Currents in Rotation May 15 2011

Tracks from the following albums and eps are in current rotation as of May 15 2011.  I’ve marked those that are singles where appropriate, and annotated the month-year the entry was added.  I’ve also, as best as possible, provided a genre/style

  1. Mar-11    “but, Naked!” – Can’t Get Enough [single]  (r&b, blues)
  2. May-10    30db – One Man Show (acoustic rock, jamband, jamgrass)
  3. Apr-11    a. Tom Collins – Oh, NO! (inde/alternative)
  4. Jul-10    Adam Bodine Trio – Blue Mud (jazz)
  5. Aug-10    After Midnight Jazz Band – Midnight in Madison (jazz, trad)
  6. Apr-11    Air Dubai – Soul & Body [single] (r&b, hip hop)
  7. Oct-10    Air Dubai – Wonder Age (r&b, hip hop)
  8. Apr-10    Almost Legends – Eyes (rock)
  9. May-10    Andrea Ball – Dial Tone (indie/alternative)
  10. Jun-10    Andrew Vogt – Cats Afoot (jazz)
  11. Apr-10    Apples in Stereo – Travellers in Space and Time (pop, indie)
  12. Jul-10    Ash Ganley – Universe Acceptable (adult alternative)
  13. Jul-10    Bailey Stauffer & The Katy Janes – Bend or Break (alternative country-rock)
  14. Jan-10    Barbara Ernst – April Child: Mistura Bela (Beautiful Mixture) (jazz, vocal, Brazilian)
  15. May-11    Big Gigantic – This World is Yours [single] (dance, electronic, funk)
  16. Apr-11    Big Gigantic – A Place Behind the Moon (dance, electronic, funk)
  17. Jan-11    Big Head Todd and the Monsters – Big Head Blues Club: 100 Years of Robert Johnson (blues)
  18. Jun-10    Big Head Todd and the Monsters – Rocksteady (adult alternative)
  19. Mar-10    Big Jim Adam & John Stilwagen – Back in My Hometown (blues)
  20. Dec-10    Bob Rea – Ragged Choir (americana)
  21. Apr-11    Bobby Doran – Bad Reputation [single] (pop)
  22. May-10    Bobby Walker – Way Back When (r&b, classic soul/rock) *
  23. Feb-11    Bonnie and The Clydes – Bonnie And The Clydes (country, trad)
  24. Nov-10    Bop Skizzum – Beauty Queen (funk)
  25. May-10    Bop Skizzum – Push (funk)
  26. Sep-10    Boulder Acoustic Society – Champion of Disaster (folk-rock)
  27. Sep-10    Brad Goode – Tight Like This (jazz)
  28. Apr-11    Brock Gleeson – Run Like Hell (country-rock)
  29. Feb-11    Broken Everlys – Stoned In Juarez (roots rock)
  30. Aug-10    Carbon Choir – Cut from the Cloth (alternative rock)
  31. Mar-10    Carbon Choir – High Beams (alternative rock)
  32. Feb-11    Carmen Sandim Sextet – Brand New (jazz) *
  33. Jan-11    Carrry Me Ohio – Oak & Iron Bound (alternative country-rock)
  34. Apr-10    Chain Gang of 1974 – White Guts (funk, electronic, dance)
  35. Apr-11    Choke the Word – Enjoy the Parade (rock, prog.)
  36. Jun-10    Chris McGarry – And the Weary Eyes Reply (folk)
  37. Nov-10    Chris Thompson – The Road Ahead (roots rock, acoustic rock) *
  38. Feb-10    Chuck Pyle – The Spaces In Between (folk)
  39. Mar-11    Churchill – Happy/Sad (acoustic rock)
  40. Jul-10    Dan Craig – Alchemy (singer-songwriter, acoustic rock)
  41. Apr-11    Dan Treanor – American Primative (blues)
  42. Jun-10    Danielle Ate the Sandwich – Two Bedroom Apartment (singer-songwriter)
  43. Jan-11    Danya River – Danya River (singer-songwriter)
  44. Feb-10    Dave LeMieux & The House Of Soul – Jazz Shaped (jazz, r&b)
  45. May-10    David Rynhart – By the Hollow Tree (singer-songwriter)
  46. Dec-10    David Williams – Chocolate Bar (americana, folk)
  47. Jan-10    David Williams & the Wildgrass Band – The Crazy Kind (americana, folk)
  48. Mar-11    DELLA – Anymore [single] (alternative rock)
  49. Mar-11    DELLA – Not That Simple (Things I Do) [single] (alternative rock)
  50. Dec-10    Devotchka – 100 Lovers (adult alternative)
  51. Jan-11    Donny Lama Trio – The Donny Lama Trio (jazz, fusion)
  52. Jun-10    Dovekins – Assemble the Aviary (folk)
  53. Jan-11    Dust on the Breakers – American Reclamation (indie/alternative)
  54. Feb-11    Dustin Edge – Calm (alternative)
  55. Jul-10    Eddie Turner – Miracles And Demons (blues, rock)
