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Post by Kurt on Apr 24, 2015 13:09:45 GMT -5
New Columbia signing Coleman Hell will impact Alternative on May 19 with "2 Heads," according to R&R.
https%3A//soundcloud.com/colemanhell/2-heads
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Post by pancakes on Apr 24, 2015 13:13:19 GMT -5
I'm kinda over this already lol. Was in my playlist for 2 months now.
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Post by shakermaker on Jun 3, 2015 13:32:22 GMT -5
Caught this on the radio the other day and well, it's basically "Wake Me Up" minus all the obvious EDM synth-flourishes and with the folktronica banjos turned up, isn't it?
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Post by Troy on Jun 3, 2015 14:16:49 GMT -5
well, it's not as bad as Rednex's version of "Cotton-Eye Joe" ... but that's the worst song to ever chart in any format, so not exactly a high bar
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Post by Daryl the Beryl on Jun 5, 2015 6:04:15 GMT -5
Top 50 on Alternative:
65 49 COLEMAN HELL 2 Heads 165 101 64 0.502
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Post by crash46 on Jun 5, 2015 19:27:47 GMT -5
From Toronto, so that explains why 89x has been spinning this for a month or two. Their Can Con picks don't typically pan out for their neighbors to the south, but their picks also typically tend to sound like more of a reminder that the year 2001 happened, instead of sounding like actual Alternative music (case in point: They're spinning Theory of a Deadman's non-hit single, but not spinning Metric's up & coming hit single). So, the sight of this in the actual top 50 was a shock to me.
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Post by Doc Indie Party Rock on Jun 6, 2015 5:18:16 GMT -5
It hard to pinpoint this style. It has guitars, synths(a plus), banjo? pianos. One would say it sounds like it's all over the place, but I'm not getting hate vibes and the vocals seem pretty decent. I'd rather this chart on Alt than "Sedona" that's for sure.
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Post by No Brake$ on Jun 8, 2015 15:09:34 GMT -5
Seriously think we are looking at a Top 5 at this format for this song, and a potential Top 10 crossover at Hot AC and Pop. It's going to be huge. Hilariously enough, I wouldn't be surprised if I heard this on the country format these days (it won't).
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Post by wheatsquares33 on Jun 8, 2015 16:38:01 GMT -5
Yeah, I definitely think this one has a lot of crossover potential. I see it performing better on Pop Radio than Alt. Maybe similar to "Wake Me Up". Not a bad song at all. I like it a lot, actually.
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Post by Green Baron on Jun 8, 2015 17:01:16 GMT -5
I feel like I heard this somewhere before.
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Post by Troy on Jun 8, 2015 23:13:52 GMT -5
better than Avicii ... but then I hate Avicii ... I'm not big on banjo but it doesn't sound forced like in Wake Me Up, this is more natural, authentic sounding
it might grow on me, but as for now I'll pass
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Post by shakermaker on Jun 16, 2015 2:29:25 GMT -5
Debuts at #37 on Billboard.
That would make this the first debut top 40 entry from a Canadian act since Death from Above 1979, though surprisingly none of Pulse's resident Canadians have posted on this thread thus far, lol.
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Post by Daryl the Beryl on Jun 16, 2015 6:05:01 GMT -5
Top 40 on Alternative:
45 40 COLEMAN HELL 2 Heads 272 192 80 1.063
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Post by Green Baron on Jun 16, 2015 10:01:38 GMT -5
This seems like it would be a huge hit on Pop. Alt, I can't see why stations would be playing it here to begin with, but it has all the ingredients to be a Top 10 on CHR.
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Post by Shadows in the Dark on Jun 30, 2015 22:12:23 GMT -5
This sounds like 5 different songs jammed into one, and that isn't a good thing. I have no idea what the hell is going on with this.
