Top 3 debut! Wow. Foo Fighters come out of nowhere to crash the Alt 18 Countdown this week. This upstart trio on an RCA imprint has a shot at lasting success.
Aside from the big debut from Grohl and Co, Clairo is the only other debut this week with Sofia. Beabadoobee and The Backseat Lovers clear out to make the room. I’d personally keep Kilby Girl on the list, but it could easily bounce back next week.
New No. 1 with ‘survivin’ from Bastille, something of an anthem for 2020. That means “Tangerine” ends its reign. Could also be the beginning of the end for Glass Animals on the countdown? They’ve been on every week this year.
This conversation is 5+ years old, but man, Royal Blood sound like Jack White. No problem with it, just can’t shake the comparison.
Wear your masks!
Alt18 Countdown – Nov. 14, 2020
18. grandson @grandson – Dirty – Fueled by Ramen – (same) | Video | Loudwire | Seth Myers
17. Royal and the Serpent @royalandtheserp – Overwhelmed – Atlantic Records (-1) – Video | Insta | Idolator | Next up?
16. I Don’t Know How They Found Me @iDKHow – Leave Me Alone – Fearless Records (-1) | Video
15. Abhi the Nomad @abhi_thenomad – Me No Evil – Indie – (+2) | Texas Monthly | Abhi vs The Universe
14. Cannons @Cannonstheband – Fire For You – AntiFragile Music (-11) | Live | The Digital Fix
13. AJR @AJRBrothers – Bummerland – Indie (-1) | Video | Signature hot sauce | Reddit | Ellen| Broadway
12. Of Monsters and Men @monstersandmen – Visitor – Republic Records (-1) | Video
11. Robert DeLong/Ashe @DeLongMusic @AsheMusic – Better in College – (-4) | Top Shelf Music
10. Gus Dapperton @GusDapperton – Post Humorous – AWAL (same) | Video | Spin | Wiki
9. Holly Humberstone @HolHumberstone – Falling Asleep at the Wheel – Closer Artists (same) | Guitar.com | NYT
8. Clairo @clairo – Sofia – Fader – (new) | Immunity
7. Tame Impala @tameimpala – Is It True – Interscope Records (+6) | Genius | Video
6. Royal Blood @royalblooduk – Trouble’s Coming – Warner Brother (same) | Official audio
5. Sir Sly @SirSly – Material Boy – Interscope Records (same) | Lyrics | Wiki | Landon Jacobs | Variance
4. MISSIO @MissionMusic – Can You Feel the Sun – RCA Records – (+5) | Wiki | American Songwriter
3. Foo Fighters @foofighters – Shame Shame – Roswell Records – (new) | SNL
2. Glass Animals @GlassAnimals – Tangerine – Republic Records – (same) | James Corden | Open Source
1. Bastille – survivin’ – Republic Records (+1) | Video | Wiki | Simon Pegg | ASCA
Noticed a typo, the band name should be “I Don’t Know How But They Found Me”.
You just left out the “But”. The entire line is a quote from Doc Brown in the movie “Back to the Future.”