  56. Feb-11    Ego vs Id – Taste (alternative rock, roots rock)
  57. Nov-10    Elephant Revival – Break in the Clouds (folk-rock)
  58. Dec-09    Ellyn Cornelison Rucker & Ross Cornelison – Every Time We Say Goodbye (jazz, vocal)
  59. Nov-10    Eolian – Egg (rock)
  60. Jun-10    Eric Shiveley – Eden’s Light (americana, rock)
  61. Jan-11    FaceMan – FaceMan (adult alternative)
  62. Sep-10    Fierce Bad Rabbit – Spools of Thread (alternative rock)
  63. Apr-11    Fingers of the Sun – Fingers of the Sun (folk-rock)
  64. Apr-11    Finnders & Youngberg – FY5 (bluegrass, americana)
  65. Apr-11    Flashlights – Hidden Behind Trees (electronic)
  66. Feb-10    Flobots – Survival Story (rock, hip hop)
  67. Jan-11    Fox Street Allstars – Welcome to the Mighty Pleasin’ (rock, jam band, r&b)
  68. Mar-11    Fred Hess Big Band – Into the Open (jazz)
  69. Jan-11    Freddi / Henchi and the Soulsetters – Crown Princes of Funk:  The Last Set (soul, funk)
  70. May-11    Fried Grease – Huevos (rock, jamband)
  71. Jul-10    Fuzzy Killing Machine – Enjoy & Destroy (rock, alternative)
  72. Aug-10    Gabrielle Louise – Mirror the Branches (folk)
  73. Mar-11    Galaxies – Like a Lion (electronic)
  74. Apr-11    Gary Bragg – High Plains Storm (americana, country, humor)  *
  75. Apr-10    Grant Gordy – Grant Gordy (neo-acoustic)
  76. Mar-11    Gravity – Fire Sermon (electronic)
  77. Feb-10    Great American Taxi – Reckless Habits (rock, roots rock, jamband)
  78. Mar-11    Greg Garrison – Low Lonesome (jazz)
  79. May-10    Greg Harris Vibe Quintet – Glass Gold (jazz)
  80. Nov-10    Gritch – Arrivals & Departures (alternative rock/pop)
  81. Aug-10    Halden Wofford & the Hi Beams – Sinners & Saints (alternative country)
  82. Apr-10    Hollyfelds – Lo Bueno, Lo Mao, Lo Feo (alternative country)
  83. Jan-11    Houses – Your Ghost (folk-rock)
  84. Jul-10    Jeff Brinkman – To the Bones (singer-songwriter)
  85. Jul-10    Jeff Finlin – The Tao of Motor Oil (singer-songwriter, americana, rock)
  86. May-11    Jeremy “Doc” Hodges – Autumn in July (singer-songwriter, country-folk)
  87. May-10    Jerry Palmer – Cherry Picking (neo-acoustic)
  88. Oct-10    Jessica Sonner – Keep On Dreamin’ [single] (singer-songwriter)
  89. Apr-11    Jim McTurnan & The Kids That Killed The Man – Joie De Vivre (indie/alternative)
  90. Feb-11    Joe Johnson – A Time to Dance (singer-songwriter, country-folk)
  91. Jan-10    Joel Decatur – Seeking the House-Builder (alternative rock)
  92. Apr-11    John Common and Blinding Flashes of Light – Beautiful Empty (adult alternative)
  93. Aug-10    John McVey – Unpredictable (singer-songwriter)
  94. Mar-11    John Mieras – Painted Glass (singer-songwriter)
  95. Apr-11    John Oates – Mississippi Mile (singer-songwriter, roots, americana)
  96. Apr-11    John Statz – Ghost Town (americana)
  97. Apr-11    John Statz – The Bupapest Sessions (americana)
  98. Jan-11    John-Alex Mason – Jook Joint Thunderclap (blues)
  99. Apr-10    Johnny O. – A Volta (jazz)
  100. Apr-11    Jonathan Tiersten & Ten Tiers – We’ll See (rock/pop)
  101. Oct-10    Joshua Novak – Dead Letters (singer-songwriter)
  102. Jan-11    Juno What?! – Shameless (funk)
  103. Mar-11    Justin Roth – Now You Know (singer-songwriter)
  104. May-11    Kal Cahoone – Saints and Scars (alternative folk)
  105. Jul-10    Kal Cahoone – Build the Fire (alternative folk)
  106. Jan-11    Katey Laurel – From Here (americana, singer-songwriter)
  107. Nov-10    Kenny Perkins – Wild Frontier (americana, roots rock, r&b) *
  108. Apr-11    Kentucky Parlor Pickers – Barn Burner (alternative country-rock)
  109. May-10    Kinetix – Let Me In (rock/pop)
  110. May-10    King for a Day – The light is on and shining brightly for the masses (adult alternative)
  111. Jan-10    Kosmos – Skeptics In Love (alternative rock)
  112. Jun-10    Kyle Hollingsworth – Let’s Go Outside (adult alternative)
  113. Jan-11    Lawn Chair Kings – II (alternative country-rock)
