# Top Ten Songs Playlists for August 2012 – Divine Fits, Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti, Black Pistol Fire, Blonde Summer, Red Kross

- Link: https://indierockcafe.com/2012/09/top-ten-songs-playlists-for-august-2012-divine-fits-ariel-pinks-haunted-graffiti-black-pistol-fire-red-kross/
- Published: 2012-09-08T02:05:00-04:00
- Author: Max Hammer

[[Compared to July, the quality and quantity of new album releases for the month
of August 2012 went a long way in saving this summer from being a bummer for new
indie rock music.

There are still two weeks of releases until summer officially ends on the fall equinox
of September 21st. This is important because there are some big-time releases for
September, including [this week’s new albums](https://indierockcafe.com/2012/09/best-new-music-releases-week-of-sept-4th-animal-collective-cat-power-stars-two-door-cinema-club-two-gallants-bob-mould-jens-lekman/)
from **Animal Collective, Cat Power, Stars, Two Door Cinema Club**, among others,
and the upcoming new albums from **Grizzly Bear, Band of Horses, The XX, The Vaccines**,
and many others that we’ll be telling you about in our upcoming Anticipated Fall
Album Releases feature.

Back to August. There were some great albums dropped in August, in case you missed
them, including releases from **Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti, Yeasayer, Bloc Party,
Wild Nothing, Poor Moon, Divine Fits, Blonde Summer, Teengirl Fantasy, Dead Can 
Dance**, and **Bear Mountain**.

Because of when August started and ended, there are a total of five week’s of Top
Ten Songs playlists, with a little overlapping at the beginning with July and at
the end with September. The Top Ten Songs playlists always span from a Tuesday to
a Monday because Tuesday is the traditional day of the week that new albums are 
released in the United States. In the U.K. and many other parts of the world it 
is Monday.

 ⌊divinefits⌉

#### August 28th – Sept. 3th

This week’s [Top Ten Songs](https://indierockcafe.com/top-ten-songs/) playlist mix
is based on three separate posts – [Best New Music Releases, Week of Aug. 28th](https://indierockcafe.com/2012/08/best-new-music-releases-week-of-aug-28th-wild-nothing-matthew-dear-dan-deacon-divine-fits/),
plus the latest [Fresh Tracks mix](https://indierockcafe.com/2012/08/fresh-tracks-from-animal-collective-cat-power-the-raveonettes-the-helio-sequence-wanderlust/)
and [DIY Artist of the Week: Dalton](https://indierockcafe.com/2012/08/diy-artist-of-the-week-dalton/).

But it was the spectacular new single from **Divine Fits**, “Would That Not Be Nice,”
that beat out all of the competition for the No. 1 most streamed and downloaded 
song of the week. The new power pop single from **The Raveonettes**, “She Owns The
Streets,” captured the No. 2 spot, followed by **Cat Power**‘s “Cherokee” at No.
3, and **Wild Nothing**‘s new track, “Paradise,” took the No. 4 slot. To round out
the top five was **Poor Moon**‘s “Holiday.” Now that’s an impressive first half 
for any Top Ten Songs mix. The second half featured fresh album tracks from **Matthew
Dear, Teen**, DIY artist **Dalton**, **Richard Hawley** and **Dan Deacon**, respectively.
We were surprised to see Deacon’s off-the-wall techno dance trip out single, “Lots,”(
No. 10) wasn’t higher up in the charts, but in the last four positions, there were
often only one or two ‘votes.’

There are many other ‘keeper’ tracks from the three post playlist links above, so
you might want to click through to each one individually. We try to make as many
songs ‘keepers’ as possible – can’t satisfy all the people all the time, but if 
we can satisfy most of the people most of the time, that’s golden. Think of us as
your new music filter because you don’t have time to go through hundreds of songs
a month to pick out the best.

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Wild Nothing, Princeton, Perfume Genius, Dirty Ghosts

[“Would That Not Be Nice”](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/04%20Divine%20Fits%20-%20A%20Thing%20Called%20Divine%20Fits%20-%20Would%20That%20Not%20Be%20Nice2.mp3)–**
Divine Fits** from _A Thing Called Divine Fits_ on Merge Records

“She Owns The Streets” – **The Raveonettes** from _Observator_ – Sept. 11th

[“Cherokee”](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/01_Cherokee2.mp3) – **
Cat Power** from _Sun_

[“Paradise”](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/08%20Paradise2.mp3) – **
Wild Nothing** from _Nocturne_ on Captured Tracks

[“Holiday”](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/120602.mp3) – **Poor Moon**
from _Poor Moon_ on Sub Pop

[“Headcage”](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/mdheadcage-19233012.mp3)–**
Matthew Dear** from _Beams_ on Ghostly International

