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Diet Cig's comeback single Night Terrors features at No. 47 on this week's expanded chart. Photo: Emily Dubin

This week’s FEISTY Alternative Singles Chart features essential new music from Tennis, Gengahr, Sorry and many more, plus a brand new number-one single from La Roux.

The fifth installment of our chart and playlist rounds up the hottest 60 singles of the moment, with a record 30 new entries to our countdown from around the world.

La Roux takes this week’s top spot as she continues her pursuit of pop perfection in 2020, ending Tame Impala’s three-week run at the summit of the chart with her sophisticated new single Automatic Driver, the third taken from her upcoming album Supervision.

Between the new entries and the 30 tracks that maintain their place on the chart for another week, there’s something for every fan of alternative, indie and pop music, including dream pop, post-punk revival, jagged indie rock, and driving synth work.

Beyond La Roux, the highest new entry this week comes from Tennis, one of a number of new entries – along with Gengahr, Blossoms and Shopping – gearing up to imminently release their promising new albums.

Blossoms’ new track particularly could be an indie pop grower, with its unusual chorus stabs, and enters the chart at No. 6, just ahead of hotly-tipped Brits Sorry at No. 8.

Cage the Elephant‘s striking collaboration with Iggy Pop and Mitski‘s cinematic contribution to The Turning‘s soundtrack also chart highly, as does the comeback from Little Dragon.

There’s also the usual hoard of new artists to get excited about, of course, and we’ve packed as many as possible into this week’s countdown.

Our tips include Oregon duo Chasing Daze, whose simply adorable debut single Change You is too syrupy-sweet to not love, fellow Americans Cuffed Up, and Fever Ray soundalike KÅRP.

Dutch artist Eefje de Visser becomes the first ever artist to feature on our chart with a song performed entirely in a language other than English, while Germany’s Pabst debut with their Indoor Pets-esque new track Ibuprofen.

And there’s Top 40 entries for Scotland’s The Snuts and Sheffield’s SHEAFS, edging out the likes of The Gallerys and BlackWaters as our pick of this week’s rousing “ladcore” indie releases.

There’s also music from Scandipop-styled newcomer SKIA, Royal Blood-inspired riff monsters False Heads, indie pop darlings Diet Cig and numerous more, all ready to listen to and discover now on the Alternative Singles Chart playlist.

We’ve expanded the chart to 60 songs from this week onwards, reflecting how hard it’s been for us to limit ourselves to 50 spots each week.

There’s also a new “More New Music” section at the foot of the chart, highlighting the songs that didn’t quite make our countdown this week, including super-new tracks that might feature in next week’s Top 60.

Check out the chart to see all of the latest additions, or head straight to our Spotify playlist to listen to all of the new music we’re confident you need to hear!

Oh, and if you’re still not sure exactly how the chart works? Check out our introduction to the hows and whys in this article. ♥♥♥

