WEEKLY TOP AIRPLAY: NOVEMBER 30, 2021
POSTED:: November 30, 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: 11/30/21
TOP 30
1 IDLES Crawler Partisan
2 GENESIS RENJI E.D.E.N. [EP] House Of Renji*
3 CREDENTIALS Why is my arm not a lilac tree? Orb Tapes*
4 BUFFALO NICHOLS Buffalo Nichols Fat Possum*
5 PRIMITIVE BROADCAST SERVICE Colors For Chameleons Self-Released*
6 NATHANIEL RATELIFF AND THE NIGHT SWEATS The Future Stax/Fantasy/Concord
7 WAR ON DRUGS, THE I Don’t Live Here Anymore Atlantic
8 LA LUZ La Luz Hardly Art
9 WEBSTERX 1 Of 1 Self-Released*
10 BLACK MARBLE Fast Idol Sacred Bones
11 DEERHOOF Actually, You Can Joyful Noise
12 LOL, THE “6 Feet Under the Dance Floor” [Single] Self-Released*
13 CURTIS HARDING If Words Were Flowers Anti-
14 BEACH HOUSE Chapter 1: Once Twice Melody [EP] Sub Pop
15 GOAT Headsoup Rocket
16 VINCENT VAN GREAT AND AMANDA HUFF Troublemakers Self-Released*
17 BADBADNOTGOOD Talk Memory XL/Innovative Leisure
18 COCO Coco First City Artists/AWAL
19 XPOSED 4HEADS Planet A’ Go-Go Internal Combustion*
20 CULLAH 1/2 (One-Half) Self-Released*
21 JAMES BLAKE Friends That Break Your Heart Republic
22 CIRCUIT DES YEUX -io Matador
23 QUILZ, THE “Fade To Black [Metallica cover]” [Single] Prickly Records*
24 MARTHA AND THE MUFFINS Marthology: In And Outtakes Popguru/Linus
25 DODOS, THE Grizzly Peak Polyvinyl
26 BITCHIN BAJAS Switched On Ra Drag City
27 DJ ABILITIES Phonograph Phoenix Rhymesayers
28 NATION OF LANGUAGE A Way Forward Play It Again Sam
29 NNAMDI Are You Happy [EP] Sooper
30 SWANSEA SOUND Live At The Rum Puncheon HHBTM/Skep Wax
ADDS
1 AESOP ROCK AND BLOCKHEAD Garbology Rhymesayers
2 BEAUTY PILL Instant Night [EP] Northern Spy
3 ELBOW Flying Dream 1 Polydor
4 FIKA AND BAMBIE Coffee And Clouds [EP] Tru Thoughts
5 LAND OF TALK Calming Night Partner [EP] Saddle Creek
6 LOW LIFE The Agony And XTC Of Low Life Goner
7 MATILDE DAVOLI Home Loyal To Your Dreams
8 RIKI Gold Dais
9 SLOPPY JANE Madison Saddest Factory/Secretly Group
10 REMIXES JID010 VARIOUS ARTISTS Jazz Is Dead
ELECTRONIC
1 BLACK MARBLE Fast Idol Sacred Bones
2 LOL, THE “6 Feet Under the Dance Floor” [Single] Self-Released*
3 XPOSED 4HEADS Planet A’ Go-Go Internal Combustion*
4 JAMES BLAKE Friends That Break Your Heart Republic
5 QUILZ, THE “Fade To Black [Metallica cover]” [Single] Prickly Records*
6 NNAMDI Are You Happy [EP] Sooper
7 AMON TOBIN How Do You Live Nomark
8 BLACK CHALLENGER Radiance Black Winchesters*
9 LUXI Iridescent Mind [EP] Wicked Alley*
10 DARKSIDE Spiral Matador
WORLD
1 CAMEROON GARAGE FUNK VARIOUS ARTISTS Analog Africa
2 LES FILLES DE ILLIGHADAD At Pioneer Works Sahel Sounds
3 GOAT Headsoup Rocket
4 JUPITER AND OKWESS “Sexy Plexi” [Single] Everloving
5 TIAWA Moonlit Train Tru Thoughts
6 GERA DEMARA De Vieja Escuela Nacional
7 ANGELIQUE KIDJO Mother Nature Verve
8 BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB Buena Vista Social Club (25th Anniversary Edition) World Circuit/BMG
9 QUANTIC AND NIDIA GONGORA Almas Conectadas Tru Thoughts
10 DESMOND THE SONGWRITER Happiness Is Priceless Self-Released
JAZZ
1 NUBYA GARCIA Source ⧺ We Move Concord
2 BADBADNOTGOOD Talk Memory XL/Innovative Leisure
3 KASE Seasons B Side*
4 YORON ISRAEL New Dreams Ronja
5 MARK ZALESKI BAND Our Time: Remiagining Dave Brubeck Origin
6 THEO CROKER BLK2LIFE || A FUTURE PAST Sony/Masterworks
7 OSCAR PETERSON A Time For Love Two Lions/Mack Avenue
8 MAKAYA MCCRAVEN Deciphering The Message Blue Note
9 ELENA MAQUE Feel Again Self-Released
10 HENRYK DEBICH Zbliżenie Astigmatic
BLUES (UPDATED MONTHLY)
1 GA-20, Try It…You Might Like It: GA-20 Does Hound Dog Taylor, Karma Chief Records
2 Altered Five Blues Band, Holler If You Hear Me, Blind Raccoon*
3 Sue Foley, Pinky’s Blues, Stony Plain
4 Eric Bibb, Dear America, Provogue
5 The Ronnie Wood Band, Mr. Luck – A Tribute to Jimmy Reed: Live at the Royal Albert Hall, BMG
6 Memphissippi Sounds, Welcome To the Land, Little Village
7 Diane Durrett & Soul Suga, Put A Lid On It, Blooming Tunes Music
8 Zac Harmon, Long As I Got My Guitar, Catfood Records
9 Mark Hummel, Mark Hummel’s East Bay Blues Vaults 1976-1988, Electro-Fi
10 LadyCouch, The Future Looks Fine, self-released
11 Catfish Keith, Land of the Sky, Fish Tail
12 The DogTown Blues Band, Search No More, RVL Music
13 Tommy Castro, Tommy Castro Presents A Bluesman Came to Town – A Blues Odyssey, Alligator
14 Elly Wininger, The Blues Never End, Earwig
15 Al Basile, B’s Testimony, Sweetspot Records
16 Teresa James & the Rhythm Tramps, Rose-Colored Glasses, Blue Heart Records
17 Ben Levin, Still Here, VizzTone
18 “Chicago” Carl Snyder & Friends, Blue Streak, Lost World Music
19 The Porkroll Project, Papa Didn’t Raise Me Right, Roadhouse Redemption Records
20 Tony Holiday, Tony Holiday’s Porch Sessions Volume 2, Blind Raccoon
21 Rusty Ends Blues Band, Rusty Ends Blues Band, Earwig
22 John Hurlbut, Jorma Kaukonen, The River Flows Vol. 2, Culture Factory
23 Allen Finney, Picture Window, Mojo Music
24 Tedeschi Trucks Band, Layla Revisited (Live at Lockn’), Fantasy
25 Hector Anchondo, Let Loose Those Chains, VizzTone