Enjoying the biggest climb to #1 on the NACC 200 since St. Vincent rose 7-1 back in May is Oakland, CA quartet Shannon & The Clams. Led by Shannon Shaw (who is also a member of Hunx & His Punx), the band was formed in 2009 when Shaw and one-third of the aforementioned Clams, Cody Blanchard, met at the California College Of Arts. Their sixth LP, Year Of The Spider (Easy Eye Sound/Concord), zips 6-1 on the NACC 200 this week.
Three new albums rise into the NACC Top 10 this week. One we featured just last week from Indigo De Souza (13-7). The other two we will feature here this week. The first is the biggest climber into the top tier this week. Hardcore punk quintet Turnstile calls Baltimore, MD home and has been making music together since 2010. Their third LP, Glow On (Roadrunner), races 71-9 on the NACC 200.
Also reaching the Top 10 this week is Asheville, NC five-piece, Wednesday. Whether they are simply a big fan of hump day or perhaps harbor a deep affinity for The Addams Family’s cheery daughter is anyone’s guess. What we do know is their sophomore LP, Twin Plagues (Ordinal), becomes their first NACC Top 10, rising 17-10 this week.
Receiving honorable mention this week is Wet Leg, whose single “Chaise Lounge” rebounds mightily on the NACC 200 (making the week’s biggest climb) and We Were Promised Jetpacks (who we featured here last week as most-added of the week). They score the highest debut on the chart at #34. But we decided to showcase one other album instead. One that makes an impressive 79-14 leap (as well as jumping 8-1 at NACC Hip Hop). It comes from rapper, singer, and actress Simbiatu Ajiwako. You may know her better as Little Simz. The British artist’s fourth LP, Sometimes I Might Be Introvert (AGE 101), makes the third biggest jump on the NACC 200 this week.
Duluth, MN duo LOW are back and take most-added honors. The husband and wife team of Alan Sparhawk and Mimi Parker have been delighting College & Non-Comm Radio since their 1994 debut, I Could Live In Hope. HEY WHAT, their seventh LP released on Sub Pop, is the duo’s 13th overall studio album and enjoys the most Top 10 Adds (70) of any record dating back to early April.
Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats lockdown #1 for a second week on the NACC Singles Chart with “Survivor.” It’s the first single from their upcoming third LP, The Future, due November 5. Big Thief has this week’s most-added new single with “Certainty,” the third new song they’ve released recently, and the band’s first new music since primary band members Adrianne Lenker & Buck Meek released solo albums.
This week’s Top 5 overall Adds, the genre chart-toppers, and the week’s most-added genre records are included below. There are returns to #1 at World, Folk, & Latin as well as new chart-toppers at NACC NEXT, Electronic, Hip Hop, and Chill this week.
NACC 200 CHART: TOP 5 ADDS
# | ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL | # OF ADDS
1) LOW HEY WHAT [Sub Pop] // 70
2) AMYL & THE SNIFFERS Comfort To Me [ATO] // 65
3) SLOTHRUST Parallel Timeline [Dangerbird] // 57
4) HOMESHAKE Under The Weather [Sinderlyn] // 43
5) COLLEEN GREEN Cool [Hardly Art] // 41
NACC 200 CHART: TOP 5 DEBUTS
# | ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL | DEBUT
1) WE WERE PROMISED JETPACKS Enjoy The View [Big Scary Monsters] // 34
2) LOW HEY WHAT [Sub Pop] // 37
3) BAD WAITRESS No Taste [Royal Mountain] // 40
4) SIERRA FERRELL Long Time Coming [Rounder/Concord] // 52
5) SPACE AFRIKA Honest Labour [Dais] // 61
NACC 200 CHART: TOP 5 CLIMBERS
# | ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL | MOVE
1) WET LEG “Chaise Lounge” (Single) [Domino] // 91
2) BLACK MIDI Cavalcade [Rough Trade/Beggars] // 78
3) LITTLE SIMZ Sometimes I Might Be Introvert [AGE 101] // 65
4) TURNSTILE Glow On [Roadrunner] // 62
5) KILLERS, THE Pressure Machine [Island] // 59
#1 ON NACC GENRE CHARTS:
GENRE: ARTIST Title [Label]
NON-COMM: YOLA Stand For Myself [Easy Eye Sound/Concord]
NACC NEXT: LIARS The Apple Drop [Mute]
BLUES: CHRISTONE KINGFISH INGRAM 662 [Alligator]
CANADIAN: HALLUI NATION, THE One More Saturday Night [Radicalized]
CHILL: ERIC HILTON Ambient Works [Albany]
ELECTRONIC: HALLUI NATION, THE One More Saturday Night [Radicalized]
FOLK: SON VOLT Electro Melodier [Transmit Sound/Thirty Tigers]
HEAVY: IRON MAIDEN Senjutsu [BMG]
HIP HOP: LITTLE SIMZ Sometimes I Might Be Introvert [AGE 101]
JAZZ: KENNY GARRETT Sounds From The Ancestors [Mack Avenue]
LATIN: VARIOUS ARTISTS Changui: The Sound Of Guantanamo Deja [Petaluma]
R&B/SOUL: DURAND JONES AND THE INDICdATIONS Private Space [Dead Oceans/Secretly Group]
WORLD: U-ROY Solid Gold U-Roy [Torjan/BMG]
MOST-ADDED @ NACC GENRES:
GENRE: ARTIST Title [Label]
ELECTRONIC: PARK HYE JIN Before I Die [Ninja Tune]
FOLK: HAYDEN CALNIN What It Means To Be Human [Nettwerk]
HEAVY: CARCASS Torn Arteries [Nuclear Blast]
HIP HOP: COMMON A Beautiful Revolution Pt. 2 [Loma Vista/Concord]
JAZZ: CHAD LEFKOWITZ-BROWN & THE GLOBAL BIG BAND Open World [La Reserve]
WORLD: BOMBA ESTEREO Deja [Sony Latin]
NACC SINGLES:
GENRE: ARTIST Title [Label]
#1 SINGLE: NATHANIEL RATELIFF & THE NIGHT SWEATS “Survivor” [Stax/Fantasy/Concord]
MOST-ADDED SINGLE: BIG THIEF “Certainty” [4AD/Beggars Group]