WEEKLY TOP AIRPLAY: MAY 29, 2018 POSTED:: May 29, 2018
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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: 5/29/18
TOP 30
1. La Luz, Floating Features, Hardly Art
2. Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Sex & Food, Jagjaguwar
3. Black Moth Super Rainbow, Panic Blooms, Rad Cult
4. Beach House, 7, Sub Pop
5. Belle and Sebastian, How to Solve Our Human Problems, Matador
6. The Pandoras, Hey! It’s the Pandoras, Burger
7. Shilpa Ray, Nihilism [EP], Northern Spy
8. Nastos, Inherited Dreams, Self-released*
9. Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, Sparkle Hard, Matador
10. Slow Walker, Ah, Yes, Holy Family Players Theatre*
11. Field Report, Summertime Songs, Verve Forecast*
12. A Place to Bury Strangers, Pinned, Dead Oceans
13. Cashfire Sunset, Chemical Breeze, Self-released
14. Rafiq Bhatia, Breaking English, Anti-
15. Paper Holland, “Don’t Go Now” [single], Self-released*
16. Cut Chemist, Die Cut, A Stable Sound
17. Parquet Courts, Wide Awake!, Rough Trade
18. King Tuff, The Other, Sub Pop
19. Yo La Tengo, There’s a Riot Going On, Matador
20. Wye Oak, The Louder I Call, The Faster It Runs, Merge
21. Mini Meltdowns, s/t [EP], Good Land*
22. Reverend Beat-Man and the New Wave, Blues Trash, Voodoo Rhythm
23. Damien Jurado, The Horizon Just Laughed, Secretly Canadian
24. Lithics, Mating Surfaces, Kill Rock Stars
25. Jennifer Castle, Angels of Death, Paradise of Bachelors
26. The Damned, Evil Spirits, Spinefarm
27. Skating Polly, The Make It All Show, El Camino
28. Devil Met Contention, “Take A Chance” [single], Self-released*
29. Collections of Colonies of Bees, “Ruins” [single], Polyvinyl*
30. Yonatan Gat, Universalists, Joyful Noise
ADDS
1. Beach Skulls, Las Dunas, PNKSLM
2. Brownout, Fear Of a Brown Planet, Fat Beats
3. Courtney Barnett, Tell Me How You Really Feel, Mom + Pop
4. Jo Passed, Their Prime, Sub Pop
5. Johnny Jewel, Themes For Television, Italians Do It Better
6. The Magic Numbers, Outsiders, Park The Van
7. Maps and Atlases, Lightlessness Is Nothing New, Barsuk
8. Poptone, s/t, Cleopatra
9. Ryley Walker, Deafman Glance, Dead Oceans
10. Sudan Archives, Sink [EP], Stones Throw
ELECTRONIC
1. Black Moth Super Rainbow, Panic Blooms, Rad Cult
2. Cut Chemist, Die Cut, A Stable Sound
3. Chrome Sparks, s/t, Counter
4. Thievery Corporation, Treasures From the Temple, ESL
5. Kasbo, Places We Don’t Know, Foreign Family Collective
6. Starchild and the New Romantic, Language, Ghostly
7. John Hopkins, Singularity, Domino
8. Cyberchump, After, Internal Combustion*
9. Brazilian Girls, Let’s Make Love, Six Degrees
10. Makeness, Loud Patterns, Secretly Canadian
HIP HOP
1. PROF, POOKIE BABY, RHYMESAYERS
2. DEL AND AMP LIVE, GATE 13, PLUG RESEARCH
3. POTATOHEAD PEOPLE, NICK AND ASTRO’S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY, BASTARD JAZZ
4. DR. OCTAGON, MOOSEBUMPS, BULK
5. CHILDISH GAMBINO, “THIS IS AMERICA” [SINGLE], RCA
6. ARTSON, BRAVE STAR, SELF-RELEASED
7. VARIOUS ARTISTS, TRAVIS SCOTT AND QUAVO, CAPITOL / ROCNATION
