WEEKLY TOP AIRPLAY: APRIL 21, 2020 POSTED:: April 21, 2020
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WMSE’S PROGRAM HOSTS CONSTANTLY SEARCH THROUGH THE LATEST RELEASES AND FEATURE THE BEST IN ALL GENRES ON THEIR WEEKLY SHOWS. AT WMSE, THERE IS NO PROGRAM DIRECTOR CREATING DAILY PLAYLISTS, SO WHAT YOU HEAR IS A REFLECTION OF THE KNOWLEDGE, INTERESTS, AND PERSONALITIES OF OUR DEDICATED ON-AIR STAFF.THE ALBUMS ON THE WEEKLY TOP AIRPLAY LIST REFLECT THE DIVERSE INTERESTS OF OUR STAFF, AND THE RANGE OF WHAT IS CONSIDERED “ALTERNATIVE”. AS A QUICK GENRE GUIDE: TOP 30 = MOSTLY POP AND ROCK AND SOME CROSSOVER GENRES LIKE ELECTRONIC, SOUL, HIP HOP AND WORLD, ADDS = TOP BRAND NEW RELEASES FOR THE WEEK, ELECTRONIC = ELECTRONIC, WORLD = WORLD, JAZZ = JAZZ (PRETTY EASY TO FIGURE OUT, RIGHT?). WMSE REPORTS THESE CHARTS EACH WEEK TO NACC, ALONGSIDE HUNDREDS OF OTHER STATIONS. THE NORTH AMERICAN COLLEGE AND COMMUNITY CHART TABULATES WEEKLY AIRPLAY FROM COLLEGE AND NON-COMMERCIAL RADIO STATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA. BLUES IS REPORTED AND UPDATED MONTHLY, SO CHECK BACK EVERY FOUR WEEKS FOR THE LATEST NEWS ON THOSE BLUES.TAKE A LOOK THROUGH THE PAST WEEKS’ LISTS AND NOTICE JUST HOW MUCH THINGS CHANGE WEEK TO WEEK HERE AT WMSE. YOU’LL NEVER HEAR US GET VERY STAGNANT.EACH WEEK, WMSE’S MUSIC DIRECTOR, ERIN MAKES THOSE CHARTS AVAILABLE TO YOU, OUR LISTENERS. TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT OUR DJ’S ARE EXCITED ABOUT THESE DAYS IN SIX DIFFERENT CATEGORIES AND GET A SENSE OF WHAT YOU’LL BE HEARING WHEN YOU TUNE IN TO WMSE…FOR NOW.
LISTINGS PRINTED AS: ARTIST, TITLE, LABEL
*= LOCAL
DATE REPORTED: 4/21/20
TOP 30
1 DRAMATIC LOVERS Buried b/w Slow Down [EP] Self-Released*
2 REXXX Pure Pleasure II Self-Released*
3 CRLSS Poly CLLCTIVE*
4 SUICIDE MACHINES Revolution Spring Fat Wreck Chords
5 ALKALINE TRIO E.P. [EP] Epitaph
6 GREEN/BLUE Green/Blue Slovenly
7 MILWAUKEE TALKEES A Detailed Analysis Of The Pocket Bluesploitation*
8 IMMORTAL GIRLFRIEND RIDE [EP] Self-Released*
9 KLASSIK Quiet. Confluence*
10 COCOROSIE Put The Shine On Marathon
11 JUICEBOXXX It’s Easy To Feel Like A Nobody When You’re Living In The City Dangerbird*
12 BRIAN FALLON Local Honey Lesser Known/Thirty Tigers
13 KASSA OVERALL I Think I’m Good Brownswood
14 DAN DEACON Mystic Familiar Domino
15 THUNDERCAT It Is What It Is Brainfeeder
16 GRIMES Miss Anthropocene 4AD/Beggars Group
17 OOIOO Nijimusi Thrill Jockey
18 WILL ROSE Wilted Self-Released*
19 US GIRLS Heavy Light 4AD/Beggars Group
20 WAXAHATCHEE Saint Cloud Merge
21 OPERATIONS Fog Museum Self-Released*
22 JAMES ELKINGTON Ever-Roving Eye Paradise Of Bachelors
23 SOCCER MOMMY Color Theory Loma Vista/Concord
24 ANGELICA GARCIA Cha Cha Palace Spacebomb
25 CLAUDETTES, THE High Times In The Dark Forty Below
26 SHIVVERS, THE The Shivvers (reissue) Rerun/Bachelor*
27 PURITY RING WOMB Crystal Math/4AD/Beggars
28 BRETT NEWSKI Don’t Let The Bastards Get You Down Nomad Union*
29 HELEN MONEY Atomic Thrill Jockey
30 GGOOLLDD Here We Are Solid Gold*
ADDS
1 ADULT Perception Is/As/Of Deception Dais
2 CASSOWARY Cassowary Fat Possum
3 ELVIS DEPRESSEDLY Depressedelica Run For Cover
4 FIONA APPLE Fetch The Bolt Cutters Epic
5 HOWLING HEX Knuckleball Express Fat Possum
6 LAURA MARLING Song For Our Daughter Chrysalis/Partisan
7 MILLION LANDS The Ochre World Ernest Jenning
8 PACK AD, THE It Was Fun While It Lasted Self-Released
9 RJD2 The Fun Ones RJ’s Electrical Connections
10 SHABAZZ PALACES The Don Of Diamond Dreams Sub Pop
ELECTRONIC
1 CRLSS Poly CLLCTIVE*
2 DAN DEACON Mystic Familiar Domino
3 THUNDERCAT It Is What It Is Brainfeeder
