Indie Rock 40

This is a chart I've been keeping off and on (as time permitted) for over 20 years. It's followed the evolutions of my musical tastes but has always veered somewhere between Alternative and College radio.

Morrissey takes the largest tumble of the year, from 22 to 39. He was poised to take #1 a few weeks ago, until his comments about Kevin Spacey and Harvey Weinstein (and to a lesser extent, show cancellations) sent the song tumbling down the charts. Will Moz recover with his second single?

Highest debut goes to the band Eyelids with "Broken Continue", coming on at #33 after weeks of bubbling under. The song's a grower, so we'll see how it goes from here.

Julien Baker becomes the first artist in the history of the chart to make their countdown debut with two songs - her single "Appointments" at #37 and her guest vocals on Frightened Rabbit's "How It Gets In" at #36.

Dent May is the latest of several artists this year to chart with 3 different songs, as "90210" is this week's biggest gain, from #39 to #26. Dent's already spent 11 weeks at #1 with "Across The Multiverse (8) and "Picture on a Screen" (3).

Lord Huron spends a second week at #1, their first chart topper in 4 visits.

Compact View

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Number
1

The Night We Met
Lord Huron
From the album: Strange Trails
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
2
Number
2 Up by 1

Plimsoll Punks
Alvvays
From the album: Antisocialites
Peak
2
Weeks
2
Number
3 Down by 1
Picture on a Screen
Dent May
Peak
2
Weeks
2
Number
4

Skyline
Broken Social Scene
From the album: Hug of Thunder
Peak
4
Weeks
2
Number
5 Up by 1

Sunshine Type
Turnover
From the album: Good Nature
Peak
5
Weeks
2
Number
6 Down by 1

Day I Die
The National
From the album: Sleep Well Beast
Peak
5
Weeks
2
Number
7
Across The Multiverse
Dent May featuring Frankie Cosmos
Peak
7
Weeks
2
Number
8 Up by 2

Feels Like Heaven
Ariel Pink
From the album: Dedicated to Bobby Jameson
Peak
8
Weeks
2
Number
9

Black Rainbows
Cut Copy
From the album: Haiku from Zero
Peak
9
Weeks
2
Number
10 Up by 2
Whisperl'lllistentohearit
Spoon
Peak
10
Weeks
2
Number
11 Up by 4

Sweet
Cigarettes After Sex
From the album: Cigarettes After Sex
Peak
11
Weeks
2
Number
12 Down by 1

Pain
The War On Drugs
From the album: A Deeper Understanding
Peak
11
Weeks
2
Number
13 Down by 5
People Will Always Need Coal
Public Service Broadcasting
Peak
8
Weeks
2
Number
14 Up by 3

Always Ascending
Franz Ferdinand
From the album: Always Ascending
Peak
14
Weeks
2
Number
15 Down by 1
Radiolove
Tanukichan
Peak
14
Weeks
2
Number
16 Up by 5
Silver Lining
My Goodness
Peak
16
Weeks
2
Number
17 Down by 1

Cali
Ride
Peak
16
Weeks
2
Number
18 Down by 5

tonite
LCD Soundsystem
From the album: american dream
Peak
13
Weeks
2
Number
19 Up by 1
Find You Inside
Joseph of Mercury
Peak
19
Weeks
2
Number
20 Down by 2

For What It's Worth
Liam Gallagher
From the album: As You Were
Peak
18
Weeks
2
Number
21 Up by 5

Los Ageless
St. Vincent
From the album: MASSEDUCTION
Peak
21
Weeks
2
Number
22 Down by 3

In Undertow
Alvvays
From the album: Antisocialites
Peak
19
Weeks
2
Number
23 Up by 2

Right Words
Cults
From the album: Offering
Peak
23
Weeks
2
Number
24 Down by 1
Everything You See Tonight Is Different From Itself
The Clientele
Peak
23
Weeks
2
Number
25 Down by 1
Hotel Beds
Summer Heart
Peak
24
Weeks
2
Number
26 Up by 13
90210
Dent May
Peak
26
Weeks
2
Number
27 Up by 5

Tic Tac Toe
Django Django
From the album: Marble Skies
Peak
27
Weeks
2
Number
28 Down by 1

Over Everything
Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile
From the album: Lotta Sea Lice
Peak
27
Weeks
2
Number
29 Up by 1