  114. Jul-10    Lonesome Traveler – Looking for a Way (bluegrass)
  115. Feb-10    Long Road Home – Live from eTown Hall (bluegrass, americana)
  116. Jan-10    Loose Cannon Bluegrass – Loose Cannon Bluegrass (bluegrass)
  117. Sep-10    Lynn Baker Quartet – Azure Intention (jazz)
  118. Dec-10    Mandy Harvey – After You’re Gone (jazz, vocal)
  119. Jun-10    Mandy Harvey – Smile (jazz, vocal)
  120. Jan-10    Matt Morris – When Everything Breaks Open (singer-songwriter, pop)
  121. Jul-10    Mechanical Dan – Mechanical Dan (rock, southern)
  122. Jan-10    Megan Burtt – It Ain’t Love (singer-songwriter)
  123. May-11    Mesita – Here’s to Nowhere (indie)
  124. Apr-11    Mesita – Living/Breathing (indie)
  125. Nov-10    Mixed Breed – Mixed Breed (rock)
  126. Sep-10    Mohammed Alidu and the Bizung Family – Land of Fire (world, African)
  127. Jan-11    Molina – Fam Biz [single] (hip hop)
  128. Mar-10    Molina Solina & Aju w/ DJ Icewater – SoulAju (hip hop)
  129. Jul-10    Mollie O’Brien and Rich Moore – Saints & Sinners (americana, folk-rock)
  130. Apr-11    Molly Cottrell – Molly Cottrell (soul, r&b, singer-songwriter)
  131. Apr-11    Molly Cottrell – Not What I Need [single] (soul, r&b, singer-songwriter)
  132. Dec-10    Monroe Monroe – Pure Desmond (alternative rock)
  133. May-11    Moon Duo – Mazes [single] (indie)
  134. Feb-11    Mountain Standard Time – Mountain Standard Time (bluegrass, jamgrass)
  135. Sep-10    Musketeer Gripweed – Dyin’ Day (rock, jamband)
  136. Jan-11    My Body Sings Electric – Changing Color (alternative rock)
  137. Mar-10    Nathaniel Rateliff – In Memory of Loss (singer-songwriter)
  138. May-11    New Ben Franklins – Miserable [ep] (adult alternative)
  139. Jan-10    New Ben Franklins – New Ben Franklins (adult alternative)
  140. Feb-11    Nina Storey – Love Me Enough [single] (pop)
  141. May-11    Ninth and Lincoln w/Cuong Vu – Static Line (jazz)
  142. May-10    Otis Taylor – Clovis People, Vol. 3 (blues)
  143. Jul-10    Paper Bird – When the River Took Flight (americana, folk-rock)
  144. Dec-10    Pete Kartsounes – The Only Way I Know (singer-songwriter)
  145. Mar-11    Peter Sommer – Tremolo Canteen (jazz)
  146. Jul-10    Post Paradise – The Ghost in the Airwaves (alternative rock)
  147. Jan-11    Pretty Lights –  Making Up a Changing Mind (electronic)
  148. Mar-11    Pura Fe Trio – Live! A Blues Night In North Carolina (blues)
  149. May-11    Purpose Found – Blue Flame (hip hop/rap)
  150. Jan-10    Quillion – To the Hilt (adult alternative)
  151. Mar-11    Randy Ricks – Charlie Sheen [single] (adult alternative)
  152. Oct-10    Rebecca Folsom – Smoke and Tears (singer-songwriter)
  153. Jan-11    Regret Night – Living the Night EP (alternative rock/pop)
  154. Apr-11    Rene Marie – Voice Of My Beautiful Country (jazz, blues, roots)
  155. Mar-11    Righfully Accused – Western Air Part 1 – Classy, Chic, Sophisticated (alternative rock/pop)
  156. Oct-10    Robert Marcey & Familyman Barrett w/the Wailers – Wailin’ for Justice (reggae)
  157. Feb-10    Romano Paoletti – Story of a Lifetime (americana, country) *
  158. Dec-10    Rorey Carroll – Roadside Lullabies (americana, singer-songwriter)
  159. Dec-10    Rose Hill Drive – Setting Sun [single] (rock)
  160. Feb-11    Royal Peeps – Alessia’s Walk (funk)
  161. Feb-11    Rubber Planet – Wish I Could (alternative rock)
  162. Jan-10    Runaway Express – Howlin’ At the Moon (folk-rock)
  163. Nov-10    Sean Hunting Morse – Lines from Somplace (americana)
  164. Aug-10    Selasee – African Gate (world, african)
  165. Mar-11    Slim Cessna’s Auto Club – Unentitled (alternative)
  166. Mar-11    Slopeside – Road to Oblivion (acoustic rock)
  167. Aug-10    Snake Rattle Rattle Snake – Snake Rattle Rattle Snake (alternative rock)
  168. Feb-11    Something Underground – You Would Never Know This (radio edit) [single] (adult contemporary)
  169. May-10    Something Underground – Intention & Release (adult contemporary)
