WEEKLY TOP AIRPLAY: APRIL 2, 2019 POSTED:: April 2, 2019
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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: 4/2/19
TOP 30
1. Swervedriver, Future Ruins, Dangerbird
2. Teenage Bottlerocket, Stay Rad!, Fat Wreck Chords
3. Rose Of The West, s/t, Communicating Vessels*
4. Josh Evert, Good Morning Everybody, Can You Hear Me?, self-released*
5. Abby Jeanne, Music Box Dancer, Advanced Beginner*
6. Wild Belle, Everybody One Of A Kind, Love Tone
7. La Dispute, Panorama, Epitaph
8. Graham Hunt, Leaving Silver City, self-released*
9. Karen O & Danger Mouse, Lux Prima, BMG
10. Better Oblivion Community Center, s/t, Dead Oceans
11. Cashfire Sunset, Mars Banks [EP], self-released*
12. Ladytron, s/t, !K7
13. Jonathan Personne, Histoire Naturelle, Michel Records
14. Blue Unit, s/t [EP], Somewhere Cold Records*
15. Sin Bad + Bad Wig, Sin Bad Wig [EP], self-relesaed*
16. Maverick Sabre, When I Wake Up, Kobalt
17. Durand Jones and The Indications, American Love Call, Dead Oceans
18. Chai, Punk, Burger
19. Low Life, Downer Edition, Goner
20. Julia Jacklin, Crushing, Polyvinyl
21. Bob Mould, Sunshine Rock, Merge
22. Frankie and the Witch Fingers, ZAM, Greenway
23. Helado Negro, This Is How You Smile, RVNG Intl.
24. Bill MacKay, Fountain Fire, Drag City
25. Strand Of Oaks, Eraserland, Dead Oceans
26. Avey Tare, Cows On Hourglass Pond, Domino
27. Gary Clark Jr., This Land, Warner Bros.
28. Ex Hex, It’s Real, Merge
29. Son Volt, Union, Thirty Tigers
30. Andrew Bird, My Finest Work Yet, Loma Vista
ADDS
1. Ages and Ages, Me You They We, self-released
2. The Cinematic Orchestra, To Believe, Domino
3. Jenny Lewis, On The Line, Warner Bros.
4. Laura Stevenson, The Big Freeze, Don Giovanni
5. Lee Fields and the Expressions, It Rains Love, Big Crown
6. Rose Of The West, s/t, Communicating Vessels*
7. Savoir Adore, Full Bloom, Nettwerk
8. Sego, Sego Sucks, Roll Call Records
9. Weyes Blood, Titanic Rising, Sub Pop
10. White Denim, Side Effects, City Slang
ELECTRONIC
1. Ladytron, s/t, !K7
2. Nicola Cruz, Siku, ZZK
3. Light Conductor, Sequence One, Constellation
4. Ibibio Sound Machine, Doko Mien, Merge
5. Jayda G, Significant Changes, Ninja Tune
6. Apparat, LP5, Mute
7. Nicholas Elert, Speculative Fiction [EP], Triple Eye Industries*
8. KARYYN, The Quanta, Mute
9. Shlohmo, The End, Friends Of Friends
10. The Cinematic Orchestra, To Believe, Domino
HIP HOP
1. SNEAKS, HIGHWAY HYPNOSIS, MERGE
2. GEORGIA ANNE MULDROW, OVERLOAD, BRAINFEEDER
3. BOOGIE, EVERYTHINGS FOR SALE, SHADY
4. THE UNDERACHIEVERS, “REP THE SET” [SINGLE], SELF-RELEASED
5. CANTRELL, STARDUST 2 ANGELS, MASS APPEAL
6. DEM ATLAS, BAD ACTRESS, RHYMESAYERS
7. ANDERSON. PAAK, OXNARD AFTERMATH/12 TONE
8. HARRIET BROWN, MALL OF FORTUNE, INNOVATIVE LEISURE
9. COCHMEA, ALL MY RELATIONS, DAPTONE
