Rowe's Island Countdown - 1/16/16

Foals capture the #1 spot for the third week in a row with their infectious hit "Mountain at my Gates." 

This Chart	Song	Artist	Last
1	"Mountain at My Gates"	Foals	1
2	"Wandering Wolf"	Wave and Rome	2
3	"Born Slippy"	Albert Hammond Jr.	3
4	"Stressed Out"	twenty one pilots	4
5	"Adventure of a Lifetime"	Coldplay	12
6	"Let It Happen"	Tame Impala	13
7	"Wolves Without Teeth"	Of Monsters and Men	9
8	"Roots"	Imagine Dragons	5
9	"Never Ending Circles"	CHVRCHES	6
10	"First Light"	Racing Glaciers	7
11	"Wait"	The Dear Hunter	16
12	"Lazarus"	David Bowie	NEW
13	"Do You Want to Get High?"	Weezer	8
14	"Capable of Anything"	Ben Folds	10
15	"Unsteady"	X Ambassadors	11
16	"Gone"	Jr. Jr.	18
17	"New Americana"	Halsey	14
18	"Dreaming"	Smallpools	NEW
19	"Set It on Fire"	Knox Hamilton	NEW
20	"Highway Patrol Stun Gun"	Youth Lagoon	NEW

Rowe's Island Music Countdown - 1/2/16

Foals return to #1 with their catchy new single "Mountain at My Gates."

Rowe's Music Countdown - 12/12/15

Wave and Rome hangs on to #1 with the endearing single "Wandering Wolf." 

Rowe's Island Music Countdown - 11/28/15

Don't call it a comeback! Rowe's Island Music Countdown is back. Right now I'm planning on this being a bi-weekly thing, but we'll see how I feel. I welcome comments and snide comments on Twitter @samoarowe

Wave and Rome have the first #1 song on this countdown in almost two years! I stumbled onto this track thanks to Itunes Radio, I have yet to hear it anywhere else, including local alternative station Radio BDC. Check it out on Youtube or dish out the 1.29 to take a shot on it on a friendly music provider.

Rowe's Island Countdown - 12/28/13

The final Rowe's Island Countdown of 2013 has Frank Turner holding on to the top spot for the second week with "The Way I Tend to Be."

This Chart	Song	Artist	Last
1	"The Way I Tend to Be"	Frank Turner	1
2	"What Goes Boom"	Pixies	4
3	"The Mother We Share"	CHVRCHES	2
4	"Sirens"	Pearl Jam	5
5	"Team"	Lorde	3
6	"There Goes Our Love Again"	White Lies	6
7	"Don't Swallow the Cap"	The National	7
8	"Seven Nights, Seven Days"	The Fratellis	8
9	"Sonsick"	San Fermin	10
10	"From the Mouth of an Injured Head"	Radical Face	9
11	"Risk It"	Nahko and Medicine for the People	12
12	"Shark Attack"	Grouplove	18
13	"Alienation"	Morning Parade	NEW
14	"Pigsty"	Bayside	16
15	"Dreams (2am)"	Kye Kye	19
16	"Stars (Hold On)"	Youngblood Hawke	20
17	"Come a Little Closer"	Cage the Elephant	11
18	"See You At The Top"	City Lights	NEW
19	"Ring Pop"	Saves the Day	NEW
20	"Modern Jesus"	Portugal. The Man	NEW

Rowe's Island Countdown - 12/21/13

Frank Turner knocks CHVRCHES off the top spot with his affecting song "The Way I Tend to Be."

This Chart	Song	Artist	Last
1	"The Way I Tend to Be"	Frank Turner	2
2	"The Mother We Share"	CHVRCHES	1
3	"Team"	Lorde	4
4	"What Goes Boom"	Pixies	13
5	"Sirens"	Pearl Jam	3
6	"There Goes Our Love Again"	White Lies	5
7	"Don't Swallow the Cap"	The National	6
8	"Seven Nights, Seven Days"	The Fratellis	7
9	"From the Mouth of an Injured Head"	Radical Face	12
10	"Sonsick"	San Fermin	15
11	"Come a Little Closer"	Cage the Elephant	8
12	"Risk It"	Nahko and Medicine for the People	16
13	"Spark"	Fitz and the Tantrums	9
14	"Turn it Around"	Lucius	10
15	"Lanterns"	Birds of Tokyo	11
16	"Pigsty"	Bayside	20
17	"Make a New Dance Up"	Hey Ocean!	19
18	"Shark Attack"	Grouplove	NEW
19	"Dreams (2am)"	Kye Kye	NEW
20	"Stars (Hold On)"	Youngblood Hawke	NEW

Rowe's Island Countdown 12/14/13

CHVRCHES enjoy another week reigning supreme at the top of the chart with "The Mother We Share." This breakout band was unstoppable throughout the second half of 2013.