  170. Feb-11    Soul Daddy & Blackfyre – Sweet Nothings (the Yeah Song) [single] (soul)
  171. Apr-11    SPIV – “85” [single] (rock)
  172. May-11    Statewide Emergency – Carnivorous Carnival (rock)
  173. Mar-11    Stray Grass – Written in the Stars (bluegrass)
  174. Apr-11    Stringray Jones & the Mad Men – Stingray Jones & the Mad Men (rock)
  175. Feb-11    Sunshine House – The Sunshine House EP (folk-rock)
  176. Apr-11    SuperCollider – SuperCollider (r&b, jazz)
  177. Jul-10    SuperSeed – SuperSeed (rock)
  178. Apr-11    Surplus Cheaper Hands – It’s Your Parade (americana)
  179. Apr-10    Sweet Sunny South – Carried Off By A Twister (bluegrass)
  180. Mar-10    Tage Plantell – Words and Music (singer-songwriter)
  181. Feb-11    Take to the Oars – American Volume (alternative rock/pop)
  182. Jan-11    Tennis – Cape Dory (indie)
  183. Mar-10    Tequila Mockingbird – Luck And Trouble (adult alternative)
  184. Aug-10    Teresa Lynne – Tear Drop Collector (blues)
  185. Feb-10    The Autumn Film – The Ship and the Sea (indie/alternative)
  186. Dec-09    The Beautiful Loser Society – The Long Slow Decline (alternative country-rock)
  187. Apr-11    The Big Motif – Does It Weigh Heavy (rock)
  188. Feb-10    The Big Motif – Big Motif (rock)
  189. Jul-10    The Blue Canyon Boys – Mountain Bound (bluegrass)
  190. Dec-10    The Centennial – Second Spring EP (indie/alternative)
  191. Dec-09    The Congress – The Congress (rock, roots)
  192. Mar-11    The David James Band – Street Performer (rock/pop)
  193. Mar-10    The Dominant 7 & The Jazz Arts Messengers – 14 Channels (jazz)
  194. Jul-10    The Dualistics – Crimson (alternative rock)
  195. Jan-11    The Epilogues – The Fallout (alternative rock)
  196. May-10    The Gromet – Colorado Captain (rock, jamband)
  197. May-11    The Haunted Windchimes – Live at the Western Jubilee (americana, folk-rock)
  198. Apr-10    The Haunted Windchimes – Honey Moonshine (americana, folk-rock)
  199. Oct-10    The Heyday – Till We See the Sun (alternative rock)
  200. May-11    The Holler – Gratitude (folk-rock)
  201. Apr-10    The Hollyfelds – Lo Bueno, Lo Mao, Lo Feo (americana, country)
  202. Mar-10    The Intervention Band – Homey (jazz)
  203. Feb-10    The Jurassicasters – The Jurassicasters (classic rock)
  204. Jul-10    The Knew – Before It Ends (rock)
  205. Mar-10    The Knew – The Knew’s Pulperia (rock)
  206. Nov-10    The Love Royale – Love Letters (funk)
  207. May-10    The Lovely & Talented – The New American Fable (alternative rock)
  208. Jun-10    The Mile Markers – Take to the Road (americana, folk-rock)
  209. Mar-11    The Outfit – Broken West Wishbone Test (rock)
  210. Jan-10    The Pattie Fiasco – No Bridges (alternative country-rock)
  211. May-11    The Quiet American – Vol. II (folk)
  212. Oct-10    The Raven and the Writing Desk – Recidivist (indie/alternative)
  213. Feb-11    The Sunshine House – The Sunshine House (folk-rock)
  214. Apr-11    The Whiskey Bottles – Ain’t No Crime (alternative country-rock)
  215. May-10    Tin Horn Prayer – Get Busy Dying (alternative)
  216. Mar-10    Tommy Metz – The Blossom Frontier (electronic)
  217. Mar-11    Trout Steak Revival – Trout Steak Revival (bluegrass, jamgrass)
  218. Apr-11    Veronica – Emerging from Troubled Days (adult alternative)
  219. Oct-10    Weather Maps – Places (rock)
  220. Jul-10    Weekend Weather – Sunny With A Chance of Tube Tops (retro rock)
  221. Apr-10    Wentworth Kersey – ((O)) (folk)
  222. Dec-10    Whiskey Blanket – No Object (hip hop) *
  223. Jul-10    White Water Ramble – All Night Drive (bluegrass, jamgrass) *
  224. Feb-11    Wil Key – Can You Feel It? [single] (soul)
  225. Jun-10    Wovenhand – The Threshingfloor (alternative)
  226. Apr-11    Wreckingroom – Stand By [single} (hard rock)
  227. Jan-11    Wreckingroom – Pushing and Pulling [single] (hard rock)
  228. May-10    Xiren – Gateway Drug [single] (alternative rock)
  229. Oct-10    Young Cities – Young Cities (alternative rock)

