WEEKLY TOP AIRPLAY: DECEMBER 14, 2021
POSTED:: December 14, 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.
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*= LOCAL
DATE REPORTED: 12/14/21
TOP 30
1 BUFFALO NICHOLS Buffalo Nichols Fat Possum*
2 IDLES Crawler Partisan
3 SHILPA RAY Bootlickers Of The Patriarchy Northern Spy
4 NICK CAVE AND THE BAD SEEDS B-Sides & Rarities (Part II) Mute
5 SINCERE ENGINEER Bless My Psyche Hopeless
6 MARY LATTIMORE Collected Pieces II Ghostly International
7 BLACK MARBLE Fast Idol Sacred Bones
8 QUILZ, THE “Fade to Black” [Single] Prickly Records*
9 RENEE REED J’ai rêvé [EP] Keeled Scales
10 CLINIC Fantasy Island Domino
11 BEACH HOUSE Chapter 1: Once Twice Melody [EP] Sub Pop
12 SLOPPY JANE Madison Saddest Factory/Secretly Group
13 XPOSED 4HEADS Planet A’ Go-Go Internal Combustion*
14 CURTIS HARDING If Words Were Flowers Anti-
15 THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS Book Idlewild
16 LOL, THE “6 Feet Under the Dance Floor” [Single] Self-Released*
17 NAYTRONIX Other Possibilities OAR
18 CREDENTIALS “Body Builder’s Lament” [Single] Self-Released*
19 GUSTAF Audio Drag For Ego Snobs Royal Mountain
20 DAPTONE SUPER SOUL REVUE – LIVE AT THE APOLLO, THE VARIOUS ARTISTS Daptone
21 DEERHOOF Actually, You Can Joyful Noise
22 HEARTLESS BASTARDS A Beautiful Life Sweet Unknown
23 PARQUET COURTS Sympathy For Life Rough Trade
24 JULIE DOIRON I Thought Of You You’ve Changed
25 SPOON “The Hardest Cut” [Single] Matador
26 PRIMITIVE BROADCAST SERVICE Colors For Chameleons Self-Released*
27 BUTTSHAKERS, THE Arcadia Underdog
28 LE REN Leftovers Secretly Canadian
29 BETHS, THE Auckland, New Zealand 2020 Carpark
30 CASSANDRA JENKINS (An Overview On) An Overview On Phenomenal Nature Ba Da Bing!
ADDS
1 ARGUING WITH HURRICANES Arguing With Hurricanes Joyful Noise
2 BOXMASTERS, THE Christmas In California KeenTone/Thirty Tigers
3 BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE “This House Is On Fire” [Single] Arts & Crafts
4 BULLY “Just For Love” [Single] Sub Pop
5 FLEET FOXES A Very Lonely Solstice Anti-
6 GIRLPOOL “Faultline” [Single] Anti-
7 GRADE 2 Graveyard Island: Acoustic Sessions [EP] Hellcat/Pirates Press
8 LITTLE DRAGON Drifting Out [EP] Ninja Tune
9 SEA OLEENA Weaving A Basket Cascine
10 NOCTURNES VARIOUS ARTISTS Midnight Special
ELECTRONIC
1 BLACK MARBLE Fast Idol Sacred Bones
2 QUILZ, THE “Fade to Black” [Single] Prickly Records*
3 XPOSED 4HEADS Planet A’ Go-Go Internal Combustion*
4 LOL, THE “6 Feet Under the Dance Floor” [Single] Self-Released*
5 XENO AND OAKLANDER Vi/Deo Dais
6 MR TWIN SISTER Al Mundo Azul Twin Group
7 BOMBA ESTEREO Deja Sony Latin
8 SAINT ETIENNE Her Winter Coat [EP] Heavenly/PIAS
9 MACHINEDRUM Psyconia [EP] Ninja Tune
10 BLACK DICE Mod Prog FourFour
HEAVY
1 STORMKEEP Tales Of Othertime Van
2 TOWER Shock To The System Cruz Del Sur
3 CONCRETE WINDS Nerve Butcherer Sepulchral Voice
4 DEMON HEAD Viscera Metal Blade
5 LURKING FEAR, THE Death, Madness, Horror, Decay Century Media
6 STEEL BEARING HAND Slay In Hell Carbonized
7 MOON Pandimensional Gnosis Moribund
