Weekly Top 30 July 12

A new number one cometh and it may be here to stay. Major Lazer, Diplo and now DJ Snake, are back and their infectious dance tunes may just dominate the summer. The first single "Lean On" reaches number 1 after 6 weeks in the countdown.

New songs from Metric and Courtney Barnett break into the Top 10 and Disclosure, Tallest Man on Earth, Neon Indian and the Weeknd all blast into the Top 30.

Weekly Top 30 July 5th

Our first top 30 for the second half of the year! We should have about 250 great songs already with 250 more to come in the next 6 months. 

The first Top 30 of 2015, part 2 sees Hundred Waters' singer Nicole Miglis in the number 1 spot, finally! We knew it would happan and faster than most (in just 4 weeks!) and it finally did, knocking the mighty Courtney Barnett off the top! But she may not be there long as an awesome song by Diplo project Major Lazer has taken off and looks to be the groups first number 1 song! "Lean On" is a chill riding song with the special guest and Sonick Radio veteran, MO from Denmark.

Weekly Top 30 June 28th

Getting behind again on posting but not on making the charts. They are still going on as scheduled so hopefully we will catch up soon.

The last full week of June sees Courtney Barnett with her second week at #1 with "Depreston" the lazy ballad of moving to the suburbs and perhaps slowly dying! Coming close is the Hundred Waters' Nicole Miglis' acoustic piano version of "Show Me Love" and LA punk group FIDLAR enters the top 10 with "40oz. on Repeat"

Speaking of Courtney Barnett, she enters the Top 30 this week with a third single from her proper debut album, with "Dead Fox", another funny yet political and thought provoking song this time exploring the environment and capitalism.

Weekly Top 30 June 21st

We have a new #1 and it is Courtney Barnett's second #1 song of this year! "Depreston" is a much different song than "Pedestrian at Best" but it is just as great. 

Coming in at number 4 is the Hundred Waters / Nicole Miglis solo version of "Show Me Love" which will be #1 at some point there is little doubt!

Jamie XX and Tame Impala both hit the Top 10 and LA punk band FIDLAR screams into the Top 30 with their slacker song 40oz on Repeat.   Also new is a re-entry from NYC instrumental band Ratatat.

Weekly Top 30 June 14th

Midway through the 6th month of the year and it seems we have another contender for song of the year! The Chemical Brothers first album in 5 years is out this summer and lead single "Sometimes I Feel So Deserted" is showing up strong!

There are many great songs in the Top 10 right now, proving that summer is really when the big songs hit. Most notably is the #10 song which is a DEBUT! Not many songs debut in the Top 50 let alone the Top 10! This song is quite amazing though. Hundred Waters took the countdown by storm last year with 2 Number 1 songs, both making the Top 25 of the year. This time it's just vocalist Nicole on the piano remixing the opening track from their 2014 debut album. 

The song starts with just some random piano notes and grows a bit more frollicking before dying out completely to reveal Nicole singing the verses of the song. As she enters the end of the lyrics, which are not many, the piano solo turns into a true thing of beauty. The song is probably the most beautiful thing I have heard in a long time and almost debuted at #1!

Weekly Top 30 June 7th

As we enter June we have the Chemical Brothers locked into the top spot for the 2nd straight week despite the best efforts of Courtney Barnett, Heems and Best Coast trying to knock them off.

Jamie XX ascends into the Top 10 with his sorta solo song "Loud Places".  I say it's only sorta solo because despite it being on his solo record, the song features "guest vocals" by his bandmate Romy. So the song is essentially the XX. It's good.

No huge moves this week but we do have new songs from Baltimore's Future Islands, another Chemical Brothers track, this time featuring Q-Tip on vocals, and a new artist, Hop Along. 

Hop Along is a indie folk outfit out of Philadelphia and singer Francis Quinlan is a woman with quite a voice. They are signed to Saddle Creek records and I am thinking we may be hearing a few more songs from them in 2015. 

Next week we have a HUGE debut, hint hint.

Weekly Top 30 May 31st

We have reached the end of month 5 of the year and I think we've assembled a decent amount of quality songs so far, and summer songs are upon us!

This week also marks the triumphant return to #1 for the masters and somewhat pioneers of big beat electronic music, The Chemical Brothers. It's been years since they have come out with a song this powerful. "Sometimes I Feel So Deserted" is almost every bit of a Chemical Brothers song you could ask for. Booming sound, buildups, drops and hooks. This may be here a while!