[“Electric”](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/TEEN%20-%20Electric2.mp3)–**
TEEN** from _In Limbo_ on Carpark Records

“Breaker” – **Dalton** from _Dalton_ EP

[“Leave Your Body Behind You”](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/Leave%20Your%20Body%20Behind%20You3.mp3)–**
Richard Hawley** from _Standing At The Sky’s Edge_ on Mute

“Pieces of You” – **Mad Planet** from _Ghost Notes_ on Planetary Fro Records

 ⌊arielpink⌉

#### August 21st – August 27th

The last week of August, which often signifies the wind-down of summer for students
and vacationers, for IRC included two main posts that were competing for the top
singles of the week – a new [Fresh Tracks playlist](https://indierockcafe.com/category/indie-rock-mixtapes/fresh-tracks-mix/)
and the weekly [Best New Music Releases](https://indierockcafe.com/2012/08/best-new-music-releases-week-of-aug-21st-bloc-party-ariel-pinks-haunted-graffiti-yeasayer-teengirl-fantasy-soa/).
In the past, we would only count singles for the Top Ten Songs if there were part
of the best new releases playlists. However, with efforts underway to include more
Fresh Tracks and other such MP3 playlist posts, it only makes sense to also include
those as well.

The last No. 1 single of the week, by only four ‘votes,’ was **Ariel Pink’s Haunted
Graffiti**‘s lead single, “Only In My Dreams,” followed closely at No. 2 by **Yeasayer**‘
s new single, “Henrietta” from the new album, _Fragrant World_. Bloc Party’s new
lead track, “So He Begins to Lie,” from their new album, _Four_, trailed Yeasayer
by more than a dozen votes to grab the No. 3 spot. Three huge bands battled it out
all week for the No. 1 spot, and APHG won. The No. 4 track for the week of August
21st, “No Sense,” is from a band we’ve never heard of before, **Bailterspace**. 
A buzz band of the past couple of years, Teengirl Fantasy, rounded out the top half
of the playlist with their new single, “End.” The lower half of the Top 10 features
new singles from Six Organs of Admittance, Grizzly Bear, Happy New Year,

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FUR, PUP, St. Vincent, Toy, Indoor Pets, Okey Dokey, Foxwarren

“Only In My Dreams”** – ****Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti **from _Mature Themes 
_on 4AD

“Henrietta”** –** **Yeasayer **from _Fragrant World _on Secretly Canadian

“So He Begins to Lie” – **Bloc Party** from _Four_

“No Sense” – **Bailterspace** from _Machine _on Fire Records

[“End”](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/06%20-%20End2.mp3) – **Teengirl
Fantasy **from _Tracer _on True Panther Sounds/R&S

“Waswasa” – **Six Organs of Admittance ** from _Ascent _on Drag City

[“Yet Again”](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/Yet-Again--EM08122.mp3)–**
Grizzly Bear** from _Shields (pre-order)_ – out Sept. 18th

[“Twins”](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/02%20Twins2.mp3) – **Happy
New Year** from _Happy New Year _on Brooklyn’s Crikey! Records

[“Another Stitch”](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/11%20Another%20Stitch2.mp3)–**
Gregory Pepper and His Problems** from _Escape From Crystal Skull Mountain _on Fake
Four, Inc.

“Pyrakantha” – **Balmorhea** from _Stranger_ – Oct. 2nd

 ⌊blackpistolfire⌉

#### August 14th – August 20th

Our main focus for this week was the three-day outdoor music festival, **Outside
Lands**, which celebrated it’s fifth anniversary with one of the best lineups in
its five years. Headliners on two main stages in **San Francisco**‘s Golden Gate
Park included Neil Young, Metallica, Stevie Wonder, Jack White, Beck, The Kills,
Franz Ferdinand, Andrew Bird, Passion Pit, Silversun Pickups, and many others. See
our [pre-fest post](https://indierockcafe.com/2012/08/outside-lands-festival-2012-playlist-neil-young-jack-white-metallica-stevie-wonder-the-foo-fighters/),
plus our coverage of [Day Two](https://indierockcafe.com/2012/08/outside-lands-festival-2012-looking-back-metallica-sigur-ros-dr-dog-alabama-shakes-the-kills-norah-jones-grandaddy/)
and [Day Three](https://indierockcafe.com/2012/08/the-5th-annual-outside-lands-festival-sells-out-for-legendary-stevie-wonder-plus-jack-white-regina-spektor-franz-ferdinand/).

The indie rock band, **Black Pistol Fire**, released their new album this week from
which the lead single, “Crows’ Feet” topped all others to take the No. 1 song of
the week. Due to a thin week of releases, this is the first time we are a couple
of songs short of a full Top Ten list, but they’re still great songs.