This Chart	Song	Artist	Last
1	"The Mother We Share"	CHVRCHES	1
2	"The Way I Tend to Be"	Frank Turner	5
3	"Sirens"	Pearl Jam	4
4	"Team"	Lorde	6
5	"There Goes Our Love Again"	White Lies	2
6	"Don't Swallow the Cap"	The National	3
7	"Seven Nights, Seven Days"	The Fratellis	5
8	"Come a Little Closer"	Cage the Elephant	7
9	"Spark"	Fitz and the Tantrums	8
10	"Turn It Around"	Lucius	12
11	"Lanterns"	Birds of Tokyo	13
12	"From the Mouth of an Injured Head"	Radical Face	15
13	"What Goes Boom"	Pixies	NEW
14	"Shot at the Night"	The Killers	10
15	"Sonsick"	San Fermin	20
16	"Risk It"	Nahko and Medicine for the People	16
17	"Hold Me"	Royal Teeth	14
18	"Sweater Weather"	The Neighbourhood	11
19	"Make a New Dance Up"	Hey Ocean!	18
20	"Pigsty"	Bayside	NEW

Rowe's Island Top 150 for 2013

CHVRCHES score the top song of the year (December 2012-November 2013) with the infectious smash hit "Recover."

Family of the Year dominated the chart for much of 2013 with big hits "Hero" at #2 and "St. Croix" at #10.

2013	Song	Artist
1	"Recover"	CHVRCHES
2	"Hero"	Family of the Year
3	"Diane Young"	Vampire Weekend
4	"Keep Your Head Up"	Ben Howard
5	"Youth"	Daughter
6	"6am"	Fitz and the Tantrums
7	"Suitcase"	Circa Survive
8	"Pompeii"	Bastille
9	"Sex"	The 1975
10	"St. Croix"	Family of the Year
11	Ways to Go"	Grouplove
12	"Sweater Weather"	The Neighbourhood
13	"Ride"	Lana Del Rey
14	"All Your Gold"	Bat for Lashes
15	"When I Was Young"	Blink 182
16	"Listing"	Minus the Bear
17	"Some Kind of Joke"	AWOLNATION
18	"The Mother We Share"	CHVRCHES
19	"Closer"	Tegan and Sara
20	"Wild"	Royal Teeth

Rowe's Island Countdown - 1 Year Strong - 12/7/13

It was a year ago this week that I decided I really wanted to make this personal countdown a permanent thing. I thought if I could make it last a year, then I'd be happy and here we are. Whether anyone else in the world reads this, I like documenting my favorite songs as time passes. I love that I made it 2013 finding something new and exciting every week. CHVRCHES and Family of the Year are my favorite new artists of the year, and "The Mother We Share" gets stuck in my head almost every day. I can only hope that 2014 continues to rock.

This Chart	Song	Artist	Last
1	"The Mother We Share"	CHVRCHES	1
2	"There Goes Our Love Again"	White Lies	2
3	"Don't Swallow the Cap"	The National	3
4	"Sirens"	Pearl Jam	4
5	"The Way I Tend to Be"	Frank Turner	8
6	"Team"	Lorde	12
7	"Come a Little Closer"	Cage the Elephant	5
8	"Spark"	Fitz and the Tantrums	6
9	"Seven Nights, Seven Days"	The Fratellis	9
10	"Shot at the Night"	The Killers	7
11	"Sweater Weather"	The Neighbourhood	10
12	"Turn it Around"	Lucius	11
13	"Lanterns"	Birds of Tokyo	14
14	"Hold Me"	Royal Teeth	17
15	"From the Mouth of an Injured Head"	Radical Face	19
16	"Risk It"	Nahko and Medicine for the People	20
17	"Overjoyed"	Bastille	15
18	"Make a New Dance Up"	Hey Ocean!	NEW
19	"Are You Listening?"	Kopecky Family Band	13
20	"Sonsick"	San Fermin	NEW

Rowe's Island Countdown - Black Friday Edition!

