There’s not much to report this month. One item of particular interest is the change I’ve noticed over at KUNC this past couple of weeks — cmon!! Cat Power??? Ryan Bingham??? Who woulda thunk??!! Kudos to Kirk Mowers for breaking out of the past and moving towards a much more contemporary ADULT station that showcases a truly diverse musical landscape than what we’ve known KUNC to produce these past many years. Sure, you’ll still some classical – but still … Cat Power??? Edie Brickell? Paul Simon … and the list goes on … not the least of which is the heightened focus on Colorado artists like John Common & Blinding Flashes of Light, Trinity Demask, Flexigrass and others I heard this week. WTG KUNC!!
That’s it … enjoy the charts … and remember, if you’ve got a record out – radio can’t play what they don’t receive!
TOP 40 ALBUM SPINS – April 2011
(124 titles reported / 318 titles listed)
(LM) TM
(D=Debut)
(NC=not charted prev. month)
(1) 1. Devotchka – 100 Lovers (Anti) Indie/Alternative
(D) 2. Finnders & Youngberg – FY5 (self) Bluegrass
(2) 3. Elephant Revival – Break in the Clouds (Ruff Shod Records) Folk
(6) 4. Big Head Todd and the Monsters – Big Head Blues Club: 100 Years of Robert Johnson (Ryko) Blues
(18) 5. John Common and Blinding Flashes of Light – Beautiful Empty (Free School/RED) Rock, adult alternative
(12) 5. Musketeer Gripweed – Dyin’ Day (self) Rock, jamband
(8) 5. Paper Bird – When the River Took Flight (self) Americana
(22) 6. Andrew Vogt – Cats Afoot (Drew’s Blues Records) Jazz
(D) 7. Bonnie and The Clydes – Bonnie And The Clydes (self) Country, traditional
(9) 7. Carmen Sandim Sextet – Brand New (Dazzle Recordings) Jazz
(7) 7. Slim Cessna’s Auto Club – Unentitled (Alternative Tentacles) Indie/Alternative
(19) 8. The Whiskey Bottles – Ain’t No Crime (self) Americana, alternative country-rock
(NC) 9. Broken Everlys – Stoned In Juarez (self) Rock, roots
(17) 10. Peter Sommer – Tremolo Canteen (Dazzle Jazz) Jazz
(23) 11. Mohammed Alidu and the Bizung Family – Land of Fire (Black Eye Watching) World, African
(NC) 12. Brad Goode – Tight Like This (Delmark) Jazz
(17) 13. John-Alex Mason – Jook Joint Thunderclap (Naked Jaybird) Blues
(5) 13. Tennis – Cape Dory (Fat Possum) Pop, Indie
(16) 14. Danielle Ate the Sandwich – Two Bedroom Apartment (self) Folk
(3) 14. Mollie O’Brien and Rich Moore – Saints & Sinners (Remington Road) Americana, folk
(NC) 15. John McVey – Unpredictable (self) Pop, singer-songwriter, adult contemporary
(D) 16. Greg Garrison – Low Lonesome (GG Kudra Music) Jazz
(4) 17. Halden Wofford & the Hi Beams – Sinners & Saints (self) Americana, alternative country
(D) 17. Justin Roth – Now You Know (Rothirric Music) Folk, singer-songwriter
(NC) 18. Joe Johnson – A Time to Dance (Blank Tape) Americana, country-folk
(17) 18. Whiskey Blanket – No Object (self) Hip-Hop/Rap
(NC) 19. Juno What?! – Shameless (self) Funk/R&B/Soul
(NC) 20. Kinetix – Let Me In (self) Rock, pop
(20) 21. Kenny Perkins – Wild Frontier (self) Rock, adult alternative
(NC) 21. Selasee – African Gate (self) World, African
(10) 21. The Blue Canyon Boys – Mountain Bound (self) Bluegrass
(NC) 22. Gabrielle Louise – Mirror the Branches (self) Folk
(NC) 22. The Autumn Film – The Ship and the Sea (self) Rock, indie/alternative
