WEEKLY TOP AIRPLAY: MAY 5, 2020 POSTED:: May 5, 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: 5/5/20
TOP 30
1 FIELD REPORT Brake Light Red Tide Fellesskap*
2 LUCINDA WILLIAMS Good Souls Better Angels Highway 20/Thirty Tigers
3 SPACE RAFT Positively Space Raft Dusty Medical*
4 IMMORTAL GIRLFRIEND RIDE [EP] Black Winchesters LLC*
5 SHIVVERS, THE The Shivvers (reissue) Rerun/Bachelor*
6 DEVIL MET CONTENTION Wait [EP] Self-Released*
7 DRAMATIC LOVERS You Talk Loud Self-Released*
8 SHELBY LYNNE Shelby Lynne Thirty Tigers
9 EOB Earth Capitol
10 DISQ Collector Saddle Creek*
11 THUNDERCAT It Is What It Is Brainfeeder
12 PEARS PEARS Fat Wreck Chords
13 DRIVE BY TRUCKERS The Unraveling ATO
14 CASHFIRE SUNSET Age Before Beauty Self-Released*
15 PEDALJETS Twist The Lens Electric Moth
16 BRAT SOUNDS Bad Luck Self-Released*
17 DESTROYER Have We Met Merge
18 CATHOLIC ACTION Celebrated By Strangers Palo Santo
19 ALKALINE TRIO E.P. [EP] Epitaph
20 CLAUDETTES, THE High Times In The Dark Forty Below
21 PUSS N BOOTS Sister Blue Note/Capitol
22 BOMBPOPS, THE Death In Venice Beach Fat Wreck Chords
23 ONCE AND FUTURE BAND Deleted Scenes Castle Face
24 CHILDISH GAMBINO 3.15.20 RCA
25 FIONA APPLE Fetch The Bolt Cutters Epic
26 REXXX Pure Pleasure II Self-Released*
27 ADULT Perception Is/As/Of Deception Dais
28 KLASSIK Quiet. Confluence*
29 YVES TUMOR Heaven To A Tortured Mind Warp
30 CARIBOU Suddenly Merge
ADDS
1 APPARAT Capri Revolution Mute
2 AUSTRA HiRUDiN Domino
3 BEAUTY PILL Please Advise Northern Spy
4 CAR SEAT HEADREST Making A Door Less Open Matador/Beggars
5 DAYS N DAZE Show Me The Blueprints Fat Wreck Chords
6 DIET CIG Do You Wonder About Me? Frenchkiss
7 MAN MAN Dream Hunting In The Valley Of The In-Between Sub Pop
8 PEZZETTINO Venus [Advance Tracks] Self-Released
9 SYLVAN ESSO With Loma Vista/Concord
10 X (THE BAND) Alphabetland Fat Possum
ELECTRONIC
1 IMMORTAL GIRLFRIEND RIDE [EP] Black Winchesters LLC*
2 CARIBOU Suddenly Merge
3 ADULT Perception Is/As/Of Deception Dais
4 THUNDERCAT It Is What It Is Brainfeeder
5 LITTLE DRAGON New Me, Same Us Ninja Tune
6 CRLSS Poly CLLCTIVE*
7 YAEJI What We Drew XL/Beggars Group
8 GGOOLLDD Here We Are Solid Gold*
9 SQUAREPUSHER Be Up A Hello Warp
10 YVES TUMOR Heaven To A Tortured Mind Warp
HIP HOP
1 JUICEBOXXX It’s Easy To Feel Like A Nobody When You’re Living In The City Dangerbird*
2 GIL SCOTT-HERON AND MAKAYA MCCRAVEN We’re New Again: A Reimagining by Makaya McCraven XL/Beggars Group
3 CHILDISH GAMBINO 3.15.20 RCA
4 THUNDERCAT It Is What It Is Brainfeeder
5 GUERRILLA GHOST “Keep Your Distance” [Single] Triple Eye Industries*
6 KASSA OVERALL I Think I’m Good Brownswood
7 KAYLEE CROSSFIRE “Baddie Alert” [Single] Self-Released*
8 KLASSIK Quiet. Confluence*
9 WILL ROSE Wilted Self-Released*
10 DJ SHADOW Our Pathetic Age Mass Appeal
HEAVY
1 BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, THE Verminous Metal Blade
2 UNMERCIFUL Wrath Encompassed Willowtip
3 AUGUST BURNS RED Guardians Fearless
4 EXPUNGED Expunged [EP] Hell’s Headbangers
5 ULCERATE Stare Into Death And Be Still Debemur Morti
6 HAVOK V Century Media
7 LAMB OF GOD Lamb Of God [Advance Tracks] Epic
8 BARISHI Old Smoke Season Of Mist
9 HAUNT Mind Freeze Shadow Kingdom
10 VOICES OF RUIN “Carved Out” [Single] M-Theory
WORLD
1 BLACK MARKET BRASS Undying Thirst Colemine
2 SOTOMAYOR Orígenes Wonderwheel
3 JAH9 Note To Self VP
4 SUNNY JAIN Wild Wild East Smithsonian Folkways
5 ROBERTO FONSECA Yesun Mack Avenue
6 COMBO CHIMBITA Ahomale Anti-
7 RODRIGO Y GABRIELA Mettavolution ATO
8 ACID ARAB Jdid Crammed
9 ANGELIQUE KIDJO Celia Decca
10 ANTIBALAS Fu Chronicles Daptone
JAZZ
1 ADRIAN YOUNGE AND ALI SHAHEED MUHAMMED Jazz Is Dead Vol. 1 Jazz Is Dead
2 ELSA NILSSON Hindsight Bumblebee Collective
3 JIM ROBITAILLE TRIO Space Cycles Whaling City
4 FUNKY CHEMIST Groove Generator Citizen
5 WORKS FOR ME Reach Within Posi-Tone
6 STEVE YEAGER Vibraharp Collective Vibe
7 JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER ORCHESTRA WITH WYNTON MARSALIS The Music Of Wayne Shorter Blue Engine
8 WAYNE ALPERN Standard Deviation Henri Elkan
9 SHABAKA AND THE ANCESTORS We Are Sent Here By History Impulse!
10 TED POOR You Already Know Impulse
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