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

[heppolo]

Always there for Coach Party

[CrazyCrazy]

Lovely to see Tori, those are great ones from her.

Nice ones from Kylie and Alison, need to check new Beverley.

[jio]

jio's picks of the week 26/9/2023

SINGLES

1.(1) PALE BLUE EYES: Spaces 2.(-) LEIGH-ANNE f. AYRA STARR: My Love 3.(2) BEVERLEY KNIGHT: Systematic Overload 4.(8) CARDI B f. MEGAN THEE STALLION: Bongos 5.(-) SUGABABES: When The Rain Comes 6.(3) BE YOUR OWN PET: Worship The Whip 7.(4) KYLIE MINOGUE: Tension 8.(-) KATIE MELUA: 14 Windows 9.(14) ALISON GOLDFRAPP: Fever 10.(-) COACH PARTY: Parasite 11.(-) CARLY RAE JEPSEN: Shy Boy 12.(7) PRINCE & THE NEW POWER GENERATION: Alice Through The Looking Glass 13.(5) MARIBOU STATE: Blackoak 14.(-) EZRA COLLECTIVE: Togetherness 15.(6) TIMBALAND, NELLY FURTADO & JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE: Keep Going Up TORI AMOS: A Sorta Fairytale <==== BLAST FROM THE PAST (2002) TORI AMOS: Little Earthquakes <==== ALBUM PICK

[jio]

jio's picks of the week 19/9/2023

SINGLES

1.(11) PALE BLUE EYES: Spaces 2.(1) BEVERLEY KNIGHT: Systematic Overload 3.(9) BE YOUR OWN PET: Worship The Whip 4.(3) KYLIE MINOGUE: Tension 5.(4) MARIBOU STATE: Blackoak 6.(7) TIMBALAND, NELLY FURTADO & JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE: Keep Going Up 7.(2) PRINCE & THE NEW POWER GENERATION: Alice Through The Looking Glass 8.(-) CARDI B f. MEGAN THEE STALLION: Bongos 9.(6) THE KILLERS: Your Side Of Town 10.(-) THE LINDA LINDAS: Resolution/Revolution 11.(8) OLIVIA RODRIGO: Bad Idea Right? 12.(5) IDINA MENZEL: Dramatic 13.(-) JEFF ROSENSTOCK: Doubt 14.(-) ALISON GOLDFRAPP: Fever 15.(12) CASSÖ, RAYE & D-BLOCK EUROPE: Prada FUN BOY THREE: The More I See (The Less I Believe) <==== BLAST FROM THE PAST (1982) JENNY LEWIS: Joy'All <==== ALBUM PICK

[heppolo]

"Worship The Whip" is top-notch. It's exactly the right level of sinister and gritty.

[jio]

jio's picks of the week 12/9/2023

SINGLES

1.(-) BEVERLEY KNIGHT: Systematc Overload 2.(1) PRINCE & THE NEW POWER GENERATION: Alice Through The Looking Glass 3.(-) KYLIE MINOGUE: Tension 4.(13) MARIBOU STATE: Blackoak 5.(4) IDINA MENZEL: Dramatic 6.(3) THE KILLERS: Your Side Of Town 7.(-) TIMBALAND, NELLY FURTADO & JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE: Keep Going Up 8.(2) OLIVIA RODRIGO: Bad Idea Right? 9.(-) BE YOUR OWN PET: Worship The Whip 10.(5) SAY SHE SHE: Astral Plane 11.(-) PALE BLUE EYES: Spaces 12.(6) CASSÖ, RAYE & D-BLOCK EUROPE: Prada 13.(-) BURNA BOY f. DAVE: Cheat On Me 14.(9) DOLLY PARTON f. ANN WILSON: Magic Man 15.(-) KAMILLE f. TAMERA & BELLAH: Options DISCLOSURE f. ALUNAGEORGE: White Noise <==== BLAST FROM THE PAST (2013) JENNY LEWIS: Joy'All <==== ALBUM PICK

[heppolo]

"Blackoak" is just some serious vibe going on.

[jio]

jio's picks of the week 5/9/2023

SINGLES

1.(-) PRINCE & THE NEW POWER GENERATION: Alice Through The Looking Glass 2.(12) OLIVIA RODRIGO: Bad Idea Right? 3.(-) THE KILLERS: Your Side Of Town 4.(-) IDINA MENZEL: Dramatic 5.(2) SAY SHE SHE: Astral Plane 6.(1) CASSÖ, RAYE & D-BLOCK EUROPE: Prada 7.(7) DOJA CAT: Paint The Town Red 8.(13) BUSTA RHYMES f. BIA: Beach Ball 9.(8) DOLLY PARTON f. ANN WILSON: Magic Man 10.(3) TOVE LO: Elevator Eyes 11.(6) FAR FROM SAINTS: Let The Light Shine Over You 12.(4) LUKAS NELSON f. LAINEY WILSON: More Than Friends 13.(-) MARIBOU STATE: Blackoak 14.(10) PRETENDERS: A Love 15.(5) JESSIE WARE & ROISIN MURPHY: Freak Me Now STYLE COUNCIL: Our Favourite Shop <==== BLAST FROM THE PAST (1985) PRINCE & THE NEW POWER GENERATION: Diamonds And Pearls <==== ALBUM PICK

[heppolo]

Alright Sophie sneaked in the chart, the music video is more of formality for "Beyond The Universe" which is disappointing.