Of course, Australia's Courtney Barnett's new folky "Depreston" may have something to say about that. The lazy song about growing old and moving out of the city is a gem and both the guitar riff and message in the song are something that sticks with you long after listening. It definitely sticks in my head!

Best Coast and TORRES also both slip into the Top 10 and new songs from Mew and Unknown Mortal Orchestra make their debut in the Top 30.

Weekly Top 30 May 24th

Memorial Day weekend is upon and that means summer is officially here! That also means that the Top 30 should start stacking itself up with summer jams ;)

But for now, the big news is that Tame Impala has been dethroned! Waxahatchee has shocked the world (me) and ended up displacing the Australian psych heroes!  This may be short lived as the first of the "summer jams" is sure to have the top spot come the first unofficial Top 30 of the summer comes out next week! The Chemical Brothers' new single "Sometimes I Feel So Deserted" is every bit a classic Chems' song.  It climbs to #3 this week. 

New to the Top 10 are the Mountain Goats with a neat little song about Chavo Guerrero and the 4th Purity Ring song to make the Top 10 this year! "Bodyache" may not be the best track on the album but it seems everything PR touches turned to Top 10 these days!

New tracks from Swedish darling Tove Styrke and the venerable Modest Mouse enter the Top 30 alongside a tasty new track from TV on the Radio.

Next week we expect to have more Tame Impala, perhaps some Bully and maybe even the new Ratatat song in the Top 30....

Weekly Top 30 May 17th

The more things change the more they stay the same.....or something like that.  Here's to FIVE weeks of domination by Tame Impala!!!  Songs from last years number 1 artist, Grimes, and other heavyweights like Purity Ring and Death Cab For Cutie couldn't topple the new Australian hit.  As a new group of challengers from Hot Chip to Waxahatchee to Tei Shi move in, it seems maybe TI will never give up the top spot!

Perhaps the biggest challenger lies in the only new song in the Top 10 this week, "Sometimes I Feel So Deserted" by the Chemical Brothers. This song is great and will surely be a number 1 song, very soon.

Best Coast is also moving up the chart with maybe my early "song of the summer" with "Feeling OK". 

Weekly Top 30 May 10th

We are still a bit behind but trust me, we'll catch up!!!

This weeks chart sees the continued domination of Tame Impala for it's 4th week! It looks like Purity Ring will not get it's second #1 song of the year as "Flood On the Floor" falls to number 5. Waxahatchee, Hot Chip and Grimes still stand poised to take over when the Aussies finally relinquish their top spot!

New to the Top 10 is former Das Racist rapper Heems with his neato rap track "Sometimes". A bit less campy that some DR songs but still clever and cute! Also new to the Top 10 is Boise, Idaho's own Built To Spill with their new song "Living Zoo".

Songs from the Chemical Brothers, FKA Twigs and Jamie XX continue to move swiftly up the charts and new songs from Sufjan Stevens, the Chromatics, Ben Khan and Lord Huron all make their entry into the Top 30.

Weekly Top 30 May 3rd

We are into the 5th month of the year and so we have plenty of songs now that are locks for some of the top spots in the year end Top 500!

This week's number 1 is no exception as Tame Impala has another week in the top spot with "Let It Happen".  While I like "elephant" better, this song will definitely be in the Top 10 of 2015, as the former didn't crack the Top 20 of the year.

Tei Shi, a beauuuutiful and talented Argentine singer has entered top 10 with her smooth, housey, synthy "Basically".  Song has a killer beat that never quits and her voice is just understated enough to make this song not all about her. I'm a fan!  Blur's new single has also cracked the Top 10.

Big movers this week.....the Chemical Brothers. Their new album comes out in July and yep, their new single is AWESOME! "Sometimes I Feel So Deserted" is a classic Chemical Brothers song and although it never builds up into an absolute frenzy, the song never dies either.  Good stuff and cannot wait to hear the whole record and see them live again.

Also new is Florence and the Machine and a new song from Jamie XX.

Weekly Top 30 April 26th

We seem to be getting even further behind but no matter, we will keep on keeping on until we catch up!

Not much has changed from last week as Tame Impala has a hold on the number 1 song and Purity Ring is right behing.  Braids and Waxahatchee are furiously trying to catch the two Top 30 powerhouses, but it remains to be seen if they will.

