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Flight Facilities Claim Top Spot On Carlton Dry Independent Charts

The Sydney electro wizards have toppled previous placeholders the Hilltop Hoods

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Renowned electronic two-piece Flight Facilities have taken out the #1 placing on this week's Carlton Dry Independent Music Charts, with their debut full-length Down To Earth claiming pole position on entry.

The result sees last week's titleholders, the Hilltop Hoods and Walking Under Stars, drop a spot to #2, pushing Missy Higgins (Oz) and Jimmy Barnes (30:30 Hindsight) down a notch each too, to #3 and #4 respectively.

The next-highest debut on the albums chart comes courtesy of resurgent songstress Lanie Lane and her sophomore album Night Shade, which enters strongly at #6, but can't quite break beyond Vance Joy's Dream Your Life Away, which steps up a place to #5 this week. Re-entries this week come from Thundamentals, whose one-time #1 So We Can Remember is back in the top 20 at #15, just outpaced by The Delta Riggs' Dipz Zebazios, which reappears at #14.

On the singles ladder, workhorse-like Brissy-bred pop factory Sheppard see yet another single on the charts, with Smile making the week's highest entry at #6, just below their still-performing mega-hit Geronimo (#5). West Australian indie-poppers San Cisco aren't far behind, with comeback cut RUN nabbing them #7 on debut.

Top-album-makers Flight Facilities also made an impact in the singles world, with Sunshine, featuring Reggie Watts, stepping out at #14, only a few spots behind earlier single Two Bodies (#11) and this week's only other new entry, Odd Mob's Is It A Banger?, which comes in at #10 for the week. Honey-voiced Brisbane muso Airling also finds herself back in the charts this week — Wasted Pilots makes its return at #20.