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The Chart Show: The xx release 'I See You,' reach No.1

The xx find themselves at No.1 as 'I See You' releases
The xx find themselves at No.1 as 'I See You' releasesCourtesy of the artist/Laura Coulson
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by Mark Wheat

January 19, 2017

The xx top our chart this week and have sold out the Palace Theater on April 28! You can catch the trio perform on the BBC's Live Lounge, including covers of Drake and Rihanna.

Submit your Chart Show ballot this week for a chance to win tickets to Japandroids and Craig Finn at First Avenue on Feb. 14!

Haley Bonar's "Hometown" is poised to be inducted next week so we've added "Stupid Face" to our playlist as Mary Lucia's DJ Pick of the Week.

Ryan Adams is the highest mover, up eleven places to No.5. His new Prisoner albums drops Feb. 17. If you want to catch up on his career so far, Heavy magazine is here to help.

Japandroids are the highest new entry this week. They'll be playing First Avenue on Valentine's Day. If you go, don't be fashionably late because Craig Finn is opening! And take a copy of one of my fave books that they made us read in high school, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce, to have them sign – that's where the title of their new album comes from.

Run the Jewels make their chart debut at No.9. They'll be at Myth for Valentine's Day and have just announced a European phase of their Run the World tour.

Nine Inch Nails are back with a bang at No.13. They promise at least one full album this year. "Dear World" comes from the Not the Actual Events EP. Always outspoken lead man Trent Reznor has been dissing the state of new music, especially rock, in recent interviews.

I wonder if Trent has heard Car Seat Headrest, a good example of some new rock! They are back in at No.14 with the third song from Teens of Denial to chart. They start the Australian leg of their world tour next week as part of the massive, traveling St. Jerome's Laneway Festival.

Laura Marling slips into the basement space after performing last weekend in
Chicago on A Prairie Home Companion.

There are four potential Hall of Fame inductions coming up next week! Check out the newly updated Chart Show All-Time Hall of Fame.