CHVRCHES continues to dominate the chart with "The Mother We Share" landing at #1 for the second week.

This Chart	Song	Artist	Last
1	"The Mother We Share"	CHVRCHES	1
2	"There Goes Our Love Again"	White Lies	3
3	"Don't Swallow the Cap"	The National	2
4	"Sirens"	Pearl Jam	7
5	"Come a Little Closer"	Cage the Elephant	4
6	"Spark"	Fitz and the Tantrums	5
7	"Shot at the Night"	The Killers	6
8	"The Way I Tend to Be"	Frank Turner	9
9	"Seven Nights, Seven Days"	The Fratellis	10
10	"Sweater Weather"	The Neighbourhood	8
11	"Turn it Around"	Lucius	14
12	"Team"	Lorde	NEW
13	"Are You Listening?"	Kopecky Family Band	12
14	"Lanterns"	Birds of Tokyo	18
15	"Overjoyed"	Bastille	16
16	"Cardiac Arrest"	Bad Suns	19
17	"Hold Me"	Royal Teeth	20
18	"In The In-Between"	Saves the Day	17
19	"From The Mouth of an Injured Head"	Radical Face	NEW
20	"Risk It"	Nahko and Medicine for the People	NEW

Rowe's Island Countdown 11/23/13

CHVRCHES storms back into #1 with their second single "The Mother We Share." They are now only the second band, after Family of the Year, to score two #1 songs in 2013.

This Chart	Song	Artist	Last
1	"The Mother We Share"	CHVRCHES	4
2	"Don't Swallow the Cap"	The National	1
3	"There Goes Our Love Again"	White Lies	2
4	"Come a Little Closer"	Cage the Elephant	5
5	"Spark"	Fitz and the Tantrums	9
6	"Shot at the Night"	The Killers	7
7	"Sirens"	Pearl Jam	14
8	"Sweater Weather"	The Neighbourhood	3
9	"The Way I Tend to Be"	Frank Turner	8
10	"Seven Nights, Seven Days"	The Fratellis	17
11	"Recover"	CHVRCHES	6
12	"Are You Listening?"	Kopecky Family Band	19
13	"Out of Time"	Stone Temple Pilots	10
14	"Turn It Around"	Lucius	16
15	"The Dream's in the Ditch"	Deer Tick	11
16	"Overjoyed"	Bastille	20
17	"In The In-Between"	Saves the Day	18
18	"Lanterns"	Birds of Tokyo	NEW
19	"Cardiac Arrest"	Bad Suns	NEW
20	"Hold Me"	Royal Teeth	NEW

Rowe's Island Countdown 11/16/13

The Neighbourhood hovered around the top for so long, only to be knocked out of #1 in a single week by The National and their instant-classic "Don't Swallow the Cap." There's some tough competition from White Lies, as well as fresh singles from CHVRCHES and Fitz and the Tantrums climbing the ranks rapidly.

This Chart	Song	Artist	Last
1	"Don't Swallow the Cap"	The National	5
2	"There Goes Our Love Again"	White Lies	7
3	"Sweater Weather"	The Neighbourhood	1
4	"The Mother We Share"	CHVRCHES	10
5	"Come a Little Closer"	Cage the Elephant	3
6	"Recover"	CHVRCHES	2
7	"Shot at the Night"	The Killers	9
8	"The Way I Tend to Be"	Frank Turner	4
9	"Spark"	Fitz and the Tantrums	11
10	"Out of Time"	Stone Temple Pilots	7
11	"The Dream's in the Ditch"	Deer Tick	14
12	"6am"	Fitz and the Tantrums	8
13	"The Robot With Human Hair Pt. 4"	Dance Gavin Dance	15
14	"Sirens"	Pearl Jam	NEW
15	"All I Want"	Kodaline	17
16	"Turn It Around"	Lucius	19
17	"Seven Nights, Seven Days"	The Fratellis	20
18	"In The In-Between"	Saves the Day	NEW
19	"Are You Listening?"	Kopecky Family Band	NEW
20	"Overjoyed"	Bastille	NEW

Rowe's Island Countdown - 11-9-13

After several weeks of coming up short to CHVRCHES, The Neighbourhood finally capture #1 with breakout single "Sweater Weather."