* title serviced to radio and press by Rocky Mountain Music Network

News Notes & Spins – May 1 2011

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

News, Notes & Spins – April 1, 2011

Welcome to April.  I hope the spring flowers, budding leaves, and greening pastures bring warmth into our spirits and smiles to our hearts.  We lost two long time radio friends in March, and almost lost a third who I found out about as I was writing this column today.  Also in March, KRFC FM in Fort Collins hired and named their first ever program director, and hired a new executive director.

A quick note too about the reporting network and how the spin charts are put together:  Not all of the stations I pull info from are represented individually below.  I also keep tabs on shows like Radio 1190’s Local Shakedown, KTCL’s Locals Only99.5 the Mountain’s Homegrown Show, and the Colorado Wave; as well as stations like KSJD (Cortez), KOTO (Telluride), KUNC (Greeley), and others that air only a couple of titles, and therefore don’t post enough for me to list individual listings.  All of those stations and shows spins do get accounted for in the TOP 40 chart for the month.

RIP: Kyle Dyas, age 42, died from suicide after walking off the 42nd story of the Spires building in downtown Denver.  Kyle was the music director at KUNC since 2002, and a long standing member of Open Stage Theater.  MORE

RIP: Bob Terrill, age 65, died from complications arising from H1N1.  Bob came to Fort Collins in 1977.  He held positions as music director and operations manager for KCSU and as media librarian at the Loveland Public Library.  MORE

Best wishes to liberal talk radio personality Jay Marvin (age 58), who is recovering from a suicide attempt.  According to his wife, in the linked to article, “He was so depressed because of his chronic pain and no longer being able to work, he took at least 170 1mg Xanax.”  MORE

Congratulations to legendary Colorado radio format pioneer John Hayes (KTCL, KCUV, KJAC) for landing the gig as the first ever program director for Fort Collins based KRFC.

RADIO STATION SPOTLIGHT – KMSA Grand Junction:  KMSA is a student run radio station in Grand Junction. Entering its 35th year of operation, KMSA is proud to provide the Grand Valley, Colorado, and the world with Alternative music. www.kmsa913.com!

I was updating my list of Colorado public and college radio stations recently and found a new website and some pretty cool things going on in Grand Junction at KMSA — so I reached out and contacted the folks there about what they’ve got going on and what kind of Colorado music they like to air.  Turns out they’re way into Colorado electronic stuff.  I’ll be looking forward to finding out who they like as time goes on, but I did get this from KMSA Ops Mngr Kyle Cooper:

“We encourage our DJ’s to play anything but the ‘norm.’ norm being anything Top 40ish. Shows range from Pop-punk with artists like The Cab, A Day To Remember, Four Year Strong. Acoustic stuff like City and Colour and Matt Costa or Iron and Wine. Thursday is our official Hip-Hop day we have 3 or 4 killer DJ’s who play newer stuff to old school and R&B late at night. Through out the week we have multiple electronic and Dub-step DJ’s play some shows…many on Friday before “The Metal Authority” takes over Friday Night to Saturday night. We have multiple shows that play your indie rock and smaller artists.”

