Jah's Weekly Top 40

[heppolo]

39 NE 39 01 Romance – Ex:Re - I would say the song is more about remembering a romantic relationship than about the romance itself through the hazy and understated melody
40 NE 40 01 Phi – Max Cooper - atmospheric, it keeps building up

[JahWomble]

(The chart arrives one day ahead of the normal post-date, to avoid the planned UKMix shutdown.) Unloved show that they're anything but, by pushing Karen O out of the top slot after six weeks (although the latter has a new single ready to drop)... Meanwhile, James Yorkston is still pushing his lack of religion after two months (#2)... Specials celebrate their first outing since the 1980s by jumping into the Top 20 (#15, +18): good movement also for Ichabod Wolf (#8, +10), Swindle & Kojey (#12, +16), Steve Mason (#14, +12), Julia Holter (#18, +12 - after a slow start) and Ex:Re (24, +15)... Two of the new entries boast - if that's the correct term - promotional films shot in public toilets: Low (#30) and slowthai (#35)... See you after closedown (maybe)...

26/1/19
TW LW PP WI TITLE/ARTIST
01 02 01 03 Love – Unloved
02 03 02 08 My Mouth Ain’t No Bible – James Yorkston
03 01 01 09 Lux Prima – Karen O & Danger Mouse
04 05 04 04 One Trick Ponies – Kurt Vile
05 07 05 09 I’ll Be True – Gorgeous Bully
06 04 02 07 Unmade – Thom Yorke
07 06 04 08 Diminuendo EP – Daniel Avery
08 18 08 03 Painted Horses – Ichabod Wolf
09 13 09 04 Sermon – Mercury Rev feat Margo Price
10 12 10 04 I Really Like It – Our Girl
11 08 06 08 Spectrum – Erol Alkan
12 28 12 02 Coming Home – Swindle & Kojey Radical
13 16 13 04 Cheers – Anderson Paak feat Q-Tip
14 26 14 03 Walking Away from Love – Steve Mason
15 33 15 02 Vote for Me – Specials
16 NE 16 01 Never See the Signs / Autonomy – Drenge https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usvSH4FTL9g
17 10 08 07 You Get – Cat Power
18 30 18 04 Whether – Julia Holter
19 15 14 05 Garden of the Year – VC Pines
20 17 17 05 I Opened a Bar – Sophie Hunger
21 19 19 04 Crippling Self Doubt – Courtney Barnett
22 24 22 03 Such a Remarkable Day – Charlotte Gainsbourg
23 09 03 11 Singularity – Jon Hopkins
24 39 24 02 Romance – Ex:Re
25 20 11 07 Time – Angelo de Augustine
26 21 13 06 Samaritans – IDLES
27 14 14 06 Border Girl – Young Fathers
28 11 07 09 Too Real – Fontaines DC
29 38 29 02 Beulah Loves Dancing – Planningtorock
30 NE 30 01 Disarray - Low https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4C8Of4WPkYo
31 35 31 02 Fried – Yak
32 40 32 02 Phi – Max Cooper
33 22 15 06 Death in Midsummer – Deerhunter
34 23 04 10 Offence – Little Simz
35 NE 35 01 Doorman – slowthai https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICBkHaMOPXs
36 NE 36 01 Happy Unhappy – The Beths https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJps6EoKqkI
37 29 01 12 Millennial Trash Blues – Jo Passed
38 NE 38 01 Juice – Lizzo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaCrQL_8eMY
39 37 01 14 Blaxploitation – Noname
40 31 03 14 Question Everything – Kittin

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

[heppolo]

38 NE 38 01 Juice – Lizzo
Nice song.

[JahWomble]

New chart finally imminent - some very confusing graphics hitting my screen since the refurb...

[JahWomble]

Two weeks of top love for the Unloved, but the Gorgeous Bully has - after ten weeks - sidled into the runner-up position just ahead of Kojey... Low go high for the week's biggest climb (#11, +19), with strong upward movement also for Drenge (#4, +12), Ex:Re (#14, +10), Max Cooper (#17, +15) and slowthai (#21, +14)... Karen O & Danger Mouse perhaps unsurprisingly bag the highest new entry (#20), with the previous cut still in the Top Ten... Other former chart-toppers re-emerge in the shape of Hinds (#25) and Bis (#32) - although in the case of the latter, one has to go back over two decades for their only number one on this chart... Finally - read on:

