Jio's HoF :NOW:WEEKLY PICKS (26/9/2023)

[jio]

jio's picks of the week 22/6/2021



SINGLES

1.(-) MARK KNIGHT/ BEVERLEY KNIGHT/ LONDON COMMUNITY GOSPEL CHOIR: Everything's Gonna Be Alright 2.(14) VLURE: Shattered Faith 3.(1) DURAN DURAN: Invisible 4.(2) KHRUANGBIN: Pelota 5.(-) AFFLECKS PALACE: This City Is Burning Alive 6.(9) HONEY DIJON/ ANNETTE BOWEN/ NIKKI-0: Downtown 7.(-) JAPANESE BREAKFAST: Be Sweet 8.(-) IDLES: Damaged Goods 9.(5) MAT KEARNEY: Can't Look Back 10.(3) PRINCE: Born 2 Die 11.(-) MR JUKES/ BARNEY ARTIST: Vibrate 12.(4) CHRIS STAPLETON: You Should Probably Leave 13.(-) NAVOS: Believe Me 14.(6) MANIC STREET PREACHERS: Orwellian 15.(-) CHRIS YOUNG/ KANE BROWN: Famous Friends MPHARANYANA & THE PEDDLERS: Disco <==== BLAST FROM THE PAST (1979) BEVERLEY KNIGHT: The Collection 1995-2007 <==== ALBUM PICK

[heppolo]

My highlight is Idles in the top 10

[jio]

jio's picks of the week 29/6/2021



SINGLES

1.(2) VLURE: Shattered Faith 2.(1) MARK KNIGHT/BEVERLEY KNIGHT/LONDON COMMUNITY GOSPEL CHOIR: Everything's Gonna Be Alright 3.(5) AFFLECKS PALACE: This City Is Burning Alive 4.(-) SHIRE T: Blue Kiss 5.(7) JAPANESE BREAKFAST: Be Sweet 6.(-) MARINA: Ancient Dreams In A Modern Land 7.(-) JESSIE WARE: Hot N Heavy 8.(3) DURAN DURAN: Invisible 9.(8) IDLES: Damaged Goods 10.(13) NAVOS: Believe Me 11.(-) MEGAN THEE STALLION: Thot Shit 12.(9) MAT KEARNEY: Can't Look Back 13.(-) PA SALIEU/ SLOWTHAI: Glidin' 14.(6) HONEY DIJON/ ANNETTE BOWEN/ NIKKI-0: Downtown 15.(-) LEELA JAMES: Put It On Me THE CURE: Primary <==== BLAST FROM THE PAST (1981) BEVERLEY KNIGHT: The Collection 1995-2007 <==== ALBUM PICK

[jio]

jio's picks of the week 6/7/2021



SINGLES

1.(4) SHIRE T: Blue Kiss 2.(-) RAUW ALEJANDRO: Todo De Ti 3.(5) JAPANESE BREAKFAST: Be Sweet 4.(1) VLURE: Shattered Faith 5.(6) MARINA: Ancient Dreams In A Modern Land 6.(2) MARK KNIGHT/BEVERLEY KNIGHT/LONDON COMMUNITY GOSPEL CHOIR: Everything's Gonna Be Alright 7.(7) JESSIE WARE: Hot N Heavy 8.(-) BANKS: The Devil 9.(11) MEGAN THEE STALLION: Thot Shit 10.(-) LPB BOODY: Batman 11.(3) AFFLECKS PALACE: This City Is Burning Alive 12.(8) DURAN DURAN: Invisible 13.(-) PEGGY GOU/ OHHYUK: Nabi 14.(-) WALE/ CHRIS BROWN: Angles 15.(-) LONDON GRAMMAR: Lord It's A Feeling GIRLS AT OUR BEST: Going Nowhere Fast <==== BLAST FROM THE PAST (1980) SMITH & BURROWS: Only Smith & Burrows Is Good Enough <==== ALBUM PICK

[heppolo]

Somehow London Grammar sneaked in the chart

[jio]

jio's picks of the week 13/7/2021



SINGLES

1.(2) RAUW ALEJANDRO: Todo De Ti 2.(8) BANKS: The Devil 3.(1) SHIRE T: Blue Kiss 4.(14) WALE/ CHRIS BROWN: Angles 5.(-) TYLER THE CREATOR: Lumberjack 6.(-) LONELADY: Former Things 7.(-) HARD FEELINGS: Holding On Too Long 8.(3) JAPANESE BREAKFAST: Be Sweet 9.(-) JOHN: A Song For Those Who Speed In Built-Up Areas 10.(5) MARINA: Ancient Dreams In A Modern Land 11.(7) JESSIE WARE: Hot N Heavy 12.(-) WIZKID/ TEMS: Essence 13.(6) MARK KNIGHT/BEVERLEY KNIGHT/LONDON COMMUNITY GOSPEL CHOIR: Everything's Gonna Be Alright 14.(4) VLURE: Shattered Faith 15.(-) JACK SAVORETTI/ NILE RODGERS: Who's Hurting Who SOUL II SOUL/ VICTORIA WILSON-JAMES: A Dream's A Dream <==== BLAST FROM THE PAST (1990) PRINCE: The Truth <==== ALBUM PICK

