#1 Courtney Barnett | The NACC Charts for July 24, 2018 are LIVE!

Courtney Barnett makes it six weeks on top of the NACC 200 this week. By doing so her Mom + Pop release, Tell Me How You Really Feel, has now tied St. Vincent for the longest stay on top since the NACC 200 began. And when you factor in the week off for the Independence/Canada Day holidays, it’s been seven weeks since the album climbed to #1, which, one could argue, makes this the most successful chart-topping run we’ve seen. Barnett has brought the top tier of the chart to a standstill, with a logjam we’ve never seen before. The Top 5 behind her holds in their positions from last week. Next week will be an interesting one as an all-out frenzy builds to see if Father John Misty, Neko Case or Gorillaz can dethrone Barnett, or if her album becomes the undisputed NACC 200 #1 longevity champion.

Just like last week, only one album moves into the Top 10 this week. Climbing from 13-10 are the British duo of Rosa Walton and Jenny Hollingworth, better known as Let’s Eat Grandma. Although we still don’t know which of their grandmas they chose to meet this gruesome culinary fate, we do know that a fun band name came out of it. The pair, who met when they were just four and began making music together at 13, has had universal praise heaped upon them for their sophomore release, I’m All Ears, out on Transgressive/PIAS.

Enjoying the NACC 200’s highest debut this week is Brooklyn quintet Bodega (not to be confused with the Scottish band of the same name that existed from 2005-2011). The buzz surrounding this Bodega has been at a fever pitch recently. NME called them “the best band you will see anywhere at SXSW 2018. Hands down.” The Independent hails their debut LP, Endless Scroll (produced by Parquet Courts’ Austin Brown), as “a fantastic debut from one of the most exciting new bands around.” The What’s Your Rupture? release debuts at #31 this week.

This week’s biggest climber races from 167-52 on the NACC 200. It’s the tenth studio album from Minneapolis quintet, The Jayhawks. Fronted by Gary Louris, the band formed in 1985 as a quartet and originally had two leads with Mark Olsen (who left in 1995) joining Louris on vocals. Marc Perlman (on bass) is the only other original member of the band that remains. The band’s drummer from 1984-1988, Norm Rogers, sadly passed away in February. The Jayhawks disbanded in 2005 but came together in 2009 for a reunion (that included Olsen) and then more solidly reformed in 2011 and have released three more albums since then, including this new Legacy release, Back Roads and Abandoned Motels.

We had a proper battle for most-added honors this week with three records within just three Top 10 adds of one another. The ubiquitous Ty Segall (this time as Ty Segall And White Fence) and the Dave Longstreth led-Dirty Projectors gave it a go, but when the dust settled, Astronauts, Etc., the brainchild of Anthony Ferraro, came out on top. Ferraro was trained classically, but chronic arthritis derailed his initial plans. He began making bedroom recordings under the name Astronauts, Etc. (a reference to his friends labeling him a space cadet). A friendship with Chaz Bundick of Toro y Moi followed when Bundick would frequent the cafe Ferraro worked at which eventually let to Ferraro becoming a touring member of Bundick’s band. The new Living In Symbol release, out on Company, was co-produced by Bundick and will see Ferraro out on tour with Bundick collaborators, The Mattson 2.

NACC’s #1 single this week is “The Rover” from Interpol. They return to the top for a second non-consecutive week. “The Rover” is the lead single from the band’s forthcoming sixth release, Marauder, due out August 24. This week’s most-added single is from UK trio Drahla. Their “12 Divisions Of The Day” enjoys a rare feat for a single, landing in the overall NACC Adds Top 10.

You can find all of this week’s #1 genre releases here. Also included are the most added genre records of the week, including former Twisted Sister frontman Dee Snider’s #1 Heavy Add. We have new chart-toppers this week at NACC Electronic and Folk and, showing her strength all these weeks in, a return to #1 on the NACC Non-Comm chart from Courtney Barnett.

 

 

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