4 GRIMES Miss Anthropocene 4AD/Beggars Group
5 PURITY RING WOMB Crystal Math/4AD/Beggars
6 GGOOLLDD Here We Are Solid Gold*
7 RIKI Riki Dais
8 CALIBRO 35 Momentum Record Kicks
9 YAEJI What We Drew XL/Beggars Group
10 KING KRULE Man Alive! True Panther/Matador
HIP HOP
1 KLASSIK Quiet. Confluence*
2 JUICEBOXXX It’s Easy To Feel Like A Nobody When You’re Living In The City Dangerbird*
3 KASSA OVERALL I Think I’m Good Brownswood
4 THUNDERCAT It Is What It Is Brainfeeder
5 WILL ROSE Wilted Self-Released*
6 GIL SCOTT-HERON AND MAKAYA MCCRAVEN We’re New Again: A Reimagining by Makaya McCraven XL/Beggars Group
7 CHILDISH GAMBINO 3.15.20 RCA
8 GUERRILLA GHOST “Keep Your Distance” [Single] Triple Eye Industries
9 NNAMDI Brat Sooper
10 FRANK OCEAN “Cayendo (Acoustic)” [Single] Blonded
HEAVY
1 SUTRAH Aletheia [EP] The Artisan Era
2 PESTIFER Expanding Oblivion Xenocorp
3 ESCUELA GRIND Indoctrination Armageddon/To Live A Lie
4 IN THE FIRE The Living Horror Show Horror Pain Gore Death
5 KNAAVES “The Serpents Root” [Single] Confluence*
6 VIOGRESSION Perception Blur Horror Pain Gore Death
7 RITUAL DICTATES Give In To Despair Artoffact
8 BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, THE “Verminous” [Single] Metal Blade
9 LUCIFER Lucifer III Century Media
10 BLACK CROWN INITIATE “Invitation” [Single] Century Media
WORLD
1 JAH9 Note To Self VP
2 HAILU MERGIA Yene Mircha Awesome Tapes From Africa
3 SOTOMAYOR Orígenes Wonderwheel
4 OOIOO Nijimusi Thrill Jockey
5 CALIBRO 35 Momentum Record Kicks
6 SERGIO MENDES In The Key Of Joy (Deluxe Edition) Concord
7 KOKOKO! Fongola Transgressive/PIAS
8 AGGROLITES, THE Reggae Now! Pirates Press
9 ACID ARAB Jdid Crammed
10 A WA Bayit Fi Rasi S-Curve
JAZZ
1 FUNKY CHEMIST Groove Generator Citizen*
2 DUCHESS Live At Jazz Standard Anzic
3 ROBBY KRIEGER The Ritual Begins At Sundown Self-Released
4 KENNY BARRON AND DAVE HOLLAND TRIO Without Deception feat. Johnathan Blakee Dare2
5 TED POOR You Already Know Impulse
6 GIL SCOTT-HERON AND MAKAYA MCCRAVEN We’re New Again: A Reimagining by Makaya McCraven XL/Beggars Group
7 KANDACE SPRINGS The Women Who Raised Me Blue Note
8 JIMMY GREENE While Looking Up Mac Avenue
9 MILES DAVIS Music From And Inspired By Birth Of The Cool, A Film By Stanley Nelson Colunbia / Legacy
10 FAT BABIES, THE Uptown Delmark
BLUES (UPDATED MONTHLY)
1 Albert Cummings Believe Provogue
2 Cindy Cashdollar Waltz For Abilene Silver Shot Records
3 Tinsley Ellis Ice Cream In Hell Alligator Records
4 Jimmy Johnson Every Day Of Your Life Delmark Records
5 Lisa Mills The Triangle BMG
6 Betty Fox Band Peace In Pieces FoxyCavanagh Productions
7 Frank Bey All My Dues Are Paid Nola Blues Records
8 Robert Cray Band That’s What I Heard Thirty Tigers
9 Phantom Blues Band Still Cookin’ VizzTone
10 Sugar Blue Colors Beeble
11 Mark Hummel Wayback Machine Electro-Fi
12 Tas Cru Drive On Subcat Records
13 Whitney Shay Stand Up! Ruf Records
14 Richard Ray Farrell Three Pints Of Gin Blue Beet Records
15 Sonny Landreth Blacktop Run Provogue
16 “Chicago” Carl Snyder & Friends Lost and Found – Old Style Blues and Rhythm Lost World Music
17 Tomislav Goluban Memphis Light Blind Raccoon
18 Avey Grouws Band The Devil May Care Blind Raccoon
19 Roomful Of Blues In A Roomful Of Blues Alligator Records
20 The Mary Jo Curry Band Front Porch Blind Raccoon
21 The Forrest McDonald Band Blues In A Bucket World Talent Records
22 Gary Moore Live From London Provogue
23 Popa Chubby It’s A Mighty Hard Road – More Than 30 Years Of Blues Rock and Soul self-released
24 Jeremiah Johnson Heavens To Betsy Ruf Records
25 John Blues Boyd What My Eyes Have Seen Gulf Coast Records