New to the top 10 is the second single from Death Cab For Cutie "No Room For Frame"

Entering the Top 30 this week are new songs from FKA Twigs, the Mountain Goats and Built To Spill.

Weekly Top 30 April 19th

This week sees a new number 1 song with Tame Impala finally scoring a chart topper with new track "Let It Happen". Tame Impala are finally getting the recognition they deserve and expect them to be everywhere in 2015! 

New to the Top 10 are Grimes and Hot Chip. Both Top 10 veterans, either one of these two songs could end up at #1 soon.

Modest Mouse, Twin Shadow and Das Racist partner Heems are all new to the Top 30 as well as new Of Monsters & Men and St. Vincent.

Weekly Top 30 for April 12

Happy Monday everyone!

  Still 2 weeks back but we're still at it.

  This week's number 1 remains the same as Death Cab Fur Cutie stays on top. Purity Ring moves up to #2 but Tame Impala is the clear heir apparent to number 1 here. The new Waxahatchee song climbs into the Top 10 as well as Baltimore's own Lower Dens.
 
   New in the Top 30 is Tei Shi, plus more tunes from Purity Ring, Courtney Barnett and Speed Ortiz. Also new is the newest effort from indie gods Blur.

   New songs on the way by the Vaccines, the National and Best Coast so look out for that!

 

Weekly Top 30 for April 5

Still behind but still pushing along here.

  This weeks Top 30 has a new number one and for the first time in 2 months it is NOT sung but a female. Familiar indie rock staples Death Cab For Cutie have a new album out this year and will be touring everywhere this summer and fall so you have NO excuse not to see them and their new Chris Walla-less selves. The first single from their 2015 album, "Kintsugi" (whatever that means), is "Black Sun" and we welcome it to #1!

  In other news, Tame Impala's new track has marched it's way into the Top 10 as was as new Decemberists. New to the Top 30 we have Colleen Green, new Lord Huron and another track from Dan Deacon, this one a bit more Deacon-esque.

  Have a great weekend, people!

 

Weekly Top 30 for March 29

OK so we are still 2 weeks behind but hopefully soon I'll catch up!

March 29th sees Montgomery having another week at the top with "Not Around". I swear Madonna should have written this song in 1985. Canadian act Braids and Toro Y Moi both slip into the Top 10 while MO and Natalie Prass slip out.  The Top 10 still has 8 women singers in it!

The Top 30 has some new tunes including the first single from Tame Impala this year. "Let It Happen" is a throwback to the 70's but I'm telling you they almost turn into Daft Punk somewhere in the 4th minute! Also new is Sasha Siem, a new single from Waxahatchee and new Hot Chip and Unknown Mortal Orchestra.

Coming down the pike is a new track from the National, as well as new stuff from TORRES, Of Monsters and Men and Ben Khan

Weekly Top 30 for March 22

Hey all.

 So I have had very little time to work on this but I am keeping up on the chart AND I plan on releasing a Top 30 songs of the first 1/4 of the year soon.

 I have no time to discuss but here is the chart for the week ending March 22nd.

Weekly Top 30 for March 15

We have a new champion here at Sonick Radio! Singer/songwriter Montgomery snatches the #1 spot from Courtney Barnett in stunning fashion, all the way back from #5!  Certainly TORRES can’t be happy about this. Zella Day also moves into the top 10 with “Hypnotic”

As for big movers, the Twerps, Bearson and Diet Cig all move up 10 spots. 

Two more new songs made big jumps as well with Braids, a Calgary based band made up of 1 girl and 2 guys and sing their new song which is perhaps discussing gender inequalities with “Miniskirt”.  Braids is also opening for Courtney Barnett on her US tour this June. The other new band is Lower Dens. We’ve all heard their stuff and being from Baltimore we should have all seen them live at least once right?  Well their new songs “To Die In LA” finally makes the Top 30!

On the horizon for the Top 30 is another Death Cab For Cutie song, more Dan Deacon and a song from a new band called Lady Lamb the Beekeeper.

Weekly Top 30 for March 8th

Hey all! Sorry I have been MIA for the last few weeks. After spending time in Texas, New Orleans and United Arab Emirates I have settled back in Maryland for the time being, though I have some cool announcements to make in the near future!

Onto the Weekly Top 30 though!  Courtney Barnett continues to have a stranglehold on #1 and if you are reading this weekly and plan on checking out the Top 100 of 2015, a good bet for a Top 10 song of the year is definitely "Pedestrian At Best"!  TORRES' new single jumps to number 2 but we'll see if anyone can actually displace the Australian.