(NC) 22. Wil Key – Can You Feel It? [single] (Larimar Records) Funk/R&B/Soul
(NC) 23. Bop Skizzum – Beauty Queen (self) Funk/R&B/Soul
(D) 23. DELLA – Anymore/Not that Simple (Things I Do) [single] (self) Rock, alternative
(D) 23. Mountain Standard Time – Mountain Standard Time (self) Bluegrass
(NC) 23. Robert Marcey & Familyman Barrett – Wailin’ for Justice (self) Reggae
(D) 23. The David James Band – Street Performer (David James Music) Pop, contemporary adult
(D) 24. John Statz – Ghost Towns (self) Americana
(D) 24. Surplus Cheaper Hands – It’s Your Parade (self) Americana
DROPPED OUT OF TOP 40 SPINS – April 2011
(10) Fred Hess Big Band – Into the Open
(13) Stray Grass – Written in the Stars
(14) Lawn Chair Kings – Lawn Chair Kings II
(17) Lonesome Traveler – Looking for A Way
(17) Romano Paoletti – Story of a Lifetime
(18) Bobby Walker – Way Back When
(19) Royal Peeps – Alessia’s Walk
(21) Colcannon – Three Days in May
(21) Nathaniel Rateliff – In Memory of Loss
(21) Runaway Express – Howlin At the Moon
(22) Apples In Stereo – Travellers in Space and Time
(22) Boulder Acoustic Society – Champion of Disaster
(22) Great American Taxi – Reckless Habits
(22) Otis Taylor – Clovis People, Vol. 3
(24) Fierce Bad Rabbit – Spools of Thread
(24) The Heyday – Till We See the Sun
(24) Pretty Lights – Making Up a Changing Mind
ADDED – April 2011
a. Tom Collins – OH NO!
Big Gigantic – A Place Behind the Moon
Blind Strike – Curse the Worst
Bobby Doran – Bad Reputation
Broken Spoke – Before There Were Easy Riders
Choke the Word – Enjoy the Parade
Fingers of the Sun – Fingers of the Sun
Finnders & Youngberg – FY5
Flashlights – Hidden Behind Trees
FourdeFyed – FourdeFyed
Gary Bragg – High Plains Storm
Hindershot – It’s Only Blood
Iuengliss – Blank Matter
Jim McTurnan & The Kids That Killed The Man – Joie De Vivre
* John Common and Blinding Flashes of Light – Beautiful Empty (*Re-entry)
John Oates – Mississippi Mile
John Statz – Ghost Towns
John Statz – The Budapest Sessions [ep]
Jonathan Tiersten & Ten Tiers – We’ll See
Kentucky Parlor Pickers – Barn Burner
Molly Cottrell – Molly Cottrell
Molly Cottrell – Not What I Need [single]
Moon Duo – Mazes
Rene Marie – Voice Of My Beautiful Country
SPIV – Mini Brunette Club [singles]
Statewide Emergency – Carnivorous Carnival
Stingray Jones & the Mad Men – Stingray Jones & the Mad Men [select singles]
SuperCollider – SuperCollider
Surplus Cheaper Hands – It’s Your Parade
Tyler Gilmore’s Ninth and Lincoln – Static Line
Veronica – Emerging from Troubled Days
KAFM (Grand Junction)
1. Elephant Revival – Break In the Clouds
2. Megan Burtt – It Ain’t Love
3. The Whiskey Bottles – Ain’t No Crime
4. Stray Grass – Written In The Stars
5. Devotchka – 100 Lovers
5. Juno What?! – Shameless
6. Chuck Pyle – The Spaces in Between
6. The Pineapple Crackers – Take A Ride
6. The String Cheese Incident – Rhythm of the Road, Vol. 1 – Incident In Atlanta (11/17/00)
KCSU (Fort Collins)
1. Air Dubai – Wonder Age
2. Dubskin – No End in Time
2. A.M. Pleasure Assassins – EP2
2. Ghost in the Machine – S/T
2. Iuenglisss – Blank Matter
3. Blind Strike – Curse the Worst
3. Danielle Ate the Sandwich – On the Planet Earth [single]
KDNK (Carbondale)
