WEEKLY TOP AIRPLAY: AUGUST 17, 2021
POSTED:: August 17, 2021
FILED UNDER:: Top Airplay
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: 8/17/21
TOP 30
1 PROBLEM OF LEISURE: A CELEBRATION OF ANDY GILL AND GANG OF FOUR VARIOUS ARTISTS Gill
2 DEVILS TEETH La Leggenda Di Chong Li Triple Eye Industries*
3 KING WOMAN Celestial Blues Relapse
4 CHRIS TISHLER Reach For the Sun Black Mountain US*
5 DEATH VALLEY GIRLS Street Venom Suicide Squeeze
6 DESCENDENTS 9th & Walnut Epitaph
7 GOON SAX, THE Mirror II Matador/Beggars
8 TOM WANDERER Private Revolution Self-Released*
9 DEADFINGER Deadfinger Spectrogram*
10 REGGIE BONDS The Black Tape Rebel Nxtion*
11 METZ Live At The Opera House Sub Pop
12 YVES TUMOR The Asymptotical World [EP] Warp
13 RODRIGO AMARANTE Drama Polyvinyl
14 MATT SWEENEY AND BONNIE PRINCE BILLY Superwolves Drag City
15 SLEEPERSOUND Idle Voices Indian Not the Arrow*
16 KOLEZANKA Place Is Bar None
17 TY SEGALL Harmonizer Drag City
18 BRITTANY HOWARD Jaime Reimagined ATO
19 LOL, THE “Laguna” [Single] Self-Released*
20 A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS Hologram [EP] Self-Released
21 GUERRILLA GHOST “Summertime ’86” [Single] Triple Eye Industries*
22 TORRES Thirstier Merge
23 ALDOUS HARDING “Old Peel” [Single] 4AD
24 DARK PSYCHIC Hallucination Self-Released*
25 LIARS The Apple Drop Mute
26 QUICKSAND Distant Populations Epitaph
27 2ND GRADE Wish You Were Here Tour Revisited DDW
28 DESIRE MAREA Desire Mute
29 EMBY ALEXANDER Soars Era Earth Libraries
30 FLYING LOTUS Yasuke Warp
ADDS
1 A GREAT BIG PILE OF LEAVES Pono Topshelf
2 ALEXALONE ALEXALONEWORLD Polyvinyl
3 CARTEL MADRAS The Serpent And The Tiger [EP] Sub Pop
4 CAVEMAN Smash Fortune Tellers
5 CHEB I SABBAH AND PETER MURPHY (FEAT. AZAM ALI) Keep Coming Back [EP] Six Degrees
6 JOEY CAPE A Good Year To Forget Fat Wreck Chords
7 JUNIOR MESA Cirque Du Freak [EP] Nice Life
8 MEDIA JEWELER The Sublime Sculpture Of Being Alive Fire Talk
9 PACHYMAN The Return Of Pachyman ATO
10 QUICKSAND Distant Populations Epitaph
ELECTRONIC
1 LOL, THE “Laguna” [Single] Self-Released*
2 DARK PSYCHIC Hallucination Self-Released*
3 YOU WIN !!! [FEAT. BLOOD] “The Entrance” [Single] Self-Released*
4 DARKSIDE Spiral Matador
5 IMMORTAL GIRLFRIEND “Beyond the Blue” [Single] Black Winchesters*
6 MOONSHINE SMS For Location, Vol. 4 Forseen
7 KDAP Influences Arts & Crafts
8 YVES TUMOR The Asymptotical World [EP] Warp
9 HIATUS KAIYOTE Mood Valiant Brainfeeder/Ninja Tune
10 STONE GIANTS West Coast Love Stories Nomark
WORLD
1 HAILU MERGIA AND THE WALIAS BAND Tezeta Awesome Tapes From Africa
2 INNOV GNAWA Lila Daptone
3 BALKAN TAKSIM Disko Telegraf Buda Musique
4 QUANTIC AND NIDIA GONGORA “Macumba De Marea” [Single] Tru Thoughts
5 LES FILLES DE ILLIGHADAD At Pioneer Works Sahel Sounds
6 MDOU MOCTAR Afrique Victime Matador/Beggars Group
7 LAKOU MIZIK AND JOSEPH RAY Leave The Bones Anjunadeep
8 ALBOROSIE For The Culture VP/Greensleeves
9 JUANA MOLINA Segundo (Remastered) Crammed
10 U-ROY Solid Gold U-Roy Trojan/BMG
JAZZ
1 JEFF PARKER AND THE NEW BREED Modern Love BBE
2 ALICE COLTRANE Kirtan: Turiya Sings Impulse
3 SONS OF KEMET Black To The Future Impulse!
4 PINO PALLADINO AND BLAKE MILLS Notes With Attachments New Deal
5 MARIA MULDAUR WITH TUBA SKINNY Let’s Get Happy Together Stony Plain
6 HAFEZ MODIRAZADEH Facets Pi
7 JAIMIE BRANCH Fly or Die Live International Anthem
8 AMBER WEEKES ‘Round Midnight — Re-imagined Self-Released
9 KENNY GARRETT Sound From The Ancestors Mack Avenue
10 FLOATING POINTS, PHAROAH SANDERS AND THE LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Promises Luaka Bop
BLUES (UPDATED MONTHLY)
1 Sean Chambers, That’s What I’m Talkin About – Tribute to Hubert Sumlin, Quarto Valley Records
2 Various Artists, Alligator Records: 50 Years of Genuine Houserockin’ Music, Alligator
3 Tiffany Pollack & Co., Bayou Liberty, Nola Blue Records
4 Dave Kalz, Relish, Gulf Coast Records
5 Billy F Gibbons, Hardware, Concord Records
6 Gerald McClendon, Let’s Have a Party!, Delta Roots Records
7 Wee Willie Walker and the Anthony Paule Soul Orchestra, Not In My Lifetime, Blue Dot Records
8 Blind Lemon Pledge, A Satchel Full of Blues, Ofeh
9 Eddie 9v, Little Black Flies, Ruf Records
10 The Black Keys, Delta Kream, Nonesuch
11 Mike Zito, Resurrection Rock, Hillside Global
12 Rodd Bland and the Members Only Band, Live on Beale Street: A Tribute to Bobby “Blue” Bland (Live) – EP, Nola Blue
13 Adam Schultz, Soulful Distancing, Blue Heart Records
14 Tony Joe White, Smoke From the Chimney, Easy Eye Sound
15 Steve Marriner, Hope Dies Last, Stony Plain
16 Soulful Femme, It Is Well With My Soul, self-released
17 Polly O’Keary and the Rhythm Method, 50, self-released
18 Mark Cameron, Back From the Edge, Cop Records
19 Jeff Fetterman, Southern Son, Green Tea Music
20 Chris Daniels, Dana Marsh & Hazel Miller, What We Did, Moon Voyage Records
21 Clay Melton, Back to Blue – EP, self-released
22 Debbie Bond, Blues Without Borders, Blind Raccoon
23 Kelly’s Lot, Where and When, Blind Raccoon
24 Deb Ryder, Memphis Moonlight, VizzTone
25 GA-20, Try It…You Might Like It: GA-20 Does Hound Dog Taylor, Karma Chief Records