New to the top 10 is female pop singer Montgomery. Not much is known about her but her pop hit "Not Around" is wayyy to catchy for words. The buildup of the beat as the song goes from dreamy pop to synth pop is something to behold and the chillwav-ey keyboards in the middle almost sound like Memory Tapes or Neon Indian. Let's hope we hear a whole record from her in 2015.  Also new is Death Cab For Cutie's first single from their 2015 record. This breaks the all female top 10 streak!

Big movers include more ladies of course. LA Singer Zella Day's single "Hypnotic" jumps up 10 spots and nearly cracks the top 10.  Its a tight sounding R&B pop song that may be a little top Top 40 for some tastes but I like it damnit and its a good song to jam to with the windows down on these first warm days of the year. Her album Kicker is out in June.

Finally, new songs to the top 30 include the 3rd single from the Decemberists 2015 albums, Thom Yorke's re-entry after slipping to number 40 last week and a song from Bearson, who is a kickass Norwegian DJ producer.  Check that song out.  its cool.

Til next week or maybe this weekend rather as I try to catch up!

Weekly Top 30 for March 1st

Well kids, it's official, the ladies rule the Top 10!  All 10 songs are sung by females. I don't know if it has ever happened before but its pretty neat in my opinion!

Courtney Barnett is just not giving up the top spot despite a serious charge from Mitski. Purity Ring, Waxahatchee and TORRES are making charges as well, and one song new to the top 10 is poised to be the one eventually knocking off Courtney. "Flood on the Floor" may be Purity Ring's answer to the number 1 song of 2014, Grimes' "Go" as the beat is one you appreciate more and more the louder you play it.

Another big mover is Montgomery. A female (of course) vocalist from who knows where who delivers a pop gem that reminds me of Madonna's best last 1980s tunes. I don't know who she is but she's good. And she has a pretty cool cover of Arcade Fire's "Wake  Up" on Soundcloud.

The only other new entry to the Top 30 is the next single from the New Pornographers, "Fantasy Fool".

Another interesting not is that 22 of the Top 30 have green colors which means they are on their way UP the chart. So it looks to be a logjam up there at some point. 

Next week look for new songs from the Decemberists and Interpol and debuts from new artists like Diet Cig, Bearson and Will Butler from the Arcade Fire.

Enjoy the last week of short days!

Weekly Top 30 for February 22nd

Good morning!

Well this weeks chart continues the domination of the ladies as now 9 of the Top 10 songs are sung by female singers  and it looks to remain that way as songs from TORRES, Chastity Belt, Bjork and Zella Day all look primed for Top 10 success.

As of now though, no one is coming close to touching my favourite Australian, Courtney Barnett. Her "Pedestrian At Best" song is so far out in number 1 it might as well be number 1, 2, 3 & 4 (yep, KRS-One reference there for you).  The ladies from Purity Ring, Chvrches, Waxahatchee and Miss Natalie Prass are all on her heels though.  New to the top 10 is another female artist, Brooklyn's Mitski. A fuzzy pop singer who's "Townie" song grows on you like many of the new modern-retro music seems to these days. She's pushes up to #7.

New to the Top 30 are 6 songs, of course 4 of them by the ladies. Most notably, Chastity Belt,  who are an all female rock band from the Seattle area, not unlike new comeback artists Sleater-Kinney. While they may not sound like SK, Chastity Belt has a cool sound and will be touring with our number 1 artist, Courtney Barnett, this spring. 

So now we have Purity Ring and Chastity Belt both in the Top 30, haha.

Other new songs are Toro Y Moi's new song "Empty Nesters" which is a departure and more upbeat song than his previous work. Bjork also re-enters the Top 30, after a long hiatus, with the lead track from her new 2015 record, Vulnicura. Finally Fairfax, VA band Doldrums puts their first ever Sonick Radio single into the Top 30 with "Hotfoot". 

Weekly Top 30 for February 15th

 Well school is back in session for me so things are a bit crazier now but the Top 30s roll on!

  This week we have an unprecedented (in recent memory) number 1 song! Courtney Barnett's new single "Pedestrian At Best" went from unheard to number 1 in just 2 weeks.  This song rips so hard you just don't even know. Most songs ease their way into the top spot but there was no denying Courtney her second ever #1 on Sonick Radio and her 4th Top 10 song. Congratulations!