Go take a peek at what college radio looks like in Grand Junction when you get a chance and make sure, if your music fits what they’re doing, that you get them your stuff, punk, metal, rap, indie/alternative …

That’s it for news and notes this month.  Here are the spins for March.

TOP 40 ALBUM SPINS – MARCH 2011
(88 titles reported / 258 titles listed)
(LM) TM
(D=Debut)
(NC=not charted prev. month)

(1) 1.  DeVotchKa – 100 Lovers (Anti) indie/alternative
(2) 2.  Elephant Revival – Break in the Clouds (self) folk
(9) 3.  Mollie O’Brien & Rich Moore – Saints & Sinners (Remington Road Records) folk, americana
(7) 4.  Halden Wofford & the Hi-Beams – Sinners and Saints (self) country, americana
(3) 5.  Tennis – Cape Dory – (Fat Possum) pop, indie/alternative
(4) 6.  Big Head Todd & the Monsters – Big Head Blues Club: 100 Years of Robert Johnson (RYKO) blues
(D) 7.  Slim Cessna’s Auto Club – Unentitled (Alternative Tentacles) indie/alternative
(17) 8.  Grant Gordy – Grant Gordy (self) neo-acoustic, new grass
(20) 8.  Paper Bird – When the River Took Flight (self) folk, americana
(8) 9.  Carmen Sandim Sextet – Brand New (self) jazz
(21) 10.  Blue Canyon Boys – Mountain Bound (self) bluegrass
(27) 10.  Fred Hess Big Band – Into the Open (Alison Records) jazz
(13) 11.  Bonnie & the Clydes – Bonnie & the Clydes (self) country, americana
(NC) 12.  Musketeer Gripweed – Dyin’ Day (self) rock, jamband
(NC) 13.  Stray Grass – Written in the Stars (self) newgrass, jam
(27) 14.  Lawn Chair Kings – Lawn Chair Kings II (self) rock, alt-country
(NC) 15.  Big Head Todd & the Monsters – Rocksteady (BIG) rock, adult alternative
(NC) 16.  Danielle Ate the Sandwich – Two Bedroom Apartment (self) folk, pop, modern
(5) 17.  John-Alex Mason – Jook Joint Thunderclap (Naked Jaybird) blues
(NC) 17.  Lonesome Traveler – Looking for A Way (self) bluegrass
(12) 17.  Peter Sommer – Tremolo Canteen (Dazzle Jazz) jazz
(NC) 17.  Romano Paoletti – Story of a Lifetime (self) americana, country
(19) 17.  Whiskey Blanket – No Object (self) hip-hop
(32) 18.  Bobby Walker – Way Back When (BWM) blues, r&b
(29) 18.  John Common & Blinding Flashes of Light – Beautiful Empty (Free School) rock, adult
(18) 19.  Royal Peeps – Alessia’s Walk (Contra Basso Music) funk, soul
(D) 19.  the Whiskey Bottles – Ain’t No Crime (The Whiskey Bottles) rock, alt-country
(6) 20.  Kenny Perkins – Wild Frontier (self) rock, adult alternative
(NC) 21.  Colcannon – Three Days in May (Oxford Road) Celtic
(28) 21.  Nathaniel Rateliff – In Memory of Loss (Rounder Records) folk
(NC) 21.  Runaway Express – Howlin At the Moon (Raven Records) folk, country, bluegrass
(18) 22.  Andrew Vogt – Cats Afoot (self) jazz
(NC) 22.  Apples In Stereo – Travellers in Space and Time (Yep Roc) indie/alternative
(31) 22.  Boulder Acoustic Society – Champion of Disaster (self) rock, folk-rock
(NC) 22.  Chuck Pyle – The Spaces In Between (Zen Cowboy) folk
(24) 22.  Great American Taxi – Reckless Habits (Thirty Tigers) americana, roots rock
(NC) 22.  Otis Taylor – Clovis People, Vol. 3 (Telarc) blues, trance blues
(NC) 23.  Mohammed Alidu & The Bizung Family – Land of Fire (Black Eye Watching) world, African, pop
(NC) 24.  Fierce Bad Rabbit – Spools of Thread (self) rock, alternative
(NC) 24.  The Heyday – Till We See the Sun (self) rock, alternative
(25) 24.  Pretty Lights – Making Up a Changing Mind (self) electronic, dance