Holy Mountain
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
From the album: Who Built the Moon?
Peak
29
Weeks
2
Number
30 Down by 1
Lannoy Point
Ride
Peak
29
Weeks
2
Number
31 Up by 2
Soteria
Mt. Wolf
Peak
31
Weeks
2
Number
32 Down by 1

Everything Now
Arcade Fire
From the album: Everything Now
Peak
31
Weeks
2
Number
33 Debut
Broken Continue
Eyelids
Peak
33
Weeks
1
Number
34

The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness
The National
From the album: Sleep Well Beast
Peak
34
Weeks
2
Number
35 Up by 2
Lunar Days
The Clientele
Peak
35
Weeks
2
Number
36 Debut
How It Gets In
Frightened Rabbit f/Julien Baker
Peak
36
Weeks
1
Number
37 Debut

Appointments
Julien Baker
From the album: Turn Out The Lights
Peak
37
Weeks
1
Number
38 Down by 10
Won't Keep Me Up At Night
Sun Seeker
Peak
28
Weeks
2
Number
39 Down by 17

Spent The Day In Bed
Morrissey
From the album: Low In High School
Peak
22
Weeks
2
Number
40 Debut
Song In Stone
Iron & Wine
Peak
40
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
35 Dropout

Hard To Say Goodbye
Washed Out
From the album: Mister Mellow
Peak
35
Weeks
1
Number
36 Dropout

Creature Comfort
Arcade Fire
From the album: Everything Now
Peak
36
Weeks
1
Number
38 Dropout
Secure
Ski Lodge
Peak
38
Weeks
1
Number
40 Dropout
Enough
Tanukichan
Peak
40
Weeks
1

A chart by

LeftoftheDial

Date

December 5, 2017

Songs

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1 1 Lord Huron – “The Night We Met” 1(×2) 2

3 2 Alvvays – “Plimsoll Punks” 2 2

2 3 Dent May – “Picture on a Screen” 2 2

4 4 Broken Social Scene – “Skyline” 4 2

6 5 Turnover – “Sunshine Type” 5 2

5 6 The National – “Day I Die” 5 2

7 7 Dent May ft. Frankie Cosmos – “Across The Multiverse” 7 2

10 8 Ariel Pink – “Feels Like Heaven” 8 2

9 9 Cut Copy – “Black Rainbows” 9 2

12 10 Spoon – “Whisperl'lllistentohearit” 10 2

15 11 Cigarettes After Sex – “Sweet” 11 2

11 12 The War On Drugs – “Pain” 11 2

8 13 Public Service Broadcasting – “People Will Always Need Coal” 8 2

17 14 Franz Ferdinand – “Always Ascending” 14 2

14 15 Tanukichan – “Radiolove” 14 2

21 16 My Goodness – “Silver Lining” 16 2

16 17 Ride – “Cali” 16 2

13 18 LCD Soundsystem – “tonite” 13 2

20 19 Joseph of Mercury – “Find You Inside” 19 2

18 20 Liam Gallagher – “For What It's Worth” 18 2

26 21 St. Vincent – “Los Ageless” 21 2

19 22 Alvvays – “In Undertow” 19 2

25 23 Cults – “Right Words” 23 2

23 24 The Clientele – “Everything You See Tonight Is Different From Itself” 23 2

24 25 Summer Heart – “Hotel Beds” 24 2

39 26 Dent May – “90210” 26 2

32 27 Django Django – “Tic Tac Toe” 27 2

27 28 Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile – “Over Everything” 27 2

30 29 Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds – “Holy Mountain” 29 2

29 30 Ride – “Lannoy Point” 29 2

33 31 Mt. Wolf – “Soteria” 31 2

31 32 Arcade Fire – “Everything Now” 31 2

NE 33 Eyelids – “Broken Continue” 33 1

34 34 The National – “The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness” 34 2

37 35 The Clientele – “Lunar Days” 35 2

NE 36 Frightened Rabbit f/Julien Baker – “How It Gets In” 36 1

NE 37 Julien Baker – “Appointments” 37 1

28 38 Sun Seeker – “Won't Keep Me Up At Night” 28 2

22 39 Morrissey – “Spent The Day In Bed” 22 2

NE 40 Iron & Wine – “Song In Stone” 40 1

DROPOUTS:

35 -- Washed Out – “Hard To Say Goodbye” 35 1

36 -- Arcade Fire – “Creature Comfort” 36 1

38 -- Ski Lodge – “Secure” 38 1

40 -- Tanukichan – “Enough” 40 1

Indie Rock 40

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