Artist · chart history
The Jezabels
Band Sydney Australia Formed 2007 Sydney indie band
The Jezabels formed in 2007 in Sydney, Australia. The Jezabels has 5 chart appearances on 4 radio countdowns from 2 stations on RockLists, spanning 2010–2016. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Endless Summer”, which appears on 1 list with a best position of #9. The station that charted The Jezabels most often is Triple J (Australia (national)), with 4 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2010.
The Jezabels formed in Sydney in 2007 and made a big, stormy kind of indie rock that sounded like it was always on the edge of a thunderclap. Hayley Mary sings with a soaring, dramatic intensity, Sam Lockwood's guitar shimmers and churns, Heather Shannon's piano and keyboards give the songs their grand sweep, and Nik Kaloper drives it all home on drums and percussion.
Between 2009 and 2010 they put out a trio of EPs, The Man Is Dead, She's So Hard and Dark Storm, with Lachlan Mitchell behind the desk as producer and engineer on each. "Easy to Love" and "Mace Spray" showed off the formula, pounding drums and swooping vocals building to cathartic peaks, and Dark Storm cracked the top 40 of the ARIA Singles Chart. Their debut album, Prisoner, arrived in September 2011 on the back of "Endless Summer", a rush of nostalgic, big-sky melancholy, and it rose to number 2 on the ARIA Albums Chart, and won Best Independent Release at the 2012 ARIA Music Awards; the band also picked up the Australian Music Prize.
The Brink followed with "The End", then Synthia in February 2016. In December 2017 they put things on ice with no end date, then regrouped for a tour in 2022.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by The Jezabels on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Endless Summer | 1 | #9 | – | 2011 | |
| 2 | Mace Spray | 1 | #16 | – | 2010 | |
| 3 | Easy to Love | 1 | #49 | – | 2010 | |
| 4 | The End | 1 | #83 | – | 2013 | |
| 5 | Pleasure Drive | 1 | #87 | – | 2016 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Year-end chart timeline
Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 87 | Pleasure Drive | 96.5 The Buzz Top 96 Songs of 2016 |
| 2013 | 83 | The End | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2013 |
| 2011 | 9 | Endless Summer | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2011 |
| 2010 | 16 | Mace Spray | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2010 |
| 2010 | 49 | Easy to Love | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2010 |
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