2/2/19
TW LW PP WI TITLE/ARTIST
01 01 01 04 Love – Unloved
02 05 02 10 I’ll Be True – Gorgeous Bully
03 12 03 03 Coming Home – Swindle & Kojey Radical
04 16 04 02 Never See the Signs / Autonomy – Drenge
05 04 04 05 One Trick Ponies – Kurt Vile
06 03 01 10 Lux Prima – Karen O & Danger Mouse
07 08 07 04 Painted Horses – Ichabod Wolf
08 15 08 03 Vote for Me – Specials
09 09 09 05 Sermon – Mercury Rev feat Margo Price
10 10 10 05 I Really Like It – Our Girl
11 30 11 02 Disarray – Low
12 02 02 09 My Mouth Ain’t No Bible – James Yorkston
13 14 13 04 Walking Away from Love – Steve Mason
14 24 14 03 Romance – Ex:Re
15 18 15 05 Whether – Julia Holter
16 07 04 09 Diminuendo EP – Daniel Avery
17 32 17 03 Phi – Max Cooper
18 13 13 05 Cheers – Anderson Paak feat Q-Tip
19 06 02 08 Unmade – Thom Yorke
20 NE 20 01 Woman – Karen O & Danger Mouse https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAW...eAe2En61jMkQyA
21 35 21 02 Doorman – slowthai
22 22 22 04 Such a Remarkable Day – Charlotte Gainsbourg
23 20 17 06 I Opened a Bar – Sophie Hunger
24 11 06 09 Spectrum – Erol Alkan
25 NE 25 01 British Mind – The Hinds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_c1nBW4jDVo
26 17 08 08 You Get – Cat Power
27 19 14 06 Garden of the Year – VC Pines
28 31 28 03 Fried – Yak
29 36 29 02 Happy Unhappy – The Beths
30 21 19 05 Crippling Self Doubt and a General Lack of Confidence – Courtney Barnett
31 29 29 03 Beulah Loves Dancing – Planningtorock
32 NE 32 01 Sound of a Heartbreak – Bis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIv1fAZi5Sc
33 23 03 12 Singularity – Jon Hopkins
34 38 34 02 Juice – Lizzo
35 27 14 07 Border Girl – Young Fathers
36 25 11 08 Time – Angelo de Augustine
37 NE 37 01 Armageddon Waits – Lamb https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-9TJ_x1Dog
38 28 07 10 Too Real – Fontaines DC
39 NE 39 01 Early Morning Rain – Tom Williams https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrZGrueQar4
40 26 13 07 Samaritans – IDLES

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

[heppolo]

25 NE 25 01 British Mind – The Hinds

Feels really summer-y with the help of surf rock-ish verses

[JahWomble]

After the best part of three months on the Top 40, Gorgeous Bully claim an unlikely berth at the top - their eleven-week climb easily destroying the previous record (eight weeks for TVAM's Psychic Data, last summer)... The resurgent Bis take the week's biggest climb (#10, +22), with decent jumps also recorded for Max Cooper (#6, +11), Karen O (#8, +12) and Lamb (#27, +10)... Eight new entries are headed by the Chemical Brothers (#19), with Foals also returning strongly after a three-year absence with the first cut from two imminent collections entitled Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost (#22)... This week's chart contains a veritable menagerie of mammals, including a mouse, a cat, a mi(i)nk, a lamb, a wolf, a yak, plus some foals and some hinds (a type of red deer to the uninitiated)... Anyways - here 'tis:

