Acclaimed US rockers The Hold Steady are number one in this week’s UK Indie Album chart with their fifth studio LP ‘Heaven Is Whenever‘. There are five other new entries in the Album chart, with experimental producer Flying Lotus debuting at #3 with his third album ‘Cosmogramma‘, while eclectic British blues act Alabama 3 land at #4 with their seventh record ‘Revolver Soul‘. American songwriter Steve Mason enters at #7, Status Quo veteran Francis Rossi is at #8 with his second solo album ‘One Step At a Time‘ and former Del Amitri member Justin Currie completes the new entries, coming in at #9.
Dance legends Faithless top the Indie Singles chart with ‘Not Going Home‘ and Dizzee Rascal retains two places in the top 10 with his tracks ‘Bonkers‘ and ‘Holiday‘. Come back tomorrow for all the details of this week’s regular UK Singles & Album charts, as well as our UK Gig Guide.
UK Indie Album Chart:
1/ The Hold Steady – Heaven Is Whenever
2/ The xx – xx
3/ Flying Lotus – Cosmogramma
4/ Alabama 3 – Revolver Soul
5/ Dizzee Rascal – Tongue N Cheek
6/ The Temper Trap – Conditions
7/ Steve Mason – Boys Outside
8/ Francis Rossi – One Step At a Time
9/ Justin Currie – The Great War
10/ The Fall – Your Future, Our Clutter
UK Indie Singles Chart:
1/ Faithless – Not Going Home
2/ TV Rock – In The Air
3/ Sidney Samson – Riverside (Let’s Go)
4/ The Temper Trap – Sweet Disposition
5/ Celtic Angels – In The Arms Of An Angel
6/ Dizzee Rascal – Bonkers
7/ Vandarth – Nothin’ On You
8/ Example – Won’t Go Quietly
9/ Skepta – Bad Boy
10/ Dizzee Rascal – Holiday
I can’t believe the xx are still 2nd in the charts.
Flying Lotus’ Cosmogramma is simply fantastic. It’s music that anyone interested in hip-hop and psychedelic music should check out.