1. Big Head Todd and the Monsters – Big Head Blues Club: 100 Years of Robert Johnson
1. Devotchka – 100 Lovers
1. Finnders & Youngberg – FY5
2. Andrew Vogt – Cats Afoot
2. Eef – I Ain’t Gonna Wait Forever
2. Elephant Revival – Break in the Clouds
2. Halden Wofford & the Hi Beams – Sinners & Saints
2. John Common and Blinding Flashes of Light – Beautiful Empty
2. Mollie O’Brien and Rich Moore – Saints & Sinners
2. Musketeer Gripweed – Dyin’ Day
2. Tennis – Cape Dory
KGNU (Boulder)
1. Devotchka – 100 Lovers
2. Elephant Revival – Break in the Clouds
3. Great American Taxi – Reckless Habits
3. Paper Bird – When the River Took Flight
4. Mohammed Alidu and the Bizung Family – Land of Fire
4. Mollie O’Brien and Rich Moore – Saints & Sinners
4. Tennis – Cape Dory
5. Pete Kartsounes – The Only Way I Know
5. Romano Paoletti – Story of a Lifetime
5. The Blue Canyon Boys – Mountain Bound
KOTO (Telluride)
1. Big Head Todd and the Monsters – Big Head Blues Club: 100 Years of Robert Johnson
2. Devotchka – 100 Lovers
2. Musketeer Gripweed – Dyin’ Day
3. Brad Goode – Tight Like This
3. Elephant Revival – Break in the Clouds
3. Halden Wofford & the Hi Beams – Sinners & Saints
3. Royal Peeps – Alessia’s Walk
3. Tennis – Cape Dory
3. Whiskey Blanket – No Object
KRCC (Colorado Springs)
1. Devotchka – 100 Lovers
2. Big Head Todd and the Monsters – Big Head Blues Club: 100 Years of Robert Johnson
3. John-Alex Mason – Jook Joint Thunderclap
4. Elephant Revival – Break in the Clouds
5. Cahalen Morrison & Eli West – Holy Coming of the Storm
5. Joe Johnson – A Time to Dance
5. Justin Roth – Now You Know
KRFC (Fort Collins)
1. Finnders and Youngberg – FY5
2. Fierce Bad Rabbit – Spools of Thread
3. Slim Cessna’s Auto Club – Unentitled
4. Devotchka – 100 Lovers
5. John-Alex Mason – Jook Joint Thunderclap
5. Mohammed Alidu and the Bizung Family – Land of Fire
5. Mollie O’Brien and Rich Moore – Saints & Sinners
6. Halden Wofford & the Hi Beams – Sinners & Saints
7. Clarke Wright – Fiddleride
7. Pura Fe Trio – Live! A Blues Night In North Carolina
KUNC (Greeley)
1. Devotchka – 100 Lovers
2. John Common and Blinding Flashes of Light – Beautiful Empty
3. Chuck Pyle – The Spaces In Between
3. Mandy Harvey – Smile
4. Grant Gordy – Grant Gordy
4. Jerry Palmer – Cherry Picking
KUVO (Denver)
1. Rene Marie – Voice Of My Beautiful Country
2. Fred Hess Big Band – Into the Open
3. Carmen Sandim Sextet – Brand New
4. Tyler Gilmore’s Ninth and Lincoln – Static Line
KVNF (Paonia)
1. Danielle Ate the Sandwich – Two Bedroom Apartment
2. Devotchka – 100 Lovers
2. Paper Bird – When the River Took Flight
3. Finnders & Youngberg – FY5
3. Grant Gordy – Grant Gordy
4. Otis Taylor – Clovis People, Vol. 3
4. Rorey Carroll – Roadside Lullabies
The Colorado Sound
1. Finnders & Youngberg – FY5
2. Broken Everlys – Stoned In Juarez
2. Peter Sommer – Tremolo Canteen
2. Slim Cessna’s Auto Club – Unentitled
3. David James Band – Street Performer
3. John McVey – Unpredictable
4. Bonnie & the Clydes – Bonnie & the Clydes
4. John Statz – Ghost Town
5. Andrew Vogt – Cats Afoot
5. Ego vs. Id – Taste
5. Fox Street Allstars – Welcome To Mighty Pleasin’
5. the Whiskey Bottles – Ain’t No Crime
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