9/2/19
TW LW PP WI TITLE/ARTIST
01 02 01 11 I’ll Be True – Gorgeous Bully
02 01 01 05 Love – Unloved
03 04 03 03 Never See the Signs / Autonomy – Drenge
04 03 03 04 Coming Home – Swindle & Kojey Radical
05 11 05 03 Disarray – Low
06 17 06 04 Phi – Max Cooper
07 05 04 06 One Trick Ponies – Kurt Vile
08 20 08 02 Woman – Karen O & Danger Mouse
09 08 08 04 Vote for Me – Specials
10 32 10 02 Sound of a Heartbreak – Bis
11 07 07 05 Painted Horses – Ichabod Wolf
12 14 12 04 Romance – Ex:Re
13 21 13 03 Doorman – slowthai
14 09 09 06 Sermon – Mercury Rev feat Margo Price
15 15 15 06 Whether – Julia Holter
16 06 01 11 Lux Prima – Karen O & Danger Mouse
17 13 13 05 Walking Away from Love – Steve Mason
18 25 18 02 British Mind – The Hinds
19 NE 19 01 MAH – Chemical Brothers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1guKgHz30Ko
20 10 10 06 I Really Like It – Our Girl
21 12 02 10 My Mouth Ain’t No Bible – James Yorkston
22 NE 22 01 Exits – Foals https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6YMCjpfH0c
23 29 23 03 Happy Unhappy – The Beths
24 NE 24 01 Ar.Mour – UNKLE feat Miink & Elliot Power https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JursSCziB38
25 34 25 03 Juice – Lizzo
26 19 02 09 Unmade – Thom Yorke
27 37 27 02 Armageddon Waits – Lamb
28 28 28 04 Fried – Yak
29 22 22 05 Such a Remarkable Day – Charlotte Gainsbourg
30 18 13 06 Cheers – Anderson Paak feat Q-Tip
31 16 04 10 Diminuendo EP – Daniel Avery
32 NE 32 01 Don’t Be Scared, I Love You – Bill Ryder-Jones https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24sETcbpaMA
33 24 06 10 Spectrum – Erol Alkan
34 NE 34 01 Ibrik – Bonobo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcaoEq2Bvfg
35 NE 35 01 Impossible – C Duncan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ws_OTGeG-Q
36 23 17 07 I Opened a Bar – Sophie Hunger
37 27 14 07 Garden of the Year – VC Pines
38 NE 38 01 The Comet is Coming – Summon The Fire https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yEM-IgR69Y
39 NE 39 01 Welcome to Silvertown – Saint Agnes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TisPONGkss
40 26 08 09 You Get – Cat Power

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

[heppolo]

22 NE 22 01 Exits – Foals

It's good enough, but for me it hasn't really lived up to the initial hype.

[navi]

19 NE 19 01 MAH – Chemical Brothers

i really love CB, but this one for me is a big MEH

[JahWomble]

22 NE 22 01 Exits – Foals

It's good enough, but for me it hasn't really lived up to the initial hype.

Again, it doesn't break a lot of new ground but I'm happy enough to have them back with their defiant sound.

i really love CB, but this one for me is a big MEH

I reckon it's as good as anything else they've put out lately - and what's more, it's based on a line from my favourite movie of all time...

[JahWomble]

Gorgeous Bully hold off some very strong competition for a second week on top... The impending 'apocalypse' inspires two big climbs in the shape of Summon The Fire (#21, +17) and Lamb (#13, +14), with Chemical Brothers (#9, +10), Foals (#10, +12) and Bill Ryder-Jones (#18, +14) also performing well despite oncoming oblivion... Six new entries are headed by Snapped Ankles (#28), with first showings this time around for Another Sky (#29), Lucy Rose (#36) and The Skints (#37)... The stats:

16/2/19
TW LW PP WI TITLE/ARTIST
01 01 01 12 I’ll Be True – Gorgeous Bully
02 03 02 04 Never See the Signs / Autonomy – Drenge
03 05 03 04 Disarray – Low
04 10 04 03 Sound of a Heartbreak – Bis
05 04 03 05 Coming Home – Swindle & Kojey Radical
06 06 06 05 Phi – Max Cooper
07 02 01 06 Love – Unloved
08 08 08 03 Woman – Karen O & Danger Mouse
09 19 09 02 MAH – Chemical Brothers
10 22 10 02 Exits – Foals
11 09 08 05 Vote for Me – Specials
12 13 12 04 Doorman – slowthai
13 27 13 03 Armageddon Waits – Lamb
14 12 12 05 Romance – Ex:Re
15 07 04 07 One Trick Ponies – Kurt Vile
16 18 16 03 British Mind – The Hinds
17 24 17 02 Ar.Mour – UNKLE feat Mink & Elliot Power
18 32 18 02 Don’t Be Scared, I Love You – Bill Ryder-Jones
19 17 13 06 Walking Away from Love – Steve Mason
20 23 20 04 Happy Unhappy – The Beths
21 38 21 02 The Comet is Coming – Summon The Fire
22 11 07 06 Painted Horses – Ichabod Wolf
23 16 01 12 Lux Prima – Karen O & Danger Mouse
24 28 24 05 Fried – Yak
25 15 15 07 Whether – Julia Holter
26 14 09 07 Sermon – Mercury Rev feat Margo Price
27 20 10 07 I Really Like It – Our Girl
28 NE 28 01 Rechargeable – Snapped Ankles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uf3fkYSYPEA
29 NE 29 01 Apple Tree / Chillers – Another Sky https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sA6AfKXZCJ0
30 25 25 04 Juice – Lizzo
31 35 31 02 Impossible – C Duncan
32 39 32 02 Welcome to Silvertown – Saint Agnes
33 21 02 11 My Mouth Ain’t No Bible – James Yorkston
34 34 34 02 Ibrik – Bonobo
35 NE 35 01 Feet – Fat White Family https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avXN2a0WJ5U
36 NE 36 01 Conversation – Lucy Rose https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9ShTxl7DpQ
37 NE 37 01 Learning to Swim – The Skints https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYkhl1Bogwk
38 NE 38 01 Chain – Anna Calvi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRV1c61fRDE
39 30 13 07 Cheers – Anderson Paak feat Q-Tip
40 26 02 10 Unmade – Thom Yorke

