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CHVRCHES’ new single “He Said She Said” received an impressive showing of support at the alternative radio format this week.
Picked up by 14 Mediabase-monitored alternative stations, “He Said She Said” earns the format’s most added honor.
With 9 adds each, The Black Keys’ “Crawling Kingsnake” and Dreamers & Big Boi’s “Palm Reader (featuring UPSAHL)” tie for second.
The Maine’s “Sticky” follows in fourth with 7 new adds, while an add count of 6 slots Beach Bunny’s “Cloud 9” in fifth.
This week’s other alternative radio options: Almost Monday’s “Live Forever” (5 adds, 6th-most, tie), Mike Shinoda’s “Happy Endings (featuring iann dior & UPSAHL)” (5 adds, 6th-most, tie), Half Alive’s “What’s Wrong” (5 adds, 6th-most, tie), Rise Against’s “Nowhere Generation” (5 adds, 6th-most, tie), and girl in red’s “Serotonin” (4 adds, 10th-most).
, Staff Writer
The Black Keys breathe new life into “Crawling Kingsnake,” a classic country-style blues song popularized by John Lee Hooker. The duo dropped the song on April 15th, along with the announcement of their tenth studio album,
Delta Kream. In an interview, singer and guitarist Dan Auerbach said the album was inspired by the Mississippi hill country sound. It’s the same musical tradition that he and drummer Patrick Carney first bonded over.
Delta Kream will feature covers of songs by blues legends like David Kimbrough, R. L. Burnside, and others.
The Black Keys’ spin on “Crawling Kingsnake” is strikingly different from Hooker’s original 1949 performance. A faster tempo and vocals add energy to the song. The band explains that their cover bears a close resemblance to Kimbrough’s 1994 take on the song. What stands out most on the Keys’ version is the interplay between the two guitars. That groovy combination is complemented perfectly by Auerbach’s fl
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