8 GALAXY On the Shore of Life Dying Victims
9 ABSCESSION Rot of Ages Transcending Obscurity
10 LURKING FEAR, THE Death, Madness, Horror, Decay (Bonus Tracks Edition) Century Media
CHILL
1 SOPHROSYNE Reference Material JVP
2 TIMOTHY CRANE Halo Self-Released
3 JILL HALEY Wrapped In Light Cor Anglais
4 TOM CAUFIELD Pastures Of Wonder Self-Released
5 TOM EATON Snapshots Self-Released
6 MARS LASAR Coastal Escape Sound Manipulations
7 BURNT BELIEF Mutual Isolation Alchemy
8 PETER KATER Rapture Point Of Light
9 CARL WEINGARTEN A Fistful Of Dust Self-Released
10 JOMORO Blue Marble Sky Masterworks
WORLD
1 BOMBA ESTEREO Deja Sony Latin
2 BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB Buena Vista Social Club (25th Anniversary Edition) World Circuit/BMG
3 GERA DEMARA De Vieja Escuela Nacional
4 CEU Um Gosto De Sol Urban Jungle
5 HEARTAFIYA Villa Radio Sampler [EP] iBlaze
6 TWIN PALMS “Tranquilo” [Single] Nacional
7 PEHUENCHE “Pasado Y Olvido” [Single] Nacional
8 PAHUA La Cura [EP] Nacional
9 SANTIAGO MOTORIZADO Canciones Sobre Una Casa, Cuatro Amigos Y Un Perro Nacional
10 MIRADORES DEL SOL Half Baked [EP] Self-Released
JAZZ
1 OSCAR PETERSON A Time For Love Two Lions/Mack Avenue
2 HAROLD MABERN Mabern Plays Coltrane Smoke Sessions
3 NORAH JONES I Dream Of Christmas Blue Note
4 JEFF HAMILTON TRIO Merry And Bright Capri
5 KRISTEN R BROMLEY QUINTET Bluish Tide KRBM
6 ED NEUMEISTER What Have I Done? Meistro
7 RANDY NAPOLEON Rust Belt Roots: Randy Napoleon Plays Wes Montgomery, Grant Green & Kenny Burrell OA2
8 BEN LAMAR GAY Open Arms To Open Us International Anthem/Nonesuch
9 HENRY THREADGILL Poof Pi
10 RON BURRIS Shades of Jazz Self-Released
BLUES (UPDATED MONTHLY)
1 Dion, Stomping Ground, KTBA Records
2 Sue Foley, Pinky’s Blues, Stony Plain
3 “Chicago” Carl Snyder & Friends, Blue Streak, Lost World Music
4 Dionne Bennett, Sugar Hip Ya Ya, Hunnia Records
5 Willie Jackson, All In the Blues, self-released
6 Hanna PK, Blues All Over My Shoes, VizzTone
7 Ilana Katz Katz, In My Mind, Regina Royale Records
8 Memphissippi Sounds, Welcome To the Land, Little Village
9 The Ronnie Wood Band, Mr. Luck – A Tribute to Jimmy Reed: Live at the Royal Albert Hall, BMG
10 Carolyn Wonderland, Tempting Fate, Alligator Records
11 Ben Levin, Still Here, VizzTone
12 Tommy Castro, Tommy Castro Presents A Bluesman Came to Town – A Blues Odyssey, Alligator
13 Zac Harmon, Long As I Got My Guitar, Catfood Records
14 Joanne Shaw Taylor, The Blues Album, KTBA Records
15 Kevin Greenwood, She Knocks Me Out, self-released
16 Ricci / Krown, City Country City,Gulf Coast Records
17 Little G Weevil, Live Acoustic Session, Hunnia Records
18 Eric Bibb, Dear America, Provogue
19 Luther “Guitar Junior” Johnson, Once In a Blue Moon, Crossroads Blues Media
21 Chickenbone Slim, Serve It to Me Hot, VizzTone
22 The Wildcat O’Halloran Band, Here Lies A Fool, self-released
23 Mean Old Fireman & the Cruel Engineers, Dumpster Fire, First Due Music Company
24 Altered Five Blues Band, Holler If You Hear Me, Blind Raccoon
25 Elly Wininger, The Blues Never End, Earwig