WEEKLY TOP AIRPLAY: MAY 11, 2021
POSTED:: May 11, 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: 5/11/21
TOP 30
1 COUCH FLAMBEAU Bunny Hideout Rockhaus*
2 IMMORTAL GIRLFRIEND “Others” [Single] Black Winchesters*
3 BIG MOTHER GIG Gusto [Advance Tracks] Fraga/Sweet Sweet*
4 RINGO STARR Zoom In [EP] Universal
5 NEGATIVE / POSITIVE Mint Bag (Bag Full of Mints) Self-Released*
6 CALEY CONWAY Bliss Or Bust [Advance Tracks] Self-Released*
7 RX DRUGS Broken By Design Good Land*
8 WEBSTERX “Huffy” [Single] Self-Released*
9 GUERRILLA GHOST Trumaine [EP] Triple Eye Industries*
10 MADLIB Sound Ancestors Madlib Invazion
11 FLYING LOTUS Yasuke Warp
12 ORIONS BELTE Villa Amorini Jansen
13 MATTHEW SWEET Catspaw Omnivore
14 TUNE-YARDS sketchy. 4AD/Beggars Group
15 DINOSAUR JR Sweep It Into Space Jagjaguwar
16 XIU XIU OH NO Polyvinyl
17 GRAHAM HUNT Painting Over Mold Forged Artifacts*
18 DEATH FROM ABOVE 1979 Is 4 Lovers Spinefarm
19 GENESIS OWUSU Smiling With No Teeth House Anxiety/Ourness
20 SORRY Twixtustwain [EP] Domino
21 NICK WATERHOUSE Promenade Blue Innovative Leisure
22 YA TSEEN Indian Yard Sub Pop
23 TEKE TEKE Shirushi Kill Rock Stars
24 ALEX LITTLE AND THE SUSPICIOUS MINDS Waiting To Get Paid Light Organ
25 PEDAZO DE CARNE CON OJO Dun Dun Citrus City
26 TOBE NWIGWE Cincoriginals Self-Released
27 DEVILS TEETH La Leggenda Di Chong Li Triple Eye Industries*
28 TRON JOVI Bass + Frequency: Studies In Dub, Chapter One [EP] Triple Eye Industries*
29 FORTY FEET TALL A Good Distraction Magnetic Moon
30 INDONESIAN JUNK Living In A Nightmare Rum Bar*
ADDS
1 ANJIMILE Reunion [EP] Father/Daughter
2 BABE RAINBOW, THE Changing Colours Eureka/Kobalt
3 BEST MOVE Mirror Image Twins [EP] Park The Van
4 FLYING LOTUS Yasuke Warp
5 ICEAGE Seek Shelter Mexican Summer
6 IRON AND WINE Archive Series Volume No. 5: Tallahassee Recordings Sub Pop
7 MIA JOY Spirit Tamer Fire Talk
8 MIGHTY MIGHTY BOSSTONES, THE When God Was Great Hellcat/Epitaph
9 SUFJAN STEVENS Convocations Asthmatic Kitty
10 YELLOW PILLS Space Age Inferno Mint 400
ELECTRONIC
1 IMMORTAL GIRLFRIEND “Others” [Single] Black Winchesters*
2 MADLIB Sound Ancestors Madlib Invazion
3 FLYING LOTUS Yasuke Warp
4 TENO AFRIKA Amapiano Selections Awesome Tapes From Africa
5 TRON JOVI Bass + Frequency: Studies In Dub, Chapter One [EP] Triple Eye Industries*
6 SMALL BLACK Cheap Dreams 100% Electronica
7 YOU WIN !!! “Painmonger” [Single] Self-Released*
8 SHAMEWAVE Heaven Self-Released*
9 COLD CAVE Fate In Seven Lessons [Advance Tracks] Heartworm Press
10 L’IMPERATRICE Tako Tsubo Microqlima
WORLD
1 ALTIN GUN Yol ATO
2 PALABRA PALABRA Dézòd Rèkòd*
3 YA TSEEN Indian Yard Sub Pop
4 JUPITER AND OKWESS Na Kozonga Everloving
5 TENO AFRIKA Amapiano Selections Awesome Tapes From Africa
6 LA FEMME Paradigmes Disque Pointu/IDOL
7 BOOGARINS Manchaca Vol. 2 OAR
8 LEE “SCRATCH” PERRY AND SPACEWAVE Dubz Of The Root Megawave
9 SONGHOY BLUES Optimisme Fat Possum
10 LAURE BRIARD Eu Voo [EP] Midnight Special
JAZZ
1 DR LONNIE SMITH Breathe Blue Note
2 BEN PATTERSON Push The Limits Origin
3 JANA HERZEN Live Motema
4 CHAD LEFKOWITZ-BROWN Quartet Sessions La Reserve
5 TUNETOWN Entering Utopia Three Pines
6 JAWANZA KOBIE Jawanza Kobie Jazz Composer JKM
7 SASKATCHEWAN ALL STAR BIG BAND Saskatchewan Suite Factor
8 MAKRAM ABOUL HOSN Transmigration Makram Aboul Hosn
9 CAMERON GRAVES Seven Mack Avenue
10 JAHARI MASAMBA UNIT Pardon My French Madlib Invazion
BLUES (UPDATED MONTHLY)
1 Damon Fowler, Alafia Moon, Landslide
2 Chris Cain, Raisin’ Cain, Alligator
3 Curtis Salgado, Damage Control, Alligator
5 Bob Corritore, Bob Corritore & Friends: Spider In My Stew, VizzTone
6 Steve Cropper, Fire It Up, Provogue
7 Kat Danser, One Eye Open, Black Hen Music
8 AJ Fullerton, The Forgiver and the Runaway, VizzTone
9 Jimmie Bratcher, I’m Hungry – Red-Hot Blues To Inspire Your Appetite, Blind Raccoon
10 Patti Parks, Whole Nother World, VizzTone
11 Tomislav Goluban, Express Connection, Blind Raccoon
12 Ghalia Volt, One Woman Band, Ruf Records
13 The Halley DeVestern Band, Money Ain’t Time (The Halley DeVestern Band Live), Blind Raccoon
14 Dexter Allen, Keep Moving On, Endless Blues Records
15 Tia Carroll, You Gotta Have It, Little Village
16 New Moon Jelly Roll Freedom Rockers, Volume 2, Stony Plain
17 Tokyo Tramps, I’m A Tiger, Vagabond Ent.
18 Joe Lewis Band, Up Next, Blind Raccoon
19 Misty Blues, None More Blue, self-released
20 Black River Delta, Shakin’, Sofaburn
21 Veronica Lewis, You Ain’t Unlucky, Blue Heart Records
22 The Hitman Blues Band, Not My Circus Not My Monkey, Nerus Records
23 Hosty, Which Way to Tulsa, HTM Records
24 Donna Herula, Bang At the Door , Blind Raccoon
25 Gary Moore, How Blue Can You Get, Provogue