8. MIGOS, CULTURE II, QUALITY CONTROL
9. CUT CHEMIST, DIE CUT, A STABLE SOUND
10. DESSA, CHIME, DOOMTREE
WORLD
1. Bombino, Deran, Partisan
2. Les Poules a Colin, Morose, Self-released
3. Yonatan Gat, Universalists, Joyful Noise
4. Los Texmaniacs, Cruzando Borders, Smithsonian Folkways
5. Chai, Pink, Burger
6. Ziggy Marley, Rebellion Rises, Tuff Gong Worldwide
7. Various Artists, Brasil, Soul Jazz
8. Orquesta Akokan, s/t, Daptone
9. Brazilian Girls, Let’s Make Love, Six Degrees
10. Dos Santos, Locos, International Anthem
JAZZ
1. Abiah, Abiah Sings Nina, Madoh
2. Eddie Henderson, Be Cool, Smoke Sessions
3. Van Morrison and Joey DeFrancesco, You’re Driving Me Crazy, Sony/Legacy
4. Ellis Marsalis Quintet, …Plays the Music of Ellis Marsalis, ELM
5. Matthew Shipp Quartet, Sonic Fiction, ESP Disk
6. Cyrille Aimee, Live, Mack Avenue
7. Tiffany Austin, Unbroken, Con Alma
8. Hot Club Sandwich, No Pressure, Acoustic Oasis
9. Miles Davis and John Coltrane, The Final Tour, Sony/Legacy
10. Bill Frisell, Music Is, OKeh
HEAVY (METAL)
1. At the Gates, To Drink From the Night Itself, Century Media
2. Parkway Drive, Reverence, Resist Records
3. Ihsahn, Ámr, Spinefarm Records
4. Sleep, The Sciences, Third Man Records
5. Burn the Priest, Legion: XX, Epic Records
6. Anthrax, Kings Among Scotland [live], Megaforce Records
7. Dimmu Borgir, Eonian, Nuclear Blast
8. Amorphis, Queen of Time, Nuclear Blast
9. Bleeding Through, Love Will Kill Us All, Sharptone Records
10. Candlemass, House of Doom, Napalm Records
BLUES (UPDATED MONTHLY)
1. STERLING BALL, JOHN FERRARO & JIM COX, MUTUAL ADMIRATION SOCIETY, MASCOT LABEL GROUP
2. BETTYE LAVETTE, THINGS HAVE CHANGED, VERVE
3. CHRIS SMITHER, CALL ME LUCKY, SIGNATURE SOUNDS RECORDINGS
4. SUE FOLEY, THE ICE QUEEN, STONY PLAIN
5. REVEREND RAVEN AND THE CHAIN SMOKIN’ ALTAR BOYS, MY LIFE, NEVERMORE*
6. BARBARA DANE, COOL BLUES & HARD-HITTING SONGS, SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS
7. MUD MORGANFIELD, THEY CALL ME MUD, SEVERN RECORDS
8. PETER KARP, BLUE FLAME, ROSE COTTAGE RECORDS
9. JOHN MAYALL, THREE FOR THE ROAD, FORTY BELOW RECORDS
10. LEX GREY AND THE URBAN PIONEERS, USUAL SUSPECTS, SELF-RELEASED
11. AJ GHENT, THE NEO BLUES PROJECT, ROPEADOPE
12. VANCE KELY & HIS BACKSTREET BLUES BAND, HOW CAN I MISS YOU, WHEN YOU WON’T LEAVE, WOLF RECORDS
13. BERNARD ALLISON, LET IT GO, RUF RECORDS
14. THE NICK MOSS BAND, THE HIGH COST OF LOW LIVING, ALLIGATOR
15. DANIELLE NICOLE, CRY NO MORE, CONCORD
16. MICHELLE MALONE, SLINGS AND ARROWS, SBS RECORDS
17. WENTUS BLUES BAND, THROWBACK, RAMASOUND
18. RAE GORDON BAND, BETTER THAN I WAS, SELF-RELEASED
19. BETH HART AND JOE BONAMASSA, BLACK COFFEE, J&R ADVENTURES
20. JIMI HENDRIX, BOTH SIDES OF THE SKY, LEGACY
21. WILLIE DIXON’S ORIGINAL CHICAGO BLUES ALL STARS INC., GOLD, SELF-RELEASED
22. TERESA JAMES AND THE RHYTHM TRAMPS, HERE IN BABYLON, BLIND RACCOON
23. LAURIE MORVAN, GRAVITY, BLIND RACCOON
24. VICTOR WAINWRIGHT AND THE TRAIN, S/T, RUF RECORDS
25. LAURIE JANE AND THE 45’S, MIDNIGHT JUBILEE, DOWN IN THE ALLEY