[jio]

jio's picks of the week 29/8/2023

SINGLES

1.(-) CASSÖ, RAYE & D-BLOCK EUROPE: Prada 2.(6) SAY SHE SHE: Astral Plane 3.(2) TOVE LO: Elevator Eyes 4.(3) LUKAS NELSON f. LAINEY WILSON: More Than Friends 5.(4) JESSIE WARE & ROISIN MURPHY: Freak Me Now 6.(1) FAR FROM SAINTS: Let The Light Shine Over You 7.(12) DOJA CAT: Paint The Town Red 8.(-) DOLLY PARTON f. ANN WILSON: Magic Man 9.(8) JASON ALDEAN: Try That In A Small Town 10.(-) PRETENDERS: A Love 11.(7) THE KILLS: New York 12.(-) OLIVIA RODRIGO: Bad Idea Right? 13.(-) BUSTA RHYMES f. BIA: Beach Ball 14.(5) BOYGENIUS: Cool About It 15.(-) SOPHIE ELLIS-BEXTOR: Beyond The Universe YARDBIRDS: Happenings Ten Years Time Ago <==== BLAST FROM THE PAST (1966) PRINCE & THE NEW POWER GENERATION: Diamonds And Pearls <==== ALBUM PICK

[heppolo]

"Astral Pane" is this soft and pleasant psychedelic soul daydream

[jio]

jio's picks of the week 23/8/2023

SINGLES

1.(1) FAR FROM SAINTS: Let The Light Shine Over You 2.(-) TOVE LO: Elevator Eyes 3.(6) LUKAS NELSON f. LAINEY WILSON: More Than Friends 4.(2) JESSIE WARE & ROISIN MURPHY: Freak Me Now 5.(-) BOYGENIUS: Cool About It 6.(-) SAY SHE SHE: Astral Plane 7.(10) THE KILLS: New York 8.(9) JASON ALDEAN: Try That In A Small Town 9.(7) NAS f. 50 CENT: Office Hours 10.(4) LP: One Like You 11.(8) JALEN NGONDA: Come Around And Love Me 12.(-) DOJA CAT: Paint The Town Red 13.(11) MISO EXTRA: Space Junk 14.(-) MEGAN MORONEY: I'm Not Pretty 15.(5) THANK: Torture Cube DIONNE WARWICK: Walk On By <==== BLAST FROM THE PAST (1963) THE STEREOPHONICS: Decade In The Sun: Best Of Stereophonics <==== ALBUM PICK

[heppolo]

Do you like the Far From Saints track? It does feature the Stereophonics' lead singer

I liked it, I think I feature it in my chart in the coming days, the vibe is different in comparison to Stereophonics

[jio]

Do you like the Far From Saints track? It does feature the Stereophonics' lead singer

[heppolo]

"You're My Star" is an overlooked Stereophonics gem, I genuinely thought it would be a hit at the time

[jio]

jio's picks of the week 15/8/2023

SINGLES

1.(-) FAR FROM SAINTS: Let The Light Shine Over You 2.(4) JESSIE WARE & ROISIN MURPHY: Freak Me Now 3.(-) BIRDY: Paradise Calling 4.(5) LP: One Like You 5.(1) THANK: Torture Cube 6.(8) LUKAS NELSON f. LAINEY WILSON: More Than Friends 7.(2) NAS f. 50 CENT: Office Hours 8.(3) JALEN NGONDA: Come Around And Love Me 9.(12) JASON ALDEAN: Try That In A Small Town 10.(11) THE KILLS: New York 11.(6) MISO EXTRA: Space Junk 12.(15) ROMY: The Sea 13.(-) BRENDA: Cease And Desist 14.(9) TAMIKA SCOTT & METHOD MAN: Tonight 15.(-) TYGA, YG & BLXST: West Coast Weekend HOPSCOTCH: Look At The Lights Go Up <==== BLAST FROM THE PAST (1968) THE STEREOPHONICS: Decade In The Sun: Best Of Stereophonics <==== ALBUM PICK

[heppolo]

Romy's "The Sea" is nice.

