That epic battle for #1 that we prognosticated last week came to fruition. In the end, Alvvays pushed past LCD Soundsytem, Oh Sees and The War On Drugs and rose to the top, giving them two #1 albums at college/community radio in as many tries. Antisocialites has received an almost identical score on Metacritic as their self-titled debut. The band recently wrapped a string of European tour dates and after a one-off performance this weekend at the Music Tastes Good Festival in Long Beach, CA, will officially kick off their US Fall Tour October 3rd in Boston.
Last week’s most added record is certainly on a tear. Ariel Pink bullets from 61-8 this week and certainly lines himself up as a possible future #1 on the NACC 200. The somewhat enigmatic artist has often tried to distance himself from his music and has created controversy with intentionally off-putting interviews in the past. Dedicated To Bobby Jameson (the only new entry into the Top 10 this week) finds Pink releasing one of his most heartfelt and humble releases and both critics and radio programmers seem to really be enjoying the results.
The chart’s overall biggest climb this week belongs to the Toronto duo Death From Above. Sebastien Grainger and Jesse F. Keeler’s third release, Outrage! Is Now, follows up 2014’s The Physical World (which came a full 10 years after their 2004 debut release and a 5-year breakup). They are also back to using their original name without the “1979” at the end. Legal troubles with DFA had led the band to add the numbers in 2004, but lately, with no legal dispute by dropping the digits, the band has gone back the name they originally intended. The new record has a great second week on the NACC 200, racing 122-17.
The highest debut of the week is actually one of the lowest highest debuts on the chart this year. But the #55 start is certainly still a nice one for Ducktails. Are we the only ones that want to immediately sing a falsetto “Woo-ooo” when we say that? The band name is actually indeed a play on the animated DuckTales TV show. Started in 2006 by former Real Estate guitarist Matt Mondanile, the solo project was fleshed out into a full band after Mondanile signed to Domino Records in 2012. Ducktails (“woo-ooo”) now has a catalog of six studio albums, including this new, Jersey Devil release.
Landing top-add honors this week is songwriter, composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist Rostam Batmanglij, who goes just by Rostam professionally. Rostam was a founding member of Vampire Weekend (who he left in 2016). In addition to his solo work, he’s also helped write and produce music with and for The Walkmen’s Hamilton Leithauser, Charli XCX, Declan McKenna and Carly Rae Jepsen. Rostam has sporadically released solo songs dating back to 2011. Almost all of those previously-released songs (and of course new ones) can be heard on his first LP, Half-Light.
NACC 200 Chart: Top 5 ADDS
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# | ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL | # OF ADDS
1] ROSTAM Half-Light [Nonesuch] //86//
2] SHOUT OUT LOUDS Ease My Mind [Merge] //74//
3] MOSES SUMNEY Aromanticism [Jagjaguwar] //61//
4] FLORIST If Blue Could Be Happiness [Double Double Whammy] //60//
5] THE HORRORS V [Wolf Tone/Caroline] //58//
#1 On NACC Genre Charts:
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GENRE | ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL
NON-COMM: LCD SOUNDSYSTEM American Dream [DFA/Columbia]
NACC NEXT: LCD SOUNDSYSTEM American Dream [DFA/Columbia]
ELECTRONIC: NOSAJ THING Parallels [Innovative Leisure]
HEAVY: ARCH ENEMY Will To Power [Century Media]
HIP HOP: GRIEVES Running Wild [Rhymesayers]
JAZZ: TONY ALLEN The Source [Blue Note]
FOLK: IRON AND WINE Beast Epic [Sub Pop]
WORLD: ANTIBALAS Where the Gods Are in Peace [Daptone]