DROPPED OUT OF TOP 40 SPINS – March 2011
(10) Broken Everlys – Stoned In Juarez
(11) Churchill – Happy/Sad
(14)  the Big Motif – Does It Weigh Heavy
(15)  Adam Bodine Trio – Blue Mud
(16)  Katey Laurel – From Here
(17)  Ego vs. Id – Taste
(22)  Joe Johnson – A Time to Dance
(23)  Juno What?! – Shameless
(24)  Bob Rea – Ragged Choir
(24)  Mandy Harvey – After You’ve Gone
(26)  Fox Street Allstars – Welcome To Mighty Pleasin’
(27)  Brad Goode – Tight Like This
(28)  Jeff Finlin – The Tao of Motor Oil
(31)  Selasee – African Gate

KAFM (Grand Junction)
1.  The Whiskey Bottles – Ain’t No Crime
2.  Elephant Revival – Break In the Clouds
3.  Megan Burtt – It Ain’t Love
4.  DeVotchKa – 100 Lovers
5.  Runaway Express – Yeah, Buddy! Anniversary Edition
5.  Stray Grass – Written in the Stars
5.  Whiskey Blanket – No Object

KBUT (Crested Butte)
1.  Big Head Todd & the Monsters – Big Head Blues Club: 100 Years of Robert Johnson
1.  DeVotchKa – 100 Lovers
1.  Lawn Chair Kings – Lawn Chair Kings II
2.  Elephant Revival – Break in the Clouds
2.  Grass It Up – Day After Yesterday
2.  Tennis – Cape Dory
3.  Halden Wofford & the Hi-Beams – Sinners and Saints
3.  Juno What?! – Shameless
3.  Kort McCumber – Ain’t the Same as Before
3.  Lonesome Traveler – Looking for A Way
3.  Mollie O’Brien & Rich Moore – Saints & Sinners
3.  Pretty Lights – Making Up a Changing Mind
3.  Slim Cessna’s Auto Club – Unentitled
3.  Waiting On Trial – W.O.T.