[jio]

jio's picks of the week 8/8/2023

SINGLES

1.(2) THANK: Torture Cube 2.(-) NAS f. 50 CENT: Office Hours 3.(8) JALEN NGONDA: Come Around And Love Me 4.(-) JESSIE WARE & ROISIN MURPHY: Freak Me Now 5.(-) LP: One Like You 6.(3) MISO EXTRA: Space Junk 7.(7) ARLO PARKS: Devotion 8.(13) LUKAS NELSON f. LAINEY WILSON: More Than Friends 9.(1) TAMIKA SCOTT & METHOD MAN: Tonight 10.(4) CHRIS STAPLETON: White Horse 11.(-) THE KILLS: New York 12.(15) JASON ALDEAN: Try That In A Small Town 13.(14) OBONGJAYAR: Just Cool 14.(-) CVC: Sophie 15.(-) ROMY: The Sea SINEAD O'CONNOR: Troy <==== BLAST FROM THE PAST (1987) LISA STANSFIELD: Deeper <==== ALBUM PICK

[jio]

jio's picks of the week 1/8/2023

SINGLES

1.(1) TAMIKA SCOTT & METHOD MAN: Tonight 2.(-) THANK: Torture Cube 3.(-) MISO EXTRA: Space Junk 4.(2) CHRIS STAPLETON: White Horse 5.(3) THE CORAL: Wild Bird 6.(5) GRIAN CHATTEN: Last Time Every Time Forever 7.(-) ARLO PARKS: Devotion 8.(-) JALEN NGONDA: Come Around And Love Me 9.(6) EMELI SANDE: One Of These Things First 10.(-) PVRIS: Animal 11.(8) BEABADOOBEE: The Way Things Go 12.(4) CONAN GRAY: Never Ending Song 13.(-) LUKAS NELSON f. LAINEY WILSON: More Than Friends 14.(-) OBONGJAYAR: Just Cool 15.(-) JASON ALDEAN: Try That In A Small Town DANSETTE DAMAGE: The Only Sound <==== BLAST FROM THE PAST (1978) MOUNT WESTMORE: Snoop Cube 40 $hort <==== ALBUM PICK

[jio]

jio's picks of the week 25/7/2023

SINGLES

1.(-) TAMIKA SCOTT & METHOD MAN: Tonight 2.(-) CHRIS STAPLETON: White Horse 3.(2) THE CORAL: Wild Bird 4.(1) CONAN GRAY: Never Ending Song 5.(6) GRIAN CHATTEN: Last Time Every Time Forever 6.(8) EMELI SANDE: One Of These Things First 7.(3) BLUR: St. Charles Square 8.(-) BEABADOOBEE: The Way Things Go 9.(13) QUANTIC f. ANDREYA TRIANA: Run 10.(4) PEGGY GOU: (It Goes Like) Nanana 11.(15) 3CLUBMEN: Aviatrix 12.(5) STEVE LUKATHER: Someone 13.(14) THE MYSTERINES: Begin Again 14.(7) LP: Golden 15.(9) ART SCHOOL GIRLFRIEND: Heaven Hanging Low THE SKIDS: Animation <==== BLAST FROM THE PAST (1980) JENNY LEWIS: Joy'All <==== ALBUM PICK

[heppolo]

Blur's obviously the highlight

[jio]

jio's picks of the week 18/7/2023

SINGLES

1.(5) CONAN GRAY: Never Ending Song 2.(8) THE CORAL: Wild Bird 3.(-) BLUR: St. Charles Square 4.(1) PEGGY GOU: (It Goes Like) Nanana 5.(10) STEVE LUKATHER: Someone 6.(-) GRIAN CHATTEN: Last Time Every Time Forever 7.(9) LP: Golden 8.(-) EMELI SANDE: One Of These Things First 9.(2) ART SCHOOL GIRLFRIEND: Heaven Hanging Low 10.(3) DOJA CAT: Attention 11.(4) JENNY LEWIS: Psychos 12.(7) JALEN NGONDA: If You Don't Want My Love 13.(-) QUANTIC f. ANDREYA TRIANA: Run 14.(-) THE MYSTERINES: Begin Again 15.(-) 3CLUBMEN: Aviatrix LEONA LEWIS: Run <==== BLAST FROM THE PAST (2008) JENNY LEWIS: Joy'All <==== ALBUM PICK

[Postdeftoals]

"Wild Bird" is a good track.

[heppolo]

I am now digging the ATB-ish throwback by Peggy Gou

[jio]

jio's picks of the week 11/7/2023

SINGLES

1.(3) PEGGY GOU: (It Goes Like) Nanana 2.(2) ART SCHOOL GIRLFRIEND: Heaven Hanging Low 3.(7) DOJA CAT: Attention 4.(1) JENNY LEWIS: Psychos 5.(-) CONAN GRAY: Never Ending Song 6.(5) E-LIE f. MARIAH CAREY: Circles 7.(4) JALEN NGONDA: If You Don't Want My Love 8.(-) THE CORAL: Wild Bird 9.(-) LP: Golden 10.(12) STEVE LUKATHER: Someone 11.(6) SOPHIE ELLIS-BEXTOR: Everything Is Sweet 12.(-) LLOYD COLE: Warm By The Fire 13.(8) DUDU TASSA & JOHNNY GREENWOOD f. SAFAE ESSAFI: Ahibak 14.(9) ROSALIA: TUYA 15.(13) THE WEEKND, PLAYBOI CARTI & MADONNA: Popular GIRLS ALOUD: No Good Advice <==== BLAST FROM THE PAST (2003) JENNY LEWIS: Joy'All <==== ALBUM PICK