“Crows Feet” – **Black Pistol Fire** from _Big Beat ’59_

[“Opium”](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/06%20-%20Opium2.mp3) – **
Dead Can Dance** from _Anatasia_

“Wild Light” – **Wild Cub** from _Youth_

[“I Can’t Stand to Be Refused”](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/HWF-%20I_Cant_Stand_To_Be_Refused2.mp3)**–****
Height with Friends **from _Rock and Roll_ on Friends/Cold Rhymes Records

“Bombs and Bruises” – **Black Pistol Fire** from _Big Beat ’59_

“If I Left Tomorrow” – **Simon Joyner **from _Ghosts_ on Ba Da Bing

“Alone” – **Asteroid Shop** from _Distance Luxury_

“#1 in Heaven”** – ****MNDR **from _Feed Me Diamonds_ on Ultra Music

 ⌊redkrossresearching⌉

#### August 7th – August 13th

The first August No. 1 of 2012 goes to the new title track off the new album by **
Redd Kross**, _Researching The Blues_. The band **Niki and the Dove ** came in with
the No. 2 song of the week – voted by all of you by your streams and downloads –
with the single, “DJ, Ease My Mind.” The indie folk rock band **Bear Mountain** 
secured the No. 3 position of the week, followed at No. 4 by an artist to watch,**
Erik Blood**. The catchy, memorable track, “Mallrats (La La La)” from the indie 
band **The Orwells** rounded out the Top Five with the No. 5 song of the week. The
lower half of this week’s Top Ten Songs playlist features, in order, P**ermanent
Collection, Kid Smpl, Ormonde, Birds and Batteries** and **Koko Beware**.

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“Researching the Blues” – **Redd Kross** from _Researching the Blues_

[“DJ, Ease My Mind”](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/120612.mp3) – **
Niki and the Dove ** from Instinct

“Two Step” –  **Bear Mountain **from _xo_ (self-released)

“Today’s Lover”** – ** **Erik Blood **from _Touch Screens_ (self-released)

[“Mallrats (La La La)”](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/the-orwells-mallrats-la-la-la_2012-07-25-183202-4137-0-0-0.1282.mp3)–**
The Orwells** from _Remember When_ on Autumn Tone

“Escape Pod” – **Kid Smpl** from _Escape Pod EP_ on Hush Hush Records

[“Cherry Blossom”](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/02%20Cherry%20Blossom2.mp3)–**
Ormonde ** from _Machine_ on Hometapes

[“Let The Door Swing”](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/2%20Let%20The%20Door%20Swing2.mp3)–**
Birds and Batteries **from _Stray Light_ on Eightmaps

“Beach Babe” – **Koko Beware** from _Something About the Summer_ (self-released)

#### July 31st – August 6th

The first No. 1 song of August 2012 went to **Blonde Summer**‘s new single, “Slow
Days Fast Company.” The track is an uptempo indie pop anthem with jangling guitar
riffs, echoey, reverb vocals, a catchy rhythm and a hook and infusion of airy synth
layers that accompany the song’s climaxes- one of the finest ‘summery’ singles of
the season. The relatively new band, **Wildlife Control**, released their self-titled,
debut album, from which the lead single, “Analog or Digital,” took the No. 2 song
of the week. Another fairly new band, Buttonhead, has the No. 3 track of the week
with the single, “Champion Bread.” At No. 4 for the week is the new single, “Growing
Pains,” from the band Junk Culture. Rising singer/songwriter Allen Stone’s lead 
single, “Sleep” from his self-titled, debut album, rounded out the Top Five at the
No. 5 position. The lower half of the Top 10 features songs from NIKU, Shovels and
Rope, The Black Swans, Sacred Caves and Jason Haywood, respectively.

“Slow Days, Fast Company” – **Blonde Summer** from _Slow Daze_ EP

“Analog or Digital” – **Wildlife Control** from _Wildlife Control_

“Champion Bread” – **Buttonhead** from _3D Opera Whale_

“Growing Pains” – **Junk Culture** from _Wild Quiet_
 via MusicUnderFire.com

“Sleep”** – ****Allen Stone **from _Allen Stone_ on ATO Records

“Broken Seashells” – **NIKU** from _In the Tidelands_

“Birmingham”** – ****Shovels & Rope **from _O’ Be Joyful_ on Dualtone Records

“Basket of Light”** – ****The Black Swans **from _Occasion For Song_ on Misra Records

[“On The Outside”](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/On%20The%20Outside2.wav)**–****
Sacred Caves **from _Sanctuarium_ EP on hausKat Records

“The Longest Walk” – **Jason Haywood** from _A Thousand Miles Since Yesterday _