The Akron, OH duo of Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney have just nabbed their second NACC 200 chart-topper this week with their eleventh LP released as The Black Keys, Dropout Boogie (Nonesuch), rises 2-1. They spent five weeks at #1 in 2019 with their 9th LP, ‘Let’s Rock.‘ The Black Keys stopped Wet Leg from tying Mitski for the second-longest ever NACC 200 chart-topper this week. In addition to their own music, Auerbach has produced a number of records we’ve featured here including artists such as Shannon & The Clams, La Luz, Marcus King, and Yola.
Only one new album reaches the NACC Top 10 this week. It comes from Chicago six-piece Wilco. Their 12th LP, Cruel Country, out on their own dBpm imprint, soars from 18-3 on the NACC 200. Just like The Black Keys, Wilco is seeking their second NACC 200 #1 after most recently reaching the penthouse in 2019. If Cruel Country can reach #1, lead singer Jeff Tweedy will become the only artist to have four NACC 200 chart-toppers (as his two most recent solo LPs also went to #1).
Making the strongest inroads into the Top 20 of the NACC 200 is Chicago trio Dehd. Emily Kempf, Jason Balla, and Eric McGrady formed the band in 2015 and they’ve released four LPs, including their latest, Blue Skies (Fat Possum). The album soars from 62-12. They are now just two spots away from grabbing their second straight Top 10 album.
We’re always so happy to have a band feature for the very first time here on our NACC Chart Recap. Finicky condiment five-piece Just Mustard lands the NACC 200’s highest debut this week. The Irish band’s second LP, Heart Under (Partisan), hops aboard the chart at #42. It’s the second-lowest highest debut this year, but bragging rights still stand. Honorable mention to Sweet Pill for landing this week’s biggest climb, up 195-50.
This week’s most-added honor goes to long-time indie favorite Andrew Bird. Bird’s musical career dates back to 1992 and includes fourteen solo LPs in addition to three with his band Bowl Of Fire and his most recent LP, a collaborative release with Jimbo Mathus last year. Inside Problems (Loma Vista/Concord) collects 59 Top 10 Adds this week and debuts at #83 on the NACC 200.
Bellingham WA five-piece Death Cab For Cutie enjoys a third week at #1 on the NACC Singles Chart with “Roman Candles,” the lead single from their forthcoming tenth LP, Asphalt Meadows, due September 16. NYC trio The Yeah Yeah Yeahs are back with their first new music since 2013. “Spitting Off The Edge Of The World” features Perfume Genius and the song is this week’s most-added single. It previews the band’s fifth LP, Cool It Down, due September 30.
This week’s Top 5 overall NACC Adds, the genre chart-toppers, and the week’s most-added genre records are included below. There is a return to #1 at World as well as new #1s at NACC NEXT, NACC Non-Comm, NACC Canadian, Heavy, Electronic Blues, and Folk this week.
NACC 200 CHART: TOP 5 ADDS
# | ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL | # OF ADDS
1) ANDREW BIRD Inside Problems [Loma Vista/Concord] // 59
2) ANGEL OLSEN Big Time [Jagjaguwar/Secretly Group] // 53
3) DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS Welcome 2 Club XIII [ATO] // 31
4) MODERN ENGLISH After The Snow (40th Anniversary) [Mesh & Lace] // 31
5) LETTUCE Unify [Round Hill] // 28
NACC 200 CHART: TOP 5 DEBUTS
# | ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL | DEBUT
1) JUST MUSTARD Heart Under [Partisan] // 42
2) ANGEL OLSEN Big Time [Jagjaguwar/Secretly Groupl] // 53
3) LOS SAINTS Welcome To Confusion (EP) [Enci] // 54
4) STARS From Capelton Hill [Last Gang] // 55
5) HORSEGIRL Versions Of Modern Performance [Matador] // 67
NACC 200 CHART: TOP 5 CLIMBERS
# | ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL | MOVE
1) SWEET PILL Where The Heart Is [Topshelf] // 145
2) REX ORANGE COUNTY Who Cares? [RCA] // 107
3) HOVVDY Billboard For My Feelings (EP) [Grand Jury] // 99
4) CRAIG FINN A Legacy Of Rentals [Positive Jams/Thirty Tigers] // 74
5) SANTIGOLD “High Priestess” (Single) [Little Jerk] // 68
#1 ON NACC GENRE CHARTS:
GENRE: ARTIST Title [Label]
NON-COMM: WILCO Cruel Country [dBpm]
NACC NEXT: ARCADE FIRE WE [Self-Released]
BLUES: CHARLIE MUSSELWHITE Mississippi Sun [Alligator]
CANADIAN: TOPS Empty Seats (EP) [Musique TOPS]
CHILL: MEG BOWLES Pilgrimage [Self-Released]
ELECTRONIC: HAAI Baby, We’re Ascending [Mute]
FOLK: WILCO Cruel Country [dBpm]
HEAVY: DECAPITATED Cancer Culture [Nuclear Blastr]
HIP HOP: DENZEL CURRY Melt My Eyes See Your Future [Loma Vista/Concord]
JAZZ: TROMBONE SHORTY Lifted [Blue Note/UMG]
LATIN: CALEXICO El Mirador [Anti-]
R&B/SOUL: MAVIS STAPLES AND LEVON HELM Carry Me Home [Anti-]
WORLD: PIERRE KWENDERS José Louis And The Paradox Of Love [Arts & Crafts]
MOST-ADDED @ NACC GENRES:
GENRE: ARTIST Title [Label]
ELECTRONIC: LIZETTE LIZETTE “You Lied” (Single) [Icons Creating Evil Art]
FOLK (tie): LINDA MARKS Kindness [Self-Released]
STEVE EARLE Jerry Jeff [New West]
HEAVY (tie): SOREPTION Jord [Unique Leader]
WIND ROSE Warfront [Napalm]
HIP HOP: WHAT SO NOT “Mr. Regular” feat. Oliver Tree & Killer Mike (Single) [Counter]
JAZZ (tie): RAFAEL GRECO Dice Que Vive [Blue Canoe]
TROY ROBERTS NU-JIVE: Nations United [Toy Robot]
WORLD (tie): ADRIAN QUESADA Boleros Psicodélicos [ATO]
FRIGHTNRS, THE Always [Daptone]
NACC SINGLES:
GENRE: ARTIST Title [Label]
#1 SINGLE: DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE “Roman Candles” [Atlantic]
MOST-ADDED SINGLE: YEAH YEAH YEAHS “Spitting Off The Edge Of The World”
feat. Perfume Genius [Secretly Canadian]