This Chart	Song	Artist	Last
1	"Sweater Weather"	The Neighbourhood	2
2	"Recover"	CHVRCHES	1
3	"Come a Little Closer"	Cage the Elephant	4
4	"The Way I Tend to Be"	Frank Turner	3
5	"Don't Swallow the Cap"	The National	5
6	"There Goes Our Love Again"	White Lies	7
7	"Out of Time"	Stone Temple Pilots	10
8	"6am"	Fitz and the Tantrums	6
9	"Shot at the Night"	The Killers	14
10	"The Mother We Share"	CHVRCHES	18
11	"Trying to be Cool"	Phoenix	8
12	"Spark"	Fitz and the Tantrums	17
13	"Remember"	Saves the Day	9
14	"King and Lionheart"	Of Monsters and Men	11
15	"The Dream's in the Ditch"	Deer Tick	15
16	"The Robot With Human Hair Pt. 4"	Dance Gavin Dance	19
17	"Into Blue"	Frankie Rose	12
18	"All I Want"	Kodaline	NEW
19	"Turn It Around"	Lucius	NEW
20	"Seven Nights, Seven Days"	The Fratellis	NEW

Rowe's Island Countdown - 11/2/13 (A Day Late, a Buck Short)

"Recover" by CHVRCHES has spent more time at #1 than any other song in 2013. It's starting to look possible that it could be the next CHVRCHES single "The Mother We Share" that eventually dethrones it!

This Chart	Song	Artist	Last
1	"Recover"	CHVRCHES	1
2	"Sweater Weather"	The Neighbourhood	2
3	"The Way I Tend to Be"	Frank Turner	3
4	"Come a Little Closer"	Cage the Elephant	9
5	"Don't Swallow the Cap"	The National	10
6	"6am"	Fitz and the Tantrums	4
7	"There Goes Our Love Again"	White Lies	13
8	"Trying to be Cool"	Phoenix	5
9	"Remember"	Saves the Day	6
10	"Out of Time"	Stone Temple Pilots	15
11	"King and Lionheart"	Of Monsters and Men	7
12	"Into Blue"	Frankie Rose	14
13	"Ways to Go"	Grouplove	8
14	"Shot at the Night"	The Killers	19
15	"The Dream's in the Ditch"	Deer Tick	20
16	"Brand New Day"	Kodaline	17
17	"Spark"	Fitz and the Tantrums	NEW
18	"The Mother We Share"	CHVRCHES	NEW
19	"The Robot With Human Hair Pt. 4"	Dance Gavin Dance	NEW
20	"Purple Yellow Red and Blue"	Portugal. The Man	11

Rowe's Island Countdown - 10/26/13

"Recover" by CHVRCHES enjoys a rare 4th week at #1 on this chart of gigantic importance.

This Chart	Song	Artist	Last
1	"Recover"	CHVRCHES	1
2	"Sweater Weather"	The Neighbourhood	2
3	"The Way I Tend to Be"	Frank Turner	4
4	"6am"	Fitz and the Tantrums	3
5	"Trying to be Cool"	Phoenix	7
6	"Remember"	Saves the Day	8
7	"King and Lionheart"	Of Monsters and Men	5
8	"Ways to Go"	Grouplove	6
9	"Come a Little Closer"	Cage the Elephant	13
10	"Don't Swallow the Cap"	The National	16
11	"Purple Yellow Red and Blue"	Portugal. The Man	9
12	"Luck"	American Authors	10
13	"There Goes Our Love Again"	White Lies	20
14	"Into Blue"	Frankie Rose	14
15	"Out of Time"	Stone Temple Pilots	NEW
16	"Unbelievers"	Vampire Weekend	15
17	"Brand New Day"	Kodaline	19
18	"Sleepwalking"	The Chain Gang of 1974	18
19	"Shot at the Night"	The Killers	NEW
20	"The Dream's in the Ditch"	Deer Tick	NEW

Rowe's Island Countdown - 10/19/13

CHVRCHES hangs on to #1 for a third week with "Recover."

