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
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Top 30

  1. ARCHERS OF LOAF -“In The Surface Noise” [Single] Merge
    2. TV PRIEST My Other People Sub Pop
    3. DEAD HORSES “Brady Street” [Single]Self-Released
    4. MAVIS STAPLES AND LEVON HELM Carry Me Home Anti-
    5. VIAGRA BOYS Cave World Year0001
    6. DEHD Blue Skies Fat Possum
    7. DANA FUCHS Borrowed Time Ruf
    8. DANGER MOUSE AND BLACK THOUGHT “No Gold Teeth” [Single] BMG
    9. The MUTANTS Curse of the Easily Amused Liberation Hall
    10. COLA Deep In View Fire Talk
    11. AUTOMATIC Excess Stones Throw
    12. RUSTBELT “Fade The Mix” [Single] Dangerbird
    13. SYLVAN ESSO “Sunburn” [Single] Loma Vista/Concord
    14. GUIDED BY VOICES Tremblers And Goggles By Rank GBV Inc.
    15. BLACK ANGELS, THE”El Jardín” [Single] Partisan
    16. HOT CHIP”Down” [Single]Domino
    17. THE GROVELERS, Misplaced Cars And Blackouts Self-Released
    18. NEGATIVE/POSITIVE “The Original Soft-Hearted New York Man” [Single]Self-Released
    19. TY SEGALL Hello, Hi Drag City
    20. PETROL GIRLS Baby Hassle
    21. CAVE IN Heavy Pendulum Relapse
    22. THE FRIGHTNRS Always Daptone
    23. TRAAMS Personal Best Fat Cat
    24. VELOCIHAMSTER UncagedSelf-Released
    25. ZOLA JESUS Arkhon Sacred Bones
    26. SINCERE ENGINEER “Bottle Lightning Twice” [Single] Hopeless
    27. ADRIAN QUESADA Boleros Psicodélicos ATO
    28. EGG DROP SOUP”Jimmy Eat Shit” [Single] Suicide Squeeze
    29. SUFJAN STEVENS”Fourth Of July” [Single] Asthmatic Kitty
    30. WU-LU LOGGERHEAD Warp

Adds

Alex The Astronaut, How To Grow a Sunflower Underwater, Nettwerk
Dan Mangan, Fire Escape [single], Arts & Crafts
Night Moves, The Redaction EP, Domino
The Sadies, Colder Streams, Yep Rock / Dine Alone
Elf Power, Artificial Countrysides, Yep Rock
Titus Andronicus, “I’m Screwed” Single, Merge
Hunny, Homesick, Epitaph
Odesza, The Last Goodbye, Foreign Family Collective/Ninja Tune
Young The Giant, Act I: Origins EP, Jungle Youth/AWAL
Pool Kids, Pool Kids, Skeletal Lightning

Electronic
Hot Chip, Freakout/Release, Domino
Toro Y Moi, Mahal, Dead Oceans
Lettuce, Unify, Round Hill
Royksopp, Profound Mysteries, Dog Triumph, PIAS
HAAI, Baby We’re Ascending, Mute
Guerilla Ghost, Hell Is Empty and All The Devils Are Here
The Quilz, Love Submission [single], Prickly
Ibbibio Sound Machine, Electricity, Merge
Floating Points, “Grammar,” Ninja Tune
Joycut, the Blue Wave, Self-released

World
THE FRIGHTNRS, Always, Daptone
ROKIA KONE AND JACKNIFE LEE, Bamanan, Real World
ZONI, Samsara, Self-Released
ERIK WOLLOS, Sojourns, Projekt
GABY MORENO, Alegoría, Metamorfosis,
SLY5THAVE AND ROBERTO VERASTEGUI, Agua De Jamaica, Tru Thoughts
ADRIAN QUESADA, Boleros Psicodélicos, ATO
SESSA, Estrela Acesa, Mexican Summer
SONNY SINGH, Chardi Kala, Self-Released
MISTA SAVONA, Presents Havana Meets Kingston, Part 2Cumbancha

Jazz
BRANDON COLEMAN,Interstellar Black Space, Brainfeeder
ROBERT GLASPER, Black Radio III, Loma Vista/Concord
MARCO PIGNATARO’S DREAM ALLIANCE, Awakening Zoho4ERIC PERSON, Blue Vision Distinction
LANCE CONRAD, Home, Self-Released
PETER ERSKINE, Live In Italy, Fuzzy
MATT OLSON, Open Spaces, OA2
MEG BOWLES, Pilgrimage, Self-Released
CHARLES GOOLD, Rhythm In Contrast, La Reserve
DOOMCANNON, Renaissance, Bronwswood

Blues
Mavis Staples & Levon Helm, Carry Me Home, Anti
Vaneese Thomas, Fight The Good Fight, Blue Heart Records
The Brother Brothers, Cover to Cover, Compass Records
Bonnie Raitt, Just Like That.., Redwing Records
Kenny Neal, Straight From the Heat, Ruff Records
Breezy Rodio, Underground Blues, Wind Chill
Steve Howell & The Mighty Men, Been Here and Gone, Out of the Past
Johnny Tucker, Blind Raccoon & Nola Blue Collection Vol. 4, Blue Heart Records
Pat Todd & The Rankoutsiders, Blues, Soul & Rock’N’Roll EP, Beluga Records
Pee Wee Crayton, Blues Guitar Magic, Ace Records


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