The Weekly TMJ Charts - March 1, 2014

It looks like Vance Joy will not be leaving the top of the charts any time soon as he collects a 4th week at #1 with Riptide. But nothing's written in stone as there's close competition with Left Alone by Flume and Chet Faker returning to its #2 peak after charting for 18 weeks and Cardiac Arrest by Bad Suns being the Greatest Gainer track of week with a jump from #19 to #7. Foster The People also enters the race to the top with Coming Of Age moving up 4 to #8.

The week's highlight in the Songs Chart is also the Highest New entry. Young The Giant makes a strong debut at #14 with Anagram, personally, the best song off their recent release Mind Over Matter. A second album track from the band, Firelight, also enters the chart at #84. Other debuts include Bridges by Broods at #82, Home By Now by Bombay Bicycle Club at #98, Blue Moon by Beck at #99, and Can You Do This by Aloe Blacc at #100.

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The Highest Jump of the week belongs to London Grammar whose track Strong moves up 27 spots to #47, while the Power Play track of the week goes to Instant Crush by Daft Punk featuring Julian Casablancas, re-entering to a new peak at #58.

For more, check out TMJ's Weekly Top Chart

The Strokes On 'SNL'

Last night's Saturday Night Live episode, hosted by Miley Cyrus, had The Strokes as musical guests. The band not only sang their current single Under Cover Of Darkness, but also debuted a new song titled Life Is Simple In The Moonlight. The song is the closing track on the band's fourth studio album, Angles, which is out on March 22nd. Watch both performances below:


Life Is Simple In The Moonlight


Under Cover Of Darkness


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The Strokes Finish New Album

From Spin.com:

It's been four years since the Strokes released their last record First Impressions of Earth, but the band has finally wrapped up recording their next album.

On his Twitter, Julian Casablancas posted an update on the band's progress: "Still not going to be out for a few months — mixing, etc, but JUST finally finished it yesterday actually!?"

The sessions have been a tedious process for the band. Last year, Julian Casablancas admitted the band had fought over the album's direction. "There is disagreement as to whether the songs are ready," he said. "Some of the band think they are and others don't. I'm somewhere in the middle." Still, the band overcame their differences and began laying down tracks in March, with Beck and White Stripes producer John Chicarelli.

The Strokes haven't offered any details on the album's overall sound, but expect it to sound similar to First Impressions. In March, Casablancas said, "It sounds more like the last record, but I may try to funk it up a little bit."

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Strokes, Santogold, Pharrell make joint video

A video for the collaboration between Santogold, Pharrell Williams and The Strokes' Julian Casablancas has appeared online.

The trio recently teamed up to produce the song 'My Drive Thru' to celebrate 100th anniversary of Converse's Chuck Taylor shoe.

You can watch the clip now by clicking below.