    Chvrches throw another song into the top 10 and songs from MO and Purity Ring are still making their moves. New to the Top 10 are songs from Natalie Prass and Waxahatchee, making for 8 of the top 10 this week to be sung by female vocalists. In fact, we can kind of make it 9 since I believe there is a female singer throughout at least part of the Dan Deacon song! In fact looking further back, songs 11, 12, 14, 15, 16 and 17 are at least partially sung by females. Girl power!

     New songs into the Top 30 are the new Death Cab For Cutie song "Black Sun" and songs from Gangly, Viet Cong and Torres, who jumps from 78 all the way to 30!

    This year is starting to really have some good songs early and I'm excited to see what the usual barrage of spring and summer tunes brings us for 2015!

  

Weekly Top 30 for February 8th

A bit late in posting this weeks Top 30 but here it is.  We have a NEW #1 song this week with Modest Mouse's "Lampshades On Fire". This is MM's first #1 song since Float On in 2004! Congratulations. 

Slipping out of #1 is Purity Ring's Push Pull but it only falls to #2 and their 2nd single from their 2015 forthcoming record breaks into the Top 10 at #6. Chvrches, Dan Deacon and MO are also still moving up towards #1.

Big movers and newbies this week are the new Waxahatchee song "Air", the 2nd single from Modest Mouse, "Coyotes" and a new band on the Sonick radar, Mitski.  Mitski is a Brooklyn lady who, with her band, have made a pretty good fuzzy, noisy but summery pop record and will be touring with Sonick favorites Hundred Waters in the spring. The song "Townie" makes it Top 30 debut at #25 and I expect it to keep moving up in the coming weeks.

On the horizon we have songs from Matt & Kim, Bjork, the new single from Death Cab For Cutie and a new song from Courtney Barnett that I am completely in love with.

I can almost smell the great spring/summer tunes from here!

That New Courtney Barnett song tho.....

Not a lot of very good things come from Australia, but Courtney Barnett is probably (next to Tame Impala) the best thing to come from down under since Paul Hogan.

Back at the end of 2013 is when I first heard of her and she seems to only be getting better. Her new track "Pedestrian At Best" is a searing, ripping ass rock tune that makes up for in power that it lacks in lyrical security.   It's not a song you'd dedicate to your new love this coming Valentine's Day but I'll bet it ends up on year end lists all over the web in December.

Her album is out March 23rd kids.

TORRES' new song is amazing!

TORRES is a Nashville singer, real name Mackenzie Scott, who is only 24 but has already released one album and has plans for another. Her first album, the self-titled Torres, seemed slow and hard to listen to at first listen and she kind of got brushed under my musical carpet in 2013.

A few days ago, however, she released a song from her upcoming second album.  The beginning was the sounding of another slow, ambling track like that of 2013.  The song "Strange Hellos" almost instantly becomes a searing rock song that PJ Harvey may be proud to call her own. Grungy, distorted guitars accentuates her ever powerful. The song actually seems to just get more powerful as the song goes on as she wishes over and over again "I hope you find what you're looking for".

This song is not doubt primed for the Top 10 on my weekly chart.  I can't wait to hear what the rest of her new album will sound like!

Please take a listen!

Amen Dunes "Song to the Siren"

Normally I am not a cover song type person.  I don’t care for tribute bands and I rarely think cover songs are worth much more than a time filler at maybe a festival where many of the crowd are unfamiliar with your entire body of work.  That said, I sometimes come across one that works perfectly.

Amen Dunes, aka Damon McMahon (no relation to Andrew) is from New York State and is not entirely new to my radar. I first heard him just last year, though, as his single “Lilac In Hand” caught my attention as a retro, psychedelic folk kind of guy with a very interesting voice and Velvet Underground-esque guitars.  Last month he released this song, a cover of the great Tim Buckley and more recently, This Mortal Coil, from the 1980s.  The memorable line “did I dream, you dreamed about me” is in the first bridge and I recommend listening to all 3 versions. 

 

I will post all of them below, starting with Buckley.

 

Weekly Top 30 for February 1st

Welcome to February! We have blown right through the first month of the year have we not? Before we know it we’ll be thinking of springtime and all of the fun shows, festivals and songs that will be coming out for 2015.  Meanwhile we still have some great winter music to talk about.