[jio]

jio's picks of the week 20/7/2021



SINGLES

1.(9) JOHN: A Song For Those Who Speed In Built-Up Areas 2.(7) HARD FEELINGS: Holding On Too Long 3.(-) SAM FENDER: Seventeen Going Under 4.(1) RAUW ALEJANDRO: Todo De Ti 5.(-) SNAPPED ANKLES: The Evidence 6.(-) ADEKUNLE GOLD ft. LUCKY DAYE: Sinner 7.(2) BANKS: The Devil 8.(5) TYLER THE CREATOR: Lumberjack 9.(4) WALE ft. CHRIS BROWN: Angles 10.(3) SHIRE T: Blue Kiss 11.(12) WIZKID ft. TEMS: Essence 12.(-) BOBBY GILLESPIE/ JEHNNY BETH: Chase It Down 13.(-) MARINA: Venus Fly Trap 14.(6) LONELADY: Former Things 15.(-) WILL YOUNG: Crying On The Bathroom Floor KYM SIMS: Too Blind To See It <==== BLAST FROM THE PAST (1991) SMITH & BURROWS: Only Smith & Burrows Is Good Enough <==== ALBUM PICK

[jio]

jio's picks of the week 27/7/2021



SINGLES

1.(6) ADEKUNLE GOLD ft. LUCKY DAYE: Sinner 2.(3) SAM FENDER: Seventeen Going Under 3.(5) SNAPPED ANKLES: The Evidence 4.(13) MARINA ft. TOVE LO: Venus Fly Trap 5.(1) JOHN: A Song For Those Who Speed In Built-Up Areas 6.(-) GOON SAX: In The Stone 7.(2) HARD FEELINGS: Holding On Too Long 8.(-) INHALER: My Honest Face 9.(8) TYLER THE CREATOR: Lumberjack 10.(-) MILEY CYRUS: Plastic Hearts 11.(12) BOBBY GILLESPIE/ JEHNNY BETH: Chase It Down 12.(4) RAUW ALEJANDRO: Todo De Ti 13.(-) JAM & LEWIS/ MARIAH CAREY: Somewhat Loved 14.(11) WIZKID ft. TEMS: Essence 15.(-) MANIC STREET PREACHERS ft. JULIA CUMMING: The Secret He Had Missed TINA TURNER: Steamy Windows <==== BLAST FROM THE PAST (1989) SMITH & BURROWS: Only Smith & Burrows Is Good Enough <==== ALBUM PICK

[jio]

jio's picks of the week 3/8/2021



SINGLES

1.(-) LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM: On The Wrong Side 2.(-) PRINCE: Hot Summer 3.(6) THE GOON SAX: In The Stone 4.(2) SAM FENDER: Seventeen Going Under 5.(1) ADEKUNLE GOLD ft. LUCKY DAYE: Sinner 6.(10) MILEY CYRUS: Plastic Hearts 7.(-) MATT SWEENEY/ BONNIE "PRINCE" BILLY: My Blue Suit 8.(4) MARINA ft. TOVE LO: Venus Fly Trap 9.(8) INHALER: My Honest Face 10.(-) SENTURY: Love Of My Life 11.(3) SNAPPED ANKLES: The Evidence 12.(13) JAM & LEWIS/ MARIAH CAREY: Somewhat Loved 13.(-) CENTRAL CEE: Little Bit Of This 14.(-) ALESHA DIXON: War 15.(-) BEABADOOBEE: Cologne NEIL DIAMOND: Sweet Caroline <==== BLAST FROM THE PAST (1969) SMITH & BURROWS: Only Smith & Burrows Is Good Enough <==== ALBUM PICK

[navi]

3.(6) THE GOON SAX: In The Stone

sweet and charming
i was considering this for FSC a month ago, but Australia was already taken

[jio]

jio's picks of the week 10/8/2021



SINGLES

1.(-) SPECIAL INTEREST: Street Pulse Beat 2.(-) GALLANT/ BRANDY: Dynamite 3.(-) GOAT: Queen Of The Underground 4.(1) LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM: On The Wrong Side 5.(3) THE GOON SAX: In The Stone 6.(6) MILEY CYRUS: Plastic Hearts 7.(7) MATT SWEENEY/ BONNIE "PRINCE" BILLY: My Blue Suit 8.(2) PRINCE: Hot Summer 9.(-) DARKSIDE: Liberty Bell 10.(-) OPUS KINK: This Train (live) 11.(-) SELF ESTEEM: Prioritise Pleasure 12.(4) SAM FENDER: Seventeen Going Under 13.(10) SENTURY: Love Of My Life 14.(-) GABBY BARRETT: Footprints On The Moon 15.(-) DAVID CROSBY: River Rise THE FLIRTATIONS: Nothing But A Heartache <==== BLAST FROM THE PAST (1968) SMITH & BURROWS: Only Smith & Burrows Is Good Enough <==== ALBUM PICK

[Postdeftoals]

#10 Opus Kink is really some fresh air. I like it.

