The Mixtape 8/12/09: Monkeys Make It Four.

Not much to say this week. Arctic Monkeys remain at the top for the fourth week. Mos Def has two songs in the top five. Both the Mos Def and Arctic Monkeys albums are outstanding; Mos Def's 16-song trip spanning a variety of producers and styles and the Arctic Monkeys' focused 10-song declaration that the influences of Josh Homme and Alex Turner's solo-project of last year - The Last Shadow Puppets - can make for some pretty dark and dense tales.

After the last few weeks of big moves and plentiful debuts, this week's Mixtape finds a calmer terrain. Aside from The Roots' jump from 8-2 with "How I Got Over," there isn't too much in the way of bold statements. Delorean (19), Fruit Bats (16), Noisettes (12) and Atlas Sound (11) all make steady moves toward the top ten while Internet Forever (31) makes the biggest jump of the week, moving up nine.

Three new tracks enter the 'Tape - Smith Westerns (34), Dodos (35), and A Mountain of One (40). This week might be the last for both of Green Days 21st Century Breakdown representatives as well as Nurses and Yeah Yeah Yeahs. There isn't a shortage of new music right now so it's fair to say next week should see at least four new songs enter. Come back next Wednesday to see who debuts and if The Roots can use their momentum to knock "Cryin' Lightning" out of the top.

See you next humpday.

1. Cryin' Lightning / Arctic Monkeys (4 weeks @ #1) iTunes MySpace
2. How I Got Over / The Roots iTunes MySpace
3. Life In Marvelous Times / Mos Def iTunes MySpace
4. Casa Bey / Mos Def iTunes MySpace
5. Stillness Is the Move / Dirty Projectors iTunes MySpace
6. Summertime Clothes / Animal Collective iTunes MySpace
7. Easy / Deer Tick iTunes MySpace
8. Two Weeks / Grizzly Bear iTunes MySpace
9. Got Nuffin' / Spoon iTunes MySpace
10. Deadbeat Summer / Neon Indian iTunes MySpace
11. Walkabout / Atlas Sound iTunes MySpace
12. Never Forget You / The Noisettes iTunes MySpace
13. Bull Black Nova / Wilco iTunes MySpace.
14. The End Is Near / The Fiery Furnaces iTunes MySpace
15. It's Nice to Know You Work Alone / Silversun Pickups iTunes MySpace
16. My Unusual Friend / Fruit Bats iTunes MySpace
17. Upside Down / Banjo or Freakout iTunes MySpace
18. Lost Words / Ganglians iTunes MySpace
19. Seasun / Delorean iTunes MySpace
20. I Can't Get Away / Stardeath & White Dwarfs iTunes MySpace
21. Catch and Release / Silversun Pickups iTunes MySpace
22. Radio Kaliningrad / Handsome Furs iTunes MySpace
23. Song For No One / Miike Snow iTunes MySpace
24. Chosen Armies / Children Collide iTunes MySpace
25. Temecula Sunrise / Dirty Projectors iTunes MySpace
26. Sun Was High (So Was I) / Best Coast iTunes MySpace
27. You'll Disappear / The Phenomenal Handclap Band iTunes MySpace
28. Silver Trembling Hands / The Flaming Lips iTunes MySpace
29. Sour Milk, Salt Water / Port O'Brien iTunes MySpace
30. Gold Girls Guns / Metric iTunes MySpace
31. Break Bones / Internet Forever iTunes MySpace
32. Games For Days / Julian Plenti iTunes MySpace
33. Uprising / Muse iTunes MySpace
34. Be My Girl / Smith Westerns (NEW) iTunes MySpace
35. Fables/ Dodos (NEW) iTunes MySpace
36. 21st Century Breakdown/ Green Day iTunes MySpace
37. Caterpillar Playground / Nurses iTunes MySpace
38. Murder City / Green Day iTunes MySpace
39. Skeletons / Yeah Yeah Yeahs iTunes MySpace
40. Bones/ A Mountain of One (NEW) iTunes MySpace