This week we see Purity Ring remains atop the list with “Push Pull”.  Modest Mouse is so hot on their heels though they are almost assuredly the next #1!  Jessica Pratt and Chvrches are right behind them and songs from Panda Bear, Kacy Hill and MO are new to the Top 10.

A few songs new to the top 30 are Natalie Prass’ Jenny Lewis-esque songs “My Baby Don’t Understand Me” as well as a new song from Thom Yorke.  Also new is Springtime Carnivore, who is Greta Morgan and she has a way with her fuzzy, dreamy and very well produced pop stylings. Look out for her AND come see her at the Black Cat on February 24^th!

Next week we will probably be visited by Viet Cong, a Spoon remix and Jonny Greenwood in the Top 30.

 

 

Meet Julie Odell!!!

 Whether you are reading Pitchfork or Stereogum or GorillavsBear, you can see there is a preference for certain types of music despite most catering to the general indie community. I have a preference, albeit one that changes.  My current preference seems to be for female singer-songwriters and anyone that can swing a Jewel/Fiona Apple/Regina Spektor cover song! 

  I'd like to introduce you to a talented young lady who sings no cover songs, but has many of her own gems.  Julie Odell is from New Orleans per her Soundcloud page and while that's about all I can find out about her, I have been enjoying her music.

  Check out her tunes below, and listen to "Old Buried Treasure" a song that debuts in my Weekly Top 100 this week!



  Soundcloud

  Facebook

Weekly Top 30 for January 25th

 

 

OK so i haven't posted this past week due to there not being a ton of new songs I am excited about, and I was celebrating my last week before spring semester starts!  But I still did a Top 100 countdown and here's the Top 30!

 

We have a new #1 song in Purity Ring this week. Their new album is out on March 3rd and I cannot wait! They also have a new song in the Top 30, their 2nd single "Begin Again". 

 

Also moving up in the Top 10 are Modest Mouse, moving to #3 and Chvrches up to #6. Dan Deacon makes his (believe it or not) first ever trip to my Weekly Top 10 with his new track "Feel The Lightning". 

 

 

Big movers are MO's timely song "New Years Eve"  up almost 20 spots and a new song by the Decemberists, "the Lake Song". 

 

Looking ahead there looks to be several new songs coming into the Top 30 next week including Parquet Courts, new Matt & Kim and Broken Social Scene.



 

 

 

Weekly Top 30 for January 18

I hope everyone had a great MLK Day and is having a short work week.

I am a day later than I wanted to be because I myself did not get a short work week, but here is this week's chart.

It doesn't change much as the Decemberists cling to number 1. "Make You Better" made the Top 100 of 2014 and is still dominating in 2015. Not even Killer Mike, El-P and Zach De La Rocha can overtake Meloy and company!

Parkay Quarts (or Parquet Courts) appears to have given up, while the ladies, Hannah Diamond and Jessica Pratt are hanging steady.  New to the Top 10 is the Modest Mouse track "Lampshades on Fire" and the latest King Tuff single "Black Moon Spell".

A few new songs enter the Top 30, most notable is R&B singer/model Kacy Hill.  I'll do a post about her later, but her song "Experience" is kind of like a less odd FKA Twigs song. It's great and still poppy all in one. Also a new Kanye West song joins the Top 30 in his "duet" with Paul McCartney.

Next week, I have a feeling we'll be talking about a second Purity Ring song, a new Matt & Kim jam and a song with the F-word in the title ;)

Gangly - "Fuck With Someone Else"

It has been a while since we've had a good Icelandic song to listen to. Now, I realize that 2015 will be the return of Bjork so we wouldn't have had to wait much longer anyway.  I stumbled upon this from reading Consequence of Sound and quite liked not only the song but the message it sent as well.

Really though, fuck with someone else please.

Gangly, as far as I know, only has this song out and about so we'll keep our eyes posted for more from them in the future.....

Iron & Wine, Matt & Kim & Purity Ring

First off we have a new track from Iron and Wine. It's an old one actually. Sam is releasing an archival set of tunes from circa 2002, but since it hasn't been released yet, I thought it would be as good as a new song to everyone right?

Iron & Wine - "Everyone's Summer of 95"


Matt & Kim will be back in 2015! If you hadn't noticed they were gone it's because they really never go away. They have toured constantly until 2014 and then still played more than a dozen festivals last year.  They'll probably be on the bill for some more this year as they are almost the perfect band for 4pm in the hot hot sun to get you back on your feet and ready for the evening. If you saw M&K over the summer last year you may be in this video!