10. OBNOX, BANG MESSIAH, SMOG VEIL
HEAVY
1. Thoughtcrimes, Tap Night, Party Smasher
2. Yngwie Malmsteen, Blue Lightning, Mascot
3. A Wake In Providence, The Blvck Sun II The Blood Moon, Outerloop
4. Acccursed Spawn, The Virulent Host, PRC
5. Dream Theater, Distance Over Time, Inside Out
6. Children Of Bodom, Hexed, Nuclear Blast
7. Eluveitie, Ategnatos, Nuclear Blast
8. Barshasketh, s/t, W.T.C.
9. In Flames, I, The Mask, Eleven Seven
10. Aorators, Gods Without Name, Debemur Morti
WORLD
1. Chai, Punk, Burger
2. Nicola Cruz, Siku, ZZK
3. Helado Negro, This Is How You Smile, RVNG Intl.
4. Mdou Moctar, Ilana: The Creator, Sahel Sounds
5. Dexter Story, Bahir, Soundway
6. Ibibio Sound Machine, Doko Mien, Merge
7. Grupo Fantasma, American Music: Vol. VII, Blue Corn
8. Bang Data, Loco, Futuro Sónico
9. Entracte Twist, s/t, Requiuem Pour Un Twister
10. Y La Bamba, Mujeres, Tender Loving Empire
JAZZ
1. Quinsin Nachoff’s Flux, Path Of Totality, Whirlwind
2. Matt Nelson, Starting, Eschatology
3. Lucian Ban and Alex Simu, Free Fall, Sunnyside
4. James Suggs, You’re Gonna Hear From Me, Arbors
5. Ken Fowser, Right On Time, Posi-Tone
6. Dave Rudolph Quintet, Resonance, self-released
7. Jordan Pettay, First Fruit, Outside In
8. Pete Coco, Lined With A Groove, self-released
9. Tom Graf, Jazz Routes, self-released
10. Ron Brendle Quartet, A Tribute To The Bassists Of Jazz Vol. 1, LoNote
BLUES (UPDATED MONTHLY)
1. Tommy Castro and the Painkillers, Killin’ It Live, Alligator
2. Mary Lane, Travelin’ Woman, Women Of The Blues Records
3. Tedeschi Trucks Band, Signs, Fantasy
4. Ally Venable, Texas Honey, Ruf Records
5. Big Joe and the Dynaflows, Rockhouse Party, Severn Records
6. Watermelon Slim, Church of the Blues, Northern Blues Music
7. Beau Weevils, Songs In the Key of E, Blue Hat Records
8. Danny Lynn Wilson, Peace of Mind, SwingNation Records
9. Benny Turner and Cash McCall, Going Back Home, Blind Raccoon
10. Seth Rosenbloom, Keep On Turning, Self-released
11. Atomic Road Kings, Clean Up The Blood, Big Tone Records
12. John Mayall, Nobody Told Me, Forty Below Records
13. Matt Andersen, Halfway Home By Morning, True North Records
14. Sugaray Rayford, Somebody Save Me, Forty Below Records
15. Coyote Kings, Rocket, self-released
16. George Freeman, George The Bomb!, Southport
17. Cara Being, Blue, Grit, self-released
18. Tony Holiday, Tony Holiday’s Porch Sessions, VizzTone
19. Robin Trower, Coming Closer To the Day, Provogue
20. Walter Trout, Survivor Blues, Provogue
21. Ina Forsman, Been Meaning to Tell You, Ruf Records
22. The Good, The Bad and the Blues, The Good, The Bad and the Blues, Third Street Cigar Records
23. Kenny “Beedy Eyes” Smith & The House Bumpers, Drop The Hammer, Big Eye Records
24. Willie Buck, Willie Buck Way, Delmark
25. Vegas Strip Kings, Jackpot!, GutBukIt Records