Untapped Resources Top 250, Nov. 6 20178 1 RUNAWAY JUNE Wild West 538 1 14
After spending all 14 weeks since the inaugural UR chart Runaway June makes it to the top spot.
18 2 STEPS Dancing With A Broken Heart 533.9 2 3
The UK group makes a nice move to #2 and also stays in the top 20 with “Neon Blue” at #19
17 3 KYGO f/ JUSTIN JESSO Stargazing 522.35 3 3
The Norwegian DJ released his 2nd album “Kids In Love” last Friday. The title track and most recent single featuring The Night Game may impact here in the coming weeks. It just reached #8 in Norway.
22 4 ALAN WALKER f/ DANNY SHAH The Spectre 520.3 4 3
Well look here, another Norwegian DJ moving up the chart, a recent #5 single in his homeland.
6 5 EVANESCENCE Imperfection 511.32 5 5
This song has charted in Canada so far and remains in the top 10 here.
34 6 JESSIE WARE Alone 510.88 6 3
A recent op 25 in the UK, the 3rd single from her newly released album “Glasshouse”.
28 7 SAM SMITH Pray 497.781 7 3
From another album released last Friday, this 2nd single from the album is a collaboration with Timbaland among others.
4 8 SHANIA TWAIN Swinging With My Eyes Closed 487.575 4 9
Twain spends a 5th week in the top 20.
45 9 MK 17 481.35 9 5
American DJ and producer is going on 30 years in the industry. He had a couple of dance club #1’s in the early 90’s.
1 10 RAE MORRIS Do It 474.76 1 5
95-1-10 but that’s how it goes on this chart.
16 11 ARCADE FIRE Creature Comfort 468.168 11 14
Starting to receive Alternative airplay and currently #62 on the BR250.
37 12 THE XX Dangerous 452.05 12 7
This is the 4th song to reach the BR250 from the album “I See You”. The 1st 3all made the top 60 with “On Hold” reaching #7.
7 13 WOLF ALICE Beautifully Unconventional 450.3 7 7
2 other songs from their latest album, “Heavenward” and “Yuk Foo” are in the current UR250.
12 14 JET & THE BLOODY BEETROOTS My Name Is Thunder 444.942 12 7
The song is starting to lose steam at Rock radio in the U.S. after peaking at #35.
2506 15 RITA ORA Anywhere 444.12 15 1
This song follows “Your Song” into the UK airplay top 10 this week and is trending at #69 on the unpublished BR250 as well.
13 16 RAELYNN Lonely Call 442.7 13 14
1495 17 MGMT Little Dark Age 433.98 17 1
The lead single and title track of the band’s upcoming 2018 album. It’s their 1st release in over 4 years.
33 18 HAIM Little Of Your Love 427.896 8 14
This song has been bouncing around the UR250’s top 100 since August when it peaked at #8. With increasing HtAC airplay t could graduate in the coming weeks.
15 19 STEPS Neon Blue 424.24 9 11
317 20 PINK f/ EMINEM Revenge 422.52 20 1
This is one of three songs from her latest album on the UR250 this week. The title track falls to #44 as exposure mounts on the BR250 and “Whatever You Want” hovers just outside the top 100.
11 21 EVERYTHING EVERYTHING Desire 413.55 11 9
As this descends the 3rd song from the band this year, “Night Of The Long Knives” enters the UR250 at #51.
21 22 THE HORRORS Something To Remember Me By 404.73 9 9
This song has remained in the top 30 for 2 months.
24 23 HURTS Ready To Go 402.12 6 7
This songs spends a 4th week in the BR250 at #83.
2 24 IMAGINE DRAGONS Whatever It Takes 401.452 2 14
3 25 WRABEL The Village 400 3 9
Both songs take a tumble but Imagine Dragons, at #46 on the unpublished BR250 this week stands a good chance of graduating from Untapped Resources in the next few weeks.
Beyond Radio Rock picks Nov. 2017On YouTubeOn Napster
Type Rock picks Nov. 2017 (case sensitive)
These 4 songs are currently #’s 1, 4, 7and 9 on the Untapped Resources Rock chart.
EVANESCENCE Imperfection
FOO FIGHTERS The Line
QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE Feet Don't Fail Me
HARRY STYLES Kiwi
CAIRO KNIFE FIGHT A-Six/A-Two (10 year old band from New Zealand. The duo employs a Royal Blood style guitar/drum attack. The tracks on their current album “Seven” are either in ( ) or A-…)
2 Bands, Same Name, from Distinctly Different Parts of the World
AIRBAG Huracan/Gran Encuentro (3 brothers from Argentina whose debut album was released in 2004. Their style is pure melodic hard rock.)
AIRBAG Killer/Disconnected (Formed in the same year, the Norwegian quartets 2016 album “Disconnected” did not feature a song under 5 minutes. Their epic grandeur has been compared to Pink Floyd.)