[heppolo]

Interesting #1, a really challenging piece of music with the heavy bassline.

[jio]

jio's picks of the week 17/8/2021



SINGLES

1.(-) COMMON f. PJ & YOU: Imagine 2.(3) GOAT: Queen Of The Underground 3.(-) DURAN DURAN f. CHAI: More Joy! 4.(-) ERASURE: Secrets 5.(2) GALLANT/ BRANDY: Dynamite 6.(1) SPECIAL INTEREST: Street Pulse Beat 7.(11) SELF ESTEEM: Prioritise Pleasure 8.(10) OPUS KINK: This Train (live) 9.(-) THE WEEKND: Take My Breath 10.(8) PRINCE: Hot Summer 11.(13) SENTURY: Love Of My Life 12.(-) DURAND JONES & THE INDICATIONS: Love Will Work It Out 13.(5) THE GOON SAX: In The Stone 14.(-) THE VACCINES: Alone Star 15.(-) ISAIAH RASHAD: Headshots (4r Da Locals) THE STONE ROSES: I Am The Resurrection <==== BLAST FROM THE PAST (1992) PRINCE: Welcome 2 America <==== ALBUM PICK

[heppolo]

haven't listened to The Vaccines' songs in quite some time, so your chart reminded me of them.

[jio]

jio's picks of the week 25/8/2021



SINGLES

1.(3) DURAN DURAN f. CHAI: More Joy! 2.(-) SAM FENDER: Howdon Aldi Death Queue 3.(4) ERASURE: Secrets 4.(-) JOHN: Sibensko Powerhouse 5.(1) COMMON f. PJ & YOU: Imagine 6.(2) GOAT: Queen Of The Underground 7.(6) SPECIAL INTEREST: Street Pulse Beat 8.(5) GALLANT/ BRANDY: Dynamite 9.(9) THE WEEKND: Take My Breath 10.(7) SELF ESTEEM: Prioritise Pleasure 11.(14) THE VACCINES: Alone Star 12.(-) LAINEY WILSON: Things A Man Oughta Know 13.(10) PRINCE: Hot Summer 14.(11) SENTURY: Love Of My Life 15.(12) DURAND JONES & THE INDICATIONS: Love Will Work It Out FABOLOUS ft. T-PAIN: Baby Don't Go <==== BLAST FROM THE PAST (2007) PRINCE: Welcome 2 America <==== ALBUM PICK

[Postdeftoals]

Welcome back!

[heppolo]

Welcome back!

Time really does fly

[jio]

jio's picks of the week 31/8/2021



SINGLES

1.(-) EARTH WIND & FIRE f. LUCKY DAYE: You Want My Love 2.(2) SAM FENDER: Howdon Aldi Death Queue 3.(4) JOHN: Sibensko Powerhouse 4.(1) DURAN DURAN f. CHAI: More Joy! 5.(-) SOPHIE ELLIS-BEXTOR & THE FEELING: While We're Still Young 6.(3) ERASURE: Secrets 7.(12) LAINEY WILSON: Things A Man Oughta Know 8.(-) LINDA LINDAS: Oh! 9.(7) SPECIAL INTEREST: Street Pulse Beat 10.(8) GALLANT/ BRANDY: Dynamite 11.(5) COMMON f. PJ & YOU: Imagine 12.(6) GOAT: Queen Of The Underground 13.(-) SEA POWER: Two Fingers 14.(-) FARRUKO: Pepas 15.(-) GRETA VAN FLEET: Built By Nations CARLY SIMON: Why <==== BLAST FROM THE PAST (1982) PRINCE: Welcome 2 America <==== ALBUM PICK

[heppolo]

Linda Lindas the breakout indie name of 2021

[Postdeftoals]

Good to see Sea Power and Greta Van Fleet!

[jio]

All three of those songs are fantastic and should be climbing next

[jio]

jio's picks of the week 7/9/2021



SINGLES

1.(1) EARTH WIND & FIRE f. LUCKY DAYE: You Want My Love 2.(8) LINDA LINDAS: Oh! 3.(2) SAM FENDER: Howdon Aldi Death Queue 4.(5) SOPHIE ELLIS-BEXTOR & THE FEELING: While We're Still Young 5.(3) JOHN: Sibensko Powerhouse 6.(13) SEA POWER: Two Fingers 7.(7) LAINEY WILSON: Things A Man Oughta Know 8.(15) GRETA VAN FLEET: Built By Nations 9.(-) DEAFHEAVEN: In Blur 10.(-) JAKE BUGG: All I Need 11.(4) DURAN DURAN f. CHAI: More Joy! 12.(14) FARRUKO: Pepas 13.(-) LATHUMS: I'll Get By 14.(6) ERASURE: Secrets 15.(-) KACEY MUSGRAVES: Justified MILLIE SMALL: My Boy Lollipop <==== BLAST FROM THE PAST (1964) PRINCE: Welcome 2 America <==== ALBUM PICK

[heppolo]

Great to see Deafhaven

[JSparksFan]

Great to see "Justified" - easily among my favourite songs of the year.