WEEKLY TOP AIRPLAY: FEBRUARY 1, 2022
POSTED:: February 1, 2022
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: 2/1/22
TOP 30
1 AVENUES We’re All Doomed Wiretap*
2 IDLES Crawler Partisan
3 NEXT PAPERBACK HERO Morning Skies and Heavy Eyes Self-Released*
4 PEDRO THE LION Havasu Polyvinyl
5 CAMDEN Skeleton Wedding, Wedding Music Self-Released*
6 BEACH HOUSE Chapter 3: Once Twice Melody [EP] Sub Pop
7 MARY AKPA Nnoo Self-Released
8 CIRCUIT DES YEUX -io Matador
9 CURTIS HARDING If Words Were Flowers Anti-
10 ANXIOUS Little Green House Run For Cover
11 CAT POWER Covers Domino
12 PEROXIDE Twisted In The Wild Self-Released*
13 FONTAINES DC “Jackie Down The Line” [Single] Partisan
14 LIV MUELLER “Free Love” [Single] Self-Released*
15 ST PAUL AND THE BROKEN BONES The Alien Coast ATO
16 GRACE CUMMINGS Storm Queen ATO
17 ELVIS COSTELLO AND THE IMPOSTERS The Boy Named If Capitol
18 SAID THE WHALE Dandelion Everything Forever
19 EIVIND OPSVIK Emotional Switches Loyal
20 PARQUET COURTS Sympathy For Life Rough Trade
21 JAKE XERXES FUSSELL Good And Green Again Paradise Of Bachelors
22 BUSH TETRAS Rhythm And Paranoia: The Best Of Bush Tetras Wharf Cat
23 SPOON “The Hardest Cut” [Single] Matador
24 KEE AVIL Crease Constellation
25 BEECHWOOD Sleep Without Dreaming Alive Naturalsound
26 NEAL FRANCIS In Plain Sight ATO
27 WAR ON DRUGS, THE I Don’t Live Here Anymore Atlantic
28 FAST EDDY Take A Look Spaghetty Town
29 AESOP ROCK AND BLOCKHEAD Garbology Rhymesayers
30 ANIMAL COLLECTIVE “Strung With Everything” [Single] Domino
ADDS
1 ANAIS MITCHELL Anais Mitchell BMG
2 BAD SUNS Apocalypse Whenever Epitaph
3 COMBO CHIMBITA Ire Anti-
4 EELS Extreme Witchcraft E Works/PIAS
5 EMILY SCOTT ROBINSON American Siren Oh Boy
6 KING GIZZARD AND THE LIZARD WIZARD Butterfly 3001 KGLW
7 POM POKO This Is Our House [EP] Bella Union/PIAS
8 ST PAUL AND THE BROKEN BONES The Alien Coast ATO
9 SUMMER OF SOUL (… OR, WHEN THE REVOLUTION COULD NOT BE TELEVISED) (OMPS) VARIOUS ARTISTS Legacy
10 WAVEFORM Last Room Run For Cover
ELECTRONIC
1 EIVIND OPSVIK Emotional Switches Loyal
2 BONOBO Fragments Ninja Tune
3 MAY RIO Easy Bammer Remixes For A Sophisticated Palate [EP] DPI
4 RIKI Gold Dais
5 NAYTRONIX Other Possibilities OAR
6 IBIBIO SOUND MACHINE “Electricity” [Single] Merge
7 DARKSIDE “Ecdysis!” [Single] Matador
8 MR TWIN SISTER Al Mundo Azul Twin Group
9 KEYS N KRATES Original Classic Last Gang
10 DJ HARRISON Tales From The Old Dominion Stones Throw
WORLD
1 QUANTIC AND NIDIA GONGORA Almas Conectadas Tru Thoughts
2 MARY AKPA Nnoo Self-Released
3 CEU Um Gosto De Sol Urban Jungle
4 LES LOUANGES Crash Bonsound
5 GEGO Y NONY Tiempo Self-Released*
6 BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB Buena Vista Social Club (25th Anniversary Edition) World Circuit/BMG
7 COMBO CHIMBITA Ire Anti-
8 PUTUMAYO PRESENTS ACOUSTIC PARIS VARIOUS ARTISTS Putumayo
9 YAEL MEYER “Huracán” [Single] KLI
10 HALLUCI NATION, THE One More Saturday Night Radicalized
JAZZ
1 KEN VANDERMARK Momentum 5: Stammer Catalytic Sound
2 STEVE COLEMAN Live At The Village Vanguard Pi Recordings
3 WAYNE ALPERN Secular Rituals Henri Elkan
4 SEAN FYFE QUARTET Late Night Cellar
5 JAMIE BREIWICK The Jewel (Live at the Dead Poet) Ropeadope*
6 ALEX BROWN The Dark Fire Sessions Self-Released
7 BEN THOMAS TANGO PROJECT Eternal Aporia Origin World
8 ACUTE INFLECTIONS 400 (Four Hundred) Self-Released
9 ANDREW TRIM Retroreflector Self-Released
10 CORTEZ/WILLIAMS PROJECT Hermanos Blue Bamboo
BLUES (UPDATED MONTHLY)
1 Buffalo Nichols, s/t, Fat Possum*
2 Phillip-Michael Scales, Sinner-Songwriter, Dixiefrog
3 Joanne Shaw Taylor, The Blues Album, KTBA Records
4 Tinsley Ellis, Devil May Care, Alligator
5 Dionne Bennett, Sugar Hip Ya Ya, Hunnia Records
6 Davy Knowles, What Happens Next, Provogue
7 Katie Henry, On My Way, Ruf Records
8 Scott Ellison, There’s Something About the Night, Liberation Hall Records
9 Ben Levin, Still Here, VizzTone
10 Carolyn Wonderland, Tempting Fate, Alligator Records
11 Chickenbone Slim, Serve It to Me Hot, VizzTone
12 Mississippi MacDonald, DO Right Say Right, APM Records
13 Grant Dermody and Frank Fotusky, Diggin’ in John’s Backyard, self-released
14 The Jon Spear Band, B-Side of My Life, IDBLM
15 Lady A, Satisfyin’, self-released
16 Peter Veteska and Blues Train, So Far So Good, Blue Heart
17 Angela Easley, Rise, In-Tune Music/Blind Raccoon
18 Ricci / Krown, City Country City, Gulf Coast Records
19 Willie Jackson, All In the Blues, self-released
20 Dion, Stomping Ground, KTBA Records
21 Uncle Albert, Slip in Time, self-released
22 “Chicago” Carl Snyder & Friends, Blue Streak, Lost World Music
23 Little G Weevil, Live Acoustic Session, Hunnia Records
24 Hanna PK, Blues All Over My Shoes, VizzTone
25 Kevin Greenwood, She Knocks Me Out, self-released