kourtesis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPGct0yRPM8

KEY: TW – This week; LW – Last week; PP – Peak position; WI – Weeks in chart; NE – New entry