FEISTY Alternative Singles Chart: 30 January 2020
TWLWARTIST / TITLE
01NELa Roux
United Kingdom
Automatic Driver
Supercolour Records
0201Tame Impala
Australia
Lost in Yesterday
Modular Recordings
03NETennis
United States
How to Forgive
Mutually Detrimental
0402Soccer Mommy
United States
Circle the Drain
Loma Vista Recordings
0508Grouplove
United States
Deleter
Atlantic Records / WEA
06NEBlossoms
United Kingdom
If You Think This Is Real Life
Virgin EMI
0703Grimes
Canada
My Name is Dark
4AD
08NESorry
United Kingdom
More
Domino
0906The Naked and Famous
New Zealand
Bury Us
AWAL Recordings
1010Yumi Zouma
New Zealand
Cool for a Second
Polyvinyl
11NECage the Elephant
United States
Broken Boy (feat. Iggy Pop)
110 Entertainment / RCA Records
1204U.S. Girls
United States
Overtime
4AD
13NEMitski
United States
Cop Car
Dead Oceans / KRO Records
1407Poliça
United States
Sea Without Blue
Memphis Industries
1509Tennis
United States
Need Your Love
Mutually Detrimental
16NEChasing Daze
United States
Change You
Dreams Never Die / Young Forever
1715Gengahr
United Kingdom
Never a Low
Liberator Music
18NELittle Dragon
Sweden
Hold On
Ninja Tune
1905The Big Moon
United Kingdom
Barcelona
Fiction Records
2013Demob Happy
United Kingdom
Mother Machine
SO Recordings / Silva Screen Records
2120Wolf Parade
Canada
Julia Take Your Man Home
Sub Pop Records
2214Sea Girls
United Kingdom
Ready for More
Polydor Records
2312Lauran Hibberd
United Kingdom
Bang Bang Bang
2411La Roux
United Kingdom
Gullible Fool
Supercolour Records
25NECreeper
United Kingdom
Annabelle
Roadrunner Records
26NECuffed Up
United States
French Exit
2719Do Nothing
United Kingdom
LeBron James
Exact Truth
28NEHoneymoan
South Africa
Weirdo
Communion
2922San Mei
Australia
Hard to Face
etcetc
3018Ten Fé
United Kingdom
Heaven Sent Me
Some Kinda Love
3121Wild Nothing
United States
Foyer
Captured Tracks
32NEThe Snuts
United Kingdom
Fatboy Slim
Parlophone Records
3324Pit Pony
United Kingdom
Dutch Courage
34NEEefje de Visser
Netherlands
Oh
Sony Music
3540Fickle Friends
United Kingdom
Pretty Great
Cooking Vinyl
3617CIEL
United Kingdom
The Shore
3730Sløtface
Norway
Tap the Pack
Propeller Recordings
38NESHEAFS
United Kingdom
Total Vanity
3932MGMT
United States
In the Afternoon
40NEGengahr
United Kingdom
Icarus
Liberator Music
41NEShopping
United Kingdom
For Your Pleasure
FatCat Records
4239Paris Youth Foundation
United Kingdom
Home Is Where the Heart Is
Modern Sky Entertainment
43NEPabst
Germany
Ibuprofen
Ketchup Tracks
4425Courting
United Kingdom
Football
4516Delacey
United States
No One's Gonna Ever Love You
HITCO / Delicate Flower
4636Courteeners
United Kingdom
Better Man
Ignition Records
47NEDiet Cig
United States
Night Terrors
Frenchkiss Records
4826Peaness
United Kingdom
Kaizen
4927HANYA
United Kingdom
I'll Do It Tomorrow
Outré Disque
5023Poliça
United States
Steady
Memphis Industries
5131Grimes
Canada
So Heavy I Fell Through the Earth
4AD
52NEPish
Norway
Freedom
Bergen Mafia
53NEPeggy Sue
United Kingdom
In Dreams
5429Hayley Mary
Australia
Like a Woman Should
I OH YOU
5528Talk Show
United Kingdom
Banshee
Council Records
56NEInhaler
Ireland
We Have to Move On
Polydor Records
57NELily Konigsberg
United States
I Said
Wharf Cat Records
58NEKÅRP
Sweden
Left Handed
59NEFalse Heads
United Kingdom
Rabbit Hole
Lovers Music
60NESKIA
United Kingdom
Anyone
Heist or Hit Records
FEISTY Alternative Singles Chart: More New Music
Alex the Astronaut
Australia
I Think You're Great
Nettwerk
APRE
United Kingdom
Your Heart's Like a Jungle
Polydor Records
Austra
Canada
Risk It
Domino
BlackWaters
United Kingdom
Two Time Lover
Jarr'd Up Records
Bonander
Sweden
Martha
Icons Creating Evil Art
Brooke Bentham
United Kingdom
Control
AllPoints
Destroy Boys
United States
Fences
The Gallerys
United Kingdom
You're a Dreamer
The Hanged Man
Sweden
Hasche
Dubious Records
HMLTD
United Kingdom
Blank Slate
Lucky Number
Julia Bardo
United Kingdom
I Wanna Feel Love
Wichita Recordings / [PIAS]
Las Kellies
Argentina
Closer
Fire Records
The Lathums
United Kingdom
Fight On
LAB Records
Lié
Canada
Drowning in Piss
Mint Records
Marsicans
United Kingdom
Can I Stay Here Forever (Pt. II)
Killing Moon Records
St. South
Australia
Does Your Brain Ever Get This Loud?
Nettwerk
TOPS
Canada
I Feel Alive

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