KCSU (Fort Collins)
1.  Cotton Keys – Sweatshop Sounds
1.  Black Apples – Black Apples
1.  Maxwell Hughes – Express
1.  Wire Faces – Diamonds and Gold
2.  10-4 Eleanor – Too Bad
2.  The Epilogues – The Beautiful, the Terrifying
2.  Common Anomaly – Iridium
3.  AM Pleasure Assassins- AM Pleasure Assassins

KDNK (Carbondale)
1.  Big Head Todd & the Monsters – Big Head Blues Club: 100 Years of Robert Johnson
1.  DeVotchKa – 100 Lovers
2.  Bobby Walker – Way Back When
2.  Carmen Sandim Sextet – Brand New
2.  Dustin Edge – Calm [ep]
2.  Elephant Revival – Break in the Clouds
2.  Halden Wofford & the Hi-Beams – Sinners and Saints
2.  John Common & Blinding Flashes of Light – Beautiful Empty
2.  Musketeer Gripweed – Dyin’ Day

KGNU (Boulder)
1.  DeVotchKa – 100 Lovers
2.  Mollie O’Brien & Rich Moore – Saints & Sinners
3.  Elephant Revival – Break in the Clouds
4.  Tennis – Cape Dory
3.  Blue Canyon Boys – Mountain Bound
3.  Great American Taxi – Reckless Habits
3.  Pete Kartsounes – The Only Way I Know
4.  Romano Paoletti – Story of a Lifetime

KOTO (Telluride)
1.  DeVotchKa – 100 Lovers
1.  Elephant Revival – Break in the Clouds
2.  Apples In Stereo – Travellers in Space and Time
3.  Big Head Todd & the Monsters – Rocksteady
3.  Otis Taylor – Clovis People, Vol. 3

KRFC (Fort Collins)
1.  DeVotchKa – 100 Lovers
2.  Bonnie & the Clydes – Bonnie & the Clydes
3.  Mollie O’Brien & Rich Moore – Saints & Sinners
4.  Big Head Todd & the Monsters – Big Head Blues Club: 100 Years of Robert Johnson
4.  Halden Wofford & the Hi-Beams – Sinners and Saints
5.  Mohammed Alidu & The Bizung Family – Land of Fire
6.  Danielle Ate the Sandwich – Two Bedroom Apartment
6.  Fierce Bad Rabbit – Spools of Thread
6.  John-Alex Mason – Jook Joint Thunderclap
6.  Musketeer Gripweed – Dyin’ Day
6.  Slim Cessna’s Auto Club – Unentitled
7.  Clarke Wright – Fiddleride

KRCC (Colorado Springs)
1.  DeVotchKa – 100 Lovers
2.  Joe Johnson – A Time to Dance
3.  Big Head Todd and the Monsters – Big Head Blues Club: 100 Years of Robert Johnson
4.  John-Alex Mason – Jook Joint Thunderclap
5.  Elephant Revival – Break in the Clouds
6.  Tennis – Cape Dory

KUVO (Denver)
1.  Fred Hess Big Band – Into the Open
2.  Brad Goode – Tight Like This
3.  Carmen Sandim Sextet – Brand New
4.  Andrew Vogt – Cats Afoot
5.  Peter Sommer – Tremolo Canteen
6.  Greg Harris Vibe Quintet – Glass Gold
6.  The Lynn Baker Quartet – Azure Intention
6.  Dominant 7 & the Jazz Arts Messengers – 14 Channels

KVNF (Paonia)
1.  Grant Gordy – Grant Gordy
2.  Halden Wofford & the Hi-Beams – Sinners and Saints
2.  Paper Bird – When the River Took Flight
2.  Whiskey Blanket – No Object
3.  Elephant Revival – Break in the Clouds
3.  Otis Taylor – Clovis People, Vol. 3
3.  Stray Grass – Written in the Stars
4.  Chuck Pyle – The Spaces In Between
4.  DeVotchKa – 100 Lovers
4.  Tennis – Cape Dory

The Colorado Sound
1. The Broken Everlys – Stoned In Juarez
1.  Ego vs. Id – Taste
1.  Slim Cessna’s Auto Club – Unentitled
2.  Bonnie & the Clydes – Bonnie & the Clydes
2.  Carmen Sandim Sextet –      Brand New
2.  David James Band – Street Performer
2.  Kenny Perkins – Wild Frontier
3.  the Big Motif – Does It Weigh Heavy
3.  DeVotchKa – 100 Lovers
3.  Halden Wofford & the Hi-Beams – Sinners and Saints
3.  John Mieras – Painted Glass
3.  Katey Laurel – From Here
3.  Peter Sommer – Tremolo Canteen