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Post by Doc Indie Party Rock on Jun 30, 2015 23:48:14 GMT -5
This sounds like 5 different songs jammed into one, and that isn't a good thing. I have no idea what the hell is going on with this. What's going on is a hybrid of sounds put together to make a song that is getting ready to screw things up even worse on the Alt charts. After seeing this on youtube a few times, I'm glad I didn't download this. It has some Avicci vibes which I detest.  |
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Post by Daryl the Beryl on Jul 1, 2015 6:05:38 GMT -5
Top 30 on Alternative:
36 30 COLEMAN HELL 2 Heads 468 378 90 2.091
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Post by Cody on Jul 5, 2015 23:44:49 GMT -5
Debuts at #37 on Billboard. That would make this the first debut top 40 entry from a Canadian act since Death from Above 1979, though surprisingly none of Pulse's resident Canadians have posted on this thread thus far, lol. Honestly, I had no idea this guy was Canadian. I thought the Canadian airplay was just from Canadian alt stations being hit-predictors a la Budapest and Ex's and Oh's again. I hadn't bothered posting in the thread until now because I was indifferent to the song, but it's started to grow on me. Happy to see some Canadian action in the top 40 with Coleman Hell and Metric at the same time. |
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Post by Green Baron on Jul 6, 2015 0:54:10 GMT -5
Okay, I'm starting to really love this
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Post by Doc Indie Party Rock on Jul 7, 2015 3:12:12 GMT -5
the next song poised to turn Alternative radio chart upside down?
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Post by Daryl the Beryl on Jul 7, 2015 3:27:06 GMT -5
This song is country and dance mashed into one song.
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Post by Green Baron on Jul 8, 2015 20:21:48 GMT -5
This better not go Top 20 on Alt
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Post by Daryl the Beryl on Jul 8, 2015 20:23:49 GMT -5
This song shouldn't have even charted on alt. It's not a bad song, but it just sounds awkward among the other songs on the chart, and that includes the AAA crossovers.
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Post by Doc Indie Party Rock on Jul 9, 2015 0:28:52 GMT -5
This song shouldn't have even charted on alt. It's not a bad song, but it just sounds awkward among the other songs on the chart, and that includes the AAA crossovers. Well at least we agree on something. |
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Post by Daryl the Beryl on Jul 9, 2015 0:30:40 GMT -5
This song shouldn't have even charted on alt. It's not a bad song, but it just sounds awkward among the other songs on the chart, and that includes the AAA crossovers. Well at least we agree on something. Ummm... You're not saying I have the same music taste as Dr. Indie?!  ;) For the record, I don't hate this (Renegades), but it's not something I want to hear all the time once it's in the Top 10. Everyone has at least something in common with Dr. Indie  Anyways, we agree on a lot of things, I'm sure |
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Post by No Brake$ on Jul 9, 2015 12:34:08 GMT -5
Considering this guy sounds a lot Sting, banjo-driven, drum beats...how is this NOT alternative?
While I'm at it, anything from AAA SHOULD be on alternative, are you kidding me? Most AAA songs sounds like songs that would have charted in the past 25 years on the alternative chart.
Now, if they want everyone to be happy, I think it would be very simple to:
Have all AAA stations and AAA-leaning Alternative become the Alternative Format;
while have all Active Rock stations and Active Rock-leaning Alternative stations become the Active Rock format, that would make a lot of sense.
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Post by Cody on Jul 9, 2015 16:55:05 GMT -5
Yeahhhhhhh this song is amazing. I love the 70s folky vibe to it, check off the download here for sure. Alternative needs to eat this up.
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Post by Doc Indie Party Rock on Jul 9, 2015 23:58:16 GMT -5
Yeahhhhhhh this song is amazing. I love the 70s folky vibe to it, check off the download here for sure. Alternative needs to eat this up. This Dr. Folk guy is funny. 5x platinum member? Trying to figure out who he was before? |
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Post by maine on Jul 11, 2015 0:04:20 GMT -5
I like his vocals and almost everything about this. My only issue is the banjo in the post-chorus. It sounds sooo out of place and unnecessarily turned up.
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Post by Chuckles, The Silly Piggy on Jul 14, 2015 13:47:14 GMT -5
Will a Canadian act ever go top 10 again?
Last one was Three Days Grace - The Good Life way back in February 2010.
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