This Chart	Song	Artist	Last
1	"Recover"	CHVRCHES	1
2	"Sweater Weather"	The Neighbourhood	4
3	"6am"	Fitz and the Tantrums	2
4	"The Way I Tend To Be"	Frank Turner	5
5	"King and Lionheart"	Of Monsters and Men	6
6	"Ways to Go"	Grouplove	3
7	"Trying to be Cool"	Phoenix	10
8	"Remember"	Saves the Day	12
9	"Purple Yellow Red and Blue"	Portugal. The Man	7
10	"Luck"	American Authors	8
11	"On The Road"	Houndmouth	9
12	"A Little Biblical"	Band of Horses	14
13	"Come a Little Closer"	Cage the Elephant	NEW
14	"Into Blue"	Frankie Rose	15
15	"Unbelievers"	Vampire Weekend	16
16	"Don't Swallow the Cap"	The National	19
17	"Dannyboy"	Youngblood Hawke	20
18	"Sleepwalking"	The Chain Gang of 1974	NEW
19	"Brand New Day"	Kodaline	NEW
20	"There Goes Our Love Again"	White Lies	NEW

Rowe's Island Countdown - 10/5/13

CHVRCHES finally capture #1 with their uber-catchy hit "Recover." This countdown was a bit slow to climb on the CHVRCHES bandwagon, but so happy that we finally did.

This Chart	Song	Artist	Last
1	"Recover"	CHVRCHES	2
2	"6am"	Fitz and the Tantrums	1
3	"Ways to Go"	Grouplove	3
4	"Sweater Weather"	The Neighbourhood	4
5	"Purple Yellow Red and Blue"	Portugal. The Man	7
6	"Luck"	American Authors	9
7	"The Way I Tend to Be"	Frank Turner	10
8	"Youa nd I"	Local Natives	5
9	"King and Lionheart"	Of Monsters and Men	12
10	"On The Road"	Houndmouth	13
11	"Youth"	Daughter	6
12	"Ya Hey"	Vampire Weekend	8
13	"Trying to be Cool"	Phoenix	15
14	"Pompeii"	Bastille	11
15	"Reflektor"	Arcade Fire	14
16	"A Little Biblical"	Band of Horses	18
17	"Inhaler"	Foals	20
18	"Remember"	Saves the Day	NEW
19	"Into Blue"	Frankie Rose	NEW
20	"Tiger Tank"	Speedy Ortiz	NEW

Rowe's Island Countdown 9/28/13

"6am" reigns supreme on our chart for the second week in a row. Fitz and the Tantrum don't have much to cry about.

This Chart	Song	Artist	Last
1	"6am"	Fitz and the Tantrums	1
2	"Recover"	CHVRCHES	7
3	"Ways to Go"	Grouplove	2
4	"Sweater Weather"	The Neighbourhood	3
5	"You and I"	Local Natives	5
6	"Youth"	Daughter	4
7	"Purple Yellow Red and Blue"	Portugal. The Man	15
8	"Ya Hey"	Vampire Weekend	6
9	"Luck"	American Authors	11
10	"The Way I Tend to Be"	Frank Turner	16
11	"Pompeii"	Bastille	8
12	"King and Lionheart"	Of Monsters and Men	17
13	"On The Road"	Houndmouth	12
14	"Reflektor"	Arcade Fire	14
15	"Trying to be Cool"	Phoenix	18
16	"You've Got Time"	Regina Spektor	9
17	"Never Let You Go"	The Rescues	10
18	"A Little Biblical"	Band of Horses	19
19	"I Don't Know How"	Best Coast	20
20	Inhaler"	Foals	NEW

Rowe's Island Countdown - 9/21/13

Fitz has no reason for a tantrum this week. His band has knocked Grouplove out of the top spot for their first ever #1 song on this oh-so prestigious countdown. Fitz and the Tantrums are flying high.

This Chart	Song	Artist	Last
1	"6am"	Fitz and the Tantrums	2
2	"Ways to Go"	Grouplove	1
3	"Sweater Weather"	The Neighbourhood	3
4	"Youth"	Daughter	4
5	"You and I"	Local Natives	5
6	"Ya Hey"	Vampire Weekend	10
7	"Recover"	CHVRCHES	16
8	"Pompeii"	Bastille	6
9	"You've Got Time"	Regina Spektor	7
10	"Never Let You Go"	The Rescues	8
11	"Luck"	American Authors	9
12	"On The Road"	Houndmouth	14
13	"I Got You"	Jack Johnson	11
14	"Reflektor"	Arcade Fire	18
15	"Purple Yellow Red and Blue"	Portugal. The Man	19
16	"The Way I Tend to Be"	Frank Turner	NEW
17	"King and Lionheart"	Of Monsters and Men	NEW
18	"Trying to be Cool"	Phoenix	NEW
19	"A Little Biblical"	Band of Horses	NEW
20	"I Don't Know How"	Best Coast	NEW