KENNY WAYNE SHEPHERD BAND Baby Got Gone (Blues rocker from Shepherd. He has placed 7 albums at #1 on the Blues chart since 1995.)
NIGHT RANGER Running Out Of Time (This is the 3rd song from their most recent album to impact my personal chart and should enter my top 50 this week. The last 2 have reached #1 and #2 on my chart.)
THE DARK ELEMENT The Dark Element/My Sweet Mystery (Symphonic Metal from Finland. The lead singer Anette Olzon was the 2nd of 3 lead vocalists for the band Nightwish. Her stint was from 2007-2012. From that era “Amaranth” is 1of 13 #1 singles on the Finnish chart. )
New England Born and Bred
DIAMANTE Haunted (Another raucous and melodic rocker from the Italian-Mexican lady from the Boston suburbs.)
SORORITY NOISE No Halo (Hartford, Connecticut is the home of this 4 year old indie band.)
ADAM EZRA GROUP Life Of A Thief (Boston based Folk/Roots band who have found a friend in John Oates (Yes that John Oates). The two are frequent songwriting partners. This song has a Kid Rock feel to it.)
PAPA ROACH Born For Greatness (The 9th album from the 2 decade old band has spawned 2 top 3 songs this year including “American Dreams”. This one harkens back to their early days. They were one of the early purveyors of Rap Metal.)
BLACK ANGELS Comanche Moon (The Austin, Texas band specializes in Psychedelic Rock and took their name from a Velvet Undergound song “The Black Angel’s Death Song”.)
WAGE WAR Gravity (A melodic song from the Metalcore band from Ocala, Florida. They keep the screamo vocals to a minimum. Not true of their other stuff.)
BIG WRECK You Don’t Even Know (Another from the 20 year old Canadian band featured earlier this year.)
I Love the 70’s
THE SHEEPDOGS I've Got A Hole Where My Heart Should Be (This Canadian band is keeping 70’s style classic Rock alive with their heartland Rock sound.)
BITERS No Strangers To Heartache/1975 (Also working off of 70’s rock, this time Glam, Power Pop and Garage, this band hails from Atlanta. “1975” comes from their debut 2015 album.)
WHITE REAPER The World's Best American Band/Judy French (I hear some Cheap Trick in these songs along with a bit of the seminal UK Punk band The Jam. They call Louisville, Kentucky home.)
THE USED Over And Over Again (the Utah post-hardcore band had a string of moderate Alternative hits between 2002-2012. Their best charting song on Alternative radio was “The Bird And The Worm” in 2009, also their best performance on my personal chart. )
STONE SOUR Rose Red Violet Blue (Led by vocalist Corey Taylor who is also the vocalist for the much harder band Slipknot, the original band was formed in Des Moines, Iowa in 1992, broke up in ’96 and reformed in 2000, releasing their debut album in 2002. One of their bigger songs on my personal chart was “Hesitate” in 2011. Earlier this year they reached #1 on the Rock airplay chart with “Song #3. This is currently #18 on that chart.)
The United Kingdom of Rock
GUN Silent Lovers/She Knows (The 1st release from these Scotland hard rockers was in 1989. They have released albums every few years since. In 1994 they scored their biggest hit in the UK with a cover of Cameo’s “Word Up”.)
NUNS OF THE TUNDRA Mind's Eye (On their bandcamp.com page the UK band describe their music as “dirty desert stoner rock”. I hear some 90’s Grunge on this tune as well.)
BAD SIGN Square One/Liars And Lovers (The guitarist for this UK trio is Jonathan Harris, perhaps a distant cousin of mine.)
MILK TEETH Prism/Nearby Catfight (lead singer Becky Blomfield has a perfect voice for this band’s Punk and Grunge approach.)
CREEPER Suzanne (All of the last 3 bands have a producer, Nell Kennedy, in common. Their music is described as Horror Punk and the band was also featured last spring.)
ONLY SHADOWS Fight Milk/Escape (The UK has recently been a hotbed for great Alternative bands with a Rock edge. They do not disappoint on these 2 recent singles.)
Christian Rock Young and Old
RED Still Alive (Christian Hard Rock and Metal band from Nashville. They had had 19 #1 songs on the Christian Rock chart since 2006. Their 2 biggest songs on my personal chart were “Die For You” in 2014 and “Breathe Into Me” in 20067.)
DECYFER DOWN Anchor Me (Acoustic)/The River (This band from North Carolina, also debuting in 2006, often goes in a Metal direction. They released an acoustic EP in June. “The River” dates back to a 2013 album and is a bluesy slice of heartland Rock, something Black Stone Cherry might record. That band had a #1 on my personal chart in 2012 with “In My Blood”.)
AS WE ASCEND Tell Me/Wash Away (The Nashville band released their debut album “Farewell To Midnight” in March.)