Finally we have another new track from Purity Ring. This one is a little less "chvrchy" and a touch more glitchy. It gives us promise that at least a few of the new tracks sound like "Fineshrine" or "Belispeak".   I can't wait to see these 2 play live again in 2015!

Meet Natalie Prass

Today's post is not such a new song but a song that is being re-issued so to speak and who finally has an album to call itself home on. Natalie Prass, member of Jenny Lewis' backing band and she's just fantastic. Found this on Stereogum and wanted to share!

Stereogum Link

Spoon - "Inside Out" (Tycho Remix)

 So this song was out on Soundcloud back over a month ago but I only heard it yesterday and I love it! It is a classic Spoon song, despite being on their latest album, redone by one of my favorite instrumentalists.  The hypnotic beat of Inside Out is sped up a bit in this version and a very nice musical interlude comes in at the 3rd minute.

 I don't normally get all excited about cover songs but this one is fantastic!


  Listen here on Soundcloud!

Weekly Top 30 for January 11th

Welcome to Monday, kids!

It's time for the weekly Top 30 from Sonick Radio! For the 2nd week of the New Year we have the same number 1 song. The Decemberists hold on to the top spot with their fantastic song "Make You Better".

The Top 10 is filled with songs vying to be the next number one. Purity Ring's new song, Run the Jewels in your face banger, and songs from ladies Hannah Diamond, Jessica Pratt, and Chvrches!

Jessica Pratt is new to the Top 30, as is new Panda Bear and Alvvays.  New tracks from Modest Mouse, the Dead Weather and Say Hi also round out the up and coming songs of 2015.

Enjoy and feel free to comment!

Getting Caught Up On the Weekly Top 100

OK so I do this once a week and I want to update the last week.  I will try to post this on Sunday or Monday and perhaps include some more sound clips for some of the big gaining songs or whatever.

Let's just see how this works if I screenshot the Top 30 of this week.

In case you need help deciphering: Green colored means it's on its way up. Every song will be on Week 1 this week but you will see I'll fill in the last 2 weeks on here as well as the high place.  Enjoy!

 

New songs for Friday!

 A couple of new songs for Friday that are catching my attention!

 Los Angeles producer Shlohmo has been making delicious beats and remixes for almost 5 years now. His tune "Later" was in the Top 10 songs of 2013 and he had another Top 100 hit last year by collaborating with BANKS. This year he is back with solo stuff and this is called Emerge From Smoke. Still the typical Shlohmo beats, as good as always.

 

 

 

 Also getting spins on my laptop this week is the new Dan Deacon song, "Feel the Lightning". Not always a Deacon fan as most of his music seems too frenetic and jumbled to be that accessible to my brain, but this time around he actually makes a song that sounds good. This one is probably headed for Top 100 of 2015 and I'm actually looking forward to the Baltimore artists' upcoming album now!

 



A few new songs to start you out!

Here's a quick look at a few new tunes I have been listening to a lot lately:

Hannah Diamond - "Every Night"

Are you down with PC Music yet?  Mistaken by some as a genre of music, it is actually a UK record label that has many similar artists who play, well, PC music!  Artists like AG Cook, Kane West, Spinee and Hannah Diamond. It was founded in 2013 but really started to take off in 2014.  Look for PC Music to be a real thing in 2015 and you should know about it!

Jessica Pratt - "Back Baby"

Jessica Pratt is a newish singer from California who made an album a couple years ago but it was kinda just demos and late 2014 she made this song. She has a record coming out in 2015 and I betcha we'll be hearing more from her very soon!

Run the Jewels - "Close Your Eyes and Count to Fuck" feat Zach De La Rocha

I won't say much cause this is not a new song or a new band but it has come to my attention that so many of my friends do NOT know who Run the Jewels are.  Please people it's probably the best thing rap/hip-hop has going right now so just at least be familiar with it.

Welcome to the Future!

Hey kids, its 2015! No hoverboards or moon vacations quite yet, but we CAN all make music blogs and share our favorite songs, so that's something!

So perhaps you followed my Top 100 of 2014 and thought, "what the hell, I have never heard of any of these songs!!!  Well that's OK, because this year I will be updating this blog here to keep you informed of my weekly Top 100 so at year's end you can be familiar with all of my Top 100!

So stay tuned to here for weekly (or more frequent) updates on songs, charts and other happenings that interest me regarding music.

Happy New Year find people of the internet!

Jarrod