8/26/09: #1: Crying Lightning / Arctic Monkeys (6 weeks).

Nothing too new or exciting this seek. Arctic Monkeys on top for week #6. The rest of last week's top five just change places (2 & 3, 4 & 5 swap spots). Actually, this is only the third time this year where the top ten didn't seen any new songs in it. Add to that the fact that #11-13 remain as they were last week and there just isn't a lot of movement happening. Until you go down a bit further.

Arctic Monkeys' second Mixtape entry off Humbug is moving toward the top ten (surprise surprise). "Dance Little Liar" is up from last week's debut at 27 to this week's 16. Brand New get the biggest jump of the week honors with "At the Bottom" moving from 32-17.

Only three new songs on the 'Tape this week. Hey, every week can't be as crazy as the last month or so. New bands Flight (40), Wavves (30), and sort of new act Yim Yames (35) all make their entry this week.

Yim Yames is actually Jim James of My Morning Jacket. "My Sweet Lord" is indeed a cover of the classic George Harrison track and James or Yames or whatever you want to call him has recast the tune (along with five others on his Harrison love letter, Tribute To) as meditative and solemn, something Mr. Harrison would no doubt give his blessing to. The Tribute To ep was recorded in 2000 and brings back to light the early sound of MMJ; highly reverbed vocals and a warmly hushed vibe that has all but disappeared from the band's more recent work.

1. Crying Lightning / Arctic Monkeys (6 weeks @ #1) iTunes MySpace
2. Life In Marvelous Times / Mos Def iTunes MySpace
3. How I Got Over / The Roots iTunes MySpace
4. Deadbeat Summer / Neon Indian iTunes MySpace
5. Casa Bey / Mos Def iTunes MySpace
6. Walkabout / Atlas Sound iTunes MySpace
7. Stillness Is the Move / Dirty Projectors iTunes MySpace
8. Summertime Clothes / Animal Collective iTunes MySpace
9. Got Nuffin' / Spoon iTunes MySpace
10. Never Forget You / The Noisettes iTunes MySpace
11. Two Weeks / Grizzly Bear iTunes MySpace
12. Easy / Deer Tick iTunes MySpace
13. Bull Black Nova / Wilco iTunes MySpace
14. My Unusual Friend / Fruit Bats iTunes MySpace
15. Seasun / Delorean iTunes MySpace
16. Dance Little Liar/ Arctic Monkeys iTunes MySpace
17. At the Bottom/ Brand New iTunes MySpace
18. Be My Girl / Smith Westerns iTunes MySpace
19. Sun Was High (So Was I) / Best Coast iTunes MySpace
20. Sour Milk, Salt Water / Port O'Brien iTunes MySpace
21. I Can't Get Away / Stardeath & White Dwarfs iTunes MySpace
22. It's Nice to Know You Work Alone / Silversun Pickups iTunes MySpace
23. The End Is Near / The Fiery Furnaces iTunes MySpace
24. Upside Down / Banjo or Freakout iTunes MySpace
25. Gold Guns Girls / Metric iTunes MySpace
26. Overboard/ Gucci Mane iTunes MySpace
27. Chosen Armies / Children Collide iTunes MySpace
28. Uprising / Muse iTunes MySpace
29. Madagascar/ Lake iTunes MySpace
30. Cool Jumper / Wavves (NEW) iTunes MySpace
31. Fables/ Dodos iTunes MySpace
32. Bones/ A Mountain of One iTunes MySpace
33. Lost Words / Ganglians iTunes MySpace
34. My Sweet Lord / Yim Yames (NEW) iTunes MySpace
35. Silver Trembling Hands / The Flaming Lips iTunes MySpace
36. The Other Side / AM iTunes MySpace
37. Catch and Release / Silversun Pickups iTunes MySpace
38. Break Bones / Internet Forever iTunes MySpace
39. Action/Reaction / Choir of Young Believers iTunes MySpace
40. Flowers / Flight (NEW) iTunes MySpace