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

[heppolo]

28 NE 28 01 Rechargeable – Snapped Ankles - from post-punk to an almost industrial vibe
36 NE 36 01 Conversation – Lucy Rose - I enjoy her stuff, it's very moody, but I feel it

[JahWomble]

Duluth, Minnesota three-piece Low bag their first number one on this run - and their third overall, Dinosaur Act (2000) and California (2005) having turned the trick back in the day... (The upward motion from several cuts sees Gorgeous Bully plummet to #8 - the biggest drop for a number-one so far...) Fat White Family are the week's fastest movers, however (#20, +15), with Summon The Fire (once again - #11, +10), Snapped Ankles (#17, +11) and Lucy Rose (#23, +13) also breaking the ten-place barrier... Four new entries are anchored by the very welcome return of Gang Of Four (#40)... The breakdown:

23/2/19
TW LW PP WI TITLE/ARTIST
01 03 01 05 Disarray – Low
02 04 02 04 Sound of a Heartbreak – Bis
03 02 02 05 Never See the Signs / Autonomy – Drenge
04 06 04 06 Phi – Max Cooper
05 10 05 03 Exits – Foals
06 08 06 04 Woman – Karen O & Danger Mouse
07 09 07 03 MAH – Chemical Brothers
08 01 01 13 I’ll Be True – Gorgeous Bully
09 12 09 05 Doorman – slowthai
10 13 10 04 Armageddon Waits – Lamb
11 21 11 03 The Comet is Coming – Summon The Fire
12 18 12 03 Don’t Be Scared, I Love You – Bill Ryder-Jones
13 16 13 04 British Mind – Hinds
14 05 03 06 Coming Home – Swindle & Kojey Radical
15 07 01 07 Love – Unloved
16 17 16 03 Ar.Mour – UNKLE feat Mink & Elliot Power
17 28 17 02 Rechargeable – Snapped Ankles
18 11 08 06 Vote for Me – Specials
19 14 12 06 Romance – Ex:Re
20 35 20 02 Feet – Fat White Family
21 29 21 02 Apple Tree / Chillers – Another Sky
22 23 01 13 Lux Prima – Karen O & Danger Mouse
23 36 23 02 Conversation – Lucy Rose
24 20 20 05 Happy Unhappy – The Beths
25 NE 25 01 You Don’t Know – Loyle Carner feat Kiko Bun & Rebel Kleff https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kicO1xHwKzo
26 15 04 08 One Trick Ponies – Kurt Vile
27 24 24 06 Fried – Yak
28 19 13 07 Walking Away from Love – Steve Mason
29 31 29 03 Impossible – C Duncan
30 34 30 03 Ibrik – Bonobo
31 22 07 07 Painted Horses – Ichabod Wolf
32 32 32 03 Welcome to Silvertown – Saint Agnes
33 37 33 02 Learning to Swim – The Skints
34 26 09 08 Sermon – Mercury Rev feat Margo Price
35 NE 35 01 Selfish – Little Simz feat Cleo Sol https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSSKDIcpdSE
36 38 36 02 Chain – Anna Calvi
37 25 15 08 Whether – Julia Holter
38 NE 38 01 Wasted Nun – Cherry Glazerr https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLZYJ-u3WMo
39 27 10 08 I Really Like It – Our Girl
40 NE 40 01 Paper Thin – Gang Of Four https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x56D8aSnlVk

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

[heppolo]

38 NE 38 01 Wasted Nun – Cherry Glazerr

I keep forgetting to chart this, but this is enjoyable. The grungy guitar makes me draw obvious comparisons with The Pixies, which can only be good.

[JahWomble]

Yep, much raspier than some of their previous efforts. And all the better for it.

[Blondini]

Gang Of Four is great. Though of course it's barely the same act either in style or membership. A real surprise to see 6 Music playlist it.